Obama's election. SNL Digital Shorts. Soulja Boy Tell 'Em. What happened in 2008? Did we all let our guard down and leave ourselves vulnerable to the mass media garbage storm, or was something else happening? Did 9/11 ever REALLY end? Join pop culture fiend Jamal B. Barringer and a rotating panel of his friends in the cultural criticism community as they pick apart art from the year 2008 to discover just what the hell happened in this watershed year.
Hoo boy, not a lot to go on for this one, huh? It's a monster movie, I guess...and, hey, it's found footage! That's different, right? The first movie Drew Goddard wrote. Does that matter? People like "Cabin in the Woods" and he wrote that so this...this should be... Man, we got nothin'. Out of ideas by episode 2, that doesn't bode well. Not looking good at all, nosirree. Real bad si- “Helping Hands” by Brazzmatazz From the Free Music Archive, CC BY-SA-NC
This is it! The movie that started the juggernaut Marvel empire of the last decade, revived the stalled career of its star, Robert Downey Jr., and laid the groundwork for a money-printing media machine that grew in exponential fashion. It's heralded as a classic, but can it stand up the scrutiny of time? On Hatin' 08, we'll find out if heroes truly are made, not born! “Balkan Nights” by The Underscore Orkestra From the Free Music Archive, CC BY-SA-NC
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