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235 – Wild Wild West

Audiences did, in fact, want none of this

Jen and Tim wicky-wicky-watch a mostly loathed tentpole film from 1999, The Giant Mechanical Spider Invasion, aka Jon Peters’ Wild Wild West (come on, it might as well have his name right above the title).

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Mel Magazine has a retrospective article on the production of the film (good luck trying to read that link on mobile, though).

We didn’t get around to the original Jim West, Robert Conrad’s reaction to the film— he wasn’t wholly negative but he wasn’t exactly thrilled, either. Also, he dares you to knock this battery off his shoulder.

For more on Barbra’s ex, the Hollywood Reporter interviewed Jon Peters in 2024. Of course he’s a Trump guy.

207 – The Quick and the Dead

“Is that the twink from *Basketball Diaries*?”

Jen and Tim mildly disagree on a Sam Raimi film that didn’t quite hit with audiences the first time around, the gender-swapped revenge tale The Quick and the Dead.

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You can watch some deleted scenes from the film, including the love scene between Sharon Stone and Russell Crowe (or “liebesszene,” as it’s described here, because it’s dubbed in German). A couple of the non-sexy scenes are missing audio, probably because those elements were lost after the theatrical edit was finalized.

Jen raised the notion that women are better shots than men, but there’s no real consensus. This study indicates that men and women are equally good at sharpshooting, apart from a slight advantage displayed by men with pistols. Well there goes the whole premise of the movie!!

Yes, Sam Raimi did credit Joss Whedon with helping him on the ending of The Quick and the Dead, but we won’t hold that against him.

113 – The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

Jen and Tim revisit the greatest unfairly-cancelled single-season sci-fi western TV series of all time: The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.! If you thought we were going to say “Firefly” you have obviously never listened to our show before. Also Jen is finally able to air her feelings about Dixie for a mass audience. Spicy!