Last Action Hero
WHAT WENT WRONG
Sad Boom Media
4.8 • 4.2K Ratings
🗓️ 1 December 2020
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Sony bids against itself for a script, a writer re-writes a parody of his own writing, and the 80s action movie goes out with a whimper. This week Chris & Lizzie learn how Last Action Hero was doomed by an insane release date, brutal test screening, and historically bad press.
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| 0:00.0 | Chris, do you want to be simultaneously confused, infuriated, and enthralled at the same time? |
| 0:29.8 | Like when I watch my dog pee in my parents house? |
| 0:31.8 | Not quite like that, although maybe similar. If that appeals to you, may I recommend Emily and Paris on Netflix? |
| 0:40.8 | Oh, but may I remind you, it's supposed to be pronounced Emily in Paris, so that it rhymes. |
| 0:50.9 | No, Netflix tweeted about it and then Jermaine Clement from quite of the concords, |
| 0:57.3 | because you should have called it Barry and Barry. That was the best response. |
| 1:03.2 | That's great. |
| 1:05.4 | Well, to our loyal audience, such as made it through that. Welcome back to another episode of What Went Wrong. |
| 1:12.4 | As always, I am Chris Winterbauer here with Lizzie Bassett, who's just |
| 1:16.6 | doling out hard recommendations left and right. And Lizzie, let me ask you, |
| 1:23.2 | did you think this week's movie was pretty entertaining? |
| 1:25.0 | I did. I kind of liked it. |
| 1:27.0 | Yeah, and of course this week we were talking about the Arnold Schwarzenegger Star Vehicle 1993's |
| 1:35.8 | Last Action Hero, which was starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, |
| 1:41.6 | Austin O'Brien, Charles Dance, a number of other cameos that we'll get into. |
| 1:47.2 | Produced and directed by John McTiernan, released by Sony under their Columbia Pictures |
| 1:53.2 | banner. And the film follows Austin O'Brien's Danny Madigan, as he's magically transported |
| 1:59.5 | into the cinematic universe of Jack Slater, an indestructible Los Angeles police officer, |
| 2:05.4 | played by Arnold Schwarzenegger, both in the movie and in the movie, if that makes sense. |
| 2:10.9 | It doesn't. And a large portion of the plot also doesn't, doesn't make sense. |
| 2:16.1 | The movie was intended to be a high concept takedown of the action genre, which had kind of |
| 2:20.8 | peaked in the late 80s. It was the action satire to end all action satires. Unfortunately, |
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