I Used To Like This One

Send us Fan Mail As our Treasure Hunter Summer continues, Aaron Knowles joins Shawn to discuss the 2000s video game adaptation, 'Lara Croft: Tomb Raider'. We discuss all the important topics like time storms, architecture planning for a secret temple, where it strays from the source, being "a lady", accent ability, and so much more. Where does it fall on the Indy scale? Does it...

Send us Fan Mail In this special crossover bonus episode, Michael Ross from Smallville: Farm To Fable, Shawn and Chris all sit down to discuss the recent 2026 movie 'Supergirl'. 5 Star reviews help drive us up the charts. Please take a minute and review us. If you would like to contact or donate to us:   iusedtolikethisone@gmail.com www.patreon.com/iusedtolikethisone Website: www.iusedto...

Send us Fan Mail We kick of our Treasure Hunting Summer with Shawn and Chris welcoming back Colin Hilding from Off The Podium to discuss the thrilling classic 'The Mummy'. We discuss all the important topics like speed healing, the charm of Brendan Fraser, the chemistry of the leads, CGI that does and doesn't hold up, questionable appropriation and so very much more. Where does this...

Send us Fan Mail For our final The 40 Year Old Colin movie, we are taking a look at the dystopian future, gun kata classic 'Equilibrium'. We discuss all the important topics like crossfire, being full of emotion in an emotionless society, saving the dog, the practicality of gun-fu, creepy tattletale kids, how the drugs work and so much more. This was a first-time watch for Shawn, what di...

Send us Fan Mail On a recent trip to Glasgow, Scotland, Shawn rode a city tour bus. On that bus was a live guide named Craig. Through conversation, Shawn discovered Craig made an independent movie. Shawn called up Chris Goffredo and made him watch it too. Wanting to support a young artist and help get word out about his movie, we decided to record a BONUS episode about it.  And why not ask the Dir...

Send us Fan Mail A month dedicated to our 40 Year Old Colin definitely wouldn't be complete without a movie headlined by a wrestler. So this week, we are watching the Stone Cold Steve Austin action classic 'The Condemned'. We discuss all the important topics such as bringing ethics into a movie like this, the red herrings back home, the legacies of wrestling actors, the surprisingly...

Send us Fan Mail For our next The 40 Year Old Colin month movie, Shawn and Colin welcome back guest Neal Powell to discuss the multilayered mind trip 'Sucker Punch'. We discuss all the important topics such as our collective shock at the release date of the movie, what Shawn missed out on by not watching the extended version, the many deep layers of this onion, the Zack Snyder of it all,...

Send us Fan Mail As Colin enters his last month in his 30s, it is time for us to celebrate his upcoming milestone birthday by watching some movies that define him. So, to kick off our The 40Year Old Colin month, he and Shawn discuss the UFC focused movie 'Never Back Down'. We discuss all the important topics such as the cinematic energy of the mid 2000s, some hardcore cage fighting, the...

Send us Fan Mail For our final Not Baseball month movie, Shawn and Chris decided to go with something wacky to close it out... The 2000s comedy classic 'Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story'. We discuss all the important topics like the Five D's, early 2000s humor that's super stuck in the early 2000s, the incredible charm of the ensemble cast, the Rockstar status of the leads at t...

Send us Fan Mail As Not Baseball month rolls on, Shawn and Chris welcome back Olypics obsessed guest Colin Hilding to discuss the sports biopic classic 'Miracle'. We discuss all those important topics like life imitating art, getting athletes to act and actors to hockey, Olympics connections, how accurate it all is, windsprints and so much more. Shawn's relationship with Chris start...

Send us Fan Mail For our next Not Baseball movie, Shawn and Chris are getting the absolute closest to baseball we will all month. That's because we're watching the Zucker comedy classic 'Baseketball'. We discuss all the important topics like a spoof movie that isn't really spoofing, the charisma of the 'South Park' guys, the power of sport, stereotypes and jokes...

Send us Fan Mail This week, Shawn is again joined by Chris Goffredo in the co-host chair, to kick off Not Baseball Month. To begin the month, we are going football with the 2000s underdog flick 'The Replacements". We discuss all the important topics like the absolutely stacked cast, Johnny Utah Replacements Edition, living that boat life, the need for hiring a whole new cheer squad, the...

