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Two friends discuss the history of their favorite pieces of pop culture from the very beginning. They’re currently working on a watch through Classic Doctor Who as well as the history of American superhero movies.
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- Yesterday2h 4m
THE DARK KNIGHT! (2008)
This week, the Pop Culture Historians get so serious with their breakdown of the Batman sequel THE DARK KNIGHT, the movie that broke the Oscars. We spend over two hours gushing over a performance so beloved, so memorable, so iconic that you already know it by heart. That’s right, Eric Roberts as Sal Maroni.
- 1 weeks ago1h 13m
HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY (2008)!
This week, we return to the wonderful world of Guillermo del Toro, as we break down his superhero sequel HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY! The gang from the first one is back (Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones), with a couple of newcomers, Seth MacFarlane chief among them. But, can it top the original? Well, let’s just say we couldn’t smile without this movie….
- 2 weeks ago1h 34m
HANCOCK (2008)
This week, the Pop Culture Historians watch two half-movies stitched together called HANCOCK! Will Smith and Jason Bateman shine in this comedy about a drunk vagrant superhero, at least at first, but…I mean, what happens here halfway through? We did a whole episode on it and we still don’t know.
- 3 weeks ago1h 34m
THE INCREDIBLE HULK (2008)
This week, we dig back into the lean, green early days of the MCU with THE INCREDIBLE HULK! The 2008 Ed Norton-led movie has it all: William Hurt! Tim Roth! Martin Starr! Michael K. Williams for like one second! But, how does it compare to the 2003 Ang Lee movie, and how does it set the character of the Hulk up for his adventures ahead? Listen and find out!
- 4 weeks ago1h 52m
IRON MAN (2008) w/ Seth Vargas!
This week, we cover a movie so big, two Pop Culture Historians weren’t enough! From the Movie Friends podcast, Seth Vargas joins us to discuss the first MCU movie, IRON MAN! A crucial Robert Downey Jr. performance essentially changed Hollywood forever at the time. But how does it hold up nearly twenty years later? How great is Jeff Bridges’ facial hair? How big is Clark Gregg’s suit? All this and more will be discussed!
- Aug 17, 20261h 20m
UNDERDOG! (2007)
This week, look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s…UNDERDOG, a charming classic cartoon from the 60s that became a confounding monstrosity from the 00s. A ton of people are in this (Jason Lee, Amy Adams, Jim Belushi, Samantha Bee, John Slattery, Peter Dinklage), but can any of them keep this movie from being a total dog?
- Aug 10, 20261h 25m
FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER! (2007)
This week, the Pop Culture Historians attend the biggest wedding in town with FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER! In this sequel, Reed Richards and Sue Storm are getting married! But what will happen when the Silver Surfer arrives to warn of impending cloud-shaped doom? Well, a lot of nonsense, apparently.
- Aug 3, 20262h 8m
SPIDER-MAN 3 (2007) w/ Katie Stebbins!
This week, the Pop Culture Historians tackle a movie so big, we needed a third to help us out! Katie Stebbins joins us to break down SPIDER-MAN 3, a much-maligned movie that still has a lot to offer (beautiful performances from Kirsten Dunst and Thomas Hayden Church), even when it’s deeply weird (all the Venom stuff). Is the pie still so good? Listen and find out!
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Two friends discuss the history of their favorite pieces of pop culture from the very beginning. They’re currently working on a watch through Classic Doctor Who as well as the history of American superhero movies.
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