Paragon Marathon

Sarah I
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Are you looking to flex your brain with a mental workout on your favourite heroes–old and new? Join siblings and enthusiasts, Tom, Dan and Sarah in exploring a hero's journey, and their impact on culture. We bring the friction to fiction, examining champions of myth, legend, videogames, cinema and anything neat.

  1. 6D AGO

    Galaxy Quest (1999) - Movie Club #22

    Movie Night! Join Tom, Dan, and Sarah as they trek through the stars with the 1999 comedy space epic "Galaxy Quest"! Campy sci-fi tropes are ubiquitous enough that you can make a mainstream hit parodying them, right? If not, the outstanding character work of Alan Rickman, Sam Rockwell, and Tony Shalhoub is enough to rocket this movie into the stratosphere of middling family-friendly comedies that the Paragon Marathon loves to revisit. From dazzling 90's era CG space battles, big campy rubber suit alien costumes, to Sci-fi legend Sigourney Weaver, Galaxy Quest has it all! Even casting Tim Allen as the leading man miraculously doesn't ruin the film; in fact, making him play a washed up hack of an actor that no one likes is strangely cathartic! Contained within: Stellar screams, Star trek lore, and a healthy amount of Tim Allen grunts.

    1h 29m

  2. JAN 13

    A League of their own (1992) - Movie Club #21

    MOVIE NIGHT! Join Tom, Dan, & Sarah as they take you out to the ball game with the 1992 hit and enduring cult classic, "A League of Their Own." America's desperate nostalgia for the 40s and 50s is matched and perhaps exceeded by the Marathon's own nostalgia for this TBS-once-a-week banger, wherein the towering and beloved Geena Davis is paired up with "the other one" to explore women breaking into the baseball boys' club amid the backdrop of the second World War. Tom Hanks is also there to yell and pee and rule what is and is not allowed in baseball. Contained within: the brutality of slapstick that doesn't land, Loving Lovitz, and solving sexism forever.

    1h 8m

  3. 11/07/2024

    Jumanji - Movie Club #20

    MOVIE NIGHT! Join Tom, Dan, & Sarah as they play that dangerous game from the depths of 1995, Jumanji! Where no boy is safe from getting bat-tornadoed into the jungle for 30 years, turned into a monkey, or bested by a pelican. In this adaption of Chris Van Allsburg's book of the same name, Robin Williams (playing Alan Parrish) shows us that not even jungle imprisonment can undo Dad-trauma, and ventures to help end the game with young Kirsten Dunst and Bradley Pierce before our beloved Jonathan Hyde as Van Pelt can hunt him down. Unpack the complexities of this poem-driven, snakes-and-ladders colonialism revenge story, and its impact on both small American towns and local footwear empires. Contained within: monkey fun, classic screams, time paradoxes, and copious child violence.

    1h 13m

  4. 08/12/2024

    Matilda (1996) - Movie Club #19

    MOVIE NIGHT! Join Tom, Dan & Sarah as they scrub the Rust off the Root to "send you on your way" to a place where learning is magical, and where tyrannical parents, megalomaniacal principals, and regular cops always get what they deserve: suffering. That's right, we're watching the 1996 family film masterpiece, "Matilda!" Bringing vivid life to the Roald Dahl classic, Mara Wilson earns our enduring praise as an iconic magical child, burning a joyful streak through a depressingly-authentic world of anti-intellectualism and stifled childhoods. Danny DeVito directs and co-stars this tour-de-force alongside some all-timer performances from Rhea Perlman and Pam Ferris. Tune in for the play-by-play on why this might just be a literally perfect kids movie. Contained within: return of scream team, teachers are the real troops, Brucey: Hero of the People, and Trunchable's Lunchables.

