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Spencer and Dave are reliving one of the most 90s classics around with the original 1995, live action Mortal Kombat movie on a Vintage Cinema Review Podcast. Being in the original runs of video game adaptation flicks, this film truly knocks it out of the park, especially for the time and how it needed to be put together. You can definitely nitpick some things in the picture, but the overall experience is just pure fun and entertaining, while still capturing the lore, characters, and storyline of Mortal Kombat 1 with an extra dash of 2 thrown in for good measure.Join us as we break it all down in this spoiler-filled discussion! Then get sidetracked as usual with other movies, games, comics, and life stories. Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more deep dives into fascinating films.

Spencer and Dave are going back with a Vintage Cinema Review of the 1993 classic comedy and average man vigilante film, Falling Down. From Director Joel Schumacher. All about a man out of time, in an America that has lost its core values and how he has finally had his breaking point and is not going to take it anymore!Falling Down follows William “D‑Fens” Foster, an unemployed and increasingly unstable man who abandons his car in a Los Angeles traffic jam and attempts to walk across the city to see his daughter on her birthday. As he encounters everyday frustrations—bureaucracy, economic inequality, crime, and social tensions—his reactions escalate from irritation to violence, turning his journey into a dark, satirical portrait of a man who believes the world has wronged him. Meanwhile, a retiring police sergeant (Robert Duvall) begins to piece together Foster’s path, closing in as the day spirals toward an inevitable confrontation.Join us as we break it all down in this spoiler-filled discussion! Then get si

Spencer and Cameron are diving in to discuss the indie survival horror game from 2023; You Will Die Here Tonight. It takes that graphic isometric overhead look of the Diablo, with a knockoff but good Resident Evil 1 story and setting and then combines in a House of the Dead like shooting segment with every encounter.So much variety in one gaming experience. And even though it is kind of a rip off to the core of RE, it still has an interesting story, with a trapped in a cloning simulation twist on the Biohazard world. The characters are fun and you will see them die often like it says in the title. But at least they give you lives for that aspect, along with achievements that lessen the impact of failure in life. Which also reminds us of a lot like the French game, Zombi. Filled with some nice puzzles, neat graphics, and the right length story experience that doesn't end up dragging on beyond its welcome. Which has a high chance of being an indie game pitfall and not knowing when to cut and trim your game

Spencer and Ryan are discussing their thoughts on the new Super Mario Galaxy Movie that just came out and how it compares to the first Universal one, the Sonic movie Trilogy, and the original 1993 film.Join us as we break it all down in this spoiler-filled discussion! Then get sidetracked as usual with other movies, games, comics, and life stories. Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more deep dives into fascinating films.

Spencer and Dave are going back to 1988 and discussing what might be the greatest Jesus movie of all time. The Last Temptation of Christ. Directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Paul Schrader with Willem Dafoe playing Jesus, Barbara Hershey as Mary Magdalene, and the greatest Judas performance ever from Harvey Keitel. Based on the original book from Nikos Kazantzakis.This story of Jesus really has a grounded, realistic human version of the legend. With some magic and fantasy still there in the epic. But Willem Dafoe makes the carpenter come across as a real fella who is just trying to figure out what is best in life and how exactly to spread the word of love and God right. It's one of those movies that just tells an interesting story and the questioning temptation that may offend the non-open-minded Christians out there who realistically probably are not that good of folks themselves. If one just gets past that, this movie here just delivers on all fronts and is really a hidden gem for everyone involved i

Spencer and Cameron are diving into a review and discussion of the new Fatal Frame 2 Crimson Butterfly remake. The new visuals, extra features, and gameplay styles. How this one compares to the previous 3 versions from PS2 to Xbox and Wii. The game is fantastic, filled will all kinds of ghostly terrors, Japanese ancient fables, and interesting story filled with death, sorrow, and a sisters love to get through the nightmare. Fatal Frame or Project Zero elsewhere, is defiantly a niche experience for a certain audience but it still holds the third tier of survival horror in our books. Only behind the big two of Resident Evil and Silent Hill. Here's hoping for a remake of Fatal Frame 1 and 3 now to complete the new remaster series. So, come join us for the run through retrospective discussion, as we deep dive into the lore, gameplay mechanics, and give a retro review on our modern experience. Let us know your thoughts on the game, survival horror titles, and what we should play next. The Silent Evil Podcast S

