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We have just met you and we already love you. Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasters, Ian, Liam, Georgia, and eventually Megan (Ethan's run off with some balloons and an air blower) as we're heading, well, up in the Pixar animated film, Up.  We're looking to invest in talking collars for our 218th episode as we discuss: 

• What is it that makes this film such a tearjerker
• Is this a kids film by default?  Does Pixar ever go another direction?
• Is the plot regarding Kevin and Charles Muntz stupid
• Who is Charles Muntz a caricature of?
• We talk a lot about shapes
• Ian and Hermes appear in the Coda to keep talking about Mystic River 
• Whether or not Up is the Best Film Ever

Catch so much more of Hermes on his podcast, The Scuttlebutt Podcast at . https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-scuttlebutt-podcast/id1503504933 (Apple) or https://open.spotify.com/show/2n9CNB9X6QXnmvn78HBEoJ?si=ca1784afd4874ff3 (Spotify)

Become a Patron of this podcast and support the BFE at https://www.patreon.com/BFE

We are extremely thankful to our following Patrons for their most generous support:

• Juleen from It Goes Down In The PM
• Hermes Auslander
• James DeGuzman
• Kirsti
• Lina Oberholzer
• Ensign Ian Davies
• Chris Pedersen 
• Duane Smith (Duane Smith!)
• Randal Silva
• The Yeetmeister
• Nate The Great
• Rev Bruce
• Cheezy (with a fish on a bike)
• Andy Dickson
• Richard
• Ryan Kuketz
• Dirk Diggler
• Shai Bergerfroind
• Stew from the Stew World Order podcast
• NorfolkDomus

Buy some BFE merch at https://my-store-b4e4d4.creator-spring.com/

Massive thanks to Lex Van Den Berghe for the use of 'Mistake' by Luckydog.  Catch more from Lex's new band, The Maids of Honor at https://soundcloud.com/themaidsofhonor

Also massive thanks to Moonlight Social for our age game theme song.  You can catch more from them at https://www.moonlightsocialmusic.com/

No, it's still not the Jungle Book. Sometimes the elements do mix.  Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew: Ian, Liam, Ethan, Megan, and Georgia (We're all here for once) as we head to Element City in search of a better tomorrow in the Disney Pixar animated film, Elemental and we're joined by BFF of the BFE, Juleen who picked this week's selection and talks about her feelings during our endgame.  We're haulin' glass in our 199th episode as we discuss:

• Whether this film needed more intolerance to make the point they're making
• If we judge this film more harshly than we should based on some sort of PIxar curve
• We discuss which nationality's story we feel this is supposed to be suggesting
• One of us almost don't survive the recording
• We're joined by BFF of the BFE, Juleen, for the endgame
• Whether or not Elemental is the Best Film Ever

Become a Patron of this podcast and support the BFE at https://www.patreon.com/BFE

We are extremely thankful to our following Patrons for their most generous support:

• Juleen from It Goes Down In The PM
• Hermes Auslander
• James DeGuzman
• Lina Oberholzer
• Ensign Ian Davies
• Chris Pedersen 
• Duane Smith (Duane Smith!)
• Randal Silva
• The Yeetmeister
• Nate The Great
• Rev Bruce
• Cheezy (with a fish on a bike)
• Andy Dickson
• Holly Callen
• Richard
• Ryan Kuketz
• Dirk Diggler
• Shai Bergerfroind
• Stew from the Stew World Order podcast
• Norfolk Dom
• AJ from Nova Scotia

Catch more from Hermes in his pod "The Scuttlebutt Podcast" at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-scuttlebutt-podcast/id1503504933

Buy some BFE merch at https://my-store-b4e4d4.creator-spring.com/

Massive thanks to Lex Van Den Berghe for the use of 'Mistake' by Luckydog.  Catch more from Lex's new band, The Maids of Honor at https://soundcloud.com/themaidsofhonor

Also massive thanks to Moonlight Social for our age game theme song.  You can catch more from them at https://www.moonlightsocialmusic.com/

Are we padding today? Maybe but today the Keeping It Loki boys are back with Glorious Purpose to break down the fifth episode of Season 2 of Loki "Science/Fiction" Keeping It Loki is designed as a companion podcast for the casual fan (but not hardcore comic spoiler types). Join Ethan and Ian as they breeze through this episode and feel like they're repeating the season to discuss, did we care about the branched versions of our main cast?, how much of this episode actually mattered and we will have time during the final episode?

It's spaghetti night for the Keeping It Loki boys as they are back with Glorious Purpose to break down the fourth (and surpsingly not final) episode of Season 2 of Loki "The Heart of the TVA"

Keeping It Loki is designed as a companion podcast for the casual fan (but not hardcore comic spoiler types).

