Battle of the Castings

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Movie Meltdown - Episode 524</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We recently posed the question, If they made a live-action "Battle of the Planets" movie - who gets cast as the leads? So we settle in for a discussion about different options... from big-budget blockbuster choices to more age-appropriate actors. What are the best selections?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And while we realize we are natural social distancers, we also cover… Cowboy and Aliens, The Great, The Gift, The Mandalorian, Green Acres,</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Nuada,</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;"> subtitles and overdubbed, just be polite, covered in LED screens, kept upping the drama, Legolas, weird psychic link, chaotic neutral, Jon Favreau, desperate for human interaction, changing entertainment, A Clockwork Orange, vulgar moments, snippets and code, Mel Brooks, guinea pigs wearing masks, Loki, The Wicker Man, I couldn’t hit you easily, Space-X, the much-maligned, awkward teenager, The Time Machine, creating pop culture, the idealistic view, a new accessory, The Jungle Book, a dome, alternate soundtracks, ILM, the dudes who do the thing, Ishtar, dodge and parry, Göbekli Tepe, making screwdrivers and watching The Hitcher. </span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">“...it was like a live-action and like claymation, animatronic thing - combined with something that looked like “Battle of the Planets.”</span></em></p>