Wastelands Radio Show - Ep 73 - America 3000

WASTELANDS - An Australian B-grade, Punk Rock, Street Trash online radio show hosted by long time partners in slime Adam (085c3n3) Obscene and Mark-O-Mark, pondering punk oddities, b grade movies, and trashy treasures.

Episode 73

Hangover Hall of Fame - America 3000

In this episode, Adam and Mark revisit another hangover hall of fame shocker. The 1986 post-apocalyptic science-fiction cult film from Cannon Films, written and directed by David Engelbach, starring Chuck Wagner, Laurene Landon, and Karen Sheperd. Buckle in for AMERICA 3000!!

The film is set in post-apocalyptic Colorado, nine hundred years after a nuclear war between Communist Russia and The United States. The genders have separated into two warring factions; Plugots and Fraus. The Amazon-like females of the 'Frau' are the dominant tribe, and under them all male 'Plugots' are slaves, breeders, and playthings. Korvis (Chuck Wagner) and Gruss (William Wallace) escape enslavement, and, upon discovery of a stash of 21st-century weaponry, a new arms race is started between the tribes. It is up to Korvis, along with the Frau queen Vena (Laurene Landon) to find peace.

In the 2015 documentary, Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films, lead actress Laurene Landon, recounts her experience with Cannon Films when filming America 3000, and sets fire to her only copy of the VHS film.

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Wastelands Radio Show - Episode 61 - 2 years in the Wastelands

WASTELANDS - An Australian B-grade, Punk Rock, Street Trash online radio show hosted by long time partners in slime Adam (085c3n3) Obscene and Mark-O-Mark, pondering punk oddities, b grade movies, and trashy treasures.

Episode 61

2 years in the Wastelands

In this episode Adam and Mark celebrate two years of podding in the wastelands, look back at the origins of the show, reaffirm their commitment to the Lostners and give some hints on what’s instore for future episodes.

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Wastelands Radio Show - Episode 44 - VHS Vault - Puppet Master, Ator, Nudist Colony of the Dead

WASTELANDS - An Australian B-grade, Punk Rock, Street Trash online radio show hosted by long time partners in slime Adam (085c3n3) Obscene and Mark-O-Mark, pondering punk oddities, b grade movies, trashy treasures, life, culture and stuff.

Episode 44

VHS Vault - Puppet Master, Ator, Nudist Colony of the Dead

In this episode Adam dives back in to the Studio Obscenito VHS Vault to pull out three random tapes to discuss with Mark- O. This time round its Charles Band’s Puppet Master form 1989, Italian Conan Knock off - Ator the Fighting Eagle from 1982 starring Sabrina Siani and the totally ridiculous comedy horror zombie musical Nudist Colony of the Dead from 1991.

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Wastelands Radio Show - Episode 41 - Halloween Extra Episode

WASTELANDS - An Australian B-grade, Punk Rock, Street Trash online radio show hosted by long time partners in slime Adam (085c3n3) Obscene and Mark-O-Mark, pondering punk oddities, b grade movies, trashy treasures, life, culture and stuff.

Episode 41

Halloween Extra Episode

In this super quick micro 9 minute episode, Mark asks what movies will be screening in obscene household. So Adam reaches in to the VHS vault for some inspiration.

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Wastelands Radio Show - Episode 39 - From the 085c3n3 Vault

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Episode 39

From the 085c3n3 VHS Vault

In this episode Adam and Mark talk about reorganising and cataloguing Adam’s media collection and dig out some schlocky gems that are randomly sitting on the shelves together.

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Wastelands Radio Show - Episode 38 - Best Worst Worst Best of tubi

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Episode 38

Best Worst Worst Best of tubi

In this episode Adam and Mark discuss the rabbit hole of good bad movies - tubi. Still stuck in the Melbourne lockdown, Mark fill us in on the best worst finds on the free movie streaming platform. and it’s just the tip of the ice berg.

