Enjoy Stuff: Forget it Earbuds, It’s Chinatown
Enjoy Stuff: A TechnoRetro Podcast
Release Date: 06/17/2024
Enjoy Stuff: A TechnoRetro Podcast
It's the ultimate matchup of retro electronic toys! Join us as we run down the bracket for this year's Christmas tournament on Enjoy Stuff! Remember opening that cool electronic game on Christmas morning? The one that you could brag to all your cousins and would play for hours even though it was just a blinking light. Which one will take the crown for number one retro electronic game? News Star Wars: Skeleton Crew is now streaming on Disney+ The National Toy Hall of Fame Inductees have been announced for 2024 What we’re Enjoying Jay has been spending some quality time...
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Serve up a slice of trivia pie as Jay and Shua play another round of 80's Trivial Pursuit while they work off the results of their holiday feast on Enjoy Stuff! Were you able to answer the questions quicker than the boys? Let us know. First person that emails me with the subject line, “I’ll take some pie!” will get a special mention on the show. Let us know. Come talk to us in the Discord channel or send us an email to [email protected]
info_outline Enjoy Stuff: ThanksViewingEnjoy Stuff: A TechnoRetro Podcast
As we celebrate what we are thankful for during this Thanksgiving, we look back on decades of movies that we are grateful we got to experience. Join Enjoy Stuff for dinner as we appreciate meaningful cinema. Remember that show, with that guy? You know, the one with the catchy theme song? What ever happened to that one? We look back at a bunch of ‘em. News Star Wars: Skeleton Crew coming next week, Dec 3, 2024 to Disney+ AMC sells a nice big hammer to hit people with while you eat popcorn From The Simpsons Pamela Hayden retires from voicing Milhouse and others...
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What better way to spend Life Day than to find even more forgotten TV shows? We look back at a variety of shows that may not have lasted very long. Do you remember these flashes in the pan on Enjoy Stuff? Remember that show, with that guy? You know, the one with the catchy theme song? What ever happened to that one? We look back at a bunch of ‘em. News Andor season 2 premiere date announced Tron: Ares footage was shown at D23 in Brazil What we’re Enjoying Shua found another old book. The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury was a fascinating prediction of where...
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Thanksgiving is coming up soon! Preparation can be stressful, so Enjoy Stuff helps you with some choices. Which way will you go? Choose Your Own Adventure books are so much fun. It’s a different story every time, just like Thanksgiving. So we decided to plan the perfect Retro-Giving by letting you pick which of our favorite retro parts of the holiday will impress your relatives and keep everyone guessing (and sometimes running for the antacids) News George Takei announces a very cool graphic memoir! Wanna buy the original recording console used by the Beatles when they...
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60 years ago, a pilot for Star Trek began filming. Would it be a success, or would it fall flat and not get picked up. The answer to both is YES! This week we look back at the original series and some of our favorite moments on Enjoy Stuff! Let’s look back at the beginnings of one of the most successful franchises to ever be created. Beam up for Star Trek, the Original Series. News A new Stranger Things/Dungeons & Dragons crossover comic will feature Eddie Munson There are now seven new frog species named after Star Trek captains. We have information on...
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Halloween is finally here! And that means plenty of scares to be had. What scares us the most? We look at some of the most feared experiences among kids and adults. Plus, we ask each other to make a choice between two scary situations. It's a slightly terrifying show on Enjoy Stuff! Hey, wanna see something really scary? People love to get scared. But everyone’s different. What scares you? News If you like retro games, you’ll love the Super Pocket gaming system We have the scoop on new Star Wars from New York Comic Con Godzilla: Minus One is coming back to theaters Ke Huy...
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What magical profession has been around longer than just about any other? Witches! This week we look at the history of those magical maidens and some of the more popular interpretations of them on Enjoy Stuff. Where do witches come from? And who are some of the most famous? Tune in and find out! News Henry Cavill joins the live action Voltron movie Wendy’s kids meals have fun Halloween characters with a donation to charity Gladiator II is the latest movie to get a cool popcorn bucket TRON: Catalyst is the newest video game being released from the Grid There’s a cool new...
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It’s Candy Season. John Candy. This week we look back at the amazing career of a talented comedian and all around nice guy. Let’s look at the great comedy performances of Canadian John Candy. From his groundbreaking time on SCTV to his prolific (but too short) career in the movies, he had a way of making us laugh and really care about his characters. News Ready for a reboot of Anaconda? Grab the snake repellent, because it’s coming The Rocky Horror Picture Show is now an 8-bit video game! It’s astounding! Ghostbusters Krispy Kremes have arrived ...
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Hold each other close because this house tour may be a little unnerving. This week we talk about Haunted Houses and what makes them so appealing in a spooky way. How brave are you? Would you stay in a haunted house? For as long as there have been creepy noises, there have been people who liked the adrenaline rush from those noises. Let’s examine Haunted Houses. News RIP to John Ashton, Kris Kristopherson, and Maggie Smith Peacock is teaming with Blumhouse for spooky, horror experiences at the iconic Stanley Hotel in Colorado Bruce Campbell stars in Hysteria! A...
info_outlineWe knew the dame was trouble as soon as she walked into our office. That's probably what Jack Nicholson thought in Chinatown. We celebrate the 50th anniversary of one of the best written movies of all time on Enjoy Stuff!
Come along with an in depth discussion into cinema as we break down the iconic movie Chinatown starring Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, and John Huston.
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What we’re Enjoying
Jay grabbed a Marvel comic book series from 2011 called Legion of Monsters. It’s a riotous romp with classic comic monsters like Morbius, Werewolf by Night, the Living Mummy and Manphibian. Time to get spooky! Shua has been very busy, but has high praise for the 1970 documentary film Let It Be, all about the Beatles famous rooftop concert. After all the work Peter Jackson did on the Get Back series last year, they were able to restore the original and it looks great!
Sci-Fi Saturdays
This week on Sci-Fi Saturdays Jay cultivated some red plants with the Spielberg version of War of the Worlds (2005). Tom Cruise leads up this modern day (and more accurate) telling of the classic 1898 HG Wells novel. It made for a much darker and realistic version people may not have been expecting. But we continue to be grateful that those Martians caught a cold. Check it out today! Make sure to play around with the interactive map on MCULocationScout.com. Plus, you can tune in to SHIELD: Case Files where Jay and Shua talk about great stuff in the MCU.
Enjoy Movies!
Since Chinatown was released in 1974, it has held its spot on many lists of great screenplays. Written by Robert Towne and directed by controversial director Roman Polanski, it tells the story of Private Investigator Jake Gittes, who is hired to find out if a woman’s husband is cheating on her. But things get complicated quickly as Jake discovers that the man is a high ranking official with the LA Water and Power Company and is being paid to steal water during a drought. The corruption goes very deep and Jake is thrown into it much deeper than he ever imagined (pun intended)
This movie brings the audience along with Jake as he discovers the clues as they get more and more complex. I was a noir film, with some of the tropes that go along with that, but it defied expectations of characters and plot twists. Film classes still teach this film as an example of great writing and when you watch it through the lens of good cinema, it improves your experience tremendously.
Have you ever seen Chinatown? If not, stop here and go watch it. Now have you seen it? First person that emails me with the subject line, “Let me tell you what I think” will get a special mention on the show. Let us know. Come talk to us in the Discord channel or send us an email to [email protected]