Screamers (1995)

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4.5 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2016

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Special thanks to Josh Wilson who commissioned the 1995 cult sci-fi movie, "Screamers". Starring Peter "Robocop" Weller, it works as both a goofy b-grade science fiction flick and a semi-serious work based on a short story by no less than Phillip K. Dick. It punches well above it's weight in terms of concept, set, and costume design, but then surrounds Weller with below replacement value actors such as "Poor Man's Bill Paxton" and "Homeless Man's Val Kilmer" with mixed results. Still, it managed to provide both laughs and scares, and we feel we enjoyed it in the spirit it was intended. If you'd like to commission your very own movie, head on over to our shop for all the details on how to make it happen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Oh, Everybody we are back with another Commission podcast this time for the
0:46.7	1995 science fiction movie Screamers yeah we have Josh Wilson to blame slash thanks for this from Saxe-Pahah, North Carolina.
0:58.4	He says Screamers is a 1995 science fiction movie starring Peter Weller aka robot that
1:04.2	happens to be one of my favorites. This B movie sci-fi to its core which I love and I
1:08.6	enjoy the story intention that builds at the end wondering who is who or what. I've been listening to you guys for almost a year now and I want to know what you think.
1:16.7	Do you really think it's possible for a machine as primitive as the streamers to evolve that quickly and what do you think of the way they shoehorn smoking into the movie
1:23.8	which they never would have done now give us a scream and be careful what little
1:28.1	kids you let into your bunker. Jim what do you think of this movie?
1:33.0	I actually thought it was mostly good.
1:36.0	I was surprised by it.
1:38.0	The B movie actually I think is underselling a bit. I think it's underselling a bit.
1:42.9	I think it's a B-plus-a-minus movie,
1:45.6	a science fiction movie.
1:46.6	Especially, so 1995, that's nestled in between,
1:51.0	like Stargate that came out in 94 94 and the Matrix came out in 99.
1:55.0	Most of these special effects with a little like with a minor quibble with the
1:59.7	CGI like screamer type.
2:03.4	The intro is horrible.
2:05.4	The intro?
2:06.4	The intro made me roll my eyes and say, oh no, what am I in for?
2:10.2	What are you talking about?
2:11.2	It's like the whole intro sequence with like the planets blowing up and like okay. Okay. Just bad 90cG a long scroll. Yeah. Which also by the way, which reminded me a robot cop.
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