Insufferable Bastards

The guy behind 'The Toys That Made Us' and 'The Movies That Made Us' on Netflix talks about his latest project: 'Icons Unearthed,' which premiered July 12 on VICE-TV.

The new show's first season focuses on 'Star Wars,' and features a rare interview with Marcia Lucas.

Brian Volk-Weiss also talks about building a huge career as a comedy producer. And yes, he's worked with Kevin Brennan.

Stuff we censored from the previous episode, including:

Kevin Smith v Bruce Willis

Spears worked with Sean William Scott

Joe Rogan's historically bad takes on Ronda Rousey

The fall of Robert DeNiro

Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson

Show guide:
1:38 RIP James Caan
3:12 Oh no, Clerks III is coming
6:30 Bobby Lee and Khalyla broke up
7:15 Gremlins sucks
14:48 Night Moves sucks
19:11 Friday the 13th Part II sucks
21:04 A Few Good Men sucks
22:30 Al Pacino sucks in HEAT

Heck, even two grumpy bastards can't help but love Stranger Things 4. What's happening to us?

Yes, it's new 'Star Wars' content featuring an iconic character, but at the end of the day Disney's 'Obi-Wan Kenobi,' plays it too safe to be worth your time.

The Insufferable Bastards create a tiered list ranking the best and worst HBO shows. If the hosts can't agree, Matt from Mondo Creepy breaks the tie.

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This is episode 243.

Carlos picks his top five. So does Spears.

Plus top fives from The Pint, Mondo Creepy, Recent Activity, Super Retro Throwback Reviews, Isaac Thorne and Stephan Behuniak.

Who else but David Simon et al call pull off a compulsively watchable TV show that essentially chronicles the formation of a consent decree between a municipality and the federal gov't?

Put down the comic book, take a break from the hashtag, and watch 'We Own This City.'

We discuss the negative reactions to our 'Harry Knowles' episode, then lodge our complaints against Obi-Wan Kenobi, Stranger Things 4, Better Call Saul, Jackass 4.5, Bill Maher & QT, We Own This City, and the first Top Gun.

#Kenobi #BetterCallSaul #StrangerThings4

How did the culture get to this point, where movies, and to a rapidly growing extent, television, are dominated by pretty much three IPs: Star Wars, Marvel and DC?

It is not as simple as “Marvel movies make money.”

Episode five of the podcast "Downlowd: The Rise and Fall of Harry Knowles," explains how it happened. The podcast is written, edited, and narrated by Joe Scott.