ep319: Merry Gen-Xmas - History of Cinema (1990s) Christmas Spectadequate, part 1

It’s become something of an annual tradition now for the Video Monsters to try something really ambitious for our Christmas coverage and put so much extra work on ourselves that we end up releasing our Christmas episodes at some point in the new year, well after Santa Claus has come and gone. That tradition continues this year with our MERRY GEN-XMAS: HISTORY OF CINEMA CHRISTMAS SPECTADEQUATE - 90S EDITION series! This epic(?) trilogy of episodes is all about, you guessed it, 90s cinema! Particularly films that we feel have a distinctly Gen-X flavor to them. And the best part is it has almost nothing to do with Christmas (we just really like the pun)! In hindsight, the benefit of doing a Christmas series where almost none of the movies are about Christmas is that you can release the episodes AFTER Christmas and it still works. Right? Right?! Anyway… Part 1 is all about Gen X romance and relationships. We kick off the series by discussing how we decided on this theme and what criteria we used to define Gen X movies. Nathan, Dan, and Eric have each chosen four films to discuss that we feel exemplify romance in the 90s. And to shoehorn in some holiday fun, we count down these films with our own little spin on the “12 Days of Christmas.” So pull the tree out of the garage, light a fire in the chimney, and warm up some hot cocoa because Christmas isn’t over until the Video Monsters wish you a Merry Gen-Xmas! If you enjoyed this episode, come join the Video Monsters crew on Discord!! Hangout episodes are live (and unedited!) every Tuesday night starting around 9:00pm EST. Listen and chat along with us in the Discord chat and we’ll even give you a shoutout on the episode! Video Monsters is brought to you by the Chattanooga Film Festival and Central Cinema in Knoxville, TN. Follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or online at chattfilmfest.org and centralcinema865.com. Links for each of these can also be found on our pages, so be sure to follow us at videomonsterpod on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram as well. music for Video Monsters by Evan Simmons