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Episode 290. It's Apple April, where we're exploring content from Apple TV+. This week is the first season of Hello Tomorrow!, a 2023 workplace dramedy set in a retro-futuristic world. Jack Billings left his family behind to become a traveling salesman for Brightside, a timeshare development on the moon. When his son unknowingly attends one of his sales seminars, he decides to take the boy under his wing as a new employee, waiting until the right moment to reveal that he's his long-absent father. This isn't Jack's only secret, and the moon might not be the ideal destination he promises. We discuss the show's themes of hard truths vs. gentle lies, what it means to believe in a dream and fake it until you make it, the impressive production design, and robot hands.
(00:00) - Intro(00:04) - Welcome and banter(04:03) - Non-spoiler thoughts on Hello Tomorrow!(15:40) - Housekeeping(19:05) - Spoilers!! Hello Tomorrow!(01:20:54) - Review Show Bingo(01:24:15) - Recommendations(01:37:11) - What we are discussing next episode(01:42:26) - Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ -
Episode 289. We're discussing Jordan Peele's 2019 horror film Us, about a family whose beach house is invaded by horrifying dopplegangers of themselves, after the mother survived an encounter with one of them when she was younger. We discuss the puzzling origin of these doubles and the unnerving abruptness of the movie's ending, dream logic, liminal spaces, and buff nerds.
(00:00) - Intro(00:04) - Welcome and banter(01:35) - Non-spoiler thoughts on Us(13:41) - Housekeeping(17:21) - Spoilers!! Us(01:05:04) - Review Show Bingo(01:13:16) - Recommendations(01:21:27) - What we are discussing next episode(01:24:37) - Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ -
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Episode 288. Friend of the show and master of electricity Ignacio Rojas joins us to talk about Weathering With You, a 2019 anime movie from director Makoto Shinkai. 15-year-old Hodaka runs away from home to start a new life in Tokyo, where he meets Hina, another teenager working to support herself and her kid brother. Hina is secretly a "sunshine girl" who can summon the sun and banish clouds, which the two use to earn money during an intensely rainy season, but the power could cost Hina her life. We discuss how this compares to Shinkai's earlier film Your Name, the accurate Tokyo settings down to a real McDonald's, themes of finding your own happiness on an alternate path in life, and your "senpai" being a 10-year-old with two girlfriends.
(00:00) - Intro(00:04) - Welcome and banter(07:41) - Non-spoiler thoughts on Weathering With You(16:26) - Housekeeping(21:34) - Spoilers!! Weathering With You(01:08:09) - Review Show Bingo(01:12:30) - Recommendations(01:19:07) - What we are discussing next episode(01:22:00) - Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ -
Episode 287. We read the 12-issue DC limited series The Human Target, from writer Tom King and artist Greg Smallwood. Christopher Chance is the Human Target, a secret operative you can hire to masquerade as you and take the hits from your enemies. He drinks a poison meant for Lex Luthor and has only 12 days left to live. He's determined to use this time to solve who is behind this assassination attempt, and all signs point to a member of the Justice League International. We discuss how much DC knowledge you need before reading this story, the juxtaposition of classic noir tropes with a bright mid-century art style, and comparisons to the prolific poisoning-based story The Emperor's New Groove.
(00:00) - Intro(00:04) - Welcome and banter(03:01) - Non-spoiler thoughts on The Human Target(15:52) - Housekeeping(20:26) - Spoilers!! The Human Target(01:12:27) - Review Show Bingo(01:15:14) - Recommendations(01:24:35) - What we are covering next episode(01:26:48) - Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ -
Episode 286. We watched the 1985 detective show Moonlighting, an early "dramedy" and legend in will-they-won't-they romance. After a crooked accountant steals her money, former supermodel Maddie Hayes bets everything on her one remaining business asset, a small detective agency. She teams up with the goofy but effective PI David Addison, and the two bicker and flirt while solving a variety of odd crimes. We discuss the jarring shifts from poignant drama to screwball comedy, the receptionist who answers every phone call in rhyme, David bringing Chester Cheetah energy, romantic soft focus lenses, and a standout Christmas episode.
(00:00) - Intro(00:04) - Welcome and banter(02:13) - - Non-spoiler thoughts on Moonlighting(20:29) - Housekeeping(25:20) - Spoilers!! Moonlighting(01:12:06) - Review Show Bingo(01:19:48) - Recommendations(01:29:44) - What we are discussing next week(01:34:17) - Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ -
Episode 285. We watched season one of the Netflix animated series Blue Eye Samurai. At the time when baby Mizu was born with blue eyes, all outsiders were banned from Japan and the only white men known to be in the country were heinous criminals. After growing up an outcast, Mizu is now an adult trained in the sword, determined to find and kill those men. We discuss the impressive fight choreography, the surprising amount of blood and sex, horny poetry, and characters with speech impediments.
