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Serious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesMUSIC | The Best Albums of the 1960s: 1965-1969Tom and Neil continue going through the best albums from the 1960s1! This episode: 1965 - 1969. Except for one Johnny Cash album from 1968. Neil put that in the last episode for some reason. If you're a big 1968 fan, go check that episode out first
2025-06-251h 29Serious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesTV | Dragonball and Dragonball ZChris and Tom dive into the seminal childhood shows Dragonball and Dragonball Z!
2025-06-181h 07Serious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesMUSIC | The Best Albums of the 1960s: 1960-1964Tom and Neil continue counting down the best albums of every decade. This time - the 1960s!
2025-06-121h 29Serious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesBOOKS | Mistborn Era 2 (The Alloy of Law, Shadows of Self, The Bands of Mourning, Mistborn: Secret History, The Lost Metal) by Brandon SandersonWe thought it was high time we talked about a Brandon Sanderson book series on this podcast, so we finally present our take on Mistborn Era 2
2025-06-041h 20Serious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesBOOKS | Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson (Book 5 of the Stormlight Archive)Tom and Neil discuss Book 5 of BrandoSando's Stormlight Archive, "Wind and Truth." Was it good? Yeah. Was it great? Probably. Will this episode increase your appreciation of it? Legally, on the record, we have to say no. But off the record - also no
2025-05-221h 10Serious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesEVERYTHING | The Bests (and some Worsts) of 2024Tom, Chris, and Neil go through their 10 Bests and a few Worsts of 2024. Games, movies, books, TV shows, rap battles, delivery services, and more.
2025-01-171h 41Serious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesBOOKS | Brandon Sanderson's Secret Projects 1-4 (Tress of the Emerald Sea, The Frugal Wizard's Guide to Medieval England, Yumi and the Nightmare Painter, and The Sunlit Man)Tom and Neil go through the Brandon Sanderson kickstarter novels and a little bit of the wider Cosmere in preparation for Book 5 of Stormlight .
2024-12-061h 18Serious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesMUSIC | The Best Albums of the 1970s (Part Two)Tom Serious and Neil Ofutmostimportancetheseries continue journeying through the best discographies of the 1970s, with a pitstop in the 1990s. Well, 1999. Well, May 1999 to talk about Will Smith's "Wild Wild West." It's the only time we will on this podcast, probably.
2024-07-241h 18Serious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesMUSIC | The Best of the 1970s (Part One)Tom Serious and Neil Ofutmostimportancetheseries discuss the best albums of the 1970s. How many made the cut? More than you'll hear in this episode, because this is part one.
2024-07-1750 minSerious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesMOVIES/TV | The Monsterverse (Godzilla, Kong: Skull Island, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Godzilla vs. Kong, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, Skull Island, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters)A deep dive on the second longest running cinematic universe. Can you believe this outlasted the DCEU and Dark Universe? We can because it's amazing.
2024-04-301h 13Serious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesEVERYTHING | The Best of 2023Tom Chris and Neil go through the best everything of 2023
2024-01-081h 42Serious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesMOVIES | The Best Christmas Movies EverThe definitive ranking by Tom (Sandy Claws), Neil (The Grinch), and Chris (An Elf Named Rudolph) of the top 15 Christmas movies of all time
2023-12-2358 minSerious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesMUSIC: The Best Albums of the 1980sTom Serious and Neil Ofutmostimportancetheseries, sans Chris Series, continue the trip down the best albums of each decade. Up now: The 1980s, the absolute worst decade for music since the dawn of the invention of the technology to record albums.
2023-11-291h 55Serious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesMUSIC: The Best Country Music Artists of All Time (Live)Tom, Chris and Neil - none of whom listen to or particularly enjoy most country music but Chris saw Hannah Montana in a Best Buy once - have some bourbon in Nashville and rank the top country music artists of all time, recorded live in person for the first time! Are most of the entries Nelly? Listen and find out.
2023-11-1538 minSerious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesMOVIES: Requiem for the DCEUChris and Neil go through all the films and the one TV show of the DCEU (Man of Steel through The Flash) and talk about the highs, the many lows, and what, if anything, can we remember from the last 10+ years of DC movies. If you retweet or rethread this at James Gunn, there's a 50% chance he has nothing better to do than listen to it.
