Rewatching The Magic: A Nostalgic Fandom Podcast

With the release of the new Super Mario Bros. Movie, we go back to the first attempt to turn the video game plumber into a feature film. 1993's Super Mario Bros., from the Disney-owned Hollywood Pictures, was a radical departure from the source material. Is this movie a warp zone to success, or is this film's princess in another castle?

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2005's Fantastic Four was not the first attempt to bring Marvel's first family to the big screen. However, it was the first to be made as a big-budget blockbuster. We take a look back and see if this pre-MCU film is truly Fantastic, or if this was a Doomed attempt.

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The Incredibles was Brad Bird's 2004 follow-up to The Iron Giant, as well as his debut film for Pixar. Almost 20 years later, we revisit the film to see if it's still "Super".

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Our Doctor Who 60th anniversary retrospective continues with the Fourth Doctor, Tom Baker. We return to Skaro to witness the Genesis of the Daleks and the first appearance of their creator, Davros.

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FernGully: The Last Rainforest was intended to inspire children to "Save the rainforest". However, it's mostly remembered for Tim Curry's saucy villain song. We go into the film's environmentalist message, as well as how Disney tried to get the movie shut down.

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After the success of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Disney and Amblin collaborated on three shorts featuring the film's characters. We look back at these shorts and see if they hold up.

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PARENTAL DISCRESSION ADVISED! 40 years ago, Mel Brooks' released History of the World, Part I. Now, the long-awaited sequel releases as a streaming miniseries. In honor of that, we go back and discuss the original film.

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Our Doctor Who 60th anniversary retrospective continues with the Third Doctor, Jon Pertwee. We go into the first appearnce of the Moriarty to The Doctor's Holmes, The Master. We enter the color era of the classic series and face the Terror of the Autons.

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It's our "Oscars special". We take a look at Best Animated Feature nominee, Turning Red. From it's early 2000's nostalgia, to it's coming of age metaphor, we get the panda out on this one. 

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We go back to the original Ant-Man film and explore it's origins as a stand-alone Edgar Wright project to it being part of the greater Marvel Cinematic Universe. (Recorded before the release of Quantummania).

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