(00:00) - Intro(00:04) - Welcome and banter(04:24) - Non-spoiler thoughts on Blue Eye Samural(15:28) - Housekeeping(21:22) - Spoilers!! Blue Eye Samurai(01:16:06) - Review Show Bingo(01:20:49) - Recommendations(01:26:10) - What we are discussing next week(01:28:24) - Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ -
Episode 284. The Whatnauts answer the call to discuss all four movies under the Ghostbusters banner: the 1984 original, the 1989 sequel, the 2016 soft remake, and the 2021 "rebootquel" Ghostbusters: Afterlife. We discuss how the franchise has always appealed to children even when it wasn't made for them, how anyone can become a ghostbuster, city pride, spooky paintings, when do homages start to feel repetitive, Stephen King vibes, and what we want to see from the new Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire movie later this year.
(00:00) - Intro(00:04) - Welcome and banter(03:54) - Non-spoiler thoughts on the Ghostbusters franchise(16:52) - Housekeeping(21:48) - Spoilers!! The Ghostbusters franchise(01:44:59) - Ignacio joins the party(01:49:45) - Recommendations(01:57:42) - What we are covering next episode(01:59:35) - Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ -
Join us for the 8th anniversary retrospective, which we've now declared will be called a Grand Prix! Just try to stop us!! Kyle and Melissa gather for our annual pizza awards banquet for favorite Review Show topics, best performances, biggest surprises, and for the first time ever, a two-time Dream Date winner. We also debut a new structure for the Review Show and Captain's Log starting in 2024! Master of electricity Ignacio joins us for a rousing discussion on southern California theme parks, and we name our goals for the year ahead.
(00:00) - Intro(00:16) - Welcome and banter(05:53) - What's the deal with "Grand Prix"(08:43) - Review Show awards(51:46) - Housekeeping(56:57) - Changes coming to The Whatnauts(01:11:29) - Ignacio joins the party(01:17:37) - Catching up with Melissa(01:21:24) - Are we board game people?(01:37:57) - Ignacio and Kyle's video games of the year(01:44:05) - Melissa snaps us out of our video game haze(01:51:44) - New segment: What the hell are we talking about?(02:04:20) - Our most anticipated movies and shows of 2024(02:14:36) - Goals for next year(02:24:12) - Just a few quick interesting stats(02:30:38) - Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ -
Episode 283. Happy holidays! We're ending the year by watching a two-part Christmas special from the animated family sitcom Bob's Burgers: season 8 episodes 6 and 7, titled "The Bleakening." When the family's Christmas tree is stolen from a party at their restaurant, Linda and Bob search for the culprit to get their kids' handmade ornaments back, while the kids suspect an anti-Santa known as the "Bleaken," who will prevent them from getting any presents. We discuss Linda's sincere love for the cruddy ornaments, meeting other local business owners in town, and the show's original musical numbers.
(00:00) - Intro(00:04) - Welcome and banter(03:32) - Spoiler free thoughts: Bob's Burgers Holiday Special: The Bleakening (s8e6-7)(12:40) - Housekeeping(18:55) - Spoilers!! Bob's Burgers Holiday Special: The Bleakening (s8e6-7)(35:05) - Recommendations(41:53) - Pitching what we cover next week(43:57) - Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ -
Episode 282. Somebody stop us! We're talking about the 1994 living cartoon that is The Mask. Stanley Ipkiss is a hapless pushover who discovers a mask that, according to the original DVD packaging, "brings his innermost desires to wild, screaming life!" We discuss the Looney Tunes antics, impossible pajamas, piles of loose cash, the discovery of Cameron Diaz, and the '90s and early 2000s run of pulp stories harkening back to the '30s and '40s.
(00:00) - Intro(00:04) - Welcome and banter(02:43) - Spoiler free thoughts: The Mask(18:52) - Housekeeping(24:13) - Spoilers!! The Mask(01:11:01) - Bingo check in(01:13:28) - Recommendations(01:24:41) - Pitching what we cover next week(01:29:59) - Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ -
Episode 281. We conclude our discussion on the original Hellboy comics, covering volumes 10-12, where Hellboy has to finally face his world-changing destiny and pay the ultimate price to stop others from using him in their malevolent plans. We discuss the one-shot stories bringing Hellboy to luchador matches in Mexico and the haunted woods of Appalachia, what the devil looks like if Hellboy has already taken the classic devil look, and how having your heart ripped from your chest generally means that you die.
