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The Traveller in the EveningA Short History of The Traveller in the EveningAndy and Conor discussed how the focus of their attention has shifted in recent years from environmental crisis to the rise of fascism and illiberalism, particularly in the context of the Trump phenomenon. They also revisited the importance of William Blake for the blog, with Andy confirming that his appreciation for Blake has not changed significantly.A Blake-Inspired Spiritual JourneyAndy discussed his journey with William Blake, starting with his accidental discovery of Blake's work and his subsequent attraction to Blake. Andy shared how Blake's ideas influenced his understanding of the human imagination and its...2025-04-2749 min
The Traveller in the EveningWhatever Happened to the Revolutionary Left #3: From Workerism to Broke, 1945-1985 (Part Three: Collapse of the SWP and Decline of the Far Left)The Bloom had GoneOur generation’s illusions are lived ones.John GameHow the right appropriated what were once left wing causes – ‘no forever wars’ for ‘anti war’, ‘anti-globalism’ for opposition to neo-liberal globalisation and hostility to ‘elites’ for hostility to capitalism – is what led some on the left to believe that even in a period of unprecedented right wing reaction this was still their era. This ignores two things. Firstly, that the terminological shifts matter and have real content. ‘No Forever wars’ ‘globalism’ and ‘the elite’ stand for a conspiratorial worldviews as much as what they claim to stand agains...2025-04-131h 20
The Traveller in the EveningWhatever Happened to the Revolutionary Left #2: From Workerism to Broke, 1945-1985 (Part Two: Ouverism and the Rise of the New Left)Revolutionary Left's Rise 1945-1985 OverviewJohn and Andy discuss the rise of the revolutionary left from 1945 to 1985. They start by examining the situation at the end of World War II, including the positions of Social Democrats and the Communist Party. They cover the emergence of the New Left from its post-war origins through significant developments in the 1960s. The discussion will provide context on key groups and figures, touching on the influence of the Russian Revolution. They explain how leftist movements expanded beyond a small niche during this 40-year period.Russian Revolution's Impact on Leftist...2025-03-301h 02
Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeMagical Mystery TourGet on the bus for the Magical Mystery Tour with your couriers Andy, Brooke and Kitt. We talk a lot about drugs! Because it's really the only way to understand this BBC Boxing Day Special. But also, John is so happy! (Because of drugs?)
PS- We're not covering Yellow Submarine and Andy explains why in a way sure to get him cancelled by Beatles completionists.
Next up we're doing a spooky season franchise!2024-10-061h 07
The Traveller in the EveningSpectral Promises: Electronic Music 1970-1990Planned as a long Q&A session between Andy and long-time Traveller podcast co-host, Conor Kostick, that discussion raised so many questions and went on for so long that it seemed best to postpone airing the issues on the podcast. For this episode we excerpted Andy’s intro to the discussion, touching on his own experience listening to and making electronic music. Starting with Wendy Carlos and Popcorn, (yes, it’s Hot Butter by Popcorn, not Popcorn by Hot Butter… Andy got that wrong throughout) passing through Kraftwerk, David Bowie, Throbbing Gristle and Nurse With Wound, Andy argues...2024-09-3057 min
The Traveller in the EveningBlake, Castoriadis and the Social ImaginaryBlake saw imagination as the ‘body of Christ’, as divine: imagination is what will build Golgonooza, his New Jerusalem. Some readers of Blake interpret this imagination as merely the power that drives the artist to make inspired art. It is far more than this in Blake. The imagination is tasked with building God’s Kingdom itself. But what can this mean?Cornelius Castoriadis (1922-1997) was a child of the post-war revolutionary movement. He led the group Socialisme ou Barbarie (Socialism or Barbarism), which split to the left of French Trotskyism and was active from 1948-1966. Castoriadis eventually reject...2024-08-2550 min
The Traveller in the EveningWilliam Blake: England's Radical Prophet and VisionaryWatch now | An introduction to Blake given by Andy Wilson at St Luke’s Community Centre, Islington, London, on 24th Nov 2021, for the residents around Bunhill Fields, where Blake is buried. Get full access to The Traveller in the Evening at www.travellerintheevening.com/subscribe2024-05-1852 min
The Traveller in the EveningTimothy Morton: The Marriage of Religion and the BiosphereThe fourth wall between the human subject and everything else evaporates. How to see global warming as part of the human drama, not as the end of it? How to rebuild the play when there is a fourth wall collapse, and when this collapse coincides with the actual theatre on fire? When being on fire is what causes this collapse, what happens? The play was s**t. We need another play.Timothy Morton, HellHell on earth is here. The toxic fusion of big oil, Evangelical Christianity and white supremacy has ignited a worldwide inferno, more phantasmagoric...2024-04-201h 35
The Traveller in the EveningPanpsychism - and why you should careThese are the Sons of Los, & these the Labourers of the VintageThou seest the gorgeous clothed Flies that dance & sport in summerUpon the sunny brooks & meadows: every one the danceKnows in its intricate mazes of delight artful to weave:Each one to sound his instruments of music in the dance,To touch each other & recede; to cross & change & returnThese are the Children of Los; thou seest the Trees on mountainsThe wind blows heavy, loud they thunder thro' the darksom skyUttering prophecies & speaking instructive words to the sonsOf men: These are the Sons of Los! These the Visions...2024-04-1143 min
The Traveller in the EveningA Brief History of the Moorish Orthodox ChurchIn 1786 the United States signed the Treaty of Marrakesh with Morocco, creating trade and diplomatic agreements but, crucially, also guaranteeing that no Moroccan would ever be taken as a slave in the US. In the following decades, several Black Muslim groups grew up in the US. Among these were the Moorish Science Temple and, later, the Moorish Orthodox Church (MOC), who seized on the treaty as a secular guarantee of their essential freedom, a freedom itself rooted metaphysically in Islam as the ancestral religion of the Moors, a tradition stolen from them through slavery and exile, which they now...2024-04-0246 minKiss Your Franchise GoodbyeMetropolis (1984 Moroder Edition)It's JB's birthday pick and he has chosen the 1927 Fritz Lang classic Metropolis, restored and given a new soundtrack in the 80s by the King of 80s Soundtracks, Giorgio Moroder. Felt like homework to Kitt. This is Andy's superhero origin story: the literal zeitgeist of Weimar Germany and what this film was saying. Melissa hated this movie!
What songs would we have picked to put in the movie?
Studio notes for a remake version?
2024-03-161h 40Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeCrazy HeartIt's a Mark birthday movie-- the very non-franchise-y Crazy Heart which won Jeff Bridges an Oscar. Unlike the Academy, the rest of us hated this movie to various degrees. Andy goes on a 25 minute rant about country music fans and the Fast Car remake. Mark says Andy needs to calm down. Melissa and Kitt still don't like the movie. Alcoholism. Schroedinger's Single Mom. The age difference thing. We do like the music though. JB appears just in time for studio notes. Can we separate art from artist?
