Happy New Year’s! For the end of the year special, Andrew and Scott Dreamcast their way through the X-Men and Fantastic Four, looking forward to when Disney does it. Which former Doctor Who star is their pick for Magneto? Which Wolverine pick is disqualified due to being in X-Men previously? How many times can they switch Colossus? Find out this week!
Time for another showdown! This year, Scott joins Andrew, Lenore, and newcomer Carly to debate Christmas songs across eras. Which carol did Andrew hate and get no support for? Which modern Christmas song do our panelists think is too condescending for love? Find out which songs we love and hate here!
Join Cold Suffering Andrew and Courtenay as they play Dreamcast with Charles Dickens’ classic tale A Christmas Carol. Which Scrooge will they land on as the best one? Come in, and cast us better man!
We’re finally back! Scott and Andrew talk about the latest Marvel news, discuss some DC/Warner Brothers news, and talk about the future of Filmstruck. Then the guys decide to generate some Christmas spirit by playing the Hallmark Christmas Movie Generator! Pick some jobs and cameos from a hat, and they are ready to go. Come along with us on this super fun game you can play at home too!
Courtenay stops by to do an episode of GAFFED: Hocus Pocus! Andrew doesn’t really like the movie, why is that? Join us for an exploration into the terrible high school teacher, the spirit from the 1940s that is trapped in the film, and why kids love Garry Marshall. Also, the two discuss the Aladdin live-action teaser that came out last week.
Join Andrew on Twitter as he live tweets the Harry Potter franchise! First one on Monday! Come along!
Cameron comes on to the show to take down Spider-Man 3 from 2007, while Andrew defends it! What’s up with that strut down the street? How ridiculous is the drama? Why did that meteorite fall so close to the only superpowered being on the planet? Find out who wins this week!
Also, the guys talk about Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian TV Series and the new Into the SpiderVerse trailer. Come along with us!
Alfred Hitchcock’s remake of Zorro? Jordan Peele’s take on The Truman Show? Taika Waititi’s Magnificent 7 as a Spy Movie? This week Scott and Andrew remake some movies with new directors and genres. Find out how we make the Truman Show into a horror film and Avatar into a JJ Abrams family film!
Scott comes on this week to talk a bevy of Marvel and DC news, as well as reviewing the streaming app DC Universe. Find out if it’s worth your time and money here! The guys also talk about the Captain Marvel trailer, as well as the newly announced Marvel TV shows on the Disney streaming app starring Loki and Scarlet Witch.
Thanks to listener Griffin for the suggestion to use Apples to Apples to come up with Simpsons subjects for the Simpsons Quote Time game! Scott and Andrew reach back into their brains to come up with quotes from topics like the Renaissance, outlet malls, fly fishing, and more.
We have a huge show this week! Courtenay is here to discuss two Netflix properties for review, first is Sierra Burgess Is A Loser, and the second is season 2 of American Vandal! What movie is Sierra Burgess a spiritual successor to? Is season 2 of American Vandal as captivating as the first? Will Andrew gush on and on about one of the properties? Yes! Which one? You guess!
The two then chat about Henry Cavill and Ben Affleck’s departures from the DCEU and what it means for the future of that franchise. This leads them to this week’s game, DREAMCAST where they get to cast the Justice League with whomever they want from actors from previous comic book movies! Which Daredevil star gets the Super treatment? Which voice actor from Teen Titans Go! To The Movies gets to be the big bad? Which actor with a super minor role in the Dark Knight trilogy gets to be Green Arrow? Find out this week!
This week Courtenay from Pop Culture Footnotes stops by to chat about the Captain Marvel spread from Entertainment Weekly before continuing Month of Games with Netflix and Fill-In-The-Blank 2! We go through some obscure and well-known properties on Netflix and give them a new genre. Listen along for some fun!
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This week kicks off Month of Games for Pop Pop Culture! We start this week with the new game GAFFED, the Grand American Film, Fun, and Entertainment Debate. Shannon from Pop Culture Footnotes comes on to defend the 1997 film Batman and Robin, and Andrew is here to tear it down. Who has the better arguments? Let us know on Twitter and Facebook! How do the Bat Butts and toy promotions fit into a narrative about Batman? If you believe Andrew, not well.
They also talk news of the week, including Star Wars Episode IX casting and Disneyland attractions, and Alec Baldwin’s sudden disappearance from the Joker film. Come along!
