We started with his very first movie, Bad Taste. Which fits the movie on multiple levels. We all liked it for what it is, but be forewarned it is very clearly a movie he made with his friends for 11,000 dollars. You do get some pretty great production value for that 11 grand, but don't go in expecting Lord of the Rings. But even in his first movie you can see that he was made to be a director and special effects master.
From there we went on to his second film, Meet the Feebles. Which he clearly had more money for the production(750,000). While still nowhere near the level of film making as we see in Lord of the Rings, he shows that he's able to feature multiple subplots and character arcs in one movie. For the most part the puppets look fantastic. But the biggest thing so far is just how much Peter Jackson is able to do with the budgets he has to work with.
To finish this week we talked about the third movie in his repertoire, a movie known by two titles, Braindead or Dead Alive. His first movie with a real budget, he made this movie for 3 million dollars, and the increased budget is obvious almost immediately. While still not a big budget film, there is a huge leap in quality between Meet the Feebles and Dead Alive. Peter Jackson keeps proving that he doesn't need a huge budget in order to effectively make a movie.
The one thing that ties all these movies together is just how gross they are. At times it almost feels like he made these movies just to gross people out. But, enough of that, let's just get to the episode, shall we?
Here's the drawing Sarah did for this weeks episode. The rat monkey from Dead Alive.
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