Red Dawn & War Games with Special Guest David Hackworth (Air Date 8/22/98) (Patreon)

For Red Dawn:

                            1: Watch intro, then start the movie after first cut to black.

                            2: Watch until 13:29 ("...and lists of private ownership."), then start 2nd segment.

                             3: Watch until 28:29 ("AVENGE ME!!!!!!!!"), then watch 3rd segment.

                             4: Watch until 40:32 ("What you said is wrong."), then watch 4th segment.

                              5: Watch until 49:43 (Wolverines grafitti), then watch 5th segment.

                              6: Watch until 58:45 ("Early bird gets the worm."), then watch 6th segment.

                              7: Watch until 1:13:37 (EXPLOSION!!!!), then watch 7th segment.

                              8: Watch until 1:27: 26 (Crying), then watch 8th segment.

                              9: Watch until 1:40:07 (Names on the rock), then watch last Red Dawn segment.
                                  When movie ends, come back for the outro which leads into movie 2.

For War Games: 

                             1: Watch intro, then start movie after first cut to black.

                              2: Watch until 14:05 ("You won't regret this."), then watch 2nd segment.

                               3: Watch until 33:59 ("First game on the list..."), then watch 3rd segment.

                               4: Watch until 44:32 ("Mr. President..."), then watch 4th segment.

                               5: Watch until 52:26 (Vehicles drive off), then watch 5th segment.

                               6: Watch until 59:14 ("...talk to a lawyer."), then watch 6th segment.

                               7: Watch until 1:10: 34 (Matthew escapes), then watch 7th segment.

                                8: Watch until 1:22:21 ("Nature knows when to give up, David."), then watch 8th
                                   segment.

                                9: Watch until 1:31:29 (Launch Mode), then watch final WG segment. Come  
                                    back after the movie for JB's wrap up.    

My thoughts: 

I had never seen either of these films before JB showed 'em and probably never would've given either a chance if not for him. I love that on every version of his show (including TLDI) he introduces me to new flicks I would never have watched without him. I may not love them all (these are both just ok to me, for example...and there are plenty on TLDI I'll be quite happy to never have to sit through again ;), but I never regret giving them a shot, and I always find things to appreciate about them thanks to his knowledge and BTS tidbits.

The special guest this night was David Hackworth, who is sadly no longer with us. (Another thing I love about all these tapes is that so many folks in 'em are gone now, but at least these happy little moments can live on. :) He has some cool (not so PC ;) stories to tell, and JB teaches us how to make a WW3 Survival Kit, which seems super timely in 2021.

A quick note about quality: The audio starts out a lil' shaky, but gets better after the first segment or 2. There were about 5 versions of this to pick from when digitizing ("unmixed", "air copy", "rough cut", etc.) and I just grabbed one & hoped for the best. When these segments do go out on physical media, I'll digitize all the versions and add whichever version is best. (This can be said for a lot of the films, btw. There are lots of different copies for many of them & I'm kindly eeny-meeny-miny-moe-ing 'em as we go rn. :) 

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