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Wastelands Radio Show - Episode 37 - Lostener Request - Slipstream

WASTELANDS - An Australian B-grade, Punk Rock, Street Trash online radio show hosted by long time partners in slime Adam (085c3n3) Obscene and Mark-O-Mark, pondering punk oddities, b grade movies, trashy treasures, life, culture and stuff.

Episode 37

Lostener Request - Slipstream

In this episode Adam and Mark, at the request of long time lostener Baron Von Borg, dive head first into the 1989 b-grade craptacular mess that is Luke Sykwalker (Mark Hamill) from Star Wars, come back movie – Slipstream.

In the future, natural disasters (earthquakes, floods) have ravaged Earth, leaving a world where pockets of communities live within canyons while a violent wind known as the "slipsteam" is the only means of transport, via airplanes. Matt Owens the poor man’s Snake Plisskin played by Bill Paxton is a nomadic bounty hunter who kidnaps a prisoner Byron played by Bob Peck of two violent law officers, one of which is Luke Skywalker,  so he can claim the bounty for himself. Traveling across the wind swept landscape, Matt and Byron become best mates and  are relentlessly pursued by the officers, and Matt finds Byron isn't what he appears to be (he’s a robot) as they travel from community to community and encounter pockets of strange societies that live beyond the slipstream lead by Sir Ben Kingsley and Hagrid.

Unfortunately, the film has its problems. The plot suffers from some cheesy moments, the music is overbearingly loud, and while it is well orchestrated and very majestic, it's often a bit too majestic for what's going on. There are also some long scenes that could have been shortened or even cut to the benefit of the film. Not to say it's BAD, it's just that half of it is 10-minute montages of gliders flying around. However, the performances by Hamill and the Peck the convict save it from all of the WEIRD choices made by the director and scriptwriter. For example...is this an action movie, or a story of a man's journey of discovery? I don't know, but love scenes in museums with montages (again) of stuffed animals with quick cuts to long focuses on Christmas lights don't give me any better of an idea. Still, it's while just to see Hamill looking cool. Director Steven Lisberger, who did Tron, stated that this movie is like a conventional road movie, but instead of cars, people are in airplanes. Says it all really!!

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Wastelands Radio Show - Episode 36 - Mockbuster - I am Omega

WASTELANDS - An Australian B-grade, Punk Rock, Street Trash online radio show hosted by long time partners in slime Adam (085c3n3) Obscene and Mark-O-Mark, pondering punk oddities, b grade movies, trashy treasures, life, culture and stuff.

Episode 36

Mockbuster - I am Omega

In this episode Adam and Mark discuss a movie set in post apocalyptic LA that is being rampaged by zombie like cannibals humans that have some kind of genetic infection. A local man is forced to live a daily struggle as he tries to locate radio signals and find a cure. Sounds familiar losteners?? Well its not the 2007 blockbuster I am Legend. Its the clone of Will Smith’s flick….. the Asylum’s mockbuster - I am Omega

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Wastelands Radio Show - Episode 33 - Wasteland Idiot Box - Demolition Man

WASTELANDS - An Australian B-grade, Punk Rock, Street Trash online radio show hosted by long time partners in slime Adam (085c3n3) Obscene and Mark-O -Mark, pondering punk oddities, b grade movies, trashy treasures, life, culture and stuff.

Episode 33

Wastelands Idiot box - Demolition Man

In this episode Adam and Mark continue to pay homage to the idiot box Monday night movie. This week they caught the 1993 American science fiction action film directed by Marco Brambilla in his directorial debut - Demolition Man. Starring Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock, and Nigel Hawthorne. Stallone is John Spartan, a risk-taking police officer, who has a reputation for causing destruction while carrying out his work. After a failed attempt to rescue hostages from evil crime lord Simon Phoenix, they are both sentenced to be cryogenically frozen in 1996.

Simon Phoenix, is revived for a parole hearing well into the 21st century. Revived into a society free from crime, Phoenix resumes his murderous rampage, and no one can stop him. John Spartan. In 2032, the former cities of Los Angeles, San Diego and Santa Barbara have merged into peaceful, utopian San Angeles. Unable to stop him with their non-violent solutions, the police release Spartan to help recapture Phoenix. Now after 36 years, Spartan has to adapt himself to the future society he has no knowledge about.

