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Movin' Right Along Episode 1: The Muppet Movie (1979)

This week, in our newest miniseries, we talk about The Muppets! Of course, we're starting off with The Muppet Movie, a movie with a weird amount of meta layers and a ton of offbeat comedy charm that feels genuinely ahead of its time. And it has songs! Really actually good ones! and like, a shitload of cameos too. Did you know Steve Martin and Mel Brooks are in this thing? The Muppet Movie! It's awesome. 

We're really enjoying doing this as a short little reprieve in between Evangel...

Shit Shooters Episode 44: Fostering Animosity

On this week's episode, Nicky and Wyatt have a chill discussion about a myriad of topics, including but not limited to: Barnes and Noble, Nicky's recent basketball escapade, The Dragon Prince, Vinland Saga, the Amphibia finale and some pointless but nonetheless interesting musings about some pending Final Fantasy announcements that seem to loom over us all.

It was a fun conversation! and we hope you're all doing well. If you're a 5 dollar patron, stay tuned for the upcoming miniseries...

Episode 39: Gamera: Super Monster (1980) feat. Joey Weiser

Friend of the show, graphic novelist and occasional podcast host Joey Weiser joins us once again to discuss one of the weirdest movies in Gamera's catalogue. In this episode we talk about clip shows, superhero space women, and Nicky uses their huge, horrific manga brain to identify an issue from Shonen Jump from 42 years ago. 

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Congratulations: An Evangelion Podcast -Part Four- The End of Evangelion (1997)

Nicky, Cody and Wyatt are joined by friend of the show and lifelong Evangelion fan (as well as creative force behind OK KO and AJ's Infinite Summer) Toby Jones to talk about the ending to end all endings: Evangelion's ending! The End of Evangelion is a colossally meaningful piece of pop culture and we simply delve into our own readings of it here on this show. Normal structure and history segments be damned, we're not p...

Shit Shooters Episode 43: Breaking Our Own Rules

This week we have a very special, fun-filled Shit Shooters for you all in the form of a discussion via Friend Trifecta! That's right, we got our friend Cody joining Nicky and Wyatt in the pursuit of shooting the shit out of some shit, and shit shoot we shall. We talk about Mark Wahlberg, we talk about how we all met, we mention the Irate Gamer among other things. We also talk about Shuzo Oshimi's horror masterwork Blood on the Tracks, Netflix's follies and the shows that thrive despite that l...

Episode 38: Gamera vs Zigra (1971) feat. Hazel

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Hazel from Youtube Videos joins us for yet another instance of Gamera-themed monster discussion. We have tons of... fun. discussing this week's pick, Gamera vs Zigra from 1971. We talk about how it has scenes, and special effects of some kind. As well as actors who showed up and hopefully were paid money. We ...

Congratulations: An Evangelion Podcast -Part Three- (Episodes 17-26)

Nicky, Cody and Wyatt are back this week to dive into what is possibly the most controversial set of anime episodes ever aired on television. These episodes are all at once mysterious, harrowing, messy, spectacular, and life-affirming and we all take some time to talk about our past and present feelings on the matter. Evangelion can be a hard show to pin down but we think we did a good a job as we could trying to express our thoughts on the final (?) passage of episodes in this masterpiece.&n...

Shit Shooters Episode 42: It's Been A Wild Month...

Our shit shooters are back to talk about what they've been up to lately! Unfortunately, that includes a Covid diagnosis for our dear Wyatt (Send our boy a "Get Well Soon, Wyatt!" in the chat by the way), BUT there's still cool shit to talk about. We talk about the recent announcement of Kingdom Hearts IV as well as Wyatt's finished rankings of the Pixar filmography, Nicky finishes Final Fantasy Tactics, Wyatt has a whole grab bag of quick topics, and we top things off by talking for a short t...

Episode 37: Gamera vs Jiger (1970)

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I can't believe I have to say this, but uh. I'm gonna have to issue a content warning here for Elephant Dissections.

That's right, we're talking about Daiei's twisted attempt at celebrating the Expo '70 held in Osaka. It's Gamera vs Jiger! We talk about weird pig dogs, insane kid movie violence and a looming warning from a close friend in this week's Discuss All Monsters. This thing is pretty weird, but does that weirdness take it above the thr...

Congratulations: An Evangelion Podcast -Part Two- (Episodes 7-16)

Our dear friend and fellow Evangelion fan Cody joins us from this point onward to talk through our revisiting of Neon Genesis Evangelion.

This time we talk about the section of the show that a lot of fans regard (or used to regard?) as the weakest part of the show, where things get "stale" and fit into a monster of the week format. We immediately get into why that notion is silly before delving deep into the excellen...

