DreamMachine Episode 2: The Prince of Egypt

In this episode of DreamMachine, Patricia and Arun discuss about the 2nd DreamWorks animated film The Prince of Egypt. Based on the book of Exodus from the Bible, the story is about Moses, a Hebrew raised by Egyptian royalty in a time where his people were slaves. He and the Egyptian's son Rameses are raised as brothers and have a strong relationship with each other. However, when Moses finds out about his heritage and accidentally kills an Egyptian, he runs away to the desert where he eventually ends up in Midian marrying a woman named Zipporah. Many years later, God sends Moses back to Egypt to free the Hebrews from slavery which becomes even more difficult with Rameses being the new Pharoah.

When the movie premiered in theaters, it made over $200 million dollars in the box office becoming the 2nd non Disney traditional animated movie to make over $100 million movie and held the record until The Simpsons Movie almost 10 years later. How well does The Prince of Egypt hold up? Does it still have an edge over other DreamWorks animated movies that came afterward? Listen and find out.

Old School Lane Casual Chats Episode 116: TellTale Games

In this episode of Casual Chats, Patricia and special guest Jim Bevan discuss about the video game company TellTale Games, the first game they were introduced to that the company worked on, their favorites, and the recent news about their shut down.

Check out Jim's links down below.

https://twitter.com/JimB_85

http://www.manic-expression.com/author/jim-bevan

DreamMachine Episode 1: Antz

Welcome to DreamMachine, the podcast where Arun and Patricia discuss about every Dreamworks theatrical movies, shorts, specials, and direct to video movie leading up to How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World. They discuss about their first movie, Antz, which debuted on October 2, 1998. The plot is about an ant named Z who wishes to be an independent ant after being being sick and tired of being a worker in his colony. He then meets Princess Bala in a bar and instantly falls in love with her. To get closer to Bala, Z impersonates as a soldier without realizing that his mission is fighting in a termite war. Returning home as a war hero, his rank as a worker ant has been discovered and takes Bala hostage to not get arrested. With both of them out of the colony, Z and Bala search for the legendary paradise Insectopia. Meanwhile, the colony's general named Mandible is making a huge plan behind the queen's back involving with wiping away the "weak ants" and making a stronger colony.

When the movie premiered in theaters, it made $174 million dollars in the box office and had gotten positive reviews from critics and fans kickstarting Dreamworks' animation company. It came out a few weeks before Disney's A Bug's Life where it had a similar concept about a colony of ants. How well does this film hold up after 20 years later? Listen and find out!

Old School Lane Casual Chats Episode 115: SNICK

In this episode of Casual Chats, Patricia and special guests David and Eli from You Scared of This? discuss about the 1992 Nickelodeon 2 hour block SNICK. They discuss about their earliest memories of watching SNICK, the shows that aired around the block, and which were the best and worst from the lineup.

Check out their podcast and the links down below.
https://soundcloud.com/youscaredofthis
https://twitter.com/youscaredofthis
https://www.facebook.com/youscaredofthis/?fref=ts

Old School Lane Casual Chats Episode 114: Mega Man

In this episode of Casual Chats, Patricia discusses about the video game franchise Mega Man with special guest Ash Paulsen from GameXplain in honor of the newest game of the series, Mega Man 11, releasing on October 2nd.

Mega Man X Opening Stage theme by FamilyJules
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt9ez6CnUQCFEUnxeBGlR9w

Mega Man 5 Gravity Man Guitar theme by Krzysztof Skowikowski
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQd8wa64nB8zaQ9P_3R4UKw

Check out Ash's links down below and subscribe to GameXplain.
https://www.youtube.com/user/GameXplain
https://www.facebook.com/gamexplain/
https://twitter.com/GameXplain
https://twitter.com/AshPaulsen

Old School Lane Casual Chats Episode 113: The Power Rangers Franchise

In this episode of Casual Chats, Patricia and special guests Jim Bevan, Des Shinta, ZenithWillRule, and newcomer Marvelous in Red discuss about the Power Rangers franchise in honor of the 25th anniversary of Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers' debut. They go over all the series, the movies, and a handful of the video games.

