The Captain's Log

Episode 96. Why aren't there more musicals based on superhero stories? You have bad luck with Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark and then just quit on the entire concept? We discuss what heroes we want to see take the stage! Kyle recaps a weird episode of Justice League Unlimited and tells the story of his parents' frantic search to get him Power Rangers toys as a kid. Melissa loves Scooby-Doo but not how disorganized her DVD collection is for the franchise. We have a sincere discussion on lamps and lightbulbs we appreciate.

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Episode 95. We attempt to do a mom-friendly podcast! Kyle doesn't cuss any swears! There is talk about the struggles of obtaining new furniture, shipping mysteries, and cool new posters. We also discuss the potential addition of Nova to the MCU and where we would like to see him and other comic book favorites appear. Melissa admits she doesn't know anything about the real Fantastic 4 and we both challenge ourselves to expand on the media we're pitching for The Review Show. Shout-out to all the moms trying to keep up with their kids' pop culture nonsense out there!

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Episode 94. Ignacio joins Kyle and Melissa this week for a discussion on ranking zoo animals, mom theme songs, and what might be the first movie to debut in theaters again later this year. We name the movies we've watched the most times as adults and describe the worst movie that we have ever seen, for varying values of "worst." Ignacio also talks how he picked electric engineering for his career path and the video game props he's tried to recreate in real life!

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Episode 93. After some discussion on expensive furniture and questionable Zoom backgrounds, we remember the sober fun of our youth. Kyle danced until 5 AM, almost got kicked out of the Philadelphia Art Museum, and did get kicked out of a Target. Melissa participated in elaborate scavenger hunts and reads off the list items, telling tales of suburban mischief like trading clothes in public and throwing waffles at an Arby's. We also solve some simple, uneventful mysteries.

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Episode 92. You're heard her name mentioned every episode as a Patron supporter, now Sam joins us for the podcast this week! She and Melissa tell the convoluted backstory of their friendship and bombard Kyle with St. Louis minutiae, including fake twitter accounts for local businesses. Kyle wonders exactly how "contactless" his pizza delivery really is and talks about a time he misspelled his own name. We also discuss obscure computer games we played as kids, video game streaming, and mall memories.

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Episode 91. The big topic this week is what our dream houses would look like! We discuss conversation pits, indoor/outdoor pools, and what we would do with two TVs right next to each other. Kyle recounts some farmboy antics. Melissa has too many feelings about the movie Flubber. We also talk about movies we've seen that have had major impacts on other movies we've seen and what cultural inspirations we can trace back.

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Episode 90. We have news on the topic you're most worried about: the Artemis Fowl movie. We also discuss the changes to the Marvel movie lineup for the next couple years, and wonder what theaters will do if they're able to open again before big movies are ready to launch. Melissa revisits a core text of her young adulthood, the weird fairy tale TV miniseries The 10th Kingdom, and Kyle of course draws comparisons to Kingdom Hearts. We talk about our evolving podcast habits and pitch some movies starring dead people.

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Episode 89. We discuss the narrative important of milk in the movie 1917 and Monster Energy drinks in Death Stranding. What flavor is the original Red Bull? What fruit is that?? We also recount cheesy home movies we made as kids, and spend a lot of time talking about music! Kyle and Melissa both try to describe what genres they like, favorite artists, important albums, and their custom Spotify playlists.

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Episode 88. Kyle and Melissa report on their first weeks working solely from home, what media they've been occupying themselves with, and what media they've kept coming back to throughout their lives. Kyle talks about Assassin's Creed: Odyssey and his love for space opera anime featuring Victorian military garb. Melissa has finally finished The Venture Bros and tries to explain the obscure fantasy book series Nightrunner. If you're playing the Whatnauts drinking game, we both talk about how much we love Lost. We also speculate about the future of movies and how they're released in theaters vs. streaming.

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Episode 87. There's one institution that won't be affected by massive coronavirus closures, and that's podcasts recorded over Skype. Melissa and Kyle are here to discuss the delayed movies, cancelled sports, banned orgies, and other changes to everyday life worldwide in this strange scary time. We also talk about pies both hot and cold, what type of cartoon characters we think we could play, and the awesome Avengers Campus coming to Disney's California Adventure, eventually, whenever the parks are open like normal again.

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