I was going on a run (unfortunately, I still do that*) and it occurred to me, "Jeez, I never have any content for my blog, so it would be fun to make a post where I list all the movies Marshal Latham and I have watched for our opposite-of-renowned podcast, The Outcast Excursions. I could even make a post citing the Genre we've done the most movies in, the Director we've covered the most, and the Decade we've hit most." But dang, I knew it would be soooooo much work, and I barely make time to write, podcast, or properly wipe myself as it is.
But when I got home, I remembered that Marshal had once created a shared spreadsheet for the show
and I thought, if I could grab that and fill in everything since he last updated it, it would only take me an
hour or so to find the answers. And to my delight, Marshal has continued to update it, even including the
next episode not yet released.
So, in answer to the question only I gave a crap about . . .
Total number of episodes (counting our try-out episode [DUEL]):
44
Year most covered:
TIE (4) 1983/2014 (1983: SPACEHUNTER, SWORD OF THE VALIANT, SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES, KRULL) (2014: DRACULA UNTOLD, HERCULES, THE LEGEND OF HERCULES, THE GIVER)
Oldest film reviewed:
THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1934)
Newest film reviewed:
LISA FRANKENSTEIN (2024)
Most-reviewed director:
Alfred Hitchcock (6), which isn't surprising, since we try and do a Hitchcock film every year or so. Roger Corman is coming up quickly behind, though.
Number of movies by decade:
1930s: 1
1940s: 4
1950s: 4
1960s: 7
1970s: 6 (this includes the forthcoming OUTLAW JOSEY WALES)
1980s: 9
1990s: 0
2000s: 1
2010s: 8
2020s: 3
I suppose that means we'll have to seek out a Nineties film soon (perhaps 2014's POMPEII)(**).
Number of Video Game Adaptations:
1 (WARCRAFT)
Number of Horror movies:
15 (though it does include Sci-Fi Horror like PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES and THE MAN WITH X-RAY EYES)
Number of Disaster movies:
2 (METEOR, AIRPORT)
Most-featured actor:
James Stewart (because of Hitchcock)
Worst Movie Marshal Would Like Us To Review:
GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE
Number of Sean Connery films:
3 (METEOR, SWORD OF THE VALIANT, MARNIE)
Number of Black & White films:
7 (MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH '34, THE INNOCENTS, THE THIRD MAN, CAT PEOPLE '42, NOTORIOUS, THE MONSTER OF PIEDRAS BLANCAS, IT! THE TERROR FROM BEYOND SPACE)
Number of times we've watched WASP WOMAN:
Zero
Well, now that my blog post is finished, I'm not exactly sure what my point was. I suppose it was to
mention that Marshal does good work over there on his Patreon and regular website, and that I
appreciate his willingness to sit down with me and talk movies every month or so.
*It bugs the crap out of my mother that I refuse to go running until it's dark (though I probably run 10 or
12 times a year in daylight, not counting up at the cabin, when I'm all alone anyway), but I just seem to
have a mental block/phobia about running while the sun is still out. Maybe it's that I'm afraid I'll be seen
or mocked (which still happens a couple of times a year, the bastards), or that I just prefer darkness
(matches my soul, I guess). Regardless, she's sure I'll be hit by a car and no one will see my crushed
body as it twitches its last there on the road. Probably not the *best* way to go, but still . . .
**That was a joke.