(00:00) - Intro(00:04) - Welcome and banter(01:56) - Spoiler free thoughts: Hellboy vol. 10-12(08:57) - Housekeeping(14:09) - Spoilers!! Hellboy vol. 10-12(01:05:05) - Bingo check in(01:05:33) - Recommendations(01:13:25) - Pitching what we cover next week(01:14:51) - Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ -
Episode 280. We had an A+ time with this B-movie, Brendan Steere's 2017 bad-on-purpose creature feature The VelociPastor. After priest Doug Jones sees his parents die in a car fire, he travels to China to clear his head, and encounters a mystical artifact that turns him into a velociraptor. He decides to use this power for good, ridding his city of drug dealers and ninjas. We discuss the moments of genuinely interesting film technique, calling a man younger than you "son," our admiration for Carol the sex worker/doctor/lawyer with a heart of gold, and plans for the sequel.
(00:00) - Intro(00:04) - Welcome and banter(02:44) - Spoiler free thoughts: The Velocipastor(10:42) - Housekeeping(15:08) - Spoilers!! The Velocipastor(01:13:54) - Bingo check in(01:15:48) - Recommendations(01:25:38) - Pitching what we cover next week(01:29:16) - Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ -
Episode 279. We watched the puzzling 2019 neo-noir film Under the Silver Lake, written and directed by David Robert Mitchell. Sam is an aimless slacker who falls for a cute new neighbor, and after he finds her apartment suddenly vacated, he becomes determined to find the missing girl. A series of cryptic clues leads him through LA's hipster party scene all the way to a conspiracy in the shadowy upper echelons of society. We discuss the detailed codes and easter eggs hidden in the film, Andrew Garfield's wild physical performance, being too horny to fear for your own safety, and adult men drinking milk.
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Episode 278. We watched the 1966 Ingmar Bergman film Persona. A young nurse is hired to care for an actress who went mute after a breakdown. The two go to a secluded beach house to recuperate, with the nurse constantly talking in hopes of coaxing her patient out of this psychosomatic state, while the identities of the two women start to blur. We discuss the avant garde imagery, the unnervingly sparse settings, and who that mysterious boy is supposed to represent.
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Episode 277. Happy "Helloween" as we continue discussing the adventures of our pal Hellboy, with volumes 7-9 from writer Mike Mignola and new artist Duncan Fegredo. Old foes return to strike at Hellboy, and he learns surprising secrets about the human half of his lineage. We discuss the introduction of mainstream King Arthur mythology into this series based on more obscure folklore, making out with a goat, and crashing on a ghost's couch.
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Episode 276. We watched season one of the 2017 Netflix crime thriller Mindhunter, based on true events. In 1977, the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit begins a groundbreaking study into serial killers, traveling the country to interview incarcerated murderers to learn more about their patterns and processes, in the hopes of identifying future killers and stopping them before they start. We discuss the show's own haunting and darkly comedic patterns, making friends with the abyss, and exploding birds.
(00:00) - - Intro(00:04) - - Welcome and banter(04:04) - - Spoiler free thoughts: Mindhunter S1(15:00) - - Housekeeping(20:19) - - Spoilers!! Mindhunter S1(01:31:01) - - Bingo check in(01:31:38) - - Recommendations(01:41:03) - - Pitching what we cover next week(01:53:44) - - Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ -
Episode 275. We watched the 1998 horror movie The Faculty, from writer Kevin Williamson and director Robert Rodriguez. A mis-matched crew of high school students come together when they suspect their teachers are being taken over by aliens, and they need to use a popular new homebrewed drug to kill the alien queen and save those who have been infected. We discuss the twists on traditional high school archetypes, a very subtle theater kid joke, alluding to sex but not actually seeing it, and standing in a lawn sprinkler.
00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:04 - Welcome and banter 00:04:32 - Spoiler free thoughts: The Faculty 00:16:53 - Housekeeping 00:21:54 - Spoilers!! The Faculty 01:00:53 - Bingo check in 01:01:42 - Recommendations 01:11:50 - Pitching what we cover next week 01:20:31 - Outro
The Whatnauts present The Review Show, a weekly book club style podcast for all sorts of pop culture. We cover a variety of genres and mediums — movies, TV shows, comics, anime, manga, audio dramas — picking out a specific piece of entertainment that we can cover in a week's time. Every episode, your intrepid co-hosts Kyle and Melissa dive into the media of the week (with a spoiler warning!), give recommendations, and take turns pitching the next topic. For one episode a month, we check in with continuing coverage on a longer title, like a full TV series or comics run, and follow it all the way to the end. Join us for fun discussions on a wild variety of entertainment you should know!
Check out our other podcasts here, or wherever you get your podcasts. If video is more your thing, then check our YouTube channel. And if you like what we do, support us on Patreon to unlock early access to most of our podcasts as well as exclusive episodes and more. You can find us on Twitter and we would love to have you join us on our Discord server as well.
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Episode 274. We watched the 2014 black and white Iranian skateboarding vampire romance A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, from writer/director Ana Lily Amirpour. In the lonely town of Bad City, Iran, a young man working to pay off his father's debt to a local drug dealer encounters a mysterious girl who stalks the city at night, preying upon its oppressors. We discuss the mix of genres from spaghetti western to teen coming-of-age romance, how exciting a very slow scene can be, and how we wish there was even more skateboarding.
