Intermission #4: Maclunky, Walkie-Talkies, and the Death of Movies

In the fourth edition of our Intermission series, the hosts dive into one of the biggest debates in movie fandom: are modern restorations preserving films or quietly changing them? What starts with a bizarre Twitter exchange involving Pulp Fiction co-writer Roger Avary turns into a discussion about 4K transfers, AI upscaling, digital film grain, George Lucas’s endless Star Wars revisions, Spielberg replacing guns with walkie-talkies in E.T., and whether directors should be allowed to keep tinkering with movies decades after audiences fell in love with them.

Also in this episode, Jason reports back after completing his quest to watch every movie in Kristy Swanson’s filmography, Arnie re-evaluates 1995’s Mortal Kombat, Stuart’s latest hobby project collapses spectacularly, and listener Tom Ross puts the hosts through a round of trivia built entirely from their own reviews.

Enjoy this Intermission between our movies, and let us know what you think of this show format!