Join Ethan and Ian as they struggle to not jump to the end to discuss the climactic ending, how effect was Dox's character and a reflection on the season's first two episodes

Diversions! Early Sunday mornings! Mystical magicians and more as the Keeping It Loki boys return with Glorious Purpose to break down the third episode of Season 2 of Loki with episode 3, "1893"

Keeping It Loki is designed as a companion podcast for the casual fan (but not hardcore comic spoiler types).

Join Ethan and Ian as Ethan brings a new MCU memoir no-holds barred book to the table with some major production revelations, a Timely discussion about a certain actor and some thoughts on the overall pacing of the season

The boys are continuing to search for their glorious purpose for Season 2 of Keeping It Loki to recap and discuss the second episode of Season 2 of Loki with "Breaking Brad" 

Keeping It Loki is designed as a companion podcast for the casual fan (but not hardcore comic spoiler types). 

Join Ethan and Ian as Ian discusses his issue finding his footing today, did we feel like we skipped an episode of context?, was the writing purposely annoying or unintentional,  and Ian brings another tantalising theory to the table.

The boys are back with their glorious purpose for Season 2 of Keeping It Loki to review, recap and discuss Season 2 of Loki, beginning with the premiere episode, "Ouroboros"

Keeping It Loki is designed as a companion podcast for the casual fan (but not hardcore comic spoiler types).

Join Ethan and Ian for a delve into their personal MCU feelings, where people might have stopped keeping up, the charm and sweetness that is Ke Huy Quan and Ian shares a high stakes theory for this season.

We know each other - we're almost like friends from work.  Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew: Ian, Liam, Ethan, and Georgia as we review Thor: Ragnarok as we kick off Funderstruck week en route to Thor: Love & Thunder. We hope you printed off enough pamphlets for your revolution in our 129th episode as we discuss:

• Odin and how this film ruins his character
• The mini-films that were Team Thor and how they helped shape Thor's character tweak in Ragnarok
• Why this film plays so fast and loose with Asgard being a planet or a people
• If people overpraise this film (or over criticise the 1st Thor film) because of Thor: The Dark World
• How Taika Waititi got the gig to direct this film
• We're joined by friends of the podcast Cheesy & Juleen
• Is Karl Urban any good in this film?
• Does this film suffer from a story problem?
• We leave some technical glitches in at the end of this episode
• Whether or not Thor: Ragnarok is the Best Film Ever.

Become a Patron of this podcast and support the BFE at https://www.patreon.com/BFE

We are extremely thankful to our following Patrons for their most generous support:

• Rev Bruce
• Juleen from It Goes Down In The PM
• Lina Oberholzer
• Ensign Ian Davies
• Chris Pedersen 
• Katie McRae
• Duane Smith (Duane Smith!)
• Randal Silva
• The Yeetmeister
• Nate The Great
• Cheezy (with a fish on a bike)

Buy some BFE merch at https://my-store-b4e4d4.creator-spring.com/

Massive thanks to Lex Van Den Berghe for the use of 'Mistake' by Luckydog.  Catch more from Lex's new band, The Maids of Honor at https://soundcloud.com/themaidsofhonor

Also massive thanks to Moonlight Social for our age game theme song.  You can catch more from them at https://www.moonlightsocialmusic.com/

Timestamps for this episode:

• 0:00 - Opening Banter
  6:40 - Deep Dive
  2:09:40 - Endgame

This is where the fun begins” as the Best Film Ever Team ignite their Lightsabers to bring you “Show Me Wan Kenobi” as we cover Disney+’s “Obi-Wan Kenobi”, “Part VI”.

Show Me Wan Kenobi is designed as a companion podcast for the casual fan (but not hardcore Star Wars fanboy types) Join Jedi Masters Ethan and Ian as they cover the conclusion of this series finale to discuss:

• Overall thoughts on the series as a whole
• The Reva redemption arc
• The issues within The rematch of the century
• And Ethan goes on a weird tangent about Rise of Skywalker…again…

This is where the fun begins” as the Best Film Ever Team ignite their Lightsabers to bring you “Show Me Wan Kenobi” as we cover Disney+’s “Obi-Wan Kenobi”, “Part V”.

Show Me Wan Kenobi is designed as a companion podcast for the casual fan (but not hardcore Star Wars fanboy types) Join Jedi Masters Ethan and Ian as they cover the most divisive episode so far where

• Ian embraces his dark side to discuss: Ian’s issues with Reva’s turn
• Celebrate Tala’s epic conclusion
• Ethan defends Star Wars and Midichlorians like his life defends on it
• And how was L0LA handled this episode?

