Podcasters Assemble! (A Movie Podcast)

“Flying used to be fun until I started doing it for a living.” - Kiki Our fourth Studio Ghibli movie directed by Hayao Miyazaki: 1989's "Kiki's Delivery Service"! Podcasters Featured: Erik and Meghan Slader from ⁠⁠ Nerdeagram⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Elyse from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The Super Switch Club ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Douglas Gale from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Game Game Pass ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bill from  ⁠ The RPG Years ⁠⁠ Kaslo...

"He's going home. I think he's had enough of what we call civilization..." - Commander Carl Nelson Just in time for the release of "Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire" (2024), the sequel to "Godzilla vs Kong" (2021) - we decided to revisit our #KongZillaThon season by doing a drunk commentary track for the absolutely bonkers Japanese sequel to the original "...

"I've always wanted to have a haunted house!" - The Dad Our third Studio Ghibli movie directed by Hayao Miyazaki: "My Neighbor Totoro" from 1988 - a cute family movie about childlike wonder, forest spirits, Soot Sprites, the Cat Bus, and Totoro himself! Podcasters Featured: Erik and Meghan Slader from ⁠ Nerdeagram⁠⁠ ⁠ Elyse from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The Super Switch Club ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Dougla...

“No matter how many weapons you have, no matter how great your technology might be, the world cannot live without love.” -Sheeta This month we're watching the second Studio Ghibli movie directed by Hayao Miyazaki: "Laputa" or "Castle in the Sky" from 1986 - a steam-punk adventure to find an ancient lost city in the clouds! Podcasters Featured: Erik and Meghan Slader from Ne...

"It is literally impossible to be a woman. You are so beautiful, and so smart, and it kills me that you don't think you're good enough. Like, we have to always be extraordinary, but somehow we're always doing it wrong." - Gloria For this episode of Podcasters Disassembled, Zack, Erik, and Kory are joined by their better halves: Dayna, Meg, and Brenda - to talk about the ultra...

"Once, I can't remember, I was long ago, someone strange. I was innocent and wise, and full of pain. Now that I'm a woman, everything has changed..." - Lady Amalthea  Just in time to kick off our Studio Ghibli marathon for Season 11, we're watching the movie that started it all - sort of! Rankin and Bass's "The Last Unicorn" (1982) - the cult-classic animated mo...

"You'll shoot 'yer eye out, kid!" - Santa Claus For our latest Podcasters Disassembled Christmas Special (see: "Die Hard", "Gremlins", "The Nightmare Before Christmas", "Batman Returns", etc) - Zack and Erik decided to revisit a yuletide classic (with Tim from "Against All Oddities" , Jay from The Super Switch Club: A Nintendo Pod...

A Patreon Bonus Episode: As a tie-in with our Batman season ( Season 8: Batcasters Assemble ), where we watched *every* live action (solo) Batman movie - Erik Slader, Chris Carroll, and Zack Derby were joined by Stephen White (Super Mega Crash Bros Turbo!) to go through and discuss *every* Batman video game! (Part 1 of 4) Batman Games Vol 1 – The Movie Adaptations Batman Games Vol 2 – The Animated...

"Man is more frightening than Gojira..." Just in time for the release of the latest Japanese Toho Kaiju movie, "Godzilla: Minus One" (2023) - Zack and Erik are joining forces with Kory Torjussen (from the World is My Burrito) and Stephen White (from Horror Ramblings) to talk about Toho's "Shin Godzilla" from 2016! Check out our Kong-Zilla-Thon season (S4) for more...

For Season 11, we're taking a look at the animated movies of Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli!  Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)  Castle in the Sky (1984)  My Neighbor Totoro (1988)  Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989)  Porco Rosso (1992)  Princess Mononoke (1997)  Spirited Away (2001)  Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)  Ponyo (2008)  The Boy and the Heron (2023) Click here for more information,...

"There's got to be a logical way to explain this Christmas thing." - Jack Skellington  A... Thanksgiving Special? 🤷‍♂️ Zack and Erik are joined by Eric Rezsnyak and Bob Erlenback from the Great Pop Culture Debate podcast to talk about the 1993 stop-motion "holiday" classic, Disney's "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas" - directed by Henry Selick,...

"Ack! Ack! Ack!" - Martian Ambassador to the people of Earth Erik Slader ⁠ (Epik Fails of History) ⁠ and Zack Derby ⁠ (Effin' Cultured) ⁠ , are joined once again by Mike from The NeatCast (who was previously on for our Gremlins Christmas Special ), to talk about the UFO Movie that you all voted for: Tim Burton's 1996 off-beat alien invasion comedy, "MARS ATTACKS!" (Edit...

