About this episode
The Letterboxd Show returns with more movie-lovin’ conversations about our four favorite films. In this season 3 premiere, hosts Gemma and Slim discuss their childhood faves: Pee Wee’s Big Adventure , Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery , Superman the Movie and Bloodsport . Was Christopher Reeve the most handsome human in history? How many times can Slim say “machismo” in one episode? Why does Bloodsport fall into Gemma’s female-gaze good books? Plus: our hosts’ nanogenre personalities, journalistic ethics in action movies, the missing contours of The Batman , ’80s movie censorship, and Letterboxd Twitter poll winner Lewis on his two childhood faves ( Toy Story 2 , The Dark Knight ). Links: The Letterboxd list of films mentioned in this episode Letterboxd lists mentioned: Best Blazin’ Films , letterboxd trans femme vibes , movies which searching their titles will result in porn , movies where the protagonist looks directly in the camera at the end , Official list of gay subtext in film , man ass , The Sequel Was Better , Movies that Have Been Meme’d to Death , Movies that destroyed me, in which I replied by saying to them love me , red flag for men white flag for women , movies which would be better if jack black played the main character , when guys turn 20, they chose one of these movies to base their entire personality on. Reviews mentioned: Robyn ’s Pee Wee review; Austin Powers reviews by Juliet and EvilParsley ; Superman by tyler , Vinny and Mark ; Bloodsport by Ethan Colburn ; Toy Story 2 by aaaaaa! , ksenija , Leighton ; The Dark Knight by Joe Lynch . Credits : This episode was recorded in Auckland, Manchester and Pennsylvania, and edited by Slim. Facts by Jack . Booker: Linda Moulton . Transcript by Sophie Shin . Theme: ‘Vampiros Dancoteque’ by Moniker .