Episode 50 - The Rock

Cage Against the Machine season comes to a close with its final part - and our 50th episode - it's 1996's The Rock!

We're treating ourselves for this milestone ep by reviewing something 2/3 of us actually like. Rest assured, things still get silly as we're talking the sourness of those VX balls, debunking the theory that Sean Connery's character is actually James Bond, more juicy 90s gay panic, and plotting this season's films on the Nicolas Cage Matrix to see how his craziness ranks up with the rest of his oeuvre.

Plenty of bang for your buck (it is Michael Bay after all), be sure to tune and help us celebrate our 50th in style.

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Episode 23: Armageddon

Ladies and gentleman, we are floating in space. The Vid Neg crew blast off into unknown territory, taking on the 1998 film Armageddon film, directed by visionary cineaste and explosion fetishist Michael Bay. America is the world, and the gang have several bees in their bonnets about the chest-beating patriotism on display, why nobody seems to be taking a Texas-sized asteroid seriously and Ben Affleck and Liv Tyler's horrendous chemistry. Another actor is inducted into the Hall of Shame, also we discuss Michael Bay-as-auteur, his storied public speaking and a fracas he had with ravenous Hong Kongese cannibals. That last thing only kind of happened.

https://soundcloud.com/video-negative/armageddon-episode-23