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Do you and your friends speak in movie quotes? Do you trade Spongebob memes back and forth with your loved ones? Do you have to rely on the ”Are You Still Watching?” message to let you know it’s time to bathe and stop procrastinating? If you answered yes to any (or all) of these questions, come hang out with us every other week! Media can play a huge role in shaping who we are. Sometimes it makes us idolize Jeff Goldblum as a sex symbol. Sometimes a lack of representation makes you feel invisible. As hosts, siblings Carie and Ross will analyze this phenomenon by breaking down a favorite movie or television show and how the sights, sounds, and messages of media have followed our generation throughout our lives. So pour your favorite beverage, relax, and explore how our shared experiences with movies and television messed us up as a generation. There will be laughter, there will be sadness, and THERE WILL BE discussions about homosexual subtext in children’s animation. Theme Song by Tune Tank: https://tunetank.com/tracks/5611-vacation
Episodes
Monday Dec 18, 2023
Edward Scissorhands or: How I Learned to Spot the Beauty in the Spooky
Monday Dec 18, 2023
Monday Dec 18, 2023
*This week, we unpack one of Tim Burton's finest films, Edward Scissorhands (1990). Ross gets a good boop of serotonin from a film he's not seen in many years, Carie has a less than charming head cannon about who Edward might have been modeled after, and the siblings examine the contrast of the beautiful and the spookable, and how the film's motif makes them less than mutually exclusive...
Monday Dec 11, 2023
Gremlins or: How I Learned There Are Creatures in the Coffee Maker
Monday Dec 11, 2023
Monday Dec 11, 2023
This week, we're talking about Joe Dante's classic horror comedy, Gremlins (1984). Ross rediscovers his need to fight and die for the Mogwai, Gizmo, Carie derails the entire recording by making an unfortunate visual comparison, and the siblings debate whether or not the message of Gremlins is one of xenophobia, or simply one of horrific Yuletide silliness.
Monday Dec 04, 2023
Black Christmas or: How I Became Terrified of the Piano
Monday Dec 04, 2023
Monday Dec 04, 2023
Welcome to Spooky Christmas, lil onions! We're kicking off this horrific season with coverage of the classic 1974 Canadian slasher, Black Christmas. Ross has nothing but good things to say about his first official viewing of the classic inspired by the legend of the Babysitter and the Man Upstairs. Carie defends her decision to cover the '74 film outside of the timeline, and also must explain to Ross why he would not have appreciated the 2006 remake. Also, shoutout to Olivia Hussey's hair in its defining supporting role of the film.
Monday Nov 27, 2023
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring [PATREON TEASER]
Monday Nov 27, 2023
Monday Nov 27, 2023
Lil Onions, this week we are giving you a sneak preview of what's going on over on the Patreon here at the end of the year! We're covering Peter Jackson's adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy, and wanted to give you guys a look at what you're missing! We're having so much fun, both with the deep lore, with the help of Gavin the Inkling, as well as our general disillusionment for Frodo Baggins' mission to get the ring to Mount Doom. If you want to hear the full episode, you'll have to go check it out at the link below, and stay tuned for more Lord of the Rings content for the rest of the year.
Monday Nov 20, 2023
JFK or: How I Learned Oliver Stone is Unhinged (Pt.2)
Monday Nov 20, 2023
Monday Nov 20, 2023
HO BOY. Here we GO. TRIGGER WARNING FOR GUNSHOTS and a lot of other really upsetting nonsense this week, lil onions. Today, we are blessedly closing out our coverage of Oliver Stone's truly unhinged dramatization of the assassination of John F. Kennedy with part two of JFK (1991). The trial of Clay Shaw begins and so does the rising of Ross's blood pressure. Carie struggles throughout with the information dump that is heaped upon her, and the siblings come straight up to the line of giving Kevin Costner a compliment about his acting.
