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Ep 141 - Nosferatu

July 30, 2023 13:30 - 1 hour - 61.8 MB

We unearth the "legally distinct and totes not Dracula" vampire film that has secured itself in pop culture but yet somehow remains almost entirely untouched by the ghoulish hands of soulless studio executive husks. Truly a marvel for this uncanny valley-esque film even if it perhaps does not elicit the feelings it once did in a modern audience.

Ep 140 - Dracula 2000

July 23, 2023 13:30 - 1 hour - 62.2 MB

Notorious. The most notorious rendition of Dracula to date, trashed in its time but was it earned? Yes, but now it's campy and retro funny. We look back on this and discern what could work about it and why it should be revisited in correct company.

Ep 139 - Dracula Definitely Told

July 16, 2023 13:30 - 56 minutes - 51.8 MB

Now for the most told untold story since Coppola introduced the worst addition to Dracula. How does the more modern take on a badly written and re-enacted faux history based on true history hold up in the line of the undead? Badly but lets view a sad, broody Dracula that absolutely no one wanted or asked for.

Ep 138 - Draculas Children

July 09, 2023 13:30 - 1 hour - 58 MB

Time to take the kids out for some blood Go-gurt. We take two sequels to 1931's Dracula to school and look at them to find out who excels in their studies of vampirism and who really doesn't test well.

Ep 137 - Dracula 1979

July 02, 2023 13:30 - 1 hour - 66.1 MB

A hidden gem buried in the late 70's has been unearthed and unleashed upon us. A movie that neither of us expected to be good but instead quickly grabbed us by the ghoulies and put us under its spell, a true great return to discussing Dracula's and their derivatives.

Ep 136 - Fae Regency

June 25, 2023 13:30 - 1 hour - 74.2 MB

Why does a TTRPG garner attention from a genre that otherwise is against one of the hosts? Now that we've taken a turn around the promenade of the regency genre we shall share partake in the salaciousness discussion about it, the titles there in and why adding modernity to it is at best a fun deviation and at worst pain inducing.

Ep 135 - Idiots and Irresponsibility

June 18, 2023 13:30 - 1 hour - 63.9 MB

Well this was the dullest of affairs. We look Sense and Sensibility or rather we report back the ennui that is watching the BBC miniseries of Sense and Sensibility. What is good, what is bad and why did Regency stay around into the modern age?

Ep 134 - Jane Eyre

June 11, 2023 13:30 - 1 hour - 73.4 MB

It's sad girl hours as we dive into one of the other pillars of this genre Jane Eyre and weigh in on the classic debate Darcy vs Rochester (one of the original Team Edward vs Team Jacob). Specifically the 2006 miniseries adaptation, what we liked, what we found funny despite the intended tone, and whether or not this has undone some Regency trauma in Bee.

Ep 133 - Pride and Prejudice

June 04, 2023 13:30 - 1 hour - 57.5 MB

Behold the most well known regency long form essay that could be ended if anyone had actually had a succinct conversation. Bee begins to visit her trauma relating to this era of writing and Jerri explains the fundamentals of this literature and why it can be difficult to absorb if you are not its intended audience. #marywasrobbed

Ep 132 - Arthur and Swords

May 28, 2023 13:30 - 1 hour - 76.9 MB

We reach the end of Arthurian film adaptation with Guy Ritchie's.......attempt(?) at starting a new wave of Arthurian movies. Does it work? How do we feel about this as a film vs adaptation of Arthur? What are the rankings of this month's media? And finally which hurt us more Robin Hood adaptations or Arthur? It's a long one so put your feet up, get a drink and maybe a pillow to scream into.

Ep 131 - Excalibur

May 21, 2023 13:30 - 1 hour - 67.5 MB

It is here, the most Arthur movie to ever Arthur, while feeling like it was made on a bunch of cocaine. This movie is sufficiently 80's but how does it stand as an adaptation and what did we like? And why is that man wearing only gold?

Ep 130 - Arthur Television

May 14, 2023 13:30 - 1 hour - 66.9 MB

From fanfic AU takes on Arthurian canon, some downright bad changes that should have just been its own I.P, to the right out of left field bug nutty decisions, we do a quick look at Arthur as he appears in episodic content. If you are a fan of Cursed you may want to sit this one out.

