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Myopia Movies

Nic Hoffmannmyopiapodcast.com
Welcome to season 11 of Myopia Movies! Each week we watch the movies from the 80s and 90s we grew up watching to address the lies that our memories and Blockbuster video told us. Do they hold up? https://myopiapodcast.com/
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Episodes

The Dark Crystal

We have returned in triumph to talk about the cripplingly boring film, The Dark Crystal! We love Jim Henson, but wow. Anyway, welcome to Season 6! This season we are changing a few things. First, as mentioned at the end of last season, we will be going down to every other week. While this means less episode, it should mean more quality and an opportunity to do more fun episodes and random bonuses. Next, we are still doing theme months, but we are going to let you pick most of the themes! Check T...

Aug 15, 201956 minSeason 6Ep. 205

Never Say Never Again (James Bond - Mission Briefing Summer Rerun)

This week on Myopia: Defend Your Childhood - Mission Briefing Summer ReRelease, we rewatch Thunderball, kinda. We saw Never Say Never Again! Sean Connery's last stint as James Bond, for reals this time. Please continue to rate and review us! We are on iTunes , Google Play , Stitcher , and now Spotify and could use the support; the more ratings you give the easier it is for others to find us. Also, do you follow us elsewhere? Facebook? Instagram? Twitter? Myopia? Also, for those of you who are tr...

Jul 18, 20191 hr 24 min

Diamonds are Forever (James Bond - Mission Briefing Summer Rerun)

This week, Bond finds Bambi and Thumper and starts a weird naming fetish. We see the final Sean Connery Bond Movie, or do we? We watched the slapstick Diamonds are Forever! Please continue to rate and review us! We are on iTunes , Google Play , Stitcher , and now Spotify and could use the support; the more ratings you give the easier it is for others to find us. Also, do you follow us elsewhere? Facebook? Instagram? Twitter? Myopia? Also, for those of you who are truly film folks, I have created...

Jul 13, 20192 hr 9 min

On Her Majesty's Secret Service (James Bond - Mission Briefing Summer Rerun)

This week on Myopia: Defend Your Childhood, Mission Briefing returns to On Her Majesty's Secret Service because they wouldn't pay Sean Connery more then the minimum. Please continue to rate and review us! We are on iTunes , Google Play , Stitcher , and now Spotify and could use the support; the more ratings you give the easier it is for others to find us. Also, do you follow us elsewhere? Facebook? Instagram? Twitter? Myopia? Also, for those of you who are truly film folks, I have created a Lett...

Jul 06, 20191 hr 28 min

You Only Live Twice (James Bond - Mission Briefing Summer Rerun)

This week on Myopia: Defend Your Childhood, we revisit a moment where Bond gets racist! Like, Scottish Sean Connery turns Japanese, I really think so. Also, he was so popular as Bond at this point, that it affected the movie shoot. Also, Ninjas! Please continue to rate and review us! We are on iTunes , Google Play , Stitcher , and now Spotify and could use the support; the more ratings you give the easier it is for others to find us. Also, do you follow us elsewhere? Facebook? Instagram? Twitter...

Jun 27, 20191 hr 48 min

Thunderball (James Bond - Mission Briefing Summer Rerun)

This week on Myopia: Defend Your Childhood, we go under the sea for our summer rerelease followed by taking a little nap. We watched Thunderball! Please continue to rate and review us! We are on iTunes , Google Play , Stitcher , and now Spotify and could use the support; the more ratings you give the easier it is for others to find us. Also, do you follow us elsewhere? Facebook? Instagram? Twitter? Myopia? Also, for those of you who are truly film folks, I have created a Letterboxd page! Check o...

Jun 20, 20192 hr 2 min

Goldfinger (James Bond - Mission Briefing Summer Rerun)

Today on Myopia: Summer Reruns, we watch probably to most popular Bond of the Connery Era, Goldfinger! My moving process is going slowly, but we are working to bring you new stuff soon. In the mean time, lets listen to a classic ep! Please continue to rate and review us! We are on iTunes , Google Play , Stitcher , and now Spotify and could use the support; the more ratings you give the easier it is for others to find us. Also, do you follow us elsewhere? Facebook? Instagram? Twitter? Myopia? Als...

