Media Obscura - Retro and Obscure TV/Movie Reviews

Team Obscura dives headfirst into a world of (very watered down) roleplaying and wonder when they watch 1982's Dungeons & Dragons/Satanic Panic CBS made for TV movie "Mazes & Monsters," starring Tom Hanks!

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On this weeks Media Obscura, Nick and Mike celebrate Cobra Kai hitting Netflix by checking out 1984's sports movie hallmark, The Karate Kid! 

High schooler Daniel LaRusso is getting bullied by Johnny Lawrence and his karate buddies until he learns self-defense thanks to his new friend, Mr. Miyagi. Oh, and there's a crane kick or two in there somewhere.

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Don't let go (of trying to capitalize on the success of others), am I right? On this weeks Media Obscura, the gang checks out 2010s horrid mockbuster, Titanic II! 

Who would've thought a triple-threating Van Dyke could do an awful job ripping off one of James Cameron's best films? Especially with a $500,000 budget!

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We're out with another re-run this week (thanks Nick's still lingering case of mono), which is our episode on 2000's "yeah, this is definitely from the turn of the Millenium" kung-fu/comedy movie, Shanghai Noon! 

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Team Obscura revisits the 1993 cult classic/coming of age movie "Dazed and Confused" on this week's Media Obscura podcast! They also discuss Nick's inability to tell people apart, Mike's refusal to watch movies that give him bad feelings, and how Raekwon has watched over/protected Nick since long before they even had a friendship.

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This weeks (rerun) episode of The Media Obscura Podcast has Nick and Raekwon checking out 1999's criminally underrated Andy Kaufman biopic, "Man on the Moon."

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Team Obscura revisits 21 retro and vintage TV ads/commercials, as well as discovers that Nick was duped into mistaking Arsenio Hall as Wesley Snipes 6 years ago, something that he actually feels pretty terrible about.

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Team Obscura checks out 1984's iconic rock n roll movie, Purple Rain! It follows a fictionalized version of Prince and the Revolution as they fight to maintain their billing at the Minneapolis staple, First Avenue. Meanwhile, Morris Day and his band The Time try to get them replaced by a band named Apollonia 6, which is fronted by Prince's girlfriend!

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Due to Nick feeling under the weather this week, we're providing you guys one of our most popular episodes which is about the 1986 movie, Cobra! It stars Sylvester Stallone as a bad-boy/take-no-nonsense cop and is one of the most quintessential and surprisingly watchable Cannon films. It also is the result of Stallone leaving "Beverly Hills Cops" over creative differences!

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