Snark Squad Pod

In a rare move: we are actually returning to a show for the second season! Less surprising, of course, that it's *this* show, an adaptation of a beloved book series that we also dedicated three whole podcast episodes to. Join us as we get excited about Lyra & Will finally being together, form the Ruth Wilson stan club, and lament the presence of all other adults.Find us on Twitter:Jocelyn: twitter.com/joceraptorNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We watched the Netflix chess show! And had a lot of feelings about it!Find us all on Twitter:Taylor: twitter.com/itsradishtimeNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

HELLO AGAIN IT IS US! WE HAVE RETURNED FROM THE DEPTHS OF THIS YEAR BECAUSE IT'S TRADITION! (healwayswavesatthegate) This episode is a little chaotic so please join us as we try to... remember things.Thanks to Stefan Chin for our theme music: www.twitter.com/pilocratesFind us on Twitter:Nicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In search of cheap serotonin in these dark times, we watched the Netflix movie Enola Holmes, starring Millie Bobby Brown. The movie is adapted from the first book in a middle grade series, which only one of us actually read first. Find out whether we charmed by this movie, himbo Sherlock, Enola's breaking the third wall, and her mother's commitment to the feminist agenda TM.Find us all on Twitter:Paige: twitter.com/minimalbookie Maureen: twitter.com/maureenkeavyNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we are joined by Lainey Kress to discuss season one of Motherland: Fort Salen, a Freeform show that asks what if the Salem Witches became the US Army. We all pretty much enjoyed that bonkers premise, though we also have a lot of questions, a short wish-list for season two, and strong opinions on the astrological signs of fictional characters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we are joined by Ceri Riley to discuss the Netflix original film The Half of It. This coming of age dramedy was a combination of a number of story elements that felt pretty calibrated for us to love it and we loved talking about it almost as much as the movie itself.Find us all on Twitter:Ceri: twitter.com/cerileyNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode was recorded about a month ago and our decision to re-read The Hunger Games was made well before we had any notion of being quarantined. We decided to do a big group re-read of The Hunger Games on our Discord server in anticipation of the upcoming release of the prequel novel. We invited our friend Sam (@democracydiva) back on the show to talk to us about all things Hunger Games. We talked about our history with the series, PTSD, whether or not it holds up, the fashion, and so much more.Find us all on Twitter:Sam: twitter.com/democracydivaNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While we already did an episode on Jane Austen's Emma around this time last year, as fans of Austen's work we couldn't miss the opportunity to talk about Autumn de Wilde's colorful new adaptation of the classic novel & pick two more friends to discuss all things Emma with.Find us on Twitter:Deboki: twitter.com/okidoki_bokiJocelyn: twitter.com/joceraptorNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After making our way through the entire MCU, we finally watched a DC movie! And a villain one, no less! Find out if this movie was too Not For Us to be enjoyed or if we somehow managed to have fun anyway in this week's episode.Find us all on Twitter:Jessica: twitter.com/antiscianNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As big fans of the His Dark Materials book trilogy, we were, of course, excited and nervous about the BBC/HBO adaptation. As we try to sort through all our many (many, many, many) feelings about the show, we are joined by our good friend Jocelyn who has loved the books since she was a child. (And also had many, many, many feelings.)Find us on Twitter:Jocelyn: twitter.com/joceraptorNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After years of trying to get Nicole to play a video game and share her love of The Witcher, Marines was rewarded with a Netflix adaptation. To sift through all of our feelings about this first season of The Witcher, we are joined by author and fellow game-fan Susan Dennard & our friend Deboki.Find us on Twitter:Susan: twitter.com/stdennardDeboki: twitter.com/okidoki_bokiNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Happy new year! Join Marines & Nicole as they once again take a look back on all the things they watched and read in the previous year, including some favorites (and least favorites) that never made it onto the podcast.Find us on Twitter:Nicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The current Star Wars trilogy has now come to an end and this is a big moment for this podcast as we have chosen to make this trilogy our entry point into the world of Star Wars. We invited our friend Matthew Gaydos to be our resident Star Wars expert as we tried to sift through our feelings about this movie.Find us all on Twitter:Matt: twitter.com/matthewgaydosNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's the holiday season & while family stories are everywhere, we decided to talk about some of our favorite (and least favorite) families of choice. We are joined by our go-to trope friend & important member of the Snark Squad Found Family, Ceri Riley.Find us all on Twitter:Ceri: twitter.com/cerileyNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Hulu series Dollface follows a woman named Jules (Kat Dennings) trying to reconnect with her female friends after a breakup & a weird cat lady fairy godmother character. This was another piece of content that felt very made for us, but did it work? Our friend Deboki joins us once again to help us try to answer that question.Find us all on Twitter:Deboki: twitter.com/okidoki_bokiNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We did not go opening weekend, but we did make our way to the theater to see this Elizabeth Bank directed entry to the larger Charlie's Angels franchise, and we asked a longtime friend (and Snark Squad recapper!) to join us in talking about it.Find us all on Twitter:Jessica: twitter.com/antiscianNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Months ago Nicole & Marines were at Disney World with some other friends and while standing in line to ride Pirates with dear friend Lainey Kress, someone decided it might be fun to watch all 5 movies for a podcast episode. Find out if it was, indeed, "fun" to watch all 5 movies for a podcast episode.Find us all on Twitter:Lainey: twitter.com/readalonglaineyMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In her first big part after Game of Thrones, our dear Khaleesi gets to unleash her full goofball energy in this Christmas movie where stars as a woman whose life is a bit of a mess. This is one of those movies that got on our radar because our corner of Twitter was buzzing about it as soon as the first trailer came out, and we were trash for it so we knew we'd have to do an episode on it. We asked our friends Sam & Rachel, co-hosts of the podcast Reel Love, to help us sift through our feelings about it.Find us all on Twitter:Sam: twitter.com/slamschultzRachel: twitter.com/rachel_cav_navReel Love: twitter.com/reellovepodNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We watched the Netflix adaptation of Shakespeare's Henriad plays. The only part of that sentence that sounds like us is "Netflix" so of course we had to phone a friend for help. Our wonderful and wise friend Devyn Hinchee brought her actual expertise in Shakespeare to talk about how this film works as both a movie and an adaptation.Find us all on Twitter:Devyn: twitter.com/devynmhincheeNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Spoopy season continues an extra week for us as we have invited our dear friends Ceri Riley and Lainey Kress to help us talk about our favorite and least favorite apocalypse stories and apocalypse-related tropes!Find us all on Twitter:Ceri: twitter.com/cerileyLainey: twitter.com/readalonglaineyMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.