We're back with our thoughts on Episodes 11-20 of the first season of Steven Universe. Want to be a part of the podcast? We announce the times for our live stream on our Facebook page Married to the Idea (@marriedtotheideareviews) so you can join in with your comments and questions as we record each week's episode.
Welcome to the first episode of Keep Beach City Quarantined! We never made it all the way through Steven Universe the first go round, but now that we're stuck inside, we're finally gonna binge it all! This week's episode deals with the first ten episodes of Season One - watch along and reminisce with us on this chill appreciation fancast.
Hello from Social Distancing Land! From our new home office, we bring to you a completely unfair assessment of a movie that isn't even out yet - Artemis Fowl! We love the Artemis Fowl series to bits, and boy howdy...this trailer kinda makes it seem like the Disney corporation doesn't. What do we mean by that? Tune in as we break this trailer down, beat by beat, as well as dive into behind-the-scenes interviews and details to see whether this new Artemis Fowl makes the cut! *As few book spoilers ...
It's crossover time again! With so much Oscar hype, we needed a few more perspectives on this movie, and so we're joined in the studio by first-timer Ryan and returning guest Sam (of "Paige and Sam Plan a Wedding" fame)to talk about the unexpectedly delightful, poignant, and farcical Jojo Rabbit.
Welcome to the Month of Love 2020! We get romantical with Starman, not a David Bowie song or an astronaut circling the globe in a Roadster, but the 1984 film featuring Karen Allen and Jeff Bridges. We talk about the subversion of abduction narratives, the power of choice, and the beauty of a narrative that leaves you wanting more in all the right ways. Also, WHY WAS KAREN ALLEN NOT ALSO NOMINATED FOR BEST ACTRESS SHE SLAYS THIS ROLE AND THIS IS REALLY HER STORY - sorry, just had to scream that h...
Because we just can't resist a movie with Gerard Butler in it, we sat through Dracula 2000, and found a couple truly interesting plot threads worth further exploration, but buried in a coffin of early 2000s tropes, excruciatingly long set-ups with a lack of scary payoff, and just an absurd amount of advertisements for Virgin Records. Do the hysterical one-liners and unexpected cameos make up for the wasted opportunity? Considering we decided to make an episode about it, I think we've already ans...
Welcome to Season Four! We're starting out 2020 with perhaps the worst movie of the previous year - Cats. Never before has an adaptation made us question the validity of the original, but even with the unnerving and incomplete CGI, non-existent plot, and constant questioning of sanity every time a cat strips, is there enough here to make this movie "so bad it's good" material? *SPOILERS, but that would imply that this movie actually has a story to spoil*
Our final episode of Season Three, and we couldn't have ended on a higher note! Klaus brings to the table all the things we love in a film - beautiful 2-D animation, loveable and engaging characters, gorgeous 2-D animation, impeccable comedic timing, stellar 2-D animation, a whole lot of heart and soul, and if you think we're talking a lot about the fantastic 2-D animation now, just wait till you hear the episode. *BONUS - we also talk about some of the other new Christmas movies we dove through...
We just couldn't leave well enough alone, and we just couldn't keep it under an hour. With the first Disney princess sequel ever released in theaters finally out after half a dozen years of waiting, we discuss if Frozen 2 grows from its too-popular roots, or does it go too deep and drown? *SPOILERS after the Sponsordome, as well as a great deal of expletives - yes, it's one of those episodes.*
It's time for the inaugural episode takeover of the Feminist Agenda! We kick things off with one of the best sports movies of all time, A League of Their Own. We discuss the five key points that make this movie a feminist masterpiece, continually bemoan the abundance of either/or forced conflict in the world when we could just have both, and get super personal about our marriage, so SPOILERS for both the movie and ourselves.
Enjoy our last episode of Halloween 2019 - The Craft! We find a new slogan for Halloween, have a MPAA rage fest, and find another movie to add to the "Wasn't Made For Aaron" category. Spoilers and curses abound within - tread carefully!
We're continuing Halloween 2019 with Little Shop of Horrors! Another of those on the "Movies Liz and Aaron Haven't Seen Yet, Sorry" list, we discuss diegesis, porcupine poops, Muppets as the red-headed stepchild of the Disney corporation, the perfect casting for the inevitable remake, and just some spot-on Ben Stiller and Miss Piggy impersonations.
Halloween 2019 continues with our review of the latest Addams Family movie! Make it through the open where we examine what exactly a chain pool is, and you'll find such classic MTTI goof-em-ups as: cursing the existence of fondant, confusing Stephen Sondheim for Barry Sonnenfeld, far too many puns, and eventually a review of the film in question, where we attack the one consistently weak point of every Addams Family movie.
It's Halloween 2019, so let's start our spoopy fun with Beetlejuice! In this, our 75th episode, we talk about such relevant topics as the Robocop animated tv series, Visigoth humor, strong female characters, and cultural appropriation of the deceased. *SPOILERS*
Thirty years ago, Weird Al Yankovic took to the big screen with his tale of a plucky underdog television station and the failing dreamer who used it to win both the heart of a small town and the woman he loved. Apparently, it was the worst movie ever, at least according to critics at the time, so we're taking a look at the now timely message of local broadcasting overcoming larger news stations, the inherently tricky art of the parody, and why some movies can just be OK.
