Transmissions from the Forbidden Planet

Welcome to the spookiest edition of Hollywood Hullabaloo! It's that time of year when Tinseltown trades in its glamour for ghastly ghouls and supernatural shenanigans. So grab your popcorn, your favorite ghost-hunting gadget, and get ready to cackle along with us as we unearth the spooky Hollywood News, throw out some Haunted Halloween Horror Film picks, and take a walk down memory lane talking about our childhood Halloween traditi...

It’s the American way, ain’t it folks? We always gotta outdo our last go ‘round. Even better, we love to one-up the other guy. This has been going on in action films since the beginning. There’s always an ebb and flow of course, but if you chart the outrageousness of Hollywood action films thru its 100 year history, it’s a steady uphill climb. From Jimmy Cagney shooting up rival gangsters, to Fast and Furious… in friggin’ SPACE!! W...

Howdy-ho listeners. It’s time for another monthly entertainment news go ‘round. News is gettin’ slim in the days of the SAG and WGA strikes. But we managed to pump out a full episode regardless. In this one, we’re talking movie release delays. We talk about a couple of upcoming pre-strike films that have people talking. We chat about our histories and admiration with the late great Paul Rueben’s, aka PeeWee Herman. Oh, and we hilar...

The Star Wars saga… there’s a lot going on with that phrase, isn’t there? Well in this podcast episode we’re gonna do what’s never been done before… discuss Star Wars. What’s that you say? It’s been discussed 10,000 times before? Well… make it 10,001 then! We will have to break it up into parts, however. Too much material to converse upon in one episode. So then, this first ep. we have for you here will revolve around the rise and ...

August 2023…We’re Back!! Now it's time to start talking about those latest entertainment headlines. Of Course, upfront is the news of the Writers and Actors strike hitting Hollywood right now.  Some announcements that we find interesting. We’re also discussing the Indiana Jones films a bit, due to the recent release of the fifth and final film. Then wrap it all up with what we’re watching on the picture box lately. So sit back, rel...

For us movie nerds, the film director is king/queen. They are the ones who set the tone, look, and vibe of our favorite films. Then you hear buzz about your favorite director being attached to an upcoming project, only to find out someone completely different ends up directing the film. Another situation that happens with directors is they plan on a new developing a script, but years go by and said movie is never made. Directors ge...

 Time again for the latest movie news on Transmissions from the Forbidden Planet. April ‘23 continues the recent trend of good news/bad news out of Ole Tinsel Town. We talk about the passing of Lance Reddick as John Wick Chapter 4 hits theaters, and what a great career he had. We also talk about our movie hero’s reaching their winter years and how that makes us feel. -insert emotional John Williams score here- So give the episode a...

Movies from the ‘40s and ‘50s have this bright and shiny sheen. Dancing, singing, romance, adventure… choreographed swimming(?) But off camera it was a dark and politically divisive time. Sounds familiar huh? Fear of the ‘other’ was rampant. The enforcement of the Hays Code sterilized what movie goers saw on screen. Political and religious influence enforced discrimination and The Hollywood Blacklist was put into affect. In our lat...

Remember that ‘80s song that goes “My future is so bright, I gotta wear shades”? That was a dumb song, huh? Well, we have an episode for you that is hopefully not as dumb! It’s all about the future in movies. We thought it would be fun to span the past 100 years of cinema and look at how filmmakers anticipated what the future might be like from the perspective of their time period. So sit back, listen in, and see what the future ho...

History is malleable they say. Written by the winners of wars, yadda yadda yadda. Well over the last hundred years, historical knowledge has been influenced by filmmakers. Not necessarily a good thing. Screenwriters and directors like to take liberties with historical facts in order to tell a better story. Those liberties have a tendency to seep into the public conscience. We thought it would be fun in this season finale to shine a...

Here we go again with episode 2 of the Hullabaloo. This time us fellas talk the latest Hollywood news from October ‘22. As well as spoiler free conversations regarding Andor, Interview with a Vampire, The Serpent Queen, Tales of the Jedi, Unsolved Mysteries, and House of Dragons. For any true crime fans out there, we also discuss the Netflix Dahmer mini-series, as well as the accompanying documentary Conversations with a Killer: Th...

Well it’s Halloween again. I guess we should talk about monster movies. In our spooky season episode we’re talking about the Ones who set it off, The Universal Studios Classic Monsters. Frankenstein, Dracula, The Mummy, The Wolfman, and last but not least The Creature from the Black Lagoon. Modern horror films, and frankly America’s obsession with Halloween owes it all to these monsters and to Universal Studios. So follow us up tha...

Hey kids!! We have something new here from the fellas at Transmissions from the Forbidden Planet! In this episode is a freestyle convo between Derrick and Tim. The guys will discuss recent movie news and headlines. Their take on the current status of the MCU. They’ll also talk spooky movies for the Halloween season, and some spoiler free talk on what they’re watching these days. This freeform  format will be an ongoing side series ...

Well that strange and quirky billionaire vigilante is at it again, so I guess that means we are at it again too. When we last left our dynamic duo (Tim & Derrick) they had got us up to date on the complete history of Batman up to about 2021. So volume 3 is all about The Batman (2022). In this episode our caped crusading podcasters let their feelings all hang out in regards to this latest version of the dark knight. So unlike Vols. ...

Made you look! For our season 4 opener we thought it would be interesting to delve into the different types of Dialect as well as discussing various Dialogue styles in filmmaking.  Whew, a lot of Ds back there. Anyways, come along with us as we travel from theatrics of Mid-Atlantic down to the mastering of regional dialects. Then as our conversation meanders on, we shift towards evolution of filmmaker’s writing styles. We discuss s...