Everyone Is Wrong

05/05/2024

May the 4th be with you! With Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace returning to theaters for its 25th anniversary, Jason Baxter returns to defend one of the most openly hated movies in cinema history. We go deep on epic scenes like the podrace (non-war action!) and Duel of the Fates, the whole point of a plot centered around political points like taxation, Nintendo 64 games, the loaded handmaiden cast, overly confident Jedi, and how the Phantom Menace is way better than the film that won Best Picture for the loaded movie year that was 1999.

‎Show Everyone Is Wrong, Ep Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (with Jason Baxter) - May 4, 2024

04/04/2024

Proof that it the live pod at Treefort happened!

📷 Jessica Ferguson

04/04/2024

Much like this episode's titular charachter, the podcast trekked across the Pacific Northwest to deliver a live episode of the podcast from Treefort Fest in Boise! Brennon Poynor joins the show to take up arms for Kevin Costner's 1997 post-apocalyptic Western, The Postman. We dive into the film's cautionary epic scope, Waterworld backlash, Will Paton's wildy going-for-it performance, child armies, Olivia Williams' chaotic waifu energy, Tom Petty, an extremly overly earnest score, mule sword fights, cinema's most cucked man, Dune, and how a rebellion can rise from grifter finding a tooth in the mail.

‎Show Everyone Is Wrong, Ep The Postman (with Brennon Poynor - Live at Treefort Fest) - Apr 4, 2024

21/03/2024

The Bois(e) are back in town…

18/03/2024

Treefort announcement! The live podcast this Friday, March 22 at 1 pm at at Boise Center East will be about Kevin Costner’s 1997 sci-fi epic The Postman with Spokast’s Brennon Poynor as the guest. (Please clap.) https://treefortmusicfest.com/performer/everyone-is-wrong/

17/03/2024

I know this might be hard to believe, but Thor battling against people manipulating the soy futures market from behind a keyboard didn't get butts in theatrical seats back in 2015. That's right, another episode about a hacking movie! This time known Michael Mann stan Jason Baxter returns to defend the director's action cyber thriller starring Chris Hemsworth, Blackhat. We dive deep into Mann essentially putting out a greatest hits record, the validity of buff computer nerds, extremely late reveals, Su***de Squad, well lit nothingness, what NOT to do with your best friend's sister after he gets you out of prison, a much more logical director's cut, the the God's Lonliest Man contest.

‎Show Everyone Is Wrong, Ep Blackhat (with Jason Baxter) - Mar 17, 2024

07/03/2024

It's Oscars week and Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling are both up for big awards (and should win) for Poor Things and Barbie. But we're not here to talk about those movies. Instead Nic and Sean come on to tear apart the duo's 2016 Oscar-winning Damien Chazzelle romantic musical, La La Land. We go deep into how their dazzling chemistry stands in for actually written charachters, how the musical numbers are instantly forgettable, the hollowness of any themes and nostalgia Chazzelle gestures towards, Emma Stone being the freakin' best, Across the Universe, and raise a vital question: is this a Spider-Gwen movie?

‎Show Everyone Is Wrong, Ep La La Land (with Nic Sommerfeld and Sean Owens) - Mar 7, 2024

01/12/2023

Everything's coming up podcast! While The Simpsons is an American animated TV institution, the ultra-long running season usually only gets praised for it's early-to-mid '90s seasons. For this episode, Spike Friedman and Jason Baxter swing into Springfield and defend the show's late '90s/early '00s tween years. We deep dive into conversations about Homer's madness, the show's sentimentality shift, George Meyer, 9/11 prognostication, digital animation, Snoopy blogging, and more!

‎Show Everyone Is Wrong, Ep The Simpsons: Seasons 9-13 (with Spike Friedman and Jason Baxter) - Dec 1, 2023

08/11/2023

P.S. The podcast is still a going concern and many episodes are planned, I’ve just been busy and/or mentally cratering!

16/06/2023

1986 saw the release of two monumental genre-defining comics: Watchmen and The Dark Knight Returns. While both are considered classics, Watchmen is granted more respect and is even considered one of the greatest novels of all time by many top-tier publications.

