Trancers (1984) - Because You Watched Starcrash

<p><strong>“Dry hair’s for squids.”</strong></p> <p>This week the Distinguished Professors dive deeply into the work of auteur Charles Band with the time travel adventure of future-noir tough guy Jack Deth in 1984’s <em>Trancers</em>! Topics covered include forbidden early forays into porn-watching, connections to <em>Quantum Leap</em>, the five sequels to this movie, the recent loss of Peter Scolari, doing battle with Santa, the burned-out cop as a cinematic archetype, questions about the origin of Skid Row, Leena becomes self-aware and the hotness of new wave girlfriend Helen Hunt, a credit to music podcast <em>No Dogs in Space </em>in regards to punks as the folk monsters of the 1980s, a comparison with <em>Galaxy Lords</em>, the craziness of Hap Ashby, the futility of Whistler’s plot, weak action choreography and a digression into Chuck Norris’s career, the Q gadget-introduction scene, and another shoutout to Ma Clink.</p> <p>Follow us on Facebook! <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BecauseYouWatchedStarcrash">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>