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This week we talk a little about our feelings regarding Wonder Woman 1984, some good news for Star Wars games, Octopi have beef with fish, we again put on our headbands and bow to each other before we square off in our discussion of Cobra Kai Season 3, and we find out what it means to be a student of Steve Kown Do. 

This week we celebrate the holiday season by having the original invader himself, Joe, on to talk about the end of Season 2 of The Mandalorian and Steve finally faces his fear and watches Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice Baja Blast Edition and we talk about whether or not Zach Snyder even likes Superman as a character, and we have a holiday addition of Higher or Lower. Bonus: ham talk. Have a h...

We conclude our Year of Animation being joined by special guests Nathaniel and Sammaeal from the At The Devil's Ball Podcast to talk about a groundbreaking hybrid of live action and animation with 1988's Who Framed Roger Rabbit. We dig deep into the themes that become more apparent the older that we get, how herculean the task must have been to bring this very complex project to life and oh, and t...

This week we are joined by friend of the show Richard as we talk for 3 and half hours about all of the following: various movies we watched over the weekend, Warner Brothers releasing all of their 2021 films directly to HBO Max, Spider-Man is getting a lot of Spider-Mans and villains for the next film, mountain phalluses are here to save us, a bunch more Mandalorian talk, we dive deep into the pla...

This week we talk about Thanksgiving holiday doings, say goodbye to another Star Wars actor, Alex Ross is cross as Warner Brothers, we are looking for wacky cookie ingredients, we have a two pronged conversation about the most recent episode of The Mandalorian: one about fandom patting itself on the back with one hand and shoving out new fans with the other, and two: the burden of weighing down a...

We hope you all had a safe and turkey filled Thanksgiving. Normally each year we do a bit on the show talking about all of the exciting Black Friday deals that you need to rush out and get ASAP, however, with the plague going on and 2020 being 2020, it didn't seem like a fun idea to encourage people to go out shopping. We have put together our previous 4 years worth of Black Friday deals and relat...

This week we continue our journey through the Year of Animation by looking at our first Claymation feature: 2000's Chicken Run. When a group of hens realize their days are numbered, they look for any way to escape their farm. Along comes Rocky, a rooster that looks like he has figured out how to fly... Before we get to discussion of the movie (about 55 minutes into the episode) we also talk about...

This week we solve the age old mystery of what happened to the dinosaurs, Wonder Woman is coming home for the holidays, of course we talk more about the Mandalorian, there's a bacon flavored beer out there, and we go ghost hunting with Amazon Prime's Truth Seekers and enjoy walking the line between humor and horror, and we have a quiz about toilets (please send us our podcast Emmy now, thanks). 

This week we talk about our post election fatigue, going to doctors, and not feeling welcome at gas stations. Also some people are upset that a puppet ate some fake eggs, Alex Trebek has passed away and 2020 just keeps getting sadder, century old statue got an unfortunate facelift. We discuss a brief history of movie trailers, what they are supposed to do, what makes a good trailer, and we talk ab...

This week we talk about our very different Halloweens, we say goodbye to a legend, Clive Barker is back to raising some hell, pumpkins grow scary big, and we end our SpooOooOOOooky month of animation by looking at the recently released Creepshow Animated Special and it's two twisted tales, and how we feel about the 'motion comic' aesthetic, and Steve has to figure out which Are You Afraid of the D...

This week Apple has the Great Pumpkin, Quibi is Quibye, a young girl pulls a sword out of lake and will now rule us all, we continue our SpOOoOooOOOoky month of animation by looking at 2012's ParaNorman with Norman seeing dead people and us seeing a wonderful and funny film, and Steve then tasks Paul with determining which animated Halloween special is real or fake. 

This week we talk about what we did on over our birthday weekend, what cool stuff we got, and how we got to see a large baby in a theater, Dexter is coming back and Steve isn't sure how he feels about it, Tremors gets a small documentary about some very big graboids, not all heroes wear capes when they steal a school bus, and to continue on with our SpOoOOooOooky month of animation we dig into som...

