Podcast
Slop Culture
Hosted by Sam Sykes and Will Palmer · EN
Slop Culture is a happy hour podcast that strives to see the beauty in stupidity. Movies, books, video games, media--anything that falls under the theater of the macho and the campy, we can't get enough of. Join us for a drink, a few laughs and then send us your angry letters when we have opinions you don't like.
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Point Break (1991) - They Crucify The Gorilla
Jun 301:34:28Tap to summarizeThe boys take a course in Early Keanu History with his action-filled role as FBI agent Johnny Utah, playing opposite the chillest sociopath you'll ever meet in Patrick Swayze. Thoughtful deep dives into the relationship between action and romance, lingering studies of high-stakes tension, discussions on the nature of sadism--all this and more are ruined by Sam bouncing his knee and making the microphone shake for, like, three minutes near the start. God, that's annoying.Support the show
Transcribe →Bloodsport - Crucifix Spurs Is A Vibe
May 2701:35:05Tap to summarizeThe boys talk about one of the most foundational films to the martial arts genre, defining many of its most treasured tropes--secretive high-stakes tournaments, fists soaked in gore, the burning warrior spirit and dudes threateningly making their pecs bounce like a couple of evil hams.Support the show
Transcribe →The Meg - This T-Rex Is Just Too Comfortable With His Body
May 2001:28:18Tap to summarizeToday, Will and Sam enjoy a monster movie for a new era. Jason Statham turns in a mostly-hairless performance as a deep sea rescue specialist hired by a multinational team of scientists to dive to the bottom of the ocean and punch the hell out of some sea life. And speaking of deep dives, we finally get to the bottom of why the nation of Japan is so pissed at Joe Jonas.Support the show
Transcribe →Sahara - All Is White And Empty
May 1301:34:24Tap to summarizeThis week, Will introduces Sam to his favorite movie that has been or ever will be--Sahara, starring Matthew McConaughey as Dirk Pitt, which is a name that sounds like a dude who has been involved in numerous last stands and is linked to at least two different civil wars. Support the show
Transcribe →The Magnificent Seven (2016) - Gaze Into Infinity, Brother
May 601:16:21Tap to summarizeThe boys talk about Antoine Fuqua's take on a classic western action flick starring Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt and more in a sprawling study of what it means to be a man who can't move beyond his past and the best he can do with the curse of violence he's been burdened with--also would you accept infinite power from an eldritch Matthew McConaughey if it meant you had to watch Sahara again?Support the show
Transcribe →Escape From New York - We Should Absolutely Be Wearing Spats
Apr 2901:22:25Tap to summarizeThe boys take a moment to pour a glass of classic Kurt Russell and savor the heady aroma of a classic commando story about what happens when politics are decided via guys with eyepatches and New York is finally allowed to live its authentic self as a supermax prison for community theater actors.Support the show
Transcribe →Krull - It's Like Something Bad That Happens To You, Physically
Apr 2201:33:44Tap to summarizeIn a very special episode of Slop Culture, Will and Sam pay attention and homage to one of the earliest and most ambitious attempts at fantasy cinema: Krull. The boys discuss what it means to be a creative flop that laid the groundwork for classics to come and also what if Stan Lee kidnapped your family? What then?Support the show
Transcribe →True Lies - Stay Off The Lovecraftian Section of Grindr
Apr 1501:31:09Tap to summarizeWill and Sam do more glazing than a donut factory over James Cameron's action movie touchstone in which Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis show off the fun, quirky and romantic side of brazen misappropriation of government resources and shadowy institutions accountable to no one.Support the show
Transcribe →Dredd - Illegal Go-Gurt
Apr 801:29:59Tap to summarizeThis week, the boys journey to pay their respects at the shrine of New Zealand's patron saint, Karl Urban, in his gritty dystopian action flick, Dredd. Included inside: slasher bars, crucial updates on how Sam's curry turned out, and so much glazing a donutsmith envies.Support the show
Transcribe →2 Fast 2 Furious - You Wanna See Some Flamingos?
Apr 101:19:16Tap to summarizeIn honor of our 22nd episode, Slop Culture is proud to present its thorough critical analysis of one of the most profound entries into the most sacred wings of cinema's hallowed halls: 2 Fast 2 Furious. Enclosed within: how to run a zoo as a mafia front, drift racing in the Hague and whether you can or cannot legally make a car your wife.And if you can...should you?Support the show
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