Talking SMAC: Superheroes, Movies, Animation & Comics

217. Jumanji

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It's time to roll the dice and play the game! Josh and Alex get absorbed into the original 'Jumanji', starring Robin Williams. 

  • Intro (0:00)
  • No On 15! Allcast promo (2:13)
  • Luis and Wembembo need to tell us how to feel about the Street Fighter movie cast (3:23)
  • Josh loses his train of thought to tell a story about accents (6:55)
  • Titanic movie tie-ins with back-to-back movies (8:43)
  • Diving into Jumanji (11:27)
  • Does Joe Johnston hate kids? (12:07)
  • What are the rules of the game world? (16:44)
  • Jumanji timestamps
  • David Alan Greer carries the funny for Jumanji (25:00)
  • Alan’s story is his father’s emotional arc (26.50)
  • The characters are ancillary to the chaos of the game (29:49)
  • The gun shop owner got what they deserved (33:27)
  • The movie does a great job of not exposition too much (36:49)
  • How the game presents itself (40:06)
  • The game feels like a bigger threat in Jumanji (45:52)
  • The ending is an odd duck (48:09)
  • Where does Jumanji rank in Joe Johnston’s filmography? (50:49)
  • Spoiler for next week's Nostalgiathon movie (1:00:28)
  • Buyer's remorse with the streaming era (1:03:21)
  • Paramount/Skydance trying to buy Warner Bros?! How?! Why?! (1:04:50)
  • Social media plugs and goodbyes (1:18:54)

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