Welcome to the Trash Mix podcast. We're on episode
two, season two, and it's a strange summer this
time. We're going to be talking about two very
strange movies from Mexico. Ironically, both
based on comic books, and then they're both comedies,
one being a horror comedy. So it's going to be
pretty interesting to talk about these movies
today. Yeah, I think when you came up with the
idea, because we talked about doing something
like a wild summer. And then you proposed these
two movies. I was like, after I watched it, I
was like, yeah, we definitely got to do these
two movies because these are fucking crazy. Well,
the second one is a little more crazy than the
first. The first movie is a little colorful and
very visually awesome. Like just everything about
it is awesome. We'll get to it. But yeah, it's
pretty awesome. Yeah. So, I mean, we kind of
took a little bit longer to do this episode.
Just the way our schedules worked out. I was
on vacation for like a week and a half. Um, and
then it was 4th of July and, uh, it's still all
worked out. Yeah. It's still all worked out,
but it was kind of, uh, when I was on vacation,
I had told you this, but I just kind of wanted
to say it because I think it was kind of a cool
story. I was, uh, I was in Cleveland at a record
shop and I had my trash mag shirt on and the
guy was kind of like looking at me the whole
time. And I'm thinking like, oh man, I hope he's
not like a racist dude or something, you know?
And I asked him to look at something on the wall
and then he kind of just stopped me and was like,
trash mags. He's like, like, like the post -apocalyptic
wrestling movies i was like uh yeah he's like
you know which one i'm talking about right i
was like wow i assume you're talking about entrepilos
punks and he's like yeah that's the one this
guy's like pile driving this fool he looks like
they look like yeah that's yeah that's that's
us yeah yeah that's the homie armando and i had
explaining what it is like yeah yeah yeah i know
yeah that's fucking sick trash max hell yeah
hell yeah so uh trash max is uh spreading spreading
wild man yeah that word is just going around
trash mix it's just pretty cool you know just
like oh that's nice like i'll even say it like
on discord and like you're seeing it on forums
people just use it as that term not even aligning
it with anything would i do but just as the word
and i think that's pretty awesome instead of
mexploitation or whatever yeah i mean i don't
want to like go on about it but yeah when people
say mexploitation like let's say kaguamas ninjas
mexploitation that doesn't make any sense you
know what i'm saying yeah i don't think mexploitation
fits like a whole wide range of movies like trash
mix does exactly yeah there's more than just
i'm not even gonna get into it but that's cool
though i mean it's cool yeah like i said that
was awesome to hear Yeah, it was cool. What was
it at, Cleveland? It was in Cleveland, yeah,
yeah. So shout out to my Minds Eye Records. If
you're ever in Cleveland, go out to my Minds
Eye Records. Really cool. Shout out to Charles.
Doubt he's listening, but if he is, shout out
to Charles. All right, well, let's get into it,
right? So we're in the midst of a strange summer
globally, you could say. Oh, yeah. And we got
two cool ones. So like Armando said, the first
movie that we're talking about is called Hermelinda
Linda. And she's based off of a Mexican comic
book from the 60s. And kind of a long history
there. It was published by Editor Mex Mexicana,
and that started in 1965. And it ran for 37 years.
That's a long time. that's a really long time
yeah um considering i mean i'm not too too big
into comics but i mean i would think that almost
a 40 year comic run is pretty pretty out there
i don't i don't know how many comics are last
that long unless if they're not marvel or whatever
but um but yeah so it started in 1965 and it
didn't officially change to ermelinda linda until
1968 because there was like a from the Mexican
government, I guess people were taking this comic
too serious because it was originally titled
something like Brujeria or Brujeria or something
like that. And I guess I ran for three years
under that title, but people were calling in
trying to learn how to make potions and how to
do their own little witchcraft shit. Mexican
government, paranoid at the time. Yeah, I mean,
you know, you can guess why. I mean, 1968, it
was a very historic year for Mexico. They had
like the whole student killing, disappearings.
And, you know, we still don't know what happened
to those people this, you know, this many years
later, you know, you can say. But yeah, so it
had an official 1 ,266 issues of Hermelinda Linda.
Imagine collecting all that. that crazy crazy
i i look some of it up and you know the art is
amazing um yeah i like the art it reminds me
of like i mean like old school like underground
comic style yeah yeah yeah uh it definitely has
like that um like tales from the crypt type uh
illustrations it's like a horror comic yeah it
has horror imagery all over it and i guess it
was originally like the the covers were in color
but the actual comic itself was it was a black
and white comic yeah yeah And it wasn't until
much later that they became, you know, color
prints. And she even, like, it later changed
in the 70s to, like, they call it, like, the
fotonovelas, right? Yeah, I saw those when I
was looking them up. I saw there was fotonovelas.
I was like, oh, shit, I didn't even know they
did those for Hermelina. I thought that was pretty
cool. Yeah, and I guess that was, I guess that
would be, like, the inspiration to what the movie
became. I think that's what it is, yeah. So,
yeah, so, Hermelina Lina. Ran for 37 years. It
was created by a guy named Fausto Buendia. And
it was illustrated by Jose Cabezas and later
by Joaquin Mejia and Pedro Nunez. Took over the
reins for that. And I would love to get some
of these original issues just to see how the
art changed based off. Because I guess the original
illustrator was the illustrator for, I mean,
almost its entire run. And it wasn't until later,
probably right before they turned to the fotonovelas,
that it was a different illustrator. I would
assume that the art changed, but I don't know.
Who knows? And the whole thing was based off
of a fictional city, Bondogia, which I guess
I later learned that. it kind of represents a
different colonia in mexico city called bondo
hito which i guess is like one of the more dangerous
colonias or at least at that time was one of
the more dangerous yeah i mean i i read a little
bit into it because i after watching the movie
i was like you know this movie it was fucking
sick and you know you learn that it's about a
comic book and you're all right well let me let
me learn about the comic i'm not a comic person
um But I know a lot of people are, so I kind
of wanted to get a little bit of history on that.
And reading that, that's when I learned that.
I don't know if that's official, but that's kind
of what is assumed just based off of the name
change and how similar it is to the Bondojito
neighborhood in Mexico City. So yeah, let's get
into it. The movie itself was made in 1984, so
you're looking at like a 20 -year gap between
when this comic started. and when the movie is
actualized. It's directed by Julio Aldama, who
some people would know Terror en los Barrios,
but most people would know because he directed
Chiqui Draculas as well, which is like a staple.
Yeah, and before directing movies, he was a big
actor in the 50s and 60s and 70s. He was always
an antagonist. He was a bad guy. So did he start
as an actor? That's how he started, yeah. He
was an actor, and then later on, that's during
the 60s and 70s is when he started making movies
on his own. And then he brought in his family,
his sons, two sons. One of his sons is in this
movie, isn't he? Julio Aguirre. Yeah, he goes
under Julio Aguirre. I wonder, he probably just
didn't want to be known as a nipple baby or something.
Probably. That's kind of how they all are, yeah.
I mean, that's one of those things. It's like
a lot of them are nipples. well i mean as as
we've been saying since basically episode one
mexican cinema is a is a very uh uh it's like
fam family dynasties that run it and then betrayals
it's traumatic In the camera, outside of the
camera and in the screens. It's so funny. That's
what I love about it. It's a family affair, man.
I was thinking about this because it makes tracking
these movies a little easier because there's
like a line there. but there's still not enough
uh information out there in the public so once
you like start realizing like oh okay this person
didn't work with them they were cousins of this
or the son of this literally how it all started
for me these 15 years it's like okay this this
this person is related like like adolfo for example
like i didn't even know his dad was gilberto
uh -huh i was like oh that makes perfect And
then that's when I looked and I was like, oh,
so his brother -in -law, blah, blah, blah. You
know, everything just starts connecting. Yeah.
It's awesome. That's what I love about it. And
so hopefully, you know, you guys, the listeners,
are starting to connect the dots because there's
a lot of dots to connect. And there's even some,
you know, I'm about to say who produced this
movie. And there's already a connection between
Hermelina Linda and Santo, which is kind of crazy.
