Talking Tropes Podcast

All of our interactions at work, with friends, and with our education are now done through Zoom video chat. Why shouldn't our TV be the same? We take a look at all the fictional TV shows integrating Zoom interfaces into their TV specials and new series.

We continue to watch everything Stanley Tucci has ever done with his 1980s TV guest spots on The Equalizer and Crime Story. We also take a look at what we could find of the forgotten syndicated show The Street, where Tucci stars on a real "show about nothing" but with cops. Follow us on twitter @TalkingTropes

What's the spookiest Halloween tradition of all? Critical theory! We take a look at Jack Halberstam's The Queer Art of Failure and his queer reading of stop-motion animation. We try to apply this reading to the creepiest, spookiest stop-motion filmmaking team of all time: Tim Burton and Henry Selick. That's right, Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride, Coraline, Frankenweenie and more! Happy Ha...

A follow-up on our last mini trope recap. Let's discuss our hottest takes on a slightly disappointing but still charming final season of Netflix's animated show from Radford Sechrist: Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts! Spoilers ahead! Tweet at us @TalkingTropes to let us know what we should do a mini pod on next!

Shocks, surprises, twists of all sizes. We're talking about a director who was pigeon-holed by critics and scholars like us into always being measured by how "satisfying" his twists are. Let's talk about M. Night Shyamalan's best and worst twists. Major spoilers for 6th Sense, Unbreakable, Signs, The Village, Lady in the Water, The Happening, Devil, The Visit, Split, and Glass. Some of the audio i...

Finally, a meaty film role (and by meaty we mean BEEFY) for the Tooch in George Romero's cult classic Monkey Shines which is The Shining meets Rear Window meets Monkey! By far, Romero's strangest film, check out our fun, Tucci-focused recap. Follow us on twitter here for more Tucci content @TalkingTropes Or check out our video podcast here: https://youtu.be/3ltMLgNiN2A

Plenty of furries love Disney, but does Disney love furries? With special guest, filmmaker and documentarian, Dominic Rodriguez, we explore the history of Disney and anthropomorphic animals and how the furry fandom got started. Check out Dominic's film Fursonas (2016) and follow him on twitter @videothewolf Follow us on twitter for more tropes and content @TalkingTropes Listen to our audio podcast...

We continue our binge of the entire IMDB page of actor/director/writer/producer Stanley Tucci. Today, we watch his three appearances in the 1980's iconic cop show: MIAMI VICE!!! Tucci plays a scared witness named Steven Demarco and a NJ mob boss named Frank Mosca as he completely steals the show (as well as stealing a lot of laundered pasta/drug money). You can follow us on twitter for more Tucci...

Two Jews run down the list of comedic interpretations of history's purest evil dictator. From Mel Brooks to Taika Waititi, there's a long, proud history of making fun of Hitler. But what is the actual joke? And how has that joke changed over time? Here's a link to the article I referenced: https://abcnews.go.com/US/head-naacp-branch-fire-anti-semitic-facebook-post/story?id=72101481 Here's the Lind...

The first episode of a new podcast where we watch everything on Stanley Tucci's IMDB page in order. We start with some introductions, then jump right in to Tucci's first film roles: Prizzi's Honor, Kojak: The Price of Justice, and Who's that Girl starring Madonna. You can watch the video podcast here https://youtu.be/-LvNUi8jbjs Or tweet at us @talkingTropes

A little bit late, but we wanted to tell you all to watch Umbrella Academy on Netflix. Season 2 is just as good as Season 1 but with more daddy issues! Follow us on twitter @talkingTropes!

Hannah, David, and Chris @Compenderizer talk about the 6th Ranger trope throughout the Power Rangers franchise and beyond! Tweet @TalkingTropes to suggest a future trope topic!

We're taking a little hiatus, but before we go, we wanted to tell you about a wonderful little Netflix animated show about a post-apocalyptic world with talking animals and great characters! It's Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts! Tweet at us what you want us to recap next @talkingTropes

Wait, how can it be whitewashing if they're animes? And look! Shyamalan has more POCs than James Cameron in his big budget 3D Avatar movie, so I guess we're all good. Hannah and I do a little bonus recap as part of our "Avatar the Last Korra" recap series where we compare and contrast Avatar the Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra episode by episode. Check out the recaps from the beginning here...

Hannah and David watch 100 100th episodes of America's most popular TV shows. I guess some people think it's easy to make a hundred. We know better. Tweet your favorite 100th episodes @TalkingTropes

This week we dive inside your TV, and so do your favorite TV characters! From the Teen Titans to Community, Fairly Odd Parents to My Name is Earl, we investigate what it is about seeing TV characters get transported into their own medium that writers and audiences love so much. We were even lucky enough to have the most recent example of the trope airing on TV! Listen now to find out which shows a...

It's time to say goodbye to the Gaang and Team Avatar as they each confront their final foes. Let's see how these two shows measure up to each other and reflect back on 113 episodes of elemental action. Let us know what recap series you'd like to hear next on twitter @talkingtropes

Now that it's over, let's discuss the queen of queer redemption arcs, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power! Spoilers abound.

Row row, fight the power of a giant Mecha Suit made out of platinum. Meanwhile Katara and Zuko seek sweet vengeance and the Gaang goes to the theater. WE'RE ALMOST DONE WITH THIS RECAP!!! ATLA B3E16 The Southern Raiders ATLA B3E17 The Ember Island Players Korra B4E11 Kuvira's Gambit Korra B4E12 Day of the Colossus

Snowpiercer, Mortal Engines, and Battlestar Galactica represent three approaches to the same story: urban spaces need to be packed up and transformed into vehicles in order for humanity to survive. What do these stories represent within capitalism and what does society look like when it is put on wheels and must constantly move forward?

Two prison breaks in the same podcast? It must be Christmas. Sokka and Zuko go on a secret mission to the Boiling Rock, while Bolin annoys the Beifongs (and us) going to save Opal's parents and siblings. Also Aang learns firebending and Korra fights vines? ATLA B3E13: The Firebending Masters ATLA B3E14: The Boiling Rock Part 1 ATLA B3E15: The Boiling Rock Part 2 LoK B4E9: Beyond the Wilds LoK B4E1...

Aang invades the Fire Nation capital in the most action packed high stakes episode yet! Meanwhile Korra has two recap episodes in a row, one of which is a clip show. Why? Budgets. ATLA B3E10 The Day of Black Sun Part 1: The Invasion ATLA B3E11 The Day of Black Sun Part 2: The Eclipse ATLA B3E12 The Western Air Temple Lok B4E7 Reunion LoK B4E8 Remembrances

It's 4/20 BABY!!!!!!! What is the stoner flick, and why does it persist? We explored the depths of bro humor to discover the origins of the genre and to find out what keeps it churning... turns out the answer is just weed.

Happy Easter everyone! Today we're exploring the film adaptations of the life and deeds of Jesus Christ. Hard to believe that Godspell and Jesus Christ Superstar were both released the same year, right? And then adapted to films the same year! The 70s were weird, man.

We run through all three film adaptations of Richard Matheson's novel "I Am Legend" to discuss pandemics, isolation, and dehumanization. Themes which obviously have no relevance to what we're going through now. Spoilers for The Last Man on Earth (1964), The Omega Man (1971), and I am Legend (2007).