S1 E37: "Saw II" (#21)
Description
We go SOLO on this one, just two gents trapped in a bathroom trying to cut out feet off!
We discuss the bizarre and influential and tremendously successful SAW series in what still qualifies as its nascent period, our adolescent fandom, and the specific innovations of SAW II: its ungainly melding of multiple scripts to distinct sections of "lore" and "game", its weird cast flourishes, making a star out of a 63-year-old Hollywood bit-part lifer, making a professional filmmaker out of the first ripoff they happened to run onto, its' bad plotting, ludicrous payoffs and grotesque gore being substituted for the original film's imagination, pointing towards the next decade in horror cinema, there's a LOT for us to talk about here, even sans guest. We honestly had SO much fun. Check it out!!!
Windows (For Piet & Peter): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNrJzb_a9fY
The Dreamcast Files: #91 - "Spirit of Speed 1937": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsFrNh9DO10
Brian's Twitter: https://x.com/SchmanthonyP
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Rob's Substack: https://artofilliterates.substack.com/
Shaun's Twitter (not that he uses it!): https://x.com/shaun2oo3
Theme Song: "Any Day Can Be Bicycle Day" by Ether Driver ( https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/ )
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