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The Popcorn Isn't Real: Fan Theory Podcast

The Popcorn Isn't Real

Tv & Film

Frequency: 1 episode/20d. Total Eps: 85

Do you love fan theories? We do. We love them so much that we called up the creators of your favorite movies to get the inside-story, and confirm or deny the greatest fan theories out there! Our guests include legendary writers and directors like Jack Epps Jr (TOP GUN, TURNER AND HOOCH), Mark Pellington (THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES, ARLINGTON ROAD), Joseph Kosinski (TOP GUN: MAVERICK, OBLIVION, TRON: LEGACY), Michael Miner (ROBOCOP), Adam Green (HATCHET, FROZEN), Hans Bauer (ANACONDA, TITAN A.E.), Jim Fall (THE LIZZIE MCGUIRE MOVIE) and more. We take deep-dive looks at these films, examine fan theories, explore alternate readings, collect facts and trivia, interview the writers and directors, and finally we present our podcast to you! So have a listen and find out once and for all what the movies you love were really about! Join Hollywood writer Leif Eric and cybersecurity professional Torvald, as we present the most spectacular fan-theories Hollywood has to offer. TV, films, video games, even conspiracy theories! We'll take the stories you think you know, and turn them on their heads! Visit us at www.ThePopcornIsntReal.com New episodes releasing every other Thursday.

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Welcome Trailer

samedi 3 octobre 2020 • Duration 02:18

Are you ready to explore the darkest secrets of your favorite movies and media? Join Leif Eric and Torvald, as we investigate the greatest fan theories out there! This episode will give you an overview of what we do, and what to expect from us. Visit us at www.ThePopcornIsntReal.com Sign up for a free 30-day trial of Amazon Prime, and watch thousands of movies and TV shows instantly! http://www.amazon.com/tryprimefree?tag=thepopcornisn-20 Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5025-beauty-flow License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

RETURN TO OZ: The Girl Who Drowned

Season 1 · Episode 1

mercredi 7 octobre 2020 • Duration 38:32

Leif Eric and Torvald kick-off The Popcorn Isn't Real with a dark theory surrounding the 1985 children's fantasy film, RETURN TO OZ. Leif is prepared to prove that there was no happy ending, and not everyone survived Dorothy's final trip to Oz! Rent or buy Return to Oz at https://amzn.to/2IkXF2B and follow along with us! Sign up for a free 30-day trial of Amazon Prime, and watch thousands of movies and TV shows instantly! http://www.amazon.com/tryprimefree?tag=thepopcornisn-20

DIE HARD: Gruber's Mole at Nakatomi (Christmas Special)

Season 1 · Episode 10

mercredi 23 décembre 2020 • Duration 01:08:07

Happy holidays! Now we have a Christmas episode. Ho. Ho. Ho. Today's theory features the greatest Christmas movie of all time: DIE HARD. Did Hans Gruber have a mole at Nakatomi? And was he planning on sacrificing most of his crew to escape? Find out in this very merry episode of The Popcorn Isn't Real! Rent or buy Die Hard at https://amzn.to/2M4O3uR, and follow along with us! Sign up for a free 30-day trial of Amazon Prime, and watch thousands of movies and TV shows instantly! http://www.amazon.com/tryprimefree?tag=thepopcornisn-20

STAR TREK: The Best Captain (Road Trip)

Season 1 · Episode 11

mercredi 6 janvier 2021 • Duration 58:06

In this special road trip episode we hold a savage debate, comparing personalities, feats, and skills to determine Star Trek's greatest captain of all time! Rent or buy Star Trek: The Original Series at https://amzn.to/3s6Tzxw, and Star Trek: The Next Generation at https://amzn.to/38eAFgc, and follow along with us! Sign up for a free 30-day trial of Amazon Prime, and watch thousands of movies and TV shows instantly! http://www.amazon.com/tryprimefree?tag=thepopcornisn-20

PREDATOR: Punishing Toxic Masculinity

Season 1 · Episode 12

mercredi 20 janvier 2021 • Duration 52:54

In today's testosterone-fueled episode, Torvald has a theory that the manly Predator was punishing the toxicity of the men that it hunts. Get ready, we're about to turn this high-T horror on its head! Rent or buy Predator at https://amzn.to/3c6Y3ib, and follow along with us! Sign up for a free 30-day trial of Amazon Prime, and watch thousands of movies and TV shows instantly! http://www.amazon.com/tryprimefree?tag=thepopcornisn-20

SPACE CAMP: Friends... Forever with a murderous robot

Season 1 · Episode 13

mercredi 3 février 2021 • Duration 31:29

SPACE CAMP, a fun 80s family film about kids trapped in space, trying to get back home, right? WRONG! This is actually a film about a malfunctioning robot and its plot to kill 5 kids and their teacher in an ill-fated attempt to remain "friends forever." Rent or buy Space Camp at https://amzn.to/39J2m1v, and follow along with us! Sign up for a free 30-day trial of Amazon Prime, and watch thousands of movies and TV shows instantly! http://www.amazon.com/tryprimefree?tag=thepopcornisn-20

HELLRAISER and EVENT HORIZON: Shared Universe, Levent Configurizon

Season 1 · Episode 14

mercredi 17 février 2021 • Duration 01:29:28

We watched 10 movies to bring you our most epic theory yet. We definitively link the universe of the infamous Hellraiser series to Paul W.S. Anderson's Event Horizon. Is Event Horizon one of the best sequels in the Hellraiser series? Is the whole ship a puzzle-box? And was there a cut of Event Horizon so cursed it had to be buried in a Transylvanian salt mine? We have such sights to show you. Rent or buy Hellraiser at https://amzn.to/2NfDYvV, and Event Horizon at https://amzn.to/3aqjoBK, and follow along with us! Sign up for a free 30-day trial of Amazon Prime, and watch thousands of movies and TV shows instantly! http://www.amazon.com/tryprimefree?tag=thepopcornisn-20

FLIGHT OF THE NAVIGATOR: Trapped in my Mind

Season 1 · Episode 15

mercredi 3 mars 2021 • Duration 30:25

Is Flight of the Navigator just a fun 80s sci-fi for kids? Or is it the fever dream of a comatose boy with head trauma who is now trapped in his own mind? Rent or buy Flight of the Navigator at https://amzn.to/37OV4Yx, and follow along with us! Sign up for a free 30-day trial of Amazon Prime, and watch thousands of movies and TV shows instantly! http://www.amazon.com/tryprimefree?tag=thepopcornisn-20

THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES with Director Mark Pellington: We know who the Mothman is

Season 1 · Episode 16

mercredi 10 mars 2021 • Duration 01:08:03

We've solved it. We know what the Mothman really is. At least in the 2002 film THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES. Listen to the end as we are joined by the director himself, Mark Pellington, who gives us his reaction to our crazy theory. Rent or buy The Mothman Prophecies at https://amzn.to/3aFHQ22, and follow along with us! Sign up for a free 30-day trial of Amazon Prime, and watch thousands of movies and TV shows instantly! http://www.amazon.com/tryprimefree?tag=thepopcornisn-20

AMERICAN PSYCHO: Bateman Imagined Everything

Season 1 · Episode 17

mercredi 24 mars 2021 • Duration 54:03

The age old question: Was he really a psycho or was he just boring? Join us as we dissect the extremely dull yet utterly bizarre man known as Patrick Bateman. Rent or buy American Psycho at https://amzn.to/3rlGI9D, and follow along with us! Sign up for a free 30-day trial of Amazon Prime, and watch thousands of movies and TV shows instantly! http://www.amazon.com/tryprimefree?tag=thepopcornisn-20