This is where the fun begins” as the Best Film Ever Team ignite their Lightsabers to bring you “Show Me Wan Kenobi” as we cover Disney+’s “Obi-Wan Kenobi”, “Part IIII”. Show Me Wan Kenobi is designed as a companion podcast for the casual fan (but not hardcore Star Wars fanboy types)

Join Jedi Masters Ethan and Ian as they get some Deja-vu on a second attempt after imperial interference so they can discuss:

• Roken and his 20 second character turn
• Ethan geeks out over references to a video game
• A discussion about how the fandom has weaponised Rotten Tomatoes
• And is Obi-Wan too bloodthirsty?

This is where the fun begins” as the Best Film Ever Team ignite their Lightsabers to bring you “Show Me Wan Kenobi” as we cover Disney+’s “Obi-Wan Kenobi”, “Part III”.

Show Me Wan Kenobi is designed as a companion podcast for the casual fan (but not hardcore Star Wars fanboy types) Join Jedi Masters Ethan and Ian as they discuss

• who actually owns Star Wars?
• the grudge match of the century
• the ethics of voice modulation
• the last week in the streaming wars
• And are we heading towards a second season of Obi-Wan Kenobi?

“This is where the fun begins” as the Best Film Ever Team ignite their Lightsabers to bring you “Show Me Wan Kenobi” as we cover Disney+’s “Obi-Wan Kenobi”, “Part II”.

Show Me Wan Kenobi is designed as a companion podcast for the casual fan (but not hardcore Star Wars fanboy types) Join Jedi Masters Ethan and Ian as they discuss:

• Spice Girls and Daughters
• Hadja the “Jedi”
• and Ian finally gives into the dark side when it comes to Baby Leia

FIRST 43:50 are a spoiler-free review with our See It/Skip It verdict

AFTER 43:50 it's a full spoiler review

This week we're headed to the Quantum Realm and trying to keep together conversations about multiverses and aberrant timelines and maybe missing where blowtorches were procured as Ian welcomes BFF of the BFE, Hermes Auslander from The Scuttlebutt Podcast to talk about the third in the Scott Lang trilogy in Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania.  Is this Paul Rudd's best performance in the 3 films?  Is Evangeline Lilly bad in this or just the victim of poor writing?  Why did they replace Cassie Lang and is she better in this?  How does Hermes know so much about theoretical physics?  Is it possible that Ant-Man is only the 3rd most important character in this movie?  Find out the answers to these questions and more in our "See It or Skip It" review of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and then we tell you whether you should SEE IT or SKIP IT.

Catch more of Hermes at The Scuttlebutt Podcast at:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-scuttlebutt-podcast/id1503504933 (Apple) or https://open.spotify.com/show/2n9CNB9X6QXnmvn78HBEoJ?si=ca1784afd4874ff3 (Spotify)

“This is where the fun begins” as the Best Film Ever Team ignite their Lightsabers to bring you “Show Me Wan Kenobi” as we cover Disney+’s “Obi-Wan Kenobi”, “Part I”. Show Me Wan Kenobi is designed as a companion podcast for the casual fan (but not hardcore Star Wars fanboy types)

Join Jedi Masters Ethan and Ian to talk all things Star Wars as they recount:

• The Ballad of Jimmy the Jedi
• Where we disagree on The Last Jedi
• Some praise for Moses Ingrim’s performance
• Is Baby Leia annoying?
• And celebrating the return of Ewan McGregor’s Obi-Wan.

The force is strong in our podcast. Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew as finish off George Lucas' original Space Western Trilogy by settling some love triangles in really disturbing ways in Return of the Jedi.  We're substituting Ewoks for Wookies in our 120th episode as we discuss:

• What John Williams' son is famous for
• Just how many people played Darth Vader in this film
• Carrie Fisher's request for the costuming in this film
• George Lucas' reaction to Boba Fett's cult following
• How one group of the film's characters protested
• Ethan tries to apologise for so many things
• Ian brings up a long overdue bet
• We discuss just how much foresight George Lucas had for this trilogy
• Which character this film wastes throughout
• Which Friend of the Podcast has an evil twin
• Ian shares his newest guilty pleasure phone game
• Whether or not Return of the Jedi is the Best Film Ever.

