The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 114: Waterworld (1995) (Patreon)

We continue to dive ever deeper into the world of big budget failures with Waterworld, a sea-faring post-apocalyptic adventure so middle-of-the-road that only its astronomical budget could possibly be the source of its lasting cultural impact.

CHAPTERS:

(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 114: Waterworld (1995)(00:00:21) - Intro.(00:02:10) - Our movie is Waterworld, let's get right into the budget talk.(00:03:40) - The Costner factor.(00:10:32) - Getting into the ridiculous production history of this thing.(00:21:16) - Fishtar.(00:26:07) - What is the Ulysses Cut?(00:28:56) - Some of the finer points of this goofy apocalypse.(00:33:37) - Drowning the Universal logo in Kevin Costner's recycled piss.(00:37:26) - A long stretch at an atoll.(00:45:37) - Gills? In this economy?(00:51:02) - Break!(00:51:20) - Escaping the atoll.(01:01:51) - Boy does the mariner hate these women.(01:07:03) - God, this other drifter character.(01:13:20) - OK, the fishing bit isn't bad. The part where the kid can't swim? Less so.(01:16:32) - Yes! Please! Show us Drylan...d'oh...(01:22:21) - Enola is taken.(01:26:10) - Some more context for how Costner gets that jetski, and scattered Smoker talk.(01:29:43) - Deacon's speech, and the mariner Solid Snakes his way through the boat.(01:37:39) - Deacon's dumb end.(01:39:13) - Off to Dryland.(01:45:47) - Final thoughts.(01:49:23) - Closing out our month next week: Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within!(01:51:18) - Outro.