The Pod Universe with Dylan & Dalton

Dylan, Dalton, and Sarah review the new non-Universal monster movie, "Lee Cronin's The Mummy," which takes the basic conceit of "What if there was a mummy?" and goes in a very different direction. We don't mind different! But does this new feature hold up as either a Mummy movie or the Exorcist movie it plainly wants to be?
PLUS: A sneak preview at the forthcoming Pod Universe crossover spectacular, WAR OF THE WORLDS!
CHAPTERS
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:12 - Why we're here
00:04:16 - What makes a Mummy movie?
00:12:46 - Lee Cronin's approach
00:16:31 - Unpacking the story
00:22:48 - Where does it go wrong?
00:28:09 - Quirky filmmaking, bland characters
00:37:48 - CGI sand and CGI bugs
00:47:51 - Let's talk about that ending
00:55:02 - Our final verdict
00:57:28 - Sneak peak at War of the Worlds
01:05:00 - What's next for The Pod Universe?

SPOILER ALERT! We will be spoiling all of 1998's THE FACULTY, right off the bat!
Taylor Ortega, comedian and star of the new Netflix series "Big Mistakes," visits The Pod Universe to revisit the 1998 sci-fi Scream-alike, THE FACULTY, and pitch her own contemporary remake! Let's take a look back at the surprisingly rad Robert Rodriguez flick that's essentially Invasion of the Body Snatchers meets The Breakfast Club, featuring not nearly enough Usher!
This episode is sponsored by "Light Pursuit," the new album from Syracuse rock band Mosaic Mind. Find out more about mosaicmindband.com
And as always you can join our Patreon at Patreon.com/DylanAndDalton to get bonus episodes and help decide what classic film we'll reimagine next.
CHAPTERS
00:00:00 - Opening, and a little bit of dram
00:02:58 - Introducing our guest, Taylor Ortega!
00:06:12 - Looking back at The Faculty (1998)
00:17:06 - Mapping The Breakfast Club parallels
00:20:18 - Getting Taylor onto The Pitt
00:22:29 - The Faculty says "Do Drugs"
00:28:22 - A digression about White Nights (1985)
00:30:27 - Themes and meta-text in The Faculty
00:36:34 - The soundtrack, and some fun vices
00:42:26 - How The Faculty altered film history
00:45:50 - Sponsor: "Light Pursuit" by Mosaic Mind
00:48:40 - Taylor's pitch for The Faculty
00:59:27 - Workshopping the pitch
01:30:35 - Picking a director
01:36:23 - Taylor plugs her new show Big Mistakes!
01:37:46 - What's next for the Pod Universe?

A new era begins on our bonus pod, Are You Afraid of Dylan & Dalton? in which Patrons get more control over what movies we watch and what stories we tell!
This month, we are pitching a Dark Universe horror movie version of THE BOSS BABY. That's right, the Patrons have spoken and the very first movie elected to the Studio Mandate queue is the Dreamworks animated feature in which Alec Baldwin plays a newborn baby who means business.
You can help select our next Studio Mandate by joining the Patreon! $25/mo subscribers get to nominate a movie every month, and those nominees get voted on by all subscribers at the $8/mo level or higher. And of course, all paid subscribers get to listen to the results. Nominations for next month's Mandate open RIGHT NOW, so if you're a Studio Executive subscriber, hit us up via DM on Patreon or Discord and we'll put your choice on the ballot.

Dalton's madcap social satire of a post-computer world comes to a conclusion! Can Cora Winters' quantum-proof gadget save the future? Who exactly are the True Widows mourning? And who the hell is CHUNGUS? Find out on this exciting episode.
As always, you can join us at Patreon.com/DylanAndDalton to chat about this episode with fellow fans, and enjoy our bonus materials and companion podcast.
CHAPTERS
00:00:00 - Intro
00:10:19 - Act Two Part Two
00:32:30 - Discussion
00:46:15 - Act Three
01:11:50 - Mid-Credits Scene
01:13:19 - Discussion

Despite Dylan's doubts, the first half of his new script "Merge Conflict" gave Dalton (and our audience) chills! But now that his first proper horror script is taking its necessary turn into the realm of science fiction, will it still satisfy? Will it fulfill the precious promise of the premise? One way to find out.
This episode is brought to you by...
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And of course our Patreon, which you can join for $5 a month and enjoy our wonderful Discord community and bonus pod, and participate in our revamped STUDIO MANDATES program, Patreon.com/DylanAndDalton
CHAPTERS
00:00:00 - Opening
00:04:24 - Act Two, Part Two
00:19:28 - Sponsor: Axolotl with a Gun
00:21:05 - Discussion
00:43:17 - Sponsor: Your Favorite Bad Movie Podcast
00:44:45 - Discussion
00:44:26 - Act Three
00:59:25 - Mid-Credits scene
01:01:11 - Post-Credits scene
01:02:29 - An update about Studio Mandates
01:05:54 - Discussion