Quentin met with Messal the Efficient, who brought word from Krakens owner Gredok the Splithead. With that completed, Quentin finally has permission from the PUV Victory, a Planetary Union Warship, to leave Earth orbit. Quentin, Becca, Big Mike, Choto, and Marcus Diabolo can finally go into hiding and avoid the assassins trying to take Quentin out of the picture.

On the 25th anniversary of this bizarro horror/action flick, we take a bite of the film that anchored George Clooney's leap from TV heartthrob to box office superstar. Starring Quentin Tarantino, Harvey Kietel, Juliette Lewis and directed by Robert Rodriguez.

(we had some internet issues and Rob Otto's mic was cutting out, so bear with that as we adjusted on the fly)

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Quentin, Becca, Choto, and Kimberlin were about to leave Earth orbit when they were instructed they needed to stay, to receive a message from Gredok the Splithead, delivered by Messal the Efficient.  Quentin doesn't know what that message might be, but he knows Messal isn't coming alone. 

A news report from a reporter embedded in the Purist Nation is about to tear away a veil of secrecy and reveal Grand Mullah Fann Kuek's policies’ disastrous results. While in the Hypatia under the protection of a Planetary Union warship, Quentin, Becca, Big Mike, Choto, and Marcus Diablo are about to get some game-changing news of their own.

Gredok received an ultimatum from — of all sentients — Ma Tweedy, who told the Splithead to steer clear of conflicts with Quentin. As if that weren’t problematic enough, Wakhan Reed is about to deliver a report that will cast a veil of suspicion over one of the Leader's key underlings. Meanwhile, the woman who saved Quentin's life gave him a hypodermic gun loaded with a strange substance to use against Gredok. What is in th...

After the attempt on his life at Randall Hospital in New York City, Quentin stays safe in his yacht, which is in orbit above Earth, under the protection of a Planetary Union warship. He still doesn't know the identity of the woman who killed the assassins that had come for his head. With Choto and Big Mike onboard, Quentin tries to rehab his arm by enduring the grueling workout regimen of Marcus Diablo, former trainer of Interg...

Gredok the Splithead sent his former Planetary Union police detective operative Wakhan Reed to investigate Jonathan Sandoval's bombing of the Touchback, an attack that caused the deaths of Fong-Ga-Kal, Bobby Brobst, Kopor the Climber, and head coach Hokor the Hookchest. And, Gredok's constant manipulation of and threats toward his players is about to cost him more than he bargained for.

Join ARealGirl, Scott, and Empty Set Movie Maven & Midwest BB Gun Champ Rob Otto as we break down the cast and the story behind one of the greatest holiday movies of all time. We'll talk your ear out. SONSABITCHIN BUMPUSES!!!

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Quentin’s and Becca’s big day isn’t over yet, not until Q has a heart-to-heart with a former member of the Zoroastrian Guild. Frederico Esteban Giuseppe Gonzaga is working with a certain black-furred crime boss to find out who was behind the Touchback bombing — what has Fred learned thus far?