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This week Andrew is all by himself (with the exception of a brief cameo from a childhood friend) and is playing Sad Childhood Remake! This is where Andrew takes a childhood movie and tells you what the sad adult remake would be, in the vein of Christopher Robin that was released this week and Hook from the 90s. What would Heavyweights, Recess, The Mighty Ducks, Little Giants, and SpaceCamp look like remade today? Find out with Andrew this week!
This week Scott returns to make his thought about Avengers: Infinity War known, completing our Avengers Review of Avengers!* We also talk some fun news about the Star Wars live-action TV show, the return of Arrested Development, and news about Bill and Ted: Face the Music.
The guys also try out a new game called Netflix and Fill (In the Blank), where we have to match the Netflix description of a show to a new genre by adding one more line to the description! If you’ve ever wanted to hear how an Adam Sandler movie could be turned into a spy thriller, then you’ve come to the right place and you probably have too much time on your hands.
*Until, you know, someone else wants to join our Avengers Reviews.
Remake is back, this time with a Superhero flavor! Iron Man in a Film Noir? Black Widow in the Revolutionary War? Aquaman in a Western? Yes, all these and more are discussed by Andrew and Christian this week as we get ready for Infinity War! How would Captain America be played by Oscar Isaac? Could the Hulk work as a spy film? Find out here this week! We also discuss a superhero movie for Spielberg, Deadpool 2’s new trailer, and discuss a Harry Potter reboot.
Hey everyone, due to an unforeseen circumstance, we were unable to record yesterday. So please enjoy this bonus episode from the end of Episode 24-Infinity War/Disney Remake episode. It was cut for time, but we are able to release it here. Joining Andrew, Cameron, and Corinne are Hannah Cook from Southampton Productions and Courtenay from Pop Culture Footnotes. If you haven’t listed to Episode 24 yet, it’s probably best to do so before listening to this episode as there are some references we make that may not make sense without the previous episode.
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Lars Von Trier remaking a Disney classic? Miracle on 34th Street as a Western? Steven Spielberg’s Medieval epic? That’s right, New Year’s Rockin’ Eve is now New Year’s Remake Eve! Scott and Andrew play original recipe Remake to celebrate a new year! Andrew makes and breaks some New Year’s resolutions in the span of one episode! Will Scott make it through the episode? Maybe so! Have a great party with us this week!
The romantic tanglings of the Nakatomi employees? Santa in Iron Man armor? Kevin McAllister vs. Batman? The possibilities are endless for Pop Pop Culture’s Christmas Movie Mashup! In this special Christmas Episode, Andrew and Scott smush together classic and non-classic Christmas movies to find their horrible Frankenstein monster babies! Take a peak behind the curtain as to when we recorded this (back when audio quality was lower, I guess). Merry Christmas!
Ever wondered what the ultimate Christmas movie is? Well strap yourself in, because we at the Pop Pop Culture Podcast are about to answer that question! Join Andrew, Scott, Courtenay from Pop Culture Footnotes and Andrew’s mom Lenore as they battle it out over which movie reigns supreme! Scott talks about why it’s ok to hate the people in Christmas Vacation, but not Home Alone. Courtenay takes down a beloved classic’s premise. Lenore puts Miracle on 34th Street in its place. Who made the best argument? You tell us what you thought!
Andrew is finishing out his rewatch and live-tweeting of the Star Wars Saga! Join him on Monday for Return of the Jedi, and Wednesday for The Force Awakens. Then tune in next week for PPC’s analysis of The Last Jedi!
Wild speculation! Remake Games! Scottish Taylor Swift? You betcha. This week Andrew is joined by Cameron from Southampton Productions and Corinne from Soli Assist to discuss the Avengers: Infinity War trailer. What could happen? Will Hawkeye be ok (probably not)? Are any Avengers going to make it out alive?
Also, we play Remake with a Disney twist. What fairy/folk tales could get the Disney treatment with some current artists? Does LL Cool J still count as a current artist? We say yes. Let us know who you think had the best movie pitches!
Join Andrew on Twitter as he live tweets his rewatch of the Star Wars Saga! Monday night is Episode V: The Empire Strikes Three and Thursday night is Episode VI: Return of All Those Jedi, Even the Child Murderers I Guess.
Christopher Nolan’s Frozen? Ridley Scott’s Western Finding Nemo? M. Night Shyamalan’s White Christmas? Joss Whedon’s The Matrix Romance? Join Andrew and Scott as they pitch these remakes and more on this week’s Pop Pop Culture Podcast. Also, Andrew starts off the episode very sad. Oh no! I’m sure it has nothing to do with the fact that this wasn’t the first episode we made this week (it probably does)! Follow us below: