Thinking Outside The Long Box

We're going back thirty one years, all the way back to 1992 in order to talk about today's pop culture classic! This movie choice pretty much came out of left field, and was only chosen because of some funny happenings at Juan's work! We are talkinga bout the Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson film, White Men Can't Jump! "Billy Hoyle (Woody Harrelson) is a white basketball hustler who banks on blac...

Whenever there is something new coming from M. Night Shyamalan, we're divided as to how to feel about it. He certainly has some good movies under his belt, that are super creative in their execution. BUT, because of that need for his films to have some kind of "twist" some of his films have been created just for the twist. BUT, Knock At the Cabin is a refreshingly good film! "While vacationing at...

When I say that the fanbase of today's topic was so excited for this series to come, it would be a tremendous understatement. When the first episode came out, the fans were already saying that it was going to be the best series of the year. Now, while that praise for the first episode might be a little much, The Last of Us did not disappoint at all through the rest of the first season! "Based on t...

Justin Long has a career filled with so many different films that are designed to ensure that all you do is laugh. His career has mostly been designed to keep people happy, and excited to come back. This film presents a completely different attitude than most of Justin's films, and is way more in line with what he is doing now. We are of course talking about the 2022 film, Barbarian! "A young woma...

It's pop culture classic time, and we're going all the way back to 1989 for this crazy ride!! This film seems to be an amalgamation of a couple of different movies, and it definitely shows as you watch the film. Whether you think that's good or bad, is something that you need to decide for yourself. But, we are watching the 1989 movie, Leviathan!! "Hired by Martin (Meg Foster), the head of a major...

We are here to talk about a series so nice, we had to talk about it twice! The Legend of Vox Machina is a mixture of a bunch of different genres, and a bunch of different emotions. The reason for this is because it plays exactly like a game of Dungeons & Dragons. You have your serious moments, and a lot of light hearted moments mixed in with a ton of fantasy elements! We're here to talk about the...

Two decades after the original tv show aired, in universe, comes the sequel series to a very popular show! That 70's Show was crazy popular at its height, and a sequel series has already been tried, which failed miserably! BUT, we're here to talk about That 90's Show, and I'm here to tell you that it is worth all of the time to check it out on Netflix! "The show centers on Leia Forman, the teenage...

Today's episode is about a prequel series! We're talking about a series that is trying to hold on to some of the hype and the nostalgia from Supernatural, which was, and still is, a VERY popular tv show. Because of this, the prequel, The Winchesters, was created. As of the publishing of this episode, there still is no word on whether the second season has been greenlit or not, but the first full s...

Today's sequel is a sequel that is thirteen years in the making! There had been rumors of an Avatar sequel ever since the first movie came out in 2009! Well, it's finally here, and we're talking about it. It is Avatar: The Way of Water! "Jake Sully and Ney'tiri have formed a family and are doing everything to stay together. However, they must leave their home and explore the regions of Pandora. Wh...

Today's topic takes us back to 2009! Fourteen years ago, the world was taken by storm, and people flocked to the movie theaters in order to see what all the hype was about. James Cameron had created a movie, that not only was popular, but changed the way that many movies looked, at this point in movie history! We are of course talking about one of his most popular movies, Avatar! "On the lush alie...

When Doyle recommended today's subject, I honestly had no idea what I was getting myself into, because I'd never heard of the movie before. All he told me that it was a western, and that was enough for me to give it a chance! When I saw that Tim Blake Nelson was in it, it made me even more excited, but I thought that I was getting a western comedy. We are in fact talking about Old Henry! "A quiet...

Today we're talking about the very first episodic TV show that stars the one and only Sylvester Stallone! It's crazy to think that after the career he has had all of this time, it's never included any real time on a TV show. BUT, this was definitely the TV show to start with, Tulsa King! "Tulsa King follows New York Mafia capo Dwight "The General" Manfredi, just after he is released from prison af...

