Episode 380: Dumpster Dive Legend 1985

Episode 380: Dumpster Dive Legend 1985

From Synthaholics: A Sci Fi Podcast by David Duncan, Brian Bannister

August 20, 2025 · 36 min

About this episode

The hosts discuss the 1985 film 'Legend' directed by Ridley Scott and starring Tom Cruise, exploring its success and failures.

Episode 380: Dumpster Dive Legend 1985 We have a new intro and now we are working on a newish format. We are bringing back the dumpster dive as well as a few other types of shows to add some organization to the chaos that is Synthaholics. This week's dumpster dive we are tackling the 1985 "film" Legend starring Mission Impossible's Tom Cruise and directed by Ridley Scott. Legend was Ridley Scott's wanting to make his own original fairy tale. Does it succeed? Did it fail? Tune in to find out. But as always if there is a show or movie you'd like us to discuss you can leave a comment or email us at Synthaholics@yahoo.com or leave a comment. Find us on Twitch! https://www.twitch.tv/synthaholics Subscribe to our YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/synthaholics If you would like to donate to us to help keep the show going please look at our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Synthaholics?ty=h Join the Facebook conversation! https://www.facebook.com/groups/Synthaholics/ Email us synthaholics@yahoo.com Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/SynthaholicDuo Or Tumblr http://synthaholics.tumblr.com/ Subscribe to us on iTunes…

People in this episode

Hosts: David Duncan, Brian Bannister

Topics covered

  • film analysis
  • 1985 movies
  • Ridley Scott
  • Tom Cruise
  • fairy tales
  • podcast format

Keywords

  • Legend
  • 1985 film
  • Ridley Scott
  • Tom Cruise
  • fairy tale
  • podcast
  • film discussion

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Legend

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