Midnight Movie Cowboys

Hey all, the Midnight Movie Cowboys are BACK for 2011 with our first episode. Here Hunter and Stu take a look back at 2010 and shout out their top 10, along with a few other mentions along the way. remember to visit us at www.midnightmoviecowboys.com or email us at midnightmoviecowboys@gmail.com. Catch us on twitter at MMCowboys, or join our facebook page - Midnight Movie Cowboys podcast. thanks for listening - enjoy.

Hey everybody, Hunter here! Miss us?  We've been popping up here and there over at The United States of Geekdom in the past few months, but now Stu and I have recorded our first show of 2011 and are back in full swing, so keep your eyes on your iTunes feeds and/or on the site, because it's coming soon!

Tilting at Death Stars By Cole “JediCole” Houston Like those kids in Pulp Fiction, we got into this with the best intentions. Unlike them, we survived. When I was first approached by Stu to be a guest on the Midnight Movie Cowboys’ Star Wars episode his primary concern was that, online, in-depth explorations of each film of the Saga had been done to death. In our discussions the concept began to emerge that we tackle Star Wars not as a series of films but as the global phenomenon that it would become. A phenomenon that transcends its cinematic origins and transforms it into a part of contemporary culture. The modern mythology as it has often been called. Yet in the end we discovered that three people who are passionate about Star Wars and the impact it has had on them personally cannot help but explore the films themselves. Our express purpose, however, was to explore all things Star Wars outside of the films themselves, time permitting. In preparation for this I had compiled what turned out to be six pages of notes that covered a variety of topics and concepts that were not film-specific. In the end we scarcely touched upon even ten percent of that list. Needless to say, when you are covering Star Wars there is a lot of ground to cover. At first there was some concern that we had strayed from out intended path, that we had done exactly what we were seeking to avoid. Like George Lucas who despised the corporate world of filmmaking and created Star Wars as much as possible outside of that system only to have its success compel LucasFilm to become exactly the corporate machine he once rejected, we found ourselves immersed in a fairly deep discussion of each individual film. Some things are just inevitable. But in so doing we only failed to adhere to a projected structure while still delivering a compelling show. As I write this the finished edit is in the can and is quite a good episode in its own right. I look forward to hearing it myself as I am sure are those who are reading these words (if you have not already given it a listen). So the purpose of this article is not to bemoan the departure from the path we set before us but rather to share a few of the points that were not covered that might be of interest to you, the listener. A kind of written supplement to the show itself. And a glimpse into the insights of someone who has been an avid fan of the Star Wars saga since the age of 11 and that fateful summer of 1977. All of that said I would like to take a moment to touch upon a few aspects of the Star Wars saga that touch upon its impact both personally and socially. Stu, Hunter, and I had spent some considerable time weeks in advance of recording the episode discussing all things Star Wars. Much of that discussion certainly directed the final show and was replete with personal experiences. Being to oldest of the three of us and subsequently the one most versed in the history of Star Wars I was a wellspring of memories. From newspaper ads for department store appearances of Darth Vader and Boba Fett (which sadly I was not able to attend) to the Star Wars daily comic strips that ran in one of the two Dallas newspapers of the day. The newspaper my parents did not take but my grandmother did, which had her dutifully clipping those strips out of her paper every single day for years! I can certainly say I have lived Star Wars for the greater part of my life. On the Personal Front When I saw Star Wars the first time I was enthralled. How enthralled I would only realize in retrospect. Nothing in my experience had ever come close to speaking to me in the way this movie did. And while there was precious little early on by way of physical souvenirs, in time those would come and be a huge part of my life to this day. In the mean time there was always the second and third and fourth screening of this incredible film. I recall my mom reading an article in the paper about people seeing Star Wars 50 to 100 times. This was unheard of! I considered my tenth viewing to be something of an accomplishment, but then I was far too young to see it at will. And though in those days it was not uncommon to buy a ticket and sit through a second screening without ever being asked to leave, I never got close to those lofty numbers myself. At least before the arrival of home video. Then there was a kind of virtual collecting that went on for me. From amassing every newspaper clipping and advertisement for all things Star Wars to mentally cataloging everything aired on television that was remotely related. The infamous Star Wars Holiday Special is certainly the best known incursion of that galaxy far, far away to the small screen, but it was not the only one. An episode of The Donny and Marie Show featured a song and dance number famous to this day for its dancing Stormtroopers and Paul Lynd in the garb of an Imperial Officer. There was an obscure Richard Pryor special that included a sketch juxtaposing an inner city dive bar with Mos Eisely Cantina (complete with all of the creatures from that scene). And of course there was the first appearance of Carrie Fischer in a sexy two-piece bikini number on Saturday Night Live (years before Return of the Jedi). As that week’s guest host a Star Wars themed sketch was inevitable. The approach chosen was to drop Princess Leia in the middle of a 50’s Frankie Avalon and Annette Funichello beach picture – Beach Blanket Bimbo from Outer Space! As a young fan of Star Wars and the lovely Princess the sight of Carrie Fischer doffing her white robes for a gold lame bikini was a delightful sight. It certainly made her singing of “Teenager from Outer Space”, a performance on a par with that of the Life Day song, more than forgivable. Who could help but overlook her less-than-ideal song stylings when under the influence of the sight of the actress in her prime wearing almost nothing? The original Battlestar Galactica promised to provide the flavor of Star Wars on our television screens every week. Certainly much of the production had a very Star Wars feel. From the Colonial Vipers that invoked X-Wing Fighters to the Cylon Base Star which was much akin to the Death Star, but lacked the overall destructive power. My personal level of excitement the night of the premiere of the series was off the charts. And when a Presidential Address preempted the show in the middle I could not have been more angry. How could the President of the United States be so thoughtless as to interrupt Battlestar Galactica?! Could any matter of national import really trump something like this? As the series wore on, however, the influence of Star Wars became less and less prevalent as it found its own identity and distinguished itself in the annals of science fiction television. Like many actual, and in my case budding, writers and filmmakers, Star Wars was my earliest and greatest influence. As early as 1977 I was determined to be a filmmaker and set about to create movie magic with an 8mm silent film camera and a handful of friends. By high school I was saving up for a Super 8 sound camera and still working on the never-ending screenplay to my intergalactic epic Star Worlds! This highly derivative work had more nods to Star Wars than original concepts. The lead characters of Han Novatec and his alien co-pilot Naphet Yen (a bat-eared animal man) not only invoked their LucasFilm counterparts, they down right ripped them off! To be sure to give due honor to one of my favorite scenes, there was also a Cantina scene in every iteration of the script. Then there were the Kenner Star Wars toys. As a collector from the Early Bird Set straight through to the very last Power of the Force toys I had a keen interest in the line. At one point when looking at one of the vehicles in the line I noticed the address for Kenner Products emblazoned on the surface of the toy. An actual mailing address for the manufacturer or the greatest toy line in history, could this be possible? And in fact it was. I wrote my first letter to Kenner soon after my discovery, though it would not be the last. Over the course of six to seven years I wrote incessantly to Kenner. Much to my surprise each reply letter I received was signed by the same people (over that time only two people ever had the task of replying to consumers it seems). And in time the replies became more and more personalized. I not only wrote to espouse my particular love of the series, but also to suggest which characters might best suit the line. I campaigned, unsuccessfully, for a bantha, though my design for a Bespin Carbon Freeze Chamber mechanism to go from a Han figure to a Carbonite encased Han was more or less utilized in the Micro Series. Into a Larger World Who could have predicted the lasting influence of Star Wars on cinema and on world culture? Certainly not George Lucas himself. There is a well-known story from 1977 of the Saga’s creator being taken aback when he realized that the long lines outside of the Chinese Theatre consisted of moviegoers seeking to see Star Wars! Certainly not the kind of reception he expected for his spacefaring adventure. How strange indeed it must seem to reflect on a world where the Star Wars name would be adopted for the United States’ orbital missile defense systems and Jedi would become the “official” religion of thousands of Australians in the country’s 2001 Census! Perhaps the greatest influence of Star Wars was to make the genre of science fiction a viable one for American cinema. On the strength of the success of this film, productions of every caliber began to emerge. Every studio wanted to cash in on the success of Star Wars and dozens of films would hit the screens in the ensuing years. And none could even come close to touching the phenomenal success of the fledgling Saga. The promise of more films to follow certainly helped fuel that fire. But it was also the unique aspects of the film, from production values that were beyond its budget to themes that were never successfully mimicked helped set Star Wars apart from the field of “me too” movies that tried to ride its coat tails. When I was growing up Star Trek was the bastion of science fiction-based costuming. In the years since its release it seems that Star Wars has long since taken over that role. Personally I have seen Star Wars costuming evolve from something you saw only once in a while to an ubiquitous entity of fandom. The international Imperial costuming group, the 501st Legion has the distinction of actually being officially licensed by LucasFilm. That certainly makes this organization the most unique license holders in the mix. From organized costumers to lone hobbyists to kids in store-bought costumes you can always find plenty of folks donning the garb of their favorite characters. Once rare and prohibitively expensive, the armor of the Stormtrooper has become almost commonplace at conventions. Fan favorites like Boba Fett, Darth Maul, and the inevitable Jedi Knights are also ever-present. It is rare indeed to fail to see a Star Wars character costume being worn at any kind of convention.

