What We've Watched Podcast

With the completion of the ST:TNG rewatch pod it's time for us to pick a new TV series and we've been excited to get to this one - so begins a watch through of Patrick McGoohan's 1967 surreal show - The Prisoner. In this first episode we chat about the pilot and stuff related to the production of the show.

This week's episode we do a double feature of two classic Mel Brooks films, Silent Movie (1976) and High Anxiety (1977).

Once more we journey into the dead filled films of Mr. Romero, this time with 1985's Day of the Dead.

For some time we have wanted to do a series about the actors we love but figuring out how to split them up was the hook - we decided the best way for us to do it by decade, so this week we are starting with the our favorite actors of the 1940's.

We convene on the deck of the Enterprise for one last episode with our thoughts on the series. We talk about how we rated the seasons and our best and worst episodes and characters. Discussions of things that could have been and how we feel about the series as a whole. Over the last 5+ years we recorded 176 episodes for a project we were not even sure was going to last a single season, yet here we...

Buckle up for this one folks - this week we watched the gore-comedy (and Ray Liotta's last film) film Cocaine Bear and wow is it a movie! We haven't seen anything quite like it in a while and it doesn't pull any punches.

This week we continue the Romero Journey with 1978's Dawn of the Dead, the original zombies in a mall film, famous beyond famous and really kicking off an entire genre of film.

As we continue to look at decades gone by we find ourselves watching a low key crime drama and hidden gem from 1973 staring Robert Mitchum and Peter Boyle.

Everyone likes Tetris and this film tells the crazy story of how we were all able to get a chance to play it.

He we are, after 174 episodes of ReTNG, with the finale of the seventh season - All Good Things. Join us as we discuss this double length episode and how it pays respects to the series.

How we never got around to doing this top 5 in the last seven years has baffled us but here we are - Top 5 Movies About Making Movies. We have our own takes on what we wanted to include as the potential films to draw from is enormous. What did we pick? Listen and find out.

In this the penultimate episode of Re:TNG we take a look at an episode that features Lt. Roe, the Maquis and a plot designed to trick viewers into watching the other Trek shows.

Michael Bay is back in fine form with completely over the top bananas level crime caper, part Heat, part Blues Brothers, part who know what! Buckle up!

This week TNG gives a top notch episode with all the cast in full form as the computer aboard the Enterprise gives "birth" to new life.

The original living dead film hit our screens this week full of ideas that seem tired and rote now but when Romero brought them to out in 1968 with Night of the Living Dead they were brand new and quite shocking!

This week we take a look at a 1963 Japanese crime film directed by Akira Kurosawa - High and Low.

As we come to a close on the series the writers decided to remind us of an even that happened in season 1 with the return of DaiMon Bok and introduce a mysterious person that could be Picard's son.

This week we look back at a much visited classic story with one of its best versions, 1931's Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde.

As we begin to wind down the series we get one last look at the often forget father-son relationship of Worf and Alexander in a episode that has some real surprises.

What if a scifi movie had a 2010 budget, came out in 2000, looked like 1995 and felt like it was written in 1985? Welcome to Battlefield Earth!

Season 7 has had it's ups and downs but oh boy does this one take the cake for so many reasons it's actually a little baffling. For one final time we can all say "Shut up Wesley!"

Why does this ridiculously bizarre looking, barley above student level B-movie have 61% on Rotten Tomatoes? We had to investigate!

This week's episode guest stars everyone's (?) favorite bumbling Star Fleet officer Broccoli er I mean Reginald Barclay! And oops hijinks ensue!

Picking up from the remnants of the failed "dark cinematic universe", Leigh Whannell takes the reigns on with a twist on a classic film, The Invisible Man.

For our February look back we watched one of Marylin Monroe's first films and one of three that she did in 1953, the film noir Niagara.