Erik Slader (Epik Fails of History) , Zack Derby (The NeatCast) , Justin Ache (SignificantOtter.co) , *and* Kory Torjussen (The World is My Burrito) take a look back to the origins of the podcast, memories of working on the show, their favorite seasons / episodes, how they first got involved, and ranking some of the best / worst movies that we've watched so far!  Check out our previous seasons...

"Scientists are actually preoccupied with accomplishment. So they are focused on whether they can do something. They never stop to ask if they should do something." - Micheal Crichton In this Patreon Bonus episode: Erik Slader and Kory Torjussen team up once again, this time to talk about Michael Crichton's classic 1990 novel "Jurassic Park" and it's sequel, "The L...

"Give 'em Hell, Indiana Jones!" - Sallah With the release of the final Indy adventure (starring Harrison Ford and directed by James Mangold) - podcasters from around the globe are assembling one last time for this epic finale with "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny"! Podcasters Featured: Erik Slader from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Epik Fails of History ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Elyse *and* Frost from ⁠⁠...

In response to all the recent UFO news with the recent Congressional Hearings , we decided to host a poll for which Earth-based / alien-themed movie we should watch next... (Vote now below - directly on the Spotify app!) The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) Mars Attacks! (1996) Arrival (2016) NOPE (2022) Where Imagination Begins... If you would like to be...

"Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water..." With Shark Week upon us once again, we're talking 1978's "Jaws 2"! Podcasters: Erik Slader from ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Epik Fails of History ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Stephen White of ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Super Mega Crash Bros Turbo ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ *and* ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Horror Ramblings ⁠ Zack Derby from ⁠⁠⁠ The NeatCast ⁠ Listen to our episode on 1975's "Jaws" here...

“What the hell is that?” – Marion Ravenwood, “A portal! A pathway to another dimension!” – Professor Oxley With the release of “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny”, podcasters from around the globe are on a mission to revisit every movie in the Indy franchise - continuing with the much maligned, "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull"... Podcasters Featured: Erik Slader f...

"Death Is Only The Beginning..." For our Indiana Jones season, we decided to make a quick detour to a parallel franchise with 1999's "The Mummy" - starring Brendan Fraser! Podcasters: Erik Slader from ⁠⁠⁠ Epik Fails of History ⁠⁠⁠ Stephen White of ⁠⁠⁠ Super Mega Crash Bros Turbo ⁠ ⁠⁠ *and* ⁠⁠⁠ Horror Ramblings Justin Ache from ⁠⁠ SignificantOtter.co Kory Torjussen from ⁠⁠⁠...

"You have chosen... wisely." - The Grail Knight With the upcoming release of “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny”, podcasters from around the globe are on a mission to revisit every movie in the Indy franchise - continuing with Steven Spielberg's 1989 action/adventure sequel, "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"!  Podcasters Featured: Erik Slader from ⁠⁠ Epik Fails of Hi...

"Fortune and Glory, kid. Fortune and Glory..." - Dr. Henry Jones, Jr. With the upcoming release of “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny”, podcasters from around the globe are on a mission to revisit every movie in the Indy franchise - continuing with Steven Spielberg's 1984 action/adventure prequel, "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom"!  Podcasters Featured: Erik Slader...

"Indiana Jones... I always knew some day you'd come walking back through my door." - Marion Ravenwood With the upcoming release of “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny”, podcasters from around the globe are on a mission to revisit every movie in the Indy franchise - starting with Steven Spielberg's 1981 action/adventure, "Raiders of the Lost Ark"!  Podcasters Featured...

"Artax! Fight against the sadness, Artax..." - Atreyu  Zack and Erik are joined by Lauren from Hops 'GEEK' News to talk about the super meta 80's personification of childhood trauma, 1984's "The NeverEnding Story"! A wonderful, magical adventure about a boy reading a book about another boy and his Luck Dragon, Falkor, on their quest to save Fantasia from the exi...

"Trust the Fungus." - Luigi That's right, we watched 1993's (live-action) "Super Mario Bros" starring: Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo, and Dennis Hopper - just in time for the all new Super Mario Bros (animated) movie, in theaters April 5th, 2023!  In this "Debrief", we also talk about how the 90's Mario Bros movie ranks among other not-so-great video game mo...

Casters of the Lost Pod? With only 87 days until the release of “INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY” (in theaters June 30th, 2023), podcasters from around the globe are on a mission to revisit every movie in the Indy franchise! Entries for Steven Spielberg's "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981) are due on Monday, May 1st...  Promo Featuring: Stephen White of ⁠ Super Mega Crash Bros Tu...