Next week is JB's birthday movie, the Moroder version of...2024-02-121h 39Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeClerks 2
Once again-- this episode is even more filthy than normal, because Kevin Smith.
It's mostly just the Andy and Melissa show until BAM a wild JB and Mark appear at the very end. So much wrong with this movie. Mark likes Clerks 2 more than Clerks? Name 5 Soul Asylum songs. Sweet Relief: A Benefit for Victoria Williams is the name of the album.
Next up we finish off Clerks with the third (and final?) entry. And Mark and JB will announce their birthday movies!2024-02-041h 55Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeClerksWARNING: This episode is extra filthy. Just warning you.
Because it's Kevin Smith's debut, Clerks. What is it about this movie? Much of it has not aged well, yet... maybe we shouldn't change a thing about it? Andy's and Kitt's mom introduced Andy to this movie. Perfect time capsule. Dante is a bad person. No, he's worse than a bad person-- he's a neutral person. Dante died! That soundtrack. Berkerzer!!! Handwaving over the Weinsteins. Andy's Kevin Smith phase.
Next up, it's Clerks 2 (featuring Ahsoka Tano). Get Clerkin'!2024-01-291h 41Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeSleepless in SeattleIt's essentially the template for all other rom coms that came after in the 90's-- Sleepless in Seattle. Somehow everyone has lived in or near Seattle except Andy, and he's a bad brother for not visiting even though Tom Hanks reminds us there's like 26 states between there and here! The Rob Reiner-Nora Ephron connection through When Harry Met Sally and how this went from a spec script by a 9th grade English teacher to being re-written by two different Oscar-winners. Swap genders and this is the Mark Wahlberg / Reese Witherspoon movie Fear. A random tangent about Wonka, The Color...2024-01-041h 39Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeKiss Kiss Bang BangIt's another alternative holiday movie! This time, neo noir caper from Shane Black Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. Melissa regrets this choice. When you're trying too hard to be cool. Shane Black is actually trying to be able to sit at the cool kids' table. Andy makes three major mistakes: Manute Bol is not Wilt Chamberlain. Deadwood is not Tombstone. Charles Grodin is not John Lithgow. He promises to take his brain pills before next episode. Recasting with John Barrowman or Matt Bomer? This movie vs. The Nice Guys. Tom Willett-- the guy who played Abraham Lincoln has been in...2023-12-141h 18
The Traveller in the EveningBlake and the Traveller in the EveningPodcast | Andy Wilson interviewed by Conor Kostick on William Blake, Surrealism, ecology, radical politics and theology, and how Blake's meaning has been distorted by contemporary Blakeans such as John Higgs. Get full access to The Traveller in the Evening at www.travellerintheevening.com/subscribe2023-11-0145 minKiss Your Franchise GoodbyeScream 3It's Scream 3, it's October, welcome to official spooky season! (Also, Go Rangers!) Wes Craven's use of rape, specifically children who are a product of rape being evil. Carrie Fisher! Andy can't remember Clive Barker's Lord of Illusions and starts everyone doing Adam Sandler impressions. Randy sighting! Stab-a-thon! Secret siblings? Dumb trope. Announcing our guided meditation and scream therapy. Circle Stab! Hollywood Stabs-- circle gets the stab! Stab Your Luck! (the biggest giggle fit in the history of the podcast) Scream's influence on mainstream horror. Some self reflection on if violent movies have affected us... nope, it was Dungeons and...2023-10-031h 36
The Traveller in the EveningFrom Hyperobjects to Re-AnimismConor Kostick interviews Andy Wilson about his recent essay, From Hyperobjects to Re-Animism: Titans at the End of the World. Get full access to The Traveller in the Evening at www.travellerintheevening.com/subscribe2023-09-2941 minKiss Your Franchise GoodbyeScream 2It's Scream 2 and Andy, Brooke and Melissa are... talking baseball? Also sequels. And how this is the most stacked supporting cast in the history of sequels... except maybe Sharknado 2. Treatment of Black characters in this movie and franchise. Are there any sequels better than the original?
Next week Scream 3-- go Rangers!2023-09-251h 20
Blank Propaganda MachineAndy Brings the Sauce to Earth DayThis episode welcomes back an old friend, local city council member and original BPM host, Andy Bateman! Andy brings his love of irreverent and witty humor to the discussions, all the while trying not to ruin all of his political capital and aspirations in one hilarious hour of regret.Blank, Blank, or Blank - With Earth Day only slightly in the rear view, the BPM crew decide how to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle some various fun, and not-so-Eco-friendly itemsMass Debate - Kirk decides to use a bombshell tactic to try and bring down Jed...2023-08-291h 02Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeIndiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal SkullIt's the Indy movie we've been putting off and here we are finally. The film's treatment of its Indigenous people. Indy getting older. What are the elements of an Indiana Jones movie? Shia LeBeouf! Andy's studio notes and Malinche.
Next week is the Dial of Destiny which is the most Mark de Leon movie ever.
Stay to the end for a "bonus scene."2023-08-291h 58Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeThe Secret Life of Walter MittyIt's Kitt's birthday movie pick-- the 2013 Ben Stiller film The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. Why Brooke hates Ben Stiller (but not in this movie). How we Mitty'd out of this movie several times. Major Tom/David Bowie. Danny Kaye and James Thurber. AMAZING stacked supporting cast.
Andy's original review from Christmas 2013 where he gave this 3.5/5 stars.
Hope you enjoyed! Next episode is our Barbie episode! 2023-08-081h 36Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeIndiana Jones and the Daddy Issues, er, Last CrusadeSpecial guest Christi joins us! How "Isolation Playhouse" script readings kept us sane during the pandemic. Everyone saw this in theaters! Some of us... in MALLS! We loved this movie! Because it's inoffensive? How this movie is about Spielberg's daddy issues. Upside/downside? Great movie about fathers and sons... and no female characters needed. A 20 minute debate about whether Elsa was a Nazi or not, and how complicit she was with acting with the Nazis. But those action sequences! Hat on a hat Russian nesting dolls of action. And those deaths! We want more women in the movie, but...2023-07-311h 49
Careers and the Business of LawEp. 12 - Andy Wilson: Founder & CEO of LogikcullAndy Wilson: Founder & CEO of Logikcull Who are the top 6 eDiscovery software CEOs? If I say Apple - you say Steve Jobs If I say Amazon, you say Jeff. If I say Tesla, Microsoft or GE you say Elon, Bill and Jack. But, what if I say, Logikcull, Relativity, Disco, Everlaw, Reveal or Casepoint? Join me this summer as I interview the top founders and CEO’s in the Legal software space starting with the Big 6 of eDiscovery. In this episode- Andy Wilson founder and CEO of Log...2023-07-1836 minKiss Your Franchise GoodbyeRaiders of the Lost ArkDon't look Marion! It's Raiders of the Lost Ark, and we have Joe from Tales from the Comic Shop with us. Indy/Star Wars merch nostalgia minute. Melissa is extra salty this week-- we talk briefly about the Texas Rangers. Is this a James Bond movie? Andy breaks out his weirdo George Lucas impression. The elephant in the room re Indy and Marion. George Lucas wanted her to be 11?
