Decker Shado

New Year! New You! Same show, same folks, same time same day same channel! But hey, that's why sequels work so well.. and why then they get leaned on so much. It is what it is, is it not? Well, if it isn't what it is than what is it? I'm clearly too scatterbrained to write this description.

RoboCop 3 was the last of the mainline RoboCop movies, up until the recent RoboCop remake. That might be because of the fact that even the filmmakers didn't quite know what direction to go with the story at this point. Or, the PG-13 rating. Or... well, I guess like always it's simply a combination of many factors.

But remember to be careful reading the reviews... After RoboCop lost it's way, going from a dark tale with light hearted presentation to a light hearted tale, RoboCop (2014) set forth to course correct... probably too much. Giving us a dark tale with dark presentation. Well, who needs intentional humor in movies anyway?

The newest from M. Night Shyamalan, Glass follows up and crosses over the classic Unbreakable with the more recent but still very well received Split. We explore if these seemingly superhuman specimens are indeed comic book caliber supers, or if perhaps it's all in their heads and everything has a far more mundane explanation. Of course, this is a Shyamalan movie so you bet your ass not everything is as it seems.

So... not only was a semi sequel to Alien: Isolation announced (Alien: Blackout) but... it's.. a mobile game... AND! and and and, Tony Hawk has revealed news that there was a little scifi adventure he was supposed to have years ago that never came out, another sequel to a beloved piece of entertainment media. What's the most terrifying news of all this week, though? Patricia can't make it tonight...

"The movie that broke Decker" The Predator released in 2018 after quite a long gap since the last entry in the series. With the return of Shane Black, an actor from the original movie, as writer and co-director of this entry, surely what made Predator great will... be completely ignored in favor of effectively making a parody movie and releasing it as if it was a serious entry.

A cult classic B movie that is perhaps the purest example of a B movie, Moontrap isn't a cheesefest of tounge-in-cheek sillyness that happens to be low budget, but rather a relatively serious movie about horrible alien robot things that intend to take over the Earth... which happens to have a budget well below what the vision needs to be realized with the standards we associate with serious films. However, they don't let that get in the way and still present a rather interesting look at a slice of movie history.

Not content with just rebooting things we've loved for years, it seems now we're even rebooting things that are not yet out! Okay, that's a bit of a stretch, but news of Metroid Prime 4 completely starting over on development was a bit of a shocker. Thankfully, we have more news to distract you! And a lot of it just so happens to be reboots...

Moontrap was a super low budget Sci-Fi movie from the late 80s that managed to grow a decent cult following in the decades since it's release. Thus, the writer and director decided to try their hands at fundraising a sequel. After a few missteps, they finally managed to get Moontrap: Target Earth made in 2017. However... despite the fact that the writer and director are back at it, things are very... VERY different this time around...

A contender for the title of longest time stuck in development hell, The Meg's movie rights were first sold before the first novel was even published. However, it would take 22 years and a joint project between Hollywood and China before the film would actually see the light of day. Jason Statham fights a giant shark. There's your plot.

As our bi-weekly look at all things entertainment marches forward, we've got all kinds of news to talk about this episode! A Nintendo Direct dropped all kinds of announcements, Tommy Wiseau is at it again with a new movie about sharks, and... um.. someone painted Will Smith blue.

When there's a big movie coming out, you can count on The Asylum to throw together some shoestring budget cash grab to capitalize on the name alone, and release it around the same time! Atlantic Rim is one of those movies. It worked, if it weren't for the name and obvious rip off of Pacific Rim, who the hell would still be talking about it?

Halloween is a sequel to Halloween, but not Halloween. As in the Halloween continuity, not the Halloween one. There's a lot of damn Halloween movies called Halloween... Either way, Jamie Lee Curtis returns as Laurie Strode to Haddonfield where we see absolutely nothing happened since the original movie. However, her plot sense tells her to spend 40 years preparing to take out Michael Myers!

So some things came up that turns out, aren't actually coming up. Also, there's things we've known are coming for a while that we actually would like to be wrong about, but seemingly are correct... darn it.

A movie with the distinct "honor" of being banned from many, many countries. A video nasty, a film who's reputation as truly horrifying shocksploitation proceeds it so much you might not realize just what you're getting into. That's what happens when things are banned left and right for far less. Heed the warning in the opening well.

The follow-up to Godzilla 2000, Godzilla VS Megaguirus doesn't have to spend as much time introducing the monster, so we can get right to the great big monster brawl! That is, if we didn't spend so much running time in this movie introducing Godzilla again.. and waiting for the big bad monster he has to brawl to grow up.

Right place, right time, right button! Wrong settings.

Entertainment news is all over the place today! From the new Godzilla trailer to a new Seagal movie trailer, to Google Stadia and of course... a high school play of Alien! Beats the hell out of the millionth showing of A Christmas Carol.

