Tag: disaster movies
93: “Now That’s What I Call A Close Encounter” – Independence Day & Mars Attacks!
In the mid-90s, multiplexes were invaded by an influx of movies centered on mankind’s first contact with extraterrestrials. And unlike the cute and friendly aliens we got to know in the 80s, like E.T. and ALF, the space invaders of the 90s mostly just wanted to annihilate us, starting with our favorite tourist destinations. Part…
43: “Prepare the World for Bad News” – Deep Impact & Armageddon
Grab some tissues, because in our latest episode, we’re sharing the movies that made us cry when we were young! In the summer of 1998, two blockbusters hurtled into theaters with virtually the same premise: astronauts blasting up into space to blow up deadly space rocks with nuclear weapons. In many ways, these twin disaster…
39: “I’m Erect, Why Aren’t You Erect?” – Showgirls
SHOWGIRLS (1995) You can’t touch us, but we can touch you. In When We Were Young’s raw, uncensored NC-17 episode, we reveal our most inappropriate pop culture encounters from childhood, then set our sights on the Las Vegas underbelly (and undercarriage) of 1995’s SHOWGIRLS, widely considered to be the best bad movie of all time.…
33: “My Recipe For Disaster” – Dante’s Peak & Volcano
DANTE’S PEAK and VOLCANO (1997) Don’t look back. The pressure is building. This thing’s gonna blow, and it’s hotter than hell! No, this is not When We Were Young’s episode on the best porn of the 90s — it’s the pyroclastic flow of natural disaster flicks unleashed by Twister’s sweeping success in the summer of…
1: “We Got Cows” – Twister
WHEN WE WERE YOUNG takes a look back at different beloved parts of pop culture from our formative years (1980-2000) and decides if they hold up today. Strap yourself down to a pipe with us and enjoy our first episode as we revisit TWISTER, a 1996 Jan de Bont action thriller starring Helen Hunt, Bill…