One Track Mind with Ryan Luis Rodriguez
Audio commentaries are the embryonic form of podcasting, and this show looks at the art of filmmaking through the greatest of these tracks. From comedy to drama, live-action to animation, good and bad, we run the gamut of cinema in a lighthearted, hopefully enlightening fashion. It’s the only commentary-centric show that matters because it’s the only one that exists. (As far as we know.)
One Track Mind with Ryan Luis Rodriguez
#018: Army of Darkness
For our eighteenth episode, we finish chronicling Sam Raimi’s “Evil Dead” trilogy with an installment that can definitely be described as the third chapter, 1993’s “Army of Darkness”. Just in time for its 30th anniversary, travel back to the Middle Ages with the lunkheaded chainsaw-limbed savior of humanity Ashley J. Williams. It’s a tale that involves unjustly issued NC-17 ratings, aborted attempts to adapt “The Shadow”, Marvel comics crossovers, and even the “Star Wars” card game (trust me, it will make more sense in the episode), as told by Raimi, star Bruce Campbell, and Raimi’s co-writer/brother Ivan.
Ryan's Recommendations: “The Day the Earth Stood Still” (1951), “Ash vs. Evil Dead” (2015-2017), and “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” (2022)
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Theme Music by: Bildschirm (bildschirm.bandcamp.com). Artwork by: Lacie Barker.