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We review "Ready Player 2" and Amazons "The Truth Seekers" How do we feel about Chuck E Cheese and other companies trying to hide their identity to sell through door dash?   What did we think of Ready player 2? Is it a worthy sequel?  At what point does Greg decide to try to be devils advocate? The Truth Seekers comes to Amazon Prime, is the Simon Pegg/Nick Frost series worth a...

We talk about the Supernatural Finale and our overall thoughts.  We have spoilers!  We also talk about our overall feelings on the show and how we thought this wrapped up. We deep dive into Ghostbusters and our fandom.  Whats its lasting impact? Who were the players who made it great? How amazing is William Atherton and his punchable face? What link is there between The Real Ghostbusters and Garfi...

This week we discuss Fast Times at Ridgemont High! Richard has never watched the movie before! So a completely fresh look is made. We discuss the many stars that got their start here, the inspiration behind the movie, and our reaction to its pop culture impact. Whats happening with sports and COVID? What is the chance we get full seasons from the NHL and NBA?  Richard and Johnny have a seemingly e...

Johnny has returned from Chicago with stories! The Mandalorian has returned to the air! Did Sony make the right decision going online only with PS5 sales? Greg got his GPU! Did he get Nvidia or AMD? Does anyone care about wow? The future of the podcast is discussed!

Its Halloween day and Richard and Julie sit down to talk about Halloween.  Julies favorite costume, favorite Halloween movies and Halloween plans are discussed!

This week we discuss the return of Supernatural! The Boys Finale! Why Johnny's internet is so bad! Baseballs playoffs burning as the astros tear through them again. Jurassic World pushed! Schitts Creek in a first watch almost entire binge! New AMD Chips! 

The post mortem of the baseball season leads into a conversation on the Ted Lasso season finale "The hope that kills you." Richard discusses when you get that soda you weren't expecting much to johnnys baffle. The second to last episode of the boys is discussed including a few spoilers. Narrative based video games are and how they are evolving. Do we want Jamie Foxx back as Electro...

We decide to make white noise this week!  We also discuss 50s jazz trumpeters!  Richard poorly attempts to recommend Archer on FXX! John Cena gets a show on HBO Max as the Peacemaker! We talk sports! Ted Lasso comes back up! Greg goes on a long long long talk about video card technology.

This week we get crazy into Ted Lasso again now that everyone is caught up. Greg gets a webcam! We talk the boys in dept after Johnny decided not to watch it anymore! Richard and Johnny talk about the disinformation that's available on the internet.

This week we review Ted Lasso on Apple TV Plus and The Boys Season 2! From there we talk about the big Chris Hemsworth news and the acting return of Rick Moranis! Also Gregs effort to get a webcam come up again!

This week we discuss: Greg not having a webcam!  The current kerfuffle in WWE with Cameo and twitch streams coming down.  Monty Pything and  The Life of Brian in a true review as multiple podcast members had never seen it before!  Whats going on with parodies today and why can't they live up to the standards of the 70s and 80s?  Runtime on Wonder Woman 84.  Nintendo rereleasing Super Mario 3D...

This week we spend some time discussing Jurassic Park in a retrospective 27 years in the making.  How far on the Greg scale did it make it?  We also go into its impact on the movie industry and summer blockbusters. Johnny picks Richard and Gregs brains on Wifi Technology and what's new since the advent of Mesh networks. DC Fandome happened last weekend, what did we like and why was it the Bat...

We review The Greatest Showman, including best songs, a twitter poll and a reddit poll.  How to stop ticket scalpers including Greg bringing up a very old beef and seeing if it still has juice. What mascots are creepy and why is Clark the Chicago Cubs mascot the creepiest? What are gregs thoughts on Scary movies?  Our movie for this week is Jurassic Park!

This week we review An American Pickle and all the depression that comes with it.   Johnny slanders Cotton Eyed Joe. Greg gets abducted by a rogue cab in Italy.  Fortnight leaves iOS and a lawsuit ensues. We decide we're watching The Greatest Showman this week! We discuss Hamilton the Musical. Johnny has a realization about collecting.  Will he continue to collect things?

