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It's Christmas time and who better than to dissect the Holiday movie classics than three guys who grew up spending their Christmases in an insanely warm climate.  What we lacked in cold weather, we made up for in refusing to go outside and hunkering down in front of our televisions to watch all the holiday classics.   Going outside and catching that brisk gust of wind after a shower could permanently contort our faces, it has to be in the high 60s out today! (So our grandmothers told us).   So, we played it safe and this week it all pays off!  We grew up binge watching Christmas movie classics, hoping we'd someday get to experience snow and when we finally did, we said... "Screw that, we're staying inside and watching movies!"  This week Formidable Opponents is talking about what we feel is The All-time Best Christmas Movie.

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This week on Formidable Opponents, we debate which bands/artist should have had bigger careers by taking into account the following criteria.
 
1) Does your stomach churn when you're in the car with someone, turn up the volume to a song from an artist you love only to hear the person you're in the car with say, "Who in the hell is this?"   
2) Do you refuse to throw away that old, tattered "I saw this band live when they were cool" t-shirt (replete with nacho cheese stains)?
3) Do you openly and sadly ponder the meaning of life when you're in the produce section at your local grocery store and your tomato examination is interrupted by a once cool band gently playing over the supermarket speaker?

If you said yes to any one of these questions, this is the episode for you (hell, even if you said no)!   Yes, this week on Formidable Opponents, we're talking Bands/Artists That Should've Had Bigger Careers (don't judge).

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Sad movie deaths give us the painful opportunity to remember the characters we loved.  They are meaningful, thought provoking and often times confusing.  They expose us to an experience that hurts us to go through, and even worse -- rewatch to relive.  Through these loses, we process grief to sometimes never fully understand why we grew so attached to these individuals.  Sometimes our heroes go out on their shield, sometimes they leave us after performing a redeeming action and most of the time they give us an association to something special we can never truly let go.  This week on Formidable Opponents,  we're talking heartbreak, sadness and loss.   HAPPY THANKSGIVING, EVERYBODY!!!!


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This week on a very special episode of Formidable Opponents, Joseph is found unconscious in an abandoned refrigerator during a deadly game of hide and seek, Bob is under the influence of a sinister cult and Randall is busted trying sell a bootlegged recording of a Doobie Brothers concert (by the Doobies themselves!).

Actually, this is a very different,  "very special episode" (bike shop owners, you're off the hook...for now).  This week we are guests on "Turn of the Millennials Podcast."  Join us on this simulcast as we collectively discuss our "favourite" (they're Canadian) and most memorable movie soundtracks (mainly from the 90s but we spill onto several decades).  Bonus content of this episode can be exclusively found on "Turn of the Millennials" podcast.  Check them out! 

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This week we are joined by a special guest and friend to the show,  coffee roaster extraordinaire and fellow pop culture enthusiast Jomichael Vasquez (@theamericanbeaner on Instagram) as we debate what is the Best Guilty Pleasure Song.  We all have our favorites; our secret shames that we enjoy in the friendly confines of our car, alone, at a reasonable volume, or on our headphones away from anyone that would dare judge us enjoying a (questionable) masterpiece just because a few snobs don't generally hold it in high regard.  Free yourself of such asinine burdens on this week's episode of Formidable Opponents as we take a huge leap and tell the world what we think are the best guilty pleasure songs.  Let the healing begin as we confess what many people take to their graves.  This week we  we are now "Freebirds" (The shitty 1988 Will to Power cover version we secretly like, not the Lynyrd Skynyrd original).


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This week on Formidable Opponents, we're talking Best Nostalgic Halloween Movie.  We're going back to the simpler times; you know, plastic rubber band masks replete with trash bag texture costumes,  orange, harmonica-shaped Wowee Whistles and of course, having to  check your Dubble Bubble for drugs and needles (only to find out that truthfully the worst part was losing the flavor after 25 seconds).   We're talking about our favorite movies we loved watching growing up during Halloween and how they just don't make them like they used to.  Werthers Original, anyone? 


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On this week's episode of Formidable Opponents, we're talking horror movies.  The classics that we were first introduced to as impressionable youngsters that perhaps can explain many of our fears, anxieties and compulsions, all influenced by the movies we're talking about on this episode and absolutely nothing to do with the generations and decision makers before us.  Sit back, keep your feet tucked firmly under the blankets, your baseball bat put away and keep your crucifix firmly in hand (and ONLY IN HAND), as this week Formidable Opponents felt compelled to take a stab at discussing and debating our selections for Best Horror Movie.

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On this week's episode, Formidable Opponents takes on the rock era of excess.  The 80s, a decade where image was as important as the music.  Thanks to cable television, we were able to put names (and make-up) to faces.  Despite being deemed less critical than the decade before it and less socially impactful than the decade after, 80s rock music still provided a much needed outlet for bands that were searching for their identity in Rock.  Because of it's approach to the new, the different, the loud and at times, the absurd, everyone fit in.   Join us this week as we delve into what we feel is an underrated decade for rock in an era that was much more than Aqua Net, Spandex, Synthesizers and Power Ballads.  This week we argue Best 80s Rock Song.


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There's nothing like a great sports movie!  The thrill of victory and the agony of a horrible performance.  This week Formidable Opponents discusses and debates what makes for a great fictional athlete.  Personality, perseverance, fortitude and humanity (of course, a little bit of the absurd helps).  Join us as we recognize these spirited performances and pick apart what could have been better, like the armchair quarterbacks we are.  This week, we argue "Best Movie Athlete."

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On this week's episode of Formidable Opponents, we argue who is the biggest and most despicable turncoat in the history of all cinema.  Our answers and arguments are sure to surprise you, make you think and give you a good laugh.  This week we invite you to get up from that bed, make sure to set your alarm code and whatever you do, please make some room for that special someone to join you, because this on Formidable Opponents, we debate what is the Biggest Movie Betrayal!


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