Final Destination (2000) ft Adrian Smith
"But remember the risk of cheating the plan... you don't even want to f*** with that MacDaddy."
On this episode of AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES (or 00s if you're into the whole brevity thing), Devon Elson has a premonition he's about to enjoy the start of a franchise that still has great films coming out right now. What started as a pitch to The X-Files became a blockbuster shocker as a teen prevents him and his classmates from boarding a doomed plane, only to find Death is still after them in James Wong's 2000 horror Final Destination.
His special guest this week saw it in the cinemas 25 years ago! It's Adrian Smith, a media teacher, lecturer, commentary starrer, and podcaster for Wild, Wild Podcast also on the Film Stories network.
They've avoided major disaster but will they pick up all the clues in order to fully discuss this inventive splatter thriller? The realness of the deaths are compared to sequels, Clear's strange psychic abilities are acknowledged, the potential counter forces of Death in the supernatural realm are considered, and perhaps the design for this podcast was always to keep reminding us of that tragedy...
Host / Editor
Devon Elson
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Guest
Adrian Smith
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Executive Producer
A. J. Black
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'Just For Fun' by April Moon (c) epidemicsound.com
'Midside Notes' by Martin Landström (c) epidemicsound.com
At the Movies in the Noughties
Whassup! We've survived Y2K and so begins a new millennium! These days finding an original quality movie is like looking for WMDs. So journey back to the heights of DVD, BD, VOD, all in HD and 3D. Netflix went streaming, and The Pirate Bay went stealing. Hollywood reacts as the world changes, we never forget how we reacted AT THE MOVIES IN THE NOUGHTIES.
I'm Devon Elson, and the noughties were my decade. My special guests have their favourite 00s movies, maybe this was your decade...
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