Enjoy Stuff: A TechnoRetro Podcast

What album can you listen to without skipping any tracks? Drop the needle with Enjoy Stuff as we look at some of our top "perfect" albums. 

 

Some albums are so great to listen to that you just want to keep listening. We love music and it’s pretty hard to pick just a few amazing collections, but we grab a few to share this week. 

 

News

The Poltergeist house is up for sale, but you may not want to put in a TV

Star Wars: The Acolyte has been canceled

Lock yourself in a room and try to get out of the Only Murders in the Building Escape Room 

A PS5 version of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is coming

 

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What we’re Enjoying

In a rare display of bravery, Shua went to see Alien: Romulus. He thought it was a nice addition to the franchise and felt like a sequel to the first one. And there are some fun surprises. Jay decided to check out last year’s Paul Giammati’s character film, The Holdovers. He was pleasantly surprised by the acting and story. 

 

Sci-Fi Saturdays

This week on Sci-Fi Saturdays Jay experienced the 2006 anime Paprika for the first time. It was a cool action movie about a dream machine in the vein of Inception and Dreamscape. In the end, he enjoyed it and can recommend it. Read his article on RetroZap.com.  And make sure to play around with the interactive map on MCULocationScout.com. There are some new locations from Agents of SHIELD season 3. Plus, you can tune in to SHIELD: Case Files where Jay and Shua talk about great stuff in the MCU.  

 

Enjoy Music! 

This week we are looking at examples of a “perfect” album. Or at least a side of an album. To us, that’s the kind of album that you can listen to without wanting to skip a track. This is a subjective topic, of course, but we have a nice list of records that we think a lot of people love. Which ones did we pick? What did some of our Discord users pick? Listen to find out. 

 

What are some of your perfect albums? How do they make you feel? First person that emails me with the subject line, “Drop the needle” will get a special mention on the show.  Let us know. Come talk to us in the Discord channel or send us an email to EnjoyStuff@RetroZap.com

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Jump back 40 years to a classic time travel movie with The Philadelphia Experiment. Jay and Shua reminisce and compare it to another 80s flick on Enjoy Stuff 

 

Time skip back and forth through time with experiments connecting us to World War II. The Philadelphia Experiment takes us forward and The Final Countdown takes us back. 

 

News

We break down some of the biggest D23 News with plenty to excite everyone

Pop-Tarts releases the biggest pastry EVER!

Saturday Night is a new film that tells the story of the first broadcast of SNL

What do you think of the extremely sweet new treat at an Arizona stadium

Start planning great holiday gifts now with the Muppet version of Clue

There’s a new horror documentary series from Shudder

Best of luck to all the Paramount Television Studios employees that lost their job in the shutdown

Ready for some pumpkin spice? 7-11 has you covered

 

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What we’re Enjoying

Jay was reminded of a Michael Keaton movie from earlier this year called Knox Goes Away. It starts off as a movie about an assassin who is looking to get out of the business. But it quickly turns unique when you find out that Keaton’s character has a quickly worsening form of dementia. You can check it out on Apple TV+ or Max. Shua grabbed an old Sci-Fi paperback from his shelf called Earthship and Starsong by Ethan I. Shedley. It never made it into the annals of sci-fi legends, but it is an interesting tale of humans' quest (and selfishness) for survival in the universe. Unfortunately we made enemies of everyone else in the universe. You can find this book on Amazon and other online sources. 

 

Sci-Fi Saturdays

This week on Sci-Fi Saturdays Jay has reminded us of a 2006 Hugh Jackman movie called The Fountain. This unique movie tells a similar tale about a doomed couple from different time periods of history, which spans thousands of years. Check out all of Jay’s articles on Sci-Fi Saturdays, only on RetroZap.com. And make sure to play around with the interactive map on MCULocationScout.com. There are some new locations from Agents of SHIELD season 3. Plus, you can tune in to SHIELD: Case Files where Jay and Shua talk about great stuff in the MCU.  

 

Enjoy Movies! 

40 years ago, a movie was released that was based on a possibly true story from 40 years before. Michael Pare and Nancy Allen star in the Philadelphia Experiment. Pare and Bobby DiCicco’s characters get flung forward in time to 1984 following a failed Navy experiment in World War II. Their problems weren’t over because they were still connected to the bizarre vortex that sent them there, causing painful outbreaks of electricity. Plus, the scientist who caused the accident, did it again with a whole town. Now Pare has to get back to stop it. 

 

The movie is often compared to another WWII time travel movie called The Final Countdown. In that movie, the time travel happens in reverse, sending the USS Nimitz back to 1941 just before the attack on Pearl Harbor. Which movie did it better? We compare them and explain which one we like the best. 

 

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The Philadelphia Experiment and 

The Final Countdown

 

Which movie did you like better? Would you rather go forward in time or back? First person that emails me with the subject line, “Philadelphia Freedom” will get a special mention on the show.  Let us know. Come talk to us in the Discord channel or send us an email to EnjoyStuff@RetroZap.com

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It's senior year at Enjoy Stuff! As our 4th season continues, the guys look back at everything involved in Enjoying senior year. Proms, yearbooks, graduations and more! Jay and Shua hope you have the time of your life on Enjoy Stuff!

