Best of 2017 in TV and Movies

Happy New Year! This episode Shannon and Fadra talk about the best of 2017 and a look forward to 2018. Listen in to find out what we loved, didn’t love, and our plans for this year.

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7:13 What are we watching?

• Dark: This Netflix original is a supernatural thriller involving time travel and kids that go missing mysteriously. We give it a thumbs up.
• Outlander: Shannon just wrapped up season three of the Starz original. (Note: we mistakenly attribute this to Showtime.)  It’s about a woman who travels from the 20th century to the 18th and finds the love of her life.  The third season had some elements that were a little ridiculous, but Shannon still enjoyed it.
• Black Mirror season four is out now and we are excited!
• The Indian Detective: Netflix recommended this to Fadra. Only four episodes, a nice, light dramedy.
• Marvel’s Runaways is a Hulu original that’s intense, but not too mature. A group of teens stumble upon a secret their parents are trying to conceal. Fadra loves it!
• Trollhunters is an entertaining, animated show on Netflix.
• The Toys That Made Us: Each episode focuses on a different genre of toys. Episode one was about Star Wars toys. So fun and nostalgic! On Netflix.
• The Walking Dead: We catch up on Fadra’s progress. She’s at the beginning of Season six and she thought Glenn died.

24:05 Last movie seen?

• The Greatest Showman: A sweet, uplifting movie. The story of P.T. Barnum and his circus.
• Pitch Perfect 3: Great closure for this series. Pitch Perfect is one of Shannon’s all-time favorites, but the second one was not great. Fans will be pleased with the final movie.
• The Disaster Artist: You don’t have to have seen the Tommy Wiseau film, The Room, but you need to be familiar with it (just google worst movie ever made); this was a family movie.
• Jumanji – Welcome to the Jungle: Good popcorn entertainment for the whole family, loved the cast.

27:32 What’s coming up?

• Ocean’s 8: Sandra Bullock leads an awesome cast.
• Mama Mia – Here We Go Again: Is this a sequel? Prequel? Reboot? We’re not sure, and we’re not sure we care.
• Nutcracker: Disney is showing the dark side of the Nutcracker story… looks like they’re making it creepy.
• Love, Simon: The struggles of a gay teenage boy. Looks funny and light.
• Overboard: A remake with male/female roles switched.
• Queer Eye is getting a reboot on Netflix.
• Jessica Jones season 2 coming March 2018 on Netflix.
• Seven Seconds: In a society fraught with racial tension, sensational headlines, and an audience who would rather be entertained than informed, seven seconds can mean life or death. 2/23/18
• Ready Player One: Fadra is listening to the audio book and we’re both super-excited about this movie coming out in March, directed by Steven Spielberg.

Stinger Topic: Best of 2017 in TV and Movies

35:05 Our favorite movies of 2017:

• Fadra: The Disaster Artist, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Wonder Woman, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, The LEGO Batman Movie
• Shannon: Beauty and the Beast, Wonder Woman, Star Wars, Thor: Ragnarok, Dunkirk, Spiderman Homecoming

38:52 Top movies we’re looking forward to in 2018

• Shannon: Avengers Infinity War, Black Panther, Solo – A Star Wars Story, Ocean’s 8, Ready Player One
• Fadra: Ready Player One, A Wrinkle in Time, Black Panther, Goosebumps 2, Ant-Man and the Wasp

42:10 Movies we wish they weren’t making in 2018

• Mama Mia: Why?
• Mission Impossible 6: Please stop.
• Mary Poppins Returns: Meh.
• Overboard: Don’t mess with a good thing.
• Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
• Anything with Tom Cruise

44:55 Actors we want to see more of in 2018

• Shannon: David Tennent, Melissa McCarthy, Elizabeth Banks, Gal Gadot, Natalie Portman
• Fadra: Gal Gadot, Karen Gillan, James Franco, Idris Elba

50:08 Netflix originals we can’t wait for in 2018

• Ozark
• Jessica Jones S2
• Altered Carbon: “Consciousness can be digitized; human bodies are interchangeable; death is no longer permanent.”
• Maniac: Adaptation of a 2014 Norwegian series about two patients in a mental institution who live somewhere between the real world and their wild fantasy worlds.
• Safe: Dark family drama. A murder and disappearance expose secrets long forgotten and long repressed.
• The OA: Part 2 is rumored for February.
• Stranger Things: Hopefully season three in 2018?

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It’s time for us to say goodbye, but in this season of New Year’s resolutions, let’s all remember this quote from Scarlett O’Hara in Gone With the Wind:

After all, tomorrow is another day!