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Welcome to SEASON 2!! As we start the new year, we start a new season of laughs and movie talk here on the Retros. We're so happy to have found such success when we launched season 1 last year. We appreciate everyone who took the time to listen to us and we hope you continue to listen and enjoy our ramblings. Even though this is Episode 1 of Season 2, we're going to continue the numbering pattern for the list of episodes to keep it from being confusing, so in the episode list, you'll see this is Episode: 31. Really, the Seasons are for our logistical benefit. I'm already making it more complicated than it needs to be. Just keep an eye out for new episodes!
We again travel back to the Golden Age of Postwar America, to the year 1953! We were ecstatic to watch the movies of this year and were even more excited to talk about them. Here is the list of Oscar nominees:
- From Here to Eternity
- Julius Caesar
- The Robe
- Roman Holiday
- Shane
As if that wasn't enough, we added a few other categories to the Oscar list like The Best Grandma Moment, The Independent Darling, and Who Did It Best!
Did Alan Ladd die as he rode off on his horse in Shane, or did he live and just ignored that obnoxious kid? We have opinions about that ending. As the actors' egos threatened to throw the production of Julius Caesar off the rails, just how did the director Joseph Mankiewicz manage to keep everyone in line? We don't know for sure, but we have some pretty good ideas! The city of Rome in Roman Holiday sure seemed sparsely populated in the 1950s, though it was certainly the best place to take an itinerant princess out for a coffee date. War of the Worlds, or Invaders from Mars? Which movie had the best Martian invasion? Hollywood loved to invade Earth back then. And why did so many movies have weirdly naughty titles rife with double entendres? It was a different time, we're sure. Is Ed Wood's Glen or Glenda featuring Bela Lugosi one of the best indy darlings ever? Listen and find out! PULL THE STRING!!
Want to be part of the excitement, listen and find out who we think could have been added to the Best Picture list! Was the Academy right? Do you agree with our correct assessments? Listen and find out! Don't forget to follow us on any of the major social media at theretrospodcast.
If you're on mobile be sure to drop us a text by clicking on the link above "Send us a text" and tell us how insightful we are, or how off base we were in our decisions. You can also write us at [email protected].
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Welcome to SEASON 2!! As we start the new year, we start a new season of laughs and movie talk here on the Retros. We're so happy to have found such success when we launched season 1 last year. We appreciate everyone who took the time to listen to us and we hope you continue to listen and enjoy our ramblings. Even though this is Episode 1 of Season 2, we're going to continue the numbering pattern for the list of episodes to keep it from being confusing, so in the episode list, you'll see this is Episode: 31. Really, the Seasons are for our logistical benefit. I'm already making it more complicated than it needs to be. Just keep an eye out for new episodes!
We again travel back to the Golden Age of Postwar America, to the year 1953! We were ecstatic to watch the movies of this year and were even more excited to talk about them. Here is the list of Oscar nominees:
- From Here to Eternity
- Julius Caesar
- The Robe
- Roman Holiday
- Shane
As if that wasn't enough, we added a few other categories to the Oscar list like The Best Grandma Moment, The Independent Darling, and Who Did It Best!
Did Alan Ladd die as he rode off on his horse in Shane, or did he live and just ignored that obnoxious kid? We have opinions about that ending. As the actors' egos threatened to throw the production of Julius Caesar off the rails, just how did the director Joseph Mankiewicz manage to keep everyone in line? We don't know for sure, but we have some pretty good ideas! The city of Rome in Roman Holiday sure seemed sparsely populated in the 1950s, though it was certainly the best place to take an itinerant princess out for a coffee date. War of the Worlds, or Invaders from Mars? Which movie had the best Martian invasion? Hollywood loved to invade Earth back then. And why did so many movies have weirdly naughty titles rife with double entendres? It was a different time, we're sure. Is Ed Wood's Glen or Glenda featuring Bela Lugosi one of the best indy darlings ever? Listen and find out! PULL THE STRING!!
Want to be part of the excitement, listen and find out who we think could have been added to the Best Picture list! Was the Academy right? Do you agree with our correct assessments? Listen and find out! Don't forget to follow us on any of the major social media at theretrospodcast.
If you're on mobile be sure to drop us a text by clicking on the link above "Send us a text" and tell us how insightful we are, or how off base we were in our decisions. You can also write us at [email protected].
If you feel like supporting us and our show, you can go to our Patreon page by going to the link below "Support the show" or use this link:
patreon.com/user?u=38740491
Gain access to our Discord channel, bonus episodes, and our undying gratitude for your patronage!
Support the show
Thank you for listening and watch more movies!