The Force is strong with this one. Well, here we have our Star Wars episode entitled 'The Intergalactic Laxative' (or: All the s**t you didn't know about Star Wars). Hunter and Stu are joined by their friend, and tireless Star Wars fanatic / guru Mr. Cole 'JediCole' Houston of 'The United Staes of Geekdom' podcast. We discuss all things Star Wars, not just the movies. Listen as we discuss initial Star Wars origins, action figures, comics, our personal recollections of Star Wars, our re-imagining of Star Wars... oh and, well we do discuss the films a little bit also. come visit us at www.midnightmoviecowboys.com email us at midnightmoviecowboys@gmail.com find us on twitter at MMCowboys give our facebook page a visit and hit the like button if you haven't done so, just look up Midnight Movie Cowboys also you can listen to Cole over at the podcast he co-hosts 'United States of Geekdom' www.unitedstatesofgeekdom.com or visit his personal website www.jedicole.com thanks for listening everybody.

Well here it is all. Episode 4 - I Confess: The Guilty Pleasuredome Part 2 - Listener Feedback. This episode is filled with both voicemails and emails, the Guilty Pleasure picks from our listeners are discussed by Hunter and Stu. Come listen in on this epic show - enjoy!

NOTE: This post assumes you've listened to part 1 of Episode 4, located below.  If you haven't, give it a listen before you read any further. - H So by now many of you know that Gus Van Sant's Psycho remake is the most poisonous pleasure on my shelf.  I mentioned in the show that I had written a defense of it, so I thought I would dig it up and share it with all of you.

So why watch Van Sant’s remake of Psycho when you have the original? Why bother making a new version of such a beloved film? Hitchcock’s Psycho is a movie I watch fairly regularly, I know it very well and it entertains me every time, from the opening right down to the admittedly simplistic pop-psychology in the conclusion. But having an alternate version doesn’t bother me, in fact it only enriches the original. While I always put on the original to the virgin viewer, I often force Psycho veterans to sit through this one, if only because they hate this movie out of principle without having seen it, which is silly. Sometimes I put it on by myself, just because seeing Psycho new again from a different angle is always a refreshing experience, which is why I wouldn’t call Van Sant’s experiment a failure, but a success in my eyes.

