In Review: DRAGONSLAYER (1981)

 

First off, that whole New Music Showcase Month thing? Forget all about that. It's not happening. MALKA's Anatomy Of Sight won its poll by an overwhelming margin, and I'm just gonna take that victory and retire New Music Showcase Month right now and call it a rousing success. So we've won! Give yourselves a pat on the back for helping make our first (and probably last) New Music Showcase Month a huge win for new music everywhere, or something! 

So what's next, then? What are we doing instead of an entire truncated month of new music? If you've read the title of this post, or if you've seen the giant poster above this text, I'm pretty sure you already know. But if you somehow have missed all of that, we're talking about 1981's epic fantasy cult classic DRAGONSLAYER, directed by Matthew Robbins, also known as the guy who directed 1991's Bingo, the heartwarming movie about a former circus dog who makes friends with a lonely kid named Chuckie, and when the kid's family relocates to a far away land without poor Bingo, Chuckie leaves a trail of piss behind for the dog to follow, which he does. The piss plan works, and Bingo reunites with Chuckie, and the kid's dad (David Rasche, from TV's Sledge Hammer!) finally allows this amazing and loyal (and exhausted) pooch to remain with the family. This kid's dad is a huuuuge asshole, in case you haven't figured it out by now.

But we're not talking about Bingo on this week's episode. No, we're talking about DRAGONSLAYER. Why do I insist on typing the name DRAGONSLAYER in all-caps? Because it's fucking DRAGONSLAYER! Have you seen this movie? If not, what is wrong with you? You need to watch DRAGONSLAYER. If you haven't seen it, we spoil the whole movie in this podcast, so fair warning for anyone who is wary of a 43 year-old movie being spoiled. So join us on this momentous journey back to an age of stalwart heroes and vicious monsters, an age of wizards and kings, of magic and romance... an age of dragons. You can listen below, or find TRAPPO on Apple, Google, Pocket Casts, RadioPublic, Spotify, The other Spotify (the one for podcasters), and Amazon, so choose your own adventure and let's slay some dragons!

Join the conversation! Just leave a comment below telling us what you think of 1981's DRAGONSLAYER, or 1991's Bingo, or the hilarious semi-forgotten TV series Sledge Hammer!, or anything else, really. We're not picky. If you've seen a cool movie or heard some killer new music, let us know about it. We might end up talking about that on a future episode of the show. We also have an email address, if you'd like to send us an email. We've gotten better at responding to our emails in a timely manner, so if you've got something to say, don't be afraid to share it by sending us an email at trapposhow@gmail.com at your earliest convenience. We'd sure appreciate it if you did.

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That's it for now. Sorry for the lateness of the post. I've been pretty ill over the past few days, and I'm only now starting to get over whatever the hell is wrong with me. Hopefully next week I'll be able to get the blog post up for our next episode on time, but we'll see. I may be dead by Friday. Who knows? I suppose we'll find out together, dear listener! Thanks for sticking around!