Today's episode is a double shot of Willow! We are combining our pop culture classic episode, with it's newer version!! We are of course talking about Willow, which now has a bit of a universe. The movie was quite a spectacle when it originally aired, and it was even more so, when the TV show was unexpectedly announced!! "Enter the world of "Willow." Journey to the far corners of your imagination,...

While it didn't dominate our episodes, 2022 saw the return of topics that originally dominated this podcast! We used to talk about comic books much more than we have currently, and 2022 brought a return to the good ole comic books! A part of this episode is a look back at our favorite comic books of last year! PLUS, while we don't talk about them a ton during the podcast, they are always lurking i...

Every time we get together to record, we take a look back into our past. Whether it's a TV show, or an older movie, we always want to look into our past in order to reminisce about something. Sometimes those things are good to take a look back at, and sometimes they are exactly the opposite to what we remember. 2022 was chalk full of of these types of subjects!! Today's episode is all about taking...

We're back at it again! Still taking the time to wrap up the year 2022!! Trust me, the news of 2023 stuff is coming, but we want to take a few episodes to look back on how 2022 treated us! Aside from the end of the year, it was a pretty good year! For this episode, we're talking about our favorite TV shows of the year, as well as some runner ups, and we take a look at some lists that have been wri...

Still reeling from a crazy and crappy December, which apparently is just not my month, historically. We're BACK with all new episodes to start 2023!! Like always, we do a recap of our favorite items from 2022! Our first recap are our favorite movies from last year!! We, of course, talk about what our favorite film of the year was, but we also talk generally just talk about some of the other films...

There are a few times in history, where a popular IP will try and put out a holiday special, to try and give the fans more of whatever that IP is. Well, there haven't been many of those that were good (if any), and so there were many people who were afraid that this Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special would be more of the same, when it comes to holiday episodes/movies. "Star-Lord, Drax, Rocket...

We're going way back in time for today's episode! Not back in our time though, back in time chronologically in the Star Wars universe! Today's topic is a prequel to both Rogue One, and the original Star Wars A New Hope! We are of course talking about the newest series, and the fourth live action series in the Star Wars universe, Andor! "Season 1 (2022) No. Five years before the Battle of Yavin, Ca...

Here we are at the end of something that, for the last eleven years, has brought a lot of joy, and yes some heartbreak to a lot of fans lives. The Walking Dead has been a tradition for a lot of peoples' Sundays for a long time now, even if some of those Sundays left us with tears in our eyes. The Walking Dead has come to an end, and we're here to talk about the very last episode of the series. ""R...

At the time of this posting, we recorded about the final season of today's topic, as the final episode of the series had not come out yet. SO, this is a reaction on the bulk of the series, but doesn't include any reaction to the last episode, which is coming in the future. We are of course talking about the series finale, season, of The Walking Dead! "The eleventh and final season of The Walking D...

The circumstances under which we found ourselves in the Black Panther sequel were completely unfortunate, but the popularity of Black Panther guaranteed that there would be a sequel, with or without Chadwick Boseman. The ship was much harder to steer without him, but we're talking about that sequel today, Wakanda Forever! "Queen Ramonda, Shuri, M'Baku, Okoye and the Dora Milaje fight to protect th...

1996 was the year of the aliens!! Independence Day came out this summer, in a race to beat our topic, to the theaters. The Independence Day creators never thought that they would be taken seriously if they made their movie come out after Mars Attacks! So, we were treated to both movies that year, and we are talking about the sillier of the two movies! "A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the w...

Are you a fan of time travel? Are you a fan of time travel series that are actually about time travel, plus have a really good storyline that strings everything together? If you are, then The Peripheral is the show for you! "After completing a dangerous mission, the repercussions inadvertently affect her life in her current world. She becomes wanted by multiple parties, but must seek answers in th...

I'm not quite sure how anticipated today's topic of choice was when it was first announced, but it has caught so much steam since it's arrival! Generally neither of our team is huge Addams family fans, but man is this not your typical Addams family story!! We are of course talking about the Netflix series, Wednesday! "Wednesday's cold, emotionless personality and her defiant nature make it difficu...