With ATL Comic Convention scheduling him for all three days and the need to take four days off to take ThePoeticCritic up to Fan Expo Chicago, CatBusRuss chose to not take the time off to attend the one day at Capital City Comic Con that he was not scheduled for panels. And the hospitality and camaraderie that the nerds of Lansing, MI offered may lead our host to regret that.

No offense to Garrett Wang, but no one would call the list of guests a must see, The exhibition floor only had one light saber dealer, and the venue was pretty small. But 4C has been going on for 10 years, so they are obviously doing something right. And that is just having a very inviting atmosphere where geeks want to talk about weird stuff, not focus on $200 photo ops.

CatBusRuss had fun at all the panels he attended and participated in on Saturday. This leads him to hope that "I Dig Crazy Flicks Presents: Ninety For Chill - The Podcast" will actually have an audience. He does not want to eat all that punch and pie by himself.

As for David Carradine's name being in the title, CatBusRuss has posted a review of his 1988 feature, "Crime Zone" co-starring David Lynch muse Sherilyn Fenn. It is a story about creating criminals in a dystopian future so that the feds have someone to persecute. It is a clever idea for a Roger Corman production, and is quite the opposite of what Capital City Comic Con presented.

Michael Dubois and CatBusRuss pick up where they left off with their discussion inspired by Mel Brooks's debut feature, "The Producers". The conversation starts with exploring Zero Mostel's portrayal of Max Bialystock and his pension for seducing pensioners to fund his films. This leads into CatBusRuss's salacious adulthood, satirical takes towards parents, and "Star Wars" fandom. It only seems appropriate to attach a review for "Jay and Silent Bob Reboot" to this podcast.

This episode divulges at least three stories that might trigger shame and judgments, especially since Russ just laughs them off.

The important lesson is that Michael Dubois is wiser than our host was at 30 years-old. As for true cinema chatter, Russ did get around to finally watching "Jay and Silent Bob Reboot". The only problem he could see the casual movie goer having with this feature is that Kevin Smith made this film for his fans. "Tusk", "Red State", "Zack and Miri Make a Porno", and even "Yoga Hosers" seemed like attempts to make movies for everyone. To truly appreciate this film, you have to hold him in high regard. So Russ fucking loved it.

When CatBusRuss is posting a #RewindWednesday episode of "I Dig Crazy Flicks with CatBusRuss", if the conversation was two parts, he prefers to glue it back together as one long podcast. But who would deny this feed having two weeks to celebrate the film that made Mel Brooks the cinema icon that he is today? Especially not even a week removed from his 99th birthday.

This was an interesting conversation with Michael Dubois, a cinephile whose first exposure to "The Producers" franchise was the 2005 adaptation of the Broadway musical starring Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick. That may have stayed that way except for he is a huge Gene Wilder fan. Our host and guest were originally planning a trilogy of podcasts about the actor's films. Check out the #RewindWednesday about "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory".

Was Gene Wilder enough to put "The Producers" ahead of its 21st century take in Michael's eyes? Listen to find that out and enjoy the anti-fascist politics the film inspired the two podcasters to converse about.

Full Disclosure: The reason this will remain a two part podcast is that when CatBusRuss was originally editing the chat, the first half's language was fairly clean. As the conversation continued, and as Russ was further indulging in "podcast punch", the obscenities are far more frequent in part two. If your kids love the first hour and a half, you have been warned about what is to come next week.

CatBusRuss is joined by prolific podcaster Noel Thingvall to discuss a Sci-Fi Channel Saturday morning classic, "Zieram". Our host would call it "Alien Isolation for Dummies". Noel would call it "Alien Meets Abbott and Costello". Either alternative title you bestow on the feature debut of tokusatsu master, Keita Amemiya, the two mean them to be complimentary.

For CatBus, he wanted to watch this film 25 years ago since the second anime VHS tape(s) he bought was "Iria: Zieram the Animation". It is one of his favorite bad-ass, big-boobed bounty hunter series (pardon the alliteration). Eventually, the otaku read somewhere that it was considered to be the prequel OVA to this feature. That is a stretch, but it was just fun to see the original take of her. What was even odder is her essentially playing back seat to Kenny and Vic from "MXC".

