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A show dedicated to watching, reviewing, and bickering over the entertainment of yesteryear. Whether they're the classics that defined the era, blockbuster failures that fell off the face of the Earth, or features that never made a name for themselves, it's all fair game! Don’t forget to subscribe to find out when we post! Hosted by video editor/content creator Nicholas Abouhamad alongside Sierra Watson, Raekwon Davis and Michael Capurso. Send your episode recommendations to @themediaobscura ...
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Total Recall is a 1990 Paul Verhoeven directed adaptation of the Phillip K. Dick story "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale." It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as Douglas Quaid, a construction worker who dreams of going to Mars and stops at Rekall Incorporated to have the memories of one such trip implanted into his brain. However, something goes wro…
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Introducing Glaring Admissions, a show dedicated to watching/discussing iconic, famous movies that we've somehow missed out on! Join us on our inaugural episode as we sit down and discuss Steven Speilberg's iconic 1993 action/suspense/horror classic, Jurassic Park! It's spawned *a lot* of sequels, was worked on concurrently with Schindler's List an…
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Check out the full-video edit of this episode, complete with cutaways, on https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCscDbMTovs2Zww6by8HSDMg 1986's BMX, underdog, feel-good, teen, coming of age cult movie "Rad" is coming back to theaters this Thursday for a holiday called "Rad day" and, in preparation for it, I decided to sit down with my good friend/podcast…
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Media Obscura's back and, on this week's episode, we're tackling Wild Wild (ficka) Wild Wild West, the 1999 Will Smith Box Office bomb! Join Nick, Sierra & Raekwon as they reminisce about this (not so) classic 90s action comedy! It's a film they all grew up with and have some nostalgia for it, so you'll be sure to hear the good, bad and ugly about …
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Nick and Raekwon (sans Sierra) tackle the 2008-2009 Terminator television series, The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Also, Nick loses his voice doing his Schwarzenegger impression. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mediaobscura/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mediaobscura/support…
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Team Obscura reassembles to watch the 1990 unlicensed Dragon Ball movie, Dragon Ball: Fight Son Goku, Win Son Goku. The film centers around Son Goku's first adventure to collect the seven magical Dragon Balls and features his friends Bulma, Puar, Oolong, Master Roshi, and Yamcha as well as the evil King Pilaf and... Nappa for some reason? Oh yeah, …
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The gang's back and they're looking at the 1965 Russ Meyers exploitation flick "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" on this weeks episode! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mediaobscura/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mediaobscura/support…
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Team Obscura (re)returns after a month long hiatus due to some health/life stuff to cover the 1989 movie Earth Girls Are Easy! The movie is a musical science fiction romantic comedy that was directed by Julien Temple and follows Geena Davis as a bride-to-be as she navigates adultery, the existence of alien life, and other generally rom-com/sci fi t…
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Team Obscura chats about Richard Linklater's seminal 1990 film "Slacker," and spirals off into conversations about Linklater movies in general, education and the value of good conversation. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mediaobscura/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mediaobsc…
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Team Obscura sits down and chats about the 1978 Bruce-ploitation movie "Game of Death," a feature film built off of unused footage from an unfinished Bruce Lee movie. The gang also chats about fake Rob Schneider movies, film twitter, and the world not being the worst someday hopefully maybe please just please. Check out more episodes of Media Obscu…
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Team Obscura checks out the 1988 Ivan Reitman comedy film, Twins, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito! Also in this episode, the gang talks about nerd culture/the death of mid-budget movies and Nick launches into way too many middling impressions. Check out some of our other vintage and strange movie/television discussions at https://th…
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Team Obscura returns for their first [full] episode in over a year to cover the 1998 buddy cop flick, Rush Hour. Also, Nick exposes a strange obsession with the movie's villain, Sang. Check out some of our other vintage and strange movie/television discussions at https://themediaobscura.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.c…
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We're back! Check out this reintroduction to the Media Obscura podcast as we update you about what's been going on for the past year. We'll be back on 2/8 with a brand new episode about Rush Hour! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mediaobscura/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/me…
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Team Obscura checks out the seminal 1978 superhero movie "Superman." directed by Richard Donner and starring the most iconic of the men of steel, Christopher Reeve! Check out some of our other vintage and strange movie/television discussions at https://themediaobscura.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mediaob…
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Team Obscura (and Jackson) come together to check out the 1987 Joan Jett and Michael J. Fox music drama, Light of Day! Check out some of our other vintage and strange movie/television discussions at https://themediaobscura.com/--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mediaobscura/messageSupport this podcast: https://podc…
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Team Obscura's back and are checking out the 1988 Fantasy/Adventure film "Willow" on this weeks Media Obscura! Check out some of our other vintage and strange movie/television discussions at https://themediaobscura.com/--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mediaobscura/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.s…
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To celebrate two full years of "Media Obscura," Team Obscura revisits Sam Raimi's 2004 blockbuster classic, Spider-Man 2! Tobey Macquire's Peter Parker is losing his powers and struggling to balance having a personal life with being a superhero. Meanwhile, Mary Jane is set to get married and Harry Osborn laments the loss of his father, the Green Go…
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Boo, Nick's body revolting and forcing another rerun. Boo, because it's Halloween. On this weeks Media Obscura, Nick and Raekwon check out a direct-to-video Addams Family movie starring Tim Curry as Gomez Addams! Check out some of our other vintage and strange movie/television discussions at https://themediaobscura.com/--- Send in a voice message: …
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The gang checks out the 1985 action flick "Commando," starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as the joke-telling action hero John Matrix! Check out some of our other vintage and strange movie/television discussions at https://themediaobscura.com/--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mediaobscura/messageSupport this podcast: h…
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On this week's Media Obuscra, Nick and Mike check out the cult classic "The Iron Giant" from 1999! It just so happens to be Mike's favorite movie of all time! Also in this episode: Nick dies from a coughing fit, and the guys talk food/reminisce about before the pandemic. Check out some of our other vintage and strange movie/television discussions a…
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And we're back! Nick and Mike check out 1988's Hong Kong Kung Fu movie "Dragons Forever," starring Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao. It's got action, romance (?) and drug dealing kickboxers wearing guy-liner. It's fun, dudes. Real fun. Check out some of our other vintage and strange movie/television discussions at https://themediaobscura.com/-…
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Another week, another re-run. Nick hates being sick. On this weeks re-run, Nick and Mike check out the long-running Japanese animated series, Detective Conan! Check out some of our other vintage and strange movie/television discussions at https://themediaobscura.com/--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mediaobscura/m…
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On this week's Media Obscura, the boyz check out 1994's disappointing sequel, Cyborg Boy II. This one still doesn't have cyborg cops/robocops, still has more kungfu than you'd expect from these movies, and is still very low budget. It's... a time. I wouldn't say it's a good time, but it's a time. Check out some of our other vintage and strange movi…
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Scrubs! Nick's out of commission again this week, so we're running with a rerun of one of our favorite episodes! On this weeks episode, Nick and Mike check out the classic medical comedy "Scrubs," starring the likes of Zach Braff, John C McGinley, Sarah Chaulk, Donald Faison, Judy Reyes and Neil Flynn! Check out some of our other vintage and strang…
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Team Obscura dives headfirst into a world of (very watered down) roleplaying and wonder when they watch 1982's Dungeons & Dragons/Satanic Panic CBS made for TV movie "Mazes & Monsters," starring Tom Hanks! Check out some of our other vintage and strange movie/television discussions at https://themediaobscura.com/--- Send in a voice message: https:/…
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What lessons did you learn from Bill & Ted Face the Music that we missed? Did we discuss your favorite scene? What’s your Monday Morning Quarterback and what prop would you want to own? Visit the show notes page to leave a comment: http://www.watchandlearnpodcast.com/FaceTheMusic Watch the podcast on YouTube: http://www.watchandlearnpodcast.com/you…
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On this weeks Media Obscura, Nick and Mike celebrate Cobra Kai hitting Netflix by checking out 1984's sports movie hallmark, The Karate Kid! High schooler Daniel LaRusso is getting bullied by Johnny Lawrence and his karate buddies until he learns self-defense thanks to his new friend, Mr. Miyagi. Oh, and there's a crane kick or two in there somewhe…
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Don't let go (of trying to capitalize on the success of others), am I right? On this weeks Media Obscura, the gang checks out 2010s horrid mockbuster, Titanic II! Who would've thought a triple-threating Van Dyke could do an awful job ripping off one of James Cameron's best films? Especially with a $500,000 budget! Check out some of our other vintag…
