The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 120: Repo Men (2010)
Added 2025-01-13 23:38:55 +0000 UTCOn this week's Watchcast we slice open and dig around inside Repo Men, a sci-fi thriller that borders on competence at times, and never fails to find a way to disgust.
CHAPTERS:
(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 120: Repo Men (2010)
(00:00:15) - Intro.
(00:01:38) - Less than two minutes in and we're already wishing Cronenberg made this instead.
(00:05:00) - Why does this movie, of all movies, loom so large in Vinny's memory?
(00:10:56) - Some cast talk, and getting into the production history.
(00:18:30) - What this movie does well, or at least what's mildly interesting about it.
(00:26:43) - Let's kick things off and yell about this bad narration and Artiforgs.
(00:35:56) - You owe it to yourself.
(00:39:33) - Remy and Jake's problematic friendship.
(00:42:46) - Break!
(00:43:10) - We're back, and Remy's home life sucks.
(00:48:46) - Getting so mad about your wife leaving that you have to go harvest some organs about it.
(00:53:55) - RZA!
(01:02:44) - Bloodshot eyes, empty chest cavity, can and will lose.
(01:05:21) - Not so easy to leave a guy dead in the street now, is it?
(01:12:20) - Not so sure about this whole lounge singer as sidekick thing.
(01:15:27) - Business picks up a bit.
(01:23:53) - The traumatic brain injury demarcation line.
(01:27:28) - OK the clean room scene is rad. And the Oldboy fight ain't bad either.
(01:29:40) - Erotic surgery!
(01:33:25) - Well, glad everything worked out.
(01:38:48) - Final thoughts.
(01:48:27) - Housekeeping for next week's movie: A.I.!
(01:52:25) - Outro.
Comments
I really hope you guys eventually go for the full trifecta and watch Repo! The Genetic Opera
DeviTiffany
2025-02-15 03:34:28 +0000 UTCBrad, watch the Suspiria remake. It’s pretty great.
Paul Dronet
2025-01-15 02:55:52 +0000 UTCWoooooow, that Rhodesia joke that Alex references from the director and writer’s commentary made my skin crawl. Alex was right to be weirded out by the joke without knowing the context because in context, it’s terrible. Rhodesia was a British Colony in current day Zimbabwe that was considered too extreme and harsh against Black citizens which tells you a lot about the conditions there. When the decolonization of Africa occurred in the mid-20th century, Rhodesia declared itself a nation and had a white only led government that enacted policies similar to Apartheid in South Africa. Luckily, Rhodesia was never recognized as an actual nation by any other countries. I’m not sure when this DVD commentary was recorded but Rhodesia has since become a white supremacist dog whistle as the ideal ethnostate and “proof” of whites being superior to all other ethnicities. Whether the “joke” of naming a Black character Rhodesia was because of the history of the nation or because it was a dog whistle, it is still disturbing to me either way. I do want to note that I don’t blame the guys for not knowing this; I’m the weird one for knowing this. I just wanted to point it out because it made me super glad that I did not have time to rent and watch this movie.
Daniel Mancini
2025-01-14 17:10:58 +0000 UTCVinny talks about the ending of The Butterfly Effect being the grim non-Hollywood take that he enjoyed. That is specifically the director's cut version on DVD. The original theatrical version is extremely the "safe Hollywood" ending. Last line of the wikipedia summary: "Eight years later, in New York City, Evan and Kayleigh pass each other on the street, briefly look at each other, and continue walking."
Michael Jacobson
2025-01-14 17:02:53 +0000 UTCI went and watched this movie twice in theaters. The first time was to watch the movie. The second time I sat in the front row just so I could turn around and watch the audience response during a certain scene.
Casey Neal
2025-01-14 00:31:11 +0000 UTCFavorite part of my Monday’s
Dalton Ramey
2025-01-14 00:14:56 +0000 UTC
