Welcome to Year 6 of Ruminations! Chris and Steve begin the new year with a discussion of Robert Eggers’ acclaimed remake of Nosferatu, a look back at 2024, and what we’re looking forward to in 2025 (if we can even think of anything). How, according to Chris, did the notoriously detail-oriented Eggers drop the ball? Can either of us talk about any of the characters in Nosferatu without calling them by their Dracula counterparts? What did we think of the 2006 Dracula-themed book, The Historian? How many episodes of TV did Steve watch while on paternity leave? Is Chris still miffed that Mufasa exists? What Zoomer slang ensured Steve’s fantasy football victory? Happy New Year!
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Ruminations Episode XXI: Disney Fun Time
After a yearlong hiatus, Ruminations is back with Episode 21, the last episode before co-host Steve becomes a father! To mark this occasion (and the possibility of an even longer hiatus), Steve and Chris return to their roots: discussing the good, the bad, and the ugly of Disney. This time around, it’s mostly the Disney theme parks and their controversial changes of recent years, with a sprinkling of TV and movie talk. Which Disney landmark, according to Chris, is no longer safe? Did Steve ever finish The Acolyte? Did Chris come up with a better plot for an unnecessary Disney prequel nearly 20 years before it was announced IRL? Can one have nostalgia for a place first visited at the age of 20? How did Steve not die while drinking (and eating cheese) Around the World last summer? Come for Chris’s burning hatred of a thousand suns, stay for Steve’s inability to say “paella” and a surprise cameo appearance!
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