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We're here with a new season and a new director to talk about it. This is the James Cameron season. We go from his Lowest to Highest (literally). Talk about the insane productions behind each film and find out what is a James Cameron Film. On this Episode, Case Kellum and I talk about James Cameron's Conical Debut film The Terminator, how he went from Flying Fish to Robots from the Future, and how one actor changed James Cameron's fate forever. Twitter Handles: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MovieKale⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@theyouthcritic⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bluesky Handles⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: @moviekale.bsky.social  Twitter Handles: @Moviekale @theyouthcritic @kHznetwork Case's Youtube Channel: ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@TheInsomniacKid⁠⁠ Town and Gown Players: ⁠⁠https://townandgownplayers.org/⁠⁠ Mad Scientists in Love: https://www.showclix.com/event/mad-scientists-in-love

We're here with a new season and a new director to talk about it. This is the James Cameron season. We go from his Lowest to Highest (literally). Talk about the insane productions behind each film and find out what is a James Cameron Film. On this episode, we talk about the botch attempt at a debut film with Piranha 2: The Spawning. We talk about the one producer who fired James Cameron, how this nearly killed his career as it was starting and how The Terminator was birthed from this. Twitter Handles: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MovieKale⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@theyouthcritic⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MarleyLovesFilm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bluesky Handles⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: @moviekale.bsky.social ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@marleylovesfilm.bsky.social ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠‪⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Marley's Linktree: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://t.co/CYBshbqeOg ⁠ Music Attribution: Epic, Orchestral Synth Drone by RandomRecord19 -- https://freesound.org/s/737376/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

On this podcast; we've come to the season finale of the Peter Jackson season with Case Kellum and Marley Silverbrand (joining us at this timecode 42:22) for our Beatles Documentary "The Beatles: GET BACK". Twitter Handles: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MovieKale⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@theyouthcritic⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MarleyLovesFilm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bluesky Handles⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: @moviekale.bsky.social ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@marleylovesfilm.bsky.social ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠‪⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Marley's Linktree: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://t.co/CYBshbqeOg ⁠ Twitter Handles: @Moviekale @theyouthcritic @kHznetwork Case's Youtube Channel: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@TheInsomniacKid⁠ Town and Gown Players: ⁠https://townandgownplayers.org/⁠ Winter in Boulevard Tickets: https://www.showclix.com/event/winter-boulevard Music: Slow Cinematic Music.wav by DeVern -- https://freesound.org/s/384202/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

On the podcast today; Marley Silverbrand and I talk about Peter Jackson's restoration documentary based on World War I footage found in the movie They Shall Not Grow Old. Twitter Handles: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MovieKale⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@theyouthcritic⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MarleyLovesFilm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bluesky Handles⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: @moviekale.bsky.social ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@marleylovesfilm.bsky.social ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠‪⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Marley's Linktree: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://t.co/CYBshbqeOg ⁠

On this Episode, we have Kyle Arking on to talk about the ending of The Desolation of Smaug movie that wraps up here and The Battle of the Five Armies... Twitter Handles: ⁠⁠@MovieKale⁠⁠ @theyouthcritic ⁠@ArkingKyle  ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Bluesky: ⁠⁠@moviekale.bsky.socia⁠⁠l  ⁠⁠@kylearking.bsky.social⁠⁠ Kyle's Youtube Channel: ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@kylearking8918⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

On this week's Podcast; Kyle Arking and David Weiser join me to talk about The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and how they made one movie into two movies. Twitter Handles: ⁠⁠@MovieKale⁠⁠ @theyouthcritic ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠@ArkingKyle  ⁠⁠⁠⁠@weiser_david⁠⁠ ⁠⁠@FilmAssessment⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ Kyle's Youtube Channel: ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@kylearking8918⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ David's Blog: ⁠⁠http://filmassessment.blogspot.com⁠⁠

This week on the podcast; Kyle Arking, and I talk about the long journey that was The Making of the Hobbit trilogy and how went from Guillermo Del Toro (what his duology was) to Peter Jackson's impromptu trilogy. Bluesky: ⁠@moviekale.bsky.socia⁠l  ⁠@kylearking.bsky.social⁠ Kyle's Youtube Channel: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@kylearking8918⁠ Massive Movie Maniacs: ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4W2lmQmEhkDDohb5BOApC8⁠ Twitter Handles: ⁠@MovieKale⁠ ⁠@theyouthcritic⁠ ⁠ ⁠@ArkingKyle⁠ Music: Slow Cinematic Music.wav by DeVern -- https://freesound.org/s/384202/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

