Zo had been transported to a galaxy far, far away and witnessed some fantastic events. The next thing you know he'd been transported again to another part of that same galaxy, later that same day. Except this time the space ships looked suspiciously like irons, toasters and cassette players. The people he met had even stranger names like Fluke Starbucker, Augie "Ben" Doggie, Princess Ann-Droid and Ham Salad. The galaxy is in peril and it just seems that these people aren't taking it seriously enough!!! Episode Chapters 00:07:38 Opening Credits for Hardware Wars starring Frank Robertson, Scott Mathews, Jeff Hale, Cinthia Freeling and Bob Knickerbocker 00:14:26 Favorite Parts of the 1978 film Hardware Wars 00:30:02 Trivia from the sci-fi comedy spoof Hardware Wars 00:38:19 Critics' Thoughts on Ernie Fosselius' Hardware Wars Links Hardware Wars Short Film - https://youtu.be/WUDEUQMCyKE?si=NGKW7w56vdD3D0Up Hardware Wars Special Edition - https://youtu.be/fRpJuryuSUA?si=qFqE0xMdB9vmW0by Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi - Hardware Wars Tribute Scene https://youtu.be/zCGschgLUPI?si=oWM_pulW6rZtoHOe

Zo would be honored if you would join him on the celebration of the 200th EPISODE of Back Look Cinema: The Podcast! Finally, at long last, he sees fit to talk about what he had long determined to be his favorite movie and here to help him celebrate are two of his favorite hosts from one of his favorite podcasts: Rod and Karen from The Black Guy Who Tips! A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, Zo, Rod & Karen visited a place where an unsympathetic Empire engaged in a campaign to strip the populous of their rights and gain unquestioned and unlimited control of the galaxy. Only a brave small band of ill equipped rebels stand in the way of totalitarian oppression. In their most desperate hour a new hope in the forms of a farmer, a pirate, a princess, two droids and a Wookie join their ranks . . . may the Force be with them. Episode Chapters 00:19:38 Opening Credits for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope Starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher 00:53:40 Favorite Parts of the 1977 film Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope 01:30:51 Trivia from the sci-fi action fantasy Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope 01:41:02 Critics' Thoughts on George Lucas' Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope The Black Guy Who Tips (TBGWT) Podcast Links: Twitter: @rodimusprime@SayDatAgain@TBGWT Instagram: @TheBlackGuyWhoTips Email: theblackguywhotips@gmail.com Blog: www.theblackguywhotips.com

Zo once visited a small town in Maine called Tarker's Mills. It was a quaint little place and extremely pleasant. Then, the murders started happening, once a month. It was the craziest thing that Zo had ever heard of happening in a small town. Also, he heard that the victims weren't stabbed, beaten or shot . . . they were torn apart! Whoever this crazy murderer was they seem to have a werewolf fetish. The attacks only seem to happen during a full moon. Before Zo high tailed out of that town he considered that maybe someone should shoot it with a Silver Bullet . . . for symbolic purposes (of course). Episode Chapters 00:02:44 Opening Credits for Stephen King's Silver Bullet starring Gary Busey, Everett McGill, Corey Haim and Megan Follows 00:10:38 Favorite Parts of the 1985 film Stephen King's Silver Bullet 00:49:13 Trivia from the religious horror Stephen King's Silver Bullet 00:58:58 Critics' Thoughts on Daniel Attias' Stephen King's Silver Bullet

Zo goes on a trip to experience the quiet desert lifestyle in the Midwest. In a small town he hears strange rumors of men perched on the edge of buildings like birds, a dead body of a hermaphroditic man with no eyes, and a little girl who draws pictures of impaled men. The vibe of this place is all off, and Zo finds himself uneasy and unsettled. The least credible rumor of all is that there is a war in hoven ven and that the war had spilled on to Earth. Are there Heavenly angels fighting in the streets? Angels are said to look over us, but they are also sent to kill us by the dozens if they were commanded to . . . Episode Chapters 00:04:04 Opening Credits for The Prophecy starring Christopher Walken, Elias ioteas, and Virginia Madson 00:13:16 Favorite Parts of the 1995 film The Prophecy 01:06:46 Trivia from the religious horror The Prophecy 01:16:12 Critics' Thoughts on Gregory Widen's The Prophecy