Become a Patron of this podcast and support the BFE at https://www.patreon.com/BFE

Buy some BFE merch at https://my-store-b4e4d4.creator-spring.com/

Massive thanks to Lex Van Den Berghe for the use of 'Mistake' by Luckydog.  Catch more from Lex's new band, The Maids of Honor at https://soundcloud.com/themaidsofhonor

Also massive thanks to Moonlight Social for our age game theme song.  You can catch more from them at https://www.moonlightsocialmusic.com/

Timestamps for this episode:

• 0:00 - Opening Banter
  8:00 - Reflections & Corrections
  14:45 - Shoutouts
  23:30 - Deep Dive
  2:31:10 - Endgame

FIRST 32:15 are a spoiler-free review with our See It/Skip It verdict

AFTER 32:15 it's a full spoiler review

This week we're headed to New York City (in many different universes) with Ethan, Georgia, and Ian chatting all things Marvel as we traverse the multiverse with the following questions: Will Wanda get comeuppance for Westview? Is this film too scary for a 12A/PG-13 rating? Is Benedict Cumberbatch's performance the best in his own film?  Where does Marvel go from here? We answer all these questions and more in our "See It or Skip It" review of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and then we tell you whether you should SEE IT or SKIP IT.

Summon the suit and learn your hieroglyphs as the Best Film Ever Team come together to bring you “Dancing in the Moon Knight” as we cover the final episode of Disney+’s “Moon Knight”, “Gods and Monsters”. Dancing In The Moon Knight is designed as a companion podcast for the casual fan (but not hardcore comic spoiler types).

Join Ethan and Ian as they witness Amit’s return and discuss whether or not this finale broke the MCU series curse, was a major reveal and story beat left too late?, are we feeling tired with the Disney+ shows?, and our overall thoughts on Moon Knight as a series

Summon the suit and learn your hieroglyphs as the Best Film Ever Team come together to bring you “Dancing in the Moon Knight” as we cover Disney+’s “Moon Knight”, “Asylum”. Dancing In The Moon Knight is designed as a companion podcast for the casual fan (but not hardcore comic spoiler types).

Join Ethan and Ian as they come back from their own ancestral plain to discuss a greater understanding of Mark’s backstory, our own connection to Steven through, Ian gives a story how he can relate to Mark’s history and does this episode break the MCU curse of penultimate episodes?

Summon the suit and learn your hieroglyphs as the Best Film Ever Team come together to bring you “Dancing in the Moon Knight” as we cover Disney+’s “Moon Knight”, “The Tomb”. Dancing In The Moon Knight is designed as a companion podcast for the casual fan (but not hardcore comic spoiler types).

Join Ethan and Ian as they discuss the world-shattering revelation and wax poetic about Lost, the clear reminders of Brendan Fraiser’s “The Mummy” and Indiana Jones, and how much we’re wanting to return each week compared to other MCU shows to the point.

Summon the suit and learn your hieroglyphs as the Best Film Ever Team come together to bring you “Dancing in the Moon Knight” as we cover Disney+’s “Moon Knight”, “The Friendly Type”. Dancing In The Moon Knight is designed as a companion podcast for the casual fan (but not hardcore comic spoiler types). Join Ethan and Ian as they discuss if there are more than Marc and Steven, the talent of May Calamawy, the gods puppeteering humans and Khonshu’s interesting normalisation.

Summon the suit and learn your hieroglyphs as the Best Film Ever Team come together to bring you “Dancing in the Moon Knight” as we cover Disney+’s “Moon Knight”, “Summon the Suit”. Dancing In The Moon Knight is designed as a companion podcast for the casual fan (but not hardcore comic spoiler types). Join Ethan and Ian as they become enamoured with the show’s cinematography, Oscar Issac’s performance as Steven and Mark, little behind the scenes QR codes, an exposition slog and the loveable villain of Ethan Hawke’s Arthur Harrow

Your favourite TransAtlantic Disney podcasting crew continue to try their hands at a little TV review with the latest offering from Marvel Studios with Moon Knight. Ian and Ethan are fighting over the suit in this series and much like Steven & Marc we're jumping between American & British accents as we discuss:

• Is this a bit too Venom for people?
• Ethan's lack of geographical knowledge rears its head once again
• Why does the gift shop manager have hiring power over the tour guides?
• We gush over both Oscar Isaac and Ethan Hawke to this point
• Why doesn't missed steak girl phone Stephen?
• We discuss British trading laws for Sundays and how it impacts the narrative presented
• Ian and Ethan both give their first impressions of the series, having never seen it before
• Would we ground the Moon Knight pilot or is it Cleared for Takeoff?