Great, so he's a sexual predator tomb raider. But also this movie rules. Maybe artifacts like these should remain buried. NAZIS. John Williams score. Studio notes. A side conversation about...2023-06-051h 43Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeEvil Dead RiseIt's Evil Dead Rise, which was just in theaters! Weirdly, we end up not talking about it that much, but instead go offf on long tangents about Scream, woodchippers, and then Brooke reveals her special birthday movie choice at the end.
It's a doozy, and Andy would like to announce his retirement from the podcast as he has now gone to live in the woodchipper after this episode's studio note.2023-05-201h 14Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeEvil Dead (2013)Andy, Melissa and Brooke are OVER this one. How did they make the tree rape WORSE? Diablo Cody? The Final Girl trope. No clever sign off because we're just so done.
Next time it's Evil Dead Rise, which is now available on VOD!2023-05-0939 minKiss Your Franchise GoodbyeArmy of DarknessAll right you primitive screwheads, listen up! It's time for Army of Darkness and boy are people mad!
Army of Darkness: "You once found me funny."
Andy and JB: "Honey, you got real misogynistic."
What does hold up? Practical effects. Zany bits. Skeleton army. Rooting for the skeleton army!
Through the power of time travel, Brooke appears!
Budget troubles? Box office. Studio notes.
Next week, a tangent! Tucker and Dale vs. Evil! The ultimte story of teens going to a cabin in the woods.
Also...2023-04-041h 10Kiss Your Franchise Goodbye69th Episode Nice Princess Season Wrapup Awards and Oscars Presented by Jeffrey Katzenberg, Co-Founder of QuibiIt's our 69th (nice) and final episode of Season 2!
Oscar predictions and thoughts. Why Brooke didn't and JB did like Top Gun: Maverick.
JB's Top "a-Ha!" moments!
JB's best and worst movies -- one of which makes Andy's head explode
Andy's Best Dogs
JB's Best Sports Moment
Brooke ranks the franchises
Brooke's bests and worsts, including ranking all the birthday/special movies
Andy ranked ALL of the movies on Letterboxd:
https://letterboxd.com/whillice/list/kiss-your-franchise-goodbye-season-2-ranked/
...2023-03-141h 16Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeCreed IICreed vs Drago, and the winner is all of us! Again, we all love this movie. Dinner scenes. Phylicia Rashad, Tessa Thompson, and BRIGITTE!! Dads and babies. Embarrassing Russian lessons with Andy. Weird tangents at the end about running/kinesiology/mental toughness, Nile Rogers, watching movies with Andy and Kitt's parents (these are all separate tangents).
Next week Creed III comes out! We'll have a new episode early the next week after it comes out with no spoilers to give everyone a chance to see it. But we'll also rank our favorite fights, montages, and movies across...2023-02-281h 23Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeRocky VWe've got a fight on our hands as Brooke kind of loves this movie and Roy, Andy and Melissa do NOT. By the end we're comparing it to other famous turkeys we've covered like Demolition Man, The Power of One, and Moonraker and whether we liked Rocky V better or worse than those movies.
Go vote in the Yours, Mine and Theirs poll about which wrestling movie they should watch (unless it's Foxcatcher)
Next week we catch up with what Marie has been doing all these years in Rocky Balboa. 2023-02-021h 28Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeRocky IVIt's Rocky IV and Andy doesn't understand Roman numerals. The whole gang is back including Roy Fillmore and he and Andy promise not to talk about the Director's Cut too much. We break that promise over and over. But seriously, watch the theatrical cut. Roy's sexual awakening. Paulie. The sex robot. Drago isn't Soviet enough. "Oh no, it's Brigitte!" We re-enact a 1990 SNL sketch of Sly Stallone and other Hollywood stars giving hockey ideas to Wayne Gretzky. It's propaganda. Disagreement over whether this is a good movie or not.
At about the 2 hour mark, Andy sits down...2023-01-232h 27Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeRocky IIIOur prediction? PAIN as Roy Fillmore from Yours, Mine and Theirs joins us again. This is the template movie for everything else. Adrian is the best. Carl Weathers' shoulders. Andy's rant about why 1982 was the best summer of movies ever.
Watch Rocky IV for next week-- probably the theatrical cut but if you want to watch the new Director's Cut you can do that too.2023-01-162h 05Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeLords of Flatbush Trailer - Listen on Patreon!We're launching our Patreon with movies too spicy for the main feed. Hear this two minute preview as Andy and Brooke talk the Rocky-adjacent film The Lords of Flatbush, but we also talk about the history of condoms, the Gilmore Girls, crying fetishes, and Andy's dalliance with screenwriting during the LDS cinema boomlet in the early 2000's.
https://www.patreon.com/kissyourfranchisegoodbye
2023-01-0702 minKiss Your Franchise GoodbyeRockyWe're joined by Roy from Yours, Mine and Theirs, where he and Andy also talked about Rocky two years ago! Roy, Brooke and Andy think this is probably the best live action franchise ever. JB disagrees, as there's a lot of clunky character stuff at the beginning: you want to just put on Rocky 3 or 4. It's hard to separate this movie from the later films. It's even harder to separate it from the filming process itself and what it meant culturally. Apollo Creed RULES. The politics of this thing are all over the place. The date scene is super...2023-01-011h 53Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeOldboyIt's just Andy and JB this time-- two old boys talking about Oldboy. Expanding the horizons of our understanding. Are the Koreans ok? The American myth that violence can fix anything. How do you live post vengeance? Does Dae-su have any agency? The use of mirrors as a visual motif. Park pulling from Hitchcock. What we would have liked from the Spike Lee remake. Could a female director fix this movie? Giving female characters any agency at all. Calling out mid-2000s movie sites who hyped this movie (whose people ended up being total creeps and sex pests) obviously...2022-12-132h 14Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeState of the Franchise 2022 - Our 100th Episode!Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye! Andy is here to lay down the Robert's Rules of Order and lay this episode on the table.
The state of the franchise is amazingly strong, with theaters open and basically every major movie coming out in 2023 some sort of sequel, reboot, or adaptation of an existing property. Some of them sound great, some of them sound terrible.
