It is time once more to enter the gates of VAL-halla, our retrospective series on the late Hollywood icon Val Kilmer. Paul, Arlo, and Eric set their sights on what are possibly Kilmer's two best performances. First, in Oliver Stone's psychedelic biopic The Doors, Val embodies the Lizard King himself, Mr. Mojo Rising, Jim Morrison; and then, in George P. Cosmatos'--or is that Kurt Russell's?--glossy Western Tombstone, Kilmer brings new life to Doc Holliday. The gang discusses Val's generational run in the '90s; why The Doors works when most rock biopics don't; and debate the merits of '90s Westerns. Plus, a brief sojourn into the world of Alien: Earth.

NEXT: because journalism matters, we're doing an episode all about AMC's Interview with the Vampire. Molloy hive rise up.

BREAKDOWN

00:00:39 - Intro

00:21:00 - The Doors

01:11:27 - Tombstone

02:00:16 - Outro / Next

LINKS

Val Kilmer was electric as Jim Morrison in heroically ridiculous biopic The Doors by Luke Goodsell, The Guardian
The Death of Val Kilmer and the Power of Doc Holliday by Owen Strachan, To Reenchant the World
Choose Your Weapons (2025) Wisely by Eric Sipple, A Beautiful Rain of Frogs

MUSIC

"The Movie" by Jim Morrison & The Doors, An American Prayer (1978)
"A Feast of Friends" by Jim Morrison & The Doors, An American Prayer (1978)

535 - VAL-halla: The Doors / Tombstone (feat. Eric Sipple)