Jason Baxter returns to argue that the Frank Miller-written Batman tome is actually a superior, more revolutionary work than the Alan Moore-penned gem. (To be clear, we think they're both great.) We discuss iconic splash pages, punk aesthetics, painted colors, comic creators' weird politics, paneling for an MTV era, and try not to accidentally call it The Dark Night Rises too many times. Our firsr comic book ep!

‎Show Everyone Is Wrong, Ep The Dark Knight Returns ＞ Watchmen (with Jason Baxter) - Jun 16, 2023

01/06/2023

Happy Across the Spider-Verse Day! To celebrate, here's the second installment of Jason Baxter and I taking turns taking shots at cinematic Spider-Man trilogies. This time Jason traps the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Spider-Man films in his web and sucks their blood dry. We discuss the lack of ties to Spidey's comic origins, why the character works as an underdog and how Tony Stark undermines that, the movies' visual stylings (or lack there of), justified villans, the suspension of Mysterio disbelief, Peter becoming dumb in the third film, the clear comedic sensibility, and if Garfield (the cat, not Andrew) should join the Spider-Verse.

‎Show Everyone Is Wrong, Ep MCU’s Spider-Man Trilogy (with Jason Baxter) - Jun 1, 2023

26/05/2023

Your friendly neighborhood podcast swings in to talk about Spider-Man before the release of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. But we're being villainous. Over the next two episodes, Jason Baxter and I will take turns taking shots at the beloved Spider-Man film franchises. First up, I lay out my problems with the Sam Raimi-directed 2000s trilogy. I dive into Tobey Maguire's charisma void, Peter Parker's unlikeability, the lack of a comedic sensibility, and the trainwreck that is Spider-Man 3. We also discuss Star Wars prequel parallels, A+ side character casting, the NYPD being a co*****ck, and demand justice for Ursala!

‎Show Everyone Is Wrong, Ep Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man Trilogy - May 25, 2023

14/04/2023

This podcast is not a goof! Alyson McManus returns to the pod to smite those who spoke hearsay against David Wain's 2007 star-studded but little-seen 10 Commandments anthology comedy film, The Ten. We dive into the over-the-top absurdity, in-joke quotes, Winona Ryder lusting after a literal dummy, Arnold Schwarzenegger impressions, the true meaning of family, and more.

‎Show Everyone Is Wrong, Ep The Ten (with Alyson McManus) - Apr 13, 2023

31/03/2023

Holy live pod episode, Batman! Kurtis from Skating Polly emerges from the Batcave to defend the loathed 1997 Joel Schumacher superhero blockbuster Batman & Robin. In this condensed episode recorded in front of an actual audience at Treefort Music Fest, we dive into the film's pricey production design, Batsuits with ni***es, how many ice puns a human can tolerate, sexy gorilla suit stripping, Arnold Schwarzenegger being extremely over-the-top, Danger: Diabolik, Uma Thurman being a sweet little eco-terrorist, X Games influence, Robin's general unlikability, the glut of fundraisers in Gotham, and an attempt to bribe the crowd with donuts.

(Bonus: Count how many times I say "umm" and "uhh" because I'm nervous in front of a crowd and know I can't edit out my flubs!)

‎Show Everyone Is Wrong, Ep Batman & Robin (with Kurtis Mayo of Skating Polly - Live from Treefort Fest) - Mar 31, 2023

31/03/2023

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Not Wrong

20/03/2023

… Before we both head to Treefort Music Fest, Naomi from Itchy Kitty comes in through my bathroom window to defend the honor of Julie Taymor's 2007 romantic '60s Beatles jukebox musical Across the Universe. We dive deeper than a Yellow Submarine into the movie's controversial variations on Beatles songs, how damn hot most of the cast is, ambitious visual choices, Bono's weird mustache, the way the film condenses the decade, easter eggs for Beatlemaniacs, the level of nudity and drug use that can be shown in a PG-13 movie, and how the movie inspired Naomi to start singing.

