Not About The Weather

We're saying thank you, next to 2018 with our End of Year Special - a bumper episode covering our biggest hypes and gripes of the entire year that's past.

Over the course of 2018, Brittany discovered a hatred of the streaming binge model and wants to get back to week-to-week episodic watch experience, and also is on a personal mission to revamp every awards show ever (excepting the Tonys, of course.)

Mitch and Natalie share issues about moving and upheaval, and a horror of feeling apathetic and stuck in your physical space - albeit with very different roots - and Natalie also draws back the curtain on the extremities of social media abuse and cyberbullying within the Supernatural online community.

On a more positive note, Mitch was thrilled this year by a resurgence of video games in general pop culture, and his new role writing about them, and, noticing a similar pattern with D&D, we  discuss what draws certain people to the type of entertainment that involves you in storytelling as a participant, rather than a passive observer. 

Brittany has moved to a new town with a lot of history, walkability and adorableness - her very own Mayberry - but she's also been able to travel more than expected in 2018, and while doing so, she's discovered the benefits of embracing her inner tourist and learning about the places she visits on guided tours and encourages everyone to do the same. 

 

For Natalie, it was a delight to witness Prince Harry (her childhood imaginary best friend) get married to Meghan Markle, both for the indulgent, escapist modern fairytale of a progressive American princess and for the very real ways that the young royals are reinventing their position in the spotlight to raise awareness for incredible causes.

Celebrity activism in general was another highlight of the year, with the US midterms in particular seeing many notable figures, including Taylor Swift, recognizing that neutrality in the face of injustice is in line with oppression, and publicly endorsing candidates or speaking to their followers about voting for the first time.

#ANA - Ask NATW Anything: "One book, show or movie that’s been on your list for forever that you didn’t get to this year but will definitely read/watch in 2019?"

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This episode’s hosts are:  Brittany Lovely, Mitchel Clow and Natalie Fisher.

Resources/Recommendations:

Jimmy Fallon's Glee Club Opening for 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards, 2010 -- YouTube

Neil Patrick Harris' Opening Number for 65th Tony Awards, 2011 -- YouTube

Neil Patrick Harris' Opening Number for 66th Tony Awards, 2012 -- YouTube

Neil Patrick Harris' Opening Number for 67th Tony Awards, 2013 -- YouTube

James Corden's Broadway Carpool Karaoke for 70th Tony Awards, 2016 -- YouTube 

Natalie's Supernatural Coverage -- Hypable

Mitch's Gaming Coverage -- Hypable

Full Ceremony: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Royal Wedding -- YouTube

Highlights from Harry and Meghan's wedding -- BBC News

Bryony Gordon's Mad World: Prince Harry -- Podbean

The day Prince Harry showed the world how to talk about our problems -- Bryony Gordon for The Telegraph

The Duchess of Sussex supports 'Together' cookbook celebrating community kitchen -- YouTube

Buy Together: Our Community Cookbook -- Book Depository

Invictus Games Sydney 2018 Closing Ceremony Highlights -- YouTube

Taylor Swift Endorses Tennessee Democrats -- Instagram

People Have Plenty to Say About Taylor Swift Breaking Her Political Silence -- Time

How Taylor Swift's political endorsement could become the 'biggest ripple ever' at the polls -- CNBC

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Feeling walked all over by The Walking Dead, Mitch needs his traumatic TV deaths to be real and permanent - he definitely should not attempt to watch Supernatural any time soon.

Speaking of SPN, Natalie is feeling some frustration with storytelling in general - or rather, the growing lack of trust that audiences seem to have in the structure of serialized work - you’ve gotta be willing to wait for it! Especially, it seems, when one Jeffrey Dean Morgan plays and integral role.

And we’re back on Broadway once again, bemoaning the limitations of live theater and the pros and cons of the filmed productions.  

But right now, ‘tis the season to watch Hallmark, in all its snowy, sexless, save-the-business small town glory. Brittany is on a Christmas movie bender, and we discuss the safety net that this kind of programming provides. It’s delicious comfort food, as is this year’s new release of Queer Eye. While we still remember the original series, we are so grateful that the new Fab Five are here to save us all.

And the precious artform of 2D animation, particularly in the style of Studio Ghibli, leads to another conversation about the shifting scope of television and what that means for content creators.

#ANA - Ask NATW Anything: "If you could interview one fictional character, who would it be, and what would you ask them about?"

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This episode’s hosts are:  Brittany Lovely, Mitchel Clow and Natalie Fisher.

