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Is that a U.F.O.? Nah, it\u2019s just our monthly B-movie bonus episode! Get ready for it, because we\u2019ve got all our terrifying death lasers set to disintegrate this time. We\u2019re talking about Tim Burton\u2019s peculiar and pretty dang silly film, Mars Attacks!

Let\u2019s kick off this episode by pissing off loads of Tim Burton fans! That\u2019s what all good podcasts about movies are supposed to do, right? Just alienate (ha!) all their current and future fans, yeah? If that\u2019s the secret sauce to crafting a well-known podcast, then we\u2019ve got it!

Nah, we\u2019re just kidding. We love Tim Burton\u2019s movies, even the weird ones that certain podcast co-hosts really shouldn\u2019t have seen when they were as young as they were. Seriously, friends, don\u2019t show your children this movie. Sean was pretty dang scarred for a while after seeing it.

As for the film itself, we think this might actually be a pretty accurate representation of what would happen to the planet is malicious Martians ever visited us. There would be loads of destruction, a whole lot of ACK ACK ACKs, and waaay too many less than intelligent people doing what they\u2019re best at: being dumb.

Will there be body swapping between a woman and her dog? Yep. Will Pierce Brosnan get decapitated? Of course. Will there be loads of probes? Yeah, probably. These are freaky, maniacal aliens we\u2019re talking about here. Why wouldn\u2019t there be probing?

It\u2019s okay, though. These terrible Martians have a deadly Achilles\u2019 heel. Just like all living beings, they\u2019re susceptible to terrible country music. You heard it here first. The one thing that will save us all in the future is the twangy croonings of some long dead, cowboy hat-wearing white guy. Thanks, country music!

At the end of the podcast, there\u2019s really only one thing left for us to try to figure out. Mars Attacks! is definitely a high-caliber B-movie. It looks pretty dang good for a mid-\u201890s sci-fi film and its fun moments are a blast. Does that make it B-movie brilliance or is it a terrible B-movie blunder? Listen through to the end of the episode to find out for yourself!

(Recorded on June 25, 2020)

Links to Stuff We Mentioned:

Mars Attacks! - IMDb

Mars Attacks! trailer - YouTube

Sharktopus | More Movies Please! - Apple Podcasts

Sharktopus - IMDb

Tim Burton - IMDb

Beetlejuice - IMDb

Sleepy Hollow - IMDb

Batman - IMDb

Alice in Wonderland - IMDb

Independence Day video game - Wikipedia

Face/Off - IMDb

Adaptation. - IMDb

New and Improved Joker Products! - YouTube

Here\u2019s that Joker tv takeover video that Steven referenced during the podcast. That\u2019s some good \u201880s filmmaking there.

Pam Grier - IMDb

Jack Black - IMDb

Natalie Portman - IMDb

Leon: The Professional - IMDb