But this movie was produced by Julio Adalma as
well. also co -produced by Fernando Oses who
basically got like the the production or Santo
to start being in movies he produced the son
the early santa moves as well and he was a wrestler
himself so you know there's so many times and
that was kind of by coincidence i didn't really
realize that until after i started reading it
i was like oh shit fernando says was you know
so we didn't do it on purpose we're back -to
-back episodes fernando says it's one of those
things where it's like it's you know you know
they're all connected somehow because it's such
a it's a small community at least back then you
know and everybody knew each other then It's
about to get even smaller because guess who was
the cinematographer for Hermelina Linda, people?
Alfredo Uribe, who was a cinematographer for
Entrepidos Punks and Venganza de los Punks. Those
were the ones that he knew. Yeah, when I looked
at his filmography, I was like, oh, wow. And
then he did a lot of the Santo stuff in the 70s,
too. I'm telling you guys, get your notes out
and start taking notes because there's a correlation
to everything in Mexican cinema. And so it stars
Evita Munoz, who is known as Chachita. She was
like a childhood actress. She's the main star
in Ermelinda. She plays Ermelinda Linda. But
she was a child actress in the golden age of
Mexican cinema. She was in Nosotros los Pobres,
which is probably one of the most iconic Mexican
movies ever made. yeah she was a child actress
for a while and then like when she got older
she got chubbier she got more filled as as we
all do yeah and then yeah she just started like
doing comedic roles just just like this loud
mouth woman you know dancing around or like singing
sometimes or like being like a flirt to like
younger guys you know that's something that runs
rampant in mexico there's a lot of weird flirtation
with younger gals and guys yeah so that's that's
kind of how she was known for later on in her
life but it was still good for her you know she
obviously had fun doing this and then she got
to play hermelinda linda which is an honor i
think uh i mean yeah when i mean it's a very
historic comic book you know it's one of the
most uh well -known comics of mexico's uh comic
book history i didn't even recognize her like
the way they did her makeup and everything and
the prosthetics i actually didn't even notice
it was chachita at first well yeah you look at
the so the emelinda linda herself she's got like
this you know the typical witch nose you know
like long and pointed she's got like warts on
her nose and her cheeks and stuff she's got one
lazy eye that's like looking to the left the
other one's looking straight nappy hair like
she looks really gross um yeah So you look at
Chachita, like, especially, like, you know, through
the ages where, you know, she started off young.
Cute little girl. And then, yeah, you get to
Hermelina Linda. She's completely different.
Yeah, Chachita's like this. She looks like everybody's
tia. Like, you all have a tia that looks like
that. Or if you don't have a tia in existence.
Or if you don't have a tia like that, do you
have, like, a friend of a family that looks like
that? I don't know. Yeah. I mean, it's, yeah.
She, like. Even the clothes that Emeline Dalinda
wears is almost like grandma -style clothes.
Yeah, and it's authentic to the comic, too. When
you look at the comic book, the way she dressed,
man, they really nailed it. They did a really
good job. The costume designer did an excellent
job, and the makeup, too. I don't know who the
makeup are. I didn't look into that yet. I should
have looked into it. Yeah, me too. I fucked up
the whole thing. We can't do everything, guys.
We can't do everything. Whoever did it, yeah,
they did an amazing job. um they read the comic
books for sure and we're like looking at the
pages clearly oh yeah yeah absolutely and the
photo novellas probably too um the cool thing
you know chachita she you know she kind of you
know she was known for a lot of stuff but i'm
just gonna name a couple things that some people
might haven't seen her in she very minor background
role so you you don't know who she is you wouldn't
know but she was in an episode of colombo which
is you know everyone knows colombo you know uh
one of my favorite american comedies uh romancing
the stone i feel like a lot of mexican actors
were in that movie i think they filmed it in
mexico yeah that's why but then it's like they
it's credited but then it's like where are they
yeah it's one of those things so she's one of
those yeah she's she's one i get when i was reading
it she i guess she's one she plays like one of
like the heavier set mexican women's when they're
in when they're in the little pueblito when they're
at the centro yeah i guess there's like a a hefty
mexican woman that yeah that movie and then what's
the other one i forget what the other but there's
a lot of movies like that where there's like
so many mexican actors and that's like what in
a monorail in a hollywood movie um and so the
i guess the second star of the movie would be
julio aldama himself who plays uh brigidio pachochas
and he i guess he's like a like a slumlord and
a I don't know if he's like a lawyer of some
type, but he's like an entrepreneur, slumlord,
like business guy in this movie. And he's a bad
guy, so see, Julio Dama. Yeah, exactly, exactly.
And his son plays Nabor, who is like the young
version of Julio Dama's character, right? Yeah,
basically like his son. There is Ruby Ray, who
plays Hermelina Linda's daughter. And, of course,
she's like the only one. She's like training
to be a witch, but she doesn't look like a witch.
She looks like her typical self, gorgeous as
ever. It's like the monsters, like Marilyn. Yeah,
exactly. They knew what they were doing. They
get one hot girl in here, and she can play the...
Yeah, the name sounded familiar, so I started
looking into her filmography, and I was like,
yeah, she was in, like, Pedro Navaja and all
that, but, like, not really big roles, but she
stood out in those movies because she's so really
pretty. Yeah, oh, yeah, she's absolutely gorgeous.
Yeah, very beautiful, yeah. And then she did
some fotonovelas before that, and then, yeah,
she retired, like, after the 80s were over, she
retired. Just fell off the face of the earth.
Fell off the face of the earth. Yeah, that's
kind of how it goes, right? You're either a star
or you're, you know, you're kind of a recognizable
face, and then you just disappear. Yeah. So that's
kind of a shame. I would have been curious to
see more of her. But that was it. And then I'm
just going to mention off one more person because
she actually kind of plays an integral role in
this movie as well. Her name is Maria Cardinal.
And she plays the young version of Hermelinda
Linda. Because, you know, we'll get into the
plot in some storyline topics. You know, there's
a there's a point in time when the movie where
Melinda Linda is young and beautiful. And, you
know, she she she plays off of Ruby Day's character.
But she's not she's noticeable, too, because
she was in the Lola La Trailera movies. And,
you know, those are pretty that's a pretty that's
a pretty big franchise. You know, Mexican movie
fans would know that movie. So let's get into
it a little bit. The actual movie itself. There's
a lot of good things to like about it. The comedy
is comedic, but it's not over the top. Yeah,
it's just like slapstick, I want to say. Yeah,
I mean, it's like typical Mexican comedy, I guess
you could say, because it's very witty. There
are the Mexican tropes. There's a gay guy character.
There's always a gay guy character in a Mexican
movie that's always the brunt of the joke. um
you know fast witty punch lines and of course
there's always a live band playing in the movie
so Thank you. Pretty typical. If you like Mexican
comedies, you'll definitely like this. But it
opens up very, I don't want to say hocus pocus,
and I think that's what most people would compare
this to. But I don't think, that's just the easy
comparison. But it's not a hocus pocus movie.
But it opens up on, I guess, their version of
Halloween, but they were calling it Dia de los
Brujos. And there's a very great soundtrack.
to the opening of this like a very um uh synthesized
driven soundtrack that was something that me
and joey pointed out at each other like yeah
that music is great the music in this is fantastic
yeah um there's there's multiple scenes of music
in here but the intro is like there's like kids
trick -or -treating and they're like you know
trying to get candy or whatever and it's like
intercut with um ermelina linda and her and her
coven of witches uh making a um making like a
potion or whatever. But it looks like a pulque,
but they're obviously making like a potion. And
it's like a smooth jazz soundtrack. And it's
like cutting in between the neighborhoods where
you see like an old guy yelling at the kids and
stuff. So it definitely kind of sets the mood
of like the horror aspect, if you will, of Hermelinda
Linda. And the soundtrack was done by Eduardo
Casanova. And I tried to look up... you know
his music yeah me too i didn't find that i mean
yeah it's i'm sure like there's it might have
been like a like a stage name like a alternate
name maybe i'm thinking i mean i found like some
random like mexican uh lps that are just kind
of like comps that he was a part of oh but i
mean there's no way to tell that if that was
gonna and i'm not gonna you know i'm not gonna
buy you know random jazz compilations of mexico
just to see if i mean i guess i should but Only
if you really want to. Yeah, only if you really
want to. You don't have to, but if you want.
