Episode 121 - The Costnerpocalypse: Waterworld Vs. The Postman

Kevin Costner was a cinematic superstar who starred in a series of massive hits from 1985 to 1992. He even won an Oscar for directing himself in Dances With Wolves, for Pete’s sake. And then, for some unfathomable reason, he made two vanity projects virtually back-to-back in the mid-90s that have become synonymous with Heaven’s Gate/Ishtar-level failure - Waterworld (1995) and The Postman (1997). Both films are bloated, meandering, budget-busting epics - self-serving star vehicles set in a post-apocalyptic future that borrow heavily from repurposed Mad Max tropes. Costner is in his usual star-mode, playing the stoic loner who becomes an unlikely white savior by the end. You know, that old chestnut. Not surprisingly, both Waterworld and The Postman were widely panned by critics and pretty much ignored upon their release. Despite all this, we kinda like them, warts and all. Join us for an epically bloated, meandering, budget-busting, and self-serving podcast talk all about...The Costnerpocalypse. | 0:00 - Intros | 7:12 - Aquarela (2019) | 11:50 - Styx (live) | 16:50 - Tammy and the Teenage T-Rex (1994) | 20:24 - 1917 (2019) | 25:30 - The Expanse | 34:45 - Dracula (Netflix, 2020) | 38:02 - Disney+ | 40:00 - The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975) | 47:32 - The Costnerpocalypse | 49:35 - Waterworld (1995) | 1:00:10 - The Postman (1997) | Clips | Scratching The Itch - Sex Cult Girl | OK Go - Invincible | Kool & the Gang - Fresh / clip from Bridesmaids / B-Side - Change the Beat | Apocalyptica - Aqua Balalaika | Styx - Mr. Roboto (live) | Styx - Fooling Yourself (Angry Young Man) (live) | Styx - Too Much Time On My Hands (live) | Styx - Hundred Million Miles from Home | Simon Stokes and the Black Whip Thrill Band - Dinosaur Man - Tammy and the T-Rex | Trailer for Don’t Look In The Basement (1973) | Thomas Newman - Up the Down Trench - 1917 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Clinton Shorter - The Expanse | David Arnold & Michael Price - The Fear - Dracula (Original Television Soundtrack) | clip from The Muppet Movie (1979) | Paul J. Smith and Buddy Baker - The Apple Dumpling Gang Theme | Mentos Jingle / Outkast - So Fresh and So Clean / Devo - Fresh | James Newton Howard - Main Credits - Waterworld (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | James Newton Howard - The Restored United States - The Postma (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It For You