GBW #12: What Year is This!? (Looper / Wild Wild West / Radioactive Dreams)

Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Good, The Bad, and The What!? The show in which we discuss three films that we have deemed "good," "bad," or "what!?" within a subgenre, theme, motif, director or actor's filmography, and more! On this week's episode, Ryan and Chris discuss anachronistic genre-benders; films that are set in one time period, but draw inspiration from another, be it the past or present. We start with Rian Johnson's 2012 sci-fi/western/film noir "Looper," which both of us were fans of back when it came out and discovered that it has aged exceptionally well (perhaps even Johnson's best film). Then, we move onto a film that aged poorly the second it hit multiplexes in 1999, Barry Sonnenfeld's misguided adaptation of "Wild Wild West," a film with terrific production design and steampunk aesthetic, yet tone-deaf in nearly every other regard. Finally, we dive into a true curiosity in Albert Pyun's 1985 "Radioactive Dreams," a film - like "Looper" - that is also a sci-fi/western/film noir, but goes about it in a completely different way, and stands head-and-shoulders above the majority of "The Road Warrior" knock-offs at the time.  You can find this and future episodes on our website thegoodbadwhat.com. You can subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Anchor.fm, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Google Podcasts, and more! Feel free to email us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments, or just want to say hello. You can follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thegoodbadwhat. You can also like us on Facebook. Our logo comes from Michelle Parkos, and our theme music comes from Paco.