We're going to talk about Encanto this week but is it possible to do that without talking about Bruno? Join your favourite Disney podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, Ethan and Georgia as we review Georgia's pick and our newest film we've ever reviewed. We're waiting for our gift in our 73rd episode as we discuss:

• The future and economics of cinema
• Are we ready to go back in mass crowds
• We share a bit about Bob Saget
• Ian gushes about Pop Tarts
• We question what exactly is magically alive in this film and what isn't
• Somehow we link this film to Extreme Makeover
• Why is the house such a jerk in this film?  Why is the family?
• Who gets forgiven FAR too easily in this film
• Does this film borrow from a lot of other films?  Is it too much?
• Does this movie get the ending wrong?
• Why do we cry at movies? We analyse the possibilities
• We don't talk about Ellie
• Whether or not Encanto is the Best Film Ever

Become a Patron of this podcast and support the BFE at https://www.patreon.com/BFE

We are extremely thankful to our following Patrons for their most generous support:

• Rev Bruce
• Juleen from It Goes Down In The PM
• Andrew Olszewski
• Lina Oberholzer
• Ian Davies
• Chris Pedersen
• Randal Silva

Buy some BFE merch at https://my-store-b4e4d4.creator-spring.com/

Massive thanks to Lex Van Den Berghe for the use of 'Mistake' by Luckydog.  Catch more from Lex's new band, The Maids of Honor at https://soundcloud.com/themaidsofhonor

Also massive thanks to Moonlight Social for our age game theme song.  You can catch more from them at https://www.moonlightsocialmusic.com/

Timestamps for this episode:

• 0:00 - Opening Banter
  11:10 - Shoutouts
  28:30 - Deep Dive
  1:35:45 - Endgame

Ready your bow and refill your quiver for the final time as the Best Film Ever team come round the table this Christmas to discuss Episode 6 the final episode of Disney+’s “Hawkeye”, “So This is Christmas”. HawkGuys is designed as a companion podcast for the casual fan (but not hardcore comic spoiler types). Join Ethan and Ian as they wrap this entire series up, go over Ian’s first impressions of the Kingpin, the results are in for a Kraft Dinner/Mac and Cheese debate and reflect on the MCU shows of 2021

Ready your bow and refill your quiver as the Best Film Ever team come round the table this Christmas to discuss Episode 5 of Disney+’s “Hawkeye”, “Ronin”. Hawkguys is designed as a companion podcast for the casual fan (but not hardcore comic spoiler types). Join Ethan and Ian as they discuss if this is a filler episode, a heated debate on box Mac and cheese, Ethan gives Ian a quick recap on Kingpin

Ready your bow and refill your quiver as the Best Film Ever team come round the table this Christmas to discuss Episode 4 of Disney+’s “Hawkeye”, “Partners, Am I Right?”. Hawkguys is designed as a companion podcast for the casual fan (but not hardcore comic spoiler types). Join Ethan, Ian and Georgia as they discuss Spider-Man booking issues, is Clint and Kate’s dynamic becoming boring?, Who is Pugh? and do we have time for this?

Ready your bow and refill your quiver as the Best Film Ever team come round the table this Christmas to discuss Episode 3 of Disney+’s “Hawkeye”, “Echoes”. Hawkguys is designed as a companion podcast for the casual fan (but not hardcore comic spoiler types). Join Ethan, Ian and Georgia as they discuss spin-offs of spin-offs, detour for some pizza talk, is Maya’s uncle over the hill?

Ready your bow and refill your quiver as the Best Film Ever team come round the table this Christmas to discuss Episode 2 of Disney+’s “Hawkeye”, “Hide and Seek”. Hawkguys is designed as a companion podcast for the casual fan (but not hardcore comic spoiler types). Join Ethan, Ian and Georgia as they discuss the youth of the MCU, LARPing while a superhero, a weird knowledge of Olympics Controversies and talk a little bit about Hawkeye

Ready your bow and refill your quiver as the Talking The MIckey team come round the table this Christmas to discuss Episode 1 of Disney+’s “Hawkeye”, “Never Meet Your Heroes”. Hawkguys is designed as a companion podcast for the casual fan (but not hardcore comic spoiler types). Join Ethan, Ian and Georgia as they discuss opinions on Hawkeye the character, Disney’s credit controversy, get off-topic one too many times and celebrate an appearance of friend of the podcast Simon Callow back on our screens.

FIRST 27:50 are a spoiler-free review with our See It/Skip It verdict

AFTER 27:50 it's a full spoiler review

It's another Sunday edition of See It Or Skip It and this time we're talking about Marvel's Eternals.  Liam, Georgia and Ian discuss the latest in Kevin Feige's masterplan. Was this a good film?  Are there too many new characters to keep track of?  Are we ready for a less comedic Marvel film? Are there too many Game of Thrones references in this film? Did Eternals bear a striking resemblance to a popular computer game? How much realism do we want in our superhero films?  We answer all these questions and more in our "See It or Skip It" review of Eternals and then we tell you whether you should SEE IT or SKIP IT.

