Episode 214 - Rubber

It was Chris’s turn to pick the show topic this round, so he deliberately chose something he knew would irritate both Eric and Brian to no end. And that is the movie Rubber in a nutshell. Ostensibly a B-movie horror satire about a sentient, homicidal tire on a desert rampage, Rubber quickly becomes too smart for its own good with a full-tilt meta-commentary on the nature of how audiences and art interact. Or something. Whatever, heads explode and Wings Hauser shows up, so that should be enough. Or should it? Yup, Rubber is aggressively anti-entertainment, which almost makes it the most entertaining movie ever made. Almost. | 0:00 - Intros | 4:30 - Trash Theory - New British Canon - The Smirking Revenge of Sisters of Mercy and This Corrosion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb3alPShWQU | 8:45 - Dead to Me (Netflix) | 12:10 - Big Bug (2022) | 21:25 - Reacher (Amazon) | 26:45 - Rubber (2010) | Clips | Scratching The Itch - Sex Cult Girl | Mr. Oizo & Gaspard Ouge - Tricycle Express - Rubber | The Sisters Of Mercy - This Corrosion | Kool & the Gang - Fresh / clip from Bridesmaids / B-Side - Change the Beat | Judy Garland - Get Happy | Gioachino Rossini - The Barber Of Seville - Overture | Howlin’ Wolf - Smokestack Lightning | Mentos Jingle / Outkast - So Fresh and So Clean / Devo - Fresh | Clips from Rubber (2010)