-H

Ok, it's time for us to 'fess up. Come join Hunter and Stu as they lay bare their souls (and lose some dignity perhaps also) with our I Confess: The Guilty Pleasuredome episode. Just what films that we once were too ashamed to admit to do we divulge to the world? Well you'll just have to listen and find out. Please note: This is just part I of I Confess, Part II is our listener feedback portion, and with some real doozies in amongst our listeners lists, you won't want to miss that one. Part II drops in a couple of days of release of Part I. email us at midnightmoviecowboys@gmail.com visit us at www.midnightmoviecowboys.com or hit the like button on our facebook fan page

Hi all First up we just want to take this opportunity to thank everybody who has gotten behind us and our show and peppered us with praise and kind words, trust us it means a lot! Now, we wanna hear from YOU! We will be recording episode 4 (our Guilty Pleasures show) in a week, and we want to hear from you. What are your favorite guilty pleasures? What title makes you blush when you say it, or makes you drop your head in shame when quizzed over why it is sitting on your DVD shelf? Well we are here to help, come alleviate some of that guilt with us. It's easy, send us an mp3 of your 10 guilty pleasures, or if you don't have the facilities for recording - no problem - shoot us an email at midnightmoviecowboys@gmail.com with your list, or alternatively, you can post them up on our Facebook page (which you'll find on the left hand side of this post, but hey you can't post on our wall until you join by hitting the 'Like' button - so click that bad boy if you haven't already). Give us your 10, in either a countdown 10-1 mode, or in no particular order All contributions will be played / read out on the show. Thanks, Stu

A different kind of show this time around. We're doing a double feature with this one titled Disney on Ice / Warner goes to Hell. In this episode we look at racism in animation. Come listen as Hunter and Stu are joined by their good friend and self-confessed Disney geek Rick Gutierrez from the United States of Geekdom podcast, where we discuss such things as WWII propaganda short films, Song of the South, Who Framed Roger Rabbit and the infamous Warner Bros 'Censored Eleven'. Come visit us at www.midnightmoviecowboys.com, check us out on facebook on our fan page. Also check us out on twitter at MMCowboys. Also visit Rick and the USG crew at www.unitedstatesofgeekdom.com *WARNING* This show does feature some language that may be considered racially offensive - However - this language is used ONLY in the context of the topic at hand, and is not used in a malicious way in any way. Thanks for listening.

Howdy everyone, Hunter here! Episode 3 of the Midnight Movie Cowboys is a real doozy, we discuss a great deal of shorts by both Disney and Warner Bros., and since most of them are available on YouTube, we saw it fit to create a listener's guide to keep you up to speed on the discussion.  The Disney shorts are in no particular order, however The Warner Bros. short films are in the order in which we discuss them on the show.  Please note that the content of these shorts contains attitudes that are considered hurtful or otherwise naive by today's standards, so keep that in mind going in.  Enjoy! -H Part I: Disney on Ice Symphony Hour Note: We only touch on this one in the show, but saw fit to include it anyway. The Spirit of '43 Der Fueher's Face Education For Death Commando Duck Cleanliness Brings Health Fantasia: The Pastoral Symphony Embedding was disabled for this one, so head over to YouTube and check it out! The Song of the South (Part I)   Note: Head over to YouTube to watch the rest of The Song of the South! Part II: Warner goes to Hell Note: The following is the infamous "Censored 11", presented here chronologically as discussed on the show. 1. Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land 2. Sunday Go To Meetin' Time 3. Clean Pastures 4. Uncle Tom's Bungalow 5. Jungle Jitters 6. The Isle of Pingo-Pongo 7. All This and Rabbit Stew 8. Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs 9. Tin Pan Alley Cats 10. Angel Puss parts 1 & 2 11. Goldilocks and The Jivin' Bears parts 1 & 2