And it's like there's like a very smooth jet.
I'll play a clip of it right now. But it's like
a scene where they're all dancing by the fucking
pot. That scene is amazing. And then they're
all just dancing. It's just such a vibe. It's
like, oh, my God, this is so good. When I first
watched that movie, I was like, this is going
to be a great one. As soon as that scene was
going on, I was like, oh, this is going to be
good. It's for the girls that like it spooky.
Yeah. This is a spooky girl movie right here.
It is Summerween or whatever. Summerween, is
that a thing? Is that what they're calling it?
I forget what it's called. Oh, my God. Yeah.
There's always something new. So yeah, we got
your summer wing movie. The central plot of Hermelina
Linda basically is, you know, she's a witch and
she basically is trying to save her community
from basically being gentrified and taken over.
Because I guess there's... Brigidio is trying
to... They call them pachochas in the movie,
so we'll just go by pachochas. Pachochas is trying
to basically... eliminate all like the people
in the neighborhood and um you know buy out the
apartments and renovate you know gentrify the
neighborhood basically what's going on in mexico
right now um and she's there to save save that
basically so she fucks she uses her her witchcraft
to fuck with these food like the main fools to
scare them out basically yeah yeah yeah um but
in between there's a lot of there's a lot of
fun stuff so like um One of the first scenes,
you know, she's asked to rejuvenate an old man.
And he's like, I want to look like Jorge Rivera,
which for those who don't know, you know, he's
a very, you know, very established actor. But
for the for the horror fans, he was the main
actor in Conquest by Lucio Fulci. So you wouldn't
you would know him. You know, he's the main guy.
He's buff as shit. He's a very suave, you know,
everyone like the prototypical manly man of Mexico
of the time. So I thought it was hilarious that,
you know, a little meta there, you know. But
yeah, so she goes to like a graveyard to, I guess
she has like a pact with the graveyard guy. Yeah,
everybody in the neighborhood is just like connected
to her somehow. I mean, you know, because she's
helpful. That's why she's the savior of the town,
right? She basically has to go and get like body
parts that she's going to use in her potion to
rejuvenate this young man. who coincidentally
works for Pachochas. And so that's the connection
there. And so once she gives this guy the potion,
he's young, he goes to Pachochas. He's like,
yeah, look at me. I'm going to get all the girls
now. um yeah no so stupid that was julio yeah
exactly that's who julio adama's son plays the
the rejuvenated old man What do you think of
this? No, it's not too skinny. This must have
been ejidatario. Come here. I got two dancers
here. And these do have what you want. Oh, my.
These are very well made. And this guy? He's
a poor cardholder. He was run over by a truck.
But I have his socks saved. You see, sometimes
he needs them. And so he's basically like, yeah,
okay, let's fucking... Let's get a party going.
Let's invite some girls. And Hermelinda Linda's
daughter, Arlene. She gets invited. She gets
invited by Pachochas as, like, his little, like,
his side piece, his little trophy girlfriend.
And, of course, you know, that's when, like,
the part. I don't remember the name of the band,
though. Do you remember the name of the band?
I don't remember the band, no. Yeah, they go,
they show up at Pachochas' house with a bunch
of old businessmen. Of course, she's there to
service them. And he tells her, bring some friends.
And that's when Hermelina Linda, she drinks her
own potion. And she's young. And, you know, of
course, she's hot, smoking hot. It's time. She
can only be young and hot for a certain amount
of time. Of course, naturally, what happens is
she goes to this party and she runs out of time.
She starts getting warts and her feet start to
expand. Of course, she has to fly home. Was it
a vacuum? She uses a vacuum cleaner to fly home.
She uses a vacuum cleaner. She rushes home. Super
silly. Oh, yeah, I do. Look, I wrote it down
here. Flying vacuum. Flying vacuum. So, yeah.
See, I just lost my train of thought. I'm looking
at my notes writing down, and I can't even remember.
Oh, look, I wrote it down here. The band singing
at the pool party scene is Los Alcantara. Oh,
okay. This is all coming back. I did write it
down, and I did look them up. And I found records
of them from 1983, 1984, and 85. So hopefully
one of those songs is one of the songs that was
in the party scene. So there's a possibility
of an unofficial soundtrack record out there.
But yeah, there's like a scene in here where...
this very like poltergeisty there's a scene where
like there's you know it's nabor who i don't
remember if he like um if his transformation
was timed as well but there's a scene where inside
the house at the party he starts to melt in it.
You remember the scene in Poltergeist when, you
know, looking at the mirror, like the famous
scene, you know, he starts to melt and shit.
It's almost an exact copy of that. And I thought
it was really fucking cool. Yeah. He like turns
into a skull and it's all gross and shit. I don't
know. It was, there's horror aspects. that kind
of blend in. I would say this is more of a comedy
than a horror. Yes, I was going to say it's more
of a comedy, but there's definitely a lot of
horror imagery in it. Absolutely, yeah. And I
think it's like fun horror, like child -friendly
horror, you can say. Yeah, this is definitely
something you can watch with kids. Pretty much
everybody in the family. I mean, I assume this
was made for kids. It seems like it, yeah. The
humor was pretty light. It wasn't too inappropriate.
Like, I don't even think there was anything really
inappropriate in it either. No, they saved the
inappropriate jokes for part two. Oh, yeah, that's
the one I just started to see, yeah. Yes, for
those wondering, Hermelinda Linda does have a
sequel. We'll talk about it in a little bit because,
you know. I didn't watch it, but Joey did. Yeah,
I watched it. I was curious, and I was like,
well, let's see what happens. All that to say,
like, you know, towards the end of the movie,
Pachochas finally figures out that Hermelinda
Linda was behind all the trouble and the grief
that he was facing with, like, the public. Because
there's, like, the public outroar where, you
know, they start to turn on them and they start,
like, I guess, like, his... business people or
investors whatever show up and they're like throwing
rocks at their car and shit so he figures out
that ermelina linda was the one who was responsible
for it all so he decides he's gonna kidnap arlene
as bait because he figures out that she is ermelina
linda's daughter um and apparently witches uh
have telepathy because she ends up talking like
telepathically to her mom like come save me i'm
at her powers to convert or to magically you
know uh i don't know what the word is but change
into like inanimate objects or whatever she converts
herself into a roach so she can sneak into pacho
chess's office that's pretty smart actually i
mean you know as smart but i mean in mexico you
see a roach and what are you stomping the out
of it you know so she she ran the risk of getting
herself killed but all for the name of saving
her daughter you know um I don't know. That shit
was hilarious. But, you know, she ends up saving
Adelaine and, you know, saves the town. But,
you know, the whole thing apparently was just
a flashback, which I thought was kind of a cut.
I fucking hate in movies when it turns out to
just be a flashback. Yeah, you feel almost cheated
by that. I don't know. It's that feeling of you're
like, man, that was what? Yeah, like, if it's
a flashback or, like, a dream, something that
never happened, I fucking hate that shit. Yeah,
but, you know. But it all works out still. Like,
it's still fun and everything, you know. You're
still satisfied. Once you're done watching it,
you're like, oh, yeah, this is fun. It's super
fun, but, you know, it also, like. I don't consider
myself a film reviewer. I don't like to peel
back too many layers of stuff. I just like to
watch movies for enjoyment. It's pretty obvious
that this movie has underlying topics of classism,
chauvinism, capitalism. It deals with so many
different topics in fun ways. Where I guess if
you were an adult, you can watch it with your
kid and be like, oh, okay, you get like a broader
story and kids can watch it and just be like,
hey, this is fun. Like a Pixar movie, for example.
