Mortified! The Friendship Quest

This week, join Aaron and Leyla as they ride the father of all horses towards The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. Join us as we talk about Sir Ian McKellen's moisturized shoulders, the many beautiful comedic beats of Gimli, son of Gloin, and the increased gay energy between these hobbitses.  --- Twitter: @MortifiedPod Hosts' Twitters: @aaronsxl / @leylses Hotline: ‪(775) 573-8882 Sign up for ou...

This week, Aaron and Leyla go home again in Gone Home! Join us for a farewell to Waypoint, a look back at the origin of walking simulators, and yet another brilliant pitch for a product no one will pick up because of cowardice. --- Twitter: @MortifiedPod Hosts' Twitters: @aaronsxl / @leylses Hotline: ‪(775) 573-8882 Sign up for our monthly newsletter , which has additional takes and our personal r...

This week, Aaron and Leyla optimize their SEO with the 1993 Super Mario Brothers movie! Join us for a discussion of the cutthroat NYC plumbing industry, the value of consistent (if batshit!) internal logic, and a lukewarm defense of John Leguizamo's weird take on the new Super Mario Bros movie. Pokemon Apokelypse: Live Action Trailer HD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDX1m0Y2Vkg Palworld | Gamepl...

This week, Aaron and Leyla kick off another installment of their series series with Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Join us for the puncturing of Elijah Wood, Tolkien's naming conventions, and off-the-dome references to early 2000s internet classics. I cannot believe I'm putting a link to this in the show notes, but here is the Ultimate Showdown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrzK...

We're back! This week we gaslight ourselves out of a chicken union in Chicken Run! Join Aaron and Leyla as they try something experimental in the audio format, discuss the romantic tension between an RAF veteran rooster and a butch hen, and begin the hunt for a gravy pressure gauge.  Clips used:  "Rocky, A Fake All Along" by John Powell and Harry Gregson-Williams  "Flip, Flop, and Fly" by Ellis Ha...

This week, Aaron and Leyla leave a four-year-old in a pilot-killing mech in Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury! Join us for mixing up the protagonists' names, exploring the etymology of side characters' names, and how the mechs were the generational trauma we all carry all along.  --- Twitter: @MortifiedPod Hosts' Twitters: @aaronsxl / @leylses Hotline: ‪(775) 573-8882 Sign up for our mont...

This week, Aaron and Leyla try to prevent their one true love from marrying blonde Henry Cavill in Stardust (2007)! Join us for wishing for playful horniness, Leyla's horrible audio (sorry), and a conversation between two people who have somehow almost completely avoided Neil Gaiman despite being nerds approaching 30.  --- Twitter: @MortifiedPod Hosts' Twitters: @aaronsxl / @leylses Hotline: ‪(775...

Please support the Quileute Tribe Move to Higher Ground, if you have the means: https://mthg.org/ IF you are dead-set on visiting La Push, please see the Quileute tribe site for guidelines: https://quileutenation.org/ This week, Aaron and Leyla imprint on the 2010s once again and wrap up the Twilight (cinematic) franchise with Breaking Dawn parts 1 and 2. Join us as Leyla experiences a single-serv...

This week, we delve into a benign LA fantasy with Garry Marshall's superstar superflick, Valentine's Day! Join Aaron and Leyla for a hearty defense of rom coms, Ashton Kutcher's most charming performance, and memories of George Lopez. --- Twitter: @MortifiedPod Hosts' Twitters: @aaronsxl / @leylses Hotline: ‪(775) 573-8882 Sign up for our monthly newsletter , which has additional takes and our per...

This week, Aaron and Leyla tickle their puppet palates with all three Pinnochio films that released in 2022. Lionsgate Pinnochio, the Disney live-action Pinnochio, and the Guillermo del Toro Pinnochio all hit around the same time, and we as always must do our grim duty and examine this phenomenon. Join us as we ignore one of those films almost completely, lament the lack of practical clocks, and o...

This week, Aaron and Leyla look for an on-ramp to the Elder Scrolls franchise in Oblivion! Join us for discussions of Aaron's arena conquests, re-inventing the concept of a roleplay server, and Leyla's lack of sandbox game competency. --- Twitter: @MortifiedPod Hosts' Twitters: @aaronsxl / @leylses Hotline: ‪(775) 573-8882 Sign up for our monthly newsletter , which has additional takes and our per...

This week, Aaron and Leyla get blocked by the bureaucracy in Star Wars: Andor! Join us for discussions of Diego Luna's feet in 4k, a billion dollar video game idea, and a litany of deliciously awful women. A More Civilized Age: A Star Wars Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a-more-civilized-age-a-star-wars-podcast/id1545719793 --- Twitter: @MortifiedPod Hosts' Twitters: @aaronsxl / @ley...

New year, new format! Technically we introduced this format last episode, but it was a little bit of a chaotic one as we sat in the room and processed a movie live. This week, join Aaron and Leyla on their way to redemption with Mad Max: Fury Road! We talk about all things shiny and chrome, the beauty of simplicity in storytelling, and #girlbossing the apocalypse.  Renfield Trailer: https://youtu....