A remake of the 1978 film that just to review, I felt the need to put a minute long warning in front of. This time taking place in 2010 and starring Sarah Butler, how does it continue the legacy of the original? Well, I may only have a 30 second warning this time, but there's still a warning...

From the new Star Wars trailer dropping, to VR made out of cardboard, to the empire's new plans for judging users not by time, but by "quality" time, we got a few big topics for today's show!

Bringing the Evil Bong back since we last saw her in Gingerdead Man vs Evil Bong, Evil Bong 420 takes us to... a bowling alley! And stays there.. for the entire running time, which isn't all that long honestly. That's pretty much it... not exactly the most exciting flick I've seen in a while.

The adventure through entertainment news continues, with what is starting to come off like a clip show. Haven't we seen most of this before? Well, maybe not in small town America I guess...

Another one of those collaborations between American and Japanese studios, Batman Ninja takes Batman and makes him a Ninja! It also takes Ninjas and turns them in to Batmen. Bats are also Ninjas that turn into Men. Okay, so it's time travel and Japan and probably even crazier than you can imagine.

For the first time ever, an episode of Live & Wired was missed... Electrical issues and such can do that sometimes. No bother, it seems in the time we've taken to get this one out, even more things just keep getting unplugged! Oh dear how does this always work out like that?

It's been a heck of a ride, but we made it! Actually, a while ago... but just recently, a physical representation of the acknowledgement of the endless quest for larger numbers has manifested! Wow, I'm using big words.. you can tell I'm nervous.

While my own output has been less frequent as of late, entertainment news marches on! Smash goes VR!.. ish.. Every superhero is now vs every alien, and of course Candyman is taking on his greatest foe... the toxic avengers! ...of film, on their laptops in their parent's basements.

Of course E3 happened during Live & Wired's off week, but that doesn't mean we can't cover it today! Heck, there's new information that's come up since the day of the event, so taking this long isn't all bad. Also, more than enough movie news has come up in the two weeks since the last show to also help this episode be about more than just games, for those of you out there who really don't care about that kind of stuff.

Known as Hung fan kui for it's 1995 release in Hong Kong, the 96 release "Rumble in the Bronx" introduced the world to Jackie Chan! Again, as he was already pretty well known.. but still! When it comes to stunts and action choreography, it's hard to go wrong with Jackie Chan. Oh, and the movie's about something about New York and some diamond heist or something. I unno.

Not Jackie Chan's first movie, or his big break, but certainly one of the oldest films to star the man that people might actually know about if you bring it up! Drunken Master tells the story of a man named Fred, who disappoints his father, Robert... at least according to the dub... and must restore his honor with harsh martial arts training! In Drunken Boxing, so there's a silver lining at least.

After that explosion of entertainment news last time, this might seem a bit slow, but not every week can be E3. However, it looks like everything from horror to videogames can be on TV! Now I just have to figure out if anyone is still watching that thing...

The Summer of Jackie Chan continues, with one of the most requested Jackie Chan movies to be reviewed. Rush Hour, from 1998, marks the first time Jackie Chan was tasked with speaking his mostly English lines completely clearly on set, as there would be no over-dubbing this time. Oddly enough, while tasked with being as coherent as possible, they teamed him up with Chris Tucker for this one.

A strange little release in America, Supercop is actually the 3rd film of the Police Story franchise, Police Story 3: Super Cop. Or it kind of is, as a few things are modified here and there, but all in all it's still a movie about Jackie Chan going to fantastic locations, meeting interesting people, and beating the crap out of them. Plus a helicopter to dangle from!

The third in a trilogy so long in the making.. well, it's honestly a miracle it was finished. Kevin from Split was supposed to be introduced in Unbreakable, the story goes, but keeping the story concise meant cuts had to be made. By the time Split was produced, it was under a different company. Somehow M. Night convinced them to work together and allow the third movie of the trilogy to be made. That's an even bigger twist than he could come up with himself, I'd say.

As Google Hangouts is scheduled to no longer offer the video conferencing services we've been using all this time, this may in fact be the last Live & Wired... to use Google Hangouts. We'll be moving on to other things, don't worry! In the meantime, guess what? MOVIE NEWS! GAME NEWS! Halloween 2018 was in fact not the last Halloween! ...surprising no one... and the Nintendo Switch Lite was unveiled! Surprising no one... but me, but that's just because I'm cynical as all hell and still find the thing to create more problems than it solves.

The 2nd Rush Hour film, Rush Hour 2 is a story about Jackie Chan being a cop from Hong Kong, teaming up with Chris Tucker, a cop from LA, to stamp out a crime ring that starts in Hong Kong before crossing the Pacific into Los Angeles. It's different this time!