It's a tale as old as time and a tune as old as song, but what happens when you get both the tale and the tune wrong?  Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, and Georgia - Ethan's stuck in an enchanted wardrobe - as we review the first animated movie to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, Beauty and the Beast as it celebrates its 30th anniversary.  We're hoping to find something there that wasn't there before in our 72nd episode as we discuss:

• Just how early it was when Walt Disney wanted to try his hand at Beauty & The Beast
• A member of the BFE makes a link between Rocky & this film that you're going to have to hear to believe
• Do we glamourise Gaston and only remember the version of him from the song, and ignore the rest?
• What trend does this film begin that still occurs to this day
• Can we overlook the Stockholm Syndrome of the film
• We suggest some gruesome alternative endings
• Who exactly is Mrs Potts singing to in Be Our Guest?
• Is there a better first song than 'Belle'?
• There's a great back story about the title song (yes, it is the title song)
• Whether or not Beauty & The Beast is the Best Film Ever.

Support the BFE with a donation at https://linktr.ee/bestfilmeverpod

Buy some BFE merch at https://my-store-b4e4d4.creator-spring.com/

Massive thanks to Lex Van Den Berghe for the use of 'Mistake' by Luckydog.  Catch more from Lex's new band, The Maids of Honor at https://soundcloud.com/themaidsofhonor

Also massive thanks to Moonlight Social for our age game theme song.  You can catch more from them at https://www.moonlightsocialmusic.com/

Timestamps for this episode:

• 0:00 - Opening Banter
  12:48 - Shoutouts
  27:25 - Deep Dive
  2:07:00 - Endgame

What's This? What's This? There's powder everywhere. Join your favourite Disney podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, and Georgia - as we review the most popular film that intersects the Venn Diagram of Christmas and Halloween in The Nightmare Before Christmas.  We're taking 12 photographs a second in this episode as we discuss:

• The sheer amount of work this film was to make
• Why the first screenwriter had to be replaced
• Why Disney switched this to the Touchstone brand
• Why this film is remembered so fondly
• Exactly how long the love story is in this film
• Ian suggests an alternate title for this movie
• Georgia talks more about Jim Cavaziel and his ordeal in The Passion of the Christ
• Who should take the credit for this film? The producer (Burton) or the director (Henry Selick)
• We try and discuss the difference between fate and free will
• Which actor steals a key scene by not saying a word
• We reveal Tier 2 of the BFE Patreon
• Whether or not The Nightmare Before Christmas is the Best Film Ever.

Support the BFE with a donation at https://linktr.ee/bestfilmeverpod

Buy some BFE merch at https://my-store-b4e4d4.creator-spring.com/

Massive thanks to Lex Van Den Berghe for the use of 'Mistake' by Luckydog.  Catch more from Lex's new band, The Maids of Honor at https://soundcloud.com/themaidsofhonor

Also massive thanks to Moonlight Social for our age game theme song.  You can catch more from them at https://www.moonlightsocialmusic.com/

Timestamps for this episode:

• 0:00 - Opening Banter
  13:55 - Shoutouts
  25:20 - Deep Dive
  1:24:25 - Endgame

FIRST 27:30 are a spoiler-free review with our See It/Skip It verdict

AFTER 27:30 it's a full spoiler review

Three members of the BFE went to see Shang-Chi (that all rhymed) - 1 was excited, 1 was pessimistic, and 1 was ambivalent.  How did we come out though? Georgia, Liam and Ian are here to run through their first feelings on Marvel's first film to feature an overwhelmingly Asian cast in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. How did all that kung fu measure up when put inside a Marvel movie? How did this compare to another family-based Marvel film in Black Widow? Was the villain a step too far in believability? Which Marvel cameos were here and how did we feel about them? What is Disney's next marketing tool fresh out of this film? We answer all these questions and more in our "See It or Skip It" review of Shang-Chi and then we tell you whether you should SEE IT or SKIP IT.

FIRST 29:00 are a spoiler-free review with our See It/Skip It verdict

AFTER 29:00 it's a full spoiler review

For a film that was delayed on 3 separate occasions, it’s only fitting that we had to record this episode twice. Liam and Ian went and saw Black Widow (one in the Cinema, one on Disney Plus) .What is it like to have a first viewing of a Marvel film on the small screen?  Was it worth the wait? Is it necessary as a Marvel film? Did the knowledge that Natasha survives everything ruin the ability to build tension in this film? How did the supporting cast handle the film? And what percentage of the time is Ray Winstone actually trying a Russian Accent? We answer all these questions and more in our "See It or Skip It" review of Black Widow and then we tell you whether you should SEE IT or SKIP IT.

We're sitting across a table talking to each other about an episode where the characters spent the episode sitting across a table from each other and talking. We’re back with glorious purpose with our analysis of Episode 6 of Disney's 'Loki' original series, "Journey into Mystery.” Keeping It Loki is designed as a companion podcast for the casual fan (but not hardcore comic spoiler types). Join Ethan, Liam, Ian and Georgia for a conversation about a captivating performance from Jonathan Majors and if we can rank this alongside the other Disney Plus MCU series as this one had a significant key element different.