The story makes allusions to works including Aldous Huxley's 1932 dystopian novel Brave New World, and HG Wells's The Sleeper Awakes.The film earned a worldwide total of $159 million, and was considered a successful film for Stallone.

Factoids

• Wesley Snipes' kicks and punches sometimes look lurchy and awkward. Snipes is an accomplished black belt in real life, and his kicks and punches were so fast that they blurred on-camera. Hence the producers asked him to slow them down.

• Sylvester Stallone wanted Simon Phoenix to be played by Jackie Chan. Chan declined, since Asian audiences don't like the idea of actors who have always played heroes suddenly playing evil characters.

• Sandra Bullock replaced Lori Petty after a few days filming. Petty left due to creative differences.

•  In Kuwait, the Arabic title was "Rambo The Destroyer". Since Rambo movies were very popular, the distributor thought associating Sylvester Stallone to Rambo in the title would sell more tickets.

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Total kills 25 / Run time – 115 min / Kills per Minute – 0.217

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Wastelands Radio Show - Episode 32 - Wastelands Idiot Box - Escape from LA

WASTELANDS - An Australian B-grade, Punk Rock, Street Trash online radio show hosted by long time partners in slime Adam (085c3n3) Obscene and Mark-O -Mark, pondering punk oddities, b grade movies, trashy treasures, life, culture and stuff.

Episode 32

Wastelands Idiot box - Escape from LA

In this episode Adam and Mark pay homage to the idiot box Monday night movie. This week they caught John Carpenter's 1996 follow up to Escape from New York - Escape From LA. The year is 2013 and Snake Plissken is back but this time it's L.A., which through the agency of earthquakes has become an island of the damned. But something has gone wrong in this new moral order, because the President's daughter has absconded to L.A. with a detonation device, and Snake is commandeered to retrieve it. But just below the surface there is a coiled Snake ready to strike.

Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell) is back, in this 1996 sequel to John Carpenter's Escape from New York.

2013 America has become even more dystopian than it was in the earlier film, having been taken over by a theocratic fundamentalist Christian President (Cliff Robertson).

An airplane has crash landed into the penal colony/no man's land/landfill/roach motel that is Los Angeles post-The Big One.

It had The President's Daughter Utopia (A. J. Langer) on it, and now she has sided with Cuervo Jones, taking the film's MacGuffin super weapon with her.

The President drafts Snake into eliminating her and retrieving said MacGuffin. His reward, should he succeed, will be the antidote to a virus that has been injected into him.

And so he enters the fortified and barbwired city of Los Angeles, a prison with no guards and precious little order. He makes his way through the slums (it's all slums), he gains and loses allies.

Also Starring Steve Buscemi - Map to the Stars Eddie, Pam Grier - Hershe Las Palmas, Stacy Keach  - Cmdr. Malloy, Peter Fonda – Pipeline, Bruce Campbell - Surgeon General of Beverly Hills

Total Kills - 32

  Runtime - 98 minutes

Kills per minute - .327

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Wastelands Radio Show - Episode 29 - Be Kind, Rewind

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Episode 29

Be Kind Rewind

In this episode Adam and Mark take a trip back in time as they recount the glory days of growing up in the analogue era of VHS and video stores. Listen in as they look back and reflect on how their experiences as 80’s video shop kids has shaped the way they live their lives today.

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Wastelands Radio Show - Episode 28 - Masters of the Universe

WASTELANDS - An Australian B-grade, Punk Rock, Street Trash online radio show hosted by long time partners in slime Adam (085c3n3) Obscene and Mark-O -Mark, pondering punk oddities, b grade movies, trashy treasures, life, culture and stuff.

