It's been a strange and bumpy road but we've finally arrived at the pinnacle... or at least that's what the Academy thought. How did a movie about interspecies romance capture the hearts of the Hollywood elite? Perhaps some people are missing the forest for the seaweed.

We are both completely in love with this spooky, sexy, feminist film. Pay no mind to the theatrical trailers.

First off, we're sorry. We don't know how we talked about Pacific Rim for four hours either. Listen to the episode to see how this movie about robots punching monsters could possibly merit that much discussion!

We're back in comic book land after that brief stint into fairy tales, with Del Toro's very extra follow up to Hellboy. This is where all the spaghetti went, folks.

This is a big one, Del Toro's first "artsy" indie film to really capture Hollywood. But why did it connect with so many people?

The comic book train keeps rolling! Comic book movies were on shaky ground in 2004, but Del Toro gave this passion project his all. Does it still hold up in the era of comic book films?

A bit of an anomaly in Del Toro's filmography, this was Del Toro's first official venture into a licensed property. Could our boy possibly elevate this pretty ok early 2000s comic book franchise?

Del Toro's first American film was fraught with misadventure, and resulted in a film frankly no one was happy with. When he got the chance to fix the movie, did it really make a difference?

Thus begins season 2, a deep dive into Guillermo Del Toro (obscurely titled Del Toro Quest). We begin at the beginning with the little-known Cronos, Del Toro's 1993 cinematic debut.