This week:  Johnny brings up a beef between Greg and Richard to see how many sandwiches he came make from it.  Richard and Greg recount going to Abbey Road and dealing with other people trying to cross the street.  Johnny and Richard give their top 5 songs that help put them into a good mood! The Beatles, ELO, Goldfinger and Taylor Swift are all referenced. Johnny and Richard watch the 1994 fantas...

This week we review Bad Boys For life.  However Richard is hiding a deep dark secret, he's never seen Bad Boys I and II. Johnny admits he doesn't like Jumanji or Kevin Hart.  Johnny craps on Tom Hardy as Bane, but then shows his truly bad opinions on the dark knight franchise.  Dave Batista wants to be Bane. Does anyone want to see a Joel Schumacker cut of Batman forever? How much do you...

Want to hear two grown men complain about toys? Want to hear another grown man die inside while that happens?  Have I got a podcast for you!  We go deep on the issues with Funko and the SDCC exclusives that came out this weekend as well as exposing our hypocrisy while both complaining about dealers and talking about how much we've sold stuff for!  Also included:  A long drawn out discussion o...

Reviews come in for: The Way Back, Satisfactory (PC), Batman Vs Superman Ultimate Edition Richard talks about the Peacock service and gives a review for it from its first week.  Johnny falls in love with Roku.  Falcon and the Winter Soldier gets pushed back.  Disney announces a new Star Wars series for Disney plus.  We discuss our apathy towards the clone wars. Henry Cavill builds a computer and l...

Greg watches someone play Yakuza 5.  Richard watches Angel Has Fallen. Johnny watches a documentary about the ill-fated 1993 Fantastic Four. Richard discusses kicking caffeine and we talk about being cranky. We discuss the shattered ecosystem of the DC shows. We then discuss the Batfleck and if he deserves the blame for the portrayal of Batman in Batman vs Superman and Justice League. 

Favorite Fourth of July movies and movie moments Johnny Recaps Canada Day. Richard lets out his frustrations on independence day resurgence.  We come up with 4 things to watch about America. Greg watched Harley Quinn with Johnny on a virtual bro-date.  How did it go? Did Greg watch the entire movie? Richard Watches Guns Akimbo so you don't have to!

Johnny watches Days of thunder. Greg watches 10 minutes of doom patrol. Richard watches IJ Dinner Party. Richard and Johnny Discuss Michael Keaton returning to Batman and we explain the flashpoint storyline to Greg to see if we can make his head explode.  Johnny and Richard get into a discussion of time travel theories.  We discuss whether batman should get blowback for being on its 4th iteration...

This week... Greg plays Raft, Richard watches Harry potter and complains about Star Wars, Johnny watches Dave Batista in My Spy. That leads to a discussion on.... James Bond, Baseball, College sports.  Johnny gets out the cheese because he is here to absolutely whine.....About who Becky Lynch might be playing in a marvel movie coming up.   We also ask "Are you excited for the king of staten i...

Greg watches Tech videos! Richard regales Johnny and Greg with tales from the UC Econ classes. Johnny watches Birds of Prey and the fantabulous emancipation of one Harley Quinn and wants to fight all the haters about it. Richard watched "Tony Robbins I am not your guru" on netflix and was enthralled. Johnny contemplates his love for Kyle Chandler. The PS5 and state of video games are gon...

Johnny talks about Godzilla 2, Greg talks about Space force, Richard watches the rest of doom patrol! Then we discuss summer blockbusters of the past, movies that make you get chills down your spine and the hair on your neck stick up. This includes moments from a lot of great movies from the last 30 years discussing everything from movies that make greg cry to movies that make johnny cry in frustr...

This week (recorded last week) we will be mainly discussing the DC Universe application and the show slate with it.  Titans, Doom Patrol and Stargirl are all talked about decently in depth. In honor of Julies 7th birthday she gives us her top 3 movies...OF ALL TIME! Our community restaurant we recommend is an old favorite, Skyline!