Episode 343: Flashpoint Movie Rumors, Transformers: War for Cybertron, The Rental, Tread, Frayed, The Speed Cubers, Helter Skelter, Host, Double World, Todd McFarlane: Like Hell I Won’t, Crazy Delicious : Pop Culture Leftovers

Episode 343: Flashpoint Movie Rumors, Transformers: War for Cybertron, The Rental, Tread, Frayed, The Speed Cubers, Helter Skelter, Host, Double World, Todd McFarlane: Like Hell I Won’t, Crazy Delicious

Posted on August 2, 2020 10:40 am

Episode 343: Flashpoint Movie Rumors, Transformers: War for Cybertron, The Rental, Tread, Frayed, The Speed Cubers, Helter Skelter, Host, Double World, Todd McFarlane: Like Hell I Won’t, Crazy Delicious

August 2, 2020 10:40 am |

Welcome to Episode 343. We’re back… Whoopty-doo. Anyway, this week we are joined by our good friend and returning guest “Handy Greg” from YouTube as well as Quinton Roberts from The Reel Zodiac podcast.

This week in Good Pop Bad Pop for movies we talk about the new horror/thriller film The Rental that just dropped on VOD. It’s written and directed by Dave Franco and stars Alison Brie and Dan Stevens. We aren’t done talking horror though. Host just dropped on Shudder directed by Rob Savage. Six friends hire a medium to hold a scene via Zoom during lock down – but they get far more than they bargained for as things quickly go wrong. When an evil spirit starts invading their homes, they begin to realize they might not survive the night. Host was shot remotely during quarantine and features groundbreaking scares, stunts, and surprises, all filmed by the actors in their own homes, operating their own cameras, helping pull off their own practical effects, and lighting their own scenes.

Brian talks about watching 2 of the Safdie Brothers older films, Good Time and Lenny Cooke. And he talks about the Chinese fantasy action film Double World on Netflix. We discuss The Speed Cubers short film on Netflix a documentary on the lives of speedcubing champions Max Park and Feliks Zemdegs. And we all watched the documentary Tread where pushed to his breaking point, a master welder in a small town at the foot of the Rocky Mountains quietly fortifies a bulldozer with 30 tons of concrete and steel and seeks to destroy those he believes have wronged him. And we all discuss Todd McFarlane: Like Hell I Won’t that premiered on SyFy.

In TV we talk about the new Netflix series Transformers: The War for Cybertron with special guest Daniel Hoeppner. Greg and Brian discuss the HBO Max comedy Frayed. We also discuss the first episode of Helter Skelter the new 6 part docu-series on EPIX that gives us the the complete story behind the Manson Family. And Brian and Quinton discuss the reality cooking competition show Crazy Delicious on Netflix.

In News we discuss Dave Franco playing Vanilla Ice in an upcoming biopic. Scottie Pippen speaks out about how he feels about Michael Jordan post The Last Dance documentary.

In Marvel News Michelle Yeoh might be joining the cast of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. And we have some minor Loki TV show details.

And in DC News Dave Bautista auditioned for a role in the upcoming The Batman film. And we have some news and rumors about the new Flash film Flashpoint. What can we expect? And why is it all so confusing?