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(Deep Dive begins at 43:40) We have just met you and we already love you. Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasters, Ian, Liam, Georgia, and eventually Megan (Ethan's run off with some balloons and an air blower) as we're heading, well, up in the Pixar animated film, Up.  We're looking to invest in talking collars for our 218th episode as we discuss:  What is it that makes this film such a tearjerker Is this a kids film by default?  Does Pixar ever go another direction? Is the plot regarding Kevin and Charles Muntz stupid Who is Charles Muntz a caricature of? We talk a lot about shapes Ian and Hermes appear in the Coda to keep talking about Mystic River  Whether or not Up is the Best Film Ever Catch so much more of Hermes on his podcast, The Scuttlebutt Podcast at . https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-scuttlebutt-podcast/id1503504933 (Apple) or https://open.spotify.com/show/2n9CNB9X6QXnmvn78HBEoJ?si=ca1784afd4874ff3 (Spotify) Become a Patron of this podcast and support the BFE at https://www.patreon.com/BFE We are extremely thankful to our following Patrons for their most generous support: Juleen from It Goes Down In The PM Hermes Auslander James DeGuzman Kirsti Lina Oberholzer Ensign Ian Davies Chris Pedersen  Duane Smith (Duane Smith!) Randal Silva The Yeetmeister Nate The Great Rev Bruce Cheezy (with a fish on a bike) Andy Dickson Richard Ryan Kuketz Dirk Diggler Shai Bergerfroind Stew from the Stew World Order podcast NorfolkDomus Buy some BFE merch at https://my-store-b4e4d4.creator-spring.com/ Massive thanks to Lex Van Den Berghe for the use of 'Mistake' by Luckydog.  Catch more from Lex's new band, The Maids of Honor at https://soundcloud.com/themaidsofhonor Also massive thanks to Moonlight Social for our age game theme song.  You can catch more from them at https://www.moonlightsocialmusic.com/

It's spaghetti night for the Keeping It Loki boys as they are back with Glorious Purpose to break down the fourth (and surpsingly not final) episode of Season 2 of Loki "The Heart of the TVA" Keeping It Loki is designed as a companion podcast for the casual fan (but not hardcore comic spoiler types). Join Ethan and Ian as they struggle to not jump to the end to discuss the climactic ending, how effect was Dox's character and a reflection on the season's first two episodes

Are we padding today? Maybe but today the Keeping It Loki boys are back with Glorious Purpose to break down the fifth episode of Season 2 of Loki "Science/Fiction" Keeping It Loki is designed as a companion podcast for the casual fan (but not hardcore comic spoiler types). Join Ethan and Ian as they breeze through this episode and feel like they're repeating the season to discuss, did we care about the branched versions of our main cast?, how much of this episode actually mattered and we will have time during the final episode?

No, it's still not the Jungle Book. Sometimes the elements do mix.  Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew: Ian, Liam, Ethan, Megan, and Georgia (We're all here for once) as we head to Element City in search of a better tomorrow in the Disney Pixar animated film, Elemental and we're joined by BFF of the BFE, Juleen who picked this week's selection and talks about her feelings during our endgame.  We're haulin' glass in our 199th episode as we discuss: Whether this film needed more intolerance to make the point they're making If we judge this film more harshly than we should based on some sort of PIxar curve We discuss which nationality's story we feel this is supposed to be suggesting One of us almost don't survive the recording We're joined by BFF of the BFE, Juleen, for the endgame Whether or not Elemental is the Best Film Ever Become a Patron of this podcast and support the BFE at https://www.patreon.com/BFE We are extremely thankful to our following Patrons for their most generous support: Juleen from It Goes Down In The PM Hermes Auslander James DeGuzman Lina Oberholzer Ensign Ian Davies Chris Pedersen  Duane Smith (Duane Smith!) Randal Silva The Yeetmeister Nate The Great Rev Bruce Cheezy (with a fish on a bike) Andy Dickson Holly Callen Richard Ryan Kuketz Dirk Diggler Shai Bergerfroind Stew from the Stew World Order podcast Norfolk Dom AJ from Nova Scotia Catch more from Hermes in his pod "The Scuttlebutt Podcast" at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-scuttlebutt-podcast/id1503504933 Buy some BFE merch at https://my-store-b4e4d4.creator-spring.com/ Massive thanks to Lex Van Den Berghe for the use of 'Mistake' by Luckydog.  Catch more from Lex's new band, The Maids of Honor at https://soundcloud.com/themaidsofhonor Also massive thanks to Moonlight Social for our age game theme song.  You can catch more from them at https://www.moonlightsocialmusic.com/