That's a lot of Pixar movies. Yeah, yeah. There's
always some kind of like emotional underlying
theme or whatever. Something for the grownups
to understand. But yeah, like there's like, you
know, they're abusive to the women. You know,
Pachochas hates his wife. Yeah. And she's just
like an endearing, I guess she's an older woman
at the time, but she's very subservient to him,
and of course he takes advantage of that until
the end of the movie where he's like finally,
okay, I love you, babe, that type of shit. Classism,
because most of the people that are in the town
are, of course, of darker skin. Darker skin and
then lower class. Lower class, and that's still
a battle that happens in Mexico to this day.
The colorism in Mexico is a very, very real thing
the darker skin you are in mexico the the lower
you looked at uh from the upper class like whiter
skin mexicans um so again like you know these
these movies while they're goofy they're funny
or whatever there's there's something to actually
you know cut back the layers of and and uh you
know find a true story there which is which is
always fun but you know i don't know Like I said,
I don't like to be like the fucking Siskel and
Ebert and shit. I know when we first started
this podcast, Armando made sure, like, yeah,
you know, we don't want to go too deep, you know,
but. But sometimes you kind of have to. You kind
of have to sometimes, yeah. Sometimes you kind
of have to. But then there's movies where you
don't need to, which will be for the next one.
Yeah, well, you know, yeah. Oh, we'll talk about
it then. Yeah, we'll get into it in a moment.
Just to, you know, just to touch on Hermelinda
Linda 2. How do I, I don't even know how to describe
this movie. It's. From the way you told me, I
was like, oh, wow. It definitely does not have
the same feel as the first one. Very obvious
that it was kind of a cash -in. Hermelina Linda
had to have been successful, so they're like,
fuck it, let's do part two. It's the same writer
-director. Oddly enough, though, it was a different
production company that was listed for part two.
Obviously, it's the same guy. It was Producciones
Aldama. But yeah. So anyways. Yeah. So part two,
you know, not to get too deep into it, but somehow
she's involved with like the FBI of Mexico and
she gets tasked to intercept a Soviet nuclear
war or bomb, I should say, rather. So naturally,
there's going to be a lot of racist jokes against
the Russians, the Chinese. And somehow there's
a. racist jokes about arabs in this movie as
well so i know some people don't like to uh yeah
this sounds very 80s for sure very 80s and it
just doesn't i don't know like it's hard like
i said it's hard to explain because the jokes
well i guess i can see that they're funny they
just don't land like they do in the first one
and you know it's i would say out of the runtime
80 of it is just kind of racist jokes and tropes
about you know the chinese arabs and russians
and um There's a lot of toxic masculinity again
in part two. There's even jokes about AIDS in
part two. Because by that time, AIDS is already
like a thing, you know. And of course, well,
I don't want to say of course, because I actually
don't remember. But I think it was a joke about
gay men and AIDS. Yeah, it would make sense.
It's one of those things where it's like it's
a product of its time. It's not to say it's a
good thing, but it's like. It is what it was
for that time, you know. Yeah. That was the humor
then, you know. That could be said about any
movie, you know, from another country too. Oh,
yeah, absolutely. But, you know, there's like
a weird dream sequence where the mom of Hermelina
Lina, who was in the original one as well, she's
back in this one. Is she in the coffin still?
She's in the coffin still. She's pissed off because
she can't. Same thing as part one. I didn't talk
about it, but she can't get no damn sleep, so
she's mad at the world, you know. But there's
a dream sequence where she's dressed up in, like,
full astronaut outfit. Oh, my God. And she fucking
blows up the world as an astronaut with the nuclear
war bomb, I should say. That's dark. Yeah, so,
I mean, it's, I don't know, it gets crazy. And
then they reuse the same, like, smooth jazz soundtrack
as they did in the first one. So that scene where
they're dancing by the fucking. It's on there
again. It's the same song, yeah, so. um worth
a watch yeah probably you know just to complete
the the complete the circle of ermeline but it's
not as good as the first one unfortunately and
um i mean i you know if it came out on the blu
-ray i would i would i would assume it would
come out as a double pack and i would get it
but i don't know if by itself yeah i don't know
it'd rather be the first one yeah oh absolutely
yeah absolutely and they're both on tubi so you
guys can you know oh yeah that's what comic buys
a prize yeah people can watch them for sure and
if you know there's no english subtitles unfortunately
for those who don't speak spanish but um you
can watch it and decide for yourself if Eta Molina,
Lina 1 or 2 is better. I would say Part 1, obviously.
Yeah, I mean, I've only seen Part 1, but that
one is really good. If you're into horror, comedy,
80s stuff, basically, it's one of those you have
to watch for sure. Yeah, it's super witty. It's
typical Mexican comedy, fast punchlines and kind
of stupid witty jokes. There's always dance numbers
and hot girls. It's just one of those you have
to watch. and you know i guess ermelina linda
was kind of like right before i think is right
before the boom of the video home right like
before everything kind of transitioned into yeah
there's still a little discrepancy with video
homes but yeah like i want to say the middle
of 80s is when it was kind of blossoming uh -huh
and then it went from to the 90s where it really
fucking where it like blew up right and so the
second movie we're talking about Was part of
the video home boom. Yeah, part of the video
home boom. So for those that don't know what
a video home is, so let me school you in really
quick. So video home, the way I like to describe
it is it's popular cinema. And if you don't know
what popular cinema is, popular cinema is basically
films that were popular with the public. That's
what the public wanted to go see. So like back
in the day, people wanted to see Santa movies.
That was popular cinema. So it was always genre
stuff mostly. So, you know, you got your horror,
action, comedies. melodramas the shit that sells
the shit that sells yeah that was the popular
cinema whether you are can agree or disagree
because a lot of people are like well if it was
popular and it wasn't good it's like well even
if it wasn't good people still want to go see
it yeah i mean that argument is tired there's
a there's a whole stigma where it's like well
why is it called popular food it's not a good
movie and it's like well maybe it was a good
movie if people want to go see it you know people
conflate these this thing because just because
it's not good doesn't mean that it's not popular
like i mean it's just like there's terrible movies
that make tons of fucking money because yeah
people just want to watch the shit you know that's
what tells you exactly so yeah so popular cinema
you know it's like lucha stuff you know all that
stuff you know genre stuff and then during the
80s like the mid to late 80s that's when the
cinema in mexico was just in decline as they
say it was already a crisis as they say not a
lot of money was coming in anymore people weren't
really interested so in the 90s it's like well
we want to keep this you know a lot of these
people from those eras you know from back in
the day they wanted to still work you know and
keep their friends working too so it's like well
hey let's just make these movies but let's make
the budget smaller let's get a little bit of
money not too much we'll make we'll go to a town
or something we'll shoot it in i don't know somewhere
near guadalajara make a movie there for a week
put it on video and that's how it started it's
like we're gonna make these movies for the video
market you know because that was already like
a growing market i mean this it'd be the same
thing as like the the shot on video here exactly
that's how it was yeah get a camera get your
friends make a movie in in a week or in a month
and Just fucking put it out there and sell it
to somebody. Yeah, exactly. So they weren't shooting
on 35 anymore. They were shooting in 60 millimeter.
Sometimes it was just shot on Betamax tapes or
whatever. And that's how it started with that.
So with Caguamas Ninja. So this is a product
from 1991. No hay problema. Son las Caguamas
Ninja. It's such a weird year for video homes.
Cause when you look at the filmographies for
a lot of these actors that were in those movies,
91, 91, 91, 91, 91, just churning and burning.
They were just churning left and right. It's
crazy. And I was just like, okay, so if this
was like low budget, where were these, where
was the money coming from? It's like, all right.
So I kind of dig, I did do some digging one time,
like a long time ago. And I was like, why was
there so many movies coming to 91? And it turns
out, I mean, without giving names or anything,
let's just say, yeah, there was, I mean, you
didn't even have to say it. I already knew that.
Yeah, there was a lot of money laundering going
on, you know, in particular in 90 and 91. And,
of course, they were putting it into music, television,
and films. Not the big films that you were seeing
in theaters, but the films you were renting in
the video stores. I mean, yeah. But, like I said,
I don't know if these people, the ones that make
up, I wasn't involved in that, but probably.