Also, it's finally happening: we're doing a patreon and starting a multi-year project where we're going to watch every single Hitchcock movie. Yikes. Find us on https://www.patreon.com/kissyourfranchisegoodbye a...2022-11-231h 24Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeToy Story 2The Godfather II of animated movies? We’re all just toys in Andy’s toybox. This was Brooke’s first time watching this. Our histories with the movie. The most Andy has ever cried at a movie. The intense pressure and timeline of making this movie. The time it got deleted off Pixar’s servers. Star Wars references! The first 5 minutes vs. Lightyear. Cursed premise. Could use more music. Gender imbalance. Are Bo Peep and Woody involved because she’s the only girl toy or because there’s actually something there? Sideshow Bob. Sadness for Stinky Pete. Should we take our Fun...2022-10-171h 40Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeToy StoryANDY'S COMING! EVERYONE HIDE! We talk about the first Toy Story movie and why we love this franchise. The long history of Pixar and John Lasseter- watch The Pixar Story on Disney+. Only men made this movie? SHOCKING. The return of Quibi-co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg. Joss Whedon and a pause for reactions. Fan theories about Andy's mom and family situation.
Next week it's time to cry with Jessie's cowgirl song. Watch Toy Story 2!2022-10-041h 40Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeTurning RedIt's our longest episode ever! as we discuss Turning Red, boy bands, parenting, and generational trauma. Then we then go through our wrap up of Disney Princesses and rankings. Post credits interview with Aaron "Bear the Greeter!" (starts at approximately 3 hr mark)
Next week Toy Story, and don't forget to vote in our Facebook poll about the franchises you'd like to see covered on the show!
Andy's letterboxd profile and Disney Princess rankings list.2022-09-293h 22Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeEncantoWe're going to talk about Bruno. Melissa is joining us from a submarine? (Stay to the end for the bloopers where you can hear the submarine dive). Which family member are we and why is it Luisa? Lots of talk about mental health and family trauma. WE FUCKING HATE THE ALAMO, OK? US foreign policy towards Latin America. Andy's gift is segues back from tangents.
Next week we're finishing Disney Princesses (for now) with Turning Red! Bring your favorites ranked and also your favorite boy band songs!
2022-09-152h 31Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeRaya and the Last DragonIt's a princess movie about. . . COVID? The world is broken but we're here to talk about all the ways Disney tried to do something new and different and groundbreaking here, but also a discussion about how it's a step backwards when we use a fake place like Kumandra instead of real places like Coco and Encanto do. We still really love this movie though.
Content/trigger-warnings: we discuss COVID, death, family problems and injuries, and sexual assault and rape in this episode.
And stop pitting women against each other!
We also include some b...2022-09-021h 32Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeCocoOkay, so this our longest episode ever at over 3 hours, and EVERYBODY CRIES. Sorry, not sorry. Special bonus appearance by James Estrada at about the 1:30 mark. Special bonus Mexican box office discussion around 2:15.
THIS EPISODE FEATURES A LOT OF CRYING. Andy doesn’t remember to introduce the podcast. Trawling for sponsors: Magic Spoon, Mucinex, Tacos, or sex toys.
CRYING PART 1: Brooke’s niece Coco who passed away, her family history and her grandmother from Spain. Grief.
The importance of when this movie came out—right in the middle of Trump and terrible things he was...2022-08-163h 23Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeEverything Everywhere All At OnceIt's Andy's birthday so we're watching his favorite movie of 2022. Special guest James Estrada from Geek Parenting Podcast joins us, and you can check out his Twitch streams here. Why this movie works. Nietzsche. Buddhism. Let's go to the rock universe. Generational trauma. Absurdism. Butt plugs. Hot dog fingers. Randy Neuman as Racacoonie.
Next week we're back at Disney with Coco!2022-08-032h 09Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeMoanaIt's Moana! and we have lots of opinions. First time watcher for Melissa. Memories of seeing this in the theaters. Stupid coconuts. Stop sending people on these 2 week vacations to places! How does one get on a Disney cultural advisory panel? Tamatoa, Maui, and big dick energy. Lin Manuel wrote a Bowie song for Jermaine!
Alan Tudyk went to Julliard and now he makes chicken noises. See here!
Ok, fine, Coco is now a princess movie too.
Next week, we do a birthday movie for Andy- listen to see what it is! And w...2022-07-281h 50Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeFrozenDisney goes "woke" with the whitest people you know? Or just a story about sisters. The long history of Frozen starting in the 1940s, and including what happens when you put different people in charge of writing and directing, in this case writer/co-director Jennifer Lee. The sister summit. Adele Dazeem. Is Elsa gay? We're 100% on board with killing the parents. Do reindeer antlers female?
Go vote in the Facebook poll-- Andy eliminated 5 movies from his birthday movie runoff, so go vote harder if you have strong preferences.2022-07-202h 22Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeLabyrinthWe're all still sick with COVID (get back to us on that sponsorship, Mucinex) but let's talk about Jim Henson's/David Bowie's Labyrinth! Why Kitt bought this on VHS with their own money. Gaslighting: the movie and the Elaine May connection. What if Michael Jackson had been in this? GIVE US ADAM DRIVER MUPPET PRIDE AND PREJUDICE YOU COWARDS. Patriarchy is everywhere. from gas stations in Oregon to the Supreme Court.
Next week, back to Princesses! It's Frozen time!
Go listen to Brooke talk about Labyrinth more (and Big Trouble in Little China and Idiocracy...2022-07-131h 37
Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeThe Princess and the FrogIt's The Princess and the Frog and we welcome Sandee Moore back from her previous appearance and Kitt is now back as a regular princess contributor.
Musker and Clements are at it again, and Lotsa Huggin Bear Jon Lasseter is making it even worse. The cult of Oprah? Depictions of vodou in mainstream media. Neil Gaiman. RANDY NEWMAN. Zydeco.
Andy does the LONGEST studio note ever with a complete rewrite. We're very sorry.