‎Show Everyone Is Wrong, Ep Across the Universe (with Naomi from Itchy Kitty) - Mar 20, 2023

10/03/2023

With the first season of HBO's The Last of Us coming to a close, I decided to turn my attention to the source material - the universally acclaimed 2013 PlayStation 3 video game. While this may get me torn apart quicker than a Clicker - I make the counterintuitive case that it's not actually a great game. The Last of Us lover James Battaglia returns to the show to counterbalance my infected rage as we discuss walking simulators, narrative innovation vs engaging gameplay, the importance of teaching kids how to swim, zombie Spidey-Sense, intentional vs unintentional difficulty, and other 2013 Game of the Year contenders. (We also talk about the game's fascinating ending, so maybe wait a few days to listen if you're geared up to watch the HBO show's S1 finale.)

‎Show Everyone Is Wrong, Ep The Last of Us (Video Game) - Mar 10, 2023

06/03/2023

Watch out for that pod! Since it's Oscar week and Brendan Fraser looks poised to potentially take home Best Actor for The Whale, Kevin Parker has decided to swing on in to defend a different Fraser vehicle: 1997's family-friendly comedy George of the Jungle. We get into the sincere idiot charm of '90s Fraser, the expert-level meta jokes the narrator provides, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, modern comedy insistence to be snarky and cool, Top Gun Maverick's script, and more jungle escapades.

‎Show Everyone Is Wrong, Ep George of the Jungle (with Kevin Parker) - Mar 6, 2023

16/02/2023

*IF YOU'RE READING THIS YOU MAY ALREADY BE HACKED*

From the top rope, Kate Meizner and Mike Falcone of wrestling rock band Jobber look to infiltrate our firewalls in order to defend the 1995 teen cyber crime thriller, Hackers. We dive deep into the source code to talk about the style-forward cyberpunk chic, Angelina Jolie's manic hacker dream girl charisma (total nepo baby tho), ways to make typing look cool, electronica, how to visualize the early internet, The Matrix templating, and, of course, Penn Jillette's glasses.

‎Show Everyone Is Wrong, Ep Hackers (with Kate Meizner and Mike Falcone of Jobber) - Feb 16, 2023

11/02/2023

The live Everyone is Wrong at Treefort Music Fest is officially scheduled for Sunday, March 26 at 4pm. It’s free!

Who will be the guest? What will be the topic?

Good questions!

09/02/2023

Take a trip to the seedy world of the drug trade on the US/Mexican border... and then talk... and talk... and talk...

That's what The Counselor, the 2013 star-studded Ridley Scott narco drama written by acclaimed novelist Cormac McCarthy does... and people hated it for that.

Will Baker is not one of those people.

Mirroring the film itself, we talk for a looooooooong time about the film's use of dialogue, its nihilistic outlook, its refusal to explain plot, McCarthy's prose, Scott's costuming choices, and being intimate with automobiles.

Here's an entirely real list of tangent topics we dive down over the course of 2+ hours: Moby Dick, Emo Nites, My Dinner with Andre, Grand Theft Auto, crypto shills, Top Gun, Inception, Titane, and, of course, Carly Rae Jepsen vs. Taylor Swift.

You know... The Counselor.

‎TV & Film · 2022

12/01/2023

Welp… looks like we’re gonna give doing this whole live podcasting thing a try at Treefort Music Fest…

21/12/2022

It's the most wonderful time of the year. Why? Because you can now appropriately watch Will Vinton's A Claymation Christmas Celebration. Nic Sommerfeld comes a-wassailing onto the show the make the case that this forgotten '80s Christmas special is actually the GOAT Christmas special with its intelligent all-ages humor, dinosaur hosts, stunning visuals, and (most importantly?) penguins.

‎Show Everyone Is Wrong, Ep A Claymation Christmas Celebration (with Nic Sommerfeld) - Dec 21, 2022

08/12/2022

♫ Here he comes, here comes P. Richards, he's a demon on wheels! He's a demon and he's gonna be chasing after someone! ♫

The someone(s) Peter is chasing after are the people who panned the Wachowskis' 2008 sensory overload big screen adaptation of the classic anime series Speed Racer. We hop in the Mach 5 and discuss how this is maybe the most live-action cartoon ever created, car punches, superb monkey acting, and how this movie lays some of the groundwork for both the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the Fast and Furious franchise.