Follow the Marvelous in Red's links down below.
https://www.youtube.com/MarvelousInRed
https://twitter.com/MarvelousInRed

Check out Des Shinta's links down below
http://shintasbrainpan.blogspot.com
https://www.youtube.com/user/ShintaRe...
https://twitter.com/Des_Shinta

Check out Zenith's links down below.
https://www.youtube.com/ZenithWillReview
https://www.patreon.com/MediaMeltdown
https://twitter.com/Zenithwillrule

Check out Jim's links down below.
https://twitter.com/JimB_85
http://www.manic-expression.com/author/jim-bevan

PixMix Episode 21: The Incredibles 2

In our final episode of PixMix (until the release of Toy Story 4), Patricia and Arun discuss about the newest movie released by Pixar in the form of The Incredibles 2. The movie picks up right where the first movie left off with Mr. Incredible, Elastigirl, Dash, and Violet fighting against The Underminer. After that, the movie shifts towards Elastigirl trying to find the identity of a villain name Screenslaver as he hypnotizes people into dangerous situations. Meanwhile Mr. Incredible is trying his hardest to help Dash with math homework, Violet reconnect with Tony after having his memory wiped, and Jack-Jack with his new powers.

Old School Lane Casual Chats Episode 111: The DisneyToon Studios

In this episode of Casual Chats, Patricia and Chris "RowdyC" Moore discuss about DisneyToon Studios which were known for animating and producing the direct to video animated Disney movies. General consensus states that most of the movies from this now defunct studio are awful, cheap, lazy, and uninspired cash grabs taking advantage of people's nostalgia on the original movies it spawned from. Are there diamonds in the rough? Yes, but which ones? Listen and find out.

Old School Lane Casual Chats Episode 85: Interview with Mitch Schauer

In this episode of Casual Chats, Patricia interviews animator, comic book artist, and creator of The Angry Beavers, Mitch Schauer. They discuss about his early years, his influences, the creation of The Angry Beavers, his comic book work, and his other animation work.

Check out Marvel Super Hero Adventures: Frost Fight and Hulk: Where Monsters Dwell on Netflix in the links below.
https://www.netflix.com/title/80023667
https://www.netflix.com/title/80134893

Check out The Super Hero Squad Show on Hulu in the link below.
https://www.hulu.com/the-super-hero-s...

We're in Between Episode 42: Wicked Game

In this episode of We're in Between, Patricia and Casey discuss about  the 44th episode of As Told by Ginger "Wicked Game". Taking place a few months after the events of "Far From Home", Ginger returns home from Avalanche Arts Academy and has dedicated all her time and attention to Darren ignoring Dodie and Macie. Miranda and Mipsy are also jealous of the relationship since they can't tease Ginger. So, the 4 girls work together to break up Ginger and Darren. Meanwhile, Noelle bets Carl to a girl named Polly Shuster to a card game and loses so he has to play "Parrot World" with her all weekend with Blake taking pictures of them to blackmail them.

Many fans consider "Wicked Game" to be the worst episode of the series. Do Patricia and Casey agree? Listen and find out.

We're in Between Episode 35: Mommie Nearest

In this episode of We're in Between, Patricia and Casey discuss about the 36th episode of As Told by Ginger "Mommie Nearest". The plot focuses on Courtney staying with the Foutleys until her mom recovers from a bad face lift infection at the hospital. Courtney spends a lot of time with Lois making Ginger jealous. Meanwhile, Carl wants to get a chin implant, but Dr. Dave convinces him to get a fake chin to test it out with everyone running away from him.

We're in Between Episode 33: New Girl in Town

In this episode of We're in Between, Patricia and Casey discusses about the 34th episode of As Told by Ginger "New Girl in Town". The plot focuses on a new girl named Leatitia Bowers who is treated with neglect and false rumors because of her goth appearance and that her father is a mortician. Ginger decides to befriend her and throw a party to hopefully make her feel welcome with no one showing up. Meanwhile, Carl and Hoodsey are invited to Brandon's party with having no interest in attending. However, Hoodsey feels guilty after learning that no one is going to the party and convinces Carl to go.

