The Nextlander Watchcast· Folge 113

113: Cutthroat Island (1995)

Montag, 11. November 2024 · 1 h 52

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It's time again for our now-annual Turkey Month, and we're kicking off a November's worth of big budget turkeys with Cutthroat Island, the pirate movie that plundered Carolco of their last remaining doubloons, and sent Geena Davis' career as a swashbuckler off the side of a boat.

CHAPTERS:

() - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 113: Cutthroat Island (1995)
() - Intro.
() - Our first turkey for November: Cutthroat Island!
() - The Renny Harlin factor, and the initial (fairly different) pitch for this movie.
() - THEY KILLED CAROLCO!
() - The cast we got, and the cast we could have had.
() - Listing off some of the myriad curses that befell this production (and some debate about Davis' stunts).
() - Despite all the troubles, they pulled this one off at the box office, right?!? (No.)
() - Addressing any lingering questions before we get into the movie proper.
() - Break!
() - We're back, and here's what the hell is happening in this movie.
() - The introduction of William Shaw.
() - I saved a guy who speaks Latin, what did you ever do?
() - One of the few bright spots: the carriage chase.
() - These puzzles suck.
() - Time to dig up another uncle.
() - Gunshot wound? No problem!
() - An interminable mutiny before we finally get to Cutthroat Island.
() - Oh look, treasure.
() - Let's blow some stuff up for like 30 minutes.
() - We saved the treasure! (...and Shaw!)
() - Final thoughts.
() - Some talk about our film for next week: Waterworld!
() - Outro.

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