Episode 28

Masters of the Universe - The Motion Picture

In this episode Adam and Mark take a slight detour from the barbarian theme with the Sci fi fantasy film adaption of the classic 1980s saturday morning cartoon series ‘Masters of the Universe’. Produced by the notorious Cannon films in 1987, for a princely sum of $22 million, Masters of the Universe the motion picture is one part Star Wars, one part Flash Gordon two parts cheese. and even though it missed the mark at the time and was generally canned by fans and critics alike, it still features the mighty Dolph Lundgren as He Man and Frank Langella as Skeletor. Looking at it in 2020, the film kinda stands alone as a fun nostalgic trip back in time to the marvellous 80’s.

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On the planet Eternia, the dark lord Skeletor has taken over Castle Greyskull, and imprisoned the Sorceress, and Skeletor has begun draining the Sorceress' powers as he attempts to claim the powers of Greyskull and become master of the universe. Mighty warrior He-Man, the most powerful man in the universe and his companions: loyal soldier Man-at-Arms, his daughter Teela and a dwarf inventor named Gwildor finds themselves on Earth, by Gwildor's creation, the Cosmic Key, a device that can open portals that lead to anywhere in the galaxy, which Skeletor requires in his goal for universal conquest. But when the Cosmic Key is discovered by Julie Winston and her boyfriend Kevin Corrigan, both unaware that Earth is about to become a battleground, as Skeletor and his vile minions arrives on Earth, as they go in pursuit of He-Man and his companions who are searching for the Cosmic Key so they can return to Eternia and defeat Skeletor.

Masters of the Universe - The motion picture - full movie playlist

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Wastelands Radio Show - Episode 27 - The Barbarians

WASTELANDS - An Australian B-grade, Punk Rock, Street Trash online radio show hosted by long time partners in slime Adam (085c3n3) Obscene and Mark-O -Mark, pondering punk oddities, b grade movies, trashy treasures, life, culture and stuff.

Episode 27

The Barbarians

In this episode Adam and Mark dive back into the b-grade wormhole of Conan the barbarian inspired sword and sorcery flicks. This week adventure is the 1987 Cannon action comedy - The Barbarians. Directed by the infamous Robert Deodato who was responsible for Cannibal Holocaust in 1980.  Featuring David and Peter Paul as Twin barbarians. It's just like Conan but with two Conan's and everybody's favourite Hills have Eyes creep and wastelands favourite Michael Berryman as the appropriately named Dirt-master and George Eastman.

Twin barbarians seek revenge from the warlord who massacred their tribe and captured them when they were small children. It's completely campy and it doesn't take itself seriously for a moment. Starring former professional wrestling duo the Barbarian Brothers, these actors -- which is a loose description of what they are doing on screen -- look like they are having a ball filming, and it's hard not to share in the fun. It really is a must-see Italian exploitation flick.

Highlights no explanations given – you’ll just have to watch it – Bear creature, man cry, erection dragon and oily walnuts!

Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mXWAFI3PXs

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Wastelands Radio Show - Episode 23 - TROMA - Double feature

WASTELANDS - An Australian B-grade, Punk Rock, Street Trash online radio show Hosted by long time partners in slime Adam (085c3n3) Obscene and Mark-O -Mark, pondering punk oddities, trashy treasures, street levelness, life, culture and stuff.

In this episode Adam and Mark take on two Troma classics where the schools teach readin’, writin' and radiation! and the beaches have become battlefields... the waves are a war zone! Listeners and losteners brace yourselves for Class of Nuke 'Em High (1986) and Surf Nazis Must Die (1987).

Class of Nuke 'Em High (1986) - When Warren and Chrissy notice some strange things happening around their high school, when the pupils start acting and looking strange after buying contaminated drugs from a nuclear plant worker. They begin to suspect that something is going on at the nuclear plant next door. Though the plant officials deny that there are any problems, Crissy gives birth to a bloodthirsty mutant who immediately begins eating everyone in the school. Will Warren and Chrissy be able to stop their killer kid?

Factoids

• The Monster is never seen in a full shot as the entire costume was never finished. They only had bits and pieces that were used as a puppet (hands, face, legs etc.)

• When Dewey lands on the pavement in the opening scene, the first man to walk up to him is a shocked, bearded man, played by Troma co-founder and producer Michael Herz in his only on-screen performance ever.

