Red Team Reviews

May the Fourth be with you. And also with you having some. But let’s change it to trick John! May the cold medicine flow like the canonical midichlorians that are factually in your veins right now. Trevor's all hopped up on acetaminophen! For the first time in our *checks notes* second year of the show (stop it, passage of time, you STOP it now) May 4th actually lines up with our release schedule, and thus… We chose violence. We decided to take on the hoards of Star Wars fans in order to shout directly into the face of adversity: THE LAST JEDI IS GOOD, YOU IDIOTS. YOU FOOLS! Your misogyny has turned you so far away that you believe the prequels are actually good when they are, QUOTE, "peepee caca poopoo". Seems as if you only hate politics in your Star Wars when it has something worthwhile to say. In any case, join us as we slurp up some green milk fresh from the teet, judge Kylo’s high waisted pants just in time for the Met Gala to dominate Twitter (convenient), and force, pun intended, TJ to have the same conversation about this GOOD MOVIE for five years.

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Get ready for an episode that is nearly as long as the movie itself! Join us as we round out our LOTR coverage with Return of the King, featuring the return of our real life Eowyn, Julienne Bailey. We ride into battle one last time in defense of Faramir, female character development, and the rightful contributions of women Tolkein scholars! Join us for weird pre-corruption Smeagol, Saur-Instagram, Gandalf's love of big heckin' tiddies, and violating the rules of silent reading time. And... *sigh* Trevor, I guess, creates another original character for himself. 

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Much like Sam and Frodo, we're walking in circles around an Isengard's worth of Tolkein analysis as part of our LOTR month! And if you can't understand that sentence, turn back now. We're joined again by friend of the pod Ginnie Lee House to milk a whole bunch of religious parallels out of The Two Towers (though at the end of the day, we simply have to throw our hands up and say it's a musical). Join us for Trevor's misguided rants about the author, battle fatigue, the question of lobster mortality, and a fish flopping Frodo. Also, give us some good BIPOC representation in fantasy, already.

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Aw yeah. We're going there and back again with champagne in a bag. Welcome to Lord of the Rings month, where we're finally going to put in the ground and cover with stone the iconic early 2000’s trilogy of fantasy's OG daddy. And it’s gonna give us several climaxes. Like. As in the movie has multiple peaks in the story arc. Why, what did you think we meant?All month we'll be bringing in LOTR superfans like the lovely Catherine Clarke Patterson so that TJ doesn't have to speak his unspeakable opinions. Join us for a hilarious episode featuring the questionable morality of horses, Elrond as a sitcom father, Gollum representing the Star Wars fandom, and Frodo falling. So many times. And somehow getting stabbed nearly as much. Also note: we can confirm Trevor has not done his taxes yet.

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Thank you for being a friend, listener. And because your heart is true, you'll be a pal and a confidant, right? Because this episode may be hazardous to your health. But especially your opinion. But ESPECIALLY Bart. We close out Women's History month with justice for Twilight stars and Trevor's complicated relationship with senior citizens by covering the Oscar-nominated Spencer and this months Reject or Renew of The Golden Girls: Season One. We'd include more Princess Diana references but John Mulaney beat us to them all. Join us for very specific targeted ads, Aunt May discourse, distinguished British actors we don’t call by name, and Kristen Stewart serving up lewks as per usual. Also fuck Hulu.

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What makes an animated movie the best of them all? And why do so many of those values overlap with Shrek? We're back for the raucous part two of our 2022 March Madness tournament, jumping back in with the Sweet 16, to determine a new champion of champions! Our guests return to have their hopes and dreams flogged like Miguel and Tulio from The Road to El Dorado, as these heavy hitters go head to head. Join us for the exciting conclusion, where everything will be decidedly not Awesome, as we say What's Up Danger to the crashing waves of Neptune (it's... it's an American Tail reference, just go with it). And Arthur Christmas is here, too. Sorry TJ.

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Let's GO!!! Get your brackets ready, because we're back on our March Madness bullshit, this time with a tournament that TREVOR pitched! Though TJ still made the bracket, with his now-trademark cruel intentions firmly intact. This time around, we have a worlds colliding brawl between animated movies *not* made by the House of Mouse (or Ghibli, because like... it just wouldn't be fair). We've got movies repping studios far and wide, from heavy hitters like DreamWorks, to the now defunct Blue Sky, to the stop-motion juggernaut Laika, to the sparkling new technology of Sony Animation. And just like last time, we brought some victims -- sorry, fRiEnDs -- along for the ride! Join us for the frenetic free for all that is round 1: will the Lego Movie overcome it's Pratt-iness? How strong is the influence of Don Bluth? Is someone a Shrek supremacist? Find out this week and tune in next week for Part 2!

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Trevor apologizes in advance for his audio sounding like General Grievous. Anyway - we're back to finish what we started, except instead of George, we're going after JJ. This week we embark on the long journey through the sequels and spinoffs with Rogue One and The Force Awakens, two movies that (if you're not a shithead) make you look comparatively at all 70s movies and go, "Oh yeah. They were all kinda bad back then". Join us for the return of 3-4 Casablancas and his new Dutch friend Jan Catalan, lessons on how subversion works (take notes GOT), our respective tastes in cheeses, and a John Mulaney synopsis.

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