The Popcorn Isn't Real: Fan Theory Podcast

They did it again, and we've got proof. The Mandalorian and Grogu isn't a Mandalorian story at all. It's the cancelled Book of Boba Fett Season 2 Mando's face glued to it! A Hutt succession war, the return of the Twins, a gladiator pit lifted straight out of a Boba Fett comic, and a flimsy New Republic badge taped over Boba Fett's name to hide the swap. That's twice now that Disney has handed Boba...

Today we have the pleasure of discussing the true sequels to the Original Star Wars films with the writer himself, Timothy Zahn! That's right, we're talking about the legendary Heir to the Empire trilogy. And not just that, but we're asking Zahn to confirm a few highly contested Star Wars theories! Find out if Thrawn is really just Sherlock Holmes in Space, and was the old Luke Skywalker we saw in...

Did you know that the first Alien movie was actually made by John Carpenter in 1974, years before the Alien franchise began? You didn't?? Well then we've got a treat for you! Let's talk about DARK STAR and ALIEN as we prove that a strange beachball-alien is actually the very first Xenomorph on film. Do you like what we do? You can support us at Patreon and get access to exclusive behind the scenes...

Have you ever seen the all-time classic American mountainman film, Jeremiah Johnson starring the great Robert Redford? Or was his name actually Liver-Eatin Johnson? Was Jeremiah's vengeance enacted on the Crow tribe actually all a ploy just to get more livers to eat? We find out once and for all today! Do you like what we do? You can support us at Patreon and get access to exclusive behind the sce...

Did Rumi secretly fall under Gwi-Ma's power and permanently corrupt the honmoon? Was Jinu controlling all the other Saja boys like puppets? And did Netflix totally underestimate how massive this series would become? Tune in as we break down the twists, the lore, and the fantheories around the smash hit K-Pop Demon Hunters! Do you like what we do? You can support us at Patreon and get access to exc...

Listen to the tragic tale of abuse in the Hotel Transylvania series. Was poor Mavis really being controlled, confined and gaslighted by her racist father Dracula for 100 years, and then finally escape her imprisonment through marriage with a human, only to continue to be abused by her husband Jonathan? Get ready for our edgiest theory yet. Previously banned from release, we re-recorded our most in...

Did Luke Skywalker really die because of the world's most avoidable parking ticket? Was Anakin the good guy all along? Was Poe Dameron really a traitor? And what was the true greatest romance in the Star Wars sequel trilogy? Do you like what we do? You can support us at Patreon and get access to exclusive behind the scenes outtakes: https://www.patreon.com/thepopcornisntreal

You can't change the podcast just because you don't like how we're doing it. Can we or can we not talk about I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson? Today we cover a whole bunch of mini theories around the insane sketches in the incomprehensible TV show! Enjoy part two of our breakdown of I Think You Should Leave. Do you like what we do? You can support us at Patreon and get access to exclusiv...

You can't change the podcast just because you don't like how we're doing it. Can we or can we not talk about I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson? Today we cover a whole bunch of mini theories around the insane sketches in the incomprehensible TV show! Do you like what we do? You can support us at Patreon and get access to exclusive behind the scenes outtakes: https://www.patreon.com/thepopc...

Today we're talking about the amazing new Star Wars show, Skeleton Crew! But did you know it's just a rip off of the most classic adventure ever written, Treasure Island? So engage your hyperdrive circuits, because we're going with cabin boy Wim Hawkins and Captain Long Jod Silvo on a trip together to a little planet called At Attin, otherwise known as Treasure Planet! Do you like what we do? You...

For the new year we tackle the mother of all fan theory films, The Shining. Join us as we take on all the strange interpretations that have popped up around this film, including the theories offered in the documentary Room 237. We talk about The Shining being an allegory for the eradication of Native Americans, the idea that it's actually about sex demons, the quirks of director Stanley Kubrick an...

As Jimmy Stewart learned, it certainly is a wonderful life! Or is it actually a wonderful con? Did the richest man in town create an intricate farce to trick the poor, downtrodden George Bailey and steal all the townspeople's money? Listen and find out in this merry Christmas episode! Do you like what we do? You can support us at Patreon and get access to exclusive behind the scenes outtakes: http...

