Zardoz is a 1974 avant-garde fantasy film starring Sean Connery in one of the worst costumes in cinematic history.
In a bizarre twist, it was actually the best movie the hosts had covered on the show until Santa's Slay.
Plot[]
An hour and 45 minutes of focusing on Sean Connery's package.
Notable characters[]
The Episode[]
- This episode broke the hosts' general rule about not reviewing "cult classic" films
- James stated at the time that this is the hardest summary he has ever had to write; this would be topped by Samurai Cop 2 in Episode 60
Scores[]
James - Tapioca
Damien - (A noise that sounds like an aardvark in the middle of a mating call being attacked by a confused badger.)
Highlights[]
- "Thank you for flying Zardoz Air"
- "She looked like a Consuela!"
- James has a note about Zed "figuring it out", but when questioned on the accuracy of this note by Damien, he can't remember what was figured out, if anything
- The Zardoz head as the airplane in the airplane safety video
- Is Zed supposed to be Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz???
- Are WE Zardoz???
References[]
- Torque
- Transformers
- Revenge of the Fallen
- Dark of the Moon
- The Room
- Battlefield Earth
- The Wicker Man
- Queen
- Barney
- Eraserhead
- David Lynch
- Super Mario Bros.
- Austin Powers
- Highlander
- Fanta
- Green Lantern
- Ace Ventura
- WarGods
- Little Tortilla Boy
- Highlander II
- Star Wars
- Edward Scissorhands
- Catwoman
- Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
- Disney
- The Partridge Family
- Honey Bunches of Oats
- Robin Hood: Men in Tights
- The Last Airbender
- Hop on Pop
- One Fish Two Fish
- Clifford the Big Red Dog
- Wallace and Grommit
- Everyone Poops
- Flowers for Algernon
- The Wizard of Oz
- Key and Peele
- GTA
- Resident Evil
- Russel Crowe
- Lewis Black
- Vince Russo
- TNA
- Ultima
- Troll 2
- Nicholas Cage
- Scooby Doo
- Wayne's World
- Schoolhouse Rock
- GameCube
- Creepers
- Jesse Eisenberg
- Channing Tatum
- James Bond
- Ghost Rider
- That's So Raven
- Shia LeBouf
- Raven Simone
- All My Children
- Two And A Half Men
- It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
- How I Met Your Mother
- Masters of the Universe
- Showgirls
- Biker Mice From Mars
- Law and Order: SVU
- Iced T
- Saints Row
- Battlestar Galactica
- Jane Austin
- The Ramones
- Ali Larter
- Dane Cook
- Kingdom Hearts
- Nickleback
- The Fast and the Furious
- The Crow: Wicked Prayer
- The Crow
- The Crow: City of Angels
- The Crow: Salvation
- Santa's Slay
- Alone in the Dark
- A Talking Cat
Tiradesverse tropes[]
- Protagonists? - Everyone except Friend
- Real protagonist - Friend
- Center of the Universe - Zed
- Exposition fairy - Arthur Frayn and Friend
- Plot convenience - Sean Connery gets his gun back from nowhere
- RPG Town
- MacGuffin Disease - The ailment that the "apathetics" have
- This fucking scene - Virtually every scene in the movie
- Instant Love - Consuella falls in love with Zed at the end of the movie despite hating his guts every waking second of the movie up to that point.
Ending song[]
Dion - The Wanderer
Before and After[]
Previous Episode: Episode 24 - Torque
Next Episode: Episode 26 - The Crow: Wicked Prayer