Special Episode: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (1995) feat. Steve Yurko

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Your favorite April Fools at Explode When Defeated are joined by Steve Yurko to talk about the Power Rangers' first foray onto the silver screen. We talk about our personal histories with the series as well as this movie's weird status as a sort of camp classic, made simply by the presence of one Ivan Ooze. We also talk about that uh, trailblazing... CGI and the uh... acting that the...

Congratulations: An Evangelion Podcast -Part One- (Episodes 1-6)

For this miniseries, we decided to go back and dive into something we had already been intimately familiar with before. Up to this point, basically all of our series have featured one or both of us taking a look at something with fresh eyes, but here we wanted to take a look at something we both felt was sacred, and because of the established ties to our main series Discuss All Monsters, we felt that Neon Genesis Evangelion was a perfect fit. 

We invite you all to join us here as w...

Shit Shooters Episode 41: The Pixar Lightning Round or, Newgrounds But Still Funny

Nicky and Wyatt talk about recent developments in Toei animation and Shonen Jump movies, Wyatt's great big huge Pixar watch-through, and a whole bunch of shit Nicky watched on HBO Max (Righteous Gemstones, Winning Time, and Smiling Friends). Then, they have a nice spoiler-lite but still kinda spoilery discussion of Turning Red. It's a real chill one this week, and we'd love if you guys would listen and hang out.

There won't be a new Shit Shooters two weeks from now, due to some schedu...

Episode 36: Gamera vs Guiron (1969) feat. Alex Horab

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Alex Horab joins us once again for perhaps the most infamous movie in the Gamera series to all those well-versed in schlock, and the ensuing conversation is one filled with a lot of enthusiasm for the deeply goofy movie Daiei made here. While it may retread a lot of ground, we dig into the things that make it stand out while making some really dumb jokes of our own. This is also ...

Smile, Darn Ya, Smile! Episode 4: Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)

In our final (for now) installment of our Weird Hollywood IP Dystopia But Also About Human And A Cartoon Movies podcast, we talk about Space Jam: A New Legacy. This movie really just uh, appeared, and then went away like a fart in the wind last year... and BOY did people complain about it being a jumbled, cynical mess. We talk about how we ultimately agree with this notion but have some sort of nuanced feelings about its place in the really stupid collection of 4 films we've built up over the...

Shit Shooters Episode 40: No More Lines In The Sand

On this week's Shooting Shit Session, we actually have a really nice and involved conversation about a handful of topics! What a world! This time we pay tribute to a mutual favorite, Dr. Stone, in the ending of its publication, as well as dig in talking about Triangle Strategy, Grapple Dog, and the game everyone is talking about or discoursing about or missing out on: Elden Ring! After that, we close out the show with a good long conversation about the weird, bad, upsetting mistakes and pratf...

Episode 35: Gamera vs Viras (1968)

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This week on Demolition Daiei, we're going to the beach, hijacking a submarine, using our lassos and getting abducted by aliens! Gamera vs Viras is a weird, wild, and uh... lengthy endeavor and we're here to discuss our findings. As we wade deeper into the ocean that is our turtley friends' adventures, are we still going to wear our good time hats, or are they gonna be lost to the tide? Join us and find out! 

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Smile, Darn Ya, Smile! Episode 3: Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)

This week we're talking about Warner Bros' 2003 box-office bomb Looney Tunes: Back in Action, starring Brendan Fraser and Steve Martin! As things were looking pretty bleak for our hosts, they made a most interesting discovery that Joe Dante, director of such classics as Gremlins, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Innerspace and Small Soldiers, was at the helm of this particular Looney Tune, and starring now-in-career-rebirth Brendan Fraser no less! Did we walk into this one more optimistic? Is Back ...

Shit Shooters Episode 39: Konami Crazy

In this episode we ramble for a while about that Street Fighter 6 announcement that literally just happened, the Nintendo Direct that we willed into existence last episode, Suikoden 2, the Playstation 5 video game console and Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel. We also talk about game preservation and stuff. I dunno, we're just having fun here and we hope you have some fun too. 

More podcasts comin down the pipe! Have a good week.

Episode 34: Gamera vs Gyaos (1967) feat. BusterCorp

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Our pal Buster nobly joins us on short notice to talk about the third and most batty of Gamera installments, Gamera vs Gyaos! We talk with Buster about their relationship with tokusatsu as a whole, and then dive into a brief, fun discussion of this moment of coalescence for our fire-breathing turtle. We talk about the weird vampire bat guy he throws a rock at too. ...

