Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park is a 1993 film directed by Steven Spielberg and held the distinction of being the top grossing movie of all time, until a little movie called Titanic came along and sunk that title. Topics include: 90s drive-in movies, other dinosaur media such as Dino Riders and Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend, the logistics of running a dinosaur amusement park, why Matt HATES Jello, and how this franchise is connected to the Tonya Harding/Nancy Kerrigan saga.

Buffy The Vampire Slayer

In every generation there is a chosen gay married couple who must podcast about 90s pop culture, and this week we are talking about the film and tv series versions of Buffy The Vampire Slayer. Topics include: Why the movie is problematic, how once again Matt was ahead of the curb in discovering this show in his community, mid '90s mom and pop video rental stores, and the episodes "Becoming: Part 2" and "Once More With Feeling."

RENT

There are 525,600 reasons to love the Pulitzer Prize winning musical RENT, and this week we give a few more as we discuss one of our favorite musicals. We talk about our personal history with the show, how RENT introduced the rush/lottery system to broadway, and why the musical doesn't work as a film.

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of TIme is an action-adventure game that was released for the Nintendo 64 in 1998 and is widely considered one of the greatest video games of all time. We discuss our Zelda fandom, what dungeons stumped us, and how the game factored into our wedding ceremony.

The Crow

The Crow is a 1994 action/horror/comic film directed by Alex Proyas and is notable for being the last credit of Brandon Lee. Jon loves this movie! Matt...not so much! We discuss the events surrounding Lee's tragic passing, how this movie defies genres, and why it would never be made today. Finally Matt quizzes Jon over which films were in the top ten the weekend this premiered. Spoilers: we haven't heard of half of them.