About this episode

The episode discusses the box office performance of Disney's Moana and the future of Disney live action movies with various guests.

Moana bombs at the box office! Are Disney live action movies dead? Chris Gore and Alan Ng are joined by The Angry Badger, Derek Anderson, Nerd Cookies, Robert Meyer Burnett, Blaine from Criticless, Steph from My Nerdy Home. Hilarity ensues! 0:00 Intro 4:52 Weekend Box Office 6:12 Moana Bombs 13:31 Bust Your Face for The Odyssey 16:21The Odyssey Backlash 33:41 The Odyssey Trailer Comments Set to Music 50:37 The Odyssey Casting Controversy 1:14:19 Super Chats 2:00:27 Final Wrap-Up 2:06:08 Outro

People in this episode

Hosts: Chris Gore, Alan Ng

Guests: Derek Anderson, Nerd Cookies, Robert Meyer Burnett, Blaine, Steph

Topics covered

• box office
• Disney
• live action movies
• Moana
• The Odyssey
• film discussion
• podcast

Keywords

• Moana
• Disney
• box office
• live action
• The Odyssey
• film
• podcast
• interview

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Disney

Books & works: Moana, The Odyssey

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