The Goods: A Film Podcast
Brian and Dan revisit films both famous and forgotten, then ask the all-important question: Is It Good?
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Episodes
Monday Dec 28, 2020
Monday Dec 28, 2020
718 minutes. That's the length of the High School Musical saga to date: three movies, a spinoff movie, and the first season of a Disney+ series.
Together, Dan and Brian climb Mount Efronest as they break down the strengths and weaknesses of each of the movies before digging into the soapy, uplifting, and "woke AF" (to quote Brian) High School Musical: The Musical: The Series.
What's Ryan's deal? What is Dan's single favorite fact about High School Musical, "one of the funniest pop culture things of the 21st century"? Why is this series so obsessed with blurring the line of theater and reality? All these questions, and more, discussed in our biggest episode yet.
Music credits:
RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4277-retrofuture-cleanLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Monday Dec 21, 2020
Monday Dec 21, 2020
Join Dan and Brian as they revisit a forgotten time-travel romcom from a simpler time. Brian, an avowed Hugh Jackman fanboy, praises his charm and silky accent, while Dan ponders if Meg Ryan was the right casting for his counterpoint. They pick apart the film's time loops and elevator paradoxes as Dan pitches a Kate & Leopold cinematic universe and Brian shares his movie rating framework.
Music credits:
RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4277-retrofuture-cleanLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
Dan and Brian take a deep dive into the sci fi film 12 Monkeys and the pros/cons/paradoxes of various types of time travel. Join as they celebrate the film's dedication to interlocking timelines, its striking post-apocalyptic visuals, and Brad Pitt's bug-eyed insanity. Meanwhile, Dan makes the case for 12 Monkeys as the ultimate movie about 2020 and Brian tries to argue it's a Christmas movie.
Music credits:
RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4277-retrofuture-cleanLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Tuesday Dec 08, 2020
Tuesday Dec 08, 2020
Does Brian love Pee-wee's Playhouse because he's weird? Or is he weird because he loves Pee-wee's Playhouse? Celebrate the season with Brian and Dan as they break down one of Brian's childhood favorite Christmas specials in all its hyperactive glory. Brian greets us with a holiday tune while Dan re-casts the guest celebrities for 2020 in The Goods' merriest episode yet.
Music credits:
RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4277-retrofuture-cleanLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Monday Nov 30, 2020
Monday Nov 30, 2020
Dan has a weird obsession with a specific kind of romantic comedy in which best friends fall in love. Hear him analyze this specific set of tropes, and then dissect John Hughes' example of the format, as Brian discovers Back to the Future parallels and embraces the almighty butt chin. Dan admires Watts and her ambiguous sexuality, while Brian stands up for Lea Thompson.
Music credits:
RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4277-retrofuture-cleanLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Tuesday Nov 24, 2020
Tuesday Nov 24, 2020
Join Dan and Brian as they view the seminal '70s satire Network for the first time, admire its almost Shakespearean devotion to monologues, praise its award-winning cast, bask in Faye Dunaway, and ponder just how much it predicted the 21st century media landscape. Dan narrates his own Howard Beale rant for 2020 while Brian notes the film's many connections to his favorite movie, UHF.
Music credits:
RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4277-retrofuture-cleanLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Monday Nov 16, 2020
Monday Nov 16, 2020
Dan had high hopes when he saw Step Brothers in 2008, but found it underwhelming. Join revisiting and Brian watching for the first time, as they parse whether this very funny movie is also a very good movie. Dan gives a shout out to the joke most directly catered to him in cinema history, Brian wonders how we're supposed to feel about Brennan and Dale's mental health, and both agree on the film's funniest moment (hint: Brennan would have died in real life).
Music credits:
RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4277-retrofuture-cleanLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Monday Nov 09, 2020
Monday Nov 09, 2020
Brian gives Dan a primer on zombie movies both bleak and boisterous as they discuss Return of the Living Dead and its seminal predecessor, Night of the Living Dead. They celebrate Return's escalating comic chaos and Night's ability to horrify elementary schoolers. Dan brainstorms a few bits of zombie action he'd like to see in Return's universe as Brian considers where these movies place in his all-time ranking.
Music credits:
RetroFuture Clean by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4277-retrofuture-cleanLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/