I wouldn't doubt it. Because, you know, these
guys, the producers, they just popped up out
of nowhere. So Kiwamas Ninjas, it was produced
by a guy named Guillermo Jaime Alarid or Francisco
Guillermo Jaime Alarid. And he opened up a production
company called Producciones Laser in 1989. And
yeah, he was pretty active for like a good while
until 2020 when he died. And then his partner,
Omar A. Gonsenheim, he opened up a production
company called Fiesta Films, which he then opened
up his own video label called Cinemix Home Video.
which was based in San Diego. Oh, interesting.
Yeah. And then he's featured in the book of Robert
Rodriguez's book, Rebel Without a Crew, because
Robert Rodriguez, when he was selling mariachi,
he was going through all the video label companies.
So he was traveling from LA, San Diego, Chula
Vista, whatever. And he visited Goldsenheim.
And then it's funny because he's, like, telling
them, like, hey, you know, I have this movie.
And then they play the movie and they're, you
know, in the company or whatever. And the company
was, like, a store, too, which was cool. Like
a video store? Yeah, he had his own video store
with Cinemax. And then on the top was, like,
the offices and shit. So it was pretty cool.
So they were watching the movie, the mariachi,
the first 10 minutes at the video store. And
people were there, I guess, renting shit or whatever,
buying stuff. And they were just like, whoa,
what's this movie? And Guntenheim was like, well,
I want to buy it, but I don't have enough money.
how do you not have enough money for that the
movie was made for like yeah I know so that's
when he was kind of like telling like well the
business isn't doing as good as it seems and
you know and he thinks you know he's like you
know I'm just gonna be straight up you know the
movie looks like it's too good for us you know
that's kind of what he was telling him in the
book so it's like you're better off selling this
to like Hollywood or something you know and then
that Robert Rodriguez was like so do you even
like the movies that you make and that Gunsenheim
was like no he just looked at him and he said
no so yeah so a lot of these guys I mean, if
they were making these, you know, half of them
weren't even, like, into movies. It was just
a business venture. A business, yeah, straight
up. Or money laundering. I don't know about Goldsteinheim,
but from what I saw, Goldsteinheim now, like,
he's not in film anymore, but he's living pretty
well off. I saw pictures where he's, like, in
Aspen and all this other shit, you know. California,
beautiful. Yeah, all this, like, really, like,
yeah, he's living life very comfortably, you
know. So whatever he was doing then, it's paid
off now, you know. I mean, it's safe to say that.
I mean, you can do your own research of the 90s
and who were the major crime bosses. Like, again,
I don't want to say no names either, but it's
pretty obvious that they were laundering their
money in these type of ventures. Oh, yeah. And
like I said, I've asked people before, and they're
like, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. They were close friends
with someone. So I was like, oh, okay. I mean,
you know. don't don't ask don't if someone was
like here here's all this money to make your
make your stupid fucking movie yeah are you gonna
turn it down no of course not exactly yeah anything
to anything to make a movie and make a quick
buck you know yeah and then like i said these
video homes were made so fucking cheaply it's
like you can make dozens of movies a year you
don't have to make three movies or you can make
like 12 movies a year yeah so that's how cinemix
was working you know cinemix was busy busy when
they opened the night the late 80s and 90s is
when they were in the home video market already.
And a lot of their movies are just comedies from
what I've noticed. It's mostly comedy, some action
stuff, some horror stuff, quote -unquote. Because
comedy is the cheapest to make. You don't need
to have explosions, car chases. You don't need
a makeup effect. You just need a stupid, silly
joke, and that's it. Exactly. So in case of Kawama's
Ninja, I mean, they literally just shot this
movie in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon. And I would guess
three days they shot this movie. Probably, yeah,
or even like a week. Yeah, so Kiwamas Ninjas.
So for those who don't know, Kiwamas Ninjas is
a parody of Ninja Turtles. Teenage Mutant Ninja
Turtles, to be exact. And, yeah, it's not what
you think it is. Like, you're probably like,
oh, maybe this is going to be kind of cool. It's
like, no, it's pretty fucking crappy. But it's
a good crappy. I thought it was hilarious. For
those who don't know what a caguama is, it's...
Yeah, it's a slang for, like, a turtle. And then
the beer, too, the big caguama, the 32 -ounce
beer. Yeah, because the big beers are shaped
like the body of a turtle. Yeah, the body of
a turtle, and it's big, and it's affordable.
I've seen dudes in Mexico that I've known drink,
like, 10 of them, and it's like, fuck. I mean,
listen, I don't drink anymore, but when I was,
you know, a teenager in Mexico... I mean, it
was either you go get kawamas or you go get a
bottle of tequila and you're getting fucked up.
Yeah, it was one of those things. It's like,
yeah, you're going to get a kawama. And I've
seen dudes drink a bunch. It still trips me up
when I've seen dudes just drinking a bunch. It's
like, how? How does the body consume all of that?
You know, it's just something that people do,
you know? Yeah, so that's what they're based
on. So, Caguamas, ninjas, and then these guys,
you know, they're not teenagers. They're older,
fat guys. To be exact, they're comedic actors.
They're legendary comedy actors, actually. So,
you got Pedro Weber, Chattanooga, Guillermo Rivas,
El Borras, and then Gaston Padilla. And then
the other guy wasn't a comedy actor, but he was
actually kind of a popular actor during the 80s.
Leo, what was it? Where's his name? Ernesto Yanez.
Yeah, Ernesto Yanez. And then the other people
in the movie, they were also in very popular
movies back in the day. You got Felicia Mercado,
this beautiful blonde bombshell. She's in this
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles parody. You got
Ernesto Gomez Cruz, who was in a bunch of famous
movies in the 80s too. And then Leonelita Ochoa,
another one again. And then you're probably thinking,
why were these like... actors these famous actors
in this cheap ass movie and again it's like well
this is a perfect example of the video home market
you're gonna make a low budget movie you're gonna
hire whoever wants to work you know and the work
back then was not a lot so it's like if they
were done with one big thing they had to do a
bunch of little stuff in between i mean you know
like felicia mercado she was in plenty of novellas
back then and then it's like okay novellas are
over she's not getting cast it's like well she
needs to work she needs to you know pay her bills
okay i'm not starting this fucking comedy about
ninja turtles so yeah so you're always gonna
see big names in these like really shitty movies
or like good but shitty movies you know in other
words yeah my thing with this is that i'm not
big into comedy so when it's like a low budget
comedy i'm just like oh my god so this was a
tough watch for me um yeah it's this is like
you know those like shitty like 90s like like
below national lampoon type movies like the bootleg
national lampoons this is even worse than those
movies so yeah this is not a good one i mean
i mean i didn't say i'm not gonna say i hated
it but i didn't say it was a good movie either
yeah yeah i mean we'll talk about it once we
get into like the plot and yeah break break it
down but yeah let me break it down i actually
wrote i'm gonna read it off from my old review
Before you start, I just wanted to ask, because
I don't know. This is my assumption. I don't
know if this is true or if you did any research
on this, but I have to assume that Carta Blanca
was somehow a producer in this movie as well.
They had to have been chipping off. I mean, they
were filming in Monterrey, and then the brewery
is there. I mean, this whole story is just Carta
Blanca. There's a Carta Blanca in... every fucking
scene of this movie yeah i mean it's carta blanca
is one of the you know one of the beers sold
there and then brewed there too which is they're
they're like a the natty ice of american beer
for mexico like it's so it's such a low -tiered
beer like the proletariat beer you know like
the working man's beer yeah so i say i lost my
notes hold on yeah so of course Being in Monterrey,
the beer there is Carta Blanca, and then it's
part of the Cerveceria Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma,
which is a major brewery in Monterrey. So, of
course, that's why, you know. I'm sure they probably
asked the people there, too, you know, like,
hey, can we use the beer for the movie? Of course.
And then throughout the whole movie, you're going
to see nothing but Carta Blanca. This is not
an exaggeration. If there's not an actual Carta
Blanca in the scene, they're talking about Carta
Blanca. There's every fucking scene possible.