Spencer and Dave are going back to 1985 for a Vintage Cinema Review, to what might be the ultimate Arnold Schwarzenegger movie experience. Of course, Terminator and Conan the Barbarian are his most famous roles, but Commando is everything great about Arnie wrapped in one action filled party. It's got the big explosions, hand to hand combat, guns a blazing, fantastic one liners, and great bad guy characters that feel like proto–Metal Gear Solid like villains. What is not to love here. Plus, the movie is just excellently paced and is always one of the best watches, no matter how many times we have seen it. And we may have a Commando 2 sequel on the horizon. You never know.The story of Commando is about John Matrix and his daughter Jenny, living a peaceful life in the California mountains after a long stent as a military man. Matrix is retired but just when he thought he was out, they pull him back in. When Bennet (Vernon Wells), an old comrade who was known for flying off the handle, teams up with General A

Spencer and Dave are going back to 1974 (1975 for the USA release) to talk all about the film, The Yakuza. From writer Paul Schrader of Taxi Driver, Rolling Thunder, and Raging Bull to name a few and director Sydney Pollack of Jeremiah Johnson, Out of Africa, and Tootsie comes a master class take on the Japanese gangster drama, made to introduce the culture to American audiences. Sadly, like many of Asian oriented movies of back in the day, didn't make a lot at the American box office but still delivers an almost perfect noir action picture.Starring Robert Mitchum, Ken Takakura, and Brian Keith. The story is about a group of old WW2 buddies coming back to Japan after their stent in the occupation time and looking for ones missing daughter who they suspect the Yakuza has taken. Robert Mitchum's character Kilmer knows Japan best and even had a romantic fling back in the day to a woman named Eiko, who he also saved from the war torn Tokyo. Her brother, Ken is in his debt to Kilmer, for protecting and hel

Spencer and Ryan are going through the new Absolute Wonder Woman Vol 2 Graphic novel and discussing the comic book goodness of this new else world adventure of Diana. Wonder Woman has been raised in Hell (Greek Hell that is) and is a plant-witch fused with her good nature behavior to always do the right thing that Diana has always strived for. Taking on giant monsters and outsmarting the gods in her quest. There's a lot of great times happening in this series and we look forward to what the rest of the comics brings to the table. Join us as we break it all down in this spoiler-filled discussion! Then get sidetracked as usual with other movies, games, comics, and life stories. Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more deep dives into fascinating films.

Spencer and Dave are going back to talk the sequel to George Lucas' rock n' roll and hot rod hang out picture, with More American Graffiti from 1979 on the latest Vintage Cinema Review. This movie may look like a simple cash grab in for the huge success of the first film and the Star Wars boom but instead this movie really delivers film making like few others have tried. Literarily brining everybody back from the original film except Richard Dreyfuss but Harrison Ford still shows up. We got Ron Howard, Cindy Williams, Paul Le Mat, Candy Clark, Charles Martin Smith, and Mackenzie Phillips. With Bill L Norton writing and directing the story from George Lucas.There are four stories going on, that cut back and forth, pre Tarantino style to deliver the events of New Years Eve from 1964-1964. Each one is shot and edited together in a completely different film style to really add some artistic flair throughout. John Milner has his drag racing story, in ultra-wide screen cinema style, Toad's tale goes int