Go to Sandee's Instagram, follow her, like her posts, and send her money to buy one of these Tiana dresses!2022-06-112h 18Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeLouise by the ShoreIt's a birthday choice for Brooke, who chose the animated French 2016 film Louise by the Shore, a surrealist contemplation on aging, memory and isolation. While Brooke thinks being left alone in a seaside resort village with just a dog is her idea of heaven, it is Andy's personal hell. Tom the paratrooper, tho. Pepper the dog is the bestest boi. Birds putting people on trial and boiling your noodle. Is this movie feminist? We say some offensive things about the French. A wild JB appears through the magic of editing! Next week we're watching ̶B̶e̶l̶l̶e̶ ̶E̶p̶o̶q̶...2022-05-251h 47Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeLilo and StitchOn this episode, Ohana means podcast, and that means Andy forgot to include his actual ohana in the recording, so stick around for special time with his sibling Kitt at the end. (Kitt is also going to start joining us as a semi-regular contributor for the rest of the Disney princesses). But we love this movie! Even though some of us had never seen it before. Found family. Is Lilo on the spectrum? The problems of the foster care system. Kids in the Hall. How 9/11 changed the movie. Changing the dryer to a pizza box. Are there no "bad"...2022-05-162h 14Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeThe Hunchback of Notre DameWe're back and we're mad about this movie. HELLFIRE! Or are we mad? Maybe just bored. A brief word about the history of the Romani people. We do not use the g-word when referring to them, but we do quote directly from news outlets and the script itself who do. A brief discussion of Andy's history of seeing this movie and making out with people. "The most R-rated G movie you will ever see" -- go read the NYTimes article. Brooke's angry rant. "A Guy Like You" has big incel energy. Sexualization of Esmerelda -> Demi Moore and Striptease...2022-04-251h 43Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeAladdinAndy really likes this movie but is going to complain about it for 2 1/2 hours. Robin Williams. Jeffrey Katzenberg (co-founder of Quibi) and the ruining of this movie. Howard Ashman's death. The problems with Tim Rice and A Whole New World. Jasmine is doing a 1992 Feminism! (according to Men) The Nipple Report with Brooke Heym. BARFI!
Aladdin 92 vs Aladdin 2019 box office adjusted for inflation report: https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/custom-comparisons/Aladdin-(2019)/Aladdin-(1992)#tab=day_by_day_comparison
Twisted the Musical by Starkid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-77cUxba-aA
Anyway, this movie's se...2022-03-222h 26Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeBeauty and the BeastKelly Adams rejoins us as we start talking about, what else, that library, tho. Kelly loves this movie. Andy loves this movie. Brooke keeps hearing Melissa's voice in her head, or her head in her... something, we don't know. But if there's a library in it for us, then we'll do pretty much anything. Belle is both amazing and problematic. Who is the antagonist of this movie? A long tangent about Star Trek and Quantum Leap. Brooke wants to talk about Esmerelda, so we're doing Hunchback... in 3 weeks.2022-03-142h 19Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeThe Little MermaidListener discretion advised on this one because the conversation goes in some... interesting directions. But we're back! Tonal difference from Hannibal to Disney. Mads-curious. The history of Disney post Sleeping Beauty to now (note: in the episode Andy incorrectly says Sleeping Beauty came out in 1969 when it came out in 1959, putting Little Mermaid at 30, not 20, years later. He has been appropriately disciplined). Jeffrey Katzenberg, co-founder of Quibi. The genius of Howard Ashman and the "I want" song. This is Disney's Goldfinger-- the template movie for all other future successes. Sexuality in The Little Mermaid. Do mermen have penises? Andy's...2022-02-281h 57Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeThe End of Hannibal -- Hannibal Season 3 / Hannibal RisingGaelen is back for Act 3 of the show she calls "Mindf@#$ing in Three Acts"-- it's most mindf@#$ery that ever was!!! The censors were totally not paying attention. We talk about Hannibal Rising for 30 seconds and that's all there is to say about that "movie." We ranks our best Hannibals, Will Grahams, Jack Crawfords, and Frances Dollarhydes.
Prepare for whiplash-- and next episode we're back to Disney Princesses with The Little Mermaid! (As soon as Andy's done moving) You're gonna love it!2021-12-212h 15Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeRed DragonIt's the final Anthony Hopkins performance as Hannibal Lecter in the remake of Manhunter. Brett Ratner. Milli Vanilli biopic ideas. A wild Melissa appears! Is this movie better than Manhunter? Lesbian porn. Andy is pre-emptively cancelling himself and Mark. Next week is No Time to Die!2021-10-181h 37Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeCandyman 2021 (and no spoilers quick No Time to Die!)You can tell we were meh about this movie we took forever to talk about it. To hear about Candyman, go directly to minute 20. Before that? Intros. People are slinging fire on this episode. "Spin the Black Circle." Non-spoilery thoughts on No Time to Die range from meh to maybe the best Bond ever. Mark and Andy's excellent adventure seeing it in a theater.
Finally, Candyman. There are good things to like in here, but it's not exactly put together right.
Next week. . . Red Dragon? Or Bond? Who knows?!?! IT'S CHAOS!!! (If you listen on Sp...2021-10-121h 32
Songs We Didn't WriteOnly For The Night by RX Bandits w/special guest Andy WilsonWe're excited to have Andy Wilson on for another episode. Check out Only For The Night by RX Bandits on Amazon Musichttps://music.amazon.com/albums/B002CEMM3A?trackAsin=B002CEON8M&ref=dm_sh_5liIIq2PXP6awLNMcl6A6szCt2021-10-041h 19Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeThe Silence of the LambsThis isn't the first classy, Oscar-winning movie we've covered, even though Andy says it is. The boys are seeing a different Dr. Lecter than the women. Jack Crawford is a bad man. Andy has never seen Rambo II. We all idolize Hannibal too much and Claire Starling too little. Everyone gets to be smart.
Emily Vanderwerff's article on why Silence of the Lambs is her favorite movie and why we shouldn't lock problematic movies behind content walls.
Thanks to D9 for the music. Check out his youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/D9Robot...2021-09-171h 53Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeCandyman (1992)Say his name five times in a mirror, and the Candyman will murder you. We really enjoyed looking back on this film before the new one comes out. Thanks, Brooke!
Also thanks to Andy's brother Dan, aka D9, for his music! D9 wrote the theme song from Season 1 we used for our James Bond series, and now we're using his beats as the background theme music for this Candyman series and our upcoming Hannibal series. You can check out his music AND DAILY LIVESTREAMS on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/c/D9Robot ! Thanks Dan!!!2021-08-261h 53Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeStraight Talk and Joyful NoiseIt's a Dolly Double Feature, but sadly these movie are not great. Andy's follow-up feelings on Ted Lasso. Melissa has gigabit internet. And calls JB "the James Woods of the podcast" and now we're fighting. Recasting James Woods? More musical numbers, please. More DOLLY please. "Fix Me, Jesus" is a song about the script.
Next week-- CANDYMAN.2021-08-111h 35Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeRhinestoneRHINESTONE!! Roy and Jon join us from Yours, Mine, and Theirs: they reviewed this with Mark last year. Andy loves that episode because Mark flips tables over the Chuck Norris movie Top Dog. Listen to it here! We apologize that Mark is missing, but he shows up 47 minutes in! We also apologize for noisy children in our backgrounds. We won't say whose house this was, but we can all agree it's an improvement over Andy's fire alarm beeping.
Cobra/Copland. Was that the biopic of composer Aaron Copland? The government is silencing Rhinestone! Drinkenstein.