Ep 129 - Arthur for Kids

May 07, 2023 13:30 - 1 hour - 70 MB

How does kids media handle the lofty burden of the Arthur and his adventures. We don't know but we found they accidentally reinforce a subtext across multiple forms and use not the original canon but books based on canon. And why does Bee call physics a philosophy?

Ep 128 - Arthur canon

April 30, 2023 13:30 - 52 minutes - 47.7 MB

While Bee suffers through her Victorian Lady Illness (sick symptoms but not infectious) we delve into the complicated mess that is what is that actual canon of the Arthur mythos and the problems changing it to screen, along with historical additions/removals to the stories.

Ep 127 - Taron Robin

April 23, 2023 13:30 - 1 hour - 77.9 MB

We are finally at the end of this long descent into mediocrity and disrespect. I could be as lazy as this movie and just put buzzwords that don't connect but I can't manage that level of H&M clothes in scenes that don't belong. We drag this movie through this mud, rank the movies seen and a brief look into the process of what this month has done to us as viewers.

Ep 126 - Costner Robin

April 16, 2023 13:30 - 1 hour - 73 MB

We're in the bad place people, we finally hit the beginning of the descend into "gritty realism" Robins. The accents are missing, the film gratuitous and the plot a mangled mess wishing for death. Why does this fail so bad as a Robin Hood join us through the prolonged torture and why this style does not suit this story at all.

Ep 125 - Disney Robin

April 09, 2023 13:30 - 1 hour - 58.7 MB

Now we visit what is most people's first Robin Hood, what did Disney keep? What did they change? How does it compare to Errol Flynn? We continue how look through the pop culture Robin Hood to see how he went from random dude in the woods to what he is now.

Ep 124 - Errol Flynn

April 02, 2023 13:30 - 58 minutes - 53.6 MB

To begin our walk through Sherwood forest we start at the beginning with the movie that codified our modern perception of Robin Hood. The swashbuckling rogue portrayed by Errol Flynn and by extension the stories that begat the movie.

Ep 123 - Technically Tekken

March 26, 2023 13:30 - 1 hour - 67.6 MB

*Bee starting wistfully out the window* This is my Eragon, my Artemis Fowl, my Last Airbender by Shyamalan* Look this isn't the worst Tekken movie ever but if the best one can describe it as, as predictable, ugly and at best an unfun 4kids adaptation of a video game should we settle? Hear us out and listen to the rage as we enter the final round of this month with Tekken: Bloodlines. Bee: #NotmyTekken

Ep 122 - Mortal Kombats

March 19, 2023 13:30 - 1 hour - 66.3 MB

Get ready. Fight! *cheesy 90's techno starts* In an event that was foretold by the bullshit tacked on prophecy we are looking at the Mortal Kombat movies (only the first ones because Annihilation is well.... terrible) both of their might will be tested. Will one have a flawless victory? Or will they both suffer fatalities?

Ep 121 - Lara Croft (2001)

March 12, 2023 13:30 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MB

We now wash our mouths of the disgusting toothpaste and orange juice feeling of Assassin's Creed and our palate cleanser is the 2001 hit(?) Lara Croft. Surprise it's fun, campy goodness that should be appreciated by everyone.

Ep 120 - Ass Creed

March 05, 2023 13:30 - 1 hour - 64 MB

Please beware of Bee yelling and she refuses to change this title. Now we try and discuss the multitude of bad decision making that lead to the 2016 Assassin's Creed movie, and whether or not it succeeds as an adaptation.

Ep 119 - Film Takes

February 26, 2023 13:30 - 1 hour - 69.5 MB

We finally end the month of opinions and takes by taking on the behemoth in a CGI riddled fight that you can barely see. Did we say we were going to talk about gay stuff. Yes. Did we? Nope. If you're desperate we do have other episodes about that explicitly but for now other things about movies.

Ep 118 - TV Takes

February 19, 2023 13:30 - 1 hour - 59.9 MB

Television gets its turn in our now technically serialised content about our takes on media. There is no construction here, we aren't tradies and all criticism is just that.

