Binge Movie Aftertaste w/ Brendan Mertens
Welcome to another hampering episode of the Binge Movie Aftertaste. Not only are Jason and I both hammered out of our minds, we speak clearly enough to talk to this week’s guest Brendan Mertens about a movie he is making which tells the story of the fandom behind a little franchise called Ghostbusters. Not to mention a whole hell of a lot more in this podcast full of stories about everyone’s favorite team that busts ghosts.
First thing’s first though. Before getting to Brendan, Jason and I take some time to thank all you listeners for not only supporting US, but also for the support you have all layered into the entire site since Law and Moreno’s episode of Monday Morning Moreno a few weeks back. We also talk about some minor changes made to this show, as Moreno has decided that he doesn’t like us anymore. No, not really. But he is making his Fridays open so that we can do whatever the hell we want on the air, which unfortunately means we will be doing it without him for at least the time being. All this makes Jason and I naturally come to the conclusion that this means when he’s not around we will just talk shit about him. Yes, we are immature filmmaking assholes.
Speaking of which, this leads us into getting this week’s guest Brendan Mertens on the line. Brendan is definitely full of stories, and we talk about everything from how Ghostbusters came into his life to some highlights from his podcast Cross The Streams. Between interviewing Ernie Hudson a couple of times and even meeting Dan Aykroyd himself, you can tell Brendan certainly loved doing the show. Jason and I express amazement that Mertens was able to do a podcast on the same subject for five years, while we struggle to do one on a different topic every couple weeks. With how busy Brendan is, he reveals the podcast is on temporary hiatus. Will it come back? Only time will tell.
After talking a little about the prospect of this upcoming all female Ghostbusters film being any good, Jason leaves the show to drink in peace, and Brendan & I get to his upcoming documentary Ghostheads. Brendan talks about how doing the podcast certainly led to doing the movie, and what it is like narrowing hundreds of hours worth of footage down to 75 minutes.
All this plus stories of when Brendan ran for office (no joke), a modified King of Hollywood where Brendan gives his dream Ghostbusters cast & director, many mentions of John Landis’ downfall, and much, MUCH more on this huge time bustin’ episode of the Binge Movie Aftertaste. So who you gunna call? Listen NOW!
And be sure to check out more about the Ghostheads movie at www.ghostheadsmovie.com. Thanks a ton to Brendan for risking waking up his wife to come on our show and we look forward to having him back on to debate John Landis when the movie’s release date gets closer.
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