"I'm a superhero! I'm a motherfucking superhero!"
-- The Polka-Dot Man, The Suicide Squad
It is happening again...My co-host with the most Xan Sprouse and I are back with a new episode of Ghostwood: The Twin Peaks Podcast! This time, we continue our retrospective of Twin Peaks Actors in Other Films by discussing The Suicide Squad, the 2021 superhero film directed by James Gunn, starring David Dastmalchian as the Polka-Dot Man, Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Idris Elba as Bloodsport, and John Cena as Peacemaker!
LET'S ROCK!
In this episode, Xan and I discuss things like Xan and I geeking out about The Batman, looking at The Suicide Squad differently after watching Season One of the Peacemaker spinoff TV series, Xan and her Pez collection being a package deal, Peacemaker's racist father making racist comments, David Dastmalchian identifying with the Polka-Dot Man role because he has vitiligo, hating Joss Whedon on so many levels, wanting to see Dastmalchian in a Polka-Dot Man prequel TV series, the Midnight Bomber what bombs at midnight, more "Institutionalized" by Suicidal Tendencies, John "Dyebeard" Economos not being good under pressure, the Polka-Dot Man wanting to die because of the suffering from his superpowers, The Suicide Squad finally getting Margot Robbie's take on Harley Quinn right, my not being a music snob or comic book snob, the Joker targeting Harley Quinn, the Thinker giving zero effs about his appearance, Michael Rooker and David Dastmalchian being in both the DC and Marvel cinematic universes, Amanda Waller's plan to distract the Corto Maltese army with an expendable Suicide Squad team while the real team does its mission, Troma Entertainment co-founder Lloyd Kaufman, James Gunn being hired by Warner Bros. to direct The Suicide Squad after being fired from Disney's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Idris Elba on The Office, the one reason why Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is better than Batman & Robin, which one of us likes celery, Bloodsport's daughter telling him he's a horrible father, comic books being real storytelling, Milton being a nod to Batman and Polka-Dot Man co-creator Bill Finger, Xan and I discussing 28 Days Later on Drunk Cinema, and more!
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Be sure to come back in two weeks, as Xan and I continue our retrospective of Twin Peaks Actors in Other Films by discussing The Addams Family, the 1991 supernatural dark comedy directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, starring Carel Struycken as Lurch, Anjelica Huston as Morticia Addams, Raul Julia as Gomez Addams, and Christopher Lloyd as Uncle Fester Addams!
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