Script...2021-07-112h 06Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeThe Best Little *Podcast* in TexasContent Warning: LANGUAGE. Steve Rogers would have a real problem with this episode. Folks, we've got a problem. We've got a WHOREHOUSE, right here in Texas! Based on the actual true events around the Chicken Ranch in La Grange, TX, instead we have singing and dancing, Dolly Parton, Burt Reynolds, and naked football player choreography! This episode brought to you by Greg Abbott and Ted Cruz. Not as dirty as we would've thought. PG movies with boobs - AIRPLANE!! (We use the phrase "cum dumpster" once and then repeat it many times by the end of the episode. We're...2021-06-231h 33Kiss Your Franchise Goodbye9 to 5Dolly and Lily Tomlin ARE Disney Princesses. Why isn't this on Disney Plus? Melissa erased her VHS copy. MAGNETS. We need a copy because we got the Moderna vaccine. Melissa's grandma. Andy forgot TONS of this movie. Possible sequel. Dabney Coleman is peak early 80's dad. Let's talk about Roz. We have a QUESTION for Patricia Resnick. Andy apologizes for his fire alarms.2021-06-141h 41Songs We Didn't WritePassenger by Deftones w/special guest Andy WilsonSpecial guest Andy Wilson joins us to break down Passenger by Deftones. Check out Passenger by Deftones on Amazon Musichttps://music.amazon.com/albums/B001VFGL4W?trackAsin=B001VFBPM0&ref=dm_sh_Y7YwOSlpr0enL3ZWJb3WwZgHa2021-05-281h 30Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeSnow White and the Seven DwarfsBrooke loves Snow White. JB hates Snow White. Andy has lots of Snow White facts. Who will win? Feminism-- let's get some men in here to discuss it! Is this movie more problematic or secretly feminist? Walt Disney was essentially a crazy person. The old crone queen was the best. Also the crow. Rejected dwarf names. True love's kiss and consent. Disneyland ride remake. Dad Joke The Ride-- now with less racism!
Are Disney Princesses actually getting less progressive? Article from Cracked: https://www.cracked.com/article_24452_5-ways-disney-has-actually-gotten-more-sexist-over-time.html
Andy's Dungeons & Dragons character sheet for S...2021-05-131h 35Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeBlade TrinityThis movie is hot garbage. Signed, Blade. On a Post-It note. The David Goyer rabbit hole. Who choked who? Racism? He had it comin'! Misogyny and tropes. Andy won't say the one line. Brooke will use that word, but only in romantic situations with Parker Posey. Rumors aside, Wesley Snipes seems to be a pleasant person now. What We Do in the Shadows and Wellington Paranormal. So many studio notes.
Next week we start Disney Princesses with Snow White. Note: JB does not accept the spelling "Dwarfs."2021-05-051h 19Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeBlade 2 and Oscars 2021Oscar talk! Wolfwalkers vs. Soul. Movie gift baskets. Top Pixar movies. Why we love Wolfwalkers. Anti-colonialism. Should we do a Cartoon Saloon Trilogy? (Secret of Kells, Song of the Sea, Wolfwalkers) Colonialism. Rick Santorum. Local Texas elections, police reform. In Memorium fails. Best Actor categories. Netflix pushed the wrong movies. The Academy Awards are an archaic system that perpetuates white supremacy. Oscar always rewarding things to make up for past snubs.
We finally talk Blade 2 around minute 48. Nyssa is great, but why did she die? Will they/won't they dynamic. Nomak was in a boy band! JB i...2021-04-281h 46Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeAtomic BlondeIt's the penultimate episode of Season 1 as we wrap up Bond by asking, "What if Bond, but Charlize Theron?" Starting with Europe / Peter Schilling. Charlize Theron producing based on a comic book. "It cost $30 million and it looks like a million bucks." -- Andy.
Is this a female Bond movie? Better than a Bond movie. The male gaze. The soundtrack and what is the theme song?
Next we transition from Bond to Blade with The Power of One.2021-04-082h 17Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeSPECTREMark has a bone to pick with Andy and JB for being mean to SPECTRE. But first, Batwoman talk. Long tracking shots. Sam Smith. Should this have been two movies? This movie is so Extra. Blofeld is SUPER Extra. Lots of Hot Priest talk. A startling discovery on The Poseidon Theory that explains one of this film's most egregious flaws. Next week: Atomic Blonde!2021-03-301h 31Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.We're distracted by our cameras. Vaccine showdown: Pfizer vs. Moderna! Cannibalism chat! Armie Hammer is maybe just a psychopath. And a rapist.
The plot. . . was this just boring? Not Guy Ritchie enough. Thin characters. Weak villains. Low stakes. Andy still likes it! Why no sequel. LET CAVILL AND HAMMER MAKE OUT ON SCREEN, DAMMIT.
The chase scenes and 3 different special effects teams.
We lost Andy for a minute but he's back. Seeing his "O" face.
Production hell for this movie. Box Office. Studio Notes.
Check out Mark on Yours, Mine...2021-03-261h 28Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeDead ManIt’s a special JB birthday episode as we talk about the 1996 Jim Jarmusch black and white western DEAD MAN. No, it’s not a superhero movie. It’s the most non-franchise movie ever. William Blake and poetry. Total sausage fest. Native American representation. Finishing out Season 1 with James Bond and what's happening on Yours, Mine and Theirs with Mark and Andy guesting over the next few months. Next week-- James Bond will return in SKYFALL.2021-03-021h 56Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeCasino Royale ... with CheeseWe're now a Mads Mikkleson fan podcast, welcoming in Andy's sister Kate, her friend Gaelen, and ReturningChamp™ Melissa as our biggest Mads fans we know. Also JB and Mark are here. (We miss you, Brooke!)
It's a reboot! Is Bond the same person? Parkour. How other movies from the 2000's influenced the film. Satisfying old fans and bringing in new fans. The 2005-2006 box office landscape (Note that at one point here Andy said "George Martin instead of George Miller as the director of Happy Feet and the Mad Max movies. Ooops.) The Bourne Influence.
The...2020-12-292h 09Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeMerry Christmas, Moviehouse!A special BONUS episode pulled out of the internet time capsule. FOUR YEARS AGO, Dec 21, 2016, Brooke and Andy sat down on another podcast and talked about It's a Wonderful Life, and this was sort of the genesis of some of the ideas we had behind this podcast. It's also just a fun conversation about mental health and the holidays, COMMUNISM, Donald Trump (we had no idea what we were in for), copyright law, and why we love this movie so much.
We're back to Bond after Christmas, but wanted to give you this in the meantime. Also, A...2020-12-2242 minKiss Your Franchise GoodbyeDie Another DayThis movie is terrible. Just awful. Andy, Mark, Brooke and JB break it down. Halle Berry, product placement gone wrong, bad villains, Boba Fett and The Mandalorian, Rosamund Pike, Michael Madsen, Studio notes, the box office, none of the rest of this is the "best" of any category. Madonna.
Next time, CASINO ROYALE!!
