Hopelessly Casual

After last week's episode on all things trailers and the new teaser trailer for Netflix' One Piece live action adaptation being released, Freya suggested breaking it down almost scene for scene (and the whole of the beginning arcs of the franchise while she's at it! Even though she'd insist that she still contained herself). And Christian agreed... So we all have to live with the c...

On a market already oversaturated with podcasts talking about movies (and all things nerd related), what's the one thing that could possibly be even more pointless? Talking about the goddamn trailers! Join us in this weeks episode to further your knowledge of things you could never apply in a real world conversation to an unholy extent, when we talk about the history and evolution of those lit...

What happens when due to unforeseen circumstances the smarter half of the operation has to bow out and leaves the other half to its own devices? A clip show, that's what! (If it was good enough for The Simpsons back in the day, it's certainly good enough for us now.) Bit of a shorter episode this week, but it features some of our favourite moments from our earliest podcast outings. A nice...

After having Freya do the heavy lifting on our last topic, find out in this week's episode what Christian does with his nights when everybody else is asleep and no one is watching. It's not nearly as sinister or kinky as you might have guessed/feared/hoped. But it certainly is surprising. And then again, knowing him, is it really? Join us on this week's episode to hear about a week lon...

To this day in popular culture and especially in areas considered "nerdy", fandom is still in many cases thought of and represented as male coded. A certain idea of who partakes in a lot of these fandoms and who it is aimed at in the first place still seems very much prevalent. But, in a rare moment of clarity, after so many episodes, Christian realised that, sitting opposite him, is someone who d...

Every now and so often in life something unexpected comes around. It doesn't say Hi! It won't introduce itself. It just jumps out at you, knocks you over the head with a lovingly prepared brick and tells you: "Your old life is over! Here's your new reality!" Join us in this week's episode, where we open up about moments of initiation in movies, music and video games that...

Having a crush is perfectly normal. Having a crush on several fictional characters over the years when you're young is also perfectly normal. It might be an early indication of what your type might be. When one of them is the literal devil, however, and you're literally playing the devil's advocate, we may need to talk. Join us on this week's episode of "Hopelessly Casual&quot...

It was a lovely Saturday evening. The sun was still up, the temperature just right, a nice bar with a garden literally around the corner... So naturally we decided to stay in, order some food, down a bottle of wine and play through the first level of every (mainline) Super Mario game from 1985 all the way to the present day. Do they still hold up? Do they make you wanna play the rest of the game?...

** Note: This episode originally aired in August of 2024. So no longer as current as it was back then, but still a lot of fun. ** In this week's episode everyone's worst nightmares come true: You're in the cinema wedged between two of the most mid podcasters you'll ever meet. One won't let you miss even the tiniest reference made in the film, while also being very physically ex...

What's that you're saying? You don't much care for (insert video game/show/book series here)?! But it should be right up your alley! Yeah, shoulda, coulda, woulda, but wasn't. Join us for this week's episode, where we talk about our top contenders for things we should really, really like, but for some reason we really, really don't. Despite our best efforts (mostly). Contac...

You know those movies that everyone agrees you should've seen? Absolute classics, films that expand your horizon as a human being, cultural landmarks of today and yesteryear... Well, turns out, we skipped quite a lot of them. But that won't stop us from speculating the ever-loving s**t out of what they MIGHT be about. Join us for this week's episode, as we are back with a brand new &qu...

Being the Chosen One isn't all it's propped up to be. Sure, it makes for one hell of an online dating profile, but otherwise it's not good for your mental and physical wellbeing, it's constantly putting the people around you in danger and chances are you might not make it out alive. Tune in to this week's episode, where we discuss Jedi, slayers, wizards and literally the One. A...

There are few things more intimate than a person's preference in all creatures horror. But in this week's episode we expose it all! Shocking revelations abound and unpopular opinions are voiced when we talk about the things that go bump in the night we love to be scared of... And those that simply don't do it for us. (The course in clickbaity writing really paid off!) Contact the team:...

It's an origin story. Well actually it's two. About our formative gaming memories, ranging from the early '90s (because Christian is old) well into the '00s (because Freya is still young and has her whole life ahead of her). Join us in this week's episode for the games and the stories behind them that got us into gaming. Contact the team: thehopelesslycasual@gmail.com

Imagine if you will: You're 8 years old again, it's the weekend, your parents are in the kitchen and you have the living room TV all to yourself. The commercials end and "Watership Down" comes on... This and other tales of unexpected and somewhat expected horror while watching TV (and forming lifelong traumata) as a kid on this episode of "Hopelessly Casual". Contact the team: thehopelesslycasual@...

Universes are like a**holes, everyone seems to have one these days... Is it the kinda place you wanna dive in head first? Probably not. Are we still gonna do it? ....yup! And word to the wise: do not mention Marvel to Freya. Contact the team: thehopelesslycasual@gmail.com

Choice opinions are thrown out left, right and centre when it comes to the overall collectibility of everything related to our favourite (and sometimes not so favourite) franchises. The drinking probably doesn't help... Thanks for joining us and enjoy another episode of "Hopelessly Casual"! Contact the team: thehopelesslycasual@gmail.com

Here comes the gripping conclusion to our pilot episode. If you made it this far, you have an incredible tolerance for pain and we salute you! Enjoy! Contact the team: thehopelesslycasual@gmail.com

Hey everyone and welcome to the pilot episode of our new podcast "Hopelessly Casual", Part 1. For our very first episode we wanted to talk about the topic that got us thinking about making this format to begin with: Films. Having watched the entirety of film between us (not really, but kinda) and having studied acting and film, we decided to have our very first episode about just that: Film. Where...