Ep 117 - Music Opinions

February 12, 2023 13:30 - 1 hour - 64.2 MB

These are things we feel can be skipped in the playlist of music these days. Some are kinder than others, Bee awoke and chose violence prior to this recording and she will not be stopped.

Ep 116 - Lit Takes. We Givieth Opinions

February 05, 2023 13:30 - 1 hour - 68.4 MB

We've been doing this long enough that it's time to empty our tanks of opinions. We dive into literature from both an audience and creator perspective and what we feel needs to be said about reading.

Ep 115 - No Movies, Please!

January 29, 2023 13:30 - 52 minutes - 47.8 MB

At the end of the day musical movies are at best vastly different from the stage show that they are based on. So through many reasons we visit some stage musicals that don't have movies and why we hope they NEVER get one. Before eventually trailing off to chase why musical movies are still being done when a cheaper more profitable option is available.

Ep 114 - CATS

January 22, 2023 13:30 - 1 hour - 56.9 MB

Yes we of course are talking about the quintessential musical and why it is IMPOSSIBLE to actually adapt it to film. We base our knowledge on the 1998 film (?) and what we have found from filmed live performances comparing it to the Hooperian nightmare that was allowed to be released in cinema.

Ep 113 - Movie and No Stage

January 15, 2023 13:30 - 1 hour - 61.2 MB

NICHE!!! The word of the day regarding the few times a musical movie gets made with o stage adaptation prior or even made into one. We discuss the 2 major camps that this happens to and why perhaps this has occurred at all.

Ep 112 - Screen to Stage and Back Again

January 08, 2023 13:30 - 1 hour - 55.5 MB

A movie that is not a musical to a musical stage show and now to musical movie, a story as old as.......at least 2 decades. The pitfalls of this form to create musical movies, using a couple of failure and successes, and the most recent venture with Matilda.

Ep 111 - Stage to Screen

January 01, 2023 13:30 - 1 hour - 61.5 MB

The adaptation of a beloved stage musical to screen more often than not is a barbaric butchering of source material. Why is that? Surely having another live medium makes an easy transfer? NOPE. The mediums are different and we're going to map it out where and why they fail or succeed adaptationally.

Ep 110 - Alice Madness Returns

December 25, 2022 13:30 - 1 hour - 68.6 MB

*TW* Talks of S.A to children and adults, fire, the Victorian mental health plan. Finally we address the rare (and arguably) only well done adult adaptation of Alice in Wonderland. We delve into American McGee's Alice: Madness Returns and what makes it a stand out visually and as an adaptation.

Ep 109 - Alice Ballet

December 18, 2022 13:30 - 1 hour - 58.3 MB

There be a lot of rambling in this one, it's very hard to discuss a ballet interpretation of a classic children's story that then became movies and tv shows and is now a ballet. We do our best to surmise why one should see this and why audience etiquette must be taught. Please forgive audio we've gotten a new device and are trying to make it work.

Ep108 - Alice v Alice

December 11, 2022 13:30 - 1 hour - 74.6 MB

It's a Disney fight off between Victorian women and their adaptational choices. We have angry stimming, a series of decisions that shouldn't have been made and an almost good movie hidden in some grim yoghurt-y garbage.

Ep 107 - Alice and the Adptation Issues

December 04, 2022 13:30 - 59 minutes - 54.2 MB

Look the books exist and we have YET to see an actually accurate adaptation of either. We discuss what actually gets from the book to media adaptations, why there has never/will never be a wholly accurate adaptation, and what the benefits of the book to a child audience.

Ep 106 - GOON alternatively Titan A.E

November 27, 2022 13:30 - 57 minutes - 52.2 MB

Australians like goon and that surprises no one. To finalise the month we look at the last and by far oddest addition to the Don Bluth collection. The sci-fi movie Titan A.E along with all it's warts and where we feel it should have expanded itself.

Ep 105 - Knock-off Disney

November 20, 2022 13:30 - 1 hour - 68.3 MB

These are not just seemingly cheap knock-offs, they are expensive not knock-offs. We look at two of Don Bluth movies that are oft unfairly compared to their Disney contemporaries and why we feel that is an unfair comparison.