Resources/Recommendations:

The Walking Dead has condemned itself for all time -- The Verge

How The Walking Dead Completely Screwed Up Glenn's Story In Season Six -- Forbes

Walking Dead Bosses Defend Andrew Lincoln's Exit Fake-Out -- The Hollywood Reporter

Supernatural at 300: Stars and EPs speak to the show’s legacy and what to expect in the milestone episode -- Hypable

National Theatre Live -- Cinema Broadcasts

Bandstand Cinema Broadcast Trailer -- YouTube

Live from Lincoln Center: Sweeney Todd -- YouTube

Countdown to Christmas -- Hallmark Channel

All 58 Lifetime Christmas Movies, Ranked -- Elle

Christmas Inheritance -- Netflix

A Christmas Prince -- Netflix

A Christmas Prince: Royal Wedding -- Netflix

The Princess Switch -- Netflix

The Dragon Prince -- Netflix

Every Studio Ghibli film ranked in order of greatness -- NME

The best animated shows for those who don’t know where to start -- Hypable

Tangled vs. The Fall of Disney Animation -- Flickchart

Queer Eye -- Netflix

Queer Eye | Yass, Australia! -- YouTube

Watching Queer Eye’s Jonathan learning to ice skate proves that it’s #nevertoolate to try something new -- The Pool

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The exhaustion of a Hollywood assistant, the commitment to volunteering for a charity and the shaming of a working actor all lead to a long reflection on what we owe to each other, whether it comes to the service industry, the sad state of the world or the entitlement of human nature. Thankfully, The Good Place is here to save us all, and they have the podcast to prove it.

Meanwhile, Mitch is disgusted by the development of video-game add-ons that prey on FOMO, but needs to use a metaphor about pizza to allow his companions to commiserate, and just in time for Hanukkah, Natalie is mourning her lack of Hebrew, and we delve into the cultural experience of immigrant parents choosing to teach or not teach their second generation children their own native language. Also, Anton Yelchin - bless his beautiful soul - sure was in a lot of movies about crazy rich murder teens.

#ANA - Ask NATW Anything: "Have you ever been nervous to start a show because you know its fandom is toxic?"

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This episode’s hosts are:  Ariana Quiñónez, Mitchel Clow and Natalie Fisher.

Resources/Recommendations:

The Shaming of Geoffrey Owens and the Inability to See Actors as Laborors, Too -- The New Yorker

The Good Place: The Podcast -- NBC

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard -- Kristen Bell Episode

Kristen Bell Tells Her Side of the Furniture Feud -- The Ellen Show

'Supernatural' Star Jensen Ackles Opens A New Texas Brewery And Keeps It All In The Family -- Forbes

Family Business Beer Company -- Austin, TX 

Random Acts -- Non-profit Dedicated to Acts of Kindness Worldwide

Thoroughbreds -- Official Trailer

Thoroughbreds -- Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Fierce People -- Official Trailer

Jar Jar Binks Actor Became Suicidal After Star Wars Backlash -- Vulture

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We're shipping it with author and TV writer Britta Lundin - this episode features a deep dive into Britta's incredible novel 'Ship It' and a very special chat with the author herself. In our interview segment, Britta discusses her own fandom history and her unique perspective behind the scenes on pretty much all sides of the fandom/creator divide - as a voracious shipper with plenty of queer readings of assumed straight characters, and as a TV writer who works on a CW show and is privy to many of the practicalities, restrictions and realities of television production.

Then, in our panel discussion, we bring together three hosts with different levels of fandom immersion - a prominent fanfiction writer, a deeply invested consumer of transformative fanworks, and an obsessive curator and analyst of canon information. Together, we hype and gripe over the 'Ship It' experience and all the ways it related to our individual fandom behavior.

#ANA - Ask NATW Anything: "What two characters from different shows/movies/books do you ship?"

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This episode’s hosts are: Brittany Lovely, Natalie Fisher and Cass Cooper.

Our special guest is: Britta Lundin.

Resources/Recommendations:

Britta Lundin's Tumblr

Riverdale on Netflix

The Bold Type on Freeform

 House Love Debate: Cameron, Cuddy or Wilson?

Natalie's 'Ship It' Review

 Brittany's Vacation Tenzin fanfiction

 Cass on Archive of Our Own

The Dean/Cas Pinefest

Tom and Lorenzo's Mad Style

Mandy Moore and Darren Criss - Variety Actors on Actors

'Ship It' on  Amazon,  Barnes & Noble, Indiebound, Book Depository and Goodreads

'Carry On' on  Amazon,  Barnes & Noble, Indiebound, Book Depository and Goodreads

'Fangirl' on Amazon,  Barnes & Noble, Indiebound, Book Depository and Goodreads

'How To Repair A Mechanical Heart' on Amazon,  Barnes & Noble, Indiebound, Book Depository and  Goodreads

'Stranger Than Fanfiction' on  Amazon,  Barnes & Noble, Indiebound, Book Depository and  Goodreads

Buffy's back and Brittany's bothered by reactionary reboot rage. Natalie's been on a voyage down Schitt's Creek and she's thrown away the paddle. And always late, but better late than never: Mitch finally saw Call Me By Your Name and he does not think the level of emotional terrorism should be allowed, but he finally knows the difference between Pretty Woman and Miss Congeniality. 

