Myopia: Defend Your Childhood - A Nostalgic Movies Podcast

Since we are covering Austin Powers later this week, we figured we should release a silly Bond Movie as well. Enjoy this coverage on Never Say Never Again, a remake of Bond's most boring movie Thunderball. Sean Connery returns as Bond to spite the Broccoli's in what was supposed to create a new Bond Spin-off to challenge the Timothy Dalton movies. Oof. How can the director of Empire Strikes Back make a movie this boring! How will Never Say Never Again hold up? Host: Nic Directed by Irvin Kershner Starring: Sean Connery, Kim Basinger, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Max von Sydow, Barbara Carrera, Bernie Casey, Alec McCowen, Rowan Atkinson  

This week, we head to the beach for two films from the back catalog and former patreon to celebrate the beach. We watched the most recent role in black face to get nominated for an academy award and the last time Tom Cruise got to act nutty. We watched Tropic Thunder. I don't drop character 'till I done the DVD commentary.  How will Tropic Thunder hold up? Host: Nic Panel: Fitzy, Nic, Charlie Directed by Ben Stiller Starring: Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Jay Baruchel, Brandon T. Jackson, Steve Coogan, Danny McBride, Bill Hader, Nick Nolte, Tom Cruise

This week, we head to the beach for two films from the back catalog and former patreon to celebrate the beach. This episode we go to a movie that learned all the wrong lessons from its predecessor. After the success of previous episode A Muppet Christmas Carol they thought they could do another classic. The novel Treasure Island is a layup, right? Well, replace Michael Caine with Tim Curry and we are off to the races. Also, have it led by a child in his first role and you are in trouble already. How will Muppet Treasure Island hold up? Host: Nic Panel: Thomas and Daniel Directed by Brian Henson Starring: Tim Curry, Billy Connolly, Jennifer Saunders, Kevin Bishop, Dave Goelz, Gonzo the Great, Steve Whitmire, Kermit the Frog, Jerry Nelson, Statler, Kevin Clash, Frank Oz, Miss Piggy

This week, we have done it. As I said Monday, we worship the beautiful specimen that is Pierce Brosnan. From the heights of James Bond, to the depths of The Lawnmower Man, we focus on everyone's favorite Irish Bond. This time we review the Stephen King adaptation SO bad, he sued to remove his name, twice. How will The Lawnmower Man hold up? Host: Jon Panel: Nic and Daniel Directed by     Brett Leonard Starring: Jeff Fahey, Pierce Brosnan, Jenny Wright, Mark Bringelson, Geoffrey Lewis, Jeremy Slate, Dean Norris

This week on Myopia Movies, we worship the beautiful specimen that is Pierce Brosnan. From the heights of James Bond, to the depths of The Lawnmower Man, we focus on everyone's favorite Irish Bond. This week we watch Goldeneye and learn who is Invincible! How will Goldeneye hold up? Host: Nic Panel: Matt, Thomas, Daniel Directed by Martin Campbell Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean, Izabella Scorupco, Famke Janssen, Joe Don Baker, Judi Dench, Robbie Coltrane, Tchéky Karyo, Gottfried John, Alan Cumming, Desmond Llewelyn, Samantha Bond

Today, as a father, we learn that babies are pretty much indestructible. We watched John Hughes' Baby's Day Out, is this the worst mafia on film? How will Baby's Day Out hold up? Host: Nic Panel: Matt, Daniel Directed by Patrick Read Johnson Written by John Hughes Starring: Lara Flynn Boyle, Joe Mantegna, Joe Pantoliano, Brian Haley, Cynthia Nixon, Fred Thompson

This week we visit the city of Chicago and visit a jazz club while running from the mop. We saw Adventures in Babysitting. How does Adventures in Babysitting hold up? Host: Nic Panel: Daniel, Matt Directed by Chris Columbus Starring: Elisabeth Shue, Maia Brewton, Keith Coogan, Anthony Rapp, Vincent D'Onofrio, Penelope Ann Miller, George Newbern, Bradley Whitford

This week we wrap up season 8 with Dexter's Lab: Ego Trip, a made for TV masterpiece by Genndy Tartakovsky, as we learn that Eddie Deezen is annoying throughout all time.  Also, as an update, our Patreon is officially ending and we would like to thank all those who supported us during CoVid. In the meantime, we will be taking July off for vacation. Which for you means, you will receive two episodes a week all month long! Some from the Patreon and some from the old archive! Enjoy!  How does Dexter's Lab: Ego Trip hold up? Host: Nic Panel: Candace, Matthew, Daniel Directed by Genndy Tartakovsky Starring: Jeff Bennett, Christine Cavanaugh, Kat Cressida, Eddie Deezen, Tom Kenny, Kath Soucie

This week on Myopia we learn the true evil of owls. In honor of the release of Elvis, we watched the Glen Campbell/Don Bluth movie, Rock-A-Doodle. Nothing like a kid's movie about the forced sexual pressure put on actresses. Also, don't make the kid with the adorable speech impediment try to say "Chanticleer" 1000 times. How will Rock-A-Doodle hold up? Host: Nic Panel: Matthew and Daniel Directed by:     Don Bluth, Gary Goldman, Dan Kuenster Starring: Glen Campbell, Christopher Plummer, Phil Harris, Eddie Deezen, Toby Ganger, Charles Nelson Reilly  

