Media Obscura - Retro and Obscure TV/Movie Reviews

To celebrate the release of Jordon Peeles' fresh take on The Twilight Zone, Nick and Mike check out the 80's revival of the classic CBS show. They also talk evil doppelgängers, Chuck Jones cartoons, and about the never ending quest for Most Stuff Oreos.

Finally bringing our March of Stallone to an end, Nick and Mike tackle the 1984 country-musical comedy "Rhinestone," starring Dolly Parton and Sylvester Stallone. Stallone's a cabbie in New York City that's plucked off the street to become the next country singing sensation. It's a bit like "A Star Is Born" meets "Trading Places." It's also not very good.

Sylvester Stallone plays Lincoln Hawk, a trucker with a heart of gold and a thing for arm wrestling. Also in this episode, Nick and Mike spiral into the most comedic bits they've ever shared in a single show, Nick invents a rich alter-ego named Threesies, and Mike plots to torture Nick from... The Leaning Tower???

In the second part of the March of the Stallones, Nick and Mike check out 1989's Tango and Cash. While the movie has a bit of a cult following, due to it's absolutely insane premise and execution, The Media Obscurists actually found themselves struggling to get through this one. Go figure? Also in this episode of The Media Obscura Podcast is Mike's incredible Scooby Doo impression, Nick's abuse of...

It's the first episode of "The March of Stallone," our Sylvester Stallone themed month of The Media Obscura Podcast! Nick and Mike check out "Oscar," a 1991 comedy starring ol' Balboa as a gangster turned banker who's trying to find his daughter (Marissa Tomei) a husband. We also talk about Mike's new band, The Reccoons and a conspiracy involving Paul McCartney and Stallone sharing an uncanny rese...

Nick and Mike watch the 1986 Canon action movie, "Cobra," starring Sylvester Stallone. They also talk about doing an entire month of Stallone movies, how Mike would handle a hostage situation and the possibility that the dinosaurs were killed by... the Death Star?

In a, honestly concerning, change of pace, Mike shows Nick a movie for once. This week on The Media Obscura Podcast, it's The Lawnmower Man! Featuring James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) and a tangental connection to a Stephen King story this movie is... Oof.

Nick and Mike (sorta) celebrate the holidays by watching the 1987 "rom-com," The Pick-up Artist, starring Robert Downey Jr. and Molly Ringwald! They also talk about how strange cat-calling is, what Mike babysitting a drunk Nick would be like, and what it would be like if Nick had knives for toes!

Nick and Mike sit down and talk about the failed 1995 sitcom adaptation of Kevin Smith's Clerks. They also improvise a romantic comedy about fake IDs and beg you to please adopt a Nick today. He may not be potty trained, but he's truly worth loving in spite of that.

Nick and Mike check out the 1992 buddy cop tragedy, "Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot). They also talk bugs, their awful Stallone impression, and how Nick would eulogize Mike.

Nick and Mike tackle the 1988 film, Michael Jackson's Moonwalker. It spawned several video games and was a collection of music videos/a weaker than stylophone plot devised to promote his 1987 album, Bad. It's... Bad? Nick also obsesses over Joe Pesci while Mike talks the moon landing and dinosaurs.

Things get purple this week on The Media Obscura Podcast! Nick and Mike get a theme song, talk wine, and check out the sequel to Prince's classic "Purple Rain!" Nick also reveals how much of a Prince nerd he is, while Mike tries to keep up.

Happy New Year! Nick and Mike sit down and check out the animated series based on the Back to the Future Trilogy. They also talk Max Headroom, New Years Resolutions, and about Nick's mortality. Business as usual.

With Mike lost in a hall of mirrors, Nick enlists his buddy Raekwon to help him watch the Arnold Schwarzenegger Christmas film "Jingle All The Way." They also imagine a world where the movie spawned an MCU-esque cinematic universe.

Nick and Mike decide to check out another Jackie Chan thingy, the 1993 movie "City Hunter." Nick and Mike also check out Eggroll's live performance of "No Satisfaction" from NYC Public Access in the 80's.

Nick and Mike tackle Jackie Chan Stuntmaster on the Sony Playstation, a video game that was released in the year 2000 and... What were we talking about? Things get very off topic this week.

It's the first music episode of The Media Obscura Podcast! With Mike stuck in the shame-cab, Nick gets another one of his childhood friends, Jackson Maxwell, to help him take a look at an album that was once postulated to be a "secret Beatles album." It wasn't. In fact, it isn't even that bad. Also in the show, Nick and Jackson reminisce about a band Nick wanted to form, Nick gets a bunch of infor...

Nick and Mike (but mostly Nick) spiral into insanity when they decide to watch the Rocky parody film "Ricky I" in anticipation of Creed II. Nick waxes poetic about the time bending scenerios that could spawn such a film, while Mike wins the title of "Most Kickable Face" in Pink Flamingo magazine.

Nick and Mike sit down for the very first episode of the Media Obscura podcast! On todays episode, they check out CBS' TV movie/backdoor pilot for their Spider-Man television series, starring Nicholas Hammond as Peter Parker. The series ran for two seasons and, despite being a huge part of Nick's sophomore year of high school, was not very good... Or even kinda good.