Twins

Episode 56: Twins (1988)
Theme: 80s Arnold
Hosts: Oz & Curtis

This week, Oz and Curtis grab six vials of premium movie DNA, toss in a cherry, hit “purée,” and dive into Twins — the only high-concept 80s comedy bold enough to ask, “What if Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito were identical twins, raised separately, reunited by fate, and immediately forced into a subplot about jet-engine corporate espionage?”

Join your two favorite members of the Let’s Talk About Flix-verse as they unpack:

• Why Julius is the world’s strongest, purest, most polite scientific miracle… and still spends half the movie confused by Los Angeles and Yakety Yak.

• How Vincent is basically a charming cockroach in human form who survives on scams, lies, and sheer Del Boca Vista energy.

• How the film quietly suggests twins have telepathy, synchronized bladders, and the ability to locate each other across Houston using pure vibes.

• Why Kelly Preston’s Marnie could not be more aggressively into Julius if she tried.

• How the “jet engine in the Cadillac trunk” subplot feels like it was added five minutes before shooting started.

From bar fights to awkwardly sexual hotel rooms, from cowboy bars to soft-focus art colonies, Oz and Curtis break down a film that proves genetic engineering isn’t nearly as powerful as a good heart and a very forgiving Danny DeVito love interest.

Final Verdict
Oz — Four sets of newborn twins
Curtis — Six fathers’ worth of carefully blended DNA
Both — Still wondering which scientist got to lick the spoon.