Pop Goes Your World: Gen-X vs. Millennial Pop Culture

Chris and Yancy review the 1985 Gen-X classic movie "Back to the Future". Does the movie hold up after all these years? What does a Millennial think after watching it for the first time? 

Chris and Yancy review the 2008 animated film, "WALL-E". Yancy loves this film as it is set in a dystopian future (which is right up his alley). Chris thinks Yancy needs to expand his horizons a little in regard to his movie choices. 

Chris and Yancy run down their respective lists of their favorite guitar solos of all time.  

Chris and Yancy review the 1987 Generation-X classic, "The Princess Bride". 

Chris and Yancy review the 1997 movie, "Contact". 

Chris and Yancy run down their top 5 lists of the best romantic comedies from their respective generations. 

Chris and Yancy review the movie "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981). Chris nominated this movie for the podcast and it is one of his top 3 favorite films of all time. 

Chris and Yancy review the movie "The Lobster" (2015). Yancy nominated this movie for the podcast and Chris had some strong opinions on the film.  *NOTE* We apologize for the sound quality issue this episode. It is a microphone issue which has been corrected for future recordings. Thank you for your patience and continued support of the show. 

Chris and Yancy discuss they favourite movie sequels of all time from both a Generation X and Millennial perspective. Chris quizzes Yancy on movie sequel titles. 

Chris and Yancy review the 1975 film, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest". Yancy had never seen it so he gives a fresh, Millennial perspective on a Gen-X classic film. 

This week, Chris and Yancy are joined by Sammy Reid from the "Baseballholics Anonymous" podcast to talk about the 1998 movie, "Rounders". Sammy and Yancy talk a lot about poker. Chris considers poker to be a TV fad of the 90's.  

Chris and Yancy take a look back at some of the people that we lost in 2017 and the guys recall some of their favorite pop culture moments from those that left us last year. 

*SPOILER ALERT* It's a Gen-Xer's and Millennial's take on the new "Star Wars" movie, "The Last Jedi". Hint: there will be spoilers. 

This week, Yancy and Chris review the 1978 comedy classic, "Animal House". Chris grew up with this movie. Yancy points out just how un-PC this movie is in today's day and age. Once again, Chris feels really old. 

This week, Yancy and Chris review the 2009 Christopher Nolan film, "The Dark Knight". Chris grew up with Tim Burton's 1989 "Batman" movie. Yancy points out just how old Chris is numerous times on this weeks episode. 

This week, Yancy and Chris run down their respective top 5 Christmas movies and TV specials of all time. Even with the generation gap, there is some crossover in their picks. It is also revealed that Yancy was not aware that Christmas specials are shown on TV every year during the holiday season. The guys also weigh in on whether or not "Die Hard" is a Christmas movie.

This week, Yancy and Chris discuss and review the 1976 movie "Taxi Driver".  This movie was nominated for the podcast by Chris (as one of his Gen-X movie suggestions). Will Yancy love this movie or hate it? 

This week, Yancy and Chris discuss and review the 2006 movie "Children of Men".  This movie was suggested by Yancy (as one of his movie suggestions from the Millennial generation). Chris immediately points out the fact that Yancy nominates movies that are 'dystopian' and 'post-apocalyptic'. The guys discuss this movie in terms of its style and substance. 

This week, Yancy and Chris are joined by regular guest Derek Myers to discuss the idea of 'films' vs. 'movies'. The idea that there is a difference between 'films' and 'movies' was first brought up by Chris on a past episode of the podcast. Yancy felt it was an interesting concept, so the guys invited Derek on the show to discuss the idea further.

This episode, Yancy and Chris discuss and review the 1984 movie "The Killing Fields".  This movie was suggested by Chris (as one of his movie suggestions from Generation X). Chris has stated that this movie is the reason he wanted to become a journalist as a teenager. Will Yancy agree with the film's impact?

Yancy Eaton returns to the podcast! Yancy and Chris discuss and review the 2014 movie "Interstellar". 

With Yancy still away, Chris teams up with regular guest, Derek Myers to discuss the biggest movie disappointments ever. It's not so much about which films were the biggest bombs... instead, the guys focus on the movies that were the biggest disappointments to them personally over the years. 

With Yancy still unavailable, Chris teams up with regular guest, Derek Myers to discuss the best Canadian actors of all time. Considering the fact that both these guys are Canadian, maybe they can provide some insight into this topic. 

This episode, Chris and Yancy run down their favorite cartoons of all time.

There's nothing quite like those movies that you've watched dozens of times. It's the pop culture equivalent of 'comfort food'. This week, Chris and Yancy run down their respective lists of their most re-watchable movies of all time.