Spencer and Cameron are jumping into the latest Resident Evil game, with Requiem, the 9th in the main series and really the first game since six (dis-including the remakes) that feels like a proper Resident Evil story. 7 and 8 were fun games in their spin off sort of way but just never felt like proper RE titles. More like they should have been their own games, like other Capcom titles that took the Resident Evil format and ran with it. Onimusha, Dino Crisis, and Devil May Cry to name a few. But whatever, here we are at 9 and boy what an experience it is.There's a parallel story line going on where you play as Grace Ashcroft who is the daughter of Alyssa Ashcroft (from Outbreak on PS2 for those that remember) and Leon Kennedy. A now grizzled hero from previous RE games including 2, 4, 6, and Gaiden. The cool thing is that each character has a different play style. Grace is more in the traditional survival gameplay style of limited inventory, less weapons, puzzle solving, and hiding from the big boss stalk

Spencer and Cameron are going with a double feature podcast episode. The FMV styled survival horror games from Kenji Eno and his company Warp. Revolutionary and mind blowing in the graphics for the time but might be archaic for the modern-day gamer. Nevertheless, these two games are really a major part of retro horror gaming history that any hardcore gamer should take a look at least once. First with D and originally on Panasonic 3DO back in 1995. All about a girl named Laura who goes to find her father after he went crazy on a mass killing spree at a hospital. But when she gets there, she is warped away to some castle like environment and there the mystery begins. Myst is the easiest comparison and explanation of how these games play out. The prerendered environments and the click around and find out puzzles. D predates Resident Evil 1 by just a moment, and you can see a lot of the proto scares to come. Next, we dive into the somewhat sequel, Enemy Zero on Sega Saturn in 1996 Japan and 97 USA. (Really just a

Where were you in 62?Well, that is where Spencer and Dave are traveling back to and indulging in the tail end of the 50s era party, before the radical era of the 60s got dark and real with the Vietnam war and all the other changes happening then. Great Americano rock n' roll and classic hot rods to boot with George Lucas' American Graffiti from 1973.With both of us growing up with Modesto California as our closet major city (The place this film takes place/ George Lucas' hometown) this movie has always had a major impact to the area. Even if the 50s popularity has slowly faded out in the last 15 years or so. This movie takes place in one night, somewhere in summer, right before the new semester and college starts up and 4 young lads need to find out who they are, where they will go, or if Modesto will suck them back in like a vortex and eat them alive. But in the meantime, each one will go out on their own adventure in the night. Whether that be cruising the streets of Modesto, picking up chick, g

Spencer and Dave are finishing off Oliver Stone's Vietnam War Trilogy of films. First it was Platoon where we saw the action from the American soldiers in Vietnam. Next, we watched Born on the Fourth of July all about the soldiers coming back to the USA and living in a changed world. Now, the third film from 1993, Heaven and Earth is all about what it was like from the Vietnam side of the war.The real-life story of Le Ly (Hiep Thi Le), a girl growing up in a peaceful for the moment Vietnamese village, farming rice and living life as a Buddhist. But then the French come and ravish the village before there is a calm before the war. Next, it's the Viet Cong and then the Americans to the point that she has been tortured and abused by all sides, and she and her mom leave towards the city of Saigon. Here she takes up whatever jobs she can to get by before she meets an American (Tommy Lee Jones), who is a little too determent to be with her and at first seems like the right caring person to get her out of Vi

Spencer and Cameron are talking all about the stuck out in space, cabin fever style horror story of Mouthwashing from 2024. An indie title on Steam where it plays out more like an interactive movie, similar to games like Soma where one really gets to interact with characters and watch the story unfold into dark and humorous madness.It's the story about a space trucking, freight team, delivering cargo across the galaxy and at about halfway into their journey, they crash into a meteor and are left stranded in space with the captain just barely alive. So, the four remaining crew members take it to themselves to pass the time and figure a way out of there.The game goes back in fourth, Tarantino style, from before the crash and after the incident and weaves together the plot with twists and turns abound. Characters at first feel like they are leaning one way then the more you know they start to change your perspective.It's more of an experience than a standard game, but what we liked about it is how this i

