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Dan: On this episode we discuss Hawk the Slayer Elliott: The movie that dares to ask the question—what if you watched your friends play D&D for an hour and a half, but you didn’t get to share their Doritos? [Someone laughs quietly.]
Official Show Notes[]
“Hollywood” Kalan really worked his connections this episode, to bring us the utterly wonderful Felicia Day (of The Guild, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Supernatural, MST3K: The Return, and much more) to discuss seminal high fantasy, low budget epic Hawk the Slayer. Meanwhile Dan drops a crazy Pink Panther fact, Elliott launches an insulting guess-by-mail contest, Felicia is intrigued by some fish-eating prowess, and Stuart’s in this fantasy discussion like a fuckin’ fish in water.
Also, we’re no longer accepting receipts for the charity raffle, but the whole video livestream show is available for viewing on our YouTube page. We give an exact figure in the show, but between you generous listeners and the show’s own donations, we raised about SEVENTY THREE THOUSAND dollars for charity. Thank you so much for doing good in the world!
Transcript[]
Movie Summary[]
Premise[]
With the aid of his companions, a man seeks to defeat his evil brother who has taken a nun hostage.
Story[]
Sword-and-sorcery adventure about two warring brothers who fight to gain control of a magical sword. Hawk, a noble warrior, assembles a small force of fighters to help him rid the land of a powerful and devious enemy, who also happens to be his older brother–and their father's murderer.
Final Judgments[]
- Marginal good-bad @1:05:36 (Dan)
- Good-bad, but if he's just listening to the soundtrack then he kinda liked it @1:06:59 (Elliott)
- Kinda liked it @1:07:02 (Stuart)
- Really enjoyed the movie @1:07:20 (Felicia)
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Recommendations[]
- Knock Off (1998) by Hark Tsui (Dan) @1:35:40
- Deep Cover (1992) by Bill Duke (Stuart) @1:38:00
- Slow West (2015) by John Maclean (Elliott) @1:39:48
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Felicia: Listen, I was just, uh, a little villager with a little tent and a dream. And I caught those butterflies and I mined those ore—rocks, and I played that terrible turnip game. But I did it! I did it for my baby! [Stuart laughs.] Elliott: I mean, it sounds like a great game