2023-07-121h 37Serious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesBOOKS: Mistborn Era 1 (The Final Empire, The Well of Ascension, The Hero of Ages)We dive into the world of BrandoSando's Mistborn Era 1, the fantasy trilogy that introduced readers to the MCU of the literary world, the Cosmere. No spoilers for Era 2 in this episode, but spoiler - it's great too, and you should read it.
2023-06-211h 08Serious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesMUSIC: Talking HeadsWhen Neil's away, Tom and Tom 2 (Jake) play a lot of Talking Heads. Join us for a journey through David Byrne’s most well known project and the albums of one of the most influential new wave bands.
2023-06-141h 37Serious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesMUSIC: The Best Albums of the 1990sWe continue our reverse chronological journey through the best albums of every decade. This time, it's the 1990s. Sit back, enjoy your [insert 90s reference], and listen!
2023-06-072h 25Serious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesVIDEO GAMES: Pokemon Sword/Shield, Legends: Arceus, and Scarlet/VioletFranklin, Chris, Tom, and Neil discuss the main Switch Pokemon games (Sword & Shield, Legends: Arceus, and Scarlet & Violet). This naturally leads into a discussion of Fast X.
2023-05-311h 35Serious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesEVERYTHING: The Top Everything of 2022Chris, Tom and Neil look back through the year in movies, music, books, television, sports, technology, and economic bills that really are more about climate policies but are kind of weirdly named.
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Serious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesMUSIC: The Best Albums of the 2000sTom and Neil continue their journey through musical history with the best albums of 2000-2009. Was it the best decade for music? No. Was it the best decade for the vibes? Also no. But listening to our top 10 picks each? That's a good time.
2022-11-241h 56Serious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesMUSIC: The Best Albums of the 2010s (Part 2)We run through the second half of the list of the best albums of the 2010s. Does U2's songs of innocence make the cut? Listen to find out! But no it doesn't it was terrible.
2022-11-091h 26Serious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesMUSIC: The Best Albums of the 2010s (Part 1)Best albums of all time, one decade at a time. Next stop, 2010s. Stop after this? Also 2010s. Because it was such a great decade we split it in two.
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Serious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesMUSIC: The Best Albums of the 2020s (So Far)Season 5 premiere! In part one of our reverse chronological best albums of the decades series of episodes, we go through the best albums of the 2020s - an almost three year span that has felt enough like a decade to warrant it
2022-10-171h 05Serious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesMOVIES/TV: Live Action BatmenBatfleck v Baleman: Dawn of Pattinson
We go through the live action Batmen, and some of the Jokers, to determine who was the best, who was the worst, and if Batman is inherently immoral for refusing to kill the Joker and beating up the mentally ill. Conclusion - Giancarlo Esposito would be a great Professor X.
2022-09-0955 min
Serious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesMOVIES: The Films of Edgar WrightEdgar Wright's been making movies since he was 14, but he never really made it until age 40, because that's when Tom and Neil finally did an episode on his filmography. We go through everything from his first, low budget film "A Fistful of Dollars" to his most recent film "Last Night in Soho." Along the way we talk The Three Flavors Cornetto Trilogy (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, The World's End), the almost made Edgar Wright Ant-Man, the last Kevin Spacey role before his downfall (Baby Driver), and the wild pop rock documentary "The Sparks Brothers." Naturally, we also crap...
2022-05-221h 12Serious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesMUSIC: The Strokes, The Voidz, and Julian CasablancasJoin us as we explore the work of Julian Casablancas, one of the foundational modern rock personalities. We talk about The Strokes, The Voidz, his solo work, and naturally, the breakup of Daft Punk and the legacy of MySpace.
2022-04-021h 20Serious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesTECHNOLOGY: The Streaming Wars Part Two - Music Streaming BoogalooWe finish off our discussion on video streaming platforms, dive into the pros/cons of movie theaters vs streaming, and talk about the players in the music streaming space in Part Two of our 2 part series on streaming. Also, The Irishman wasn't a great movie.
2022-03-2651 minSerious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesTECHNOLOGY: The Streaming Wars Part OneIn this episode, we go through a history of streaming services. Well we tried to, and then realized we would have to figure out what a streaming service actually is. Join us for a talk about Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, Youtube, Twitch, Quibi, Vorpal, Schlumbo, Microsoft TV Plus, Animal Planet Live, Moomoo, and more. Some of those are made up but are you 100% sure which ones?
