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Doctor Mordrid (1992)

Full Moon Entertainment and comic book films are two subjects that fit together like a round peg in a square hole. After all, Full Moon was known for schlocky horror properties like the killer doll series Puppet Master, the vampire series Subspecies, and many others. So why the hell would studio head Charles Band try taking on the Marvel property Doctor Strange only to switch gears (and the name) in the midst of production. And the main question, was this ever intended to be Doctor Strange to begin with?

Dig in with Matt, Adam, and Garrett as they review one of the Three Men and a Retrospective Podcast’s most bizarre ‘Marvel’ entries, the 1992 Jeffrey Combs (Re-Animator) starring film Doctor Mordrid.

Howard the Duck (1986)

For years, the three of us have been asked when we were going to start covering Marvel films. After all, we did the two big DC characters over the span of a couple years. Why, in the years that we’ve been together, and Marvel has gone from being on top of the world to being just another Disney acquisition, have we not also dived right into the Marvel page to screen adaptations?

Well, we get into all of this on this very podcast. But let’s just preface this show by saying, we have tried in the past, only to know we were going to get debunked. After all, we can’t just do Marvel proper. As the other podcasters have found out while covering Stephen King, Garrett needs to do it ALL.

Which brings us to this week’s show. Listen to the boys discuss these exact reasons, as well as why they are starting with 1986’s Howard The Duck, and then, oh yeah, reviewing what is widely considered one of the worst films of all time. Do Garrett, Adam, and Matt agree?

Keep coming back, as their journey moves on next week, and let’s just say the prospect of these movies getting better doesn’t look too good.

Transformers One (2024)

Well, we were going to get to it eventually. When Transformers One was released in the fall of 2024, we at Percolated Media were up to our eyes in Stephen King and Beetlejuice retrospectives. Garrett and Matt wanted to wait until the schedule was in between retros before finally reviewing the latest fighting robots film, this one directed by Josh Cooley (Toy Story 4).

They weren’t the only ones who stayed away from the film while it was in theaters. Despite being amongst the best reviewed of the entire franchise, Transformers One underperformed at the box office. Was it deserved?

Join Matt and Garrett as they once again bring Garrett’s fiancé (and only noted fan of the entire Transformers film franchise that they know) Jen to the third podcast seat, and the three of them review the Chris Hemsworth led film that details the origins of the relationship between Optimus Prime and Megatron. And if you listened last week, you know to be sure to come back next week, as Matt and Garrett are set to bring Adam back to finally get to their deep dive into Marvel productions. Where are they going to start? With Howard The Duck!

Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)

By the time 1998 rolled around, everyone involved in the Lethal Weapon franchise were on to other things. Most notably star Mel Gibson, whose directorial effort Braveheart had won multiple Oscars three years before. You’d think it would have taken an almost perfect script to reunite everyone for a fourth and final(?) installment of the bread and butter franchise that set up their careers. I said, you’d THINK the script would have to be perfect. Welllll……

Join Garrett, Matt, and Adam as they review Lethal Weapon 4, and Garrett & Adam recount when they saw it in theaters in May of 1998. Also stay tuned until the end, as Garrett talks about what he thought of the 2016 Fox TV show. Then, the boys talk about what’s next for the network. One, is a continuation of an old series Matt would like to see go away. The other? A series that is ten years in the making. Listen below to find out what it is!

Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)

After Lethal Weapon 2 came out and became the third highest grossing film of that year, producers wanted more. So Jeffrey Boam, along with his buddy Robert Mark Kamen (The Karate Kid) once again churned out a script, director Richard Donner came aboard, and everything was one big happy shoot! Of course, this isn’t the whole story. So download the show below to find out how Lethal Weapon 3 REALLY happened.

Plus, what does Princess Leia have to do with it? How hard was it to get Joe Pesci signed on immediately after winning his Oscar? Why was Rene Russo brought in? Find out as Garrett, Adam, and Matt break all this down, as well as give their thoughts on one of 1992’s biggest action films.

Also, come back next week as we close this series out and announce our next long form retro that will only rival Stephen King as far as length. Hint, it’s something we’ve been asked to do since we started ten years ago!

Monday Night Wars Episode XIII: WWF Wrestlemania XII (1996)

We hope the new year is off to a great start for all of you. Since we’re now on the road to the WWE’s biggest show of the year, we felt it appropriate to get back into the swing of things. After a less than steller entry in 1995, the company brought us Wrestlemania from California. Featuring the first “Iron Man” match, a “Hollywood Backlot Brawl” and other notable matches, how did this show fare?

Join Matt and Garrett as they look back on Wrestlemania XII. Come back soon as we get eerily close to the paradigm shift in WCW and the first HBK world title reign.

Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)

As we’ve already covered at other times on this podcast, 1989 was a golden year for film, specifically the action genre. Since we already reviewed Batman (1989) and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), it is now time to cover that year’s third place box office winner, Lethal Weapon 2.

Franchises weren’t really a thing yet, but after the splash the first Lethal Weapon made on video, not to mention the 80s action wave being cemented by Die Hard the year before, producer Joel Silver was adamant that it was time for a new Lethal Weapon. So he called his wonderkind Shane Black to write another one, which he did with his friend Warren Murphy. But director Richard Donner wasn’t too happy with what he came up with, so he once again brought in Jeffrey Boam to do some touch ups. Though if you ask Black, he had completely rewritten what he wrote.

But the result, is a slam bang action romp that, as already established, was a box office hit. Do the boys enjoy where the series went? And besides ‘diplomatic immunity’, what is memorable about it? Download below to find out what Garrett, Matt, and Adam have to say about what many call a better film than the firs

Lethal Weapon (1987)

Though we’ve done the Superman series (check our archives for those shows) we would be reminded if we did not cover the OTHER franchise director Richard Donner made into a successful series of films. With a script by a hot shot scriptwriter named Shane Black, Donner set off to turn Lethal Weapon into a slam bang stand alone film. We know how that turned out.

But before we get to the sequels, we have to cover the 1987 original. Casting already covered by us in Mad Mad Mel Gibson and dramatic actor Danny Glover, Donner had to see the actors’ chemistry alone was going to make for a good time at the movies.

Or did it? Listen to Garrett, Matt, and Adam as they go over the ways all of them discovered this franchise, before dissecting one of the 80s most beloved action films. Do all of them agree? Come on, you know us by now.

Children of the Corn (2020)

After 11 movies and almost 40 years, we are finally at the end of our Children of the Corn retrospective. We’ll be closing the book on Night Shift and moving on to other King works later in the year. We have unfinished business to do as we rank all these movies at the end of this show and also divulge our first retro of 2025. Enjoy and thanks to both you all and our co-hosts for being troopers in completionism.

Children of the Corn: Runaway (2018)

In the same year that another horror franchise made a legacy sequel to its original installment, Children of the Corn did the same thing. Is Runaway an improvement in an aspect from the vast majority of these entries? We’ll be closing out this retrospective next time by reviewing 2020 as well as ranking every entry. Then we’ll reveal our first retro of 2025. Enjoy!

Children of the Corn: Genesis (2011)

Only two more to go before we can leave this franchise in Gatlin!

Children of the Corn (2009)

No, we did not take the first show and re-upload it. What we have today is a remake of the original short story that was produced and aired on Sci-Fi Channel in 2009. Is it a vast improvement over the 1984 version? Will anyone have something remotely positive to say? Tune in to find out.

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