Go speed listeners, go!

‎Show Everyone Is Wrong, Ep Speed Racer (with Peter Richards of Dude York) - Dec 7, 2022

02/11/2022

Jess Abbott (Tancred) straps on her studded wristbands and throws down in a Warped Tour mosh pit to defend the honor of the maligned early 2000s pop punk hitmakers Good Charlotte. We deep dive into the band's hook-heavy scrappy appeal, the famous relationships of the Madden twins, and hit on topics ranging from a music video featuring members of NSYNC and Minutemen to a lot of Limp Bizkit chatter.

‎Show Everyone Is Wrong, Ep Good Charlotte (with Jess Abbott of Tancred) - Nov 2, 2022

15/06/2022

If you're gonna spy, you better spy hard. Before the release of Lightyear, Kevin Parker fires up his engine to defend the movie that is *by far* the worst-reviewed and received Pixar movie, 2011's Cars 2. While not defending it as a masterpiece, Kevin believes the Mater-driven car spy movie is easily the best entry in the much-maligned franchise. We go deep into the more creative world-building, the improved protagonist, the Cronenbergian body horror of these movies, their weirdly conservative undertones, and make fun of Lightning McQueen for just being a terrible character. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cars-2-with-kevin-parker/id1562813419?i=1000566485730

‎Show Everyone Is Wrong, Ep Cars 2 (with Kevin Parker) - Jun 15, 2022

23/02/2022

Take a hit of spice and travel to Arrakis, as ace musician/producer Erik Blood comes rushing over the horizon on the back of a sandworm to defend David Lynch's critically-panned box office flop, Dune. While the 2021 version may have garnered 10 Oscar nominations, Lynch's version took the biggest budget in film history at the time and delivered a story that was nearly impossible to follow with shoddy sci-fi special effects. But Blood is here to defend its honor as we discuss the film's production design, wild eyebrows, committed performances, Brian Eno, cat milking, and more (while also talking about Star Wars probably way too much). https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/everyone-is-wrong/id1562813419?i=1000551970107

‎Show Everyone Is Wrong, Ep Dune [1984] (with Erik Blood) - Feb 22, 2022

25/01/2022

Alex Rodriguez didn’t get voted into the Hall of Fame today. Spike Friedman thinks that’s absurd. He returns to the pod to defend A-Rod and debunk a host of narratives that have stuck to the MLB great. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/everyone-is-wrong/id1562813419?i=1000548933239

‎Show Everyone Is Wrong, Ep Alex Rodriguez (with Spike Friedman) - Jan 25, 2022

22/12/2021

Before you resurrect The Matrix, you must first reevaluate it. A crew of Everyone is Wrong All-Stars (Jason Baxter, Alyson McManus, Ian Riggins, and Peter Richards) join forces to defend the Wachowski siblings' much-maligned 2003 sequels to their sci-fi action classic, The Matrix. We jack into the mainframe to discuss the films' trans allegories, their subversions of Chosen One archetypes, the evolution of Agent Smith, the movies' overt horniness, Dr. Cornel West, and how the franchise set the template for the MCU. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/everyone-is-wrong/id1562813419?i=1000545751231

‎Show Everyone Is Wrong, Ep The Matrix Sequels (The Matrix Reloaded + The Matrix Revolutions) - Dec 22, 2021

30/11/2021

KEVIN!!! Parker is back this week. With Christmas season upon us and Disney+ recently releasing *another* Home Alone film (Home Sweet Home Alone), Kevin has set up an elaborate series of b***y traps to protect his take that the reviled Macaulay Culkin-free Home Alone 3 is actually a delight. We talk about how spies improve most things, an A+ MacGuffin, sentient birds, Scarlett Johansson, and Kevin comes with the hottest take in Everyone Is Wrong history (which involves Home Alone 2). https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/everyone-is-wrong/id1562813419?i=1000543491284

‎Show Everyone Is Wrong, Ep Home Alone 3 (with Kevin Parker) - Nov 30, 2021