Literally Anything the Podcast

The boys are back for a one-time quarantine special! While we’re all locked in our homes, staying healthy and six feet apart, we thought it’d be fun to sneak out a real loose episode. Hopefully this brightens a bit of your day. Stay healthy out there!

Tim let me talk about Final Fantasy! For almost an hour! And you get to listen to it! This is our final (ha!) episode of the season, and we spend it trying to convince you to get into Final Fantasy games. If you’re curious about JRPGs, or just have a few hundred hours of free time coming up, give us a listen.See you in August!Check out our Patreon at www.patreon.com/literally. If you have a few bucks to help us out with hosting fees and make Literally Anything even better, we’d love to have your support.

The game is over, and we’re ready to discuss. SPOILERS AHOY IF YOU HAVEN’T WATCHED ALL OF GAME OF THRONES. The guys this week break down the ending, who gets to be in charge, and the very nature of television and fantasy in a post-Game of Thrones era.Content warning - discussion of one character’s sexual assault as a characterization technique.Check out our Patreon at www.patreon.com/literally. If you have a few bucks to help us out with hosting fees and make Literally Anything even better, we’d love to have your support.

The boys this week have another brief interview, this time with CNN contributor and activist Van Jones. His new show on CNN highlights the lack of empathy in modern culture, and hopes to begin a healing process. Each week he looks at families united by crime and tragedy, and how to begin moving forward together. We were honored to host him for a brief interview, and hope you check out this week’s episode.Don’t forget to check out our Patreon page too if you’d like to support Literally Anything, and thanks for listening!

This week it’s a movie about a movie that doesn’t exist. In the mid-1970’s, filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky almost got to make a movie version of the science fiction masterpiece Dune. It didn’t work out, but we got a neat documentary about it. The guys this week use the documentary as an excuse to riff on Dune and it’s upcoming 2020 film version too.Also, check out our brand new Patreon at www.patreon.com/literally. If you have a few bucks to help us out with hosting fees and make Literally Anything even better, we’d love to have your support.As always, thanks for listening.

SPOILERS, SPOILERS EVERYWHERE. DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS UNTIL YOU’VE SEEN THE MOVIE. WE SPOIL EVERYTHING.The 22nd movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is here, and we’re ready to talk all three hours and two minutes of it. Friend of the show Brian Murray drops by to take stock of the end of Phase 3, and where the MCU goes from here.

This week our student Avery joins us to talk about some personal favorite games, Fallout 3 and New Vegas, and the Elder Scrolls: Skyrim.

It’s another wacky format change for Literally Anything this week. Tim got the opportunity to interview Raymond Cruz, who this very week is appearing in the newest Conjuring Universe movie The Curse of La Llorona. We coupled his interview with a few thoughts on the horror renaissance we’re living through, and a mini-review of the movie ahead of its release this weekend. If you’re looking for a spooky Walpurgisnacht fix, give this grab-bag episode a listen!

You’re entering another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A mind that can’t trust itself to truly perceive the difference between light and shadow. A place where you expect one thing, and receive quite another. A place where literally anything can happen. A place called the Twilight Zone.

You’re digging in the right place this week if you want to hear us take a look at the Indiana Jones tetralogy of films. Two belong in a museum they’re so good; the other two got lost in their own museums? See which is which in our action-packed episode!

It’s a Very Special Literally Anything this week, as we’re joined for our first-ever interview with Robert D. Krzykowski, writer and director of The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot (which we covered in episode 69). He was gracious enough to join us via Skype and talk about his film making experience and the themes of the film, and we’re grateful he could chat with us.CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of suicide and depression at about 39 minutes.

Sign us up for the Carol Corp! It’s good to be back in the MCU after a long fall and winter, and even better to be back in the 1990s. It’s the first leading woman in a Marvel movie (after 20 films!) and it’s quite a romp. This week we’ll break down the Cap’n and how she sets up Avengers Endgame.

With Captain Marvel opening this week, it’s officially time to begin thinking about the upcoming summer movie schedule. The guys break down some of their most anticipated summer films as an antidote to the frigid temperatures outside.

With maybe the greatest title of all time, this surprisingly subdued movie welcomes us back from the land of Oscar-worthy materiel.