There's something about Carta Blanca. So let
me break it down. So in Las Caguamas Ninjas,
three old fat dudes, Pedro Weber Chatanuga, Guillermo
Rivas, Ernesto Yanez, dress up like ninja turtles
to defend their beloved Carta Blanca beer. They
also happen to work at the Carta Blanca brewery.
Naturally, some local gangsters decide to take
over the beer market in town by selling imported
beer instead of the domestic stuff. Thus, they
force the local shopkeepers to sell the imported
beer only. Some business owners then start selling
the imported beer, and that's a big no -no for
the Cahuamas Ninjas and their short brewery boss,
who's played by Gaston Padilla. They must save
Mexican beer before it is taken over by the lame
imported beer. So, yeah, in the movie, they're
like, Any other beer that's not got the longest
crap There's very... What's the word I'm looking
for? Like when the little mafia thugs that try
to impose this thing. There's very anti... What's
the word I'm looking for? They're very... I don't
know. I don't know what I'm trying to say. The
only thing I can say is these guys are super
anti -Mexican beer. They're just like... We're
going to sell American beer. We're not going
to sell Carta Blanca. You're going to sell this
stuff that we got. Because I guess I'm assuming,
I mean, they don't really say, but I think I'm
assuming is that they got like a bunch of beer
from, you know, America. So it's like, okay,
well, now we got to get rid of it. How are we
going to get rid of it? We can't just sell it
ourselves. So that's when they start threatening
these shops and they're like, hey, you're going
to start selling this or else, you know. I'm
going to be the devil's advocate here. I know
I just said I don't like to peel back layers
and get really deep into this movie, but it made
me think, was there some kind of nationalistic
thing happening in Mexico at the time where people
were preferring imported items over... mexican
made um items consumption in mexico because there's
a there's like a there's like a the entire movie
so this so they i don't even this is this is
how crazy it is the group of thugs that want
to impose this ban on mexican products are argentinians
that wasn't but they're importing american goods
yeah and the whole movie is just there's a lot
of anti -argentine uh jokes very racist against
argentines so i was i don't know this is super
confusing no yeah i wouldn't doubt it i mean
i mean the movie should but there's probably
something going there yeah which is obvious too
in a way but you know I mean, it was the only
way I can get through this movie was to try to
find a deeper meaning in it. And I'm sure I dug
way too deep to try to find a meaning in it.
No, that's an interesting thing. No, that is
good, though. See, that's the thing. Because,
like I said, I mean, it's kind of going with
Hermelinda Linda, where it's like, you know,
there's something going on there, you know, other
than just the horror comedy aspect. It's like,
oh, there's something deep going here. And in
Gawama's Angels, there's something kind of deep
going, too. It's like, hey, you know, we got
someone trying to, like, take away our products
and sell shit that's probably not as good, you
know? They know we make the best shit. Mexican
beer is always seen as the best beer. Yeah, yeah,
yeah. It definitely touches globalization, capitalism,
consumerism. And again, I mean, look, it was
the only way I can get through this movie was
to try to find something there because I was
struggling, man. I was struggling. And these
Ninja Turtles, you know, these Kawama Ninjas,
they're very serious about it. They're like,
no, you know, we can't. We're not going to allow
this. You know, that's taking away, that's stripping
off our culture, basically. It's taking away
our jobs, you know, because they work at the
brewery. So they're like, oh, hell no, you know.
So then, of course, you see them. They put on
the little headband. And then the top part is
green. I mean, yeah. And then. The costumes are
so stupid. They're worse than the worst Party
City costume that you can imagine. They obviously
got some cheap Ninja Turtle mask to cover their
head. And then they're wearing these shirts.
Remember the shirts? It says cheers, beers, or
something. It's so weird. And they don't know
how to do karate, so they're just like, oh, wow.
Super ignorant comedy. Quote -unquote comedy,
like making kung fu noises. There's even... You
know how Ninja Turtles love pizza? Well, these
fools love Chile. That powers them. Actually,
I forgot about that. Yeah, that's right. They're
like, yeah, we'll fight crime, but are you going
to give us Chile? And they're like, yeah, all
right, all right. This is such a weird fucking
movie. Yeah, the movie's just a mess. Oh, my
God. Oh, shit. You don't want to see my little
dinner, huh? So, yes, of course, you know, so
they're right there trying to fight off these
mobsters or making sure that, you know, these
stores are stocked with Carta Blanca beer. There's
like a scene where they're dressed up and they're
like bringing the cases. It's just so. Wow, yeah,
it's just weird. There's even a Carta Blanca
-sponsored soccer team. Oh, yeah. What the fuck?
Everything is just Carta Blanca in the movie.
Very much product placement, obviously. Yeah,
I don't know. It's a mess. The movie's just,
it's not funny. Like, it tries to be funny, and
then some parts that are funny, it's just not
meant to be funny. I think the only part that
I genuinely laughed at was there's a scene where
they get fed. Like, I don't know if they're,
like, tainted. I mean, maybe they were imported
chiles because they ate these chiles and they
started tripping out and started, like, fighting
each other and shit. Oh, I think I remember that.
Like, at a park or something. I don't know. I
was like, what the fuck is going on here? The
movie's just so bizarre. It's not funny. And
if it is funny, I did laugh. But it was just
that parts that were not meant to be funny. The
movie's just bad. But it's a bad. It's one of
those rare occurrences where I'm going to say
it's a so bad, so good movie, I guess. I don't
know. I hate saying that. I fucking hate that.
I hate that, too. But that's the only way I could,
I guess, redeem this movie. It's a shitty movie,
but it's funny, too. It's fun. I didn't have
a bad time watching it, honestly. Me, personally,
at least. it's not that I had a bad time watching
it. It's just, I'm so bad with comedy. Like comedy
is my least favorite genre of movie. Cause I
just don't find a lot of the jokes funny. Yeah.
Um, so like a low, super low budget comedy. Yeah.
I can understand. Yeah. This is like, yeah, but
it's, I don't know. I guess it's just up to the
viewer. It's like you're either going to hate
it, you're going to maybe kind of like it, or
you're going to just think it's dumb, but it's
funny. And me, it's like it's dumb, but it's
funny. Well, I mean, not to shit on anyone, because
there is a large population of movie watchers
that love low -budget comedies, or low -budget
movies in general, that I think would enjoy this
if they understood Spanish. Because you'd be
hard. I wouldn't even... I'm not even going to
guess that there's an English... subtitle for
this available anywhere i don't even know if
i would want to personally i'd be like it would
take too long for me to do subtitles for this
movie to make it worth it exactly um But I don't
know. I mean, look, they had to have taken it
a little serious because there's two original
Kawama Ninja songs in this movie. Oh, yeah, that's
right. Like in the opening scene, they're driving
around. That's another thing. We didn't even
mention that. They have like their own little
like mini car that looks like a turtle. Oh, yeah.
And they drive around the town and they're bumping
this fucking Los Kawamas Ninja song. You know,
like it's. It's a silly scene, too. Yeah, I don't
know. I mean. The whole movie is just bizarre.
There's quirks in it. I don't know. It's a trip.
It's a whole trip. Like I said a little bit ago,
the whole movie is anti -Argentina. There's a
lot of racist jokes about how they speak primarily.
They keep getting the Q and the K wrong. They
keep getting the Y and the double L's wrong.
Oh my God. it was just it was just a weird one
for sure and then it's like in the end like the
uh um well uh the amaretos that was the like
the the mob that was you know strong army and
everybody but petiza was the leader of them and
towards the end she's like yeah you know what
fucking let me get a carta blanca anyways and
then like her group was like what the fuck you're
drinking a carta blanca And she's like, well,
I mean, it's good, but business is business.
I don't want to sell this shit. I'm going to
sell American products. So I don't know. Yeah,
it's just a weird thing. And I remember the ending
at the wedding. That's another? What the fuck
was that? So there's a scene where the Amaretos
kidnap one of the Kawamas, like the latest, because
there's three originals and then they add a fourth
one. The fourth, which is Gaston Padilla, yeah.