This week on the podcast; Fahad and I talk about Peter Jackson's adaptation The Lovely Bones. Content Warning: We talk about the content of the movie which features themes of Sexual Assault and Murder of young women. Twitter Handles: @MovieKale @theyouthcritic  @AllAboutFKK Fahad's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/allaboutfkk/

This week on the podcast; Brandon Cooley, Kyle Arking, and David Arking join me to talk about Peter Jackson's long gestating passion project King Kong. Bluesky: @moviekale.bsky.social  @kylearking.bsky.social Kyle's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@kylearking8918 Massive Movie Maniacs: https://open.spotify.com/show/4W2lmQmEhkDDohb5BOApC8 Twitter Handles: @MovieKale @theyouthcritic @weiser_david  @ArkingKyle David's blog: http://filmassessment.blogspot.com Music: Slow Cinematic Music.wav by DeVern -- https://freesound.org/s/384202/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

This week on the podcast; Diego Crespo (Via The Waffle Press Podcast) join me for The third and final installment of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and the Eighth movie from Peter Jackson The Return of the King. BlueSky: @moviekale.bsky.social @diegocrespo.bsky.social  Twitter Handles: @Moviekale @theyouthcritic @TheWafflePress  @thediegocrespo The Waffle Press: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_SAkQzan606e8RerAFPkTg Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/thewafflepress Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewafflepresspodcast We Own Nothing Films: https://www.youtube.com/user/KFkjsdfkdff Music: Slow Cinematic Music.wav by DeVern -- https://freesound.org/s/384202/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

This week on the podcast; Ryan Bisasky and I sit down again to talk about the middle chapter of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy with The Two Towers. Twitter Handles: ⁠@MovieKale⁠ ⁠@theyouthcritic ⁠⁠@TheChewDefense⁠

We're there and back again here on From The Top with the First entry of the Lord of the Rings Retrospectives as Vivi Guerrea and Kyle Arking chime in to talk about all things Hobbits, Alternating Aragorns, how one of the greatest trilogies of film came to be. Bluesky: @moviekale.bsky.social  @kylearking.bsky.social Twitter Handles: @MovieKale @theyouthcritic @ArkingKyle Kyle's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@kylearking8918 Viv's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/letsbevivagain/ Town and Gown Players: https://townandgownplayers.org/ Emalie Tickets: https://www.showclix.com/event/emilie-la-marquise-defends-her-life?_ga=2.136051128.881722413.1740622904-1440067391.1740622904 Music: Slow Cinematic Music.wav by DeVern -- https://freesound.org/s/384202/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

This week on the podcast; Alfie Amaya & Case Kellem join me for Peter Jackson's first studio movie The Frighteners. Bluesky Handles:@moviekale.bsky.social  Twitter Handles: @Moviekale @theyouthcritic @kHznetwork @CaseofSpades32 ⁠ ⁠@fonsythesnowman ⁠ Movie Ranking Space: ⁠@Skadoosch⁠ Case's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheInsomniacKid Town and Gown Players: https://townandgownplayers.org/ Emalie Tickets: https://www.showclix.com/event/emilie-la-marquise-defends-her-life?_ga=2.136051128.881722413.1740622904-1440067391.1740622904 Music: Slow Cinematic Music.wav by DeVern -- https://freesound.org/s/384202/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

This week on the podcast; Jake Crawford and I look at Peter Jackson's first foray into Crime Melodrama with Heavenly Creatures. Bluesky Handles:@moviekale.bsky.social  Twitter Handles: @Moviekale@theyouthcritic @kHznetwork @JacobPCrawford Music: Slow Cinematic Music.wav by DeVern -- https://freesound.org/s/384202/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

This week on the podcast; Case Kellem From Town and Gown Players join me to talk about Peter Jackson's Zombie Horror Comedy Braindead, as well as how many lawnmowers does it take to kill a hoard of zombies, The OG Harambe (The Rat Monkey), and who had mommy issues. Bluesky Handles:@moviekale.bsky.social  Twitter Handles: @Moviekale @theyouthcritic @kHznetwork @CaseofSpades32 Case's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheInsomniacKid Music: Slow Cinematic Music.wav by DeVern -- https://freesound.org/s/384202/ -- License: Creative Commons 0