Media Obscura - Retro and Obscure TV/Movie Reviews

Nick and Mike head back to Halloween themed media on this weeks episode by checking out the 2003 animated special Scary Godmother: Halloween Spooktacular. They also talk about how insecure Nick is, how Mike does NOT want to only get red gushers in his candy packets, and how Nick and Mike have seriously got to get out more (implied)

Nick and Raekwon check out the 2000 action-comedy Shanghai Noon on this weeks Media Obscura podcast! It follows Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson as they go on an adventure across the American countryside in order to rescue a princess that's played by Lucy Liu. So... that's a thing! They also chat about how casually racist the movie is and how it's basically just a remake of Rush Hour.

Nick and his old-dog-lacking-any-tricks-to-begin-with Mike check out the 1985 horror comedy (emphasis on comedy) Transylvania 6-5000! It's a movie the follows Jeff Goldblum and Ed Begley Jr. as they investigate reports of Frankenstein wandering around in Transylvania. They also investigate how Mike is suffering from middle child syndrome in the wake of Raekwon joining the show.

Nick and his new co-host Raekwon check out The Addams Family Reunion on this weeks Media Obscura Podcast! It follows the Addams as they deal with Gomez's grandparents suffering from "Waltzheimer's disease," which is slowly eroding their eccentricity.

On this weeks Media Obscura Podcast, Nick and Mike check out Elvira: Mistress of the Dark! Released in 1988, the movie follows the cult TV horror hostess as she deals with her worst adversary yet... Suburbia! Oh, and there's also a lot of repressed old folks and a crazy plot involving dark magic, witches, and a poodle with a killer mohawk.

Nick and Mike check out the Weird Al vehicle UHF on this weeks Media Obscura Podcast! It's a movie about a lad named George Newman, played by Weird Al, getting the deed to a TV station from his Uncle after winning it in a poker game. Along the way, he meets a slew of colorful characters such as a newscaster played by The Nanny herself, Fran Drescher, a Janitor played by a pre-Kramer Michael Richardson, and a man with an uncanny resemblance to Doctor Emmet Brown played by Anthony Geary.

This... Is... An episode we're really excited about! On this weeks Media Obscura Podcast, Nick and Mike checked out the Sam Raimi classic, Army of Darkness! I know, I know, "bUt GuYs, ThIs IsN't ObScUrE!"

Except that it is!

... Kinda.

Who here's familiar with Robert Downey? No, not Iron Man, the other one! His Dad! Iron Dad! This week on The Media Obscura Podcast, Nick and Mike check out Robert Downey's 1972 acid western, Greaser's Palace!

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So no one told [Nick and Mike] that [watching and discussing the ill-fated Friends spin-off, 'Joey,'] would be this way. They also talk about the way that TV shows like to include clapping/snapping in their themes songs, Nick's stubbornness when it comes to drinking old Kombucha, and about how Friends is lot like McDonalds.

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Nick and Mike check out the very short lived spin-off of the classic sitcom 'That 70's Show,' on this weeks Media Obscura Podcast! They also talk about post-show depression and some other stuff.