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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

While commercially successful, both the critical and ratings board backlash against Indiana Jones And The Temple of Doom was almost too much for director Steven Spielberg to take. So much so, he wasn’t sure he wanted to honor the three film deal he and friend George Lucas made, and he was looking at doing other things. At the time the third film was being developed, Spielberg had both Rain Man and Big on his desk to do. It was only after Lucas brought in writer Jeffrey Boam (and Spielberg was allowed to keep the story not so much about the McGuffin as it was about Indy’s relationship with his father) that the director finally relented.

The result, Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade. Looked at almost as more course correction than the end of a trilogy, the third Indiana Jones adventure brought in former James Bond Sean Connery, and was turned into a light hearted adventure that despite being released in the huge summer of 1989 (which also contained the already covered on this podcast Tim Burton film Batman) was still the biggest movie of the season, and would have seemed to send the whip cracking archaeologist literally into the sunset happy.

Join Garrett, Matt, and Adam as they continue their dive into the Indiana Jones franchise with their review of Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade. And be sure to keep checking back as their review of Indiana Jones And The Dial of Destiny is right around the corner.

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

Both personally and professionally, by the time Steven Spielberg and George Lucas were set to make a sequel to their successful collaboration Raiders of the Lost Ark, they were in completely different places than they were prior. Professionally, Lucas had just wrapped his Star Wars trilogy, and Spielberg had done E.T., the most financially successful movie of the time.

But it was the personal part that drove Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom in the creative process. Lucas was going through a nasty divorce, and Spielberg had a bad breakup where he felt like his heart was being ripped out.

The result of this creative process? A movie with a dark style of violence that would help push the MPAA to make a new rating. Given its dark tone, parents rebelled and Spielberg had no choice but to go to MPAA head Jack Valenti and help come up with a PG-13 rating.

Listen in as Garrett, Matt, and Adam dissect Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Everyone came into this viewing with a different feeling than last week, with Matt having only seen it once years ago. Would Willie Scott, Short Round, and non vampire vampire bats be enough to cause a massive dip in everyone’s 10-10 rating last week? Listen in to find out!

And yes, all of this is leading up to a review of the brand new release Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023)

It is safe to say that the Transformers franchise was in major flux following the release of 2018’s Bumblebee. It was critically lauded for its inclusion of heart, but it didn’t have the biggest box office numbers. So Paramount’s solution was to bring in Creed 2’s director Steve Caple and have him make a film that included both elements of Bumblebee’s heart and Michael Bay’s spectacle.

The result? Transformers Rise of the Beasts. How was it?

Join Garrett and Matt as they bring in new to the Percolated Media’s Three Men and a Retrospective Podcast airwaves -and noted Transformers fan- Jen to dissect the movie’s parts and declare whether these decisions were a good idea.

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Having done Star Wars, you would think it only natural the boys would eventually get to Indiana Jones. But add in the fact there is another movie coming out this summer, and it was an inevitability.

Listen in as Garrett, Matt, and Adam start their deep dive into the caves and tombs associated with cinema’s most famous archaeologist. With it starting out as a passion project between George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, until eventually ending up in the hands of James Mangold, the journey will certainly be an interesting one. Starting with this podcast in which, spoiler alert, something happens that has never happened since these three have exclusively started podcasting together.

The Boogeyman (2023)

With this review of The Boogeyman, the boys return to the cinematic world of Stephen King. Not only that, it is a theatrical release, which we all know is what Matt and Adam were excited for (sarcasm noted). As for Garrett? This was his dream come true. Or was it?

Join The Three Men And A Retrospective Podcast as they dive right into a theatrical version of the short film they reviewed months before when they did Stephen King’s The Night Shift Collection. With the writers of A Quiet Place and the director of Dashcam at the helm, The Boogeymen had quite an uphill battle to get in the good graces of two of these three podcasters. And what about the third? Listen to find out!

And be sure to return next week, as the boys return to theaters and review a continuation of a series Matt and Garrett started a retrospective on a few years ago whose identity they don’t want to reveal now. But let’s just say it’ll be more than meets the eye.

Fast X (2023)

Two years after he was able to convince Garrett to finally do that Fast and Furious franchise, Vin Diesel and company have returned with another! Though this time, it’s with a new director, and some surprising (or not) returns.

