96 - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)

Now this is how you do it. If you’re going to dedicate a feature film to mindless carnage, then at least make it look beautiful. Listen to Alex and Julio tackle the stylish 2003 remake of THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, a movie that proves it’s a lot easier to enjoy savagery when it’s happening to gorgeous people under a permanent Instagram filter! Is Jessica Biel’s new millennium scream queen the MVP or would R. Lee Ermey take that honor for his powerhouse performance as a guy who definitely doesn’t want you to take his guns? Only one way to find out!

PHOTO: Ain’t your daddy’s chainsaw victims.

PHOTO: Ain’t your daddy’s chainsaw victims.

TIMELINE:

00:00:00 - 00:53:18 Contrarians Corner

00:53:19 - 00:54:29    I am The Law

00:54:30 - 01:42:09       Real Talk

01:42:10 - 01:51:17 Plugs and the future

PLUGS!

- Alex went down a rabbit hole of alternate Aladdin lyrics.

- Julio found he’s still (sort of) got it when it comes to Mario Kart Deluxe.

- As usual during this time of the year, it’s time to start getting ready for the OTHER WORLDS AUSTIN SCI-FI FILM FESTIVAL! If you can be in Austin on December 5-8, you should get a badge and meet Alex and Julio over there!

- Hans Rothgiesser, the man behind our logo, can be reached at @mildemonios on Twitter or you can email him at mildemonios@hotmail.com in case you ever need a logo (or comics) produced. And you can listen to him talk about Peruvian politics on his own podcast, NACION COMBI. Aaaaand you can also check out all the stuff he’s written on his own website. Don’t know Spanish? He also did a podcast in English called LIVING IN PERU, about immigrants in - where else - Perú.

Up next, we’ll send off The Autumn of the Remakes with one final bonus episode covering another original: THE FLY (1958)! Until then, let us know how you feel about the Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake! Do you like this newer, craftier Leatherface? Is it an improvement that the backwoods creeps now include women and children among their ranks? E-mail us at wearethecontrarians@gmail.com or tweet at us or facebook us and share your thoughts!