Episode 321|Fancast Friday – The Iron Giant

About this episode

The hosts discuss the 90s animated film The Iron Giant and engage in fancasting while exploring various related questions.

What?! Back-to-back fancasts?! Look at us! Who woulda thought? Not me! Happy Fancast Friday again! Today we’re going back to the 90s again, this time for The Iron Giant. Is the movie as good as we all remember? Is it possible for us to fancast a movie about a kid without using Stranger Things actors? And what’s up with Brad Bird and hot cartoon moms? Get nostalgic with us as we address these questions and more! Thanks for listening! Time […]

Topics covered

• The Iron Giant
• fancasting
• 90s movies
• nostalgia

Keywords

• animation
• Brad Bird
• Stranger Things

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Iron Giant, Stranger Things

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