We're in Between Episode 30: Ms. Foutley's Boys w/Darin McGowan

In this episode of We're in Between, Patricia and Casey discuss about the 31th episode of As Told by Ginger "Ms. Foutley's Boys" alongside special guest Darin McGowan, who was one of the storyboard artists and claims it as the episode he enjoyed the most. The plot focuses on Lois dating the plumber Buzz from the episode "TGIF" with her being less interested in him due to his "man's touch" and his philosophy of "boys being boys". However, Ginger doesn't want her mom to end up alone and persuades her to continue dating him. Meanwhile, Carl tests Buzz's 3 sons on his newest experiment involving with fabric softener as after shave and fabric sheets as handkerchiefs.

Follow Darin's links down below.
http://darinmcgowan.com
https://twitter.com/Asylum_26

We're in Between Episode 29: April's Fools

In this episode of We're in Between, Patricia and Casey have reached the halfway point of As Told by Ginger discussing about the 30th episode of the series "April's Fools" involving with Ginger forging a love letter to Dodie from a weird boy named Dustin. However, Dodie actually has a huge crush on Dustin, but he has a huge crush on Macie. Meanwhile, Carl and Hoodsey journey into a dump searching for Blake's tonsils that were thrown away by Joann.

We're in Between Episode 27: TGIF

In this episode of We're in Between, Patricia, Casey, and Ashli discuss about the 28th episode of As Told by Ginger titled "TGIF". It's Friday the 13th and the Foutley house is hit with a severe mold and Ginger, Lois, and Carl reacting to it in various ways. Ginger is embarrassed with her family and chooses to stay with the Griplings, Carl is trying to get back luck towards his direction, and Lois meets up with the plumber Buzz and briefly mingles with him. Is this an unlucky episode worth staying away or a good luck charm?

We're in Between Episode 26: Losing Nana Bishop

In this episode of We're in Between, Patricia, Ashli, and Casey discuss about the 27th episode of As Told by Ginger "Losing Nana Bishop", the last of 3 episodes they discussed about in The Friday Night Nicktoons Podcast. The episode focuses on Dodie and Hoodsey as their grandmother dies unexpectedly. Dodie feels devastated while Hoodsey feels no grief at all. Meanwhile Ginger wishes to learn more about her grandmother since she barely knew her and talks about it with her father. Last time, they gave glowing praises to this episode. What will they give it a second time around? Is it better than last week's episode?

We're in Between Episode 25: Sibling Revile-ry

In this episode of We're in Between, Patricia, Casey, and Ashli discuss about the 26th episode of As Told by Ginger "Sibling Revile-ry" which is considered by many to be one of the worst episodes of the series. Is this episode overhated and has redeeming moments or do Casey and Ashli give their very first nay in the podcast?

We're in Between Episode 24: Trouble in Gal Pal Land

In this episode of We're in Between, Patricia, Casey, and Ashli discuss about the 25th episode of As Told by Ginger "Trouble in Gal Pal Land" where Courtney and Miranda fight over Ginger to join their volleyball team to end up with breaking up with their friendship and Miranda joins Ginger, Dodie, and Macie in their group. Meanwhile, Mrs. Gripling uses Hoodsey to impersonate as a homeless boy so that she can gain votes to becoming president of the country club ending up with Carl and Hoodsey getting too comfortable with the luxury life. In the meantime, they read and respond to the fans' comments from episodes 20-23. 

We're in Between Episode 23: The Nurses' Strike

In this episode of We're in Between, Patricia, Ashli, and Casey discuss about the 24th episode of As Told by Ginger "The Nurses' Strike" where the main focus is about Lois going through a nurses' strike and cleaning houses to make end's meet. There's also the plots of Ginger being embarrassed of Lois' new job while trying to raise money for her field trip to New York City as well as Carl and Hoodsey training Principal Milty's dog The Duchess for $20 dollars.

We're in Between Episode 20: Never Can Say Goodbye

In this episode of We're in Between, Patricia, Ashli, and Casey begin their discussion of Season 2 of As Told by Ginger with the episode "Never Can Say Goodbye" where Darren has his headgear removed and gains the attention of all the girls in school, including Miranda whom he starts dating. Also, Carl and Hoodsey help Brandon locate his pet monkey Mr. Licorice after he goes missing. Does the 2nd season head off towards a good start or a bad note?