Steven discusses a new movie this week. The “standalone sequel” to the 1996 film, Twisters. One of the few major hits of the summer and definitely checks all the boxes for a summer movie. Wanna Donate:Donations will allow us to remain ad-free and expand our content.Donate to our PayPalCash App: $TheGenXerVenmo: @thelazygeeks_1010Blog: Donations Music By:"Miami Nights (Extended Theme)" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Other Shows:Great American Sh*t Show: Apple Podcast/SpotifyThe Gen-Xer Pod: Apple Podcast/SpotifyApostate of Mind: Apple Podcast/SpotifyThe Gen-Xer Critic: Apple Podcast/Spotify Contact Us:Blog: GXPNSocials: Twitter/Instagram/Threads/TikTokMailbag: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Have you noticed that the toxicity of various fandoms has gotten worse. It’s gotten so bad that when a seen a negative video about something I like, you tell YouTube to not recommend that channel to me. Not only is it the fault of those content creators that produce it, it is the fault of the people that rage-watch this content. Wanna Donate:Donations will allow us to remain ad-free and expand our content.Donate to our PayPalCash App: $TheGenXerVenmo: @thelazygeeks_1010Blog: Donations Music By:"Miami Nights (Extended Theme)" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Other Shows:Great American Sh*t Show: Apple Podcast/SpotifyThe Gen-Xer Pod: Apple Podcast/SpotifyApostate of Mind: Apple Podcast/SpotifyThe Gen-Xer Critic: Apple Podcast/Spotify Contact Us:Blog: GenXPNSocials: Twitter/Instagram/Threads/TikTokMailbag: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Shortly after the months of September 11, the culture of films changed in the fall and winter of 2001. Among the first installment of Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings, a small budget heist movies changed the way we viewed the genre, and made it fun. Welcome to Ocean’s 11. Wanna Donate:Donations will allow us to remain ad-free and expand our content.Donate to our PayPalCash App: $TheGenXerVenmo: @thelazygeeks_1010Blog: Donations Music By:"Miami Nights (Extended Theme)" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Other Shows:Great American Sh*t Show: Apple Podcast/SpotifyThe Gen-Xer Pod: Apple Podcast/SpotifyApostate of Mind: Apple Podcast/SpotifyThe Gen-Xer Critic: Apple Podcast/Spotify Contact Us:Blog: GXPNSocials: Twitter/Instagram/Threads/TikTokMailbag: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

He wore a blazing saddle! He wore a shiny star! We kick off my favorite movies series with the 1974 classic Blazing Saddles. A movie that has been told by older generations that it could never be made today due to its non-political correctness. If you listen to Mel Brooks tell it, it was barely able to get made back then. Wanna Donate:Donations will allow us to remain ad-free and expand our content.Donate to our PayPalCash App: $TheGenXerVenmo: @thelazygeeks_1010Blog: Donations Music By:"Miami Nights (Extended Theme)" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Other Shows:Great American Sh*t Show: Apple Podcast/SpotifyThe Gen-Xer Pod: Apple Podcast/SpotifyApostate of Mind: Apple Podcast/SpotifyThe Gen-Xer Critic: Apple Podcast/Spotify Contact Us:Blog: The Gen-Xer BlogSocials: Twitter/Instagram/Threads/TikTokMailbag: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome everyone to our second episode. For the time being, I will do mid-week episodes to focus on film topics that I think need discussion.  This week’s discussion is misused terminology: “woke”, “reshoots”, and “plot holes”. Many of them are used incorrectly and this episode is designed to give you a firmer understanding. And the way some people use it – don't know what they’re talking about.  Wanna Donate: Donations will allow us to remain ad-free and expand our content. Donate to our PayPal Cash App: $TheGenXer Venmo: @thelazygeeks_1010 Blog: Donations  Music By: "Miami Nights (Extended Theme)" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/  Other Shows: Great American Sh*t Show: Apple Podcast/Spotify The Gen-Xer Pod: Apple Podcast/Spotify Apostate of Mind: Apple Podcast/Spotify The Gen-Xer Critic: Apple Podcast/Spotify  Contact Us: Blog: The Gen-Xer Blog Socials: Twitter/Instagram/Threads/TikTok Mailbag: [email protected]  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You can’t celebrate the Fourth of July without discussing Independence Day. The 1996 classic that turns an American holiday into a global one. The movie that stars Will Smith is overshadowed by the performances and character development of the surrounding cast. The film shouldn’t work on paper, but it defy convention – and a small budget – to give us a spectacle that helped curate the 1990’s flirtation with disasters movies on our way to the new century. Wanna Donate:Donations will allow us to remain ad-free and expand our content.Donate to our PayPalCash App: $TheGenXerVenmo: @thelazygeeks_1010Blog: Donations Music By:"Miami Nights (Extended Theme)" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Other Shows:Great American Sh*t Show: Apple Podcast/SpotifyThe Gen-Xer Nerd: Apple Podcast/SpotifyApostate of Mind: Apple Podcast/SpotifyThe Gen-Xer Critic: Apple Podcast/Spotify Contact Us:Blog: The Gen-Xer BlogSocials: Twitter/Instagram/Threads/TikTokMailbag: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tired of listening to film podcasts that simply say the writing was “lazy”, that it was “oddly paced”, or maybe the movie is garbage because it’s woke? Then you need The Gen-Xer Critic with Steven Vargas, who actually studied film, writing, and acted a bit. I’ll take you through some of my favorite films, as well as some new ones, and breakdown the film in a way that dutifully explains why I did or didn’t like the film. I’ll even do episodes that focuses on the discourse on social media from people complaining movies are “woke” and their garbage simply because its lead is a female or a person of color. Maybe, god forbid, a female person of color.Take it from someone that knows what “plot holes” and “lazy writing” actually means. Join me, every Wednesday, for episodes of The Gen-Xer Critic with Steven Vargas on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or anywhere you get your podcasts. Wanna Donate:Donations will allow us to remain ad-free and expand our content.Donate to our PayPalCash App: $TheGenXerVenmo: @thelazygeeks_1010Blog: Donations Music By:"Miami Nights (Extended Theme)" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Other Shows:Great American Sh*t Show: Apple Podcast/SpotifyThe Gen-Xer Pod: Apple Podcast/Spotify Contact Us:Blog: The Gen-Xer BlogSocials: Twitter/Instagram/Threads/TikTokMailbag: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.