Welcome listeners to a very special mini podcast
episode. We're going to be explaining the categories
that we have for our podcast types, the viewing
views, because they're specifically named to
different movies and movie moments and TV moments.
So before you're like, what the heck does Sam
mean when he's talking about the prestige category?
We're going to explain that all here so that
you feel prepped and ready to go as we get down
the line. Not every single type of viewing views
is going to have all the categories, but this
will have... Every single one of them listed
for you so that you understand and know. I'm
Sam Williams. And I'm Sierra Obermark. I'm here
to listen and learn. Indeed. So I put together
the categories with the exception of one towards
the very end. So you will be hearing me explain
to Sierra what I did in order to create these
categories. And without further ado, we're going
to dive on in, which is from... an American Dad
episode where Roger Smith is an Australian business
owner. And I, because we're going to be doing
some deep dives, I thought dive on in was great.
And I say dive on in like that all the time.
So that's why I will be saying that. Our first
category is a story recap without any actual
special naming. That's going to be very straightforward.
It's a story recap. You guys get it. Then there's
time for a reality check, which is not based
on anything. It's just us talking about real
life stuff. So I thought reality check would
be fun. All right, now here's the actual categories.
First category is keep your finger on the pause
button and rewind that tape. It's time for the
prestige. category okay the prestige is a Christian
Bale, Hugh Jackman film where there's a major
major spoiler at the or not a major spoiler a
very major reveal at the end so when you watch
the movie you can never see the movie the same
way and you're always going to notice new things
so when we're talking about what did we notice
on this watch through we named it after the prestige
because you always end up noticing different
things and new things on every re -watch due
to that does that make sense to you Sierra it
really really does i love that movie if you haven't
seen it please go watch it yeah we didn't want
to spoil it uh Sierra made me Sierra made me
not put the spoiler in even though it's older
than like 15 years um doesn't matter it matters
to me Okay, next category. You know you don't
always have to face down a horde of angry soldiers
by yourself. Buckle up, Schmishners, because
it's time for our Sansa is smarter than Jon category
for what is the most important character moment
of this blank episode, TV show, movie. So this
moment is from Game of Thrones, where Sansa's,
like, ultimate character arc is kind of revealed.
Jon Snow has come in, they finally teamed up
in Winterfell, and... He's like, I'm going out
to face this army basically by myself. And Sansa
just straight up doesn't listen to him, which
is so different from what she was. It's an incredibly
important character moment for Sansa. Sierra,
you know this show very well. Does this make
sense? And does that seem like a good moment?
It does. It does. This is her coming of age moment.
This is where we really see her in her element.
And this is where we kind of go, Jon, we love
you, but no. Indeed. Next category. I know you
just lost a hand, but listen up. It's the I am
your father category for most iconic character
moment. I don't know that much needs to be explained
here. It's the most iconic character moment,
maybe in movie history. Yeah, that's pretty self
-explanatory right there, in my opinion. Indeed.
Everybody sit down. It's time for our I. I am
Iron Man. Most iconic and most important scene
category. I chose this one because I am Iron
Man is literally both the most important scene
in that movie and the most iconic scene in that
movie. And we're kind of squishing both of those
into one category. I chose that from Iron Man.
From what? We will also be doing, if applicable,
if there are any deleted scenes that are specifically...
really important that that feels like it changes
the movie somehow we're going to be doing the
uh jack sparrow did what category which goes
like this as a bonus we're reaching into the
archives to find that camino isn't there it's
our jack sparrow did what category for deleted
scenes that make a major impact on the story
this comes from uh the third Pirates of the Caribbean
which uh robbed us of this incredible backstory
of Jack Sparrow where We find out that Jack Sparrow
worked for the East India Trading Company, that
they asked him to go pick up slaves, that he
refused to do that because he said, quote unquote,
people aren't cargo. And that's why he owns Davy
Jones 100 souls. And also he was masting and
captaining the Pearl, not the Black Pearl. Beckett,
after Jack Sparrow releases those slaves, goes
and burns his ship, making it the Black Pearl.
Don't know why it's not in the movie. It's incredibly
important to understand and makes Jack Sparrow
so much cooler. And it just can't happen, apparently.
We were robbed. If we ever get deleted scenes
that do that, we'll mention them here. Make sense?
Yes. Excellent. Aggravating, but yes. I don't
know if you ever saw this tweet. Maybe I've explained
it because I love explaining this to people to
use here. But crack home an encyclopedia. It's
time for our, as Elijah Wood once said, no. How
could we have known category where we discuss
the most important information disseminated to
fandom in this movie? This comes from a wonderful
tweet. So the Star Wars Holocron. uh did a did
you know post on Twitter at the time, X now and
it said it was just after Rise of Skywalker it's
about Rise of Skywalker it says the Star Wars
Holocon tweeted did you know the sith eternal
fleet seen in Star Wars the Rise of Skywalker
Was created by Sith cultists on Exegol, who indoctrinated
Exegol's population with Sith values and raised
their children, raised and trained their children
to become officers, mechanics, and soldiers for
the first, for the final order. And Elijah Wood
just goes, no. How could we have known? Which
is just the best. It's so good. It's so good,
because Rise of Skywalker is kind of filled with
a bunch of, like, what? How? That wasn't shown
at all. And so that's where that's what's the
most important information disseminated. What's
actually given to us as a fandom in this movie.