Zo had gone apartment hunting over the summer. His fortunes had changed and he could, for the second time, move out of his mother's house (and, though she professed love and admiration and was sure to remind him that he could come back home anytime - Zo was sure that she was glad to see him go). Zo looked at a lot of apartments, most of which he could barely afford. One particular apartment , that was well within his budget, was legitimately terrifying. It was definitely haunted. Zo definitely saw ghosts. One in particular was as goofy and cantankerous as he was absolutely horrific. On the several times that he visited the place, that is, weighing the options of affordability while living with a poltergeist, the spooky specter appeared as a giant spider, a giant snake, and a frightening used car salesman. Even with all the different shapes that the spirit would take the thing maintained the same ghoulish drunken clown face. Ultimately, Zo decided against renting that apartment. He supposed that was the goal of the ghost haunting the place: to keep Zo from renting it. The other thing that Zo could remember from these encounters was that he could've sworn that the thing had a name . . . Did someone call it Beetlejuice? Episode Chapters 00:04:45 Opening Credits for Beetlejuice starring Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, and Michael Keaton 00:14:47 Favorite Parts of the 1988 film Beetlejuice 00:51:04 Trivia from the horror comedy Beetlejuice 00:58:27 Critics' Thoughts on Tim Burton's Beetlejuice #Beetlejuice

Zo remembers that time when he spent time in Los Angeles back in the 80's and he had the most peculiar experience. It was a nice hot day even though it was around Halloween, so he thought he'd stop for a delicious treat at a nearby ice cream truck that happened to be nearby. The operator of the truck was relaxing in the passenger seat with the door open just chillin' out apparently. As Zo walked up to the chap he noticed how pale he was and that he wore all black clothes. Zo asked for an ice cream sandwich and the guy cheerfully got up and walked on over to the storage compartment at the side of the truck. He opened the compartment and handed over the sandwich and Zo handed over his change. Zo remarked on the older boy's appearance; he appeared to be a high school senior, asking him if he was getting an early start for Halloween dressed as a vampire. The guy freaked out hissing and screamed "I'M NOT WEARING A COSTUME!" Zo walked away worried about the man's mental health, but at least the ice cream was good. Episode Segments 00:03:26 Opening Credits for Once Bitten starring Lauren Hutton, Jim Carrey, and Karen Kopins 00:12:44 Favorite Parts of the 1985 film: Once Bitten 01:08:45 Trivia from the horror teen romcom: Once Bitten 01:18:29 Critics' Thoughts on Howard Storm's Once Bitten Once Bitten Dance Scene - https://youtu.be/MyPc-1QdzSE?si=U5PpLotJI80krZOt #OnceBitten #JimCarrey

Zo gives his (no pun intended) *Spoiler Free* impressions of the latest horror movie Him starring Marlon Wayans, introducing Tyriq Withers, directed by Justin Tipping and produced by Jordon Peele. #HimMovie #MarlonWayans #TyriqWithers #JustinTipping #JordonPeele #Monkeypaw #MovieReview

Zo is excited to experience the rock and roll concert of a lifetime. Three of the most popular recording artists are about to perform the most heart pumping hits in a lifetime. Buddy Holly, The Big Bobber and, Zo's favorite, Ritchie Valens are set to rock the joint! It's thrilling! It's exciting. The most anticipated song of the night will be Valens performing his incredible crossover hit - La Bamba! Episode Segments 00:03:49 Opening Credits for La Bamba starring Lou Diamond Phillips, Esai Morales and Rosanna DeSoto 00:14:29 Favorite Parts of the 1987 film: La Bamba 00:44:44 Trivia from the music drama: La Bamba 00:51:16 Critics' Thoughts on Luis Valdez's La Bamba

Zo is on his way to an incredible, history making event. Zo is going to an island where he and a select few can witness the impossible. He's going to witness something that hasn't been heard of for at least 65 million years. He is going to see dinosaurs once again walk the face of the earth. Graceful, majestic and dangerous creatures will roar, swim and fly as they once did in our imagination! There have been concerns about the safety of the park; after all, some of these creatures are the most vicious predators that's ever lived. Surely they've taken every precaution to make sure that the prehistoric animals at this Jurassic Park don't eat the visitors, haven't they? . . . Haven't they? 00:03:11 Opening Credits for Jurassic Park starring Sam Neill, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum 00:16:56 Favorite Parts of the 1993 film: Jurassic Park 00:48:44 Trivia from the fantasy adventure: Jurassic Park 00:57:38 Critics' Thoughts on Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park

