TMR 043 – Aladdin (1992)

This week on Total Movie Recall, Steve and Ryan offend approximately 1/7th of the world's population, which has historically gone very well. Ryan's love of fairy tale settings don't truck with Steve, who favors Disney's gritty, street-level crime drama Aladdin. Ryan gets vulnerable about the deterioration of his mental health in this dumpster fire world we have, and Steve, ever a good man and a good friend, reaches out. We encourage you to reach out too. Because everything sucks right now, and you need to connect with your fellow humans to survive. Also, this is the worst Disney princess ever. Aladdin (1992) - Disney d. Ron Clements, John Musker Starring: Scott Weinger Robin Williams Linda Larkin Jonathan Freeman Gilbert Gottfried When street rat Aladdin frees a genie from a lamp, he finds his wishes granted. However, he soon finds that the evil has other plans for the lamp -- and for Princess Jasmine. But can Aladdin save Princess Jasmine and his love for her after she sees that he isn't quite what he appears to be? Things discussed in the show: Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan (Vice documentary) 1,001 Arabian Nights (book) Freund, Yung and The Godhead The Kenosha shooting Crawl (Alexandre Aja, Michael Rasmussen, Shawn Rasmussen, Kaya Scodelario, Barry Pepper, Morfydd Clark, Sam Raimi) The Hills Have Eyes - 2006 (Alexandre Aja, Wes Craven, Ted Levine, Kathleen Quinlan, Dan Byrd) The Hills Have Eyes - 1977 (Wes Craven, Suze Lanier-Bramlett, Robert Houston, Martin Speer) High Tension (Alexandre Aja, Grégory Levasseur, Cécile de France, Maïwenn, Philippe Nahon) Jaws (Steven Spielberg, Peter Benchley, Carl Gottlieb, Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss) What is genius? The Founder (McDonald's, John Lee Hancock, Robert Siegel, Michael Keaton, Nick Offerman, John Carroll Lynch) The Social Network (David Fincher, Aaron Sorkin (screenplay), Ben Mezrich (book), Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake) The Last Dance (The Chicago Bulls, Jason Hehir, Phil Jackson, Michael Jordan, David Aldridge, Scottie Pippen, John Paxson, Bill Wennington, B.J. Armstrong, Dennis Rodman, Bill Cartwright, Horace Grant, Magic Johnson, Isiah Thomas, Larry Bird, Patrick Ewing, Barack Obama, Carmen Electra) The Sandlot Steve Jobs (Danny Boyle, Aaron Sorkin (screenplay), Walter Isaacson (book), Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, Jeff Daniels) Silicon Valley (John Altschuler, Mike Judge, Dave Krinsky, Thomas Middleditch, T.J. Miller, Josh Brener, Martin Starr, Kumail Nanjiani, Amanda Crew, Zach Woods) Babylon Berlin (Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer, Achim von Borries, Volker Bruch, Liv Lisa Fries, Leonie Benesch) Cabaret (Bob Fosse, Joe Masteroff, Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Helmut Griem) The Devil and Daniel Johnston Wesley Willis - "Rock n Roll McDonald's Slapshot (George Roy Hill, Nancy Dowd, Paul Newman, Michael Ontkean, Strother Martin) Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball (video game, Super Nintendo, Super NES) Harley Quinn (DC Comics, The Joker, Poison Ivy, Arkham Asylum, Bane, Legion of Doom, Batman, Commissioner Gordon, Robin, Clayface, King Shark, Justin Halpern, Dean Lorey, Patrick Schumacker, Kaley Cuoco, Lake Bell, Alan Tudyk) Birds of Prey (Cathy Yan, Christina Hodson, Paul Dini, Margot Robbie, Rosie Perez, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollett, Ewan McGregor, Ella Jay Basco, Ali Wong) The Tick - 1994 (Ben Edlund, Townsend Coleman, Micky Dolenz, Rob Paulsen) The Venture Bros. (Christopher McCulloch, James Urbaniak, Doc Hammer) Batman: the Animated Series (Bob Kane, Eric Radomski, Bruce Timm, Kevin Conroy, Loren Lester, Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) The Little Mermaid (Ron Clements, John Musker, Jodi Benson, Samuel E. Wright, Rene Auberjonois) Beauty and the Beast (Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise, Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Jesse Corti) The Lion King (Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff, Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons, James Earl Jones) The Fox and the Hound (Ted Berman, Richard Rich, Mickey Rooney, Kurt Russell, Pearl Bailey) The Rescuers (John Lounsbery, Wolfgang Reitherman, Bob Newhart, Eva Gabor, Geraldine Page) The Jungle Book (Wolfgang Reitherman, James Algar, Phil Harris, Sebastian Cabot, Louis Prima) Bluebeard's Wives Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (William Cottrell, David Hand, Adriana Caselotti, Harry Stockwell, Lucille La Verne) Ratatouille (Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava, Brad Garrett, Lou Romano, Patton Oswalt) Peter Pan (Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Bobby Driscoll, Kathryn Beaumont, Hans Conried) Toy Story (John Lasseter, Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Jim Varney, Genie impressions (Ed Sullivan, Arsenio Hall, Peter Lorre, Groucho Marx, Robert De Niro, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rodney Dangerfield, Jack Nicholson) Next week: The Willies