00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:04 - Welcome and banter 00:03:16 - Spoiler free thoughts: A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night 00:15:13 - Housekeeping 00:19:10 - Spoilers!! A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night 01:06:13 - Bingo check in 01:07:02 - Recommendations 01:12:21 - Pitching what we cover next week 01:19:25 - Outro
The Whatnauts present The Review Show, a weekly book club style podcast for all sorts of pop culture. We cover a variety of genres and mediums — movies, TV shows, comics, anime, manga, audio dramas — picking out a specific piece of entertainment that we can cover in a week's time. Every episode, your intrepid co-hosts Kyle and Melissa dive into the media of the week (with a spoiler warning!), give recommendations, and take turns pitching the next topic. For one episode a month, we check in with continuing coverage on a longer title, like a full TV series or comics run, and follow it all the way to the end. Join us for fun discussions on a wild variety of entertainment you should know!
Check out our other podcasts here, or wherever you get your podcasts. If video is more your thing, then check our YouTube channel. And if you like what we do, support us on Patreon to unlock early access to most of our podcasts as well as exclusive episodes and more. You can find us on Twitter and we would love to have you join us on our Discord server as well.
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Episode 273. We're kicking off our annual all-horror October with 2013's Afterlife with Archie comics, from writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and artist Francesco Francavilla. Jughead's beloved pup Hot Dog has been hit by a car, and when he asks Sabria the Teenage Witch to bring him back to life, he comes back wrong. Hot Dog bites Jughead, starting a zombie apocalypse in Riverdale. Archie, Betty, Veronica, and a crew of other traumatized survivors have to leave their town behind to go look for help. We discuss our limited personal contexts for the 80-year Archie franchise, how this series feels like a rough draft for the Riverdale TV show, and how vampires could fit into all of this.
00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:04 - Welcome and banter 00:03:36 - Spoiler free thoughts: Afterlife with Archie 00:25:07 - Housekeeping 00:30:56 - Spoilers!! Afterlife with Archie 01:19:49 - Bingo check in 01:20:33 - Recommendations 01:28:59 - Pitching what we cover next week 01:37:18 - Outro
The Whatnauts present The Review Show, a weekly book club style podcast for all sorts of pop culture. We cover a variety of genres and mediums — movies, TV shows, comics, anime, manga, audio dramas — picking out a specific piece of entertainment that we can cover in a week's time. Every episode, your intrepid co-hosts Kyle and Melissa dive into the media of the week (with a spoiler warning!), give recommendations, and take turns pitching the next topic. For one episode a month, we check in with continuing coverage on a longer title, like a full TV series or comics run, and follow it all the way to the end. Join us for fun discussions on a wild variety of entertainment you should know!
Check out our other podcasts here, or wherever you get your podcasts. If video is more your thing, then check our YouTube channel. And if you like what we do, support us on Patreon to unlock early access to most of our podcasts as well as exclusive episodes and more. You can find us on Twitter and we would love to have you join us on our Discord server as well.
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Episode 272. We're continuing our ongoing monthly series reading Mike Mignola's Hellboy comics, talking about volumes 4-6 in this episode. Hellboy continues to deal with arcane magic forces trying to use him to summon an apocalypse, as well as the BPRD treating one of his fellow supernatural beings as a disposable tool instead of a teammate. Fed up with being a pawn in someone else's plans, Hellboy goes off to travel the world on his own, but finds it difficult to escape his past, even at the bottom of the ocean.
00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:04 - Welcome and banter 00:04:45 - Spoiler free thoughts: Hellboy vol. 4-6 00:17:37 - Housekeeping 00:22:18 - Spoilers!! Hellboy vol. 4-6 01:33:29 - Bingo check in 01:34:37 - Recommendations 01:35:30 - Pitching what we cover next week 01:37:54 - Outro
The Whatnauts present The Review Show, a weekly book club style podcast for all sorts of pop culture. We cover a variety of genres and mediums — movies, TV shows, comics, anime, manga, audio dramas — picking out a specific piece of entertainment that we can cover in a week's time. Every episode, your intrepid co-hosts Kyle and Melissa dive into the media of the week (with a spoiler warning!), give recommendations, and take turns pitching the next topic. For one episode a month, we check in with continuing coverage on a longer title, like a full TV series or comics run, and follow it all the way to the end. Join us for fun discussions on a wild variety of entertainment you should know!
Check out our other podcasts here, or wherever you get your podcasts. If video is more your thing, then check our YouTube channel. And if you like what we do, support us on Patreon to unlock early access to most of our podcasts as well as exclusive episodes and more. You can find us on Twitter and we would love to have you join us on our Discord server as well.
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