•  When Chrissy goes to the hospital, you can hear over the loudspeaker "Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine, Dr. Howard". These are the names Moe, Larry, and Curly take in certain episodes of the Three Stooges. - From the short Men in Black; which was released September 28th, in 1934.

•   Spike (Bob Prichett) has mop strings hanging from his left shoulder. Certainly a reference to Toxie.

Links - Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNkkf2KHcZA

Surf Nazis Must Die (1987) - When the son of a gun-wielding woman is murdered by neo-Nazi surf punks in the post-apocalyptic future, his Mama hunts them down for some bloodthirsty revenge. Possibly the best title ever... An earthquake leaves the California coastline in ruins and reduces the beaches to a state of chaos.

A group of neo-Nazis led by Adolf (Brenner), the self-proclaimed "Führer of the new beach", takes advantage of the resulting chaos by fighting off several rival surfer gangs to seize control of the beaches. Meanwhile, an oil well worker named Leroy (Harden) is killed by the surf Nazis while jogging on the beach. Leroy's mother, "Mama" Washington (Neely), devastated by the loss of her son, vows revenge.  After arming herself with a handgun and grenades, she breaks out of her retirement home and exacts vengeance on the Surf Nazis. For, amongst other things, the excellent synth soundtrack by Jon McCallum, for having a character called "smeg",for the hilariously obvious shock shots of the sky, surf and the bunker area, and for the immortal line "taste some of mommas home cooking Adolf", this films deserves 10 out of 10.

Factoids

Surf Nazis Must Die was criticised by reviewers as boring and hard to follow, and its acting, dialogue, and camerawork were widely panned. Janet Maslin wrote "Not even the actors' relatives will find this interesting." Roger Ebert stated that he walked out of the film after 30 minutes.

Links

Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg5IsQKBE4g&t=6s - Soundtrack - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLYxlS8enk4

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Wastelands Radio Show - Episode 22 - Troma - The Toxic Avenger

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Episode 22

Troma - The Toxic Avenger

In this episode Adam and Mark take a short stroll through Tromaville, the home of New Jersey's greatest hero and location of Troma's greatest contribution to cinema - The Toxic Avenger. Join them as they discuss this genuinely funny poke at superheroes and monster movies, delivered with a healthy dose of cheap gags, splattery special effects, and T&A.

The Toxic Avenger, set in Tromaville, NJ, is about Melvin Ferd, a meek nerd, who works as a janitor at a health club. While he is of no threat to anyone, psychotic health club patrons: Bozo, Slug, Wanda, and Julie bully the kid because he doesn’t look pretty like them, and isn’t as smart as they are.

When the four aren’t tormenting little Melvin, they are busy screwing each other, or running over little boys on bicycles with their bitchen Camero; squishing their little heads. It’s the only way Bozo is able to relieve the stress of his life.

Eventually, the the four manage to humiliate Melvin to the point where he jumps out of a second story window at the health club, and into a barrel of toxic waste conveniently sitting open on a flatbed truck in front of the club. The toxic waste sets Melvin on fire, but also transforms him into a super-sized superhero/vigilante with a delightful voice.

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Factoids

Toxic crusaders

• Look for future Oscar-winner Marisa Tomei as an extra (coming out of a shower)

• Two less successful sequels, The Toxic Avenger Part II and The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie, were filmed as one. Director Lloyd Kaufman realized that he had shot far too much footage for one film and re-edited it into two.

• A third independent sequel was also released, titled Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV.

• An animated children's TV series spin-off, Toxic Crusaders, featured Toxie as the leader of a team of mutated superheroes who fought against evil alien polluters. The cartoon series was short-lived and quickly cancelled. 

• New Line Cinema had planned a live-action film based on the cartoon, but the project was never produced.[

• In 2019, it was announced that Legendary Entertainment would be producing a reboot of the film, with original creators Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz of Troma Entertainment serving as producers, and Macon Blair serving as writer and director.