Don't cry for us, our dear listeners. Because we're covering one of the greatest musicals of all time, Evita! What does the revolutionary Che Guevara have to do with the Argentinian First Lady Eva Peron? And did he own a time-traveling motorcycle? Find out the answers to all of this and more as we reveal the secret timeline-hopping life of Che Guevara and all of his exploits with Argentinian dicta...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! And nothing says Halloween more than BEETLEJUICE and the sequel BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE. Oh no! Did we just say it three times? Today we're going to answer the question on everyone's mind, how did Beetlejuice's head get unshrunk after the first movie? And was his ex-wife Delores in the original as well?? Do you like what we do? You can support us at Patreon and get access to exclu...

Who really killed the crew of the Nostromo? Spoiler alert: The Cat did it. Jonesy the cat secretly worked together with the Xenomorphs to arrange the deaths of the entire crew of the Nostromo, and then jetted back home to Earth with Ripley none the wiser! How and why did he do it? Have a listen and find out! This week, our co-host Torvald had the opportunity to be invited on the Microsoft Security...

We're joined by two legendary filmmakers, JOHN FAWCETT creator of ORPHAN BLACK and GINGER SNAPS, and DAMON SANTOSTEFANO director of ANOTHER CINDERELLA STORY! Today we're going to prove for once and for all that these films are in a shared universe, and that through a web of intrigue and espionage, 'Cinderella' clones are being deployed with a special mission to infiltrate and control the elite cla...

Happy Pride Month! Today we talk the unforgettable 90's LGBTQ-themed rom-com - Three to Tango. And we have the pleasure of being joined by none other than the director himself, Damon Santostefano! Turns out, this may actually be a horror film and scream queen Neve Campbell's character was secretly a serial killer with deadly intentions. Do you like what we do? You can support us at Patreon and get...

Have you heard the story of a fallen Star Wars villain who died in the films, but returned from the dead in a TV series to become a crime-lord, taking down the syndicates in his way to rise from the ashes? You may have guessed, this is of course the story of none other than Darth Maul. Wait, you thought I was talking about Boba Fett? Well in that case, listen and learn how Dave Filoni may have rip...

Did you know that Disney greenlit, began production on, and then suddenly scrapped a feature-length Boba Fett film? And directly after that, they started work on a new TV show about a very familiar-looking armor-clad bounty hunter making his way in a galaxy far far away, they called it The Mandalorian. Or... was it The Bobalorian? Today we embark on an epic quest to figure out what Disney has done...

Happy Pi Day! To honor this special occasion, we're going to answer the biggest mystery in all of Seinfeld. Why wouldn't Audrey eat the pie? Was it because she was really a Nazi named Eva? Was she trying to murder Jerry all along? So sit down, enjoy some pie, and have a great Pi Day and always remember, the pie is real! Do you like what we do? You can support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com...

What if Dr. Strange didn't actually travel through the multiverse at all? What if there were no incursions, no Illuminati, no superheroes dead at the hands of Wanda Maximoff? It was all a horrible dream, a nightmare of madness and desperation, carefully crafted and placed into the head of Dr. Strange by none other than The Scarlet Witch herself. All for the sake of vengeance against the man who to...

We need to talk about a small town named Bomont where music is outlawed, and dancing is forbidden. Why, you might ask, would any city make dancing an arrestable offense? Maybe because if they dance, the vibrations will awaken the beasts underground, and gigantic sandworms will burst out and eat everyone! We're absolutely delighted to be joined by S.S. Wilson (creator of Tremors, father of all Grab...

Merry Christmas, one and all! Have you ever actually read the most classic Christmas novel of all time, A Christmas Carol? There's more to it than meets the eye. We don't believe in ghosts, but we do believe in nefarious scammers, who were out to take ol Ebenezer Scrooge for all he was worth! Listen as we prove that the 4 ghosts that visted Scrooge that night were in fact mortal men, actors under...

It's finally happened. The long-believed to be lost 'Hughes Cut' of Planes, Trains and Automobiles has been recovered! Or rather, the pieces of the original cut have been recovered and released. Now, we already covered this movie a year ago, but we like to leave no stone unturned. So we have returned, recompiled The Hughes Cut, and combed through the added hour plus of footage for groundbreaking n...

Today we have the pleasure of talking to Christian Alvart, co-writer and director of 2009 sci-fi horror Pandorum! Let's see if we can prove to him that his existential horror about the vastness of space and the cliff separating us between sanity and oblivion was actually much darker than even he intended! Did everyone die in the end due to the main character Bower succumbing to the mental sickness...