Movie of the Year: 1991 – State of the Franchise

Movie of the Year: 1991 State of the Franchise How impactful were 1991 movie franchises? Hit movie franchises are literally all this country has left. Is that hyperbolic? Let me check. No. No, it isn’t.  Everything else is gone. In this vast wasteland, there is only one thing of value left: blockbuster movie franchises. But…

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The Superhero Show Show #410: Goodbye, Super Crooks

The Superhero Show Show #410 Goodbye, Super Crooks The Taste Buds discuss the season finale of Super Crooks, and the XTAS episode Obsession! With Cassie still on the run from the police, Mike and Ryan discuss the first season of Super Crooks. They weren’t super stoked about how the show was going, but do the last two episodes, which…

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Movie of the Year: 1991 – Point Break (Bonus Episode)

Movie of the Year: 1991 Point Break (Bonus Episode) Does Point Break have what it takes to shame the 1991 Movie of the Year? Movies of the early 90’s could be about either extreme sports OR bank robbery. Point Break invites us to imagine a magical world where those streams cross and combine to give…

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The Superhero Show Show #409: Eat the Cake, Anime (An Exploration of Super Crooks)

The Superhero Show Show #409 Eat the Cake, Anime (An Exploration of Super Crooks) The Taste Buds check in with Netflix’s Super Crooks, plus a look back at 2015’s Fantastic Four on an all-new The Superhero Show Show! On an all-new episode of The Superhero Show Show, Mike and Ryan kick off 2022 with a fairly quiet week. It’s Super Crooks’ turn in…

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Movie of the Year: 1991 – Mix Tape

Movie of the Year: 1991 Mix Tape Will our 1991 mix tape change how music is appreciated? Scientists still refer to 1991 as the Great Time of Music and Song. Experts agree bands like Nirvana changed everything for rock, while rap and hip-hop took quantum leaps forward. Can we capture this magical time in music…

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The Superhero Show Show #408: I’m Seeing Double: Four Hawkeyes!

The Superhero Show Show #408 I’m Seeing Double: Four Hawkeyes! It’s time for the season finale of Hawkeye, and the season finale of 2021, on an all-new The Superhero Show Show! On an all-new, all-different Superhero Show Show, Mike and Ryan are left to celebrate Christmas alone. No family, no Cassie, no Hawkeye. Wait…Hawkeye is there, as the season (series?)…

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Movie of the Year: 1991- The Silence of the Lambs

Movie of the Year: 1991 The Silence of the Lambs Will The Silence of the Lambs thrill and chill its way to the 1991 Movie of the Year? The Silence of the Lambs (1991) was the third film in Academy history to win the “Big Five” Academy Awards for producing, directing, acting, and screenwriting following…

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The Superhero Show Show #407: Hit-Monkey, That Funky Monkey

The Superhero Show Show #407 Hit-Monkey, That Funky Monkey It’s the season one wrap-up of Hit-Monkey, plus Hawkeye, X-Men: The Animated Series, and more on an all-new The Superhero Show Show! On an all-new, all-different episode of The Superhero Show Show, Mike and Ryan say goodbye to Hit-Monkey, along with the concept of the Marvel/Hulu-verse. There were a ton of things that lead…

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Movie of the Year: 1991 – JFK (Bonus Episode)

Movie of the Year: 1991 JFK Will JFK shame the 1991 Movie of the Year? In many ways 1991 gave us our most normal, run-of-the-mill, norm core movies. Well, I am here to say thank gosh for the bonus shows because here we are with JFK—half weird YouTube video essay, half historian’s fever dream, and every…

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The Superhero Show Show #406: The World Beyond the World Beyond

The Superhero Show Show #406 The World Beyond the World Beyond It’s time to say goodbye to The Walking Dead: World Beyond on an all-new Superhero Show Show! With Cassie still repairing the Mir Space Station, Mike and Ryan are left alone to dissect the SERIES finale of Walking Dead: World Beyond! Now, most television watchers in the world have…

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