We've got some questions about the Mamma Mia extended universe, but at the end of the day who really cares, when we've also got Colin Firth dancing on a boat and Jessica Keenan Wynn giving us her best baby Baranski? Brittany went to Sweden, where they do not care about Mamma Mia 2, Mitch went to Foxborough, where he smelled Taylor Swift and then was left to starve, and Natalie went to LA, where she was dead-guy adjacent and ended up running into ol' faithful.

#ANA - Ask NATW Anything: "Tell the class about a meaningful experience you had recently as a fan."

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This episode’s hosts are: Brittany Lovely, Mitchel Clow and Natalie Fisher.

Resources/Recommendations:

'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' Inclusive Reboot in the Works With Joss Whedon

New 'Buffy' showrunner Monica Owusu-Breen gives clarification about 'reboot' concept

‘Siren’ season 2 will include new mermaid mythology – and probably polyamory

‘Shadowhunters’ fails to find new home per production company

Rewatchable Podcast on Hypable

A Saeed Jones #LateBuffy thread

Luca Guadagnino plots 'Call Me By Your Name' sequel

‘Call Me By Your Name’: Michael Stuhlbarg Says Luca Guadagnino Is “Serious” About Sequel

'Call Me By Your Name' Original Soundtrack - Peach-Scented Vinyl Edition

'Schitt's Creek' on Netflix

Schitt's Creek: Why Aren't You Watching This Great Sitcom?

Behind-The-Scenes with Samantha Barks and Andy Karl - Pretty Woman: The Musical

Darren Criss on Stephen Colbert: Millennials Want One Thing At A Piano Bar

Tramp Stamp Granny's on Instagram

One for our SPN family - from Sydney to Los Angeles to Rome, here's a two-part discussion between Natalie and Supernatural mainstay Richard Speight, Jr, about a very special recent episode that Richard starred in - as two separate characters - and also directed. During a press phoner for a teaser article, the idea of a follow-up post-episode breakdown was brought to the table by the man himself, and in an abandoned staff hallway behind the scenes of a convention in Rome, we sat down to get into the nerdy nitty gritty now that the episode is live in the world.

Richard Speight, Jr has appeared on Supernatural since season 2, as a Trickster character eventually revealed to be the archangel Gabriel. After his character's season 5 death, he became a popular performer - and eventually the host - for many Supernatural live events, including their official North American Convention Tour and the show's annual panel appearances in Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con. More recently, he's regularly worked on the show as a director, to much acclaim, and season 13 saw the reintroduction of his character onscreen. 

The episode in question, "Unfinished Business," written by Meredith Glynn and directed by Speight, explores the truth behind Gabriel's death and resurrection and the puzzle behind his deception as Loki - questions that loyal viewers have been waiting over a decade to learn about this fan-favorite character.

Both parts of this interview - pre-episode, which appears in part as written content on Hypable.com, and post-episode - are included in this Supernatural deep-dive.

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This episode’s hosts are: Natalie Fisher and Richard Speight, Jr.

Resources/Recommendations:

Richard Speight, Jr. chats ‘Kings of Con’ and his return to the ‘Supernatural’ director’s chair - Hypable

‘Supernatural’ legacy Richard Speight, Jr. on acting and directing Gabriel’s origin story - Hypable

Inside: Unfinished Business - The CW YouTube

Unfinished Business - Supernatural Wiki

Gabriel - Supernatural Wiki

Not About The Weather thanks the Jus In Bello Convention organizers for giving permission and making time for Richard to appear on this podcast during their event.

 

Tremors (1990) is a cult classic that Karen loves more than should be possible. While her cohosts reluctantly join the hype bandwagon for the new movie, Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell, the hype is real about our interview with series star Michael Gross. Reba and Jaws references aplenty, this special NATWP will be the perfect thing to get you excited about the Tremors series again. Follow us on EVERYTHING: Twitter // Facebook // Instagram // Tumblr // iTunes // Stitcher

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This episode’s hosts are: Brittany Lovely, Mitchel Clow and Karen Rought. 

