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This episode of the Salty Nerd Podcast has the crew talking about the classic 1980s John Carpenter film They Live. The crew dives into the origins of the movie - from short story, to comic book, to feature film - and also discusses John Carpenter's pessimistic take on capitalism and…

The Salty Crew watches the subversive military sci-fi film from the director of Robocop - Starship Troopers! The crew talks about the satire in the film, compares the movie to the original book, and analyzes how the film seems to get better with age. Eat your heart out, Rian Johnson…

Kadish's film school roots take him back to the classic New Zealand horror genre pioneered by Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson when he forces his co-hosts to watch Jackson's first ever film: Bad Taste. However, as the title suggests, this film did not sit well with the rest…

In this episode of the Salty Nerd Podcast, the Salty Crew takes on one of Jude JuJu's favorite topics - ALIENS! This week, each member of the Salty Crew chose a movie featuring some type of alien to discuss. MattVader chose the 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger classic, Predator. Alex chose the…

The Salty Crew takes on the classic 1987 Schwarzenegger film, Predator. In this episode, MattVader talks about his love for the movie, Kadish discusses why it's part of the "McTiernan Trifecta", and Jude advocates for all men to greet each other with a bout of arm-wrestling handshakes. If you're a…

The theme for this installment of the Salty Nerd Podcast is Monsters & Robots, and the Salty Crew picked an odd assortment of movies to review. This episode has the crew watching the 1980 Roger Corman horror classic Chopping Mall, along with the Shane Black Goonies rip-off Monster Squad, and…

The Salty Crew decides to take a look at writer Shane Black's "Little Rascals vs. Classic Universal Monsters" film, called The Monster Squad. This "Goonies Rip-Off" is a nostalgic favorite to some, but Alex ends up hating it with seven passions. Listen as the Salty Crew debates the merits of…

In this installment, the Salty Crew is forced to watch the 1998 version of Godzilla by Alex, who for some reason loves this terrible, terrible movie. The crew discusses the controversy surrounding this interpretation of Godzilla, while also breaking down what works and what doesn't work about this movie. Listen…

The Salty Crew dives into the latest lyrical masterpiece from comedian Will Ferrell - a feel-good romantic musical comedy spoof of the Eurovision Song Contest. And boy oh boy, does the Salty Crew love it! Like a Volvo, the movie may not turn any heads, but it certainly gets the…

The Ambassador of Estrogen decided to pick a favorite "sleepover" movie to talk about, and it just so happens that movie is about killer robots who police a mall. Listen as the Salty Crew breaks down this 1980s Roger Corman classic about mall sex-orgies gone horribly wrong! Waitress! More butter!!!…

In this episode, the Salty Crew takes on the fauxumentary action comedy Killing Gunther, starring the one-and-only Arnold Schwarzenegger (who doesn't even show up until 2/3rds into the film). Listen as the Salty Crew breaks down the film and talks about what worked, what didn't, and the potential for a…

In this segment, the Salty Crew talks about Marvel's introduction to the Star-Spangled Superhero - Captain America: The First Avenger! The film that was the prelude to the first Avengers movie! Listen as the Salty Crew breaks down the film, talks about what worked, what didn't, and how it fits…

The Salty Crew talks about Independence Day, the most successful alien invasion movie of all time! The group discusses the making of the movie, how it holds up after almost 20 years, Will Smith's first major blockbuster, and their favorite parts of this classic film. Links: Website: http://saltynerd.com Newsletter: http://saltylist.com…

The Salty Crew talks about the most patriotic puppet movie ever made: Team America - World Police! From the creators of South Park comes a Jerry Brukheimer movie made with puppets, and one of the best soundtracks ever created. But does the film hold up now that it's over a…

To celebrate the 4th of July, the Salty Crew decided to pick their favorite patriotic films and talk about them for America's birthday. They discuss Team America: World Police, the puppet comedy from the creators of South Park. The alien invasion blockbuster Independence Day. And they round things out with…

The Salty Crew discusses Season 2 of FX's brilliant vampire comedy What We Do In The Shadows. They go episode by episode, talking about what worked, what didn't, and what they think will happen in season 3. If you're a WWDITS fan, you're not going to want to miss this…

The Salty Crew has a blast in this episode, discussing Amazon's original series Jean-Claude Van Johnson. JCVJ is a meta-comedy about Jean-Claude Van Damme who moonlights as a spy/assassin whil pretending to be a world famous action movie star. Listen as the crew breaks down the first (and sadly, only)…

The Salty Crew discusses the 1990s video game adaptation of Street Fighter. Though the crew thinks it's a bad movie, they all agree that the story of the behind-the-scenes drama surrounding the film is actually more interesting than the movie itself! Listen as the crew unveils all the chaos behind…

The Salty Crew talks about the classic 90s action movie Hard Target and discusses Hong Kong director John Woo's foray into American cinema and his issues with Jean-Claude Van Damme. Dubbed "A great bad movie" by the group, Kadish shares his insights into the making of the film and its…

In this episode, the Salty Crew continues their June-Claude Van Damme celebration by discussing JCVD's two biggest action films from the 90s - Hard Target and Street Fighter! They also dive deep into the first, and sadly, only season of JCVD's meta-self aware comedy, Amazon's Jean-Claude Van Johnson! If you…

In light of recent insanity, the Salty Crew decided to watch a movie about a rag-tag group of revolutionaries taking on an oppressive force to enact sweeping global change by blowing crap up. So they chose to watch the little-known film Captive State, starring John Goodman, about a cell of…

The Salty Crew goes back in time to the far, far future of 2004 to discuss Jean-Claude Van Damme's highest grossing film ever - TIMECOP! Listen in wonder as Alex lusts over Mia Sara's boobies, while Kadish picks apart the time travel inconsistencies and everyone agrees Ron Silver is just…

The Salty Crew talks about the Dean Devlin/Roland Emmrich sci-fi action film starring the double threat of Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lungrin - Universal Soldier! And how it's basically the same plot as Robocop, but with more male nudity and tube socks. Links: Website: http://saltynerd.com Newsletter: http://saltylist.com Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/salty_nerd…

In this segment of the Salty Nerd Podcast, the Salty Crew is all about OK USA! As they discuss Jean-Claude Van Damme's breakout martial arts movie, Bloodsport! Listen in wonder as the crew chants "Kumite!" and wonders and Van Damme doing the splits - for JUSTICE! And will they every…