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S2E14 - Enter the Asylum - Transmorphers (2007)

August 21, 2025

It’s possible there are worse film makers out there than Michael Bay and if there are they’ve almost certainly worked for The Asylum at some point. Transmorphers is their attempt to recreate the cinematic magic of Bay’s Transformers movie, an astonishing franchise that somehow manages to be much stupidity than the Saturday morning cartoon from the 80s. How well does it work? Listen along to find out.

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Tags the asylum, david ramawi, david michael latt, leigh scott, mockbuster, b movie, griff furst, amy weber, michael wolf, eliza swenson, sarah hall, shaley scott, transformers, retro, bad movies, humour, review, analysis, scifi, action, battle, post apocalyptic, cheap, low budget, terrible
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S2E12 - Enter the Asylum - King of the Lost World (2005)

July 31, 2025

Once upon a time you couldn't move for gorillas in the movies and, thanks to the King Kong remake in 2005, the Asylum got on some of that sweet ape action. Ostensibly an adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's Lost World this horribly cheap jungle adventure features Bruce Boxleitner as the token actor you've heard of. How bad does the giant ape look? Listen along to find out.

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In podcast Tags king kong, peter jackson, mockbuster, the asylum, david michael latt, david ramawi, bruce boxleitner, jeff denton, rhett giles, sarah lieving, pikake gardens, adventure, gorilla, primate, kaiju, christina rosenberg, amanda ward, steve railsback, leigh scott, stuart gillard, scorpions, jungle, b movie, low budget, cheap, film, tv, movie, peril, pop culture, popular culture, 2005, retro, 2000s, humour, review, analysis, podcast
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S2E8 - Enter the Asylum - Battle Star Wars (2020)

July 3, 2025

The Star Wars franchise is one of the most beloved pieces of intellectual property in the world, despite Disney's best efforts to run it into the ground. Can the Asylum produce something worse than The Rise of Skywalker? Listen along to find out how space opera works when you can't afford either space or opera.

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In podcast Tags david michael latt, david ramawi, james thomas, Jeremy M. Inman, Alyson Gorske, Aimee Stolte, Benedikt Sebastian, Justin Berti, Alissa Filoramo, Ross Forte, Canyon Prince, the asylum, battle star wars, mockbuster, lucasfilm, disney, leia, x-wing, darth vader, battlestar galactica, humour, review
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