Ready Player One

Layered Butter

It's on, like Donkey Kong! In this week's super-special episode, Rod and Raf are joined by their closest pals and hosts of Your Podcast is in Another Castle podcast, Diego and Jordan, as they traverse the mythical and uncharted lands of the revered, Video Game Movie. Aside from the obvious questions (why?) studios and audiences seem to be drawn to the relentless mythos of the video game film - the adaptation of a story or world that deemed successful in the medium of gaming, but can it survive as a film? I mean, Tomb Raider spawned a franchise and what the heck even is the 10+ Resident Evil movies? (Good for Milla Jovovich!!!) There's camp, there's cheese, there's also the absolute garbage. Again, maybe it's us being video game fans and our protectiveness of that IP, but there's hope for a good adaptation in the future right? RIGHT?! Oh, Tom Cruise gets hit with another setback in his Mission Impossible and Vin & his familia is going to Cannes (really). Tune in!

Preshow:
Mission Impossible Shut Down:
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/mission-impossible-vii-tom-cruise-1234962799/
F9 To Premiere at Cannes:
https://variety.com/2021/film/global/f9-fast-furious-cannes-film-festival-1234989907/
Jeff Tremaine vs. Bam Margera:
https://thebrag.com/jackass-director-issues-restraining-order-bam-margera/

Main Feature:
The Best and Worst Video-Game Movies, Ranked
Three Reasons Video Game Movies Always Seem To Be Terrible
Video game movies: Are they really that bad?
Scrounging for Hits, Hollywood Goes Back to the Video Game Well

Film Club:
Hardcore Henry:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3072482/