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Thursday Feb 07, 2019
Thursday Feb 07, 2019
In our second episode, my co-host and I grapple with the much-maligned big time wrasslin’ extravaganza Ready to Rumble, starring David Arquette, Scott Caan, and a host of late 90s wrestling superstars. If you’ve ever wondered why WCW went belly up, look no further. This movie is illustrative of WCW's fading star. From its tone-deaf humor to its utter disdain for sports entertainment and its fans, there are reasons abound demonstrating why this was a bomb and failed to again ingratiate the company to its lost fandom.
And we go deep — covering everything from David Arquette’s recent death match stabbing to Slamboree 2000, the actual WCW PPV that featured the three-tiered cage from the climax of the film!
Monday Jan 21, 2019
Monday Jan 21, 2019
What exactly went wrong with this film? In short: everything. Yet that succinct explanation is not enough. There are too many stories behind the miserable experience of shooting this movie. So not only do I cover the film itself, but also the documentary about this monumental failure — Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau.
So sit back and grab a beer! The truth of all the on-set drama is indeed stranger than the fiction.