Robbed! ROBBED! We’re here with one last round of Oscar breakdowns with Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman. It’ll be obvious but we recorded this before Green Book took the Best Picture award away from this actually pretty thoughtful movie so your grandparents could pat themselves on the back for making racism go away.

The theme this week (other than Movies Tim Didn’t Watch) is comedy directors making Oscar grabs by making movies that have points. Join us on a road trip through the South that goes all the way to the White House with Green Book and Vice, two Serious Oscar-nominated Movies for Thoughtful People.

Don’t let the title fool you, we also talk about the Oscar-nominated A Night at the Garden. But mostly this is about Queen, Freddie Mercury, and the much-better-than-it-should-have-been Bohemian Rhapsody. If you haven’t watched the John C. Reilly parody Rock Hard, you might do well to give it a watch first also. Happy Oscar season!CW: We discuss the allegations against Bryan Singer for a few minutes at about 17:40.

Welcome back, Frank! The Punisher returns for what we all assume will be his last outing, and it's a mixed bag of Russian blackmail, hyperviolence, and toxic masculinity.

The boys use Aquaman as an excuse to discuss the State of the DCEU-nion, and how (and if!) DC should proceed with their cinematic universe.

After a slew of guests, we’re back to a two-man production this week to explore the various narratives of Netflix’s experimental Bandersnatch. It’s hard to discuss since we had wildly different stories, but whatever version you watched, come break it down with us.

It's an exceptionally self-indulgent episode this week as the guys get to talk Trek. We explore the long-mentioned Federation-Klingon War that is the centerpiece of Discovery's (pretty good) first season, as well as a little more meandering journey through the themes that Star Trek loves to revisit.

Four strangers gather round a campfire to discuss the Coen Brothers' newest take on the American West. Returning guests Joe Cordonnier and Alex Weil help us through these six tales of the frontier.

It’s a free-wheelin’ farewell to the trash year that was 2018, as the guys are joined by old friends Brian Murray and Caitlin Ingram and new friend Alex Weil. We’re gonna break down our favorite things in (mostly) pop culture so hang out as we recap some highlights from the year that was. Happy New Year from Literally Anything and we’ll see you in 2019!

There’s big trouble in Little St Nick’s workshop this year, as Kurt Russell brings a Christmas miracle to two troubled kids. It’s not Escape from the North Pole, but it’s a perfectly fine Christmas romp with a decent musical number halfway through. Merry Christmas from Literally Anything!Intro music - “Christmas is Coming” remix, Vince Guaraldi and M. Raymond

Web-swing your way through Manhattan while listening to the guys talk about what would have been everybody’s Game of the Year if not for Cowboy Land 2. It’s a freewheelin’ discussion on Spidey and 2018’s video game offerings, so find a building ledge to perch on and give us a listen.

Our joy at a transcendent season of Daredevil is ruined by Netflix’s decision to cancel the show. Come with us for what turned out to be a funereal look at Season 3 of Daredevil, which may well be the second best season of Netflix’s mini-MCU. Here’s hoping that Nelson, Murdock, and Paige will find a new life somewhere on screen in the future.

The sophomore season of Netflix’s Castlevania is even radder than the first, with a doubling down of the good stuff and trimming the bad stuff from season 1. The show continues its streak of being the GREATEST VIDEO GAME ADAPTATION OF ALL TIME, and the guys are here to walk you through the double-sized second season.

Sabrina the Teenage Witch is scary again! And pretty good! With nary an animatronic cat to be found! Follow the Path of Night by listening to our breakdown of the first season, just in time for the scariest holiday of all, Thanksgiving!

Nothing can come of nothing, but Amazon’s King Lear is far from nothing, so we’re good. Shakespeare’s classic undergoes a modernization effort with an incredible cast that mostly delivers, and the guys bring forth a discussion on Lear, Shakespeare, British politics, racism, and the collapse of empires.

If you’re sick of hearing about the American midterm elections, escape in space and time with the new Doctor, as Bob heads outside his comfort zone. Come with us and look at the first two episodes of this newest season of Dr. Who.

What, you thought you'd escaped? The guys have one last trick for Halloween. We figured if Robert Englund could put the Freddy makeup on again, we could bring you a last-minute emergency Halloween breakdown of The Goldbergs Halloween episode. Happy Halloween!