And so they kidnap that fool. And she fucking
falls in love with the fool and she gets married
with him. Then she has like a change of heart.
Yeah, there's like a double wedding at the end.
We didn't even mention their names, right? Let
me go back because the three originals, so like
Leonardo, Raphael, right? So they have their
own names. There's Kawamon, who's Pedro Weber,
who's the main Kawama ninja. There's just Kawama
straight up, who's like the second sidekick.
And then there's Kawamo. Kawamo. So they don't
even get original with the names. They're just
like, wow, what do we call them? That's probably
what was going on when they're writing the script.
They're like, ah, shit, what do we call them?
Just put Kawamo Kawamo. That's another video
home example. It's like they were always writing
the script during the day of the shooting. So
more than that's what was going on. They're like,
just changing shit, adding jokes. But, yeah,
I mean, at the end, like you said, there's a
double wedding with Kawamon getting married to,
of course, an absolute bombshell. Oh, yeah. Turns
out he was cheating all this time. Turns out
he was cheating because the final scene of the
movie. His turtle wife, turtle kids, they're
dressed up in, like, ninja turtle outfits. I
was like, oh, my God. Yeah, it was just like,
whoa, what? Like, yeah, I'm telling you, it's
just. It's a weird one. This is a very wacky
Z -grade comedy out of Mexico that I don't know
how many people outside of Mexicans would enjoy.
But, I mean, it's on YouTube for anyone that
wants to watch it. I also put it in the notes,
too, in our show notes. You'll see a download
link, so if you want to watch it. Oh, shit. You're
giving out a free download. I know, right? Isn't
that weird? What is happening here? I don't know.
I was just bored. When I was writing the notes,
you know, it's like, all right, what do I add
here? I still have the link for Joey's. I might
as well just share it. Hey, so there it is. If
it works, it works. If it doesn't work, don't
even bug me. It'll work for a while, I'm sure.
Sometimes these Dropbox things don't work for
a while. You have to change it. If it stops working,
it stops working. It'll be in the show notes
where you can watch this movie. The YouTube one
is really bad. The quality is really bad. The
YouTube version is real shitty. The audio sucks.
I'm sure you can't find a good audio for this
anyways. That was another thing too. When they're
making these video homes back in the day, they
were just using it. these cheap ass microphones
cheap equipment just get the movie done type
shit yeah exactly that was the business that
was the business model and it's like all right
guys we have a week we have this certain amount
of money let's just do it hey this scene didn't
come out good just cut it hey uh what's what's
going on with this script i don't think we're
gonna be able to do this all right here we'll
just rewrite it so like i said this is a perfect
example of a video it's just a movie that they
made on the fly obviously It doesn't make any
sense, but hey, they got to make money. It's
like, hey, we're going to make a Ninja Turtle
movie. It'll sell. Kids are loving this shit
right now. I mean, it's like the perfect way
to spoof the Ninja Turtles because the Kawama
is the turtle. Yeah. And it's a fucking beard.
I mean, so you get the best of both worlds. You
can mash the two together and you have. Yeah.
uh, ninja, ninja turtles that are fighting crime
against, uh, beer, beer importers from Argentina,
from Argentina. And again, you know, this is
like the only way I can get through this was
try to find like the, the subplot or the sub
meanings of everything. And then of course, you
know, with the way they sell these video homes
was the cover. So when you look at the cover
art, it's just like a drawing of the turtles.
I got to say the cover art is pretty sick. And
then they just plastered pictures of the guys.
So that's not even their real bodies, but they
try to make them look like turtles, too, I think,
too. That's another thing. Or maybe they just
drew them way too fat. I don't know. But either
way, it's a cool cover, though. I don't know.
It'll catch your eyes. That was another way they
sold these movies. It's like, all right, we're
going to make a movie. It's like, it's kind of
shitty. Well, we better make the cover look good.
So better draw something fucking good, you know?
You know, I don't want to be the one that tells
anyone to not watch a movie because there's a...
There's always going to be someone that likes
this shit, so if you want to watch it, watch
it. Yeah, I'm sure someone's going to be like,
well, this was actually really good. Lie to yourself.
Yeah, we'll see how long it takes to get a five
-star review on Letterboxd for this thing. Yeah,
even I didn't really like it. In my old review,
I mean, I'll probably post it later on, but even
I said it's not a good movie. It's just funny,
but it's not funny in the way it's trying to
be. It's just a really stupid movie. I feel like
this is one of those movies where you're laughing
at it, not with it. Exactly, yeah. Because there's
just so many stupid things happening. It's just...
It's not for me, but maybe it's for somebody.
I don't know. It's stupid. It's strange, but
it's there. And I hope Gonsenheim and Alakid
and all those other guys, I hope they made their
money. Hopefully they paid. Are any of these
guys still around? So Alakid, he's dead already.
Gonsenheim, like I said, he's still alive, living
comfortably. Living in San Diego. San Diego.
And, yeah, a lot of these actors, they're all
gone already. Yeah, I know. Only Felicia Mercado
is still alive. I know that. She's still alive.
But, yeah, like the comedy actors, like the Turtles,
they're all gone already. They're long gone.
Oh, yeah. I mean, they were, you know, older
in age already by this time. Yeah, they're all
gone already. But, yeah, hopefully, like I said,
they all got paid. And I'm sure they did, like
I said, because that was the only reason why
they would do these movies. It's like, hey, we
need work. Hey, none of these novellas are hiring
us. Hey, but this guy in this small town is making
a movie. Okay, let's go. How many pesos are you
paying? Okay, let's do it. So, yeah, this is
an example. Like I said, they were not doing
it because they believed in the movie. They just
needed money. That's all it was. They needed
the work. Well, I mean, there it is, guys. You
had two strange comedies for this. I think these
are good summer movies, actually. Yeah, especially
if you're just chilling at home. It's like, hey,
if you're on Tubi, and I know a lot of people
watch stuff on Tubi, put it on Tubi. Yeah, yeah.
And then Kawamas Ninjas, hey, if you want to
put it on YouTube, put it on YouTube. Or if you
get the link. If you're lucky enough to have
a live download link on the show notes. Yeah,
if you get the download link, yeah, download
it or just watch it on Dropbox on the website.
Yeah, just chill, you know. Grab a kawama if
you want. I don't drink anymore, but if I still
was drinking, I probably would have to drink
a kawama just to wash this shit. Yeah, I'm not
doing that. I don't even really drink either,
but I'm just saying. I can't. Well, there it
is, guys. Strange summer, strange movies. A witch.
Turtles. Good times. I don't know. But, yeah,
that was fun. We're going to move on next month
to something a little bit more serious, more
dramatic titles that I think are relevant to
what's happening in L .A. today. Again, I think,
you know, moving forward, I think we've found
how we're going to. The formula. Yeah, the formula
of what to do. So, obviously, we're new to this.
You know, after listening to other people's podcasts,
shout out to, you know, all the homies that have
been doing podcasts for so long. Yeah, like Unsung
Horrors was honestly probably the reason why
I wanted to. Just after listening to it for a
little while already, it's like, you know what,
I kind of want to get on this shit too. Yeah,
absolutely. Shout out to Unsung Horrors. And
they're also listeners too. Erica, Lance, they
shout us out a lot. So it's always awesome to
hear that. And so I think moving forward, you
know, the episodes will be more aligned to a
different format. But I think people are going
to enjoy it. The topics are still going to stay
the same. You know, I did have a couple of people
reach out about some of the playlists that we've
made on Spotify. You know, that kind of correlate
to the more music related episodes that we've
done. um so moving forward you know we're gonna
have spotify playlists and we're gonna have apple
playlists because i know there's you know a couple
people that said they would listen but they don't
have spotify um so we'll you know those playlists
will be available on apple oh once you hear this
it'll be available so you can uh you can follow
that um which reminds me what was the most downloaded
episode oh my god which is funny because it has
to do with music the the episode we did about
los bookies and los temerarios who would have
fucking thought i know that one was just like
a random one that you had an idea i remember
and i was like yeah let's do it i literally i
proposed it as a joke and it became it i mean
it gets at least five downloads every day yeah
and then you know we just went we hung out with
jaime we recorded and now all of a sudden it's
like the probably the popular episode i would
say ah i mean maybe maybe we gotta you know focus
on the the music related trash mix that's what
people want more we have a music one coming up
too right yeah yeah we i mean i've already you
know i gotta add it to the to the note the collaborative
note that we have but yeah i want to do more
music stuff um i think i think december would
be a good month for the for the next music uh
episode just because of who it is. But, yeah,
I mean, there's a couple other groups that, you
know, were very prolific in Mexican movies that,
you know, we're obviously going to talk about
those. So, you know, don't forget to rate and
subscribe and review the show. Yeah, give us
a review, rate us, give us stars, whether it's
four, five, whatever, three. Or one, if you want
to, you know, if you hate us. I know I got some
haters, but the haters that I get are weird.
