Congo (1995)

Published: Feb. 20, 2024, 7:25 a.m.

We get a lot of whacky customers in Apocalypse Video. Everyone from ptera people to lizard people come into our store not understanding what a movie is, to which we are forced to educate them on the lost art form that was once Cinema. But every once in a while we encounter a customer that is simply unable to distinguish the line between reality and fiction. A person so convinced that what they are watching is real that they are willing to put their own life and the lives of others at risk.
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\nSuch a person entered the store recently. And the object of their obsession\u2026? The 1995 hit sci-fi adventure film Congo \u2013 or, as this person stubbornly believes, the 1995 documentary film Congo. Well, let\u2019s just say that someone who enters the store wielding a giant laser isn\u2019t someone we want to disappoint. If Congo is what she wants, Congo is what she\u2019ll get.
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\nI\u2019m your host and leader of this expedition, Dave, and joining me as we venture deep into the jungle of Michael Crichton\u2019s imagination (even though apparently he had almost nothing to do with the making of this movie) are fellow cinephiles and TraviCom cronies, Mike, Ryan, Cody, and special guest Herkemina Homolka.
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\nTopics of discussion in this episode include Tim Curry eating as much scenery as humanly possible; Joe Don Baker teaches us that nothing is more important than family (unless there\u2019s a big ass diamond involved); and finally, we can\u2019t help but feel a little bad as Laura Linney mercilessly lasers the film\u2019s primate villains to death.
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\nAnd so concludes our expedition into the Congo. We\u2019ll be back next week with an all new Bond Cast! Until then\u2026put down my sesame cake!!!\n