Tank Girl (1995) - Because You Watched Starcrash

“Feeling a little inadequate?” Join the Distinguished Professors on yet another post-apocalyptic encounter with the riot grrrl version of Mad Max, Tank Girl! Topics discussed include Shirley getting above his station, British sci fiction comics’ tendency to be set in not-Britain, offensive British accents, similarities with Turbo Kid, use of comic art in the movie, Courtney Love’s supervision of the great soundtrack, the Super Mario Bros. problem of imposing plot on a plotless franchise, lovin’ us some Portishead, Malcolm McDowell as the villain in everything, water as a plot device, a tangent about LaVar Burton as a villain with McDowell in Tomorrow’s Target, a plug for Berres’s D&D podcast Dungeons & Decisions, Ice-T’s appearance as a pissed-off kangaroo, relating the Rippers to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ group dynamics, the ubiquity of James Hong, weird pacing problems, Iggy Pop’s pedophile role, the Busby Berkeley dance sequence, our plan for a gritty reedit, the awesomeness of Body Count, the missile bra, an anti-plug for Ultraviolet, freedom = excess of water, the tank as a character, the curse of origin stories in comic movies, mutual blackmail material, and the impracticality of having a hologram head. Follow us on Facebook for videos and more: https://www.facebook.com/BecauseYouWatchedStarcrash/