    57 min

  5. 06/14/2024

    The Mask of Zorro (1998) - Movie Club #18

    MOVIE NIGHT! Join Tom, Dan & Sarah as they saddle up alongside that bold renegade who carves a “Z” with his blade, a “Z” that stands for ZORRO. The pride of Wales is on parade with Catherine Zeta-Jones and Sir Anthony Hopkins supporting Antonio Banderas in the 1998 Action/Adventure classic, “The Mask of Zorro.” Picking up the legacy of the famed Fox and masked vigilante, this masterpiece of 90’s blockbusting-swashbucklery took a big swing at bringing Zorro into the modern age, and it still hits harder than a cart of gold bullion pushed off a cliff onto a keg of dynamite. Tune in for spicy duels and spicier dancing, a heated discussion on plot nitpicking, and a masterclass on villainy through discussion of the film’s only American character, the psychopathic Captain Love. Contained within: live-action anime and also the regular kind, celebrity whip skill rankings, horse comedy, and possible Schumacher vindication.

    1h 29m

  6. 03/06/2024

    Alan Wake 2: Don't Alan Sleep On It

    In a horror story, there are only victims and monsters. In a podcast about a video game about a horror story, there are only confused (but enthusiastic!) sibling hosts. Join Tom, Dan, and Sarah as the Marathon runs a long, spiralling loop-lap through Alan Wake 2 along with any and all connected universes. We like to call this next episode "The Story of the Journey of Alan Wake: THE MUSICAL!" But instead of talking, we'll SING IT! (We will also just talk about it.) True Crime fans, horor enthusiasts, and even you wretched gamers: Please join us for our most musical episode and least comprehensible discussion yet! Contained within: amateur sing-alongs, Scandinavian self-inserts, author heroes, hero authors, anti-hero auteurs. Also Tom does a rap.

    2h 39m

  7. 02/02/2024

    Movie Club #17 - The Fifth Element (1997)

    MOVIE NIGHT! Join Tom, Dan & Sarah as the Marathon takes a lap around Luc Besson's sci-fantasy epic, "The Fifth Element", a classic tale of good vs evil, sentient hell planets vs perfect day-old babes, and/or capitalist greed vs noble hobbit priests. Everyone's favourite tank-top wearing action hero, Bruce Willis, teams up with humanity's sexiest hope for survival Milla Jovovich in a whirlwind cyberpunk adventure, all of which pales in comparison to the immaculate perfection of Chris Tucker's radio-sex-DJ. Can our heroes survive the hordes of campy rubber suit monster mercenaries? Is any of this t**s-forward romp socially acceptable anymore? Listen to find out! Contained within: Colin Hanks Beta-types, 90s fantasy eugenics, and Jean-Baptiste Emmanuel ZORG.

    1h 59m

  8. 12/27/2023

    Movie Club #16 - How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

    Join us on a wild ride through the 2000 classic, "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," (or in Tom's words "How the Cringe stole Milfmas") featuring Jim Carrey and directed by the mischievous Ron Howard. Uncover the sticky and pear-shaped mysteries of Whos, as we reveal Ron Howard's 6-hour makeup torture on Jim Carrey. We argue that Carrey's Grinch, a furry fusion of the Mask and Ace Ventura, turns Dr. Seuss into a confusing mix of fudge, ass-closeups, and boomer humor—much to Sarah's dismay and the revelation of the true meaning of Cringemass. Hold tight to your eggnog hats as we delve into Martha May Who's iconic furry awakening, adding a layer of bizarre brilliance to this holiday masterpiece. Digressions include Scooby Doo's butthole, whoville mating ritual theories, and Batman Returns.

    1h 45m
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Are you looking to flex your brain with a mental workout on your favourite heroes–old and new? Join siblings and enthusiasts, Tom, Dan and Sarah in exploring a hero's journey, and their impact on culture. We bring the friction to fiction, examining champions of myth, legend, videogames, cinema and anything neat.

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  • Creator
    Sarah I
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    54
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Sarah I
  • Show Website
    Paragon Marathon