We’re back with glorious purpose with our analysis of Episode 5 of Disney's 'Loki' original series, "Journey into Mystery.” Keeping It Loki is designed as a companion podcast for the casual fan (but not hardcore comic spoiler types). Join Ethan, Liam, Ian and Georgia for a fitting reunion on a divisive episode as they discuss fan service vs quality, has the show jumped the shark (or alligator) and a fun conversation on what’s padding and what’s character development.

We’re back with glorious purpose with our analysis of Episode 4 of Disney's 'Loki' original series, "The Nexus Event” Keeping It Loki is designed as a companion podcast for the casual fan (but not hardcore comic spoiler types). Join Liam and Ian for a rather flat-looking roundtable as Ethan’s been pruned and Georgia's in a time-loop cell to discuss what it’s like to love yourself, parallels with The Last Jedi and just when on earth (or Lamentis) this ending is leading.

This week we're Keeping It Lo-Three as we're back with glorious purpose with our analysis of Episode 3 of Disney's 'Loki' original series, "Lamentis."

Keeping It Loki is designed as a companion podcast for the casual fan (but not hardcore comic spoiler types). Join Ethan, Liam and Ian for a roundtable as we discuss Doctor Who audition tapes, whether we witnessed a progressive moment for Disney/MCU or just lip service, what love is, which parts of this felt like a video-game cut-scene and whether this episode was merely filler or actual character development?

We're back with glorious purpose with our analysis of Episode 2 of Disney's 'Loki' original series, "The Variant." Keeping It Loki is designed as a companion podcast for the casual fan (but not hardcore comic spoiler types). Join Ethan, Georgia, Liam, and Ian for a roundtable as we discuss the storytelling shortcuts, a hotly debated fight scene, renaissance fairs and Ethan picks a new introductory line for episode 2.

Much like Loki - we were gone for a while but now we're back - did you miss us?  Well, we're back with glorious purpose reviewing a Marvel Original Series on Disney Plus in Marvel's "Loki", with our analysis of Episode 1, "Glorious Purpose." Keeping It Loki is designed as a companion podcast for the casual fan (but not hardcore comic spoiler types). Join Ethan,  Georgia and Ian for a roundtable as we discuss the TVA, diminishing returns on infinity stones, if Marvel cheated on time travel and character development and we come up with some pseudonyms for the 2012 Loki character.

This week we're heading back to the 1940s to find a skinny kid who doesn't know enough to run away from a fight.  Join your favourite Disney Podcasters – Ellie, Ethan, Georgia and Ian – as we try to sneak into the war from any recruiting center in Brooklyng.  Questions we asked this week include: Why did Chris Evans not want to play Cap?  Why did Stanley Tucci agree to play this role? Why don't Cap's trousers shred when he grows? Does Peggy overreact to the kiss between Cap and Marjorie Tyrell? Is Tommy Lee Jones ever bad in any movie?  Is this a better film than Iron Man?  Is it possible to view this film in a vacuum or do you have to consider everything they're setting up for later?  We also have an important announcement at the end of the episode.

If that wasn't enough for you, we've got some more content from friend of the podcast, Andrew, in our Pause for the Parks segment.

So, catch up on some great Disney content and then join the conversation (@talkthemickey), Instagram (@talkingthemickey), or on our Facebook page (@talkingthemickey).

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This week we're heading to Cloud City in search of an old friend. Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Ethan, Ellie, Georgia - and Liam from Best Film Ever - as we're trying to fix the hyperdrive and avoid getting eaten.  It's a Mandela Effect of a 68th episode as we discuss:

• How the sequel came about
• The Mandela effect of the most famous line in the film.
• We moan a bit about the CGI that's been inserted into the film
• Which famous line from the film was ad-libbed
• Whether or not this is the best film in the Star Wars Franchise
• Which face of the franchise was different due to an automotive accident
• Who was most angry at not being clued in to the twist ending
• We have a challenging discussion about fandom, nostalgia and a sense of ownership over media products
• Whether or not The Empire Strikes Back is the Best Film Ever

Massive thanks to Lex Van Den Berghe for the use of 'Mistake' by Luckydog.  Catch more from Lex's new band, The Maids of Honor at https://soundcloud.com/themaidsofhonor

Also massive thanks to Moonlight Social for our age game theme song.  You can catch more from them at https://www.moonlightsocialmusic.com/