Resources/Recommendations:

SpongeBob Alaskan Bull Worm clip

Jaws Dolly Zoom clip

Tremors TV series trailer

Heavy is the head that wears The Crown, especially when it comes to light that our glorious Elizabeth Regina, Claire Foy, isn't worth as much to Netflix as her whiny husband. That's gotta be some deeply ironic sort of treason. Also in gripes, Brittany is furious about being emotionally manipulated by The Bachelor - a show that none of us watch - and Mitch is disappointed Netflix's latest original horror movie, Veronica, for its lack of originality. In better news, Christopher Robin proves that the combination of voice-actor nostalgia and Ewan McGregor's sad, sad face is too much for any one heart to handle, and we weigh up the general value of Disney's live-action slate. Mitch opens up a Marvel-ous can of worms with a spoiler-free Jessica Jones season 2 discussion that snowballs into the pros and cons of the MCU's unprecedented on-screen seralization of all things Marvel, and what it actually takes to keep up. And in undebatably magical news: Lin-Manuel freakin' Miranda is Lee freakin' Scoresby in the BBC's long-awaited His Dark Materials miniseries. HESTER.

#ANA - Ask NATW Anything: "What did you eat for dinner? What should I eat for dinner?"

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This episode’s hosts are: Brittany Lovely, Mitchel Clow and Natalie Fisher.

Resources/Recommendations:

Christopher Robin live action trailer

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms trailer

Mary Poppins Returns trailer

Lin-Manuel Miranda reportedly cast in BBC’s adaptation of His Dark Materials Trilogy

In The Heights - When The Sun Goes Down

The Golden Compass AU IGN Interview

Jessica Jones season 2 trailer

The Crown's Queen Claire Foy paid less than co-star Matt Smith

Inside Netflix’s $130 Million The Crown, the Most Expensive TV Series Ever

The Bachelor: ABC Exec Reveals the Real Story Behind Arie’s Breakup and the Next Bachelorette

Veronica trailer

Raw trailer

Who'da thunk it? Paddington 2: the hype is real. BAFTA nomination real. Speaking of award show season, as we approach the Oscars, Natalie might still be holding a little tiny grudge about someone being robbed of a certain EGOT. Meanwhile, Ariana, Professional Hollywood PA, is well on her way to her very own IMDB page - catch her in the end credits of a certain brilliant sitcom reboot. And in a Dirk Gently dual hype and gripe, Brittany leads a discussion about the difficulty of falling overwhelmingly in love with the work of an unforgiveable creator. Also, our ReWatchable listeners can find a little bit of spillage here about our current frustrations, and the existence of This Is Us divides the team entirely.

#ANA - Ask NATW Anything: "What is your favorite hyperspecific sub-genre?"

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This episode’s hosts are: Brittany Lovely, Ariana Quiñónez and Natalie Fisher.

Resources/Recommendations:

One Day At A Time on Netflix

In Paddington 2, Hugh Grant is Oscar-Worthy - Slate

Hypable's Rewatchable Podcast - Buffy and Angel

"This Is Me" by Pasek and Paul, from The Greatest Showman

"Mystery of Love" by Sufjan Stevens, from Call Me By Your Name

Brittany's article about Hallmark Christmas Movies 

Frozen in Love - Hallmark

A Christmas Prince - Netflix

The Wider Earth - Queensland Theatre

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency on Netflix and Hulu

Natalie's interview with Osric Chau of Dirk Gently

Max Landis Accused of Sexual Assault

 

The Greatest Showman goes up against the real greatest showman - the one and only Harry Styles. All of Brittany's Spongebob-iest dreams have come true; Caitlin indoctrinates us into the cult of Beebo, the God of War; and Mitch has been sitting on his Anne with an E explosion for many moons. Surprise, surprise: J.K. Rowling continues to exemplify the ancient proverb about dying a hero or living long enough to see yourself become a villain. And hey, remember when Roy Moore LOST the Alabama election? Well, this was recorded in the wee small hours before that momentous occasion, so we do a lot of screaming about the travesty that was his campaign. 

#ANA - Ask NATW Anything: "How many tabs do you have open at the moment?"

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This episode’s hosts are: Brittany Lovely, Mitchel Clow, Caitlin Kelly and Natalie Fisher.

Resources/Recommendations:

J.K. Rowling breaks silence on Johnny Depp / Grindelwald casting controversy - Hypable

This Is Fine

The Greatest Showman trailer

I feel like The Greatest Showman is taking some creative liberties - EW

Bryan Fuller and Michael Green exit American Gods at Starz - Hypable

Brittany and Natalie's American Gods recaps - Hypable

Caitlin's Arrowverse Mid-Season Finale recap - Hypable

Constantine revived as animated series on CW Seed - Hypable

Anne with an E Netflix trailer

Lucas Jade Zumann on IMDB

Harry Styles self-titled on Spotify

Natalie's Sign of the Times single review - Hypable

Harry Styles: Boy of the Year of the Girl - Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone

Brittany's interview with ‘SpongeBob SquarePants on Broadway’ writer Kyle Jarrow - Hypable

SpongeBob SquarePants: Original Cast Recording on Spotify

Musical Medly from SpongeBob SquarePants - official video footage