Phantoms Podcast - Old Millennials Remember Movie - Ep 56

In this Phantoms podcast, you’ll definitely hear how Tyler loves Ben Affleck. And if you haven’t heard, according to Jay from Jay and Silent Bob, Affleck was the BOMB in Phantoms, YO!

Phantoms is a movie few people have seen. It bombed at the box office, despite the studio using the Oscar push for “Good Will Hunting” to sell Affleck and this cheesy monster flick from the mind of Dean Koontz, aka “The guy you read when that Stephen King book has too many pages in it.” For many people our age, Phantoms is more tied to a couple of pretty good jokes in “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back,” where Ben Affleck, playing his “Chasing Amy” character of Holden McNeill, talks to Jay about that “kid” in “Good Will Hunting” delivering the performance of the century in this little flick.

But, as you’ll learn when listening to this Phantoms podcast, the movie itself is worth watching, mostly because of how much absolute insanity it delivers throughout its brisk 90-minute runtime. Seriously, this movie is crazy. It starts off as a story of murderous ghosts (maybe), then turns into a monster flick about a Godlike creature that can literally do whatever it wants, including make lazy homages to “The Thing.” This movie also stars Peter OToole. Yes, that beloved Peter O’Toole. And he’s in quite a bit of it! You know, “Lawrence of Arabia’s” Peter O’Toole. He’s here with Rose McGowen and Ben Affleck in a gigantic cowboy hat.

Speaking of Rose McGowen, “Phantoms” has a part to play in the eventual exposure of that dickhead Harvey Weinstein. Listen to Tyler talk around some speculation of the messed-up history of Miramax.

Also on the Phantoms podcast, we discuss the very strange performance of Liev Schrieber, who in the late-1990s specialized in playing creepy weirdos, or weirdo creeps. This one is especially bug-nuts. Perhaps even creepier, the barely-regarded tragic backstory of Ben Affleck’s FBI agent-turned-cowboy-sheriff. The climax of this movie leans hard on it, and well, it’s unbelievable.

Happy Halloween – Phantoms Podcast

This Phantoms Podcast gets into the actual movie at about the 45 minute mark. Tyler talks about Jay and Silent Bob a lot during the first part of this podcast, specifically about his experience watching the Fathom Events Jay and Silent Bob double-feature. He talks about his history with 2001’s “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back,” which includes a harrowing story of his high school friends driving an ungodly speed on the freeway in an effort to catch every second of Kevin Smith’s View Askew extravaganza. This leads into a conversation about the new “Jay and Silent Bob Reboot,” which people can check out when Kevin Smith travels the country with his Reboot Roadshow over the next few months.

Other Halloweeny Podcasts to Check Out

In addition to this awesome Phantoms Podcast, if you’re in the mood for MORE Halloweeny podcasts, be sure to go back to some of our other Old Millennials Remember Movies Podcast Episodes:

Old Millennials are also watching:

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019)
West Side Story (1961)
Kiss Me Kate (1953)
Fantastic Beasts and the Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)

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