This week we kick off our SpOOoOOoooky animated Halloween month by checking out 2006's Monster House. We also discuss the loss of Eddie Van Halen, the loss of GLOW, the addition of an Electro, and there is a Monster Mash brawl at the end. So grab some empty bottles of Mountain Dew and have them at the ready for this episode. 

This week we continue our Year of Animation by looking at the semi-autobiographical work about the life of Marjane Satrapi with 2007's Persepolis. This film tells the story of Marjane growing up in Tehran, Iran during the late 70's amid the Iranian Revolution and how she grew into womanhood under an oppressive new regime. This film is full of thought, heart, humor, and sadness and is worthy of wat...

This week Snyder's complete film isn't as complete as he let on, we can see John Cena as Peacemaker, Dreamhaven is where a lot of people are going after Blizzard, we crack open some Elsinore beers and talk about the very Canadian adventures of Bob and Doug Mackenzie in 1983's Strange Brew and Steve has to guess which craft pop culture beers are real or fake. 

This week we talk about mask breath, Spirit stores, The Boys being back, The Mandolorian Season 2 trailer fills with joy, Steve may live his dream of being a cheeseburger taster, a condo full of beer isn't exactly how we imagined it, we talk about sports films and parody films and how they collide in 1998's BASEketball and Steve challenges Paul to a Big Sports Movie Quiz!

This week we talk about drinking and watching marbles, The Walking Dead is coming to an end kind of, Robocop without Robocop, Rick Moranis is still out there and that is great, we discuss the HBO Max documentary Class Action Park and talk about how nostalgia can be a dangerous thing, and then Paul takes Steve to Vacation Bible School.  

This week Paul has to drive long distance and is terrified the whole time, we say goodbye to Chadwick Boseman, theaters are re-opening and we don't know if that is a good idea, a mysterious jet-packed man has been spotted in LA, we talk about Bill & Ted Face the Music and see if this was a most excellent sequel or a totally bogus trip, and Steve plays a game of Higher or Lower with Paul about Bill...

This week we head back east again for our Year of Animation by looking at the psychological thriller Perfect Blue. Mima is a popstar that wants to become an actress but there are outside (and potential inside) forces at work against her. Bonus: we first learn about Steve's disappointing fair food expedition and Paul's adventures with Cameo. 

This week DC is running into a Crisis on this Earth, Bela Lugosi is Dracula once more, you can rent a Blockbuster and not have to rewind anything at all, we take a look at the 5 part WWE documentary Undertaker: The Last Ride and discuss a legend facing down his last professional days, and we determine what Steve's new in ring wrestling persona will be.  

This week we catch up after having a week off and talk about crime documentaries and falling down in basements, Mulan is releasing on Disney+ but its going to cost you, FanDome is bring the con to you, a man makes a ballsy shoplifting move, we take a look at the Netflix original film The Old Guard and how it stands on its own without having read the source material, and Steve makes Paul guess whic...

This week we get the best of both worlds as we get to discuss Batman and animation! Our Year of Animation heads to Gotham as we watch 1993's Batman: Mask of the Phantasm. We talk about our familiarity with the Batman animated series and the see if the weekday afternoon version can make the leap successfully to the big screen. 

This week we say goodbye to a Mythbuster, Star Wars is letting loose a Bad Batch, Star Trek Lower Decks has set the bar low, we talk about the influence and work of composer Ennio Morricone and take a look at how his music is a very large part of Sergio Leone's second film in his Dollars Trilogy with 1965's For a Few Dollars More, and Steve tries be frank with his answers for our National Hot Dog...

This week talk about our quasi-holiday weekends, favorite hot dog toppings, The Far Side is back and sorely needed, Halloween Kills... later, horror fans are dealing with the pandemic better than other, we take a dive into one of the lesser known Marvel heroes, Moon Knight, and talk about the origin of the character, what makes him different, and what we would hope to see with him in the future, a...

This week we talk about cream cheese, Beavis and Butthead ride again, a click bait story about Star Wars, a really smart person petting a snow leopard, we head to space to talk about Jason X, the 10th Friday the 13th film and what can happen to a franchise when it is trying to find new directions to hack and slash in, and we play a game about actual film sequels that didn't get made.