They just message me on. Instagram and it's like
a weird message. I'm like, what? I'm so thankful
that people don't know who I am. Or on Letterboxd
they'll comment. I'll be like, okay. Am I supposed
to get offended? I'm almost 35. I don't care.
People are just strange. People want immediate
access to stuff. They want you to give them downloads.
That's fair. Asking is one thing. Or they're
just jealous. It's weird. Why are you jealous
of someone you don't know? I saw one. I mean,
not to go on a tangent at the end of the show,
but I saw one when we did. I forgot which episode
it was. Oh, it was the episode we did with. Oh,
God, I can't remember his name now. What the
hell? I feel so bad. The episode we did with
on. Jesus Christ. What the fuck? When we guessed
it on. Adolfo? No, not Adolfo. elias's show god
damn i'm sorry elias yeah elias shout out sorry
i forget i'm sorry i forgot your name but you
did an episode with with elias and oh yeah there
was yeah the one guy was commenting like yeah
this guy's not a fucking uh he just shows off
yeah he just shows off his collection he's not
he doesn't uh represent me i'm like jesus christ
yeah like relax like it's not that fucking serious
it's not that serious yeah like that's the thing
so like i said if you're gonna be weird like
that like i said just know that i don't care
no me importa and yeah you know keep watching
and then if you're following i mean that's all
on you you don't have those are like the weird
ones they follow you they watch everything they
hate on you still you know you can't please everybody
uh you know it's it's it's hard enough to to
you know, find these movies. So have some patience
or have some humility when Armando says he cannot
upload a movie for you. cool, you know, but that's
just not my formula. But it's, you know, it's
also like. This shit takes time to fucking rip
these movies and put them up and to give them
out for free. That took me a while, actually.
Because I thought I had an old rip that I had,
but I lost it. So I was like, I'm going to have
to watch it and put it on the disc. Yeah, you
know, people fucking, you know, people think
it's so easy to put these shits out. I'm not
at home all day. Like, I wish I was home all
day, but half the time I'm at work. I'm fucking
tired. Well, that's the thing, too. A lot of
these fools are like these fucking film bro nerds
that just fucking pretend to watch 10 movies
a day. Like, get the fuck out of here. Yeah,
you know, they probably don't do anything. but
that's another story. But anyway, so like I said,
strange people, strange summer, strange movies,
strange movies, strange comedy. Thank you guys
again. And then for those that are always supportive,
I'm very, very, very, very much appreciated.
If I don't like show it enough, I apologize,
I guess, but also at the same time, just know
that I'm never, I never overlook anything. Like
I do appreciate everything I say. And if you're
responding to me or if I'm messaging you back,
just know that I do appreciate it. Yeah, absolutely.
I mean, I don't talk to too many people myself,
but it's nice to see that people are responding
well. And I'm sure you get tons of messages.
I don't get too many. I don't really get many.
Yeah, you guys need to start messaging Joey because
sometimes I get an overflow of messages. I'm
like, I'll respond tomorrow. Which reminds me,
I have an email. I need to show Joey later, but
not right now. Yeah, we'll look at it once we're
done recording here. Shout out to everyone who
listens. We definitely appreciate it. People
have left five -star reviews and stuff, but please
subscribe, tell everybody. Spread the word. The
mission here is to keep spreading Mexican movies,
hopefully movies that you've never heard of or
that you haven't seen. And, you know, hopefully
people are enjoying it. I think they are enjoying
it. And I know I'm having fun watching, you know,
a lot of these movies. Some of them I haven't
even heard of. Some of them, but. Like, I think
you're going to really like the one we talk about
next, which is what? Vagón de la Muerte, right?
One of them? One of them is Vagón de la Muerte.
Oh, you're going to be like, oh, shit. I'm excited
for you to watch that one because that's a really
good one. I'm excited. You talked that one up
like crazy a couple months ago or probably a
year ago now. Like I said, too, like when I.
I was talking to all those dias at the Juan Valentin
show. Baguando la Muerte was the main movie they
were telling me about. I was like, damn, that's
a movie that people like. I mean, and hopefully
people tune in. So that'll be on the next one.
That'll be the next one. And if you, you know,
you can look that up, you know, preemptively
right now and pretty much guess what the topic
is going to be. It'll be more, more serious.
So. Again, thanks. Thank you very much. Rate,
review, subscribe, all of it. And hit us up on
email, on Instagram. Armando's on Twitter, I
think, or Blue Sky or whatever the fuck it is.
It's just getting hard now. I know, I know. Now
I can see why other people are completely leaving.
Jumping ship, yeah. You know, if you're on Letterboxd,
follow the list that we put up. Joey has a list
on there with all the movies that we're covering.
I add them as the shows come out, you know, not
to spoil the next month's episodes and what we're
talking about. So follow along, like it, share
it, watch. Tell us what you think of all the
movies. That's the one thing, you know. We want
to have a dialogue, too. So if you're watching
it, let us know, man. Tell us what you think.
If we're doing shitty jobs talking about it or
if you like the movie, hated the movie, you know,
just hit us up. Let's start a dialogue, man.
Mexican movies need to have more discussion,
you know. Yeah, not just the same ones either.
Yeah, not all the, you know, the Hodorowskis
and Alucardada. I saw you got some hate on your
list about why you didn't add Alucardada. It's
funny because I was already making fun of that
before that was going to happen. I knew it was
going to happen. Even after, it was like, all
right, it did happen. See, I was right. Yeah,
I know. It was funny, but it's whatever. It's
cool. And Vacaciones de Terror is the best horror
movie. Okay. Of all time, yeah. Best Mexican.
I'll argue about that during October for something.
I'll let y 'all know. Oh, you know what? I did
want to plug because I know you had asked me
about writing stuff too for the site. Oh, yeah.
So I'm going to plug this. It's been a while.
I wanted to publish this article that I wrote
for the Trash Max website. for the summer and
so maybe it'll be live by the time the show goes
up if not you know we'll post it but I did write
something about you know because I'm a collector
of soundtracks and library music as some of you
guys may or may not know but you know I wrote
a little article about library music in Mexican
movies and covered specifically one record that
has been used in many different Mexican movies.
So I think people will get a kick out of it.
Hopefully you guys will read it when I post that.
And obviously we'll, we'll let you know when
that goes live. I'm still, I know a lot of people
are still like, Hey, where's the old review for
this? Like, don't worry guys. It's going to come.
I've been pumping that shit hard, but. It's a
long process. I thought it was going to be like
an easy process, but it's been harder than I
thought. But the website will be complete by
the time, like, I don't know, in the coming month
or so? For sure. And then everything, all the
new stuff that I have already lined up. There
it is. So keep an eye on the website as well,
guys. Trashmix .com. Joey's stuff will be there,
of course. And hopefully I'll start writing more.
I plan to write more, too. Yeah, for sure. Yeah,
we'll get it there. So thanks again, everyone,
again, for listening. Sorry for rambling for
the last. 10, 15 minutes, but it is what it is,
right? Here's a little clip of what's going to
happen for next month's episode. Peace. en una
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