Spawn: w/ Systematic Geekology on Nobody’s 90s Nostalgia

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Will Rose of Systematic Geekology joins Melvin to summarize Spawn, a notoriously bad superhero movie from the 90s! From John Leguizamo imitating Jim Carrey’s The Mask, to shockingly bad CGI, the two get into the not-so-good, the pretty dang bad, and the stupendously ugly. It’s a trip!

Topics:

• (PATREON EXCLUSIVE) 34-minutes discussing Robert Downey Jr. returning to the MCU as Dr. Doom, and playing a trivia game called “Boo or False?” where, after guessing true or false, Pastor Will Rose has to utilize the trivia fact as a sermon illustration. (PATREON EXCLUSIVE)
• Will Rose shares a brief history of how the Lord cultivated his enjoyment of comic books into a means for evangelism. Also, surfing!
• As is tradition with most Party Pleaser episodes, the movie begins with a lore-dump to make sure the audience knows what’s going on.
• The filmmaking, aesthetic, and basically the whole package feels like a TV-production, not a Hollywood blockbuster.
• Will & Melvin talk about the shockingly bad CGI, something that precedes the film in a lot of online film spaces.
• The subtitles for the film were often adult in nature compared to the actual film, leading Melvin to believe the project was made “PG-13” during editing.
• Will finally realizes why he can’t stand John Leguizamo’s Clown; he’s doing his version of Jim Carrey’s The Mask.
• The final fight scene is incomprehensible. Good luck understanding what’s happening.

Recommendations:

• Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow (2022) (Graphic Novel)
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (2015) (Video Game)

Spawn is Rated PG-13 for thematic elements involving the demonic underworld, violence, intense fantasy action and crude humor. It features Michael Jai White, John Leguizamo, Martin Sheen, Theresa Randle, Nicol Williamson, D.B. Sweeney, Melinda Clarke, Miko Hughes, and Sydni Beaudoin. Directed by Mark A.Z. Dippé. Spawn is available here.

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Melvin Benson is the Founder, Editor-In-Chief, and Lead Host of Cinematic Doctrine. Whether it’s a movie, show, game, comic, or novel, it doesn’t matter. As long as it’s rich, he’s ready and willing to give it a try! His hope is to see King Jesus glorified as far as the east is from the west!

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