Verbal Diorama

I'm doing my part!

Young people all over the globe are joining up to save the future. We must meet this threat with our courage, our valour, indeed with our very lives to ensure that human civilization, not insect, dominates this galaxy now and always!

All right, let's sum up. This year we explored the failure of democracy. How our social scientists brought our world to the brink of chaos. We talked about the veterans, how they took control and established the stability that has lasted for generations since. You know these facts, but have I taught you anything of value this year?

The only good bug is a dead bug. Every day, Federal scientists are looking for new ways to kill bugs. Shoot a nuke down a bug hole, you got a lot of dead bugs.

This is for all you new people. I have only one rule. Everybody fights, no one quits. If you don't do your job, I'll kill you myself. Welcome to the Roughnecks! I expect the best and I give the best. Here's the beer. Here's the entertainment. Now have fun. That's an order.

They're doing their part. Are you? Join the Mobile Infantry and save the world. Service guarantees citizenship.

Do you want to know more?

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I would love to hear your thoughts on Starship Troopers !

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Derek for his patron thoughts. You can find him @derekjones198 on Twitter and his podcast The Midnight Myth on all your podcast apps.

Andy for his patron thoughts. You can find him @geeksaladradio on Twitter and his podcast Geek Salad on all your podcast apps.

Thanks also to Brendan and Ian for their Patron thoughts!

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For 145 episodes, Jess was an almost constant feature on Verbal Diorama, whether that was by making noises in the background, featuring on episodes as herself, or just by being in the next room during recording.

Jess passed away after a brief period of illness on 15th March 2022, aged almost 18. She was a guiding light, my constant companion, and brought joy to literally everyone who knew her. She was my best friend.

So in tribute to, and in celebration of, her long and extremely loving life and her supersized brain (not achieved by any gene therapies), an episode featuring some really big fish, and a movie that borrows liberally from Jaws, Jurassic Park and Alien, mixing high-end production values with R-rated pulpy, lowbrow thrills, and very little actual science.

Interestingly, scientists in real life have been using shark antibodies to help find treatments for Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s, so maybe Deep Blue Sea is actually slightly prophetic?

Deepest bluest, my hat is like a shark's fin.

I would love to hear your thoughts on Deep Blue Sea !

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FOR JESS

My Best Friend's Wedding - a romcom without the rom - was remarkably different in its original script. There were only two lines of dialogue for George (then named Digger), Kimmy just magically forgave all of Julianne's transgressions and not only that, but Julianne would be rewarded at the end of the movie by, not getting her man, but getting a man - a handsome stranger at the wedding played by John Corbett.

It's not often that a test audience screening will save a movie, but it's safe to say a test screening saved My Best Friend's Wedding, by taking away Julianne's "happily ever after" without the movie ending on a downer, and giving Kimmy some real fight and agency. These changes would turn My Best Friend's Wedding into a sleeper hit of a movie that charmed audiences and critics in 1997, and still does to this day.

Is Verbal Diorama crème brûlée or jell-o, though?

I would love to hear your thoughts on My Best Friend's Wedding !

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BRAND-NEW Merch STORE!!

T-shirts inspired by The Mummy (1999) with more collections to come!

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Most excellent patrons:

Andy for his patron thoughts. You can find him @geeksaladradio on Twitter and his podcast Geek Salad on all your podcast apps.

Luke for his Patron thoughts

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The official line from Disney and Pixar post the release of Toy Story 3 in 2010 was "we're not planning Toy Story 4"

The honest truth was, they were, and they had been for several months too. Originally not planned as a continuation of the story, Toy Story 4 was intended to be a romantic comedy focused on Woody and Bo Peep, but all that soon changed.....

Can I finish Animation Season with a bang? YES I CAN-ADA!

Animation Season 2022 is now over, but it will be back next year!

I would love to hear your thoughts on Toy Story 4 !

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Animation Season 2022 finally reaches Pixar!