This week we're heading out in search of a clownfish with a dodgy fin.  Join your favourite Disney Podcasters – Ellie, Ethan, and Ian - Georgia's locked up in a fishtank in Sydney – as we hang ten on the East Australian Current towards Sydney in Finding Nemo.  Questions we asked this week include: How long did the pitch meeting for this have to be?  Who was the original cast voice actor of Marlin? Why shouldn't we say that all drains lead to the ocean? Who was the one critic that said this was a bad movie and what was their excuse? Which voice actor was released from the project after refusing to emulate their iconic sitcom voice?  Why was the shark called 'Bruce'?  How does Ethan not know how long Robbie Williams has been famous for?  For a second straight week we ask whether New Zealand is bigger than Australia? and what motivated director Andrew Stanton  

So, catch up on some great Disney content and then join the conversation (@talkthemickey), Instagram (@talkingthemickey), or on our Facebook page (@talkingthemickey).

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We're back for the final episode reviewing Marvel's "The Falcon & The Winter Solider", with our analysis of Episode 6, "One World, One People" Falcon & The Weekly Soldier is designed as a companion podcast for the casual fan (but not hardcore comic spoiler types).  Join Ethan, Liam and Ian for a roundtable as we discuss Sam's makeover, Karli V Walker in character writing and just where exactly do we see this leading

This week we're talking about a princess who might not want to be a princess anymore - somebody call Oprah.  Join your favourite Disney Podcasters – Ellie, Ethan, Georgia and Ian – as we grab our electric scooters and head to San Francisco with The Princess Diaries.  Questions we asked this week include: Is there anyone who does the ugly duckling tale better than Anne Hathaway?  Is it a requirement of the Genovian prime minister to open all official state functions in song?  Why is Mia even friends with Lily and when does she decide that she wants to be with Michael? Does this film waste both Sandra Oh and Hector Elizondo? Why does the American press have power over the Genovian crown? Why is there a race against time at all? and perhaps most importantly, why does Genovia hold their independence ball outside of Genovia and in San Francisco?

If that wasn't enough for you, we've got some more content from friend of the podcast, Andrew, in our Pause for the Parks segment.

So, catch up on some great Disney content and then join the conversation (@talkthemickey), Instagram (@talkingthemickey), or on our Facebook page (@talkingthemickey).

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We're back with another episode reviewing Marvel's "The Falcon & The Winter Solider", with our analysis of Episode 5, "Truth" Falcon & The Weekly Soldier is designed as a companion podcast for the casual fan (but not hardcore comic spoiler types).  Join Ethan, Liam and Ian for a roundtable as we discuss boats and bros, did Sokovia get an awful memorial and just when will Elaine tell me to shut up

This week we're planting apples and towing ocean liners while blaming everything on the samba in the 1948 package film, Melody Time.  Join your favourite Disney Podcasters – Ellie, Ethan, and Ian – Georgia’s been sent out to international waters – as we howl at the moon about this motley crew of animated shorts.  Questions we asked this week include: Just how close to a waterfall would you ice skate?  When is a piece from Fantasia better than a piece from Fantasia? What's a bussell? Which nations is New Zealand larger than? Who is responsible for Ethan's geography education? and how does Georgia just know which films to avoid?

If that wasn't enough for you, we've got some more content from friend of the podcast, Andrew, in our Pause for the Parks segment.

So, catch up on some great Disney content and then join the conversation (@talkthemickey), Instagram (@talkingthemickey), or on our Facebook page (@talkingthemickey).

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We're back with another episode reviewing Marvel's "The Falcon & The Winter Solider", with our analysis of Episode 4, "The Whole World is Watching" Falcon & The Weekly Soldier is designed as a companion podcast for the casual fan (but not hardcore comic spoiler types). Join Ethan and Ian for a roundtable as we discuss super soldier envy, never meet your heroes and just how exactly will I get this shield out of my beaten chest.

This week we're assembling ourselves into a Flying V while we cross our own blue line in the 1992 live-action sports film, The Mighty Ducks.  Join your favourite Disney Podcasters – Ellie, Ethan, and Ian – Georgia’s in the Penalty Box – as we try to reach Coach Bombay by fax and figure out what a cake eater is.  Questions we asked this week include: Do the Hawks have their own rink? Not just for the team but also the age group? Does Jack only coach PeeWee or does he move up and down with the children? Why does Hans abandon Gordon after he quits hockey? Is Jesse a likeable character in the slightest? Why did Fulton get detention if he wasn’t in the class that quacked at the principal? Why does Ethan hate roller blades? And which composers have every right to feel their stuff got stolen by this film.

If that wasn't enough for you, we've got some more content direct from friend of the podcast, Andrew, in our Pause for the Parks segment.

So, catch up on some great Disney content and then join the conversation (@talkthemickey), Instagram (@talkingthemickey), or on our Facebook page (@talkingthemickey).

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