Welcome to 2023, listeners. Mortified Season 4 begins as we tackle our long-dreaded episode on Avatar 2: The Way of Water. God save us all. --- Twitter: @MortifiedPod Hosts' Twitters: @aaronsxl / @leylses Hotline: ‪(775) 573-8882 Sign up for our monthly newsletter , which has additional takes and our personal recs. Our theme song is "Obsolete" by Keshco , from the album "Filmmaker's Reference Kit...

We've been doing this podcast long enough that we can do reruns to give you some comfort through the holiday season! Enjoy one of last year's Christmas episodes and hey maybe loop your cousin in as a new fan. Happy new year! See you next week with our recorded-in-the-same-room and probably fucking unhinged review of Avatar 2: Way of the Water. --- Twitter: @MortifiedPod Hosts' Twitters: @aaronsxl...

Happy end of the year! This was what we considered, after our very thoughtful annual bracket, our best episode of the year. Please enjoy two movies we enjoyed, one we could take or leave, and two that we absolutely hated. --- Twitter: @MortifiedPod Hosts' Twitters: @aaronsxl / @leylses Hotline: ‪(775) 573-8882 Sign up for our monthly newsletter , which has additional takes and our personal recs. O...

Ah, listeners, it's that time. Join Aaron and Leyla as they celebrate the return of Lindsay Lohan to the tudum screen in her holiday romcom, Falling for Christmas! Enjoy a conversation about bisexual kings, scheming in-laws, and the kind of alternative casting Leyla gets up to when she doesn't wear her glasses. --- Twitter: @MortifiedPod Hosts' Twitters: @aaronsxl / @leylses Hotline: ‪(775) 573-88...

This week, Aaron and Leyla celebrate finally completing their quest to watch the entire Fast & Furious franchise! Join us for discussions of Fast & Furious as a science fiction, the importance of orbs, and the Fast franchise villain-to-family pipeline.  ---  Twitter: @MortifiedPod Hosts' Twitters: @aaronsxl / @leylses Hotline: ‪(775) 573-8882 Sign up for our monthly newsletter , which has addition...

Weeee're back, and this week we're talking about the convoluted Mormon-aphor of the Twilight Saga: New Moon AND Eclipse! Join Aaron and Leyla for their endorsements of Charlie Swan and Dakota Fanning, a rehash of their thoughts on immortality, and how pornography is less horny than these films. Quileute Tribe Move to Higher Ground https://mthg.org/ Quileute Tribe Site (Visiting La Push) https://qu...

It's a loose one! Join Aaron and Leyla for their annual birthday episode, in which we explore Tumblr sexymen and unofficial hotboys alike! Learn some essential cringe lore about your cohosts, listen to some spirited arguments about sexy twinks and triangles, and I don't know, have a laugh at our expense.  Izzzyzzz: The Phenomenon of Tumblr Sexymen - https://youtu.be/q9i9KDtZtv8  Izzzyzzz: The Rise...

This week, we get fast and a little more furious with the F&F spinoff, Hobbs & Shaw! Join Aaron and Leyla as we talk about the Hattie Shaw-Uchiha standalone spy flick that could have been, Idris Elba being a little sexy and evil (like we all should be), and the unhinged sexual tension between two large and strong men.  Omegaverse: What is A/B/O? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLoDTQ6B7cc Avatar...

As promised, here is your second, bonus-esque episode. This week, Aaron and Leyla dive into R.F. Kuang's dark academia bludgeon, Babel! We talk about how no one comes out of this book unscathed (both in fiction and real life), devastating footnotes, and our usual bout of disaporic grievances.  The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-once-and-future-witch...

SOME HOUSEKEEPING IN THE SHOW NOTES: Sorry about the unannounced mini-hiatus! There will be TWO episodes this week, so keep an eye out for our show on RF Kuang's 'Babel' on Wednesday. We'll be back to our regular cadence next week.  This week, Aaron and Leyla indulge in a Don Bluth classic, The Secret of NIMH! Join us for discussion of little guy things, direct-action shrews, and rats that were dr...

This week, join Aaron and Leyla in some undead regency-era shenanigans in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies! We celebrate Matt Smith knowing exactly what movie he's in, pitch yet another series of billion-dollar ideas, and ponder the concept of homages that don't understand their source material. ---  Twitter: @MortifiedPod Hosts' Twitters: @aaronsxl / @leylses Hotline: ‪(775) 573-8882 Sign up for o...

DALE! Just like Michelle Rodriguez, we've returned from the grave to talk about The Fate of the Furious. Join us in our neon orange Lambo for the dadifcation of the Fast franchise, the Michelle Rodriguez fan experience, and some good Christian fun. ---  Twitter: @MortifiedPod Hosts' Twitters: @aaronsxl / @leylses Hotline: ‪(775) 573-8882 Sign up for our monthly newsletter , which has additional co...