After the huge success of Toy Story in 1995 and Toy Story 2 in 1999, a sequel seemed inevitable, but it'd take eleven years and a lot of behind the scenes issues.

With the relationship between Disney and Pixar soured, Disney exercised its right to make sequels without Pixar's involvement. Disney decided to forge ahead with Toy Story 3 through their own newly-created CG animation studio - Circle Seven Animation.

What happened next is hardly child's play, but in 2006 a deal was made for Disney to buy Pixar, ensuring the Toy Story threequel was in good hands once more. This was always going to be the end.... until it wasn't.

The stop-motion remake of Toy Story 3 is available at https://youtu.be/YfduDq5gLnE

I would love to hear your thoughts on Toy Story 3 !

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Andy and Mike from Geek Salad for their Patron thoughts! You can find them at @geeksaladradio & @gundam_guyver on Twitter. Find Geek Salad in all good podcast apps!

Ian D for his Patron thoughts!

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To celebrate the third birthday of this podcast, I wanted to take a look into the history and legacy of The Lion King, a movie that, despite some plagiarism controversy, became the biggest commercial success of Disney's Renaissance, and the highest-grossing animated movie of all time (until the next episode of this podcast, at least!)

Thank you for being here with me and supporting me and this podcast over the last three years!

To celebrate the third birthday of this podcast, I wanted to take a look into the history and legacy of Beauty and the Beast, a movie that started out as a non-musical, but was scrapped, started again as a musical, and eventually became the first animated feature film to be nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award.

Thank you for being here with me and supporting me and this podcast over the last three years!

To celebrate the third birthday of this podcast, I wanted to take a look into the history and legacy of The Little Mermaid, a movie that not only changed Disney's fortunes, but also changed the face of animation forever.

Thank you for being here with me and supporting me and this podcast over the last three years!

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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is such an underrated gem. I know I say that a lot, but it is.

Adults fall into the trap of seeing a bright, colourful, funny animated movie, and assuming it's "just for children" (as we know from the Verbal Diorama mantra, animation is not just for children!), but also because it is a bright, colourful, funny animated movie that just happens to masquerade as something way more deep and meaningful than its looks or title might suggest.

There's a serious undercurrent of childhood bullying and the insecurities that stem from that, workplace sexism, waste culture, greed and excess, the fast food epidemic and obesity as well as the environmental crisis we all find ourselves in. Plus, we can all relate to wanting to make that one person proud, who doesn't seem to truly understand us.

Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, in their writing & directorial debut, gave us something really special to chew on here. It's yummy, and would foreshadow their greatness to come...

See also episodes on The Lego Movie, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, The Mitchells vs The Machines....

I would love to hear your thoughts on Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs !

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Thank you to all the patrons Simon E, Sade, Claudia, Simon B, Laurel, Derek, Jason, Kristin, Cat, Andy, Mike, Griff, Luke, Emily, Michael, Scott, Mark, Brendan, Ian M, Lisa, Sam, Will, Jack, Dave, Chris, Stuart and Ian D.

BRAND-NEW Merch STORE!

T-shirts inspired by The Mummy (1999) with more collections to come!

EPISODE THANKS TO....

Most excellent patrons:

Andy for his patron thoughts. You can find him @geeksaladradio on Twitter and his podcast Geek Salad on all your podcast apps.

Scott for his patron thoughts. You can find him @MSMRpod on Twitter and his podcast Monkey See Monkey Review on all your podcast apps.

Simon for tagging the actual Phil Lord who then I had a little Twitter convo with. You can find him @simonbrew/@filmstoriespod on Twitter and his podcast Film Stories on all your podcast apps.

Ian D & Brendan - thank you for your comments too! Much appreciated!

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Theme Music: Verbal Diorama Theme Song

Music by Chloe Enticott - Compositions by Chloe

Lyrics by Chloe Enticott (and me!)

Production by Ellis Powell-Bevan of Ewenique Studio

This podcast is hosted by Captivate, try it yourself for free.