Join Garrett and Adam as Matt drives them through the latest entry in what was once one of his favorite franchises. And stay tuned, as they go over what the future of the Safa could possibly hold.

Return of the Jedi (1983)

With a divorce on the horizon and his Empire fully established, George Lucas was willing to do one more film in the series that started it all, and then go home to spend time with his family. So, once again armed with screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan, Lucas pounded out a story and helped produce Return of the Jedi, the what was perceived at the time to be the concluding chapter in his Star Wars Saga.

Join the Three Men and a Retrospective Podcast as they dive in the Ewok ladened third film in Lucas’s original Star Wars Trilogy. One more note, despite what is said at the end of the episode about what is on the horizon next week, we encourage you to ignore it and think more about fast cars and…family.

Next week is a Three Men and a Retrospective review of Fast X with Garrett, Matt, and Adam!

The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

So where do you go after making the most successful movie of all time? Why make another of course. After Star Wars proved all naysayers wrong and was a massive success, George Lucas knew he had free reign to continue the story he had written a few years before. But if you thought the first movie had problems, wait until you hear what happened on the second.

But with a highly competent director -and Lucas’s former USC professor- at the helm in Irvin Kershner, The Empire Strikes Back, once again defied odds and in many ways, proved to be an even bigger success than its predecessor. So much so that it is called by many The Godfather II of science fiction movies. But do the Three Men And A Retrospective Podcast agree?

Matt gave a little bit of a preview of his thoughts on this blockbuster at the end of last week’s show, and there are debates to be had in this two hour plus review of one of the most successful sequels of all time.

Star Wars (1977)

Matt finally did it. While doing the scheduling for these shows, he finally convinced Garrett to do a whole retrospective on the galaxy far, far away. Why was Garrett hesitant? How did Matt convince him to do it? And of all times to do it, why are they doing it now?

Listen in as Adam joins the two and they discuss this, as well as take take a major deep dive on the original 1977 George Lucas directed Star Wars. What were the circumstances Lucas ran into while making the film? Who is it that he surrounded himself with that contributed to the film becoming the most successful movie of the time? How are the guys dividing the reviews?

Download the first of what has been our most requested retrospective since Matt and Garrett started podcasting together ten years ago.

M3GAN (2023)

While outlining our schedule for the year, Matt was under the impression that the James Wan produced/Gary Dauberman directed remake of Salem’s Lot was going to come out at the end of April. What can we say? After the studio switched everything around for the release of Evil Dead Rise, we had a spot to fill.

Enter M3gan. Also produced by Wan, the tale about a killer AI influenced doll was a surprise hit at the beginning of the year, grossing over $100 million. Why did the boys choose this one to do? And what was it that made it inevitable that, whether there was a spot or not, they eventually were going to cover it anyway?

Listen to Matt, Adam, and Garrett dissect the twerking doll of success, and stay tuned for the MASSIVE announcement of the very next retrospective they are going to do!

Aaron Rodgers is Officially a Jet

After months of speculation, conjecture and rumors, Aaron Rodgers has officially become a New York Jet. This was the hallmark of what has been a busy offseason for a team coming off of a disappointing conclusion to their previous season. It’s a bit surreal that this has actually occurred given how much of daily sports conversation involved this particular topic. The good news is that the “trade talks” can now be put to bed.

Is there bad news in this transaction? How does Matt feel about the compensation and other key moves that the Jets have made? With three months since his last episode, you can expect plenty from our resident Jets fan.

Tune in to the latest episode of Gang Green and Goudreau to find out all his feelings!

Salem’s Lot (2004)

By 2004, the starvation for anything Stephen King had pretty much died down. Yet we were still 10-15 years from seeing things he had written being revised for the screen over and over. Or were we? At this point, the 2002 version of Carrie had already aired, and there was a ten plus movie Children of the Corn franchise still going on. Yes, we’re getting to those too.

But even though ABC had been mostly the home to the TV movie adaptations coming out, the mid 2000s saw TNT get into the act with this Rob Lowe-Donald Sutherland starring ‘modern’ interpretation of King’s 1975 vampire novel.

Join the Three Men of this Retrospective Podcast as they once again dive into another version of Salem’s Lot. And we can pretty much bet that Adam isn’t as angry this week as he was last week. Or is he?

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