The ContrariansBonus! - Street Fighter

Videogame movies peaked early. It feels like the last 25 years have simply been about trying to achieve what STREET FIGHTER accomplished back in 1994: the best adaptation of a fighting game ever made. Not that the Tomatometer and its critics would know anything about that. Listen to Alex and Julio welcome Billy and Topher from the WE WATCHED A THING podcast to discuss the only movie in film history that gives you the combined powers of Jean Claude Van Damme, Raul Julia and Kylie Minogue!

TIMELINE

00:00:00 - 00:01:17 Intro

00:01:18 - 00:10:24 Opening and Quotes

00:10:25 - 01:05:20 Contrarians Corner

01:05:21 - 01:06:34 Pax Bisonnica

01:06:35 - 01:59:20 Real Talk

01:59:21 - 02:10:21 Plugs!

PLUGS!

- Topher honored Kirk Douglas by rewatching SPARTACUS.

- Billy loved WEATHERING WITH YOU.

- Alex revisited NEBRASKA and appreciated it even more.

- Julio finally started the final season of SILICON VALLEY.

- Listen to Billy and Topher’s show, WE WATCHED A THING for more of their fun banter and geeky visual insights!

- Check out the LIVESTREAM FOR THE CURE website and make sure you mark your calendar so you can support the cause that weekend! Our segment will be Saturday, May 30th at 4pm EST!

- 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. Oh, and as if that wasn’t enough, he has a new zombie novel out, REQUIEM POR LURÍN. Ask him about it!

Up next, our annual Wrestlemania bonus episode, and this time we’ll cover the Hulk Hogan vehicle NO HOLDS BARRED! In the meantime, let us know how you liked Street Fighter! Do you enjoy it despite it not being too faithful to the game? Is this Raul Julia’s finest performance? Do you know who Kylie Minogue is? E-mail us at wearethecontrarians@gmail.com or tweet at us or facebook us and share your thoughts!