Jun 14, 20192 hr 3 min

From Russia with Love (James Bond - Mission Briefing Summer Rerun)

We have returned with From Russia With Love, a bond classic, that unfortunately gets dwarfed by its sequel. However, the summer reruns continue to roll on and we continue to work to bring you solid content! We will have new stuff soon, but for now enjoy dusting off this classic episode! Please continue to rate and review us! We are on iTunes , Google Play , Stitcher , and now Spotify and could use the support; the more ratings you give the easier it is for others to find us. Also, do you follow ...

Jun 11, 20191 hr 56 min

Dr. No (James Bond - Mission Briefing Summer Rerun)

Welcome to Summer 2019! Since there has been all sorts of Bond 25 news like new directors, new settings and whether Daniel Craig will ever walk again, we thought a Bond summer would be perfect! After polling the old Mission Briefing team, they all wanted a Sean summer! For the next few weeks, we will traipse through Connery with some bonus materials along the way! Please continue to rate and review us! We are on iTunes , Google Play , Stitcher , and now Spotify and could use the support; the mor...

Jun 06, 20191 hr 55 min

Speed Racer

This week on Myopia: Defend Your Childhood, we learn the power of Technicolor. We watched the Wachowski's Speed Racer! Who would have guessed it, but apparently I have always wanted to see John Goodman kill a ninja... Please continue to rate and review us! We are on iTunes , Google Play , Stitcher , and now Spotify and could use the support; the more ratings you give the easier it is for others to find us. Also, do you follow us elsewhere? Facebook? Instagram? Twitter? Myopia? Also, for those of...

May 15, 201949 minSeason 5Ep. 204

Rocky and Bullwinkle

This week on Myopia: Defend Your Childhood, we look back on how Jason Alexander and Robert DeNiro used all their good will and fame from the early 90s. We saw Rocky and Bullwinkle, MOOSE AND SQUIRREL! Please continue to rate and review us! We are on iTunes , Google Play , Stitcher , and now Spotify and could use the support; the more ratings you give the easier it is for others to find us. Also, do you follow us elsewhere? Facebook? Instagram? Twitter? Myopia? Also, for those of you who are trul...

May 08, 201948 minSeason 5Ep. 203

Man of The House

This week on Myopia: Defend Your Childhood, we wrap our 2019 Public Defender Month! The Month of movie you wanted to defend, and we wrapped with a precocious kid classic! We saw Jonathan Taylor Thomas (or JTT as the girls I was in middle school with called him) and Chevy Chase (or douchebag as the actors who work with him called him) in Man of the House! Please continue to rate and review us! We are on iTunes , Google Play , Stitcher , and now Spotify and could use the support; the more ratings ...

May 02, 201946 minSeason 5Ep. 202

Hackers

This week on Myopia: Defend Your Childhood we dust of an AOL disc with 100 free hours! What a deal! We watched Hackers, the sexiest movie about hackers since Silicone Valley (the porno version of Silicon Valley). Please continue to rate and review us! We are on iTunes , Google Play , Stitcher , and now Spotify and could use the support; the more ratings you give the easier it is for others to find us. Also, do you follow us elsewhere? Facebook? Instagram? Twitter? Myopia? Also, for those of you ...

Apr 25, 201951 minSeason 5Ep. 201

The Breakfast Club

This week on Myopia: Defend Your Childhood, we reinforce the cliches of high school, root for a man who grabs an unwilling teenager by the crotch, and witness an authority figure threaten and hit a child. We watched the Trump Documentary, I mean, The Breakfast Club, will you forget about me? Please continue to rate and review us! We are on iTunes , Google Play , Stitcher , and now Spotify and could use the support; the more ratings you give the easier it is for others to find us. Also, do you fo...

Apr 18, 201949 minSeason 5Ep. 200

Inspector Gadget

After technical issues, we are starting Public Defender Month with a selection from Kels on our Twitter feed who selected the movie that proves, after accidentally killing a man, Matthew Broderick will act in anything. We watched Inspector Gadget, how do you get such a simple movie so very wrong? Please continue to rate and review us! We are on iTunes , Google Play , Stitcher , and now Spotify and could use the support; the more ratings you give the easier it is for others to find us. Also, do y...

