Ghosts of Mars with Dave Schilling & Jonah Ray

Blank Check with Griffin & David

Blank Check Productions / Talkhouse

Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Comedy, Film Reviews

4.6 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2021

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

Contrary to popular belief (and Wikipedia), this film was NOT supposed to be another installment in the Snake Plissken series - John Carpenter just thought it would be cool to make a movie about Mars “because it’s red.” Galaxy Brain’s Dave Schilling and Jonah Ray join us to dissect Carpenter’s take on that dusty red planet, his obsession with crossfades, and his lackluster deployment of Pam Grier. Why *is* Mars a matriarchal society in this movie? We thought Mars needed moms…

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0:00.0	Let me put it this way.
0:24.6	Here's what I'll say.
0:54.1	I think this movie rips.
0:55.9	I'm just gonna say that right off the bat.
0:58.3	I support you.
0:59.5	I don't know if that's a contrary in opinion.
1:02.1	Well, I will say that I think this movie's a lot of fun.
1:05.2	I think it's a lot of fun.
1:06.1	That's all I mean by the fact that it rips.
1:08.1	I think it's a lot of fun.
1:09.2	I think that would be a very contrary in opinion 20 years ago,
1:12.8	but it does seem this movie has a bit of a cult happening
1:16.7	following now.
1:18.2	But thanks for throwing down your marker.
1:19.7	But do you want to introduce the show and our guests
1:21.8	and all that first?
1:22.9	Sure.
1:23.8	Look, I'm blazing into it because I'm eager to talk
1:26.2	about this movie.
1:27.8	On this podcast called Blank Check with Griffin and David,
1:31.0	I'm Griffin.
1:32.9	I'm David.
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