Ep 104 - Pebbles and Penguins

November 13, 2022 13:30 - 1 hour - 63.6 MB

Thank you for using levitating penguins, mate or death. No there is no explanation on that you will have to listen to us to get. We look at The Pebble and Penguin and discuss this and Troll, as to why we can't say these are bad movies and where they sit in the Bluth collection of films.

Ep 103 - Gnorga Deserved Better

November 06, 2022 13:30 - 58 minutes - 53.3 MB

Don Bluth's worst movie... probably, a banger villain who deserved a better movie... ABSOLUTELY. After subjecting Jerri to their first watch of A Troll in Central Park and alcohol imbibed during the process we discuss the infamous movie and why it failed/succeeds in areas that it mayhaps shouldn't.

Ep 102 - King the Writer

October 30, 2022 13:30 - 1 hour - 59.2 MB

This is a thought piece on our feelings towards King as a writer. We discuss why we can't get into his books or enjoy them as much as we want and the realisation of all his books just being a giant source material for a D&D campaign. P.S. We know that Pet Cemetery is 3rd person limited but our issues are present in that one most clearly.

Ep 101 - King and Budget

October 23, 2022 13:30 - 52 minutes - 48.2 MB

Look sometimes a budget can't save a bad concept and sometimes a low budget can break any level of fear you're supposed to feel. We look at some other mini series and Netflix originals that have adapted King's works. Bee loses her mind over the continued existence of the langoliers and forced to gaze upon the vampires from Sleepwalkers.

Ep 100 - Clown Trauma

October 16, 2022 10:11 - 1 hour - 86.9 MB

Clowns, trauma and the world's lamest bullies. To celebrate 100 episodes of doing this we look at the miniseries and movie forms of IT. What we liked about each and what we felt was lacking, beware talk of clowns and nostalgia not being as good as you remember.

Ep 099 - Pet Cemetary

October 09, 2022 13:30 - 1 hour - 55.7 MB

TW - Talks of suicide and child death. We unearth the piece of work that even the author wishes didn't make it to publication and we are going to rebury it. The ground may be sour but Bee is salty, both film adaptations of the book get to be looked at and compared.

Ep 098 - Misery

October 02, 2022 13:30 - 1 hour - 63.9 MB

Toxic fan's in one corner, creators in another let's get ready to rumble!!!!! We begin a look into the so called master of horror's creative works by starting with what is probably the easiest entry point. A story about toxic fandom and the dangers of parasocial relationships.

Ep 097 - Favourite Bits of Composition

September 25, 2022 13:30 - 1 hour - 58.8 MB

Rambling about bits of music that please out ears is what this is about. We cover a range from magical etherealness to mind bending anxiety pieces. Come for something light to end the month before we dive into horror next time.

Ep 096 - Female Composers

September 18, 2022 13:30 - 51 minutes - 47.4 MB

We move on from the father of film composition to the mother of Casio keyboards. Yes we are serious and that is a threat, we also talk about the unique sound that helped create the atmosphere of Joker and Chernobyl and the woman responsible for it.

Ep 095 - Iconic composers

September 11, 2022 13:30 - 1 hour - 64.3 MB

While often a thankless job we highlight 2 of the most iconic composers in film composition. The father of film scoring and the man that made the most iconic spaghetti western sound in the known pop universe.

Ep 094 - Show Composition

September 04, 2022 13:30 - 1 hour - 62.3 MB

Composers are some of the most often overlooked parts of media. So we are looking at TV show composers and enjoying the hard work they put into their works. Bee doesn't actually know technical terms so enjoy her very clear poor attempts at remembering the terms and making it up when she doesn't know. Link to composer discussing Arcane compositions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eezS5KCsDCE&t=235s&ab_channel=Cel-ShadedMusicTheory

Ep 093 - Villain Songs

August 28, 2022 13:30 - 1 hour - 56.7 MB

Dust off those pipes and prepare the lower registers we're talking about villain songs. What makes a real villain song, why we use the minor key to signify villains and how to quickly identify the traditionally key components that mark a villain song.

Ep 092 - Allegorical Villains

August 21, 2022 13:30 - 1 hour - 55.8 MB

Look this is hard to do. Villains that are an allegory for something bigger/a topic the author wishes to discuss are not easy to do and real easy to fuck up.

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