Apr 11, 20191 hr 12 minSeason 5Ep. 199

Finding Neverland

This week on Myopia: Defend Your Childhood we watch a movie in which Johnny Depp takes advantage of friendship for profit, leaving people disappointed in him...awkard. We watched Finding Neverland, Dustin Hoffman is in this because he played Captain Hook in Hook...sigh... Please continue to rate and review us! We are on iTunes , Google Play , Stitcher , and now Spotify and could use the support; the more ratings you give the easier it is for others to find us. Also, do you follow us elsewhere? F...

Apr 01, 201942 minSeason 5Ep. 198

101 Dalmatians (Live - 1996)

This week on Myopia: Defend Your Childhood, we learn that video games are made by only one person. We watched the Disney live action remake, 101 Dalmatians, man Glenn Close really showed up for an embarrassing movie. Please continue to rate and review us! We are on iTunes , Google Play , Stitcher , and now Spotify and could use the support; the more ratings you give the easier it is for others to find us. Also, do you follow us elsewhere? Facebook? Instagram? Twitter? Myopia? Also, for those of ...

Mar 28, 201948 minSeason 5Ep. 197

101 Dalmatians (Animated)

This week on Myopia: Defend Your Childhood, we learn about clothing alternatives. We watched the Disney Animated Classic, 1 01 Dalmatians, so the name Cruella De Vil didn't raise any flags, huh...weird how she was the villian. Please continue to rate and review us! We are on iTunes , Google Play , Stitcher , and now Spotify and could use the support; the more ratings you give the easier it is for others to find us. Also, do you follow us elsewhere? Facebook? Instagram? Twitter? Myopia? Also, for...

Mar 21, 201954 minSeason 5Ep. 196

The Nutty Professor (Remake - 1996)

This week on Myopia: Defend Your Childhood, we get excited and just can’t hide it. We saw Nutty Professor (Remake – 1996) , man remember when Eddie Murphy had a career. I bet there is at least one prostitute who remembers…. Please continue to rate and review us! We are on iTunes , Google Play , Stitcher , and now Spotify and could use the support; the more ratings you give the easier it is for others to find us. Also, do you follow us elsewhere? Facebook? Instagram? Twitter? Myopia? Also, for th...

Mar 14, 201952 minSeason 5Ep. 195

The Nutty Professor (Original - 1963)

This week on Myopia: Defend Your Childhood, we see the origin of Professor Frink. We watched the Jerry Lewis classic The Nutty Professor (Original - 1963), so the hero who learns something still gets the girls at the end, but the girl is his student...the 1960s were weird... Please continue to rate and review us! We are on iTunes , Google Play , Stitcher , and now Spotify and could use the support; the more ratings you give the easier it is for others to find us. Also, do you follow us elsewhere...

Mar 07, 201943 minSeason 5Ep. 194

Alice in Wonderland (1999 - Made for TV Movie)

This week on Myopia: Defend Your Childhood, we try to convince Daniel that Alice in Wonderland (the book) is as undeciferable as the movie. We watched Alice in Wonder! No, not that one, or that one, the one with Christopher Lloyd, Gene Wilder, and Haggrid. No, not that one either. Please continue to rate and review us! We are on iTunes , Google Play , Stitcher , and now Spotify and could use the support; the more ratings you give the easier it is for others to find us. Also, do you follow us els...

Feb 28, 201955 minSeason 5Ep. 193

Danger Island (AKA The Presence)

This week on Myopia: Defend Your Childhood, we learned where June Lockheart was hiding. We watched the 1992 TV movie that is mostly LOST, Danger Island (AKA The Presence, after the pilot was not picked up). Matthew chose this movie because the evil government plan has the same name as my daughter. Whee!!! Please continue to rate and review us! We are on iTunes , Google Play , Stitcher , and now Spotify and could use the support; the more ratings you give the easier it is for others to find us. A...