Howdy everyone, Hunter here! For all those out there that aren't fans of us on Facebook, I posted a bunch of trailers to the movies we would be discussing on Episode 2.  For those of you coming here and just now checking the site and the new show, here they are.  If you've already heard the show, they'll give you a further taste of what you're in for, given you're unfamiliar with these films, as well as further viewing suggestions.  Enjoy! Also, Stu and I will be recording Episode 3 next week, along with a special guest. Remember you can follow us on Twitter (@MMCowboys), send us an e-mail at midnightmoviecowboys@gmail.com, if you drop us an MP3 voicemail, we'll play it on the show! -H 1. The One-Armed Swordsman (dir. Chang Cheh) Chang Cheh's masterpiece that set the world of martial arts films on fire, breaking $1 million US as the Hong Kong box office.  Drawing it's influence from the films of Akira Kurosawa and Sam Peckinpah, Chang's film spawned a plethora of sequels, remakes, and knock-offs, and launched Jimmy Wang Yu into stardom. Further viewing: The Return of the One-Armed Swordsman, The New One-Armed Swordsman, The Master of the Flying Guillotine, The Blade 2. The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (dir. Lau Kar Leung) Lau Kar Leung's most famous and influential film, it defined the training sequence and made an icon out of Gordon Liu, who was Lau's go-to leading man and went on to play two roles in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill films.  It's influence can also be seen in the world of hip-hop, as the Wu-Tang Clan named their debut record 36 Chambers, and the late Ol' Dirty Bastard named his first solo venture after the sequel, Return to the 36th Chamber. Further viewing: Return to the 36th Chamber, Disciples of the 36th Chamber, Heroes of the East, 8 Diagram Pole Fighter 3. The Magic Blade (dir. Chu Yuan) A fast-moving fantasy film that seems to take place in a universe that overlaps our own. Starring genre heroes Ti Lung and Lo Lieh, director Chu Yuan fills this wuxia romp with crazy villains and wacky action set-pieces that make it one-of-a-kind. Further viewing: Holy Flame of the Martial World 4. The Boxer's Omen (dir. Chih-Hung Kuei) This film is a crazy gross-out journey of the spiritual variety you have to see for yourself. I couldn't find a trailer for this one, so enjoy one of the delightfully strange battles between a Shaolin monk and an evil Taoist wizard. Further viewing: Corpse Mania, El Topo, The Holy Mountain

The doors have been flung open and we welcome you to The Shaw-lin Temple! This episode is centered around the Kung-Fu and Wuxia films from the Shaw Brothers studio, specifically an in-depth look at the films The One-Armed Swordsman, The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, The Magic Blade and The Boxer's Omen.  These 4 films cover a good spectrum of the movies produced at the Shaw Brothers studio during their heyday. You don't have to have seen these films to enjoy this show, so dive in.

Howdy everyone, Hunter here! Stu and I have started a new series of short podcasts called "Take it from us" that are more review-based.  They're not appearing on the main page, as we plan to have a tab for them that will be more prominent once the site gets more organized (it's on a link to the right under the PAGES tab).  So for now, here's a post on the main page pointing you to it, this show won't go out on the feed, so the only place you can get it is here on the site.  Now go listen to it! Enjoy! -H

Howdy everyone, Hunter here! Stu and I recorded Episode 2 last night and it's in the can, look for it here or on your iTunes feed early next week.  It's gonna be nice and Shaw-spiced! In the meantime, Stu and I both appeared (albeit separately) on the latest episode of The Film Thugs Movie Show.  Their "listener break-up" show has been gestating for awhile now and it finally burst out this week, Stu and I both submitted our break-up lists in pre-recorded audio, it's a hilarious show so go check it out here.  Thanks everyone, see ya when Episode 2 drops! -H

