Life, the Cineverse and Everything

Nick and wife (2nd time guest) Megan talk about the Pixar series of movies as well as some recent TV shows and some recent entertainment news. *Spoilers* for 'Incredibles 2' and pretty much all Pixar films lie ahead, so proceed with caution.

00:00 - Intro 00:32 - Nick's excuses, welcome and Guest Host 03:15 - Have you seen anything good recently? Avengers Infinity War / Cloak & Dagger (Freeform) / Hotel Artemis / Y The Last Man 12:01 - Megan built a Food Truck playhouse for our son 12:57 - Stan Lee's Manager is arrested 14:44 - 'Wonder Woman 1984' photos 15:42 - Pixar Movies & History20:08 - Toy Story (1995) 21:14 - A Bug's Life (1998) 24:50 - Toy Story 2 (1999) 25:48 - Monsters, Inc. (2001) 27:06 - Finding Nemo (2003) 28:15 - The Incredibles (2004) 30:46 - Cars (2006) 32:33 - Disney buys Pixar for $7.4 billion 34:18 - Ratatouille (2007) 35:44 - Wall-E (2008) 37:00 - Up (2009) 39:40 - Toy Story 3 (2010) 41:52 - Cars 2 (2011) 43:58 - Brave (2012) 46:54 - Monsters University (2013) 48:54 - Inside Out (2015) 52:22 - The Good Dinosaur (2015) 54:36 - Finding Dory (2016) 55:32 - Cars 3 (2017) 56:20 - Coco (2017) 58:33 - Incredibles 2 (2018) - **SPOILERS** 1:04:16 - What are you looking forward to? Tag (out now) / Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom (June 22) / Disenchantment (Netflix) / Ant Man & The Wasp (July 6) Louisville Supercon (Nov 30 - Dec 2) 1:08:42 - Sign Off

Nick and Brian continue talking about superhero movies and the summer blockbuster!

00:00 - Intro 00:25 - Brian is a DC Fanboy 10:21 - DC on TV (Arrow, Flash, etc.) 17:15 - Batman Telltale Series 18:18 - Avengers Infinity War Timeline 24:44 - Outro

Nick and guest host Brian O'Banion (Nick's cousin) dive into the wonderful world of the summer blockbuster. We learn how it originated, what constitutes a blockbuster, and which ones we saw growing up or will not watch again *Transformers*... excuse me!

00:00 - Finn talks with Brian 00:49 - Intro 01:22 - Welcome and Guest Host 03:10 - Have you seen anything good recently? Brian is a long standing DC Fan 03:50 - Deadpool 2 (Spoilers) 06:50 - Avengers Infinity War (Spoilers) 14:00 - Solo A Star Wars Story (Spoilers) 25:30 - Mail Time25:50 - Nick has to roll his windows up (starts raining) 26:30 - Video Game Movies 32:00 - Portal ('Portal' Short Film by Dan Trachtenberg) 34:42 - Star Wars Holiday Special Review? 36:24 - Summer Blockbusters Film School Rejects article1:00:39 - What are you looking forward to? 1:09:19 - Louisville Supercon 2018 1:13:48 - Sign off

Nick, Alex, Wes and Jared continue their rants on things they used to watch. Wes tries to wrangle Nick into an argument about 'The Tonight Show' and more! Stick around.

00:00 - Intro 00:26 - Avengers Infinity War and Jared playing catch-up 01:59 - The Tonight Show wars 06:26 - Recording on VHS and 90's commercials 08:14 - Disney and Musicals 10:38 - Video Game TV Shows (Megaman, Sonic, Mario Bros, etc.) 12:14 - Jared makes up a show about a Mannequin 13:34 - The Stupid Joke (Middle School memories) 17:10 - 'Wolf', 'Willow' and 'Labyrinth" 18:38 - 'Naked Gun' and 'Airplane' 18:58 - Wes' Theorem (a.k.a The Quotable Lines Theorem) 20:54 - 'U.S. Marshals' (taped over 'Top Secret') 23:40 - 'Major League', 'Down Periscope' & 'McHale's Navy' 26:14 - 'Bad Boys' & 'Demolition Man' 27:27 - JCVD 29:40 - Outro

Nick is joined by 3 guest hosts, including the elusive Alex Betz, the recent Jared Kelley, and the mostly silent Wes Singleton as they discuss remembering what TV shows and movies they watched growing up.

00:00 - Mic check 00:09 - Intro 00:41 - Welcome & Guest Hosts 02:00 - Have you seen anything good recently?02:31 - 'Better Call Saul' / 'Sneaky Pete' (Alex) 04:29 - 'Rampage' / 'A Quiet Place' / 'Bad Samaritan' (Jared) 07:36 - 'Isle of Dogs' / 'Barry' / 'Silicon Valley' (Nick) 09:54 - Main Topic: TV and Movies we used to watch TMNT, G.I. Joe, He-Man (Alex) Bobby's World (Nick) 12:26 - Batman The Animated Series / He-Man / The Simpsons / Ren and Stimpy 14:06 - Dinosaurs / The Wonder Years / Saved by the Bell 15:24 - Home Improvement / Last Man Standing 17:02 - Married with Children / Dino Riders? / Thundercats / Johnny Quest 18:21 - Buffy the Vampire Slayer / Blossom / Unsolved Mysteries 19:05 - Walker Texas Ranger 19:48 - The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. / Jack of All Trades / Martin / Wings 20:55 - Full House / Saved by the Bell (again) 21:25 - 90's Wrestling / Hercules / Xena Warrior Princess 21:53 - The Tick 22:33 - Coach / Baywatch 24:11 - Dr Katz / The Critic 24:53 - Family Guy / The PJ's / The Drew Carey Show 25:46 - Animaniacs / Tiny Toons 26:13 - Third Rock From the Sun / Family Matters (not Family Ties) 26:55 - Rugrats / Quantum Leap (and what's Scott Bakula doing now?) 28:45 - Frasier 29:52 - Murphy Brown 30:49 - Mad About You / Something So Right / Boston Common 31:50 - HBO repeat viewings The Assignment / JCVD movies 33:51 - The Late Shift / Chairman of the Board / Ghost in the Darkness / The Saint 35:35 - The Cherokee Kid / Houseguest 36:18 - Office Space 36:44 - Stephen King's made for TV movies It / The Stand / The Tommyknockers / Storm of the Century / Rose Red 37:49 - The Olsen Twins 38:19 - Salem's Lot (more Stephen King) 38:36 - Gulliver's Travels / Made in America 39:55 - Short Circuit 1 & 2 40:16 - The Neverending Story Trilogy 42:18 - The Dark Crystal / Labyrinth / Dreamchild 45:36 - The Mandela Effect51:55 - What are you looking forward to? 57:13 - Sign off

