67.5 – Whither Good Original Fantasy Worlds?

Going off of our generation's love of 1980s nostalgia, it's a sore spot that we're not getting the glut of weird-ass original fantasy movies we were getting during that decade. In a world where the majority of fantasy movies that are kind of close to original are live-action remakes of Disney fairy tales, there's a lot of fantastical crap to wade through. Leigh, Brendan, and Chris all try to think of more recent original fantasy films that managed to do a good job of creating their universes (along with come discussion of sci-fi world-building for good measure). Also we talk about the animated fantasy movie we'll be covering next along with- you guessed it- another gin cocktail to wash it down. Continue reading →