 

We’ve seen your year, and it’s gonna be awesome! After years of hard work, students around the world celebrate their final year of school by embracing their head honcho status. What can you enjoy senior year? Find out this week. 

 

News

Now you can stay at a Star Wars themed Air BnB

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew premiere date has been revealed (and check out the teaser trailer)

Did you watch Jim Henson Idea Man to Make making its broadcast debut on ABC?

Warriors, come out to play-ee-ay! The classic movie is being reimagined as an album

Only Murders in the Building is getting a board game

The Orville Season 4 may actually begin production in early 2025

The Monster Cereals lineup will now include marshmallow pets



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What we’re Enjoying

Shua is Enjoying a new late night show starring young comedienne Taylor Tomlinson called After Midnight. It’s a pretend game show where comedians and celebrities answer goofy questions about the internet and modern day goings-on. Clips of the CBS show can be found on YouTube. Jay is watching the new Time Bandits homage created by Taika Waititi. It’s only a few episodes in, so we are reserving judgment. It doesn’t feel exactly like Terry Gilliam’s original, but it is a cute story in it’s own right. You can find Time Bandits on Apple TV+.

 

Sci-Fi Saturdays

This week on Sci-Fi Saturdays Jay feels like he may have watched the movie before. 2006 Deja Vu is a time travel movie with a bit of a different point of view. Denzel Washington investigates a terrorist attack by looking back into the past. Check out all of Jay’s articles on Sci-Fi Saturdays, only on RetroZap.com. And make sure to play around with the interactive map on MCULocationScout.com. There are some new locations from Agents of SHIELD season 3. Plus, you can tune in to SHIELD: Case Files where Jay and Shua talk about great stuff in the MCU.  

 

Enjoy Senior Year! 

It’s the 4th season of Enjoy Stuff: A TechnoRetro Podcast! And that means that it’s our Senior Year! So this week, in the wake of the beginning of school for many students, we look back at our High School Senior Year and a bunch of things we looked forward to in our final experience with public school. From senior pictures, proms, and graduations we hope that everyone’s senior year was a celebration of a lot of years of hard work. 

 

How was your senior year? What college should Jay and Shua apply to? First person that emails me with the subject line, “HAGS” will get a special mention on the show.  Let us know. Come talk to us in the Discord channel or send us an email to EnjoyStuff@RetroZap.com



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Your quest begins! And what are you looking for? A MacGuffin! It's one of the most prevalent plot devices in movies. Where did it begin? Where did the name come from? How is it used? ...wait, I just made another 3 MacGuffins...Join Jay and Shua as they dig deep into some of the most famous MacGuffins in history on Enjoy Stuff!

 

You’ve got to find the secret object before the other characters do! It’s important! 

 

News

There’s a new Weird Al single - Polkamania

RIP Bob Newhart 

Alien popcorn bucket and Deadpool and Wolverine popcorn bucket

A Beetlejuice Beetlejuice full trailer has been released

The Rings of Power Season 2 is almost here

Kevin Smith Reveals Jay & Silent Bob 3 Title and Story

Princess Leia's gold bikini sold for big bucks

Be sure to check out lots of news from San Diego Comic Con on Superhero Suite plus a review of Deadpool and Wolverine



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What we’re Enjoying

Jay took a trip to the other side of the world to Tuscany, Italy. It was a relaxing (yet very hot) trip to the old country to enjoy a little relaxing environment. Shua traveled to Anaheim, California and enjoyed Pixar Fest at Disneyland. They both had great vacations but are happy to be home. 

 

Sci-Fi Saturdays

This week on Sci-Fi Saturdays we talk about 3 different sci-fi movies that Jay has analyzed. Idiocracy makes some bold (and sometimes accurate) predictions of the future of our country. The Prestige was a bizarre tale of two competing magicians and a Tesla machine. And Children of Men presented a scary dystopia where there are no new babies in the world and how that is really going to screw us up. Educate yourself and check out all of Jay’s articles on Sci-Fi Saturdays, only on RetroZap.com. And make sure to play around with the interactive map on MCULocationScout.com. There are some new locations from Deadpool 1 and 2 in preparation for the new movie. Plus, you can tune in to  SHIELD: Case Files where Jay and Shua talk about great stuff in the MCU.  

 

Enjoy MacGuffins! 

You’ve probably heard of a MacGuffin, but do you actually know what it is? MacGuffins themselves have been around about as long as stories, but the term originated in the 1920s and was made popular by the master, Alfred Hitchcock himself. While Hitchcock believed that the MacGuffin isn’t important to anyone but the characters in the story, George Lucas believes that it can be a very strong emotional connection to the people enjoying the story. 

 

Which MacGuffin philosophy is stronger to you? What’s your favorite MacGuffin? First person that emails me with the subject line, “Your mission, if you choose to accept it…” will get a special mention on the show.  Let us know. Come talk to us in the Discord channel or send us an email to EnjoyStuff@RetroZap.com

 

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