PODCAST! Ep. 23: Avatar and Star Wars and Avatar and Star Wars (kill me now)

Starting this Christmas, every Christmas but one until 2027 will have either an Avatar sequel or a Star Wars sequel. We discuss being force-fed these Disney owned properties like foie gras geese.

A look at Christmas future, courtesy of our new Disney overlords.

A look at Christmas future, courtesy of our new Disney overlords.

And with Pokemon Detective Pikachu opening this week (grab those paycheques Ryan Reynolds!), we talk about how toys came to be content, and the extreme weirdness (and in some cases, perviness) of Japanese pop culture that makes it tempting for Hollywood to appropriate. And some other stuff, including the Canadian movie Ordinary Days, and Mena Massoud, the actor who’s playing the title role in Disney’s new Aladdin .

PodcastJim SlotekAvatar, Star Wars, Disney, James Cameron, Christmas blockbusters, Pokemon, Japanese pop culture, Pokemon Detective Pikachu, Sailor Moon, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Saban, Tolkien, Goodbye Christopher Robin, Movies about authors, World War i, Ordinary Days, Mena MassoudComment