2022-03-1958 minSerious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesEVERYTHING: The Best Movies/TV/Games/Music/Podcasts/Books/Life Events of 2021Tom, Chris and Neil give their top 10 of 2021. Top 10 of what you ask? Top 10 of everything
2021-12-3047 minSerious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesMUSIC/HOLIDAY CHEER: Christmas SongsYou're a podcast
Mr Series
You did an episode on Songs
That are played round Christmas
This time every year
Mr Seeeries
2021-12-2242 minSerious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesMUSIC: The White Stripes (The Black Keys vs. The White Stripes – Dawn of Ruckus Part 2)In Part 2 of our 2 part series on the feud between Jack White and The Black Keys, we talk about one of the greatest rock bands of all time (The White Stripes), as well as one of the other greatest rock bands of all time (The Raconteurs), one of the pretty good rock bands of all time (The Dead Weather) and one of the pretty good solo careers of all time (Jack White).
2021-12-051h 17Serious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesMUSIC/YOGURT: Glass Animals and Glass DanimalsWe explore the discography and sound of the band Glass Animals. Of course, we also go through the natural accompaniment to the band by drinking several Danimals flavors out of glasses.
2021-10-061h 03Serious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesGAMES: The Rise and Decline of Activision-Blizzard and the Games That Define ThemOur Season 4 Premiere! Chris and Neil journey through the beginnings of Activision and Blizzard, their merger, and the 2021 scandals that now define the company. We talk the games that people identify with Activision-Blizzard (the Warcraft franchise and Call of Duty primarily), as well as how Chris loves the Destiny franchise. He just goes on and on about his love for Destiny. He has good taste.
2021-09-2356 minSerious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesMUSIC: The Black Keys (The Black Keys vs. The White Stripes - Dawn of Ruckus Part 1)In Part 1 of our 2 part series on "The Piano Feud" between Jack White and The Black Keys' Patrick Carney and Dan Auerbach, we explore the discography of the Black Keys. Spoilers - they're pretty good.
2021-09-0953 minSerious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesMovies/Cultural Icons: The Keanussaince (The Decline and Rise of Keanu Reeves)Like a cool ocean breeze over the Hawaiian mountains, the triumvirate of Serious Series returns with an exploration of the man, the myth, the meme: Keanu Reeves. We go through his early movies (the Bill & Ted movies and others), his decline (Matrix Reloaded, Matrix Revolutions... probably some others) to his triumphant return (John Wick, John Wick 2... hopefully some others). Along the way, we'll discover the difference between Julia Roberts and Sandra Bullock, whether the meme version of Keanu is close to the real one, and speculate about when the Keanusaince will end. None of us have been able to p...
2021-02-0353 minSerious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesSCIENCE/MUSIC: Vaccines (Medical Vaccines and the band "The Vaccines")Vaccines have had a long course through history, starting in their formation in the 2010s and going through their upcoming 5th studio album. But we talk a lot more about medical vaccines in this episode - Join us for a tour through the history of vaccines, from ancient Chinese approaches to inoculation against smallpox to the current crop of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. None of this is medical or musical advice, but its sure a fun ride. As The Vaccines lead singer might say, it's gonna be a nitroglycerin fueled romp. If you feel like understanding that reference, listen to t...
2021-01-201h 02Serious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesELECTRONICS/GAMES: The Eighth Console Generation (PS4, Xbox One, Wii U/Switch)Chris and Neil do a retrospective on this current console generation from the weird misfires of the early Xbox One and the Wii U to the later misfires of the Google Stadia and the memory of the Wii U. Along the way there were some successes, like the PS4 & Switch, and some great decisions like getting rid of the Kinect & the Wii U. We talk about some of the best console exclusives this gen and speculate about what Generation 9 will hold. Smart moneys on the Wii U 2: Stadia Boogaloo.
2020-04-271h 00Serious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesMOVIES: The Star Wars PrequelsSteve, Neil, and whiskey talk about Star Wars Episodes I, II, and III, as well as a little bit about The Clone Wars and Rogue One. Consensus? Pretty good stuff, but rough in parts like sand. And goddamn do they makes some great memes.
