Pop Culture Failure

Magnets!

Jake and Sky are back to bring you Pryde of the X-men. It's a pretty good X-Men cartoon that never got picked up. We discuss Wolverine's unaddressed incorrect Australian accent, Charles Xavier's vague creepiness, and Magneto is able to some really amazing things with magnets. http://popculturefailure.podomatic.com popculturefailure@gmail.com Show: @FailedPopCultur Jake: @mdwstlvaffr Sky: @sandwichsurplus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2T2O0882jo

Matty D and the Blue Angels

Jake and Sky take a trip to see one of the 7 wonders of the world, The Great Wall... staring Matt Damon. We found ourselves in a situation we've come to expect, where Sky likes the movie and Jake does not. We discuss the battle tactics of this fictional Chinese army, we straight up cannot remember any character names, and once again just like in TMNT Next Mutation, the most competent one is the lady in blue from China. (This episode's theme is "What A Wall" by Ramin Djawadi. This score is awesome, guys) http://popculturefailure.podomatic.com popculturefailure@gmail.com Show: @FailedPopCultur Jake: @mdwstlvaffr Sky: @sandwichsurplus

26 Riding in Cellphones With Yeerks

We have reached the end of the series! This is the last episode of Animorphs! We watch "The Front" and interview Christina Woods about it. We laugh at the size of old cellphones, question the hiring policies of the mall, we're surprised by several callbacks are made to previous episodes, and are super grossed out by Tom. http://popculturefailure.podomatic.com popculturefailure@gmail.com Show: @FailedPopCultur Jake: @mdwstlvaffr Sky: @sandwichsurplus Christina: @cwoodsart @WaywardOCpod @lostlibrarycast

25 The Last Dance, The Last Chance... For Love

We finish out the 3 part "story" arch of Changes! Don't worry, the first two parts didn't really matter at all to the plot of this one. We discuss how the yeerks are really phoning it in, how Tobias is really just the worst, Cassie gets stuff done, and how Marco and Ax are adorable together http://popculturefailure.podomatic.com popculturefailure@gmail.com Show: @FailedPopCultur Jake: @mdwstlvaffr Sky: @sandwichsurplus

24 Mendleman!

Jake and Sky watch Changes part 2. The character who caught Marco morphing is identified immediately! However, Sky cannot remember what the character's name is so he just named him Mendleman. We marvel at how unconcerned everyone except Cassie is about Marco's cover getting blown, Tobias hates kids who do graffiti, Mendleman is a pre-fedora "nice guy" and we hate him, and Ax is up to some weird subterranean shenanigans. http://popculturefailure.podomatic.compopculturefailure@gmail.com Show: @FailedPopCultur Jake: @mdwstlvaffr Sky: @sandwichsurplus

23 The Plach-Attack

This week we watch Changes part 1 from The Nick Animorph adaptation with our buddy Matt Plachy. We've been friends for 15 or so years, so things get a little more... blue then usual. Sky has to explain to another one of his friends the whole deal about animorphs, Tobias learned how to morph his people head on a bird body, nobody wants to help Cassie fight for animal rights, and there is a woman who's deadly with a perfume bottle http://popculturefailure.podomatic.com popculturefailure@gmail.com Show: @FailedPopCultur Jake: @mdwstlvaffr Sky: @sandwichsurplus

22 The One With Robot Dogs

Jake and Sky are back from their unexpected week off moderately rested and hangover free. We gathered 'round the old tv box and watched "My Name is Erek" We discuss real world physics about a fictional skeletal robot dog, try in vein to figure out what the hecking crap is the plan with the hologram crystal, and we get to see three dogs! http://popculturefailure.podomatic.compopculturefailure@gmail.com Show: @FailedPopCultur Jake: @mdwstlvaffr Sky: @sandwichsurplus

21 New Yeerk, New Yeerk

This week Jake and Sky watch part 3 of Face Off. We're still sloggin our way though Animorphs. Hoo boy. This one wasn't good. We discuss the episode and how it doesnt make any sense, the new super yeerks are never really explained, and Ax almost gets stuck as a blue boy. http://popculturefailure.podomatic.com popculturefailure@gmail.com Show: @FailedPopCultur Jake: @mdwstlvaffr Sky: @sandwichsurplus

20 Furbalicious

This week Jake and Sky are joined by their friend John Furby. He's a returning guest who hasn't kept up with the show and know's LITERALLY nothing about Animorphs. Forgive the long recap as we catch him up to speed. We discuss the various better places one could hide a piece of very important technology, the very strange lemming-like state the kids of the Animorph's high school are in, how the yeerk ruse really doesn't line up with the meteorologic weather patterns of where we know the story is taking place, and the new stage of romance that Rachel and Tobias can now achieve. http://popculturefailure.podomatic.com popculturefailure@gmail.com Show: @FailedPopCultur Jake: @mdwstlvaffr Sky: @sandwichsurplus Furby: @FurbIt84

19 Jake Says Things That Were Grosser Then He Meant

Jake and Sky trudge onward into episode 19 Face Off part 1 in the Nick Animorph series. It was a sparse episode. We discuss how the yeerk in Tom's head needs to be better at planning, the animorphs have no plan and even worse execution, and how the secret of the disk is revealed. It's so much more infuriating then it needed to be. http://popculturefailure.podomatic.com popculturefailure@gmail.com Show: @FailedPopCultur Jake: @mdwstlvaffr Sky: @sandwichsurplus