What the Fangirl # 8 – Goodbye Summer of 2015: Wayward Pines, Bojack Horseman, Another Period, Spy, Prez and More!
September is here and so is our summer wrap-up! Discussing our summer TV guilty pleasures, including Wayward Pines, The Astronaut Wives Club, Bojack Horseman, Another Period and Lifetime's A Deadly Adoption. In movies, we review Melissa McCarthey's Spy, discuss the offbeat career choices of Kristen Wiig and chat about the Ghostbusters reboot. And we review TV Land's newest show, Impastor, which we hated.
We also recommend DC's Prez (comic), Meg Wollitzer's The Interestings, The Madman's Daughter, No Mercy (comic) and Invasion of the Tearling, and share our opinions about all the upcoming Live Action Disney movies.
All this and a special welcome from Once Upon a Time's Ursula, Merrin Dungey, as we bring on the fall!

What the Fangirl # 8 – Goodbye Summer of 2015: Wayward Pines, Bojack Horseman, Another Period, Spy, Prez and More!

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01:29 CAROL Introduction – CAUTION, SPOILERS!
04:51 What makes CAROL brilliant as art
15:45 The lesbian content of CAROL contrasted with LGBTQ content of other movies
Essential importance of living your own truth & how the characters do that
30:34 critical reception of CAROL and the ridiculous charge that the movie is “cold”
34:15 Why CAROL was better than FREEHELD, which also had lesbian subject matter
The controversy ignited when Ron Nyswander, who wrote FREEHELD, criticized his own movie
The other 2015 lesbian movie, JENNY'S WEDDING
The struggle to show female & LGBTQ sexuality on screen
42:45 Todd Haynes' FAR FROM HEAVEN & his commentary on the concept of “women's movies” & the repression of the 1950s.
45:15 MASSIVE FAR FROM HEAVEN SPOILERS!!
46:45 FAR FROM HEAVEN & CAROL Oscar snubs demonstrate how “women's movies” and novels are undervalued
48:15 CAROL snubbed. WTF happened??
The LGBTQ connection with ROOM.
56:00 Retrospective on Academy Awards since 1977
56:00 to 1:19:00 From STAR WARS in 1977 to SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE in 1998
1:20:00 to 1:40:00 Starting with AMERICAN BEAUTY in 1999 and ending with 2015 with Oscar's middle finger to CAROL
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What the Fangirl #9: Carol, The Big Snub & Oscar Retrospective

In this episode we are talking about Lois Lane and Kimmy Schmidt. We talk with Gwenda Bond, author of Lois Lane Fallout, about her new young adult novel, Lois Lane: Fallout. (Only mild spoilers!) We discuss the book, CBS' Supergirl, and what Gwenda is reading and watching. And we talk with Rebecca Johnson about the modern heroine that is Kimmy Schmidt and what makes the Netflix show funny. (Many spoilers!) Rebecca is also one of the hosts of the podcast Supergirl Radio,which explores the mythos behind Supergirl on the page, big screen and TV.
 
Time Stamps  
 
01:46 Interview With Gwenda Bond about Lois Lane: Fallout
29:52 Interview with Rebecca Johnson about The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
1:17:00 Emmy discussion
 
Notes:
 
We discussed the following great books on this episode. Buy them today through our affiliate links and help support this podcast!
 
By Gwenda Bond

Blackwood 
The Woken Gods 
Girl on a Wire
Lois Lane: Fallout

By Margaret Stohl

Black Widow: Forever Red

 
By Laura Ruby  

Bone Gap

 
By Martha Brockenbrough

The Game of Love and Death

 
By Nova Ren Suma
 

The Walls Around Us


What the Fangirl # 7 - The Unbreakable Lois Lane, Interview With Gwenda Bond

This week we are talking about remakes, reboots and sequels in TV and film. We debate the reasons behind the trend and discuss whether there is any hope for the movie industry. (Alex says no, Bri thinks there might be!)
Then we turn our attention to television, where we briefly discuss Glee's series finale and spot some new trends in series-enders. We revisit the ending of How I Met Your Mother and examine how we feel about it one year later. Finally, Bri updates us on the state of Young Adult fiction and Alex talks about what she is reading. See topics and specifics below!
 
Time Stamps
30s-2:39 NBC's reboot of Coach
2:40-3:40 X-Files
3:40-4:58 Twin Peaks
4:58–5:20 What We Want Revived
5:30-8:30 Fast and Furious: why are there 7 sequels and plans for 4 more (caution, Alex has lots of opinions!)
8:30 -10:35 Bri explains movie marketing in the 21st century to Alex, using Furious 7 and Paul Blart Part 2
10:35-12:50 How franchises transfer power from movie stars and back to studios and producers
12:50-17:00 Biopics and indies like American Sniper and Foxcatcher still exist but...
17:00-20:00 Do not remake classic movies ever!
20:00-22:35 Disney live-action adaptations of their animated features
22:35-24:00 NBC's The Wiz
24:00-25:35 Jurassic Park 5
25:35-33:30 Ghostbusters, The Last Unicorn, Star Wars
33:00-34:45 “I want my soaps revived!”
34:45-36:45 Do indie movies have a future?
36:45-38:20 Vacation
38:20-47:00 Following Up on Glee's Demise and Wish Fulfillment Finales
(Also includes discussion of Parks & Rec, Sopranos, Parks & Recreation, St. Elsewhere, Seinfeld, Friends and more)
47:00-:11:00:44 Revisiting the end of How I Met Your Mother
1:00:45s -1:16:00 Books! Including Rival (Sarah Bennett Whealer), Fangirl (Rainbow Rowell), American Wife (Curtis Sittenfeld) and trends in Young Adult lit.
 
1:16:00 to End - We recommend Hulu's Mascots and the movie Camp Takota, now streaming on Netflix.

What the Fangirl #6 - Remakes, Revivals and Reading

This week we are talking about what's in a name. First it's book talk, as we delve into new books by Harper Lee and Dr. Seuss as well as a new story featuring Sherlock Holmes. Bri analyzes the enduring popularity of the Seuss name. We talk about the issues surrounding publication of Go Set a Watchman and the mysteries and myths about Harper Lee. Finally, we have some fun with a previously unknown “fanfic” from the early 20th century that purports to be written by Arthur Conan Doyle.
In television, we talk about how series names can make or break TV shows. Several networks, particularly ABC, have hurt their shows by using irony or jokes that turn off viewers. We go through some of the worst offenders and talk about how they do or do not live up to their names. We finish by identifying some of the best titles on TV.
Time Stamps
01:15 What Pet Should I Get
06:00 To Kill a Mockingbird
17:00 The Mockingbirds YA Novel
19:30 Shirley Jackson's The Lottery
21:30 Sherlock Holmes
28:00 Bad Name / Fresh Off the Boat
33:30 Trophy Wife
38:00 The Good Wife
40:30 Don't Trust the B
41:20 Cougar Town
42:00 Blackish
46:00 Happy Endings
49:00 Bunheads
52:00 Younger
58:40 Playmakers
01:00:00 Shows with great titles: Orange is the New Black, Once Upon a Time, The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Mad Men and Kittens in a Cage
 
Notes
These books and documentary are recommended during this episode:
To Kill a Mockingbird
What Pet Should I Get
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
Dr. Seuss Goes to War
The Mockingbirds by Daisy Whitney
Documentary - Hey Boo
 
 

What the Fangirl # 8 – Goodbye Summer of 2015: Wayward Pines, Bojack Horseman, Another Period, Spy, Prez and More!

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