Extended preview: CREATING REM LEZAR (Patreon)

Hello, Traxians!

It's a Happy Friday! Or at least, it will be until you gaze your eyes upon this weirdness!

Zack and Ashlee are outcasts at school. We’re not sure why, perhaps because their singing voices sound like waterfowl being fed into a paper shredder.

They bond because they are both seeing visions of a superhero with a purple mullet named Rem Lezar. Rather than do the sensible thing and inspect the town’s water supply for lead, they decide to drag some old mannequin parts into a shed and bring Rem to life. What follows is one of the craziest things ever committed directly to VHS tape, and based on what we’ve endured together over the years, those words should carry some serious gravitas.

Rem Lezar is determined to teach the kids the true meaning of friendship. This is quite ironic, because not only would you switch seats on the city bus if Rem sat down next to you, you might swear off vehicular transport in general. Standing in his way is the evil Vorock, who might be the first supervillain whose origin story involves MS Paint. He is played by the movie’s writer and director, and the caliber of his performance, frankly, explains a lot.

Fans of the video-editing group Everything is Terrible (including myself) will recognize this blue-mulleted superhero, as they have inserted clips from this thing into some of their projects over the years — but perhaps, also like me, will not have seen the entire movie.

Now, finally, we have a chance to not only uncover the origin of this caped kids crusader, but to do so with the riffing help of Mike, Kevin, and Bill.

Enjoy the first five minutes in the player above, then get the full riff right here.