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What lessons did you learn from Commando that we missed? Did we discuss your favorite scene? What’s your Monday Morning Quarterback and what prop would you want to own? Visit the show notes page to leave a comment: http://www.watchandlearnpodcast.com/Commando Watch the podcast on YouTube: http://www.watchandlearnpodcast.com/youtube Join us on Faceb…
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We're out with another re-run this week (thanks Nick's still lingering case of mono), which is our episode on 2000's "yeah, this is definitely from the turn of the Millenium" kung-fu/comedy movie, Shanghai Noon! Check out some of our other vintage and strange movie/television discussions at https://themediaobscura.com/--- Send in a voice message: h…
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What lessons did you learn from Three Amigos that we missed? Did we discuss your favorite scene? What’s your Monday Morning Quarterback and what prop would you want to own? Visit the show notes page to leave a comment: http://www.watchandlearnpodcast.com/ThreeAmigos Watch the podcast on YouTube: http://www.watchandlearnpodcast.com/youtube Join us o…
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Team Obscura revisits the 1993 cult classic/coming of age movie "Dazed and Confused" on this week's Media Obscura podcast! They also discuss Nick's inability to tell people apart, Mike's refusal to watch movies that give him bad feelings, and how Raekwon has watched over/protected Nick since long before they even had a friendship. Check out some of…
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What lessons did you learn from RocketMan that we missed? Did we discuss your favorite scene? What’s your Monday Morning Quarterback and what prop would you want to own? Visit the show notes page to leave a comment: http://www.watchandlearnpodcast.com/RocketMan Join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/walpodcast/ Hosted by Sky Matsuhashi and D…
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This weeks (rerun) episode of The Media Obscura Podcast has Nick and Raekwon checking out 1999's criminally underrated Andy Kaufman biopic, "Man on the Moon." Check out some of our other vintage and strange movie/television discussions at https://themediaobscura.com/--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mediaobscura/m…
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What lessons did you learn from The Karate Kid that we missed? Did we discuss your favorite scene? What’s your Monday Morning Quarterback and what prop would you want to own? Visit the show notes page to leave a comment: http://www.watchandlearnpodcast.com/TheKarateKid Watch the podcast on YouTube: http://www.watchandlearnpodcast.com/youtube Join u…
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Team Obscura revisits 21 retro and vintage TV ads/commercials, as well as discovers that Nick was duped into mistaking Arsenio Hall as Wesley Snipes 6 years ago, something that he actually feels pretty terrible about. Check out some of our other vintage and strange movie/television discussions at https://themediaobscura.com/--- Send in a voice mess…
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What lessons did you learn from The Hunt that we missed? Did we discuss your favorite scene? What’s your Monday Morning Quarterback and what prop would you want to own? Visit the show notes page to leave a comment: http://www.watchandlearnpodcast.com/TheHunt Watch the podcast on YouTube: http://www.watchandlearnpodcast.com/youtube Join us on Facebo…
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Team Obscura checks out 1984's iconic rock n roll movie, Purple Rain! It follows a fictionalized version of Prince and the Revolution as they fight to maintain their billing at the Minneapolis staple, First Avenue. Meanwhile, Morris Day and his band The Time try to get them replaced by a band named Apollonia 6, which is fronted by Prince's girlfrie…
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What lessons did you learn from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga that we missed? Did we discuss your favorite scene? What’s your Monday Morning Quarterback and what prop would you want to own? Visit the show notes page to leave a comment: http://www.watchandlearnpodcast.com/Eurovision Watch the podcast on YouTube: http://www.watchand…
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What lessons did you learn from The Saint that we missed? Did we discuss your favorite scene? What’s your Monday Morning Quarterback and what prop would you want to own? Visit the show notes page to leave a comment: http://www.watchandlearnpodcast.com/TheSaint Watch the podcast on YouTube: http://www.watchandlearnpodcast.com/youtube Join us on Face…
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Team Obscura talks about the early 90's Nicktoon staple, Ren and Stimpy! They also overshare about their family trees and Nick talks about how popular he is with crows. Check out some of our other vintage and strange movie/television discussions at https://themediaobscura.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/med…
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What lessons did you learn from Back to the Future that we missed? Did we discuss your favorite scene? What’s your Monday Morning Quarterback and what prop would you want to own? Visit the show notes page to leave a comment: http://www.watchandlearnpodcast.com/BackToTheFuture Watch the podcast on YouTube: http://www.watchandlearnpodcast.com/youtube…
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This week, to celebrate the recently passed Joel Schumacher, Team Obscura checks out and discusses 1997's "Batman and Robin," a colorful box office bomb with a cast that features George Clooney, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Uma Thurman. While hated at the time, this movie has found a bit of a cult following over the years and is honestly a lot of fun…
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