2020-04-1955 minSerious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesFOOD: Cereals (AKA Serious Cereals of Utmost Importance)Milk and Cereal? Milk and Cereal. Milk and Cereal? Cereal and Milk! Tom and Neil talk about the history of cereal, from its invention as an anti masturbatory aid to its evolution as an anytime pick me up. Also expect important, serious conversations about why Tom hates leprechauns and what the best spin off cereal is.
2020-04-1158 minSerious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesMUSIC: Tame ImpalaTom and Neil dive into the discography of everyone's second to third favorite Australian band and everyone's first to second favorite Kevin Parker project, Tame Impala! From the highs of Innerspeaker, Lonerism, Currents, and the Slow Rush to the lows of the period before they were making music, we tackle it all and answer the question on everyone's mind - are Impalas native to Australia? The answer may surprise you! It's no.
2020-03-281h 06Serious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesDISEASES/BOARD GAMES: Pandemics of HistoryTom and Neil explore past pandemics in the midst of the current one, including The Plague, The Spanish Flu, SARS, MERS, and Pandemic (the board game)!
2020-03-2257 minSerious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesTV/COMICS: The BoysChris and Neil dive into the Amazon Prime series "The Boys" and the comic series it's based on. And a lovely discussion of different slang meaning of the boys too.
2019-10-0642 minSerious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesMUSIC/MOVIES: Late Daft Punk (Human After All, Electroma, Alive 2007, Tron: Legacy Soundtrack, Random Access Memories, collaborations with Kanye & The Weeknd)We explore the back half of Daft Punk's career. Will there be a Tron 3 and will they score it? Will that Will.i.am collaboration ever be released? Is Jay-Z the worst? We don't answer any of these questions, we just talk about Daft Punk's music, man. Some great albums in the back half. And Alive 2007 is amazing. In fact, don't even listen to this episode. Just listen to Alive 2007 on repeat. Great stuff. But also listen to this episode!
2019-09-151h 00Serious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesMUSIC/MOVIES: Early Daft Punk (Darlin, Homework, D.A.F.T.: A Story About Dogs, Androids, Firemen, and Tomatoes, Discovery, Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem)We explore the first half of Daft Punk's long and eclectic career, from their formation as a pseudo-indie rock band called Darlin to the full length musical anime they made as the video portion of the Discovery album. Along the way we discuss what makes Daft Punk special, how they evolved between albums, and answer the age old question: Are We Human, or Are We Dancer? Oh, wrong band. We ask some other stuff though, take a listen!
2019-09-081h 10Serious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesMOVIES/TV: Marvel Cinematic Universe Post-Endgame & Phase 4 Thoughts (Avengers Endgame, Spider Man Far From Home, Phase 4 Announcements, Sony Sucking)Why even bring Spider Man back from the dead in Endgame if they were just gonna kill him again a couple months later. You know who really killed spider man? Late stage capitalism man. Chris and Neil chat about Endgame, Far From Home, the news about Spider Man leaving the MCU (Spidexit?), and all of the Phase 4 and beyond announcements so far: Black Widow, Falcon and Winter Soldier, The Eternals, WandaVision, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Loki, Hawkeye, Thor Love and Thunder, Ms. Marvel, Moon Knight, She-Hulk, and Blade. Naturally, because we're professionals, we stay on topic...
2019-09-011h 22Serious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesMovies/Games: Pokemon Detective Pikachu and Pre-release thoughts on Sword/ShieldC-man (our co-host Chris!) is back and mad as hell. Why is he so angry? Because Boris Johnson lied and now we can't have a full National Dex in the Galar region because of Dexit. Also we talk about Detective Pikachu and reminisce about the early Pokemon movies.
2019-08-2551 minSerious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesArt: The Paintings of Jim Carrey/The Electric Jesus Jim CarreyYou know Jim Carrey the actor, but do you know Jim Carrey the actor who also paints sometimes? We take a dive into the artwork, from the actually pretty good modern paintings to the stranger political cartoons that he's become known for, and ask some questions along the why. Like why? Who is this for? Does anyone monitor Jim Carrey's Twitter use? And again, why?
2019-06-1630 minSerious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesMusic: Vampire Weekend LP4 "Father of the Bride"Tom and Neil tackle Vampire Weekend LP4, "Father of the Bride," and its thematic links to the Steve Martin movie. Do we really? No, we just talk about the album. But now you're intrigued. What do we really talk about? Do we discuss the evolution of Vampire Weekend from Modern Vampires of the City to now? Do we talk about how this album was developed and why it seems different than other Vampire Weekend work? Do we talk about Spider Man Into the Spider-Verse? Maybe we do, maybe we don't. Only way to find out is to listen!
