NICK & NAT CONSUME AND OBEY JULY '25 PART 1
Summary
Nick Helm and Nathaniel Metcalf discuss the devaluation of cinema, criticizing low-effort celebrity endorsements and streaming fatigue. They analyze Sergio Leone’s Spaghetti Westerns, particularly the Dollars Trilogy, and reflect on the impact of 90s indie films like *Reservoir Dogs* and *Desperado*. The episode concludes with Helm’s enthusiastic review of the entire Cheech & Chong filmography, praising *Up in Smoke* as a comedic masterpiece.
Topics discussed
Intro: Unemployable comments and 28 Years Later
Podcast intro and watching bad films
Lennox Lewis's favorite film and Obama's top 10
Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy and Once Upon a Time in the West
Robert Rodriguez, El Mariachi, and Desperado
Cheech and Chong film marathon
Final Destination franchise review
Suicide Squad and The Expendables
James Gunn, Troma movies, and DC Comics
Dawn of the Dead and horror tropes
Dangerous Animals and Jai Courtney
The Last Showgirl and Jamie Lee Curtis
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