Well, here it is everybody, Episode 1!  It's a little thing we like to call 'The Overlook(ed) Hotel: Profiles in Obscurity'.  For this episode, as you may know, we decided to be a bit more loose and not so diligent with audio grabs and music, mainly due to time constraints.  We will, however, be returning back to our normal format as of Episode 2 onwards.  For now, this episode is a bit more free-form, but we had fun making it, and we hope you have fun listening to it.  Who knows, there may be a title or two in there that you'll wanna track down and it'll become something you will start shouting about to your friends. Remember to subscribe to us in iTunes, visit our Facebook and Twitter pages, all of which are located here on the site, be sure to drop us an email, or, even better, send us a voicemail and we will incorporate it into a future show. Stu

Releasing Catfish the same weekend as David Fincher's Facebook creation myth, The Social Network, is probably no coincidence, as I'm sure these two films would make a stellar double feature.  Catfish is a documentary that begins examining a relationship a man has with a family of people he meets on Facebook, and the peeling away of the personas they project as he digs deeper into who they really are once the cracks are exposed.  It's about how sites like Facebook (and the internet in general) have changed the politics of personal relationships, and the way we can get lost in the identities we create for ourselves online.  Catfish is a movie that is best enjoyed going in knowing as little as possible, I'm going to keep the plot description as thin as possible, however if you plan to see this, stop right here and see the film (which you should do anyway), then come back and read this.  If you don't care, read on.

The documentary focuses on a guy named Yaniv Schulman, a photographer living in New York with two filmmakers, Henry Joost, and Yaniv's brother, Ariel (both of whom made this film).  Yaniv begins receiving paintings interpreting his work as a photographer from a child prodigy in Michigan named Abby.  Yaniv becomes connected with Abby's family through Facebook, getting to know Abby's mother Angela, her brother Alex, her father Vince, and most of all, her lovely older sister Megan, who is also a singer-songwriter.  Megan and  Yaniv quickly form a long-distance internet relationship via Faceboook and phone calls.  Yaniv sends her photographs and Photoshop creations, while Megan sends him recordings of her covering songs, as well as original ones she puts together, just for him.  But as you might have guessed, this isn't a documentary that's about the formation of a lasting relationship online, it's about what happens when the validity of Megan's online identity gets called into question, causing the filmmakers to investigate who Yaniv has really been speaking to this whole time.

Catfish probably takes some liberties with the true story all for the sake of drama and suspense, but it is nonetheless a compelling tale of identity and relationships as filtered through the internet.  I've always been interested in the subject of the internet and how it's changed our relationships with each other, yet most movies that tackle that subject only touch on the more interesting elements, or ignore them altogether.  Facebook and MySpace (which seems to be going the way of Friendster in recent years) are places where we can project ideas of ourselves, often we try to represent some idea of how we perceive ourselves, or how we would like to perceive ourselves.  We pick pictures that make us look as cool and attractive as possible to represent us on our profiles, sometimes we don't even use pictures of ourselves at all, sometimes we intentionally misrepresent who we are, and some people take that further than others.  The YouTube aesthetic the filmmakers bring make this movie seem like it takes place entirely online, like something best experienced on the internet itself.  The changes the internet has brought to culture as a whole are rarely addressed in cinema, so seeing these filmmakers address it directly, and in a seemingly non-fiction setting makes this one of the most engaging and interesting films to tackle the subject so far.

-H

Howdy everyone, Hunter here! First things first, Stu and I are recording Episode 1 tomorrow, given some time constraints that have fallen upon Stu and I this week, the show's not gonna be as snazzed up in post-production as Episode 0, so this show might be a bit rough around the edges by comparison, but future shows will have the bells and whistles in terms of music and clips.  Since our podcast is still in its infancy, we want to get something out for you guys in a timely manner, and the topic we have cooking is a fun one, so it'll be a great show, we just don't want you all thinking we're shirking our post-production duties from now on. So I joined Jim Dirkes from The Film Thugs Movie Show on Friday to fill in for Clarkson Campbell, and the show is now up for your listening pleasure.  Head on over to their site to check it out, or you could do the right thing and subscribe to their show on iTunes if you haven't already!  The topic is IMDb.com's list of the top 20 festival break-out films of the last 20 years, and the topics discussed include Ed Burns, transvestites, the amount of rape in the oeuvre of Todd Solondz, and the color scheme in Little Miss Sunshine.  Go now and enjoy it! -H

