Turn on Your Monitor

In this episode, we talk about The Suicide Squad (James Gunn, 2021), a fun film that shows that comic book movies don't always have to suck. Along the way we discuss all things trash cinema: Lloyd Kaufman, the planned Toxic Avenger remake, European exploitation films, and more!

If we got some details about World War II wrong, don't get mad at us. We weren't planning on talking about history, so it's not our fault.

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As Nick and Jess have continued to protect cinema from threats too large for any one podcaster to handle, a new danger has emerged from the cosmic shadows: Marvel Studios, LLC, a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios. A corporation of intergalactic infamy, their goal is to expand the Marvel Cinematic Universe, blockbusters of unimaginable power, and use them to inflict their twisted will on all of reality. Everything Turn on Your Monitor has fought for has led up to this moment; the fate of popular culture and existence has never been more uncertain.

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On this episode we watched the new HBO documentary "Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage" which examines what happened at the ill-fated music festival. We talk about the movie, the festival itself, and the bands that played there. Through the course of making this episode we accidentally became Limp Bizkit fans, and we watched their whole Lollapalooza '21 set. It was genuinely good.

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In this episode, we take a look at the world of performance enhancing "supplements" in sports, Hollywood, and elsewhere. Spoiler alert: a whole bunch of people are on gear, and there are some very good reasons why they don't want you to know that. Turn On your Monitor is here to lift the veil on some of the mystery.

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In this episode, we watch the critically panned 2013 film "CBGB" (starring Alan Rickman) and learn almost nothing about the '70s New York music scene in the process. Maybe the real punks were the friends we made along the way?

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Get yourself together, man. Move to LA. Rent a huge mansion. Center part your hair. Find 20 or 30 young content creators. Make Tik Toks with them. Book some brand deals. Stream. Drink Bang Energy. Listen to The Kid LAROI. Start some type of salsa company. 

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In this episode of Turn on Your Monitor, your hosts explore the fake TikTok war currently waging between millennials and zoomers (and the fake word "cheugy") while hitting some of the high points of millennial culture—nu metal, Hamilton, Harry Potter fan fiction, and more—along the way. Episode art by Jess.

In the first episode of Turn on Your Monitor, your hosts explore the world of NFT art: tech bros making "content" as art, jpegs that are worth millions of dollars, the scourge of the San Francisco street art scene, blockchain findom, and more. Episode art by Jess.