2020-12-101h 20Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeThe World is Not EnoughThe World is Not Enough. . . it's simply sort of "meh." People are mad at Andy's article on Bleeding Cool about Tom Hardy as James Bond. Check out Brooke's Great F@#$ing Relationships Podcast aka GFR. Happy National Coming Out Day. Mark might start a podcast for his library. Shushing.
Brooke never saw this movie until this week. Andy's first theater experience with the movie. Terrible Russian in this movie. Would you rather watch a bad Bond movie or a mediocre Bond movie. Brooke talks about Existential Kink.
Next episode is Undercover Brother!2020-10-131h 02Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeThe SaintIt's The Saint with Val Kilmer! We're all saints, kinda. Andy talks Russia in the 90's. Choosing the girl or the mission. How many spies actually seduce people? Talking Val Kilmer means we end up talking about Batman and Iron Man. Brooke watches the teaser for The Batman for the first time. The soundtrack. Elizabeth Shue. Andy talks about energy for a long time. Energy efficiency is sexy.
Go to the Facebook group and vote for a time to do a Netflix watch party for Tomorrow Never Dies!2020-09-141h 34Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeThe Simpsons - You Only Move TwiceProvo 1996 memories. When did we fall out of The Simpsons?
What is the joke? Did Homer see someone throw a show before? Marge should give it a week. Middle management.
When did we realize Hank Scorpio was a supervillain? When did the Simpsons figure it out?
JB knows exactly what the 1996 Denver Broncos' record was.
(Andy would like to apologize to Bob's Burgers because he makes it sound like there isn't much going on with network primetime animation and should've brought it up. D'oh.)
Next episode is The Saint s...2020-09-081h 44Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeThe RockWelcome to The Rock. Semi jokes. A Bond film but not a Bond film. GoFundMe to get everyone high and watch movies. The Fifth Element and Provo memories.
Michael Bay had promise? He cares about if he has a good time.
Ed Harris, David Morse. Michael Biehn and that shower scene. Brooke is going to Montana.
Nick Cage didn't want to use cuss words. The episode of Community. Is Nick Cage good or bad?
Happy 90th birthday to Sean Connery. Best/Worst Connery movies. Ed Harris's filmography.
A special ap...2020-08-312h 01Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeGoldeneyeThe amazing Kay-B joins us to tell us we're wrong about Goldeneye and it is not a great Bond movie. We break the gender barrier with more women on the podcast than men, which is appropriate for Judi Dench joining as M. She owns this movie. The Best Marketed Movie of 1995. The N64 video game. In defense of Xenia. The deconstruction of Bond. Andy keeps screeching the podcast to a halt.
The next 3 episodes we're taking a break from Bond to cover:
The Rock
The Simpsons - "You Only Move Twice"
The Saint
2020-08-241h 59Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeLicense to Kill (nee Licence to Kill)We have converts! Danke Bond. Sex Pyramid. Non-latino actors playing Latino characters.
Great villains. Benecio Del Toro sighting. Is that the one about the hooker with dystentery?
Beating girlfriends. Fridging women. Sharks! RIP Sharkey. We love Pam. Andy loves Law and Order.
An excellent conversation about representation of Latinos in media.
A less impressive discussion about Eon Productions' "bloodless coup" and why they didn't do another Dalton Bond movie.
The semi and stunts. We need Mythbusters episodes on everything in this movie. Electric eels. Pressure chamber head explosion. Perfect c...2020-08-032h 30Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeThe Living Daylights - cool cool coolWelcome to the cool side of this McDLT, where we have returning champ Melissa, Candice back from her appearance on the Live and Let Die episode, and Doug and Sarah Willoughby from our Moonraker and On Her Majesty's Secret Service episodes.
Mark still hates the movie. Straying from the formula-- old and new Bond don't necessarily mesh. Brad Whitaker is a weak villain. Kara is a weak Bond girl, but is she top 5? Who are the worst? A more nuanced take on her character.
A long discussion on the ferris wheel scene-- trigger warnings for...2020-07-252h 12Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeThe Living Daylights - Hot Hot Hot!Welcome back to Jon and JB from Yours, Mine and Theirs as we channel the 1987 McDonald's classic the McDLT and keep the hot side hot and the cool side cool. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVcVXTeHTLI
Welcome to the hot side.
We argue about whether this is a good movie or not. Also, is this the first instance of side nipple in Bond? Why Andy likes this-- the darkness and the critique of the military-industrial complex. Brooke likes it too because it sets us up for more serious Bond movies later. But it feels l...2020-07-232h 39Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeA View to a KillIt's the end of the Roger Moore era with Christopher Walken and Grace Jones as the baddies in. . . dollar store knock-off Goldfinger. We welcome back returning champ Melissa as well as from Yours, Mine and Theirs Roy, Jon, and JB. There are a lot of jokes and references in this episode to the most recent episode of Yours, Mine and Theirs where Brooke guested, especially their discussion of the lesbian bondage butterfly economy movie Duke of Burgundy, so you should listen to that or if there's something you don't get, just assume that's what it's a reference to.
2020-07-152h 06Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeNever Say Never AgainSean Connery is back! And he should've stayed gone. Returning champ Melissa joins us again. This is a terrible movie. Why is this movie? and Kevin McClory's ability to remake Thunderball as many times as he wants. Melissa had to watch it twice. We remember this movie from our childhood (and other childhood theater-going experiences). Bad 80's technology. War Games. Mark wouldn't make it into the CIA because he can't play Domination. The terrible theme song. The Bond template. The most Male Gaze-y of any Bond movie. Sean Connery's nipples. Embracing your age and getting better looking. Rowan Atkinson! Max V...2020-06-292h 11Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeOctopussyWe're joined by Returning Champion Melissa, who used to do a Doctor Who podcast with Mark and Andy! Her Abuelo loved these movies and she has lots of questions about why we would ever like them? We all agree (FINALLY!)-- this one is terrible. When should we cancel movies and creators? Can Melissa have a whip? We talk a LOT about not Octopussy because the movie is bad and makes no sense. Things that are making us happy and other movies, books, and podcasts.2020-06-221h 58Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeFor Your Ears OnlyWelcome to our partner for June, the Freaky Geeks Podcast, part of the Geek Nerd Network (GNN). Check them out here or wherever fine podcasts are sold.
Jon from Yours, Mine, and Theirs is back! Check them out, and Andy, Mark and Brooke should be guesting on there in the next few weeks.