Diversions! Early Sunday mornings! Mystical magicians and more as the Keeping It Loki boys return with Glorious Purpose to break down the third episode of Season 2 of Loki with episode 3, "1893" Keeping It Loki is designed as a companion podcast for the casual fan (but not hardcore comic spoiler types). Join Ethan and Ian as Ethan brings a new MCU memoir no-holds barred book to the table with some major production revelations, a Timely discussion about a certain actor and some thoughts on the overall pacing of the season

The boys are continuing to search for their glorious purpose for Season 2 of Keeping It Loki to recap and discuss the second episode of Season 2 of Loki with "Breaking Brad"  Keeping It Loki is designed as a companion podcast for the casual fan (but not hardcore comic spoiler types).  Join Ethan and Ian as Ian discusses his issue finding his footing today, did we feel like we skipped an episode of context?, was the writing purposely annoying or unintentional,  and Ian brings another tantalising theory to the table.

The boys are back with their glorious purpose for Season 2 of Keeping It Loki to review, recap and discuss Season 2 of Loki, beginning with the premiere episode, "Ouroboros" Keeping It Loki is designed as a companion podcast for the casual fan (but not hardcore comic spoiler types). Join Ethan and Ian for a delve into their personal MCU feelings, where people might have stopped keeping up, the charm and sweetness that is Ke Huy Quan and Ian shares a high stakes theory for this season.

We know each other - we're almost like friends from work.  Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew: Ian, Liam, Ethan, and Georgia as we review Thor: Ragnarok as we kick off Funderstruck week en route to Thor: Love & Thunder. We hope you printed off enough pamphlets for your revolution in our 129th episode as we discuss: Odin and how this film ruins his character The mini-films that were Team Thor and how they helped shape Thor's character tweak in Ragnarok Why this film plays so fast and loose with Asgard being a planet or a people If people overpraise this film (or over criticise the 1st Thor film) because of Thor: The Dark World How Taika Waititi got the gig to direct this film We're joined by friends of the podcast Cheesy & Juleen Is Karl Urban any good in this film? Does this film suffer from a story problem? We leave some technical glitches in at the end of this episode Whether or not Thor: Ragnarok is the Best Film Ever. Become a Patron of this podcast and support the BFE at https://www.patreon.com/BFE We are extremely thankful to our following Patrons for their most generous support: Rev Bruce Juleen from It Goes Down In The PM Lina Oberholzer Ensign Ian Davies Chris Pedersen  Katie McRae Duane Smith (Duane Smith!) Randal Silva The Yeetmeister Nate The Great Cheezy (with a fish on a bike) Buy some BFE merch at https://my-store-b4e4d4.creator-spring.com/ Massive thanks to Lex Van Den Berghe for the use of 'Mistake' by Luckydog.  Catch more from Lex's new band, The Maids of Honor at https://soundcloud.com/themaidsofhonor Also massive thanks to Moonlight Social for our age game theme song.  You can catch more from them at https://www.moonlightsocialmusic.com/   Timestamps for this episode: 0:00 - Opening Banter 6:40 - Deep Dive 2:09:40 - Endgame

