The Goods: A Film Podcast

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 1&2 (2007/13) - You can't ungoon the goony

Dan and Brian continue Maxi-Month with a look at a variety of films featuring growing things: two early cinema trick films, a classic cartoon short, and the two Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs films. Join as they discuss the novelty of early size-shifting films, their hangups with height, breaking the fourth wall, the Lord and Miller directing duo, the fine line between postmodernism and parody, Dan's post-ChatGPT read on Cloudy, and the mixed strangeness of the sequel.
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Jack the Giant Killer (1962) (ft. Gavin McDowell) - Ker-winning

Brian, Dan, and Gavin continue their discussion of the Maxi-Mini-Month slate of Kerwin Matthews-starring adventure films. In Part 2 of their conversation, they discuss the knockoff Harryhausen film Jack the Giant Killer. Join as they discuss Brian's connection to the film and the inspiration it brings to his own work, the TV flavor (one childhood favorite show of Dan's in particular), the historical and cultural basis for the story, the "kitchen sink" approach to effects, the annoying Leprechaun, and the bizarre musical adaptation. Then, they each rate all three films.
Check out Part 1 discussing The 7th Voyage of Sinbad and The 3 Worlds of Gulliver: https://thegoods.podbean.com/e/the-7th-voyage-of-sinbad-1958-3-worlds-of-gulliver-1960-ft-gavin-mcdowell-looks-like-the-monsters-lost/
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The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958) & 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960) (ft. Gavin McDowell) - Looks like the monsters lost

Maxi/Mini-Month continues with us welcoming back our good friend Gavin to discuss three adventure films starring Kerwin Mathews. In Part 1, they discuss The 7th Voyage of Sinbad and 3 Worlds of Gulliver, two films featuring stop-motion effects from Ray Harryhausen and giant and/or small people. Join as they discuss their history with Harryhausen, swashbuckling films, genie rules, the Star Wars prequel films, unusual baby names, and more.
Check out Part 2, featuring a discussion of Jack the Giant Killer, and ratings for all three films, coming soon.
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Them! (1954) - Octuple atomic monsters

Dan and Brian continue their theme month of particularly big or small stuff with a look at one of the great "atomic monster" movies of the '50s: Them! (Don't forget the exclamation point.) Join as they discuss their thoughts on ants, the cube-square law, the draw of tiny elephants and giant beans, the sturdy craftsmanship of Gordon Douglas, and comparisons to Godzilla.
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The Gnome-Mobile (1967) (ft. Buzzed on Movies) - A hell of a jumpspan

To kick off a new theme month, Dan and Brian welcome back their old friends Teddy and Matt, hosts of the Buzzed on Movies podcast that heavily inspired Brian. Join as they discuss the appeal of big and small effects in movies, Brian and Teddy's friendship origin story, a proposed protagonist-antagonist swap, the astonishing gnome mating ritual climax, and our ideas for a hypothetical Gnome-Mobile sequel.
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Lord of the Rings (2001-03), Part 2 (ft. Will) - Eragon and Gandorf

Dan, Brian, and Will continue their discussion of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings films, culminating with a tense Is It Good? rating session and Star Wars vs. LotR throwdown. Join as they discuss the nature of male bonding and positive masculinity in Lord of the Rings, their favorite casting, the epic finale, and some of the wackier bits of lore. Stay to the end for sendoff more fulfilling than second breakfast.
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Lord of the Rings (2001-03), Part 1 (ft. Will) - Who the hell is Gondor?

One podcast episode to rule them all. Dan's brother Will joins Brian to hunker down and dig deep into Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy. In this part 1, they give some background context on the info, then dive into Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers.
Dan, outed as a Tolkien skeptic in the podcast's previous episode of adaptations of the author's work (look up Animated Tolkien in our episode history), does his best to parse through the story and make sense of Tolkien's dense worldbuilding and bizarre naming conventions. Will offers the perspective an invested fan. Brian finds some middle ground.
Join soon Part 2, which includes a discussion of The Return of the King and a review of some of the overarching elements of the trilogy.
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Space Jams (1996/2021) - Come on and slam

We got a real jam goin' down at The Goods: A Film Podcast. Dan and Brian review the '90s cartoon and its legacy COVID-dumped sequel starring two of the greatest NBA players. Join as they discuss the phenomenon of Space Jam nostalgia, the semi-viral Space Jam mashup fad, Michael Jordan's competitive mindset, the earliest movies we were aware of from advertising and peer discourse, and the self-critiquing undercurrents of the 2021 film.
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