Today on this thing that we do, we're gonna talk about how Disney™ continues to ruin our lives with Star Wars™. The new Star Wars™ is out, and it is... well, it's up for interpretation. We are also gonna talk about Cats, Supreme Court cases, Tenet, Mulan, and so much more. Not to mention, we review Sam Mendes's 1999 Best Picture winner, American Beauty, starring renowned cat molester Kevin J. Spacey™. What do we™ have to say about American Beauty™ you ask? Well, you™ should go ahead and listen right now™.
Timecodes:
0:00 - Intro
1:15 - Cats (continues to suck)
6:00 - United States v. Paramount Pictures and the Disney monopoly
10:56 - Star Wars Episode IX: Rise of Skywalker Discussion (Spoilers)
37:35 - Tenet and Mulan
44:29 - American Beauty Discussion (Spoilers)
1:16:54 - Recommendation and outro
Helpful Links:
The PostPWN subreddit: https://bit.ly/2OeIreN - Leave questions at this week's question's threads and we will answer them in the next episode!!!!!!
Cats redesign submitted to Academy Awards: Article on The Wrap
Disney at the box office for 2019: Article on Movieweb
Oscar Bait - PWN #32: Video on YouTube - History of Oscar bait and U.S. v. Paramount
Disney pressures theaters part 1: Article on Quartz
Disney pressures theaters part 2: Article on MarketWatch
Justice Department reviewing decision and possible consequences: Article by Polygon
Star Wars: Episode IX on IMDb
American Beauty on IMDb
Next episode's spotlight film: Pleasantville (1998)