Is it possible to have a book and its movie adaptation be so different, and yet both still so good? That's what we discuss today as we take a look at Howl's Moving Castle, and see how the differences in character motivation, personality development, and plot structure create two unique and beautiful stories. Also, Howl's a giant nerd. Not featured - the ten missing minutes where we debated whether Castle in the Sky and Castle in the Air were the same story. Spoilers! They weren't. *ACTUAL SPOILE...
The Summer of Disney finally draws to a close, with the movie we've been putting off all summer long - the remake of The Lion King. We hang out briefly in Compliment Town before racing towards Negativeville in our comparison of the two properties, along with an exclusive performance of a new original song (give us Oscar please), some Blu-Ray re-release deep cuts, and a truly terrible Beyonce impression along the way. Get ready, as Disney subverts our expectations into a literal ball of shit. *BE...
The Summer of Disney enters the motionless, hot, breathless first week of August, which means it's time to talk Tuck Everlasting! We see here if Disney managed in the early 2000s what they seem incapable of doing today - creating a faithful reinterpretation of a classic piece of nostalgic entertainment, while still providing a unique spin to show new insight into the source material. And just in case you think we're too above it all, we manage to devolve into Twilight comparisons twice. *BOOK AN...
Welcome to the inaugural MCU Movie Awards! We're taking a look at the first three phases of the Marvel Cinematic Universe to give out awards for Best Trilogy, Best Villain, Best Power, Best Character Introduction, and Best Movie of Each Phase. We also share what we hope to see in Phase Four, and even give out some superlatives for good measure. Tune in to listen to us attempt to evaluate nearly two dozen movies in less than the time it takes to watch just one!
The summer of Disney continues with the fourth installment of the Toy Story "trilogy" Toy Story 4. Does this unnecessary continuation provide anything warm and fuzzy to the kids who grew up with the original three films? Does the movie do a proper dive into the existential horror that is Forky's sentience? Will a new and compelling antagonist convince Aaron to finally stop yelling expletives at Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear? Find out now!
Welcome back to the summer of Disney! We're looking at questions raised by the new Aladdin. Are all humans cursed djinn? Is the charisma of affable actors enough to cover up a stretched-out script? Will Disney ever get out of this live-action remake rut? All this, and more, we discuss in this week's episode!
The summer of Disney continues with one of the most faithful book adaptations - Holes! In addition to introducing Shia LaBeouf to the world, we talk about how this movie gives us some strong female characters, effectively removes voice-over narration from a medium often told in narration, and what favorite books from our childhood deserve their own movie remake. *SPOILERS*
We're continuing the summer of Disney with Mary Poppins and Mary Poppins Returns! We compare Poppinses, exchange many fistbumps, and realize everyone in both these movies is a national treasure. *SPOILERS*
Welcome to the most ambitious crossover event ever - Avengers: Endgame, featuring Paige and Sam Plan a Wedding! It's our first podcast-to-podcast episode, and we've got a TON to talk about, from our bladders and Game of Thrones deficiency, to the fanboy screams and geeky nitpicks, and entertaining the possibility of a Tom Holland/Tom Hardy movie crossover. Prepare to enter Spoiler Country - it's Endgame, y'all! *SPOILERS! Also, check out our guest appearance on this week's Paige and Sam Plan a W...
We're joined by recurring guest Jon Hash to talk about Netflix's newest superhero show, The Umbrella Academy! We discuss the differences between book and show and come to a startling realization regarding the prevailing logic on which is always better, note the tragic lack of My Chemical Romance songs in the otherwise flawless soundtrack, and speculate wildly about what's in store for our heroes in season two. *SPOILERS*
The DCEU is trying a new thing with its recent movies - making them actually enjoyable to watch. So we watched Aquaman and Shazam! this week, and have many questions about this cinematic universe, like who owns Superman's branding, and does he get residuals? What would come out the other end of a Zachary Levi prism? Why are Jason Momoa's abs so compelling? I don't know if we find any answers, but join us as we take a look at the fun side of DC! *SPOILERS, but only in the second half of the episo...
We return after a spring break packed with pop culture to go higher, further, faster with Captain Marvel! We get bogged down in the real life events surrounding this release, but eventually, we find our humanity and talk about standing up when we fall down and Sammy J's love of cats, as well as the larger picture of Avengers: End Game. Also, we really earn the explicit tag on this one - you've been warned. *SPOILERS, but only general ones.*
Literally, Right Before Aaron poses many questions. How can a director waste such an all-star cast? How is this movie only two years old when its tropes and ideas about women are practically ancient? How can an indie movie title be so aggressively twee? I don't know if we'll find all the answers without getting angry, but we'll try to move on from it a lot harder than our protagonist.
Behold! The rare two-part episode, where the opening bit about this year's Oscar Nominated Animation short films takes over thirty minutes of airtime before we even get to the meat of the thing - His Girl Friday. Often paired with It Happened One Night as one of the great comedies, does it live up to last year's Valentines Day episode?
Never heard of Surfer: Teen Confronts Fear? Neither had we, until we saw it, and now we can't stop talking about it, and if it truly is The Room for a new generation. We answer burning questions like: Was that whale carcass real or CGI? What would happen if half of your movie was home video montages of adequate surfing? Was there an actual plot? Find out, and hopefully see it for yourself - it has to be experienced.