For Your Eyes Only - it's a mess, but some of us have fond memories associated with it. Sheena Easton! Her performance at the Oscars is incredible. The opening scene with "Blofeld." We hate Bibi. Melina has resting revenge face. Old Man Mo...2020-06-031h 53Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeMoonraker (on Cough Syrup)Brooke is high on sizzurup and you can tell because she liked Moonraker. We're joined by returning champs Sarah and Doug. Everyone in this movie is two opposite things. Why there are letters on mountains in Utah. Brooke REALLY wants to talk about the theme song, but first, skydiving. "Fly Me To the Moon" would've been great. Birds were DEFINITELY harmed in the making of this movie. But her being mauled by dogs was shot so artfully. Enter the Michael G. Wilson. Bringing a wooden sword to a glass room Bond fight. So many bits. Chemistry with Dr. Goodhead. Th...2020-05-191h 43Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeThe Spy Who Loved MeAndy serenades us with Nobody Does It Better. Brooke did NOT like this movie while Mark and Andy both think it's the best Roger Moore movie. Is it boring? Cinematography. JAWS! We make a mistake about which Adam Sandler movie Richard Kiel was in. Naomi, tho. She was also in the Adam Ant "Goody Two Shoes" video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o41A91X5pns
Mark needs a GoFundMe to buy the Wet Nellie from Elon Musk. We almost forgot about Stromberg. . . because he's a forgettable villain. Avery Brooks. Go watch Picard and Discovery. We all...2020-05-111h 41Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeZardoz!Zardoz! (Content and Trigger Warning for this episode: sexual assault and discussion of rape and assault). We blame Mark for making us watch this. Rape alarm! No, it's just Facetime. Did we see an edited version of this movie? The BYU Cougar Theatre showed edited movies - Did Andy and Brooke see The Hunt For Red October there? This plot is inexplicable, but we try to explain it anyway. Why do you have a magic ring that can show you anything and still have a bad animation of an erection? Tying sex and violence together is bad. Throwing bread...2020-05-011h 01Kiss Your Franchise Goodbye011 - Our Podcast FlintAndy and Mark take on Derek Flint (James Coburn) in the Bond-inspired spy movies Our Man Flint and In Like Flint. More Austin Powers connections. Derek Flint is a Mary Sue. The Mediocre Seven. A long tangent about westerns, James Mangold, and Wolverine. Derek Flint is very American! Batgirl or Lily Munster? Flint vs. Batman '66. Just two dudes deciding whether something is feminist or not. Day of the Dolphin. Still better than Casino Royale. Mark thinks he could kick Coburn's ass. Respect to bouillabaisse accuracy. Look-- it's Hans Gruber! Why is this positive on Rotten Tomatoes? Next up ar...2020-04-1355 minKiss Your Franchise GoodbyeDarby O'Gill and the Little (Mandela Effect) PeopleQUICK! SOMEBODY CHANGED DARBY O'GILL!! Featuring special guest Dr. Debra! Watch her Ted Talk here! Watch Bond on PlutoTV now. But seriously, Brooke remembers this movie totally differently. It was The Gnome Mobile. They're called "The Mary Poppins children." The Parent Trap gives us trust issues. Scary Disney. Audio proof that the Disney+ version of Darby O'Gill and the Little People isn't the same. (Andy had more thoughts on this on Bleeding Cool) Is this feminist? Half a Bechdel. Pretty Irish Girl is a pretty great theme song. Our wishes. Stay safe!2020-03-171h 13Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeCasino Not So RoyaleAndy and Mark take on the not at all funny "spoof" Casino Royale starring David Niven, Peter Sellers, and Ursula Andress. What even is this movie? It's not funny. Peter Sellers peaces out. The Look of Love. Austin Powers. Orson Welles. Don't watch this movie. Daniel Craig and Eva Green. We spend almost more time talking about Knives Out than Casiso Royale. What do we do with the extra 10 weeks of podcast? Jack Ryan? Let us know in the Facebook group or leave us a voice message!
New theme song by Danny Wilson//D9 Robot (subscribe to...2020-03-131h 12Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeYou Only Live Twice ... aka Ninjas in VolcanoesThe regular crew is back, Brooke is bored, Mark loves Japanese culture, and Andy is disturbed by screenwriter Roald Dahl. John Barry and the score. Bond's not really dead?!?! The middle section of the movie is so boring we just talk about The Rock for 5 minutes because his grandpa is in the movie. Bond probably agrees with DJ Khaled. Why is Bond anti-redhead? Ninjas in volcanoes! (finally). Best lines, best side characters. Introducing: Studio Notes! Our next two episodes are Casino Royale (1967) and Darby O'Gill and the Little People.
Last week to vote in our poll for what...2020-03-031h 22Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeThunderballWelcoming guests old and new-- Roy, JB and now Jon from Your, Mine and Theirs. Why this podcast is called Kiss Your Franchise Goodbye. Star Wars Prequel Talk! Thunderball! What is a thunderball? Why Jon likes Domino. Largo. Gendered guns, swimming. VARGAS! An uncomfortable discussion about underwater sex. Blofeld. Paula. Fiona. Fiona's bike. Andy tries to defend The Living Daylights. Legal intrigue! Warhead 1999! Thunderball's box office.2020-02-242h 14Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeGoldfingerAndy, Brooke and Mark sing a lot about Goldfinger. Trgger warning for rape and sexual assault. That theme song. A duck? Disposable and replaceable (brown) women. Oddjob's many hats. The return of Wolf Mankeweitz. We love the Masterson sisters. The car. James Bond's magic penis. Now Goldfinger has a hat! He loves GOLD!2020-02-201h 53Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeFrom Russia With LoveWith Special Guests Roy Fillmore and JB Flinders from Yours, Mine and Theirs podcast. Mark is back as our Pedro Armendáriz but Brooke is out sick. Why Andy loves Yours, Mine and Theirs. Living Daylights hate. A-ha vs. Duran Duran. HANK SCORPIO. Andy loves The Cold War. And trains. The periscope. Russian lessons. Diagetic soundtracks. The women of From Russia With Love were less strong characters except for Rosa Klebb. Belly dancing and the Superbowl Halftime Show. The video game! Pedro Armendariz and Robert Shaw. We're just a Jaws podcast now. And Star Wars. And Rocky IV. Side ch...2020-02-111h 52Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeDr. NoAndy, Brooke, and Mark take on the first Bond movie, Dr. No. But first, vote on what this season of the podcast should be called by joining our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/kissyourfranchisegoodbye/
History of the James Bond film rights from Ian Fleming to Harry Saltzman and Albert Broccoli. No, this story is NOT made up. Darby O'Gill and the Little People.
Dr. No is great. What is with Three Blind Mice? The first 20 minutes are amazing. Take Brooke to Vegas. Felix Leiter is a Backstreet Boy. The spider scene and Attack...2020-02-051h 42Kiss Your Franchise GoodbyeBond, James BondOur pilot episode of "Kiss Your Franchise Goodbye" we discuss the history of the Bond films, our best/worst films, Bonds, theme songs, and others. Join host Andy Wilson, Brooke Heym, and Mark De Leon as we begin a discussion of the Bond franchise and what makes it still resonate seven decades in.2020-01-301h 38