While last L&W was the "Final Hangout" - I reiterate, that was in reference to Google Hangouts, which was said to be going away on August 1st. We still have Discord! ...and hangouts, evidently, but heck we may as well stick to that "final" just in case.

It's a railroad, not a quarry. ANYWAY, this week we're looking at Shanghai Noon, where Jackie Chan meets up with Owen Wilson for an adventure through the Wild West! And... that sentence alone scarily enough has told you absolutely everything you have to know about this movie. So why not watch a video review of it that's over 20 minutes long?

Jackie Chan is BACK, as the Drunken Master in Drunken Master 2! Which is more a remake.. or a reboot.. or a retelling? It's the legend of Fei-Hung Wong, the Drunken Master, and aside from the characters at play and the drunken boxing there's little here that lines up with the original in terms of a remake or a sequel. Point is, Jackie Chan and ass kickery await!

Okay, this time for reals this is the first Jackie Chan movie made in America. For true! He even speaks english! And I feel very confused... but not as confused as America, as this crazy guy showed up and backflipped his way through the action scenes. It seems like he was the only one who knew he'd be doing that.

Usually when it comes to week to week movie news, we hear about all these sequels and remakes and everything coming non-stop... it's not every day you hear about over 200 movies being cancelled in one fell swoop.

The sequel to Shanghai Noon, Shanhai Knights takes Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson and drops them in England in order to do the "because it's in England!" movie. That's... pretty much all you need to know. Ready for all the jokes you can handle about crazy British foodstuffs and historical events that.. more often then not are very VERY off of the date this film takes place in? ..why, what's wrong with you?

A much more recent Jackie Chan outing, The Foreigner (2017) puts the man opposite Pierce Brosnan in a drama thriller thingamajig involving the Metro police, the IRA and all kinds of factions. No, this is not the Steven Seagal movie of the same name. My nightmares about reviewing the same movie multiple times by accident shall live on for another day...

With IT Chapter 2 around the corner, and rumbles of a third entry in the Deep Blue Sea franchise... should we be calling it a trilogy now? Well, things are looking up for "clown and shark news" for this particular episode of Live & Wired.

The third and final movie of the Rush Hour Trilogy, Rush Hour 3 puts Jackie Chan opposite Chris Tucker in a buddy cop flick where two police officers from different sides of the globe must team up, and put cultural differences aside to work together and stamp out China's largest criminal organization! Now this might sound exactly like what we've already seen before.. but this time it's in FRANCE!

The follow-up to the 2017 IT movie, IT Chapter Two picks things up right where that one left off. However, if you think seeing the 1990 IT miniseries means you know what Chapter 2 entails... well, you are right for about 20 minutes of this 3 hour movie.

The black sheep of the Jackie Chan filmography, City Hunter is a 1993 live action adaptation of an 80s maga/anime of the same name. Anime style antics are common throughout, and the concept of logic should be left far, far behind if you intend to take in this feature. Then again... when have I ever praised a movie for it's firm grip on reality?

News of new projects coming up all the time is one thing. News of those projects being remakes or sequels is expected. However, when news comes that not just one, but several companies are either giving the ax to several projects and services... or they are planning on releasing products that maybe they should ax.. that's a bit strange.

Stephen King drinking game to IT (1990) - Wish us luck, and survival!

The found footage film seen round the world, The Blair Witch Project had a massive marketing campaign that three filmmakers were lost in the woods in 1994, and their footage was found one year later... but they are still missing! Except they weren't, they were actors and very much still alive. But hey! Everyone thought it was real, so why let things like facts get in the way?

From former high score champions seeking legal action to business deals being discussed and abandoned in the entertainment world, one thing holds true.. money makes the world go round. SO, who's up for getting paid gangbusters for watching a ton of Stephen King flicks?

A 1977 horror classic, Suspiria has been remembered for it's delve into psychological horror and the artistic vision of Dario Argentino. However, it has been like 4 decades... how well does it hold up today?

Out today in theaters nationwide, Joker is the tale of.. well, The Joker, and how he became The Joker. I think.. I dunno, it's kind of more slice-of-life than I was expecting, and I'm still trying to figure out exactly what I was supposed to get out of it.... BTW - AMC has responded to the "no singles" viral picture and stated they have no such policy for screenings of Joker. I can't be certain that this is the be all end all for information regarding that particular picture that had made it's way around the internet, but that's their story and they're sticking to it.

Set far, far into the future, in the mystical year of 2020 Bleeding Steel stars Jackie Chan as Lin Dong. His daughter has a metal heart, which is the heart of this heart-wrenching tale of.. well, bad guys own a spaceship and they want her blood. That's the best I got for ya.

Ahh, movies based on video games. It's not like we haven't been down this road before, considering I've already reviewed the original Doom movie with The Rock in it. Doom: Annihilation seeks to... um, well can't really say they were actually trying to right the wrongs of the past. After all, this one's a straight-to-video romp through hell. Yaaaaaaay...