In honor of the mediocre end to the Jurassic World Trilogy, we return to the 2015 movie that sucked the charisma out of Chris Pratt, Jurassic World; a movie I have now seen easily two dozen times due to my daughter's love of dinosaurs and a vast Mattel marketing line. Join us for a second season episode where we are young sounding and still optimistic for the hopes of Universal Dino movies, we ignore running in heels, and are generally high on a fun movie experience. Enjoy Hosted by Nic Directed by Colin Trevorrow Starring: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Ty Simpkins, Judy Greer, Irrfan Khan, Vincent D'Onofrio, Jake Johnson, Omar Sy, BD Wong, Lauren Lapkus, and a useless cameo by Jimmy Fallon    

This week on Myopia Movies, the take down Optimus Prime. We saw Transformers: The Movie (1986), cameos in disguise. Transformers: The Movie (1986) is Directed by Nelson Shin Starring: Orson Welles, Robert Stack, Leonard Nimoy, Norman Alden, Eric Idle, Scatman Crothers.  Music Includes Weird Al Yankovic for some reason. Host: Nic Panel: Daniel and Matthew  

This week, we visit the hallowed halls of ACME Looniversity just in time for it to be closed for the summer, we watched Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Summer Vacation! Yet another movie directly poking Happy World Land, I mean Disney.  Nothing like reminiscing to summer couch days and watching Tiny Toons. Starring: Charlie Adler, Tress MacNeille, Jonathan Winters, Don Messick, Edie McClurg, Maurice LaMarche, Joe Alaskey How will Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Summer Vacation hold up? Panel: Nic, Matthew, and Daniel  

This week, we bring down Disney just a little bit. We watched Shrek, Jeffrey Kateznberg's revenge on Michael Eisner. We fill in a major animated gap in our knowledge by watching this Dreamworks classic (?) and the first animated best picture winner.  Starring: Mike Meyers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy, and John Lithgow. How will Shrek hold up? Panel: Nic, Matt, Daniel

This week, we cover the impressive, the rare, the Bruce Willis Musical! In honor of the great Bruce Willis' retirement, we are covering a rare foray away from the tough guy with the quips to the raw talent of a song and dance man! We watched Hudson Hawk, just let the man have his latte!  How will Hudson Hawk hold up? Panel: Nic, Matt, Daniel

This week Disney teaches us that stealing from the mafia works out for the best, which may describe Michael Eisner's tenure. We watched Blank Check, the first and possibly only movie ever to be made with Sharper Image money.  How will Blank Check stand when we put it on trial? Panel: Nic and Daniel

This week in honor of the Marvel return to the Multiverse, we visit the only multiverse movie about 2001 to not try stopping 9/11. Before you watch Dr. Strange, we saw The One.  Have you joined the Patreon? Why not? At the lowest levels, you get access to the back catalogue! Mission Briefing adds an extra Bond related or spy movie every other month! At the Official tier, you get an additional extra episode a month! At the Riffing tier you get a movie riff Quarterly! At the top tier you pick a movie we will cover every year you are a member! That is over 30 hours of bonus content on top of 100+ hours of back catalogue! How will The One hold up when we put it on trial? Host: Nic Panel: Daniel and Matthew

This week on we learn to just stick to the classics, otherwise you may waste $140 million. We watched a giggling fart cloud, I mean Treasure Planet. Sure, it's garbage, but it is beautiful garbage.  Have you joined the Patreon? Why not? At the lowest levels, you get access to the back catalogue! Mission Briefing adds an extra Bond related or spy movie every other month! At the Official tier, you get an additional extra episode a month! At the Riffing tier you get a movie riff Quarterly! At the top tier you pick a movie we will cover every year you are a member! That is over 30 hours of bonus content on top of 100+ hours of back catalogue! How will Treasure Planet hold up when we put you on trial? Host: Nic Panel: Daniel and Matthew

This week we clean up the streets, pally. We watched Death Wish 3, the Star Trek and Lost Boys cross over we didn't ask for!  Panel: Nic and Daniel

This week Johnny Depp remains pale and women throw themselves at him. We watched Dark Shadows, do you know about doctor patient confidentiality? Join the Patreon (http://patreon.com/myopia)! There are tiers to that will help us keep doing what we are doing! (Each tier unlocks all lower tiers) What is patreon? It is our way of rewarding our biggest fans with additional stuff, like movie episodes, riffs, and our back catalog! Join now for additional stuff at $1, $3, $5, and $10! Or a one time $50 to pick your own flick! What do you unlock? The Alien Franchise: Alien, Aliens, Alien 3, Alien Resurrection, Prometheus, and Alien Covenant, the rest of Harry Potter: The Half Blood Prince, Hallows part 1 and 2, plus Silver Bullet, The Watchmen, The Lawnmower Man, Demolition Man, True Lies, Van Helsing, The 39 Steps, Baby’s Day Out, The 13th Warrior, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, The Thomas Crown Affair, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, and London Has Fallen! Not to mention movie riffs and much more to com

This week we watched the most lovingly a penis has ever been 3D CGI rendered. We watched Hollow Man that is some sizzling Bacon. Join the Patreon (http://patreon.com/myopia)! There are tiers to that will help us keep doing what we are doing! (Each tier unlocks all lower tiers) What is patreon? It is our way of rewarding our biggest fans with additional stuff, like movie episodes, riffs, and our back catalog! Join now for additional stuff at $1, $3, $5, and $10! Or a one time $50 to pick your own flick! What do you unlock? The Alien Franchise: Alien, Aliens, Alien 3, Alien Resurrection, Prometheus, and Alien Covenant, the rest of Harry Potter: The Half Blood Prince, Hallows part 1 and 2, plus Silver Bullet, The Watchmen, The Lawnmower Man, Demolition Man, True Lies, Van Helsing, The 39 Steps, Baby’s Day Out, The 13th Warrior, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, The Thomas Crown Affair, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, and London Has Fallen! Not to mention movie riffs and much more to come! Also, because