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Matt and Drew talk about the oft-overlooked film genre of high fantasy and occasionally wax poetic about the glorious cinematic heyday of sword-and-sorcery that was the 1980s.

Reel Fantasy theme by Kevin MacLeod (www.incompetech.com)
17 Episodes
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Matt and Drew reminisce and talk about their favorite fantasy films, some of which have been addressed in previous episodes, some of which have yet to make an appearance!
Something a little different today...some stuff that was edited out of our very first episode!
Episode 15 - Dragonheart

Episode 15 - Dragonheart

2016-07-2201:00:52

Matt and Drew are sworn to valor, with 1996's DRAGONHEART! Random spikes, dragon parole officers, fire snot and the Code!! Plus, Drew snaps into a Slim Jim, oooooh yeah!
Matt and Drew are survivors cast upon the rocky shores of 1977's SINBAD AND THE EYE OF THE TIGER! Crisis On Infinite Supermen, more monkeys in more pictures, the doofusiest wisest man in the world and seagull-footed witches. Plus, Drew completely agrees with the assessment that Ray Harryhausen is a freakin' genius.
Episode 13 - Wizards

Episode 13 - Wizards

2016-07-0156:56

Matt and Drew tackle their first animated fantasy with 1977's WIZARDS! Columbo the wizard, string-bikini-clad full-fledged fairies, song-and-dance rabbis and you know...for kids! Plus, Drew uses an excess of euphemisms for breasts.
Episode 12 - Legend

Episode 12 - Legend

2016-06-2401:00:36

Matt and Drew find disconcertingly little to complain about with 1985's LEGEND! Archetypal blank slates, familiar fairy faces, that's neither here nor there and the best damned makeup ever put to film. Plus, Drew gets happy birthday wishes for the second day in a row.
Matt and Drew return to some old stomping grounds with 2015's MYTHICA: THE DARKSPORE! Surprise elves, gojiberry pies, little marmots and even more Kevin Sorbo. Plus, Drew starts things off with a little leftover haggis.
Matt takes this one solo with the entirety of THE HIGHLANDER FILM SERIES! Spanish-Japanese-Egyptians with Scottish accents, Highland Scotsmen with Swiss accents, rapidly declining villain quality and the crippling weight of arbitrary rules. Plus, Drew doesn't show up even once.
Episode 9 - The Seeker

Episode 9 - The Seeker

2016-06-0301:09:34

Matt and Drew wish the Dark was rising a little less stupidly with 2007's THE SEEKER! Why is the Black Rider riding a white horse, why is Ian McShane playing Merriman Lyon, why are the Stantons American and why is Will a 14-year-old douche, among countless other questions? Plus, Drew crumbles under the crushing weight of Matt's disdain for this desecration of his childhood literary favorite.
Matt and Drew prove the lie inherent in the title of 1984's THE NEVERENDING STORY! Oh the Germanity, intricate and thinly-veiled clinical depression metaphors, Frank Zappa's kid and unpaid-off emotional set-ups. Plus, Drew has a perfectly respectable showing in the Reel Fantasy Tons'o Tricky Tropes Trivia Test.
Episode 7 - The Beastmaster

Episode 7 - The Beastmaster

2016-05-2001:19:47

Matt and Drew get in touch with their animal sides with 1982's THE BEASTMASTER! Cow babies, Arnold the Tiger, overly-sensitive vegan barbarians and Cleo McDowell's flaring nostrils. Plus, Drew has a vastly different opinion of the film than Matt does.
Matt and Drew go new-school with 2014's MYTHICA: A QUEST FOR HEROES! Kevin Sorbo, Kevin Sorbo, Kevin Sorbo and Kevin Sorbo. Plus, Drew gets a fykin' curse word bleeped out!
Matt and Drew catch Muppet Mania with 1982's THE DARK CRYSTAL! Androgynous puppets, potato people, SkekRobert and flayed-rabbit-nightmare-creatures. Plus, Drew expresses displeasure at the thought of roly-poly, squishy, tentacly thingies rubbing their tentacles all over him.
Matt and Drew delve deeper into the history of the fantasy genre and come up with 1962's THE MAGIC SWORD! TV-quality sets, 20-year-old plague-orphaned prince-knights, dodgy Irish accents and curses out the wazoo. Plus, Drew draws comparisons to Ed Wood, The Munsters, Barbie, Scooby-Doo, The Princess Bride, Star Trek, Jason And The Argonauts, and Krull...but NOT Lord Of The Rings.
Episode 3 - Willow

Episode 3 - Willow

2016-04-1501:27:07

Matt and Drew watch a film from back in the days when George Lucas still had the good will of the world firmly on his side, 1988's WILLOW! Pecks, Daikinis, Nelwyns and what the fudge am I even saying right now?! Plus, Drew turns into an 18th century fur trader for a second or two.
Matt and Drew celebrate April Fool's Day with a sequel that must have seemed like a prank to audiences when it was released, 1984's CONAN THE DESTROYER! Fuzzy tighty-whities, pervasive sexual innuendos, stone-swallowing sidekicks and Bombaata Grunts: Alien Detective. Plus, Drew does dead-on, off-the-cuff impressions of about half the cast.
Episode 1 - Krull

Episode 1 - Krull

2016-04-0101:33:44

The Reel Fantasy Podcast begins with Matt and Drew discussing a film they both know and love, 1983's blending of fantasy and sci-fi, KRULL! Whiny princes, circus-pirate pants, laser burps and Charlie Bucket's math teacher. Plus, Drew comes up with the perfect title that the producers probably should have used, instead of Krull, in order to maximize box office results.
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