Backseat Directing

On this episode, Arron and Andrew play two movie games. The first one being wavelength and the second being name the top 5. Wavelength is where one person thinks of a number 1-10 and the other has three questions to help guess the number. Top 5 is guessing the top 5 in the given category, like name the top 5 highest grossing movies. Play along with us and let us know how you did in the comments ME...

Avatar The Last Airbender is one of the best shows ever made and Zuko is one of the best characters ever written. How did they pull it off? Why is Zuko such a good character? Arron and Andrew breakdown Zuko's character arch and go over why they think he is the best written character in fiction. MERCH: https://linktr.ee/backseatdirecting

Play along with us as we try and pick out the lies amongst the movie facts. Arron and Andrew battle in the classic game of two truths and a lie. How many did you get right? Which movie facts surprised you? MERCH: https://linktr.ee/backseatdirecting

The Aquaman trailer is finally here! The rumors around this movie have not been good. With multiple reshoots, cast members in court, and a complete restructure of DC, does this movie have any chance of being good?? More importantly will this movie make money to contribute to Arron's box office draft? MERCH: https://linktr.ee/backseatdirecting

Justin joins Arron and Andrew for a draft of 10 fictional characters for each team. The goal is to draft the "best" team and have you, the audience, vote for a winner. However, this is a Wild Card draft. No pick is safe. Before each pick they have to draw a card with a 33% chance of having an action; some good, some Bed. Who do you think drafted the best team? Justin, Arron or Andrew? ME...

On this episode, Arron and Andrew welcome Justin back on the pod to debate the top 10 DC movies. They had to make a top 10 list but they all had to come to an agreement before leaving this episode, or else.... MERCH: https://linktr.ee/backseatdirecting

Have you ever watched a movie and wondered what their food tasted like? Well, so did we. We tried 5 different foods for 5 different movie. We also talked about our box office draft. MERCH: https://linktr.ee/backseatdirecting

Before doing this episode we thought method acting was when actors stayed in character when the camera stops rolling, but it's so much more than that. It was a lot fun diving into the topic and learning more about it. We talked about a lot of examples of method acting as well as examples of people taking it too far. MERCH: https://linktr.ee/backseatdirecting

Zack Snyder has done it again! On this episode we react to the first trailer for Rebel Moon. This is a movie that was originally pitched as a rated R star wars film. The concept got turned down by Disney and picked up by Netflix. Here we go! What do you think of this trailer and universe we will be exploring in Rebel Moon? Merch: https://linktr.ee/backseatdirecting

This movie looks awesome! This trailer is well paced and showed just enough to get us pumped up for the movie! It's nice to see a comic book movie that's not about super heros. What do you think? Are you excited for this movie? MERCH: https://linktr.ee/backseatdirecting

Technology is advancing quickly! A.I. generated imagery has skyrocketed in the last year. We can generate stylistic images with the tap of a finger, but where do we draw the line? Hollywood actors and writers are on strike right now fighting for fair pay and restrictions on A.I. Should small creators be able to use A.I. to make media they otherwise wouldn't be able to? Lets talk about it MERCH...

Warner Brothers themselves have projected a subpar opening weekend. Was Blue Beetle destined to fail? Arron and Andrew watched Blue Beetle opening weekend and are here to tell you, It's a good movie....Here's why.  MERCH: https://linktr.ee/backseatdirecting

The ultimate dynamic duo, Arron and Andrew, draft a team of 5 partners who are inseparable. When you hear one of them you automatically think of the other. Who picked the best team of dynamic duos? Arron or Andrew MERCH: https://linktr.ee/backseatdirecting

Interested in getting into comic books but don't know where to start? We've been there. In this episode we give our comic recommendations and discuss how we got into comics. MERCH: https://linktr.ee/backseatdirecting

There are hundreds of action movie and we have been challenged to pick a team made up of the ones. In a you go, I go draft, we each picked five movies to go head to head. The winner is decided by you, the audience. Who picked the best team? Arron or Andrew? MERCH: https://linktr.ee/backseatdirecting

The new Loki season 2 trailer dropped! The Disney + shows haven't been doing so hot lately. Will this show change the narrative or will it disappoint. We also talk about the writers and actors strike and other upcoming Disney shows. MERCH: https://linktr.ee/backseatdirecting

In celebration of 100+ episodes and doing the podcast for one year, we are putting together a multi-part D&D series. Neither of us knew how to play D&D. So we found ourselves the best Dungeon Master in town and asked her to lead our campaign. Luckily, she said yes. On this episode, in preparation for our campaign, our DM Kaylee explains the beginning steps to playing D&D. MERCH: https:...

It's FINALLY here!....Kinda...Sorta. Invincible season 2 has been announced and they dropped an episode 0 following Atom Eve and her backstory! Arron and Andrew breakdown this episode, compare it to the comics and give their predictions for season 2. MERCH: https://linktr.ee/backseatdirecting

The latest entry in Nolan's filmography is finally year! Arron and Andrew have pumped up for this movie all year. Did the movie live up to expectations? MERCH: https://linktr.ee/backseatdirecting

Barbie absolutely crushed it in the box office opening weekend! Special guest Kaylee joined us at the theater and then in the studio to record this episode. Andrew has been saying this movie was going to be big for a long time now. Is he right? How did we like this movie? Did Barbie go to far? MERCH: https://linktr.ee/backseatdirecting

The big day has finally arrived: Barbiheimer is here. Are these movies good? Which one is better? If you can only see one in theaters which one should you see. Arron and Andrew give a spoiler free review for both movies. MERCH: https://linktr.ee/backseatdirecting

For the first time in Backseat Directing's history, we have a girl on the show! We are so excited for this episode. We have wanted to do an episode on chick flicks for a long time now but we wanted to have a girl on the show with us. We finally found someone who is brave enough to come on the show and sit next to Andrew. Who picked the best chick flicks? Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/Backse...

We are half through 2023 and some big movies have already come out. Arron and Andrew go over all the latest hits and flops, as well as what comes out in the second half of 2023 Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BackseatDirecting?ref=shop-header-name&listing_id=1495695836

Your mission, should you choose to accept it....It's here! Andrew's most anticipated movie of the year. The hype was real for this movie but did it meet expectations? Arron and Andrew let you know what's up. Merch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BackseatDirecting?ref=shop-header-name&listing_id=1495695836

Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning is out this week! Don't remember what happens in the first 6 movies? Don't worry, Arron and Andrew got you covered. In this episode they recap the franchise, talk about box office earnings, go over the biggest stunts and hold their breath as long as they could.