You Watched It Wrong

Passengers (2016)

Join us aboard the Starship Relation as Wade and Siggy realize they have very different ideas about whose opinions are asleep and whose are awake when it comes to the Chris Pratt / Jennifer Lawrence / Laurence Fishburne / Andy Garcia sci-fi not-bomb Passengers... then survive long enough for a return trip to Palm Springs to pit these two films in a virtual dance-off. Very good, sir!

Palm Springs (2020)

Pain matters. What we do to other people matters. Palm Springs matters, and You Watched It Wrong does not, but we'd rather die with you listening to us than podcast alone.

The Old Guard

Wade and Siggy were really enjoying each other's company, and they really enjoyed Gina Prince-Bythewood and Greg Rucka's The Old Guard, so they talked long enough to make you forget how old you are. But first, to warm up, they play a quick round of Wade's original movie soundtrack game, Track Marks. 

Non-Sponsored links... because we referenced them and we link them.

 

The Old Guard

Streaming at Netflix.com

 

Cinematic Titanic: The Alien Factor

https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/cinematic-titanic-the-alien-factor

https://www.shoutfactory.com/product/cinematic-titanic-the-complete-collection?product_id=5101

 

and 

 

Screen Rant Pitch Meeting - "Fast Five"

https://youtu.be/7NLV6Y-Eg7M

A bonus thought about Superbad

Wade goes deep into one flashback in Superbad, as only Wade can. (This was on the cutting room floor, but Siggy likes it so he's posting it.)

Never Goin' Back

Some directorial debuts just seem so unhappy on the inside. And something about that just seems so sad. Not so Augustine Frizzell's NEVER GOIN' BACK, and Wade and Siggy have some ideas as to why.

Then, Siggy formalizes how BOOKSMART, SUPERBAD, and GOOD BOYS belong to a sub-genre he coins "The BFF Quest"... and how NEVER GOIN' BACK both builds on and subverts its tropes.

Booksmart (and Superbad and Good Boys)

Wade and Siggy are tired of social isolation, so let's talk about movies where folks get together with their best buds, go roam the wilds of their neighborhoods and make out with people! (But just in movies, folks. There's still a pandemic raging, FFS. Wear your damn mask!)

In Part One of an unofficial two-part series, we cover three classic examples of what Siggy dubs "The BFF Quest". (Three and a third if you count Myth Of The American Sleepover. But not enough to get it into the episode title.)

 

Spider-Man: Far From Home

Wade and Siggy have a "quick" phone call to discuss Spider-Man: Far From Home and how it changes their category rankings for the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Footage of protests and police brutality

As protests sparked by the murder of George Floyd continue across the USA and beyond, Wade and Siggy discuss the massive amounts of video that's being captured, and the long legacy of white supremacy that got us here.

 

But watching and talking aren't enough. To donate or volunteer to help people fighting for racial justice, please consider the following organizations:

 

• Citizens Trust Bank
• The Russell Foundation
• The New Georgia Project
• “Live Free” 
• The Florida Rights Restoration Coalition
• Movement for Black Lives 
• Next Level Boys Academy

 

To quote Killer Mike, "Those organizations and many, many more across the country need your help. They need boots on the ground. So there is nothing wrong with having the anger and emotion and passion overspill that we saw, because that needs to happen to ignite. But, now that you’re ignited, I need you on a weekly and daily basis to join a grassroots organization wherever you are and for you guys to progress wherever you are. So that nationally we can be allied and progressing together.”

The Marvel Cinematic Universe (Part 3)

At last! Our almost final* rankings of all things MCU! First Wade and Siggy briefly revise their rankings from Parts 1 and 2, then they leap into the Best and the Worst Lines of Dialogue! Moments! And... that's all??? Plus Siggy gives his Very Special Tribute to the characters of the MCU.

*Except that we recorded this before Spider-Man: Far From Home was released... those thoughts coming soon!

 

 

 

Joker

Recorded before the coronavirus hit our shores, so we didn't know to be upset about that. But we did decide to discuss Joker, so something was in the air.