The Lost Empire (1984) - Because You Watched Starcrash

<p>“Where’s Conan when you need him?”</p> <p>The distinguished professors discuss Jim Wynorski’s <em>The Lost Empire</em> and continue to do this profit-turning genius appropriate homage. Topics include trying to figure out what genre this film fits into, comparison with Fu Manchu, its <em>Producers</em>-like origins, self-aware dumbness and sexploitation, connections with Russ Meyer, Elvira-level wordplay, video game structure, 80s action movie racism, the movie’s clarity of plot, Anthony Kiedis’s dad, Wynorski’s open sleaziness, the insanity of the prison fight, the shampoo commercial-style hair flip, Rick as a Chuck Norris parody, Corman and women’s prisons, the Wynorski documentary <em>Popatopolis</em>, and the importance of eyebrow grooming when you’re a brutal henchman.</p> <p>Follow us on Facebook! <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BecauseYouWatchedStarcrash" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Because You Watched Starcrash</a></p> <p>Music credits:</p> <p>"Laser Groove" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)</p> <p>Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License</p> <p>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</p> --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. <a href="https://anchor.fm/app">https://anchor.fm/app</a> Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/because-you-watched/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/because-you-watched/support</a>