590: The Car Explodes In Midair

The Incomparable Mothership

Jason Snell

Arts, Tv & Film, Leisure

4.7 • 704 Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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We’ve gathered the family around the table to celebrate F’sgiving, a thing we just made up in which we care enough to watch a film featuring F. Murray Abraham. In this case it’s “Last Action Hero,” a movie that Wikipedia claims is a cult classic. We don’t know about that, but it certainly is unjustly maligned. This is a big, loud action movie that is also a parody and celebration of big, loud action movies. Sure, it’s got its flaws—we’re looking at you, kid—but there’s a whole lot to like....

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0:00.0	The Incomparable, number 590, November 2021.
0:08.8	Welcome back, everybody, to The Incomparable.
0:12.6	I'm your host, Jason Snell, and this episode is a celebration, friends.
0:16.7	Yay!
0:17.7	It's a celebration of a very important holiday.
0:20.4	As you know, we're the podcast that brought you Kilmus.
0:23.5	And for this holiday, we are celebrating F's giving.
0:27.4	And you say to yourself, what does that mean?
0:29.1	And I said, it's F. Murray Abraham and it's Thanksgiving.
0:32.4	And he was in Last Action Hero in 1993.
0:35.9	And therefore, we celebrate.
0:37.7	He killed Mozart, you see. Last Action Hero in 1993, and therefore we celebrate. He killed Mozart, you see.
0:39.7	Last Action Hero, directed by John McTiernan, written by, among other people, Shane Black,
0:44.2	the Shane Black is strong in this movie.
0:47.0	And here to talk about this celebration of F. Bore Abraham and also, you know, Arnold Schwarzenegger and others,
0:53.7	are the following fine people. David J. Lour is here. Hello.
0:57.0	I thought this was a rocket surgery, but okay.
1:02.1	I mean, it can be. Well, it actually can't be. Erica Ensign is here. Hello.
1:06.8	This is not a rocket surgery, or I am leaving.
1:09.8	No, it's not. Erica, just stay right by my side.
1:12.9	I got you covered here.
1:14.1	Moyst-Tjohn is here.
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