With Roagan indisposed, Sam and Solo decided to take the week to get our DVD players out and put together a playlist of some of their favourite DVDs that were almost always on repeat when they were younger. Getting into not just these childhood classics as film and tv, but also the relationship you build with them by having the DVDs when you're younger, how they can reflect your viewing habits and opinions as an adult by the self imposed brainwashing we did by watching the same DVD multiple times a week. We manage to learn a little about where Solo's earliest experiences with super heroes came in and Sam tells us a bit about the traditional breakfast for watching Monster's Inc as we load up these discs to put on repeat a few hundred more times.

Sam, Solo & Roagan are film graduates, casual podcasters and all over swell folk.  Each with a varied and different taste in film and a singular goal. To get rich making podcasts (getting rich is optional).

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Chin Waggers x

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It's time to make volunteer as tribute everyone, as we rattle off our favourite heroes' deaths this week. We delve into what quantifies the hero's death as well as splitting hairs between what makes a hero and a 'movie' hero. We have a selection of  warriors' sacrifices from across three favourite franchises of ours as well as some real gut wrenching ones that remind us all of the true price of heroism and how the death scene can be the moment to cement a character as a hero altogether. We're sure you'll enjoy these scenes as much in our talking about them as we did and we close out with a short piece of poetry and a unanimous recommendation for one of the films on this list... the Warner Brother's Classic that is The Iron Giant!

TRIGGER WARNING: Contains discussions related to suicide and mental trauma.

Leah, Sam, Solo & Roagan are film graduates, casual podcasters and all over swell folk.  Each with a varied and different taste in film and a singular goal.  To get rich making podcasts (getting rich is optional).

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Things get a touch more intimate this episode as Sam and Solo take a bit of time together to dive into the diverse world of romance movies. We take it as far back as the timeless tales of Greek Mythology and also to the modern metropolis of Manhattan to discuss some films close to the heart of both your dates for this episode. With some deep dives into a couple specific movies and a discussion of the genre and themes to round us out, it'll certainly be a lovely time for all those listening.

Leah, Sam, Solo & Roagan are film graduates, casual podcasters and all over swell folk.  Each with a varied and different taste in film and a singular goal.  To get rich making podcasts (getting rich is optional).

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Chin Waggers x

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The gang gets sequelitus as they discuss the best and boldest of some cornerstone Sci-Fi. We go for deep dives on how the genre shapes the real world and the birth of fandom with Star Wars and how people have been falling in love with Galaxies near and far since the genre was first pioneered by friend of the show H.G. Wells. We get into the various philosophies and presentations of the genre with films like Eternal Sunshine and Terminator to show the diversity of these fictional universes and how they can be used to create all sorts of wonderful stories and emotions. With a closer on some trivia bits, it'll be a great ride as we get into these mighty worlds together this episode.

Leah, Sam, Solo & Roagan are film graduates, casual podcasters and all over swell folk.  Each with a varied and different taste in film and a singular goal.  To get rich making podcasts (getting rich is optional).

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Chin Waggers x

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The Team is downgraded from a trio to a duet this episode as Sam enjoys some well earned sleep while Roagan and Solo discuss the horizon for film and tv in 2021 with an opening discussion on the sad news of Warner Brothers moving all their films to HBOMax with some of the creators not even being notified of the fact. But it's not all doom and gloom I assure you as we get into the Disney Investor Day with their slates for Star Wars and Marvel content on its way which you know we've got some theories on and a few hot takes about the things that excite us the most, as you know we never shy away from controversy.  And Solo closes us out with a quick update on Doctor Who's Time Lord Victorious event as an interesting cross media event that is one of the most ambitious stories we've seen in how it crosses the medium of animation, books, comics, radio and even two live events that are all part of one single story arc. In the words of the Doctor themselves, this episode is definitely a little wibbly wobbly timey wimey.

Leah, Sam, Solo & Roagan are film graduates, casual podcasters and all over swell folk.  Each with a varied and different taste in film and a singular goal.  To get rich making podcasts (getting rich is optional).

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Chin Waggers x

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The boys are back, and this time here to discuss our favourite opening scenes, and what makes the great opening scenes. Opening scenes are some of the most essential pieces to the success of a film in our opinions as essentially you need to be sold on the full movie from the first few minutes, which many a failed tv show can't even do in its first season. Pulling two movies each, we get into the nitty gritty of technical skills and stagecraft that make these scenes THE BEST scenes, so strap in and enjoy the show.

Leah, Sam, Solo & Roagan are film graduates, casual podcasters and all over swell folk.  Each with a varied and different taste in film and a singular goal.  To get rich making podcasts (getting rich is optional).

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Chin Waggers x

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My fellow mutants, the time for our ascendancy is at hand.

This week, fellow X-Maniacs Roagan and Solo go head to head in a pitch battle for the right to bring the X Men into the MCU, with both stories taking  very different routes to tie it together as well as interpretations of the kind of X Men stories we'd both love to tell or see told. The X Men have always been, despite outward appearances, the most down to Earth and realistic superheroes in Marvel and with the grounded style of storytelling provided by the MCU it sure is a challenge to adapt these characters into it, but the boys are far from faint hearted about taking on such a challenge. With Sam in the hosting chair to guide us through, we hope you'll enjoy the pitches for X Men: Stand & X Men: Children of Infinity.

Leah, Sam, Solo & Roagan are film graduates, casual podcasters and all over swell folk.  Each with a varied and different taste in film and a singular goal.  To get rich making podcasts (getting rich is optional).

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Chin Waggers x

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Things get philosophical on this episode with a bit of Freud, bit of Descartes and a quick Latin lesson as we get into the meet and potatoes of the episode which is a conversation about defining the horror genre. We cherry pick a couple favourites and a couple classics that we break apart and analyse in order to come up with our own comprehensive idea fo what we think equals horror. Strap in and get ready to go beyond the veil of perception with this week's episode of the Chinwaggers.

Leah, Sam, Solo & Roagan are film graduates, casual podcasters and all over swell folk.  Each with a varied and different taste in film and a singular goal.  To get rich making podcasts (getting rich is optional).

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Chin Waggers x

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Returning out of the shadow of Britain's second Lockdown, we come into the light to discuss the fate of the super star with a eulogy for Sean Connery, the development of modern horror projects and the genre's future with a bit of theory behind it & capping it off with a discussion on Star Wars Legends and how it continues to be brought more and more into the New Canon and some things Solo is looking forward to seeing yet.

Leah, Sam, Solo & Roagan are film graduates, casual podcasters and all over swell folk.  Each with a varied and different taste in film and a singular goal.  To get rich making podcasts (getting rich is optional).

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Chin Waggers x

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So we're at the season finale, and with a whole new episode formula for your asses. Today we've got a pitch battle of competing fanfics from Solo and Sam over their shared Harry Potter passion to come up with a movie each based in the franchise and talk it out with the Warner Sister played by Leah with her fictional millions of dollars. Without spoiling anything we somehow both decided that there aren't enough war movies in Harry Potter (given that there's zero) and we're here to rectify that grievous error. We got cool battles, we got intense psychological trauma and we're here to prove that wizards can go to war too man!

Leah, Sam, Solo & Roagan are film graduates, casual podcasters and all over swell folk.  Each with a varied and different taste in film and a singular goal.  To get rich making podcasts (getting rich is optional).

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Chin Waggers x

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