Rachel and Leeman talk about those elusive shows and movies that are actually good for all ages and not just the lowest common denominators.
Topics Discussed and/or Spoiled:
Leeman’s guest spots on Seattle Geekly and Miskatonic Musings, Jim Henson, Muppets (Kevin Clash, not Risk, apologies), Are You My Mother? Pumpkinhead, Jim Henson’s Creature Shop Challenge, The Nerdy Show, Star Wars, Krull, Visual Effects Oscar Winners, Jodorowsky’s Dune, Mystery! Murder She Wrote, Disney (Fred MacMurray, not Murray, apologies), Pixar, VeggieTales, Doctor Who, Animaniacs, Looney Tunes, and Adventure Time
Our Outro is Debs & Errol’s A Virtual World
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“Up” nothing. Wait until you rewatch Toy Story 2 or 3 as parents. Oh, MAN, I cried at the montage about Jessie’s back story.
I think another reason Billy, at least,likes Doctor Who is because people tend to be basically good. The Doctor can always win by talking and reaching someone’s better nature. Billy loves a good villain, but his favorite thing is when they become good guys.
Also, re: Vader and Obi-wan’s light saber fight, that’s actually the only part of the original trilogy that I enjoy more now that I’ve seen the prequels. There actually is some extra weight from having seen them as friends in the prequels, plus Vader’s lines and James Earl Jones’ delivery are so weirdly petulant that it’s easy to imagine that seeing Obi-wan has made him regress from hulking shadowy badass to whining bratty Hayden Christiansen.
Smells like… …screenplays.
If not screenwriting, how do you explain your use of the words: inciting, high concept, stakes, arc and monomyth?