The Millennial Falcon Podcast

This week your three favorite millennials review Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. We all have complicated feelings, and not so complicated feelings, about [in extreme Palpatine voice] the final word on the story of Skywalker. We have spoiler free thoughts and then start talking about specific plot details at 19:20. Skip forward to our “Really Like" section at 1:13:15. Enjoy!

This week your three favorite millennials are discussing HBO’s Watchmen, as well as the graphic novel from the 80s. We dive into the successes of the TV series and the way it recontextualizes the graphic novel and some of the issues we have with the source material itself. We also get into a discussion on Damon Lindelof, the showrunner, as well as talk about what we really life in pop culture this week!

This week, all three of your favorite millennials are back after vacations and thanksgivings to bring you their monthly movie review (a week late) of Knives Out, a Rian Johnson whodunnit. Listen to us discuss the murder mystery, all the twists and turns, the writing, the direction, and the ensemble cast!

This week we shake things up and get political! More than usual, this time it's the theme! We talk about how impeachment is a BFD and how all art is political. If you want to disengage and skip this episode, we really understand and you'll hear us next episode. Otherwise, we're bringing the big Leslie Knope energy this week.

No theme this week! HT is in Vietnam and Willoughby and Anya have a bunch of different things they want to talk about, from all the new Disney+ content, to The Adventure Zone, and more! It's a smorgasbord of topics!

This week your three favorite millennials (and their dæmons) expound on their love for Philip Pullman’s book series “His Dark Materials” as well as give their reactions to the first episode of the new HBO/BBC television show of the same name!

This week your three favorite millennials review Bong Joon-ho’s PARASITE. It’s being lauded as one of the best films of the year - find out if we agree! Because this movie should probably best be seen without knowing too much about it, our spoiler section begins at 17:44 and ends at 1:02:00.

Your three favorite millennials are talking about the dastardly villains of pop culture and what makes them tick. Why are we so fascinated with the bad guys? What happens when there’s attempts at redemption? We examine some classic villains and - in honor of the Maleficent films - pitch a reimagining of a villain we’d like to see or a redemption story. PLUS Get red hot takes on the latest RISE OF SKYWALKER trailer (because we recorded minutes after it was released).

Your three favorite millennials take a deep dive into vampires and what makes them such a compelling and interesting concept for basically all of humanity!

This week, your three favorite millennials review James Grey’s latest film: Ad Astra! Listen as we break down the themes, characters, and plot of the this year’s fall prestige space/sci-fi movie!

This week your three favorite millennials dive into the works of celebrated Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki. We take a deep look at his themes, his characters, and our favorite of his films!

Your three favorite millennials are here with their time-old tradition of the Fall TV Preview episode! They talk about all the television their excited about from His Dark Materials to The Good Place to The Mandalorian, and many more!

This week, two of your three favorite millennials have given each other homework and a “book report” to share with the class: HT watched the first two episodes of The Leftovers and Willoughby watched the first two episodes of The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance! Listen as they stand at the front of the class and give their “reports” on each show.

This week your three favorite millennials review the horror comedy READY OR NOT. Anya and HT have embraced the horror genre in the years since starting this podcast, but Willoughby has not yet crossed that particular bridge. Listen to find out what they thought of the film!

Your three favorite millennials discuss all the latest news and announcements from D23, Disney's biennial convention, and also get into all the issues with Disney's increasing monopoly over the entertainment industry. But we're also like, really excited for The Mandalorian, so as we like to say here, we contain multitudes.

This week all three of your favorite millennials are back! And they’re here to talk one of the subjects that started it all: fall movie preview! There’s so many interesting movies coming out, for example: the buckwild-looking CATS.

Only two of your three favorite millennials are here this week and there’s no theme! HT and Willoughby spend an hour catching up after a few vacations and talk about all the movies, tv shows, and podcasts they’ve been consuming! We need a new name for these themeless episodes so please tweet at us!

This week, we’re pitching ideas for what we would like to see Tarantino do after he’s done with directing movies (he’s said he’s done after 10 films). What would it like to seem adapt other stories, or tell them in different mediums? Find out!

With HT at Comic-Con, reporting on all the Hall-H news, Anya and Willoughby discuss Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson book universe and all the greatness in those books. We dive into the compassion, diversity, and amazing world-building of Percy Jackson! Plus, Willoughby really likes the latest graphic novel adaption of The Adventure Zone from the McElroys and Anya really liked Hugh Jackman performing at the Hollywood Bowl!

This week, in honor of Spider-Man: Far From home, this episode is all about your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man! From the cartoon, the comics, and the films, we talk about why we love the web-head superhero - plus a small discussion on what Willoughby and HT thought of Far From Home.