Noel is a huge fan of Japanese special effects, especially those from television shows that would eventually be edited with American teenagers to create "Power Rangers" series. He has also actively been watching Japanese media since the first run of "Robotech". It is only fitting that the dub the two were first introduced to was handled by Streamline Picture's Carl Macek, the original reconfigurer of Japanese media.

This film is very derivative of classic sci-fi cinema. Not only does it pay homage to the "Alien" franchise, the third act is an ode to "The Terminator" and "The Thing". Noel being a host on the "Masters of Carpentry Podcast" proves to have the authority to make this statement.

"Zieram" is silly and over-the-top, and would be a perfect feature for B-Fest. Russ and the host of "Schumacast" would love to see Western cinema try to have this much fun with scary monsters.

What's Scarrier: Woody, Lame Horror, or Cheap Horror?

CatBusRuss returns to the cheap DVD bin that Ally of Ally's Accessories Shop on Etsy provided him. This portion of the A to Zed journey takes us on a scary tour. Scary to some with the Steve Martin's Woody Allen inspired "L.A. Story" and Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris". Scary to the rest for featuring Lucio Fulci's "The New York Ripper". "Out of the Dark" represents Colombia and "It's My Party and I'll Die If I Want To" stands up for Pittsburgh.

CatBusRuss was presumptuous when it came to his knowledge about William H. Bonney, a.k.a. Billy the Kid. Our host knew that he was an outlaw with a legendary reputation as a gunslinger until the law caught up with and dispatched him at the age of 21. Thanks to The Cinema Snob, this podcaster also knew he defeated Dracula. His limited knowledge led him to believe that this icon of the Old West did not live a long enough life to get a franchise of Brat Pack adjacent movies. So when Andrew "CouchManBakes" Tiede suggested discussing the first "Young Guns" from 1988, he thought this definitely had to be a crazy flick.

Does the music video aesthetic make it look crazy? Yes. Does the action at times seem unbelievable? Most definitely. But the events of the Lincoln County War did occur, so Russ went into this conversation with doubts that this truly qualified as a "Crazy Flick". Having late career Jack Palance as the primary antagonist will alway help the pro-insanity case, but if that is not enough, Andrew brings up all the historic revisions and the behind the scene tales to prove that this is bonkers action cinema.

There are still a lot of podcasts from the original "Ninety For Chill Dot Com: The Podcast" from 2022 that CatBusRuss needs to post on this feed, but with Gregory Carl pulling his weight as a promoter for "I Dig Crazy Flicks", reissuing an episode that he received feedback about seems to make sense.

The foul-mouth guest from last weeks "Companion" episode exemplifies what MTV's most recognizable characters of the nineties may have become if they were middle aged. CatBusRuss and Gregory discuss "Beavis and Butt-Head Do America". It is a feature that is a celebration of immature comedy and how fun it truly can be, and perhaps the actual influence it had on adolescents who grew up with it.

CatBusRuss's favorite Michael Crichton film was 1973's "Westworld". He is also more of a Jonathan Nolan fan than his older brother. Gregory Carl is quite the well-read, sci-fi-loving truck stop employee in Central Illinois. "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" is a tale he is fascinated by. Thus, "Companion" is a film the two should have quite an interesting conversation about.

And for this podcast's host, it was indeed interesting. Can a robot consent? Gregory, an aspiring comedian, tries to question if consent can actually exist. This leads to a bit of editing of the conversation to protect the parties involved. To make up for it, Russ watched "Cherry 2000" to further explore the inevitable objectification of synthetic life. He may have found that it should be treated as equal. It maybe said, CatBus just does not think you should be a bad person to anyone regardless of who/what they are.

In the end, perhaps the two even think we should all love those who want to be loved. Except for CM Punk in CatBus's case, and Gregory has a few names as well.