Explorez tous les épisodes du podcast The Inflection Cut
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| The Reflection Cut: Coyote vs. Acme Redux | 01 sept. 2026 | 01:29:10 | |
Halstead and Eric return to the scene of their first murder only to discover that the victim is alive and loving it! In their first Reflection Cut, the team revisits its first season finale on Coyote vs, Acme. Hear them eat crow and learn about the crazy combination of financing, guile, and studio indifference that let the film escape the Phantom Zone and land in theaters in our own timeline! You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll question your financial decisions in this month's very special The Inflection Cut! | |||
| Kevin Smith's Fletch Won | 04 août 2026 | 01:05:55 | |
As a part of their work release agreement, the team returns to podcasting with an episode about the Kevin Smith-helmed prequel to Fletch that never was. Halstead and Eric continue their year of comedy, looking at the rise of festival cinema in the 90s, forces that allowed Kevin to become the luckiest shmuck from New Jersey, and the Harvey of it all. That and more in the latest episode of The Infection Cut. | |||
| Jaws 3, People 0 | 27 mars 2026 | 01:14:30 | |
We're back with a new season and maybe the craziest film of the series. In the wake of Jaws 2, the producers decided to mix it up by jumping on the 80s 3D bandwagon. But going with Dennis Quaid and throwing things at the audience wasn't the original way they wanted to shake up the status quo. Halstead and Eric dig up the crazy story and answer the real questions, like:
The answer to these questions and so many more can be found in this episode of The Inflection Cut! Show notes | |||
| The Infection Game 2: Casting Boogaloo | 16 janv. 2026 | 01:11:29 | |
The team closes out season two of The Infection Cut with another Infection Game - a lightning round, this time focused on casting what-ifs. From a very different Raiders of the Lost Ark to a couple of wild James Bond takes, Halstead and Eric look at some fascinating films that almost were. As always, it's about the burning questions that affect the everyman:
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| Peter Berg's Dune - BONUS FEATURE - The Other Dunes | 17 déc. 2025 | 00:19:37 | |
While you wait for our (post?) holiday special, here's a little bonus special feature for you - a discussion we had while making the Peter Berg's Dune episode about the other versions of Dune that almost got made or did (kinda) get made. If you haven't listened to that episode, we recommend that you do so before listening to this. But hey, do what you want - we're not the boss of you. Enjoy, and we'll be back soon! | |||
| Peter Berg's Dune | 05 déc. 2025 | 01:07:46 | |
Join the team as they glue on goatees and head for the darkest timeline, set in motion by a seemingly innocuous event: Peter Berg making his dream project Dune in 2009. It's either a VERY late Halloween episode or an early holiday gift, depending on how you feel about the careers of Denis Villeneuve, Tyler Sheridan, and many others caught up in this inflection. Among the burning questions answered:
The answer to these questions and so many more can be found in this episode of The Inflection Cut! Show notes: https://tinyurl.com/mv4vctuv | |||
| Star Trek: Planet of the Titans | 26 sept. 2025 | 01:05:47 | |
This month, the team heads to the final frontier to look at the decade-long struggle to revive Star Trek in the 1970s. Even though there were no new episodes in the 1970s, CBS almost immediately had regrets about Star Trek's cancellation and spent the disco era trying to find a way back to the quickly growing legions of fans. As always, Halstead and Eric are ready with the tough questions, like:
The answer to these questions and so many more can be found in this episode of The Inflection Cut! Show notes | |||
| Orson Welles' Heart of Darkness | 06 août 2025 | 01:02:12 | |
Halstead and Eric take a slightly different approach in the latest episode of the Inflection cut. They focus on Orson Welles' originally planned first film, an adaptation of Joseph Conrad's 1899 novel Heart of Darkness. However, along the way, they can't avoid the '70s elephant in the room - Apocalypse Now. While it was finally brought to the screen by Francis Ford Coppola in 1979, it was initially planned to be directed by George Lucas in guerrilla fashion while the Vietnam War was still going strong! The team pulls on every thread on the crazy sweater, like:
These questions and many more are answered in this month's The Inflection Cut! | |||
| Trevorrow's Star Wars Ep IX: Duel of the Fates | 20 juin 2025 | 01:15:54 | |
On a new episode of The Inflection Cut, Halstead and Eric tackle the internet's safe space, Star Wars and its fandom. Specifically, the Episode IX that almost was, Colin Trevorrow's Duel of the Fates. The team tackles the questions that really matter, like:
These questions and many more are answered in this month's The Inflection Cut! | |||
| Del Toro's At the Mountains of Madness | 24 mai 2025 | 01:02:14 | |
On this episode of The Inflection Cut, Halstead and Eric look at Guillermo del Toro's many attempts to get his passion project, an adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's novel At the Mountains of Madness, to the big screen. At one point, we were mere inches from a $150 million blockbuster written and directed by Del Toro, produced by James Cameron, and co-starring Tom Cruise! As always, the team tackles the questions that really matter, like:
These questions and many more are answered in this month's The Inflection Cut! | |||
| George Miller's Justice League Mortal | 18 avr. 2025 | 01:10:14 | |
On the Season 2 premiere of The Inflection Cut, the team returns to the early aughts WB and DC to look at the big-budget Justice League by the director of Mad Max that was inches from production start when it was cancelled. They also offer a shocking follow-up to the Coyote vs. Acme-focused season finale.