Feb 21, 201942 minSeason 5Ep. 192

Pirates of Silicon Valley

This week on Myopia: Defend Your Childhood, we forgot about Valentine's Day and while we hide from significant others, here is a movie! Before the think pieces starring Michael Fassbender, Ashton Kutcher, and Justin Long, there was a movie about how Steve Jobs was an asshole and it was on TV! We watched the Pirates of Silicon Valley, the Linux story was never this sexy! Today is your last day to recommend a movie for Public Defender Month! Please DM, Email (myopiapodcast@gmail.com), or call and ...

Feb 14, 201959 minSeason 5Ep. 191

Merlin

This week on Myopia: Defend Your Childhood, we start our month watching TV with Sam Neill in the Cliff's Notes version of a classic tale Jurassic Park, I mean Merlin (1998 - The Made For TV Mini-Series). Helena Botham Carter could never play, say a banker, could she..... Hello friends! From now until Valentine's Day, we are taking requests for movies for an upcoming Public Defender Month! Please DM, Email (myopiapodcast@gmail.com), or call and leave a VM @ (770)835-5578 and tell us the movies yo...

Feb 07, 20191 hr 2 minSeason 5Ep. 190

Matrix Revolutions

The week on Myopia: Defend Your Childhood, we 'celebrate' 200 movies by watching Matrix Revolutions! Not the one you are thinking of, there is no space orgy rave, Neo is stuck in a subway station for 20 minutes (then disappears for most of the movie) the Oracle is recast, and Morpheus doesn't matter! Wooo! Don't worry we have a doozy planned for the 200th movie. Please continue to rate and review us! We are on iTunes , Google Play , Stitcher , and now Spotify and could use the support; the more ...

Jan 31, 201957 minSeason 5Ep. 189

Scorpion King

This week on Myopia: Defend Your Childhood, we learn why they stopped calling this movie "The Mummy III." We watched The Scorpion King! In which Daniel convinces me that the Rock is not always the charismatic heroic hunk I thought he was, what can I say except you're welcome. Please continue to rate and review us! We are on iTunes , Google Play , Stitcher , and now Spotify and could use the support; the more ratings you give the easier it is for others to find us. Also, do you follow us elsewher...

Jan 24, 201944 minSeason 5Ep. 188

Star Wars - Episode 3 - Revenge of the Sith

This week on Myopia: Defend Your Childhood, Matt yells "Noooooooooooo!" for 20 minutes. We watched Star Wars - Episode 3 - Revenge of the Sith, I guess this is the good one, maybe? I mean, it was the chosen one..... Please continue to rate and review us! We are on iTunes , Google Play , Stitcher , and now Spotify and could use the support; the more ratings you give the easier it is for others to find us. Also, do you follow us elsewhere? Facebook? Instagram? Twitter? Myopia? Also, for those of y...

Jan 17, 20191 hr 4 minSeason 5Ep. 187

Speed 2: Cruise Control

How do you end up with a classic like Speed 2? Well first you need a classic, like Speed. Ah, the movie making process. First, you get a script together, match it with producers with the vision, who find directors who see that vision, cinematographers who can bring the vision to celluloid, actors who fulfill that vision, and the music and effects that bring it to life. Ah, the sequel making process. First, the director (now also the producer), gets a script, then has a dream that causes him to t...

Jan 10, 20191 hr 3 minSeason 5Ep. 186

Blues Brothers 2000

Welcome to 2019 everyone! First of all, thanks for listening to a podcast entitled 'Blues Brothers 2000,' it was hard on us to watch it. Our infinite love and appreciation to you and yours in this new year. Further, we would like to thank you for your continued support this year with the podcast. We grew in leaps and bounds this year and there are exciting things to come! How do we start the year off? With movie sequels that disappointed us! What fun? I mean, what fun! Remember that musical come...

Jan 03, 20191 hr 4 minSeason 5Ep. 185

Muppets with the Geekly Oddcast

This week we present an additional Bonus episode! Thomas (regular and Geekly Oddcast host) compare Kermit the Frog impressions and we round out his Muppet month with a discussion on the Muppets as an art form. Please continue to rate and review us! We are on iTunes , Google Play , Stitcher , and now Spotify and could use the support; the more ratings you give the easier it is for others to find us. Also, do you follow us elsewhere? Facebook? Instagram? Twitter? Myopia? Thanks to all of those who...

Dec 27, 201847 min
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