More from Nick and Jared, including Jared's "Call Back" section, where he weighs in on previous episodes. Sorry to have to cut that from our regular episode, but it proves he was greatly prepared to guest host our podcast!

Nick and Jared dive into the wonderful world of comic books to commemorate the release of 'Avengers: Infinity War' in theaters. It's no secret who is more of a comic book fan, as Jared brought pages of notes to our recording session and I was reading from only one sheet, but we touch on a bunch of cool topics never-the-less.

00:00 - Intro 00:50 - AVENGERS INFINITY WAR GIVEAWAY WINNER 03:29 - Guest Host Intro 07:02 - Have you seen anything good recently? 'Unsane' / 'Death Wish' / 'Strangers Prey At Night' / 'Tomb Raider' 'A Quiet Place' / 'Star Trek Discovery' / 'Jurassic World 2' Trailer May 4th (Star Wars Day) / May 5th (Free Comic Book Day) 17:40 - How Comic Books Touch Our Lives21:54 - Reading comics growing up Marvel's 2099 series / DC vs Marvel 41:12 - Comic Book Popularity 44:45 - How Comic Books change from External forces 57:18 - What Comics We're Reading Now 01:07:29 - Comic Book Recommendations 01:13:54 - What are you looking forward to? 'A Quiet Place' / 'Rampage' / 'Sicario' / 'Tag' 'Venom' / 'Solo: A Star Wars Story' 01:21:28 - Sign off

More from Nick and Jake talking "New Girl", overrated actors, and character actors. Stay tuned for more opinions!

Nick and long time friend/ Renaissance man Jake Minton talk about their favorite modern actors. Well, kind of. Jake got confused about the subject and spouted some nonsense about it being an impossible task, but we rant on for a bit anyways. We also brush on Jake's new stage show, some good new TV and what it takes to be an actor. Stick around, it's bound to get interesting!

00:00 - Intro 00:32 - Welcome Avengers Infinity War Giveaway 01:43 - Guest Host 03:10 - Who is Nick, anyway? Star Wars: Hand of the Empire My Rode Reel 06:05 - Have you seen anything good recently? 'The Post' / 'The Darkest Hour' (or 'Churchill Cometh') What's on Jake's DVR? 'Ready Player One' (sequel) / 'Armada' (mild spoilers) 'Alex, Inc' (ABC) / 'Good Girls' (NBC) 15:49 - Mail Call! Budgetary issues / Independent Filmmaking Actors aging out of roles (Schwarzenegger/ Stallone) 26:10 - Favorite Modern Actors! Why we chose modern actors 30:16 - Are Comedians better actors? 36:30 - What makes someone a good actor? 41:14 - Top 5 actors (who Jake would pay to watch them do push ups) 42:58 - Oscar Isaac 44:46 - Tom Hanks 46:27 - Emily Blunt 48:38 - Robin Williams 51:08 - Taraji P. Henson / Viola Davis 54:07 - Hugh Jackman 59:44 - Miles Teller 01:01:04 - Robert Downey Jr. 01:07:38 - Denzel Washington 01:12:13 - What are you looking forward to? 'All New People' (Jake's new show, opening 12 April @ The Alley Theater) 'Deadpool 2' / 'Avengers Infinity War' / 'Venom' 'Locke' (how did we forget Tom Hardy?!) / 'Buried' 'Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot' / 'Solo' 'Incredibles 2' / 'Halloween' / 'X-Men: Dark Pheonix' 'Oceans 8' / 'Silicon Valley' Season 5 01:23:30 - Sign off

See Jake Parker Band @ The Bards Town (Wing Ding Thurby party) on May 2nd

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Avengers Infinity War Giveaway (it's over April 28th!)

Nick and Katy talk:

00:00 - Intro 00:26 - Young Adult Revolution 04:34 - Adaptations that weren't as good as the book Twilight / Jason Bourne Series (Ludlum) / To Kill a Mockingbird / A Time to Kill (Grisham) Cloud Atlas / Tuesdays with Morrie / The Kite Runner 17:06 - More adapted authors 17:32 - Movies you may not know were based on books: Die Hard (or 'Nothing Lasts Forever' by Roderick Thorp) Who Framed Roger Rabbit (or 'Who Censored Roger Rabbit' by Gary K. Wolfe) Mrs. Doubtfire (or 'Alias Madame Doubtfire' by Anne Fine) Slumdog Millionaire (or 'Q&A' by Vikras Swarup) Psycho (or 'Psycho' by Robert Bloch) 20:11 - Douglas Adams' 'Starship Titanic' by Terry Jones 24:07 - Outro