These questions and many more are answered in this month's The Inflection Cut! | |||
| Who Killed Coyote vs. Acme | 08 févr. 2025 | 01:01:30 | |
In a special mystery season finale, the team looks at a film that was actually completed but never released - Coyote vs. Acme. After a smooth production process and very successful test screenings, the film was nevertheless hidden away by Warner Brothers in 2024, never to be seen again.
These questions and many more are answered in this month's The Inflection Cut! Show notes: https://tinyurl.com/57hy7tbn
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| The Inflection Game - Holiday Special | 07 déc. 2024 | 01:07:00 | |
Eric and Halstead celebrate the holiday season with a special speed round we're dubbing The Infection Game. We get to the bottom of what really matters, like:
All this and much more in this month's The Infection Cut! | |||
| Edgar Wright's Ant-Man | 05 nov. 2024 | 00:58:58 | |
On an election's eve episode of The Inflection Cut, the team turns its multiversal projector on the MCU. They dig into the crazy story of when the director of Shaun of the Dead and Baby Driver left a major Marvel film he had been working on for almost a decade, less than a month before filming was to start.
These questions and many more are answered in this month's The Inflection Cut! | |||
| Paul Verhoeven's Crusade | 03 oct. 2024 | 01:02:54 | |
In the latest episode of The Infection Cut, the team unspools the crazy story of Crusade, Paul Verhoeven and Arnold Schwarzenegger's wild, big-budget epic about the 13th century Catholic Crusades. This film had a cast, sets built, and yet was killed just days before filming started. As always, we focus on what really matters:
These questions and many more are answered in this month's The Infection Cut! | |||
| William Gibson's Alien 3 | 16 août 2024 | 01:08:04 | |
After the blockbuster success of the Alien sequel Aliens, producing a 3rd movie was a top priority for 20th Century Fox. The tortuous development process that followed eventually led to 1992's divisive Alien3. Eric and Halstead look at the many false starts to see if there was a better way. Could the second Alien sequel have been salvaged? How might that have led to a golden age of auteur-driven science fiction? Join Halsted and Eric in their latest adventure in the cinematic multiverse! Bibliography: https://tinyurl.com/38uaem7v | |||
| Darren Aronofsky's Batman: Year One - BONUS FEATURES | 20 juil. 2024 | 00:22:53 | |
We had too much fun stunt casting Batman Year One and discussing a new vision for DC films in the 21st century, so we spun that discussion off into our first-ever bonus episode! Hopefully, that was a good idea. | |||
| Darren Aronofsky's Batman: Year One | 20 juil. 2024 | 01:12:27 | |
After the underperforming Batman and Robin, a young filmmaker named Darren Aronofsky pitched a hard-R, 1970s set reimagining of Batman's origin. And it got surprisingly close to seeing the light of day. What if it had been made instead of Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins? Would we have the Aronofsyverse instead of the Snyderverse? Join Halsted and Eric in their second adventure in the cinematic multiverse! Bibliography: https://tinyurl.com/47yhy9c2 | |||
| Peter Jackson's Halo | 22 juin 2024 | 01:13:23 | |
In our inaugural episode, Eric & Halstead look at the tortured history of Peter Jackson’s never-made film based on the Halo video game franchise. What led to the film’s failure to launch? Who could have brought this film across the finish line? Why would a Halo film lead to the streaming wars starting a decade earlier? | |||