This is where the fun begins” as the Best Film Ever Team ignite their Lightsabers to bring you “Show Me Wan Kenobi” as we cover Disney+’s “Obi-Wan Kenobi”, “Part VI”. Show Me Wan Kenobi is designed as a companion podcast for the casual fan (but not hardcore Star Wars fanboy types) Join Jedi Masters Ethan and Ian as they cover the conclusion of this series finale to discuss: Overall thoughts on the series as a whole The Reva redemption arc The issues within The rematch of the century And Ethan goes on a weird tangent about Rise of Skywalker…again…

This is where the fun begins” as the Best Film Ever Team ignite their Lightsabers to bring you “Show Me Wan Kenobi” as we cover Disney+’s “Obi-Wan Kenobi”, “Part V”. Show Me Wan Kenobi is designed as a companion podcast for the casual fan (but not hardcore Star Wars fanboy types) Join Jedi Masters Ethan and Ian as they cover the most divisive episode so far where Ian embraces his dark side to discuss: Ian’s issues with Reva’s turn Celebrate Tala’s epic conclusion Ethan defends Star Wars and Midichlorians like his life defends on it And how was L0LA handled this episode?

This is where the fun begins” as the Best Film Ever Team ignite their Lightsabers to bring you “Show Me Wan Kenobi” as we cover Disney+’s “Obi-Wan Kenobi”, “Part IIII”. Show Me Wan Kenobi is designed as a companion podcast for the casual fan (but not hardcore Star Wars fanboy types) Join Jedi Masters Ethan and Ian as they get some Deja-vu on a second attempt after imperial interference so they can discuss: Roken and his 20 second character turn Ethan geeks out over references to a video game A discussion about how the fandom has weaponised Rotten Tomatoes And is Obi-Wan too bloodthirsty?

This is where the fun begins” as the Best Film Ever Team ignite their Lightsabers to bring you “Show Me Wan Kenobi” as we cover Disney+’s “Obi-Wan Kenobi”, “Part III”. Show Me Wan Kenobi is designed as a companion podcast for the casual fan (but not hardcore Star Wars fanboy types) Join Jedi Masters Ethan and Ian as they discuss who actually owns Star Wars? the grudge match of the century the ethics of voice modulation the last week in the streaming wars And are we heading towards a second season of Obi-Wan Kenobi?

“This is where the fun begins” as the Best Film Ever Team ignite their Lightsabers to bring you “Show Me Wan Kenobi” as we cover Disney+’s “Obi-Wan Kenobi”, “Part II”. Show Me Wan Kenobi is designed as a companion podcast for the casual fan (but not hardcore Star Wars fanboy types) Join Jedi Masters Ethan and Ian as they discuss: Spice Girls and Daughters Hadja the “Jedi” and Ian finally gives into the dark side when it comes to Baby Leia

FIRST 43:50 are a spoiler-free review with our See It/Skip It verdict AFTER 43:50 it's a full spoiler review This week we're headed to the Quantum Realm and trying to keep together conversations about multiverses and aberrant timelines and maybe missing where blowtorches were procured as Ian welcomes BFF of the BFE, Hermes Auslander from The Scuttlebutt Podcast to talk about the third in the Scott Lang trilogy in Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania.  Is this Paul Rudd's best performance in the 3 films?  Is Evangeline Lilly bad in this or just the victim of poor writing?  Why did they replace Cassie Lang and is she better in this?  How does Hermes know so much about theoretical physics?  Is it possible that Ant-Man is only the 3rd most important character in this movie?  Find out the answers to these questions and more in our "See It or Skip It" review of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and then we tell you whether you should SEE IT or SKIP IT. Catch more of Hermes at The Scuttlebutt Podcast at: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-scuttlebutt-podcast/id1503504933 (Apple) or https://open.spotify.com/show/2n9CNB9X6QXnmvn78HBEoJ?si=ca1784afd4874ff3 (Spotify)

Summon the suit and learn your hieroglyphs as the Best Film Ever Team come together to bring you “Dancing in the Moon Knight” as we cover Disney+’s “Moon Knight”, “The Tomb”. Dancing In The Moon Knight is designed as a companion podcast for the casual fan (but not hardcore comic spoiler types). Join Ethan and Ian as they discuss the world-shattering revelation and wax poetic about Lost, the clear reminders of Brendan Fraiser’s “The Mummy” and Indiana Jones, and how much we’re wanting to return each week compared to other MCU shows to the point.

