When the Movie is Made with Love... We Know | UYNC S3 Ep 8

This week on Up Your Nerd Cred, we’re closing out our toyetic movie trilogy with part two of our conversation with film producer Ben from Disrupt Entertainment.After talking through the early chaos of toy movies and the producer-side logic of adaptations, CiCi, AM, and Ben get into what happens when the movie finally stops acting embarrassed by the source material.We talk Barbie, Masters of the Universe, millennial wish fulfillment, Ryan Gosling’s Ken doing the most, Barbie as blank slate and cultural pressure cooker, and why a good adaptation does not have to copy every detail to respect the toy box.The question is not “can a toy movie be serious?” The question is whether the people making it understand what made people care in the first place: the play, the camp, the fantasy, the weirdness, and the fact that sometimes the skeleton man simply wants to be evil.Listen on Apple, Spotify, and YouTube. Follow the pod on Instagram at @UpYourNerdCredPod.Hosted by CiCi and AM Diaz.Follow CiCi at @ciracdavis.Follow AM at @amdiazart.Follow Ben at @theguerrillarep.Learn more about Disrupt Entertainment at disruptentertainment.com.#UpYourNerdCred, #NerdCred, #Toyetic, #ToyMovies, #BarbieMovie, #Barbie, #MastersOfTheUniverse, #HeMan, #Skeletor, #MovieAdaptations, #NerdCulture, #PopCulturePodcast, #Podcast