Monday Nov 13, 2023
JFK or: How I Learned Oliver Stone is Unhinged (Pt.1)
Monday Nov 13, 2023
Monday Nov 13, 2023
This week, we are cracking open one of the most frustrating nuts in American history through Oliver Stone's historical dramatization, JFK (1991). We're so tired we can't even see straight, y'all. Ross's one ask for mainfeed this year was covering this incredibly long message board dump known as JFK, Oliver Stone's dramatization of the events surrounding the trial of Clay Shaw and his alleged connections to the assassination of president John F. Kennedy, and one New Orleans DA's mission to prove that the killing was a carefully orchestrated mission to eliminate Kennedy from the political landscape by entities both foreign and domestic. TRIGGER WARNING for racism, sexism, and white men being awful in general, as well as gunshot sound effects. Stay tuned for special segments of Ross' History Corner, as well as Carie screaming and groaning through all of the "information" introduced through Stone's film. Guys, do your own reading on the JFK assassination, because the math isn't mathing, but Oliver Stone also bends over backwards to misrepresent verifiable facts. Glad you could join us on this long, frustrating journey. Look out for part two next week!
Monday Nov 06, 2023
[REBROADCAST] The Iron Giant or: How I Learned to Choose My Own Path
Monday Nov 06, 2023
Monday Nov 06, 2023
Sorry we're missing out on the aforementioned National Treasure coverage this week, but Ross and I have reorganized our November lineup so we can bring you something even BETTER: a special preview of our Patreon coverage of the blueprint for high fantasy as imagined by Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings later in the month.
We'll be back next week with our two-parter coverage of Oliver Stone's JFK (1991), and in the meantime if you're starved for new content, please go subscribe to our PATREON! For just $5, you'll get instant access to over a year's worth of content, including our full coverage of HBO's John Adams, and Mike Flanagan's The Haunting of Hill House. We also cover our movie-going experiences, including Barbie and The Exorcist: Believer, not to mention our Mad Men coverage, AND our bloopers and quiz shows. Join us next week for some regularly scheduled programming and tune in to the Patreon for more exciting content.
[REBROADCAST]
Y'ALL THE BIG BABY TEARS ARE WELLIN'!!! Carie and Ross break down an early childhood favorite, Brad Bird's The Iron Giant. The siblings are aghast at the movie's conceptual depth, Ross lusts after more than one animated character, and Carie actually sobs at the end. Full on tears streaming out of her eyes.
Related Media: If you'd like to hear our buddies, The Equelizers take a stab at an Iron Giant sequel, don't miss their episode entitled: The Iron Army (With Jessie Fleming)
Monday Oct 30, 2023
Halloween or: How I Learned Not to Turn My Back on Michael Myers
Monday Oct 30, 2023
Monday Oct 30, 2023
This week, lil onions, we are fudging the timeline as we discuss John Carpetner's signature film, Halloween (1978). Carie expresses a great deal of love for one of our original scream queens, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ross lauds the presence of one of the better characters in the film, THE MOVIE SCORE, and the siblings discuss the stain that a traumatic event can leave on a particular location. If you are still hungry for Halloween content at this time, lil onions, you can go over to our Patreon where we are currently covering the Exorcist franchise in the form of the original film, The Exorcist (1973), and our filmgoing experience of Exorcist: Believer right now for just $5!
Monday Oct 23, 2023
Monday Oct 23, 2023
TRIGGER WARNING FOR ALL THINGS HORRIBLE--Whether its SA, murder, or cannibalism, there are all manner of things to be wary of here--HOWEVER the siblings are in there wheelhouse today! We're talking about Tim Burton's adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim masterpiece Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007). In this episode, the siblings are lauding Stephen Sondheim's ability to bring feeling to a detached UK legend, remarking on how the movie cast differs from the original Stephen Sondheim vision, and will also be proffering a pitch for a Tim Burton-themed restaurant.
Monday Oct 16, 2023
Hide and Seek or: How I Learned to Question EVERYONE
Monday Oct 16, 2023
Monday Oct 16, 2023
Who's ready for some unhinged folie a deux, lil onions? This week the siblings unpack one of their mysterious faves from childhood, Hide and Seek (2006) Robert DeNiro is in a confusing paternal role, Dakota Fanning is doing her Maculay Culkin thing, and the siblings have to parse out a number of potential endings that completely contextualize how a viewer will look at this film.