2019-06-1026 minSerious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesMovies/TV (But Pretty Much Just Movies): Marvel's The Avengers and the Marvel Cinematic UniverseWe take a look at the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with a focus on The Avengers movies! For the ten of you who have not yet seen Avengers: Endgame, we definitely spoil it, and talk about its implications and what the MCU could look like going forward (Endgame discussion starts at 53:45). For you die hard Avengers fans out there, we have a quick segment about the original Avengers team right at the front of the episode. And for you people who don't like the Avengers or the MCU or who think Iron Man is just a triathlon or a kick...
2019-05-121h 19Serious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesBooks/TV: Game of Thrones & A Song of Ice and FireFor the first time on the internet, someone has the courage - nay, the audacity - to put some Game of Thrones themed content out there. We talk about the show, the book series in general, the differences and the stuff that was cut that probably shouldn't have been. Also, as you expect, we make a detour into talking about The Venture Bros and David Bowie. Featuring Franklin!
2019-04-151h 28Serious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesTV/Movie: Westworld (The HBO Show and the 1973 Original Movie)Neil and Steve discuss if Marilyn Manson looks like a fat Nicolas Cage (spoiler - he does!). We also talk about what the hell was going on in the first two seasons of Westworld, the differences between the show and the movie, and whether it's worth getting into a show that requires diagrams and youtube videos to understand.
2019-03-0648 minSerious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesMusic: Late Radiohead + Solo and Side Projects (Thom Yorke albums/Suspiria score, Atoms for Peace, Jonny Greenwood Bodysong/Film Scores/Junun, In Rainbows, King of Limbs, Moon Shaped Pool)Like Thom Yorke dancing in spastic rhythms, we're just continuing to do our thing. Here's Part 2 of our exploration of Radiohead's music! In this episode, we talk about the many, many solo projects of the individual Radiohead band members (Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Colin Greenwood, Philip Selway, and Ed O'Brien) as well as the later works in Radiohead's discography.
2019-02-1846 minSerious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesMusic: Early Radiohead (Pablo Honey, The Bends, OK Computer, Kid A, Amnesiac, Hail to the Thief)This is Part 1 of our 2 episode series on the music of Radiohead, the solo work of the members, and an exploration of whether or not Thom Yorke needs a hug. In this episode we talk about the first six Radiohead albums and in episode 2 we'll talk about all the cool stuff they got up to after that. Buckle your earbelts; its gonna be a sometimes guitar heavy, sometimes atmospheric and hauntingly depressing ride, and sometimes it'll be an electronic influenced seizure dance and we're gonna sing it to you in a manly falsetto.
2019-02-1147 minSerious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesMovies/Theme Park Ride: The Fast and The Furious FranchiseWe dive into the surprisingly complicated chronology of the Fast and Furious series, a quarter mile at a time. We delve through all the movies, discuss some of the short films, talk about the secret Fast and Furious movie Better Luck Tomorrow, and speculate on the future of the franchise starting with the introduction of supervillains in Hobbs and Shaw. Thats not a joke, they’re really doing that, go watch the trailer. See?
2019-02-0454 minSerious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesGames/Movie: Assassin's Creed (AC 1 through Odyssey, Movie)Neil and Chris discuss Assassin's Creed, a franchise so old it can probably play it's own games now. It still might need parental permission to watch the movie adaptation, but honestly, it doesn't need to. No one needs to. We touch on AC 1, 2, Brotherhood, Revelations, Black Flag, Rogue, Unity, Syndicate, Origins, and Odyssey, and speculate on where the games could go from here. We tried to untangle the modern day storyline, but like Desmond, our efforts came to an abrupt pointless end.
2019-01-2757 minSerious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesTV/Movies: Netflix Originals (House of Cards, Black Mirror, Bird Box, Bright, Bodyguard, Maniac)Neil and Steve discuss the various offerings that Netflix has made to convince you to part with your money and one day name your first child Binge, including but not limited to House of Cards, Maniac, Bodyguard, Bright, Black Mirror, and Bird Box. Also we spend some time on Forrest Gump, because why not. Have you seen Forrest Gump? You haven't? What's wrong with you, great movie, go watch it now.
