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If you're looking for some TV, movie, and book recs, this one is right up your alley! We discuss our fav things we've been consuming this summer up into the fall! We cover the biggest hits and some of the biggest misses so far. It's a fun one! Take to the comments with your own recs or thoughts about the content we've mentioned! We love to hear what you think 💗 Happy Listening!! 

SPOILER WARNING: This is a spoiler-free podcast! You can happily listen without being spoiled on any of our series or books. 

RESOURCES: For a complete list of all the podcasts, check out this master list of podcasts

TV Shows Mentioned: 

One Piece

The Haunting of Hill House

The Haunting of Bly Manor 

The Fall of the House of Usher

Midnight Mass

Midnight Club

The Boys

Gen V

High School

Andor

Summer I Turned Pretty

My So-Called Life 

The Vampire Diaries 

One Tree Hill 

The Devil's Plan

Survivor

The Amazing Race

Secret Chef

The Bear

Firefly Lane

Band of Brothers 

The Pacific

Nancy Drew 

Loki

Ms. Marvel

WandaVision 

Secret Invasion 

Silo 

Challenge USA

Challenge 39 

Big Brother 

Lessons in Chemistry 

Movies Mentioned: 

Barbie 

Oppenheimer 

Talk To Me 

Barbarian 

Cabin in the Woods 

Totally Killer 

Love at First Sight 

Never Been Kissed 

Saw X 

Cobweb

Evil Dead Rise

Evil Dead 

The Marvels

Dune 

Wonka 

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes 

Books Mentioned: 

The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer 

Yours Truly by Abbey Jimenez 

Legend Born by Tracey Dion 

Guy's Girl by Emma Noyes 

Games Mentioned: 

Starfield 

Dead by Daylight 

Fortnight 

Comics Mentioned: 

Tales of the Jedi saga (Star Wars) 

New Mutants/New X-Men 

Our Comic Book Reading Guide 

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Comments

Illyana

It’s like you went into my mind vault of requests/questions it’s giving inception 😝🫶🫶🫶

Krista & Becca Ritchie

Updated feelings about Challenge USA + Big Brother (which we discuss on the pod), I actually would suggest watching Challenge USA now, since the finale is 100% satisfying. So overall, it's a rec and not a miss! And Big Bro, I think I would've said my favs on the pod were America & Cory, but it sort of feels like they're doomed. But they are my overall favs for the whole season. ~ B

Angelina (Charlies version) ♟️

Ive been watching the amazing race for a while and this season is SO good all the contestants are amazing and im loving it!!

shi luvs st.cobalt

I thought this episode sounded great - the audio was crisp & the volume was perfect - so this software gets a thumbs up from me! :) — ☆ — I’m not a big TV / movie person - I tend to just keep up with reality competition shows - but I always love watching these episodes & getting recommendations from you guys! :) I started “Gen V” the other day & I’m only on episode two, but I’m enjoying it so far! I’ve seen some edits on TikTok that feature one of the romantic pairings & I’m excited to see that develop! I also **love** the casting for Jordan - the casting director knocked that one out of the park imo. I want to start “The Bear” soon because I’ve heard nothing but great things about it & I’ve also seen a lot of edits for “Harlan Coben’s Shelter” on Amazon Prime, so that one is on my list as well! I’m also looking forward to the upcoming season of The Challenge! It’s so exciting that we’re guaranteed to have a new winner this season & I’m excited to see Cara Maria’s return to the show (even if it is just to participate in an elimination)!

shi luvs st.cobalt

America and Cory are my favorites as well (but I also feel that doom 🫠😭).

Ellieeeee

NOT KRISTA BEING TEAM JEREMIAH 😭😂

Arrow

Ha! I also stopped watching One Piece half way through because I thought it was for kids. Now I’ll have to return to it. I LOVE Fall of the House of Usher. I kept thinking of Eliot the whole time I watched it. I’m definitely going to re-watch it a lot (FYI - I’ve also re-watched Haunting of Hill House A LOT)

Arrow

Also - how did I not know about the Teagan and Sara show!!!!

Sarah

The anime is on Netflix too.

inkandicarus

His name is Jeremiah but Belly's friend Taylor always calls him Jeremy to be funny, so it makes perfect sense why you thought his name was Jeremy! 😂 Love this podcast, btw. So fun!

Illyana

I'm SOOOO glad you liked One Piece! What an amazing surprise! One Piece is an interesting one, because its got an anime but the anime is based off of the Manga series by the legendary Eiichiro Oda and it is still ongoing! But the manga and the anime are equally celebrated. I have only ever read the manga tho. And yes ur not wrong in thinking first its aimed at kids, but it's actually done on purpose! It's part of the subgenre called 'fantasy absurdism'. Other fellow series in this subgenre alongside OP are Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and Sir Terry Prachett's Discworld for example! But once you get passed the meeting and bonding of the characters, really get deep with the backstory of each and visit the most insane places, the twists and emotional depths that are subverted by absurdist humor, it hits you like nothing else! They say if there is a topic in the world that is pressing or a musing that hits pop culture, it's GONNA be invested in the manga! And it does! I haven't watched the adaptations because like i've made it know i'm some what of a book purist (🤭) and didn't enjoy the casting liberties they took. but i have been reading OP since i was a kid! Hence why it felt totally chill to dive into ur comic guide all that time ago! I think a year or so ago i even asked given Farrow's penchent for pirates, if he would have read or watches the One Piece (i say watches because its still ongoing!) and i wonder if you have changed your mind since then! Your answer was that he was just into the aesthetic not necessarily any stories in particular. If u wanna find out more an amazing booktuber delves deep into the philsophies explored in OP and i love tune into her takes! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuLEM8d8VCw&t=272s

Illyana

AND UR SO SPOT ON BTW about it being a character study! That's exactlyyyyyyy the pulse of One Piece!

Illyana

IDK anything about the anime side of things but i can speak on the book series and reassure there ARE romances that happen ! But it is explored more down the line then at the beginning.

Kat

Same in regards to Loki 😭 I feel like I’m only watching for the Loki crumbs at this point. The last episode was so chaotic in the most boring way I was like what is even going on here, and then none of it really mattered by the end of the episode? Totally agree the stakes are very unclear, and not personal at all.