Mike and Jim discuss and debate how much movie previews, in an understandable effort to peak your interest, often include too much detail, provide the entire narrative framework, speak many of its best lines, show many of its best scenes, and basically spoil it so much that it is not worth seeing the movie, which is fine if you were not planning to, but really annoying if you were looking forward to it.  

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Mike and Jim discuss and debate the Netflix television series Stranger Things, which concluded its 5-season, and nearly 10-year, run at the end of 2025. While they agree the phenomenal first season was why the show became a huge hit, they think the show become formulaic and repetitive as it progressed, had some weak storytelling arcs, and took some big narrative swings to conclude the series, ultimately leaving them wondering if it was overrated. 

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Mike and Jim discuss and debate the 2026 movie Project Hail Mary, including how Mike almost fell asleep multiple times during it, Jim unnecessarily saw it in IMAX, Mike was disappointed by the limited actual science, Jim thought Grace should have died early and often, Mike was doing okay until Rocky showed up, Jim found the story to be formulaic and unsurprising, Mike believes all the hype is because people watched it emotionally instead of thoughtfully, and Jim explains (without having read it) the book was better than this solidly okay movie.

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On May the 4th, their first new episode in a long, long time, Mike and Jim discuss and debate the state of Star Wars screen canon (live-action and animated movies and television shows) related to the Force, including the transition from Lucas to Disney, Midi-chlorians, balancing the Force, the Mortis gods, Force Ghosts, and the Luke Skywalker problem with post-Return of the Jedi Force-related stories, as they ponder whether the Force will ever really be with us in Star Wars storytelling. 

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Mike and Jim discuss and debate the 2023 animated superhero film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem. 

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Mike and Jim discuss and debate non-documentary movies and television shows that use fictionalized history in their storytelling, including possible historical events that could have inspired a myth or legend, exaggerated historical events for entertainment which could later become a myth or legend, and stories being told that are loosely based on historical events or time periods. 

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Jim is joined by special guest and author Paige E. Ewing to discuss her recently published book Precise Oaths. 

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Mike, Jim, and returning guest host Brandon discuss the action role-playing video game series Diablo in the weeks and days leading up to the release of Diablo IV. 

The first part of this episode was recorded on the weekend of the final public beta for Diablo IV, and features Mike and Brandon playing the beta while discussing their history with the franchise, as gaming noob Jim asks basic questions about it.

The second part of this episode was recorded two weeks later (just a few days before the early release of Diablo IV) after Jim bought a PS5, borrowed Mike's copy of Diablo III and played it for 10 days. Here Mike goes into a little more detail about the franchise, compares and contrasts Diablo II and Diablo III, and helps Jim better understand what is coming in Diablo IV. 

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Mike, Jim, and returning guest host Rhys discuss and debate the 2023 Marvel live-action superhero movie Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. 

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Mike, Jim, and returning guest host Brandon discuss and debate the 2022 DC live-action television series Peacemaker. 

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