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The Gen X Files
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For all things Gen X, check out The Gen X Files! With your hosts, Jim and Adam, The Gen X Files covers a single topic every week that resonates with Generation X. Covering movies, tv, technology, and social issues that resonate with today, it's the most Gen X hour of the week.
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The Gen X Files 276 - For the Stepdads: Not So Terrible 2s
1w ago01:35:06Tap to summarizeJoin your ol' Stepdads as we discuss great sequels, movies, TV shows, and video games. Enjoy this, because next month is going to get weird.
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The Gen X Files 275 - Terminator 2: Judgment Day
2w ago02:16:21Tap to summarizeTo close out our Not-So-Terrible-2s month, we're covering what could be a perfect sequel: Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Written and Directed by James Cameron, he brings what he learned on Aliens and blew it up, even bigger. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Robert Patrick, Edward Furlong, Earl Boen, and Joe Morton.
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The Gen X Files 274 - Aliens
3w ago01:59:02Tap to summarizeIs Aliens the greatest sequel ever made? Is it the greatest action movie ever made? Give a listen to us gab about Aliens and the insane production stories about James Cameron and his British crew. You thought it was just a 'line through the added s to Alien to make a dollar sign'? Think again. There is so much more to this story. Starring Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Lance Henriksen, Carrie Henn, and Bill Paxton.
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The Gen X Files 273 - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
4w ago02:03:58Tap to summarizeFor our second Not-So-Terrible-2, we have the best turnaround for a sequel that Hollywood has ever seen: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. After the boring failure that was Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Paramount pulled in someone who had never seen Star Trek to direct the film, Nicholas Meyer. Starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Bibi Besch, Merritt Butrick, Kirstie Alley, and an incredible performance from Ricardo Montalbán.
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The Gen X Files 272 - The Road Warrior
May 101:20:05Tap to summarizeIt's time for another Not-So-Terrible-2s! First up is The Road Warrior, as called in America, but known to everyone else in the world as Mad Max 2. It's a roller coaster thrill ride that proves George Miller to be one of the greatest action movie directors to ever live. Starring Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence, and Emil Minty (and an awesome Dog).
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The Gen X Files 271 - For the Stepdads: Gen-Xtreme
Apr 2401:04:48Tap to summarizeJoin your ol' Stepdads as we discuss how Xtreme we are, the movies we've been watching, the TV shows we recommend, and how awesome some new games are!
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The Gen X Files 270 - Gleaming the Cube
Apr 1701:34:38Tap to summarizeFor our third entry into our Gen-Xtreme month, we're Gleaming the Cube! Join Christian Slater, Max Perlich, Tony Hawk, and Tommy Guerrero as they tear up Orange County while trying to solve a murder. It's '80s skating at its absolute best! Written by Michael Tolkin, who would later get nominated for an Oscar for writing The Player, and directed by Graeme Clifford, who edited The Rocky Horror Picture Show!
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The Gen X Files 269 - Rad
Apr 1001:42:54Tap to summarizeOur second Gen-Xtreme movie takes us to 1986, where everything was Rad! At least, if you lived in a fictional town in Oregon that's obviously Calgary. And if the town revered BMX racing so much, they expected a student and a an out-of-towner to dance with their BMX bikes at prom. Starring Bill Allen, Lori Loughlin, Talia Shire, and Ray Walston, with direction from Hal Needham, is the movie Rad, really Rad? Listen to find out!
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The Gen X Files 268 - BMX Bandits
Apr 301:03:21Tap to summarizeWelcome to Gen-Xtreme! First up is BMX Bandits, the Australian movie that gave us Nicole Kidman. Kids just wanna BMX, but thieves have to steal and it's up to our intrepid teen heroes to stop them. Directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith, the amazing Ozploitation director and starring David Argue.
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The Gen X Files 267 - For the Stepdads: All That ZAZ!
Mar 2701:20:41Tap to summarizeJoin your ol' stepdads as we discuss All That ZAZ!, including some new spoof movies that we saw, our recommendations for movies, TV, and video games, and maybe a surprise or two. Maybe. We're tired and can't remember what we talked about.
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