Not My Fantasy Cullen Callaghan and Hannah Sylvester

We’re journeying to the island village of Motuni with Moana (2016). We explore just some of the vast lore of Polynesian cultures and talk about the film’s original takes on it as well as the completely original lore created for the film. Plus, Cullen asks the hard questions about using the facilities while searching for Te Fiti, Hannah discovers Moana is her patron Disney Princess saint, and our guest, Disney fan and content creator Lyra Tan, pitches a new Moana-themed ride for Disneyland.
 
Check out Lyra on Instagram: @brightyoungleerah
 
Research for this episode:
Polynesian Mythology 
Maui 
Polynesian Mythology 
Maui and the Sun 
 
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Research & Writing by Cullen Callaghan. 
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Intro Music: "The Quest" by Scott Little.
 

This week, three Americans watch 2013’s “About Time” and can’t be convinced that the U.K. is a real country. Cullen shares lore about the British obsession with The Killers, Hannah accepts the lack of time travel logic in this delightful film, and our guest Neethi tries to figure out whether the main character is using time travel to tip the British legal system in his clients’ favor. Oh, and Cullen issues a correction about the story of his birth and its relation to the story of Cinderella.
 
Research for this episode:
Time travel - Wikipedia
Time Traveling for Dummies: A Physicist Looks at The Time Traveler’s Wife - Slate
Paradox-Free Time Travel Is Theoretically Possible, Researchers Say - NPR
Mr. Brightside - Wikipedia
 
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For this week of time travel month, we’re talking about “The Time Traveler’s Wife,” the 2009 sci-fi romance film adaptation of the book of the same name. Cullen proudly comes out as a “free will stan,” Hannah takes off her rose-colored glasses to see this movie for the mess it really is, and Frankie of the Shoot the Flick podcast earns a purple heart for finishing the movie even though she wanted to stop many times.
You can listen to Shoot the Flick wherever you get your podcasts. Follow them on social media @shoottheflick on Instagram and Twitter (currently known as X).
Research for this episode:
Time Traveling for Dummies: A Physicist Looks at The Time Traveler’s Wife - Slate
Paradox-Free Time Travel Is Theoretically Possible, Researchers Say - NPR
Time travel - Wikipedia
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We’re traveling back in time to experience a romcom like no other: “Kate & Leopold” starring Meg Ryan and Hugh Jackman. Hannah breaks our brains with more time travel philosophy and science, Cullen can’t stop comparing this move to “The Knight Before Christmas,” and our guest Alex tries to spot the OTHER time traveler at the beginning of the film. Oh, and we’re all seduced by Hugh Jackman in this movie.
 
Research for this episode:
Time travel - Wikipedia
 
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Intro Music: "The Quest" by Scott Little.

We’re going to the past with Back to the Future (1985) in our first-ever episode about time travel. Hannah takes the lore reins this week and breaks Cullen’s brain with all sorts of time travel physics, philosophy and paradoxes. With our grad school professor, screenwriter Scott Thompson, we unravel the time travel rules of the Back to the Future universe, 
 
Be sure to follow @freemartin.short on Instagram to see more about the short film Scott and his child Hayes are writing and producing! You can also read more about the story in the article “Screenplay Script Writing & Short Film Anatomy: Free Martin” on Shore Scripts.
 
Research for this episode:
“A brief history of time travel” - Oliver Franklin-Wallis on Wired
Flux Capacitor: The Real Science Behind Back to the Future - GiantFreakingRobot
Time travel - Wikipedia
Time dilation - Wikipedia
Delorean time machine - Wikipedia
 
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Research & Writing by Cullen Callaghan and Hannah Sylvester
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Intro Music: "The Quest" by Scott Little.

We’re traveling back in time to retraumatize Cinderella with the straight-to-DVD Disney animated sequel, Cinderella 3: A Twist in Time. Cullen celebrates a belated St. Paddy’s Day by retelling an Irish fairy tale, Hannah calls out the movie’s retconning the king, and our guest Elyza convinces us that this movie is actually just Cinderella 1½.
 
Check out Elyza Halpern on TikTok @PossumGirl and Instagram @PossumGirl_IG.
 
Research for this episode:
History of Disney Sequels
Fair, Brown and Trembling
 
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Research & Writing by Cullen Callaghan. 
This episode was edited by Hannah Sylvester.
 
Cover Art by William Callaghan
Intro Music: "The Quest" by Scott Little.