Zo is on one of his visits to the National Gallery of Art looking at beautiful artifacts found all over the world. Where are these things found and what ordeal does one go through to collect these priceless treasures? Zo imagines that it would take people with considerable resources, knowledge and grit. He had once read about a famed archeologist who risked life and limb and journeyed to the four corners of the Earth in order to retrieve forgotten treasures in an effort to share his finds with the citizens of the world. Through these artifacts he hoped to enrich the lives of everyday people and teach them about far flung cultures and lost civilizations. There was even a rumor that this archologist nearly lost his life looking for the actual Holy Grail, and that this distinguished gentleman, Dr. Henry Jones, Sr. was saved from death by the efforts of his son, a renowned archeologist in his own right, and their mutual friends. Though Dr. Jones, Sr. named his only son after himself, his son never appreciated the moniker of "Junior" and would rather be known as "Indiana" Jones and this was his last crusade. Episode Segments 00:08:04 Opening Credits for Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade starring Harrison Ford, Sean Connery and Alison Doody 00:15:52 Favorite Parts of the 1989 film: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 00:52:11 Trivia from the fantasy adventure: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 00:58:19 Critics' Thoughts on Steven Spielberg's Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade #IndianaJonesandtheLastCrusade #HarrisonFord #SeanConnery

Zo is in the 23rd Century (don't ask how he got there; it's not important). The important thing is that he was on a luxury cruise ship the Fhloston Paradise having the time of his life, surrounded by delicacies of every kind and rubbing elbows with some of the most powerful, popular and celebrated beings in the galaxy when, suddenly, the ship was boarded by Mangalore pirates and gunfire was everywhere. Being terrified, Zo found a table in a ballroom that he could hide behind and hope that someone would come along and defend him and the rest of the helpless passengers or that the criminal aliens would just grab what they wanted and go away. While he was hiding a man in a torn and bloodied tuxedo followed by a very skittish galaxy wide famous DJ, Ruby Rhod ,walked passed him. They seemed to know what they were doing. Hopefully, this would be all over soon. Episode Segments 00:03:44 Opening Credits for The Fifth Element starring Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, and Gary Oldman 00:16:53 Favorite Parts of the 1997 film: The Fifth Element 00:41:35 Trivia from the sci-fi action satirical movie: The Fifth Element 00:51:24 Critics' Thoughts on Luc Besson's The Fifth Element

Zo is set to enjoy an awesome concert in the San Dimas Civic Auditorium. The place is about to experience the awesomeness of the hottest indie bands in California. The winner will have their style boosted nationwide. It is a can't miss event for any band that espiers to be great. One of the bands is the Wyld Stallyns. People who know the lead musicians suggests that they're the best air guitarists in the region, but can William S. Preston, Esq. or Theodore Logan actually shred real instruments? Zo is excited to find out if the band can deliver excellence or will he and the rest of the audience be dragged into Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey. Episode Segments 00:04:00 Opening Credits for Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey starring Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter and William Sadler 00:19:37 Favorite Parts of the 1991 film: Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey 00:52:45 Trivia from the sci-fi action comedy movie: Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey 01:00:11 Critics' Thoughts on Peter Hewitt's Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey #WyldStallyns #KeanuReeves #AlexWinters #Bill&TedsBogusJourney

Zo just witnessed the most fascinating news conference: the most famous man in the world: neurosurgeon, rock star, physicist and martial arts expert, Dr. Buckaroo Banzai, had just announced that he and his tightknit crew - the Hong Kong Cavaliers recently perfected a way to cross into a completely different dimension. While in this strange new dimension Dr. Banzai had seen strange beings and fantastic landscapes. Dr. Banzai even captured one of the creatures from this other dimension and brought it back to Earth, but, from the way it looks, Zo believed that it was better to leave the dimensional barrier shut. We have enough troubles right here on Earth; there's no need to invite more trouble from an entirely different reality. Episode Segments 00:03:45 Opening Credits for Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension starring: Peter Weller, John Lithgow and Ellen Barkin 00:17:53 Favorite Parts of the 1984 film: Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension 01:02:05 Trivia from the sci-fi action comedy movie: Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension 01:16:34 Critics' Thoughts on W.D. Richter's Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension #BuckarooBanzai #Whereeveryougothereyouare

Zo gives his SPOILER FREE impressions on the new movie: Fantastic Four; First Steps. This is the fourth and latest attempt to adapt the Fantastic Four comic book into a feature film. Did it do better than its predecessors? Does it live up to the hype? #MovieReview #FantasticFourFirstSteps

