T3 97: Top 10 Movies of 2015

The best movies of last year are here and ready to party! Yeah, whether it’s grueling physical suffering in the name of brutal revenge, the world turning into a monotone hellhole, or some good old-fashioned destruction of the American economy, no one can deny 2015 sure was a blast. What’s that? You want to hear us talk about a movie in which journalists hopelessly battle against the Catholic church’s institutional abuse of children? We’ve got that! A woman and her child forced to live in a box smaller than most people’s bedroom for years? We’ve got that too! The reality that the one thing the futile war on drugs can accomplish is turning idealists into cynics? No, Sicario didn’t make anyone’s list, we don’t have that. But check out the podcast, it’s a lot of fun.

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T3 96: Top 10 TV Shows of 2015

Funnily enough, even though all three of us wrote about being totally overwhelmed by the increasing quantity of quality TV shows last year, our three lists weren’t that different. Between John, Colin, and myself, less than 20 shows were honored with top 10 spots. Maybe it’s not surprising that three guys who have been friends almost their entire lives have similar tastes, but it’s a shame great shows like Veep and Inside Amy Schumer didn’t even get to be part of the conversation. What conversation? Why our overall top 10, silly. Take a listen!

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The Fourth Annual Mildly Pleased Awards

We’re all varying degrees of sports fans here at Mildly Pleased, let me tell you how 2015 went for us. In football, the Seahawks finished a great 2014 season with an amazing run in the playoffs followed by 99% of a great Super Bowl, lost in the end by a questionable play call that will reverberate pangs of regret through all Seattleites’ hearts for years to come. In baseball, the Mariners seemed poised for a redemption year after some clutch pre-season signings and then went on to betray that hype and have one of the most depressingly disappointing seasons in franchise history. I don’t care about the Sounders and we don’t have an NHL or NBA team.

That’s the kind of worldview you get at the Mildly Pleased Awards, one of people so accustomed to disappointment and failure that even glimpses of hope sometimes need to be cherished. We’re not looking for the best or the greatest, we’re just looking for something that’s OK. Something that’s a little better than average. Something that you can walk out of the theater or whatever and respond, when your friend asks you what you thought about it, “that was mildly pleasing.” That is our battle cry.

Viral Video Nominees
Guy slipping on ice for 9 seconds
Guy annoys girlfriend with puns at Ikea
Amazon vs. Walmart
Nice, Ron
Smells Like Teen Shovel

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T3 95: Top 10 Fruit

I had myself a little brush with death this week. At the very beginning of my morning commute, I got t-boned. It’s kind of hard to process, but I’m OK, the other driver’s OK, both our cars are only a little messed up. Events like this are supposed to make you think, right? Maybe I should be doing more with my life. Maybe instead of spending my time recording podcasts with my friends about the best snacks or breakfast cereals, I should do something that really matters. Something that’s healthy and important. Like talk about the top 10 kinds of fruit. Yeah, that’s what life’s all about.

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T3 94: Top 10 Most Annoying Movie Franchises

As we established last week, right now we’re in film’s age of the franchise. Depending on who you ask that could have started as far back as the late seventies or as recently as the advent of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the serialization of cinema. Previously, we focused on the positive aspects of that – the franchises that grew and delivered sequels better than their originals or became as a whole greater than any one movie. Now we turn our gaze to the shadows. The dark side of franchise filmmaking is seriously disturbing, so come with us now, as we enter the month of October, on this terrifying ride.

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T3 93: Top 10 Movie Franchises

Can you feel it in the air, when the music’s playing? People everywhere are saying franchises, franchises. This year was and will go on to be one of the biggest franchise years ever, with Jurassic World making all the money, Marvel putting out a hit and a half, Terminator, Mad Max, and a million other things. But which movie franchises are the best? No one knows, but here are our favorites, in on nice 2 hour conversation.

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T3 92: Summer Songs

Hot damn! I can’t believe we are already the amount of days into August we are when this was posted! It’s basically back-to-school time already. But don’t fret, old buddy, there’s still some summer left. Let’s not treat it like one long Sunday and instead try to have some actual fun. Yeah! And you know what’s fun, don’t you? Talking about mostly old music and then trying to put it into a ranked list as if it really means something. That’s right, it may be summer but we certainly aren’t on break here at Top Ten Thursdays!

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