All Pop, No Culture

This week we have the skeleton crew of Andrew and Kevin. That's right, only class acts here. Pete is out parenting, Kim is under the weather, and Andy is line dancing. Yeah, you read that right. Hide your farm animals, folks... But I digress. This week Kevin and Andrew keep things pretty tight and relatively focused. They talk Black Phone now that Kevin has seen it. He some hot takes (probably just lukewarm, to be fair) on it, but the guys generally agree on it being solid. Andrew discusses the new Netflix documentary Woodstock 99 and gives a whole lot of insight into what went down all those years ago. Definitely watch the doc, but Andrew gives a ton of very interesting info on it. After the big topics, the guys talk Marvel, Upload, Everything Everywhere All At Once, Ted Lasso, and even the new Smallville podcast, Talkville, hosted by the shows stars, Tom Welling and Michael Rosenbaum. Jump into this one and, as always, don't forget to like and subscribe. Also look us up on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. We're trying to get our social media game going so we'd love your support there, too. Most importantly, though, leave us some feedback and let us know what you'd like to see more or less of and what we can do better on. Thanks for watching!

Attendance is low this week and it's just Kevin, Pete, and Andrew in this session. That said, even without Kim to keep them under control, the guys stay very topical this week. Of course the hot topic of the week is the new Hulu film and Predator prequel, Prey. Much like all of the other internet buzz the guys are all over this one. Not to spoil anything, but they obviously loved it and have no qualms about spewing their opinions everywhere. Before they get to that, though, they take the traditional APNC meandering path to get there. Of course the topic that runs through the very beginning is the madness going down at WB/HBO/DC right now. Also on this path is The Stranger Things Experience, Stray, Uncharted (the movie), Bodies Bodies Bodies, and Nope. That last one leads to a bit of a tear down of poor M Knight Shayamalan. I'd say he knows what he did, but at this point, it definitely seems that he does NOT know what he did.. All in all, it's a lot of fun this week and somehow fairly on task. As always, don't forget to comment, like, and subscribe. We hope you enjoy this one and we will do our best to not let Kim run away next week so we can have the class we sorely lack without. And then maybe Andy will be back, too, to cancel that class right back out!

This week, Kim gets the gang in line by getting everyone in touch with their feminine side. Except Andy. He's not allowed to get in touch with himself on camera. But everyone else takes the opportunity to talk about some of the best female characters in TV and film. There's a lot to unpack here and Kim has a lot of work to do, keeping the buffoons in line. She does the job admirably and the gang manages to make some very interesting points. It's weird for everyone that they did something so... mature, but they pulled it off. As always, don't forget to like and subscribe and share us with all your friends. We've promoted Kim to show regular, so you don't have to be AS embarrassed to tell people you watch the show anymore. Also, stay tuned later in the week, as we have a special treat dropping. We played some trivia, but this episode stood on it's own so we'll have that as a side episode later!

Ok, guys, message received. Pete and Kevin are the old guard and Andrew and Kim are the fan favorites. While we're not ready to put the old fossils out to pasture just yet, we did make sure to get Kim and Andrew back this week so we don't lose any more viewers! Don't worry, Kevin is definitely not sensitive and crying in a corner right now. As for the episode, the full gang goes all in on SDCC. As expected, there's a heavy focus on the D&D trailer and the Black Panther 2 trailer. This doesn't mean the group doesn't get into everything. There's some Game of Thrones talk, some Lord of the Rings talk, some DC talk, and of course a whole lot of Marvel. As usual, don't forget to like and subscribe. We know you are really here for Kim and Andrew, but we can't keep Kim on the payroll if you don't show her the love. We pay her in likes and if you don't give her any, she'll be fired and that's on you!

Pete's back this week so obviously everyone else decided not to show up. I swear he keeps his clothes on... Anyhow, this week is mostly dominated by Pete returning to talk about Stranger Things, since he has missed all of the good chat over the last few weeks. Since he started from the beginning, he has many thoughts and ideas about the whole of the show, so buckle up! Once the guys break away from that, Pete discusses the new Elvis film and Kevin discusses the polarizing new Resident Evil show on Netflix. While this won't be the last of Stranger Things talk, it will be the last of it for a while. Next week should see (maybe?) the full compliment of APNC regulars, so be ready for that. As always, thank you for watching. We apologize for Pete. Sadly the surgery wasn't any kind of facial reconstruction, but don't let that deter you from liking and subscribing. It's not his fault and he needs our moral support!

In a strange (ooh, a pun?) turn of events, this weeks show is somehow almost last weeks show! Pete and Andy are lost in the wind leaving Kevin and Andrew to fend for themselves. This allows them to talk about the only things they seem to know, Stranger Things and Ms Marvel. Okay, thats a bit of an exaggeration. Andrew also breaks down some of The Boys without getting too spoilery. He also discusses the one day theatrical release of the 80's animated G.I. Joe film. Kevin talks about the new Beavis and Butthead flick on Paramount Plus, and season 2 of Superman and Lois. Unlike last week, the guys drop in a few more tangents, though if you ask them they'll tell you they were planned. We know it's hard to watch another episode without the pure sex appeal of Pete. And you can't convince your Aunt Becky to watch when Andy isn't here. But Kevin and Andrew really are doing their best. No judgement, ok? As always, thank you for watching. Don't forget to like and subscribe. Who know what new content will be coming down the pipe as we start building our partnership with fanalogue.com going forward! We'll catch you next week when our game of musical chairs continues!

There is no describing this episode properly. This week is an epic tale of tangents. It's almost impressive what the guys DIDN'T talk about. Pete talks a bit of Stranger Things, Andrew talks about the Leah Remini Scientology docu-series. Kevin talks about the now classic Sci-Fi series, Fringe and the new FX series The Old Man. None of that takes up even a 10th of the episode, as the rails are complete hopped repeatedly. What is really impressive is how much Pete knows about Battlefield Earth. It's almost inexcusable to know this much about Scientology and L Ron Hubbard. Let's be honest, it's not shocking when you really think about. All we can do this week is apologize for what you see on this episode. That said, don't forget to like and subscribe. If you make it through this episode, it can only be uphill from here, right? Usually we'd make a mom joke here, but structure isn't what this week was about, so why start here… See you next week (we hope).