Links

Full movie - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQTHQAw0Ybg

Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27E4Qfj7iEY

10 Amazing Facts About Toxie - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO8kNG4yr80

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Wastelands Radio Show - Episode 21 -TROMA - Tromeo and Juliet

WASTELANDS - An Australian B-grade, Punk Rock, Street Trash online radio show Hosted by long time partners in slime Adam (085c3n3) Obscene and Mark-O -Mark, pondering punk oddities, trashy treasures, street levelness, life, culture and stuff.

Episode 21

TROMA - Tromeo and Juliet

In this episode Adam and Mark visit the seedy underground of Manhattan courtesy of the masters of schlock TROMA. In this masterful modern day adaption of Shakespeare’s well-loved classic Romeo and Juliet. Troma presents Tromeo and Juliet with all the body-piercing, kinky sex, and car crashes that Shakespeare wanted but never had! Join Adam, Mark, Tromeo, Juliet, and Lemmy of Motorhead as they search for climactic love, violence, and the American Way.

This movie is truly unique. It really captures the spirit of the play. However, like with most Troma flicks, it’s totally self aware, in your face, features taboo subjects, revels in gore and sex. There are some hilarious jokes in the credits (best credits I've seen since Hot Shots) loads of Troma in jokes as well as general satire and Shakespeare refs. There is some half decent acting, Lemmy from the house of Motorhead narration, stars the legendary Tromette Debbie Rochon and a Shakespeare plot, it is Troma at its best. Though its not the sort of film you'd watch with your mum, and will offend most people. For anybody bored with run of the mill cinema, with a wacky sense of humour you MUST SEE THIS FILM

Tromeo and Juliet is also notable for its soundtrack, composed of alternative rock, pop punk and heavy metal music, which helped get the film some recognition on MTV. Most bands were willing to contribute their tracks for little to no money out of respect for Troma. In return for their song "Mr. Superlove", The Ass Ponys' lead singer requested only a check from the company for $9.95, for the purpose of framing it on his wall.The CD soundtrack was released on Oglio Records on May 6, 1997 and included the following tracks:"Sacrifice" by Motörhead and other artists including: The Meatmen, Superchunk, Supernova & Sublime.

Factoids

• James Gunn writer Guardians of the Galaxy was paid $150 for the screenplay.

• The footage of the car flipping over is recycled for many Troma films including Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D. (1990), Terror Firmer (1999), and Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV (2000).

• Debbie Rochon has starred in over 250 movies from 1982 to 2020

• Posters for various other Troma films are visible throughout both households.

• Despite many claims, the film is not entirely in iambic pentameter. a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable, for example Two households, both alike in dignity.

Links

• Opening for Tromeo and Juliet Featuring Lemmy as the narrator https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf7xP6YzwvM

• Tromeo and Juliet (Trailer) -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNbaPxcLZzc

• Lloyd Kaufman On Tromeo And Juliet - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exXQutjeOYo

• Spotify playlist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7HF97lOu9MmoqD178UItev

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Wastelands Radio Show - Episode 20 - Survival Tips for the Wastelands - Hillbilly Chrome

WASTELANDS - An Australian B-grade, Punk Rock, Street Trash online radio show Hosted by long time partners in slime Adam (085c3n3) Obscene and Mark-O -Mark, pondering punk oddities, trashy treasures, street levelness, life, culture and stuff.

Episode 20

Survival Tips for the Wastelands - Hillbilly Chrome

In this episode, Adam and Mark reflect on the global pandemic shutdown and bring you part three of survival in the apocalypse.

Based on their many years of viewing-apocalyptic schlockers, they draw on their pop culture doomsday knowledge and share some hints and tips on things you should do and not to do in the coming end of days.

This time round they ponder the essential go to piece of equipment in the survivalists tool kit….. Gaf tape, or as the boys call it…. HILLBILLY CHROME!!

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Wastelands Radio Show - Episode 19 – Survival Tips for the Wastelands - part two

WASTELANDS - An Australian B-grade, Punk Rock, Street Trash online radio show Hosted by long time partners in slime Adam (085c3n3) Obscene and Mark-O -Mark, pondering punk oddities, trashy treasures, street levelness, life, culture and stuff.

