The Video Vault with Brandon & Skyler

Brandon is still gone, but this time, it's because he lost a friend very near and dear to his heart. Skyler takes this time without Brandon to discuss a piece of media that's always inspired him and deals with similar emotions in the air, Tim Burton's 1984 short film 'Frankenweenie' --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Today, Brandon is still missing so Skyler takes some time to tell you why the oft-mentioned game Psychonauts is so important to him and why it gets mentioned on the podcast so much! Mainly that it taught him not to see bad people as villains, but as people going through some stuff in their own mental world... --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

With Brandon gone this week, it only felt right for Skyler to introduce the minisode segment: TV Takeout! A brief look at one of Skyler's favorite episodes of television! This week, one of Skyler's favorite episodes from his favorite show. The 14th episode of Psych's 3rd season, Friday the 13th homage, Tuesday the 17th! Written by series creator Steve Franks and series star James Roday Rodriguez (also making his directorial debut) it's a scary, hilarious, and heartbreaking good time in front of your television set, and Skyler is here to tell you why that is! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week inside the vault, Brandon and Skyler discuss the 1985 fantasy film Return to Oz - the unofficial sequel to MGM's Wizard of Oz produced by Walt Disney Studios! It's a story that involves the Jim Henson company, Francis Ford Copolla, Apocalypse Now, Star Wars, George Lucas, and electro-shock-therapy! On top of that, the boys continue their weekly segment, F*** YOU, TED CRUZ! and discuss last week's WandaVision! All this and more inside... The Video Vault! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week, as we gear up towards the release of the highly anticipated Resident Evil VIII, Brandon attempts to explain the lore behind the games as well as the story of the original Resident Evil movie we never got, from the godfather of zombies himself, George A. Romero! But before we can dive into any of that, SO MUCH HAPPENED in the last week, that Brandon and Skyler just HAVE to talk about it! Last of Us casting news, that crazy twist in the last WandaVision, and so much more this week inside... The Video Vault! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

It takes a lot to make a movie - especially an animated one! Today, Skyler tells Brandon the crazy story behind the making of Disney's 'The Emperor's New Groove' that involves heartache, insanity, Owen Wilson, and a documentary that "Disney doesn't want you to see"! All that and more this week inside... The Video Vault! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The Vault opens on its tenth episode where Brandon and Skyler discuss "Moments That Brought the House Down" - inspired by an article in EMPIRE Magazine from filmmaker Edgar Wright, the duo talk about moments in the movie theater that for a brief moment, brought a bunch of strangers together on an emotional level! From new films to old, it's hard not to get sentimental about all the great times we've had in a movie theater... all that and more this week inside The Video Vault! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Brandon and Skyler are back in the first full episode of 2021! Today they discuss the new Marvel Studios series 'WandaVision' and possible theories that may be the key to solving the mystery within... And in honor of the recent Presidential Inauguration, our hosts decided to talk about their favorite fictional Presidents! With references to some of our least favorite fictional characters to hold office... all that and more this week inside The Video Vault! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

A continuation from last week - Brandon and Skyler discuss what they're excited about in the new year! With another regular reference to Psychonauts and Edgar Wright - our favorite hosts spend most of the time discussing all things MARVEL Studios in 2021! Fitting since the new series WandaVision has just come out! And we also end the episode with a discussion on what we're excited about for Truman Pictures this year! Aww! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Brandon and Skyler are BACK! They missed each other so much they recorded a double stuffed Oreo of an episode! So, we've split it up into two parts, with the next one coming out soon after. Anyway, this time, they decided to discuss their favorites and least favorites from a year that... oof, what a year... Also, Skyler practically has a breakdown over Mulan (2020) - maybe the worst movie ever? Stick around and find out Brandon and Skyler's 2020 favorites this week inside... The Video Vault! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Brandon and Skyler remember that once, as children they had it all figured out... OR SO THEY THOUGHT!! Their favorite family-friendly sitcoms and cartoons would create tales to terrify in their Halloween specials! (Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island!) And even shows whose entire existence seemed to just be to make you say, "What the hell did we just watch?!" but just as well crack you up in the next moment! (Courage the Cowardly Dog!) Talk of comedy horror and Halloween specials is what you'll find today when you step inside... The Video Vault! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Join us on a most excellent adventure through cinema as Brandon and Skyler attempt to unite the world through podcasting and discuss not only one of the greatest movie trilogies of all time, but also a duo that has inspired them since they became friends: Bill & Ted! Excellent Adventure, Bogus Journey, and Face the Music are all fantastic films with big hearts and even bigger laughs that some say might just bring the world together and make it a better place. Listen in as your hosts talk about the history of the films, what makes them so funny, and why the latest installment brought them both to tears. All that and more in this episode of... The Video Vault! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Brandon and Skyler introduce a new segment and then delve deep into the world of adult animation and maybe some cool online animation that you've never even heard of! From [adult swim] and the likes of 'The Venture Bros' (#SaveTeamVenture) and 'Robot Chicken' to anime darling 'Cowboy Bebop' and probably some other very popular stuff you've heard about... this is an episode packed FULL of cool movies and shows, maybe too many cool movies and shows... honestly, maybe bust out a pen and paper. You might want to write a few things down. Especially if it has a weird title like 'Xavier Renegade Angel' or something like that. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This week, Brandon and Skyler Take some time for listener comments and take a good long look at a classic on-screen dojo that's just made its way onto Netflix! That's right, this week, the boys from Truman Pictures discuss not only 'The Karate Kid' but why you should be watching it's critically acclaimed sequel series, 'Cobra Kai'! On top of that, we find out what cereal and food mascots we could absolutely destroy in a fistfight, and which ones would wipe the floor with us! All this and more, inside... The Video Vault! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The Truman boys are back in episode two to talk about back to school media and, high school shenanigans, substitute teachers, and the death of sincerity! This heartwarming episode is the first time we ever read listener mail, too! We're still figuring out this whole format thing, just bear with us while we talk about Better Off Dead and other "back-to-school" media! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

What have we done?! Brandon and Skyler have started a podcast?! In this inaugural episode, your favorite boys from Truman Pictures talk about all the movies, shows, music and everything in between that brought them together! And, more importantly, how it cemented their friendship... aww! Too much to talk about this episode, and not enough time - when you've got a decade of friendship, you've got a lot of memories! Listen to Skyler and Brandon try to sift through them all while inside... The Video Vault. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app