The scariest thing this week (other than the gremlins that ate our audio quality, sorry!) is family drama, and ghosts, and the Netflix hype-machine The Haunting of Hill House. Happy Halloween!

John Carpenter’s masterpiece spawned a whole bunch of not-masterpieces, and we’re going to break down all of them in this extra long, extra spooky episode! In preparation of the new reboot, come with us to explore the full Halloween franchise and get yourself prepped for the actual Halloween!

Fifty episodes in, the boys return to a common theme: Stephen King stuff is rad and the Dark Tower movie is a travesty. This week we’re all about the new Hulu series Castle Rock, which weaves its way through King-ian mythology like a certain gunslinger who is tragically absent. Come with us in search of a hidden evil in small-town Maine.

We’re off to Wallachia this week to check out the very brief first season of Netflix’s Castlevania, ahead of the season two release later this month. Tim has mixed feelings, but begrudgingly names it BEST VIDEOGAME ADAPTATION OF ALL TIME.Intro music - Castlemania, AmIEvilOutro music - Bloody Tears cover, 楓-kaede-

Let’s get spooky! This week kicks off our annual horror extravaganza as we explore the genuinely frightening Hereditary, this year’s A24 main event. Hang out with us through October for five weeks of scary fun!

The guys jet off to Duckberg with Mr. McD this week to talk about the updated DuckTales first season, and how reboots sometimes just crush it.

Come with us to the Land of Make Believe, where people are valued, children are loved, and the new documentary Won't You Be My Neighbor provides a ray of hope for humanity. The guys break down this fantastic movie in what is probably the most heartwarming episode of Literally Anything ever!

The merc' with a mouth is back for Deadpool 2, which the guys find surprisingly enjoyable. Spoilers very much abound in this breakdown of Josh Brolin's second-best superhero movie of last summer, so check it out if you haven't already!

The guys head off to Dreamland this week to check out Matt Groening's third show Disenchantment, now on Netflix. Spoilers abound, so if you haven't watched the season yet, go check it out and come back!

Join us for another franchise breakdown this week as we do our own stunts and tackle the worst intelligence agency in the United States, the Impossible Mission Force.

This week we travel back to the Mesozoic for an extra long breakdown of the Jurassic Park franchise, celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. We finish up with our thoughts on Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, so beware of spoilers!

A free-wheelin' return to form as the guys break down what they watched this summer, apologize for missing episodes, and get a little political

Summer's here! Our posting schedule will be a bit sporadic for the next two months, but here's a quick breakdown of Brian K. Vaughn's Saga, an epic fantasy/sci-fi/western comic series.

The guys head off into the sunset of summer vacation after a brief foray into Final Fantasy XV and a longer foray into F8 of the Furious. We'll be posting more sporadically over the summer, but stay tuned to the feed for new episodes! Thanks for a great first year!

Let's get twee this week as we dive into the works of Wes Anderson. It's a quirky and adorable but strangely off-putting episode!

We unanimously declare Furious 7 to be the height of the franchise, and the culmination of the reason we started this podcast in the first place. Join us to break down the ridiculousness of this series, which has gone from stealing VCRs from one truck to a globe-trotting tour de force of explosions, laughable politics, and an almost-sarcastic disregard for the laws of physics.

MASSIVE INFINITY WAR SPOILERS BELOW - GO SEE IT NOW! SERIOUSLY LIKE THE FIRST THING WE SAY IS A SPOILER. THERE IS NOTHING FOR YOU HERE IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET. It's finally here, the Marvel crossover event that took a decade of film making and 18 movies to get here. What did we think? Listen to us now! But go see the movie first! Then come back and listen to us!

Welcome to Summerland, where up is down, left is forward, a dog isn't a dog, it might be the 1960's, and the Shadow King rules all. It's the least coherent take on the X-Men imaginable but it sort of works, depending on which host you prefer to listen to.

In which the guys are joined by two of their students to break down the excellent works of Studio Ghibli, Japan's answer to Disney. Join us to discuss Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, Howl's Moving Castle, Grave of the Fireflies, Nausicaa, and others!

If what you needed was yet another unnecessary think-piece about Ready Player One, have we got an episode for you! It's a movie that is better than it should be, yet still pretty stupid in a lot of glaring ways. Check out our breakdown!