# Val Kilmer

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"Make it so"

- Captain Jean-Luc Picard Fifty episodes in, Praise and Confused is out of excuses and into a recap. Before we get to it, we find out the show ranks number 17 on Apple Podcasts for "music to calm dogs," even though we have no music, and the best explanation anyone has is that our voices are soothi…

Heat: Why This Hollywood Gunfight Still Impresses Tactical Professionals

Few Hollywood gunfights have earned the respect of tactical professionals quite like the legendary downtown Los Angeles shootout in Michael Mann’s Heat (1995). In this episode of Tactical Breakout, we examine the weapons handling, reloads, team coordination, and movement techniques that made this s…

The Island of Dr. Moreau

It's one of the most disastrous and messy productions in Hollywood history, but we're taking a more sympathetic view of 1996's The Island of Dr. Moreau starring an ageing Marlon Brando and a peak-of-his-career Val Kilmer, alongside secret leading man David Thewlis.

Shut Up and Go on Adventures

Movie Meltdown - Episode 480 This week some previously absent members of the gang are reunited to go on adventures at The Lexington Comic & Toy Convention! So listen as we discuss seeing celebrities, buying cool stuff and just what is the right criteria for being a supervillain. And as we obviously…

The Star Wars Summit

Movie Meltdown - Episode 333 In the wake of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, we felt a summit was necessary. We have brought together the greatest minds of our time, to discuss the most important topic in today's world - obviously... Star Wars. So we gather to mull over not just Episode 7, but also bi…

Midweek Mention... The Birthday Cake

This week on Bad Dads Film Review, Dan is away, so Sidey, Reegs and Cris keep it short with The Birthday Cake, the 2021 New York mob thriller and the debut feature of director Jimmy Giannopoulos. The cast is the draw, with Ewan McGregor as a priest, Val Kilmer, Jeremy Allen White, William Fichtner,…

Re-Evaluating Batman Forever with All Things Considered

Batman Forever was marketed as a bold reinvention of the Dark Knight franchise, but behind the scenes it became one of the most chaotic productions in superhero movie history—driven by studio pressure, merchandising demands, and a desperate attempt by Warner Bros. to pivot away from the dark tone o…

Why Hollywood Gave Up on Val Kilmer

Val Kilmer rose to fame in Top Gun and delivered iconic performances like Doc Holliday in Tombstone, but behind the scenes, his career was quietly unraveling. He clashed with directors—including a physical altercation with Batman Forever's Joel Schumacher—and earned a reputation for being difficult…

The Original Plans for The Matrix Starring Will Smith

Before Keanu Reeves was cast, the Wachowskis wanted Will Smith as Neo and Val Kilmer as Morpheus. This deep dive into the original Matrix script reveals wild changes—from Switch’s trans identity and cyber marines to a teenage Neo, no prophecy of “The One,” and an early version that actually showed …

Top Gun (1986)

‘Top Gun’ may have dominated the box office in 1986, but behind the scenes the studio had lost that loving feeling. Join Chris and Lizzie to find out why Tom Cruise barfed on himself, how maverick director Tony Scott kept filming even after being fired, what changes the Navy made to the script, and…