 |
Trophies are for WinnersAuthor: Spinboy Media
A discussion of TV, movies, and culture - and why your opinion doesnt matter. Because Timmy, not everyone is a winner, and your participation ribbon means youre just the first loser. The point is, Scott and Nancy discuss their favorite TV shows and movies from a unique perspective - theirs. Sure, sometimes they end up going way too deep into related (and not) ways that the cultural B.S. of the moment tends to ruin those very shows, films - and life. But hold on there Timmy, it's all in good fun because when you get down to it, we're all likely just as screwed as the other.If you're offended, perhaps you should ask yourself why you'd let these two knuckleheads live in your head rent-free. Or at least what's so wrong with your existence that a podcast is your trigger - a podcast. There are Hollywood purse dogs that are terrified of going to the bathroom on the grass. Yes, real-world issues to worry about.They have unscripted, organic, and honest conversations about way too much, that for some reason they think you need to hear.TAFW uses Pixabay for episode music. Language: en Genres: Film Reviews, Society & Culture, TV & Film Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
Listen Now...
The Gorge, The Goo, and The Godzilla Spreadsheet: A Love Letter to Vibes Over Plot
Episode 2
Tuesday, 3 June, 2025
Welcome back to the podcast where Nancy, Scott, and returning guest stars Brenda and Patrick, dig into the cultural minefield known as The Gorge, only to emerge hours later covered in emotional goo, haunted by Sigourney Weaver, and armed with a spreadsheet that may or may not be sentient.Patrick finally unveils his Gorge spreadsheet, a multi-tabbed descent into madness that attempts to quantify vibes, moral alignment shifts, and trauma loops. It causes Scott actual pain.Brenda confidently references Season Negative One, “Zone Shifts,” and “The Reboot Arc,” while everyone else just tries to remember who Timmy is.Nancy ties The Gorge to T.S. Eliot’s The Hollow Men, because apparently this episode needed more existential dread.Scott goes full kaiju nerd, declaring that Godzilla is the only creature who truly understands The Gorge. YouTube fan-edits are mentioned. They have changed him.The 2005 King Kong movie gets a standing ovation for being creepy, gooey, and emotionally scarring in all the right ways. Special shoutout to the skull-headed spider crabs.Nancy brings up Invasion of the Body Snatchers, somehow perfectly describing the facial scream vibe of half the finale.The Alien franchise takes over for a solid chunk as Sigourney Weaver, screaming queens, and acid blood are all treated as canonically related to The Gorge.A tangent about super soldiers leads straight into Marvel territory, Daryl Hannah in Sense8 (yes, the orgies are discussed), and Anson Mount’s entire vibe in Strange New Worlds.Nicole Kidman shows up via Eyes Wide Shut, and no one knows how we got there—but everyone agrees it’s relevant.Brenda tries to make a case for The Gorge being emotional storytelling. Scott calls it formatting trauma.Everyone lists shows they’re actually excited about—The Last of Us S2, Andor, Daredevil: Born Again, Alien: Earth, and more. For one brief moment, there is hope.The episode closes with a recap of chaos: Timmy’s status is unresolved, and everyone’s just a little bit broken by what they’ve watched.Other highlights include:Arguments about whether goo is literal or metaphoricalPatrick referencing “4.2KM” like it’s a thing we’re all supposed to understandA debate on Anson Mount’s entire existenceSpringtime for Elon, the Smurfs, the Sound of Music, and at least one reference to The NeverEnding StoryIn short, this episode is a broken film studies final — annotated in crayon, about grief, genre confusion, and YouTube fan edits — wrapped in a haiku, whispered by Nicole Kidman, and screamed by an alien.