Howdy friends, Hunter here! First off I want to announce a few things, Stu and I will be recording Episode 1 at the beginning of the week so we should have a new show up for you all soon.  Also, I will be filling in for Clarkson Campbell over at The Film Thugs Movie Show for this week's show, so be sure to check that one out, it should be available Sunday night if all things go as planned.  If you're unfamiliar with The Film Thugs, it's a great movie podcast (what else would it be?) hosted by a couple of rowdy Texans (my kind of people), check them out over at their web site at TheFilmThugs.com! Okay, so in Episode 0, Stu picked the Chuck Norris flick Lone Wolf McQuade as one of his palette-defining movies, and at the time of recording, I hadn't seen it.  Well, shortly thereafter I watched the copy sitting on my coffee table, and I cooked up a review for it, so check out my thoughts below! If one wishes to gain an understanding of the oeuvre of Chuck Norris in one go, one need look no further than Lone Wolf McQuade. Everything that Chuck would come to be known for begins here, it’s ground zero for Chuck’s invincible and cartoonishly messianic Texas Ranger archetype. The film opens with an Ennio Morricone knock-off score that whistles behind Chuck as we see him spy on a group of criminals before confronting them with the sun framing him like a Texas-fried Jesus as he steps in to literally kick their teeth in once things get ugly.  Here, as you might have surmised, Chuck plays the titular McQuade, and as the title suggests, he doesn’t like teamwork, so when his stereotypically bureaucratic boss assigns him a partner, he isn’t too happy.  McQuade likes the simple things in life, like keeping a wolf at his trashed-out house, shooting dummies in his yard, and drinking insane amounts of Pearl beer in the middle of the day.  Pearl beer seems to be to McQuade what spinach is to Popeye; in one scene the bad guys bury McQuade in his trashed out Bronco, but after busting out a can of Pearl, he pours it all over his being and manages to rev his way out of the hole once his baptism of booze gives him a second wind.  As you might have guessed, McQuade makes Martin Riggs (and, somehow, Mel Gibson by proxy) look positively sane by comparison.  He brandishes a gun when his partner comes to visit him, he drives his Bronco into crime scenes as though the concept of traffic laws never occurred to him, and yet he seems to be a picture perfect father despite his loony eccentricities.  Granted, he never cries in his trailer with a gun in his mouth the way Riggs does, but he does live like someone you would see on an episode of Hoarders, so I guess it evens out.

Hi all just to let everybody know, we are now officially on Itunes. On the right hand side of this page you will see a 'subscribe with itunes' button. Hit that and you will automatically subscribe to our show, or if you wanna look us up in Itunes, just type in the shows name Midnight Movie Cowboys and check us out there. Also if you wanna become a fan of the show, on the left hand side of this page you will see a link to our Facebook page, or if you wanna hook up as friends with either myself or Hunter on Facebook, again, the links are on the left hand side of this page also. We're on Twitter also, follow us there too if you feel so inclined Thanks for listening, episode 1 will be out very soon. Stu

Welcome to our inaugural episode of the Midnight Movie Cowboys podcast. In this episode Hunter and Stu give a brief rundown of who they are and we also discuss a bunch of movies that shaped us into the cinema tragics we are today. We also mention the podcasts that have inspired us and ones we just plain ol' like. Thanks for listening.

Hi Everybody. Let me officially welcome you, on behalf of Hunter and Myself to our Podcast 'Midnight Movie Cowboys'. We are really excited to bring you this show which will look at all styles and genres of film, with perspectives from 2 guys from different sides of the Pacific. Please feel free to contact us also, either via email or by leaving us a recorded mp3, we welcome all listener feedback and will incorporate it into our shows, or into dedicated listener feedback episodes. Thanks for listening, Enjoy. Stu