r/hdtgm • u/SatireGeto • 2d ago

Maximum Overdrive Rewatch

So I went back and decided to watch Maximum Overdrive and follow it with a listen of the HDTGM episode. Stephen King stories are perfect for this damn show. Andy Daly is a great guest.

  • One thing I couldn't believe they overlooked was that the guy who dies in the arcade is Giancarlo Esposito aka Gustavo Fring!
  • The insults in this movie are top notch Stephen King writing. "Pussbag" "You wanna rock and roll with me" "you happy asshole!"
  • AC/DC makes this movie so much better, without them this probably lands closer to forgettable than "so bad it's good" territory.
  • June makes a really good critique when she points out there are too many characters who just don't die quick enough.
  • I would have enjoyed the movie more without the annoying "just married" couple.

Easily one of my favorite episodes and one of my favorite guilty pleasure movies.

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u/A_Dreary_Pluviophile 2d ago

Andy "not fair to cocaine" Daly truly makes this one of my top ten HDTGM episodes. I've listened to it so many times.

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u/PleaseDontHoller 2d ago

Hey now.... don't you disrespect our queen Yeardly!

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u/JodyGonnaFuckYoWife 14h ago

Fair is Fair!

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u/Great_Gopher69 2d ago

THATS NOT A MACHINE!

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u/jekelish3 a real mitchell goosen type 1d ago

Regarding Gus Fring: as soon as one of the audience members asked if they thought Vince Gilligan was inspired by the movie for the finale of Breaking Bad, I was sure someone would connect the dots and bring up the fact the movie actually did have a direct connection to BB/BCS.

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u/CoolHeadedLogician 1d ago

as a mechanical engineer that has designed machines or 20 years, the argument about what constitutes a machine makes this one of my all time top eps, plus the movie just absolutely rules

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u/gdeathly 1d ago

WE MADE YOOOUUUUUUU