Do you enjoy the hang out with friends after watching a movie, playing a video game, or reading a comic then discussing nothing but the good times of the experience?Well, join the Old Man Orange, Via VHS, and Silent Evil Podcast crew for the party fueled discussions of classic films, retro games, and comic book shenanigans. Have some laughs, learn some facts, and know what is best in life!Podcasting multimedia fun for over 10 years, with a 1000 plus episodes of reviews, discussions, interviews, and laughing it up with friends. Here’s just a few of the greats we’ve talked about over the years.Old Man Orange Podcast is all about enjoying the good times of studying and indulging the multi-media offerings of storytelling throughout time. Deep diving vintage cinema, reliving the nostalgia of gaming, finding unproduced movie scripts of what could have been, and discovering new comic books to read. If you like survival horror games from the past and present, then take a listen to the Silent Evil Podcast as Spencer a

Spencer and Ryan are back to talk about the new graphic novel of Absolute Batman Volume 2 by Scott Snyder, Nick Dragotta, Frank Martin, and Clayton Cowles. The alternative new DCU world of the classic characters, where Bruce Wayne is a blue collar worker and is good friends with his general Batman Prime enemies, like Penguin, Two Face, Croc, and Riddler.This story starts off with an interesting new take on a monstrous Mr. Freeze plot then dives into the bread and butter of Batman taking on Bane in a whole new bad way. This Bane shows up early in the Bat career and totally wreaks havoc on Batman and all his friends. With Bane being the power muscle for a terrorist ring around the world and trying to get Batman to take the venom and become his new heir.It's a totally interesting take on the Dark Knight and there are layers upon layers of story and details intwined throughout that really takes at least a second read to fully digest.Beyond that we also go into just some other comic books we have been reading

Spencer and Cameron are going back to 2002 and looking at what was the last big hurrah in the classic Resident Evil style of gameplay and story before Resident Evil 4 shook up the formula, Zero. When RE games were exclusive for Nintendo and everything just felt right. The GameCube controller almost felt dialed in perfectly for RE controls and the glory days of pre-rendered backgrounds, tank controls, and camera angles were at a pinnacle.But not everyone was game for this style by this point. RE0 really comes out at the tail end of the golden age Survival Horror gaming boom. And if you loved these types of games, Zero was an instant favorite. But if you have had enough of the puzzles, gameplay, and horror, this one would be more of the same. And a lot of people were looking for something different. I just remember X-Play (For my old man gamer reference) just hated the living daylights out of these games until RE4 changed up the arena. At least there was always Game Pro magazine (2nd old man gamer reference) th

Spencer and Cameron are talking all about good ole Resident Evil Code Veronica on the latest Silent Evil Podcast. Coming out originally on Sega Dreamcast in 2000 and looking as realistic as possible for the time. With the full 3d environments and cutscenes making it feel like the full movie experience. The game later came out PS2 and GameCube with the Code Veronica X version. HD Remaster on PS3 and Xbox 360 too. Generally, just adding in more cutscenes and expanding on Wesker's whole reason for being in the game. You can play any of the iterations, though the Dreamcast version will always have a special place in my upbringing.This game always felt just huge! And gameplay wise it is the longest of the Resident Evil games at this point. Originally this was supposed to carry the number of 3 but Sony got their panties in a bunch and claimed they wanted the number on their console. Silly rabbit. Well, Sega like usual, always got the short end of the stick but they still got first dibbs on literally one of the

Spencer and Dave are continuing the Vietnam War Trilogy from film maker Oliver Stone, with the 2nd movie, Born on the Fourth of July from 1989. Starring Tom Cruise in what might be his mightiest performance ever, at least for the drama department with other actors including Willem Dafoe, Kyra Sedgwick, and Tom Berenger just to name a few. It's an award-winning movie that literally deserves it as you are going through the real life, true story experience of Ron Kovic, who Tom Cruise plays and whose book the movie is based off of. The movie also contains one of the greatest, if maybe the only, wheelchair battles in history with Tom Cruise and Willem Dafoe duking it out. The story follows Ron Kovic, a fiercely patriotic young man who eagerly enlists to fight in the Vietnam War, believing deeply in American ideals of honor and sacrifice. Severely wounded in combat and paralyzed from the chest down, Ron returns home to a country that seems unwilling to acknowledge either his suffering or the war’s moral cost.