Yes. So, yes, I do. I do remember seeing that
and that exploding all over the place because
everybody was like, Elijah Wood, a fandom person
commenting on another fandom thing. Photo baggots
himself like Star Wars. Yes. Then there's the
time to keep your horses safe. It's the I'm going
to make him an offer he can't refuse category
of best lines. Okay, so this one, it's from The
Godfather. I'm going to give him an offer he
can't refuse. It's like, that's a terrible version
of that line. But that is like one of the most
memorable lines from that movie. Now, why does
it say keep your horses safe? This is a spoiler
for this movie if you've not seen it. So skip
forward like 30 seconds. The Godfather gives
this man an offer he can't refuse. He does refuse
it. The man takes his prize horse, decapitates
it, puts it in the bed of this man. The man wakes
up next to it. It's an iconic scene. And it's
also the best line, in my opinion, from The Godfather.
Make sense? Yes. Cool. No qualms. Logical. No
qualms. Okay. I have qualms. Time to board the
TARDIS. It's time to explore what ifs with our
get out category. Now. This one, the TARDIS is
all about sort of flying around and then there
end up being parallel universes because the Doctor
is constantly messing up the universe, which
is why the TARDIS is in there. Now, why is Get
Out in there about what ifs? Get Out has an alternative
ending that they initially shot. Get Out, the
ending, instead of, well, here's another spoiler
if you haven't seen Get Out. Get Out at the very
end has a happy ending where they pick up the
dude in a cop car and they drive off and they
escape and he makes it out. In the original ending
that Peele shot, Jordan Peele, the director,
he strangles his girlfriend to death. The actual
police come and they arrest him. And the ending
scene is his friend coming to visit him in jail
being like, how do we get you out? And he's like,
it doesn't matter, bro. At least we got them.
We stopped it. And so that's a huge what if.
What if, in fact, he got caught at the end by
actual police instead and that footage actually
exists? Sierra, your thoughts? I couldn't skip
forward 30 seconds. I'm so sorry. I didn't know
you'd never seen that movie. It's okay. I actually,
like, pretty much, so I tried to start watching
it. I, for whatever reason, couldn't get into
it at the time. I think I just, like, wasn't
in the right headspace, so I kind of, like, skipped
through the movie. Because I'd heard so much
about it and I wanted to know what happened.
And so I kind of just, like, skipped through
the movie. And I'm pretty sure I did end up watching
the ending. Because I was like, okay, just, like,
tell me the end. You should rewatch the movie
at some point. I've never seen the movie all
the way through. But, yeah, at some point I will.
Anyways, that's Get Out. Next category. Everyone
off the stage and cue Gandalf. Questions. Questions
that need answering. This is a questions and
answers section. Gandalf saying questions. Questions
that need answering. Perfect. Mm -hmm. No notes.
Excellent. Okay, dust off the card deck and get
ready to shuffle. It's our Joker category for
MVP of this movie episode, whatever, story arc.
There's no clearer MVP of a movie to me than
Heath Ledger's Joker in Dark Knight. Yes. Where
it's just like, no, that guy makes that movie
happen. He won the movie. He won the movie. Like,
even more than what we're going to say for episode
one, Phantom Menace. He does. He's the reason
why that movie is incredible. I mean, he's not
the only reason. Christian Bale's great in the
movie. Michael Caine's great in that movie. The
writing's amazing. Gary Oldman's great in that
movie. I'm not trying to take shots at anybody.
He's just like, he won an Oscar for it. Basically,
if you don't know anything about it, you still
know. Yeah, you still know. And you probably
heard people say, we've seen Why So Serious?
Like, MVP. But only. If you rip open that candy
wrapper and show us your golden ticket, because
it's time for the Veruca Salt Award for piece
of memorabilia we really, really need. Charlie
and the Chocolate Factory, folks. Charlie and
the Chocolate Factory. Yes, or Willy Wonka and
the Chocolate Factory if you're going by the
film instead of the novelization, not novelization,
original novel by Roald Dahl. That Veruca Salt,
for those of you who don't remember the children's
specific names, is the very, very spoiled little
brat who wants the golden goose. She wants it,
Daddy. I want it. Give it to me now. I want it.
I want the golden goose. There it is. Yes. And
then she wants an Oompa Loompa. And then she
wants a squirrel in one of the movies. Yes. A
squirrel. She's a great character. It's a great
moment. I'm very excited that you added this
in. I love talking about that. I'm happy you
put it in there. Okay. That is actually our categories,
everybody. Thanks to all y 'all for listening.
I hope you're not confused. All those movies
are worth a watch. Even Charlie and the Jocko
Factory and Willy Wonka. I would still recommend
both. Yes. And thanks to Sierra for hopping on
so that I could lecture you. I feel properly
lectured and informed. Excellent. I am a teacher,
if nothing else. Okay. I think we're out then.
Bye. Bye. Fare thee well. Fandom Shmandom was
created by Sam Williams and Sierra Obermark.
The show is produced by Aurelia Lieb. The editor
is Brittany Fisher. The music is by Jeremiah
Alves.