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Ferris Bueller's Day Off... does NOT live up.

Everyone's a critic. Jess and I didn't love this movie as much as our teenage selves did... and you can listen to our Live UP podcast episode to hear all the reasons why (see below!). Instead, let's talk about why Ferris Bueller's Day Off wouldn't work anymore (because of outdated technology), and provide practical modern day solutions for today's teens.... Because how could you possibly be expected to handle school on a day like this? 1. Convince your parents you are too sick for school 1986 Version - Ferris stays in bed and licks his hands to make them seem "clammy", which works on his oblivious parents and never ever worked again after this movie came out. "Clammy" isn't a symptom of anything ever, and modern day parents have Web MD**. No fever, no vomiting? You're going to school. 2023 Version - Tell your parents you feel achy and your throat is a little sore... but you're sure it's fine. You heard one of your classmat...

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade... Lives UP!

We think that Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade lives up even more than Raiders of the Lost Ark - it has more explosions, less random killings of bystanders, a lighter overall tone, and slightly better archology (though we agreed, Indy would still be on a PIP... he's gotta stop breaking things!). Last Crusade has several callbacks to Raiders, but one of the best is - SPOILER ALERT - having the bad guy's face melt off at the end. We love practical effects, so let's take a look at how they filmed these sequences. Wax on. Wax off. In Raiders of the Lost Ark, the wrath of God melts the face off of Major Toht. To achieve this epic face melt, the SPFX team make a stone model of the actor's skull, then coated it with blood-colored and skin-colored wax and gelatin. They added the character's glasses and hat to complete the look, and then! Let's literally melt the guy! As the wax melts, the stone skull holds its shape There's a fantastic behind the scenes vide...

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There are cats... and mean podcasters... in America. This episode, we reviewed Steven Spielberg's animated musical about a Jewish Ukrainian mouse who embodies the American immigrant experience... but cannot hit a high note. An American Tail divided us... it is hopeful and cute, but also a little annoying for adults. When An American Tail hit theaters in November 1986, it followed on the tail of a very similar mouse-centered movie released by Disney in July 1986, The Great Mouse Detective . I recall seeing both of these in the theater. Now, having rewatched one of them, my thoughts go out to my poor father who had to suffer sitting through both. Fievel and Basil exist in the same mouse universe An American Tail takes place in 1885; The Great Mouse Detective takes place in 1897. Both movies portray a thriving mouse world in parallel to our human world... so as Fievel and his family shadow a family of humans from Europe to America, the mice in The Great Mouse Detective shadow the mov...

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