Episode 19

Survival Tips for the Wastelands

In this quick episode, Adam and Mark reflect on the global pandemic shutdown and bring you part two of survival in the apocalypse. Based on their many years of post-apocalyptic viewing they draw on their pop culture doomsday knowledge and share some hints and tips on things you should do and not to do in the coming end of days, this time round they ponder should you stay or should you go and weapons of choice in the wastelands.

Mark-O-Mark and Adam 085c3n3

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Wastelands Radio Show - Episode 18 - 2020 Texas Gladiators

WASTELANDS - An Australian B-grade, Punk Rock, Street Trash online radio show Hosted by long time partners in slime Adam (085c3n3) Obscene and Mark-O -Mark, pondering punk oddities, trashy treasures, street levelness, life, culture and stuff.

Episode 18

2020 Texas Gladiators

In this Episode Adam and Mark discuss 2020 Texas Gladiators, directed by none other than top sleaze/horror master Joe D'Amato, Starring Al Cliver, Al Yamanouchi & Sabrina Siani. Their main aim is to see if D’mata was a clairvoyant and how close his 1983 prediction was of the state of America in 2020.

In Texas in 2020, degenerate villains raid a monastery in which pretty Maida took refuge, when five roving Rangers show up. The battle-hardened men quickly succeed in repelling the attackers and restoring order. However, during the incident, one of her saviours named Catch Dog falls into disgrace as he tries to rape Maida. He is eventually rejected by his comrades. Later, Ranger Nexus separates from his friends, taking Maida with him. Five years later, Nexus and Maida live with their little daughter a seemingly safe life in the settlement of Free Town. In addition to basic services, the community operates a power plant and uranium mine. The village's energy reserves soon lure in dark outlaws. One day, disaster strikes as Catch Dog manages to bring down Free Town with his gang. Catch Dog himself acts on behalf of the "Black One", a totalitarian ruler who subjugates the population with his thugs. In an attempt to resist, Nexus dies. The able-bodied men are enslaved and used as labourers in the uranium production, the women are sold to different bars in the area. At some point, the three remaining Rangers meet Maida and set her free from her master, a gambler. The three encounter and manage to enlist the help of an indigenous tribe. Ultimately, the Rangers and the recruited warriors succeed in taking back Free Town. The regime of terror is overthrown. Both Catch Dog and Black One are killed, and in the midst of combat, also one of the Ranger succumbs to his injuries. In the end, Maida and her daughter can expect a happier future. The two remaining Rangers leave.

Factoids

• In a 1996 interview, D'Amato stated that Eastman "didn't feel confident enough in the action scenes and so I dealt with those, leaving him to the direction of the actors. B

• D'Amato received directing credit, although Eastman directed most of the dialogue scenes according to D'Amato

• Eastman also stated in 1996, that "These (post-atomic) films, which were made in the wake of the various Mad Max movies, were decidedly crummy. The set designs were poor....and the genre met a swift and well-deserved death. I only wrote these awful movies for financial reasons.... no attempt at originality was made at all."

The film has been released under several titles, including 

·       Anno 2020: I Gladiatori del Futuro( lit. Year 2020 Gladiators of the Future), 

·       Futoro, 2020: Freedom Fighters, 

·       2020: The Rangers of Texas and Sudden Death

Links

Full Movie - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlJ48KEZ490

Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMI09tcp3o4

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Wastelands Radio Show - Episode 17 – Survival Tips For the Wastelands - part one

WASTELANDS - An Australian B-grade, Punk Rock, Street Trash online radio show Hosted by long time partners in slime Adam (085c3n3) Obscene and Mark-O -Mark, pondering punk oddities, trashy treasures, street levelness, life, culture and stuff.

Episode 17

Survival tips for the Wastelands

In this quick episode, Adam and Mark reflect on the global pandemic shutdown and bring you part one of survival in the apocalypse. Based on their many years of post-apocalyptic viewing they draw on their pop culture doomsday knowledge and share some hints and tips on things you should do and not to do in the coming end of days, as well as covering fortifying your home and gathering supplies in this wastelands quickie.

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