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S2E5 - Pixels (2015)
Cutscenes: A Video Game Movie & TV Podcast
English - March 04, 2021 11:00 - 49 minutes - 34 MBFilm Reviews TV & Film TV Reviews Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In the fifth episode of Season 2, we fight video game baddies from the eighties in Pixels.
Hosted by Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt), Katie Lesperance (@lesperak) & Travis Colenutt (@TravisColenutt).
Show Notes:
1:15 The Tutorial (our 60-second plot summary)
3:10 Jacob pops off about Pixels
7:40 The movie opens with Cheap Trick, so it'll be great, right?
11:00 Paul Blart: U.S. President
13:10 Bring on the misogyny
16:00 And that's when the things start to happen
26:05 Pac-Man in New York City
29:30 A party at the White House
33:30 Critical Hits (choice user reviews from MetaCritic.com)
37:35 MinMax: the pros (Max) and the cons (Min) that we haven't covered
43:20 This week's game: 80s or nah?
46:10 Should this movie be cut or seen?
47:20 Wrap-up
Cutscenes is a seasonal podcast at the intersection of video games and TV/movies. Our ten-episode Season 2 airs from February 4th to April 8th, 2021.
Make sure to follow us on Twitter at (@cutscenes_pod) and Instagram (@cutscenes _pod) and hit the notification bell/follow/subscribe to our show on your podcast app of choice to get the latest episodes when they release!
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Music (used under Creative Commmons): "Introduction" by Lifeformed | Intro Voiceover by Matt Storm aka Stormageddon