Yes, we were supposed to do Live & Wired yesterday but there was a problem. I, Decker Shado, wound up in a mystical faraway land full of faerie folk and pirates and dragons, delving into torture chambers and walking in a forest while observing large beasts. I also partook in the provisions available, and got a bit tipsy as a result... .... ...yeah, I spent the day at the Texas Renaissance Festival, but turkey legs and the mud show aside, it seems Live & Wired isn't the only piece of entertainment experiencing delays lately. Or delving into far away lands and the horrors one can find there, for that matter...

The 1972 grindhouse classic, The Last House on the Left was Wes Craven's film debut... and what a debut, billed as writer, director and editor of this movie. Teens run into the worst kind of trouble imaginable, but the bad guys have something even worse in store for them.. THE WRATH OF THE PARENTS!

A sort of urban legend style horror with a smattering of Final Destination, Countdown is the story of a smartphone app that... well, it only kills you if you don't die when you're supposed to, after downloading the app. It's a kind of roundabout way of going about it, but it can be creepy... and incredibly cheesy.

It's horror month, and we're heading in on Halloween, which means haunted houses, hotels and hayrides! It seems the spectacle of supernatural structures is the subject of this Saturday's show. Also, alliteration is awesome.

Join Creepy, Patricia and I as we delve into the second foray into testing our livers vs the infamous Stephen King Drinking Game! This time, to Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining." No, it's not going to be as potentially life threatening as IT (1990) was, but that's only if you assume that nobody present is going to go insane partway through the project...

Rob Zombie's movie making career starts here, having both written and directed House of 1000 Corpses. It's got most of the trappings you expect out of a Rob Zombie film - unlikable characters, vulgarity for vulgarity's sake and his wife plays a starring role where she can show off lots of skin. However, underneath all that... is there a truly terrifying tale to tell? No, but some people like it anyway.

Stanley Kubrick's 1980 film adaptation of the Stephen King novel of the same name, The Shining follows the Torrance family as they move in to the Overlook Hotel for Jack's new job as caretaker! However, a classic tale of cabin fever runs into trouble as it finds itself a Stephen King story, and thus the hotel has a dark secret past, the hauntings slowly drive Jack insane... and of course, the kid is psychic.

Movie news is rolling in, with horrifying animatronic monstrosities and strange lights from space threatening all of mankind! What does it all have in common? Nick Cage. The man seems to be at the center of all of the insanity...

LIVING LIFE ON THE EDGE! Seriously, reviewing a kid's movie in a video intended for adults right now is the YouTuber equivalent of flossing with electrical wire. Either way, today's review is Pokémon: Detective Pikachu. It's a mystery flick (obviously) that follows the adventures of a pikachu (of course) who is a detective (could have guessed) and can talk. That's not really the twist though, it's more that he's voiced by Ryan Réynolds.

Psychological supernatural horror? Well why didn't you say so! The Bye Bye Man is a 2017 flick about a mysterious evil that spreads... through people knowing about it! So it's kind of like "you just lost the game" except with death.

Fiction and non-fiction alike, robots are rising up for our entertainment and destruction. Robocop's getting rebooted.. again... and Chopping Mall is set for a 24 hour marathon on black friday! Also the YouTube bots will be working overtime, because boy oh boy the YouTube news this episode is something else...

Released in 1995, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie is a movie starring the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. It's notable as being possibly the first instance of said rangers using only original material, and not writing stories around fight scenes from the Super Sentai series. Despite this... that somehow doesn't make it any more coherent...

Still have that strike on the channel, and Patricia is still unable to make it. Um... showtime?

The 5th movie in the Carnosaur franchise, The Eden Formula tells the tale of a super special medical breakthrough able to do miracles! Miracles such as bringing dinosaurs back to life. Amazing how we always land on that space... but neer-do-wells intend on STEALING THE FORMULA! For... reasons!

Another made for TV SyFy movie, Pterodactyl first terrorized the world in 2005, with the tale of how paleontologists have no idea what is or is not a dinosaur, or that maybe you shouldn't be poking around certain areas of the world while there are bad dudes about. Luckily, one of them has a military background which is far more useful than the "scholars" in this situation...

With the year and indeed decade coming to a close, there's all kinds of new stuff just around the corner. From the worst kept secret in remake history, to rumblings about a new Tremors.. *hehe* But amidst all this... will we ever agree what is or is not a christmas and or action movie?

After two less than stellar sequels, things seemed to be on the right track with Jurassic World bringing the Jurassic Park franchise back to it's roots. A big blockbuster dinosaur flick that did so well, another entry in the series seemed obvious. Indeed, this movie made gangbusters at the box office, bringing in over 1 billion dollars on a 170 million dollar budget. However... that doesn't mean that the movie itself was THAT fantastic...