Smile, Darn Ya, Smile! Episode 2: Space Jam (1996)

In this, the second episode of our miniseries Smile, Darn Ya, Smile! the podcast falls right off a cliff... But not without holding up a "HELP ME" sign first! 

Here we talk about the 1996 meme classic, the Michael Jordan/Looney Tunes crossover hit Space Jam. Is it genuinely funny and/or good? (no) Do we have insights on the film? (We...try) Do we even have FUN talking about it? (yes, actually!) I think this is one of our funnier off the cuff episodes in my humble opinion, so I hope...

Shit Shooters Episode 38: Let Us Cling Together

This time on Shit Shooters...

- A talk about the behind-the-scenes shitshow this week and how we're re-recording those two Demolition Daiei episodes.
- Nicky gets excited about anime again with a special little show called Ranking of Kings
- Wyatt talks about Wander over Yonder and then Kid Cosmic, which leads into a discussion of the Netflix release model.
- Final Fantasy Tactics! War of the Lions!
- That Pokemon game that came out that everyone seems to like
- A weird ...

Bonus: Tiny Toons Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation (1992) feat. KashCast

In defiance of the technical difficulties and inner turmoil that plagued Demolition Daiei this week, Wyatt decided to pull together an episode from out of thin air with friend of the show Kash and talk about... the Tiny Toons Adventures movie! While it has zero to do with our main podcast, it's sort of related to our Patreon series Smile, Darn Ya, Smile! which you can access at our 5 dollar tier. This episode's a fun time ...

An Unfortunate Delay on Demolition Daiei

As any of our Shit Shooters listeners will know, I (Nicky) had to switch laptops recently due to a drive failure on my old machine. Unfortunately, what became clear to us this week was that my side of the upcoming Gamera vs Gyaos and Gamera vs Guiron episodes remains on those drives, with no copies on Google Drive, Dropbox or otherwise. I spent the entire day yesterday sweating this out, trying various recovery methods including borrowing a hard drive enclosu...

Smile, Darn Ya, Smile! Episode 1: Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

Hello patrons and welcome to our newest miniseries here at Explode When Defeated! We present to you Smile, Darn Ya, Smile!, a sort of examination at our current dystopia in film, particularly regarding the trend of movies acting as giant commercials for monolithic IP holders. Fun stuff! We begin by looking at Who Framed Roger Rabbit, an actual great movie with a vision and genuine heart, and discuss how it holds on its own merits as a comedic, cynical noir film while also juggling entire truc...

Shit Shooters Episode 37: We Love Yusuke

Shit Shooters is back! Regular this time! This week, we talk about Microsoft buying Activision/Blizzard (ugh), become pseudo-sourpusses about the new Super Sentai show Donbrothers, lay praise on the new Fraggle Rock, show kindness to Dragon Quest VI, and ramble on for a while about one of our favorite things, Yoshihiro Togashi's Yu Yu Hakusho. Also there's some Yu-Gi-Oh! talk in there too.

Also as I talk about in the show, I (Nicky) am streaming every Sunday on twitch now! If you like S...

Episode 33: Gamera vs Barugon (1966)

Wyatt and Nicky dive into the deadly jungle that is talking about Gamera's first sequel: 1966's GAMERA VS BARUGON. With a different director in tow, Daiei decided to change up the vibe and lean closer to their contemporaries. Listen and find out how we felt about that and more in this episode of DEMOLITION DAIEI. Maybe the production wasn't nearly as hellish! Who knows!

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See Ya Next Week!

A combination of scheduling mishaps and a dying computer has resulted in me losing a bonus podcast that I didn't have the time to re-record for this weekend, so there's no friday release this week. This should be fine though because there's a whole 3 hour Game of the Year podcast for 2021 that we released back on Monday. If you haven't given that one a listen, I suggest you check it out. Its a lot of fun and gets fairly impassioned towards the end. 

Oh well. Anyways, see you next T...

Shit Shooters Special: GOTY 2021

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To ring in the new year, Nicky and Wyatt are here to talk to you all about the video games they played this year, and how they'd rank them and all that good stuff. Get ready for a long one because they played a lot of fucking video games and they've got opinions on most of em! The format is changed up somewhat from last year, where they first talk about their favorite old games that they played in 2021 before they talk about their honorable mentions. After the o...

Episode 32: Gamera, The Giant Monster (1965)

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Have no fear, season two is here! 

Explode When Defeated is back with a vengeance and we're talking about that most turtley of friends to children, the all-important, all-powerful Gamera! We talk about his first movie, GAMERA, THE GIANT MONSTER from 1965 and the trials, tribulations, and... encounters with pests that the creators went through to bring it to life. We're gonna be talking about the importance of underdogs thro...