Send us Fan Mail To close out Sequel Month: The Sequel, Shawn and Colin welcome back guest Luke Bartosik, because we have finally made Colin watch the sci-fi classic 'Aliens'. We discuss all the important topics like the tonal shift from the original, our favorite space marines, explanations from the extended cut, our views of the future, pure carnage and so much more. This is an episode...

Send us Fan Mail As Sequel Month: The Sequel rolls on,  Shawn and Colin welcome back Ben Waterworth to discuss the follow-up to our 90th episode with 'The Lost World: Jurassic Park'. We discuss all those important things like an excess of Goldblum, special effects that do and don't hold up, dinosaurs from Australia, who the true villain of the story is, boating mysteries, dinosaurs...

Send us Fan Mail For our next Sequel Month The Sequel movie, Shawn and Colin welcome back Brian Christensen to chat about the sequel comedy classic 'Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell Of Fear'. We discuss all those important things like favorite lines, topical humor that has aged like fine milk, the OJ of it all,.the endless charm of Frank Drebin, and so very much more. Is this a sequel that sur...

Send us Fan Mail To kick of our 'Sequel Month: The Sequel', Shawn and Colin welcome back Aaron Knowles, to discuss the sequel to our 182nd episode 'City Slickers II: The Legend Of Curly's Gold'. We discuss all those important things like Mitch's incredible wife, replacing a best friend with a brother, the less noble quest, old men stalking you, a lack of heart and so...

Send us Fan Mail For our final I Want Candy movie, Shawn and Colin are thrilled to (sort of) welcome back guest Aaron Knowles. His unique perspective, cultivated from 20 years of military service, made him the perfect guest to discuss this week's movie, the Army comedy classic 'Stripes'. Severe weather in Aaron's hometown made it impossible to join us for the actual discussion,...

Send us Fan Mail As I Want Candy month rolls on, Shawn and Colin welcome back guest Kingsley Leung to discuss the 80s security guard comedy  'Armed And Dangerous'. We discuss all those important topics like old guys who are young, union meetings, the charm of Meg Ryan, working as a security guard, inexplicable traffic collisions, the sketch nature of the film, the chemistry between the m...

Send us Fan Mail For our next I Want Candy movie, Shawn and Colin are doing something a little light in the Candy department, the 80s mermaid classic 'Splash'. We discuss all those important topics like the origins of popular names, the charm of the supporting cast, stories about this flick from the 'I Like Me' documentary, modern censorship, heightened realities and so much mo...

Send us Fan Mail It's time for I Want Candy month! Inspired by the recent documentary 'I Like Me', we have decided to devote an entire month to Canadian Legend John Candy. First up, Shawn and Colin welcome back guest Frank Driscoll to discuss the John Hughes written, 80s classic 'The Great Outdoors'. We discuss the lack of outdoors, animal throughlines, teenage drama, eati...

Send us Fan Mail As our Winter Olympics 2026 month comes to a close, Shawn and Colin welcome back guest Marissa Dingle to help us close out a trilogy when we watch 'D3: The Mighty Ducks". We discuss all those important things such as angsty teenagers, a Bombay-light adventure, stakes of the big game, players who have not developed their skills, a whole new coach and very much more. How d...

Send us Fan Mail With the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics wrapping up soon, Shawn and Colin have set our sights on figure skating, with the 2000s comedy classic 'Blades Of Glory'. We discuss all those important things like the physicality of the stars, what would be clear violations in real figure skating competition, heightened realities, great supporting cast, and so very much more. Is th...

Send us Fan Mail For our next Winter Olympics 2026 movie, Shawn and Colin are thrilled to be welcoming Ben and ANOTHER Colin from 'Off The Podium', the most Olympic of all the podcasts, to discuss the most Olympic of all the movies; 'Cool Runnings'. These first-time guests are well versed on all things Olympics so quite frankly, this is a very Olympics heavy episode. Sure, we d...

Send us Fan Mail It's Winter Olympics month! To celebrate the 2026 Milano Olympics, Shawn and Colin are spending a month looking at winter sports movies. To kick it off, one that we haven't ever seen before, the 70s hockey classic 'Slap Shot'. We discuss all those important things like finally having context for the Hanson brothers, hockey movies that have come since, language...

Send us Fan Mail For our final Alien Month movie, Shawn and Colin welcome back guest Chris Goffredo to discuss giant robots fighting each other. It's more than meets the eye because we're talking 'Transformers'. We discuss all the important topics like identifying more with the parents now, objectification of early 2000s stars, forgotten storylines, the Michael Bay of it all, ...