2019-01-2149 minSerious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesMusic: Animal Collective, Avey Tare, Panda Bear, Deakin, and GeologistIn our 10th episode spectacular, we decided to talk about a band we know pretty well. No gaps in our knowledge, nope. Well except anything before 2007. And some of the EPs. And some of the solo stuff. Also what's an animal collective. Guest host Michael J aka Jake stops by!
2019-01-1353 minSerious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesGames: Pokemon Go and Pokemon Let's GoChris and Neil talk about the smartphone battery draining sensation Pokemon Go and the gateway drug into main series games that is Pokemon Let's Go. Along the way we ask the important questions: Did Niantic ruin Pokemon Go before it had a chance to become something great? Are the Pokemon Let's Go games real entries into the Pokemon game series or just a mediocre cash grab for the youngins? Does the fact that he's murdering the Pokemon you transfer to him and grinding them into sweet sweet candy to feed to your innocent monsters make Professor Willow less of a...
2018-12-1953 minSerious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesMovies/TV: Spider-Man (Solo Movies, MCU, Venom, Into the Spiderverse, Future Spinoffs)Tom and Neil do a deep dive into the history of Spider-Man adaptations. It's a spectacular journey from the original 1960s animated show and 1970s Japanese live action show to the crazy multiverse spanning action of the new 2018 movie "Into the Spiderverse." We talk about our impressions after watching that movie, as well as theorize about the future of the Sony Spider-Man movies after the success of Venom.
2018-12-101h 16Serious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesMovies/Books: Harry Potter, Fantastic Beasts, The Cursed Child, & the tweets of J.K. RowlingIn this episode, Tom and Neil discuss The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. They talk about the current Fantastic Beasts movies, touch on the theme park adaptations of Hogwarts and Gringotts in Orlando, think about the nitty gritty of counterfeiting money in the Harry Potter universe, and discuss the stage adaptation of Anastasia and the villains of the DC universe. What, you say that has nothing to do with Harry Potter and doesn't make any sense? Well, YOU don't make any sense so there. Enjoy and thanks for listening!
2018-12-101h 10Serious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesMusic/Movie: Arctic Monkeys, Alex Turner, The Last Shadow Puppets, and Richard Ayoade's "Submarine"We take a tour through the discography of the best British band since the Polar Simians, the Arctic Monkeys. We hit the highs and the lows of all six albums and the songs in between, touch on the solo work of Alex Turner, figure out who Miles Kane of the Last Shadow Puppets is, and answer the eternal question - which combination of directors that the Arctic Monkeys have worked with would produce the best director to collaborate with them? The answer may surprise you - it's still Richard Ayoade.
2018-11-121h 21Serious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesGames: Pokemon Generations I, II, III (Red/Blue, Gold/Silver, Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald)Who's that guest host?
It's Chris!
Neil, Tom, and Chris discuss the first three generations of the Pokemon video game series (Red/Blue to Ruby/Sapphire). Along the way, they touch on their embarrassing first attempts at playing the game, memorable glitches, the theory of alternate timelines in the series, and what the ultimate Pokemon game would look like. Plus, Chris eats pizza.
2018-10-291h 14Serious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesMovies: James Bond/007 and Austin PowersTom and Neil dive into the James Bond movies, discussing the age old question of which Bond actors would produce the offspring that would make the best James Bond. Along the way there are detours into the best Bond spinoffs (Austin Powers) and the sketchy season 2 of True Detective.
2018-10-2058 minSerious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesMusic/TV: Vampire Weekend, Ezra Koenig, Rostam, Neo YokioTom and Neil discuss the music of Vampire Weekend, the solo work of the vampire weekend members Ezra Koenig and Rostam, and the Jaden Smith internal monologue that is Netflix's Neo Yokio. Also we explain why James Corden is kind of annoying these days, and why coffee is better in America. Tom makes his triumphant return after his extended one week sabbatical.
2018-10-141h 08Serious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesGames: God of WarChris and Neil talk about the God of War series, with a focus on the latest entry (God of War 2018) and some detours into Assassin's Creed.
2018-10-0747 minSerious Series of Utmost Importance: The SeriesBOOKS: The Stormlight ArchiveTom and Neil discuss Brandon Sanderson's epic fantasy book series "The Stormlight Archive"
2018-09-2343 min