Zo and the rest of the world are negotiating with catastrophe as everyone has to come to accept the unreal reality of the sky falling down. In this case the sky is falling down in the shape and form of a devastating meteor shower. These aren't the normal types of meteors that normally burn up in the Earth's atmosphere; these bad boys are gigantic - the size of Volkswagens and mailboxes. They come from outer space and punch through the globes protective layer like so much tin foil, burning on their way to untold destruction. On impact they punch holes in buildings and send tractor trailers hurling through the air, but this is just a harbinger. The real threat is Dottie, an asteroid of unspeakable size. It's an extinction level event just waiting to happen. The only thing that stands in it's way are a rowdy gang of professional oil drillers with a crazy plan to dig a hole in the ornery space rock and plant a nuclear bomb inside. It's a plan so crazy that it just might work and if it doesn't then it's the extinction of most of the life on the planet. It's means the event that's been foretold in the Bible had come to pass . . . Armageddon. Episode Segments 00:05:44 Opening Credits for Armageddon starring: Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thorton, Ben Affleck and Liv Tyler 00:23:53 Favorite Parts of the 1998 film: Armageddon 00:46:55 Trivia from the sci-fi action movie: Armageddon 00:58:03 Critics' Thoughts on Michael Bay's Armageddon on #BruceWillis #BillyBobThorton #BenAffleck #LivTyler #MichaelBay #Aerosmith #IDontWantToMissAThing

On this Bonus Episode Zo gives his SPOILER FREE impressions of the new Superman film directed by James Gunn and starring David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, and Nicholas Hoult.

Zo somehow finds himself on a strange world. He doesn't know if he's on a different planet, timeline, dimension or reality, but the one thing that he knows for sure is that he's not in Kansas anymore! In this place there are remarkable sites: floating forest covered moons in the upper atmosphere, floating mountains, a hovering city. There are strange creatures, robots and a variety of people: winged people fill the skies, tree people haunt the forests, and soldiers in gold and red armor patrol the ground. The different tribes seem to bicker with each other, and Zo is saavy enough to understand that there is an over arching presence that oppresses them all. What they need is a unifying force that could band them together so that they might fight their common foe and free themselves from the tyranny that they all live under. Could the hero with the charisma to unify them come in the form of the New York Jets quarterback Flash Gordon? Episode Segments 00:04:59 Opening Credits for Flash Gordon starring: Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson and Max von Sydow 00:14:18 Favorite Parts of the 1980 film: Flash Gordon 00:56:52 Trivia from the campy sci-fi action movie: Flash Gordon 01:05:54 Critics' Thoughts on Mike Hodges' Flash Gordon

This is the twelfth episode from the first season of the podcast Retromade hosted by Katie. Zo was a guest on this episode and was invited to have a wonderful conversation about the classic 1980's sci-fi horror cult classic: The Thing. If you've enjoyed this show then please go on over to Retromade and check out the other movies that should fill you with nostalgic joy! Retromade Links: Retromade: https://episodes.fm/1681642178 Podcast: https://retromade.captivate.fm YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RetromadePodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/retromadepodcast

Zo goes on a visit to Wellman College to take notes on the lecture being given by the brilliant professor Sherman Klump. The word on the street is that Mr. Klump was on the verge of a breakthrough that would revolutionize weight loss. Zo had also heard that the weight loss would be dramatic and would require one orally administered medication. The miracle drug was still in the animal testing phase and human trials may be years off, but if this were true than such a thing would revolutionize how humanity delt with a whole host of related diseases such as diabetes and hypertension. If Professor Klump's discoveries are a bust then he'll just be The Nutty Professor. Episode Segments 00:05:46 Opening Credits for The Nutty Professor starring: Eddie Murphy and Jada Pinkett Smith 00:15:02 Favorite Parts of the 1996 film: The Nutty Professor 00:41:52 Trivia from the Slap Stick Comedy: The Nutty Professor 00:48:03 Critics' Thoughts on Tom Shadyac's The Nutty Professor

Zo finds himself in the Philippines where he's there to enjoy the scenery, snack on adobo with lumpia and visit some Army buddies. While there he gets wind of a tale regarding a soldier from a nearby base that nobody really gets along with because he keeps to himself. At the same time it's said that this guy has some amazing hand to hand combat skills and moves like no one has ever seen. He seems to effortlessly dodge bullets and strikes with incredible speed and efficiency. From the way others talked about this unusual soldier you'd think that they were talking about a shinobi, but who ever heard of an American Ninja? Episode Segments 00:06:57 Opening Credits for American Ninja starring: Michael Dudikoff, Steve James, and Judie Aronson 00:17:40 Favorite Parts of the 1985 film: American Ninja 00:58:21 Trivia from the Martial Arts Action Movie American Ninja 01:06:47 Critics' Thoughts on Sam Firstenberg's American Ninja