Is Jeff Goldblum any good in this movie? In what ways are these movies similar? And do these movies undermine their core problem? Listen now to find out! Scott Croco and Mike Young unhack The Fly (1986) & (1958) in this podcast episode.
When a scientist invents teleportation, he uses himself as a guinea pig and befalls a horrible result to his experiment. Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis star in David Cronenberg’s The Fly (1986) & (1958)!
Episode Log:
- August 1986 trivia (3:10)
- Summary of The Fly (1986)’s story (6:20)
- Summary of The Fly (1958)’s story (8:50)
- Movie review (10:30)
- The beginnings of both movies (13:00)
- Not enough Vincent Price (15:40)
- The kid in 1958 The Fly is pretty rough (18:40)
- Quick escalation of teleportation subjects (20:25)
- Switching heads with a fly (24:05)
- 1986 The Fly – body horror (28:40)
- Jeff Golblum’s performance (29:50)
- Gross body horror stuff (34:55)
- Forgot about the bar scene (40:20)
- Endings of both movies have similarity (43:15)
- What message do these movies deliver? (45:15)
- Tech unhacked (49:30)
- Gene fusion / transgenic animals (49:35)
- Teleportation (52:20)
- Flyswatters (54:40)
- A revelation about the core problem in both movies! (59:15)
- Budget, Box Office, Critics’ reactions (1:03:15)
- “Fiction or Fake?” game (1:08:55)
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Episode 072 – The Fly (1986) & (1958) unhacked!
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