Summon the suit and learn your hieroglyphs as the Best Film Ever Team come together to bring you “Dancing in the Moon Knight” as we cover Disney+’s “Moon Knight”, “Asylum”. Dancing In The Moon Knight is designed as a companion podcast for the casual fan (but not hardcore comic spoiler types). Join Ethan and Ian as they come back from their own ancestral plain to discuss a greater understanding of Mark’s backstory, our own connection to Steven through, Ian gives a story how he can relate to Mark’s history and does this episode break the MCU curse of penultimate episodes?

Summon the suit and learn your hieroglyphs as the Best Film Ever Team come together to bring you “Dancing in the Moon Knight” as we cover the final episode of Disney+’s “Moon Knight”, “Gods and Monsters”. Dancing In The Moon Knight is designed as a companion podcast for the casual fan (but not hardcore comic spoiler types). Join Ethan and Ian as they witness Amit’s return and discuss whether or not this finale broke the MCU series curse, was a major reveal and story beat left too late?, are we feeling tired with the Disney+ shows?, and our overall thoughts on Moon Knight as a series

FIRST 32:15 are a spoiler-free review with our See It/Skip It verdict AFTER 32:15 it's a full spoiler review This week we're headed to New York City (in many different universes) with Ethan, Georgia, and Ian chatting all things Marvel as we traverse the multiverse with the following questions: Will Wanda get comeuppance for Westview? Is this film too scary for a 12A/PG-13 rating? Is Benedict Cumberbatch's performance the best in his own film?  Where does Marvel go from here? We answer all these questions and more in our "See It or Skip It" review of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and then we tell you whether you should SEE IT or SKIP IT.

The force is strong in our podcast. Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew as finish off George Lucas' original Space Western Trilogy by settling some love triangles in really disturbing ways in Return of the Jedi.  We're substituting Ewoks for Wookies in our 120th episode as we discuss: What John Williams' son is famous for Just how many people played Darth Vader in this film Carrie Fisher's request for the costuming in this film George Lucas' reaction to Boba Fett's cult following How one group of the film's characters protested Ethan tries to apologise for so many things Ian brings up a long overdue bet We discuss just how much foresight George Lucas had for this trilogy Which character this film wastes throughout Which Friend of the Podcast has an evil twin Ian shares his newest guilty pleasure phone game Whether or not Return of the Jedi is the Best Film Ever. Become a Patron of this podcast and support the BFE at https://www.patreon.com/BFE Buy some BFE merch at https://my-store-b4e4d4.creator-spring.com/ Massive thanks to Lex Van Den Berghe for the use of 'Mistake' by Luckydog.  Catch more from Lex's new band, The Maids of Honor at https://soundcloud.com/themaidsofhonor Also massive thanks to Moonlight Social for our age game theme song.  You can catch more from them at https://www.moonlightsocialmusic.com/ Timestamps for this episode: 0:00 - Opening Banter 8:00 - Reflections & Corrections 14:45 - Shoutouts 23:30 - Deep Dive 2:31:10 - Endgame

“This is where the fun begins” as the Best Film Ever Team ignite their Lightsabers to bring you “Show Me Wan Kenobi” as we cover Disney+’s “Obi-Wan Kenobi”, “Part I”. Show Me Wan Kenobi is designed as a companion podcast for the casual fan (but not hardcore Star Wars fanboy types) Join Jedi Masters Ethan and Ian to talk all things Star Wars as they recount: The Ballad of Jimmy the Jedi Where we disagree on The Last Jedi Some praise for Moses Ingrim’s performance Is Baby Leia annoying? And celebrating the return of Ewan McGregor’s Obi-Wan.