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On the podcast this time, Steven and Sean are fighting the man from taking our home… with a little help from our (robo) friends. We watched the 1987 film from Matthew Robbins, *batteries not included.

Sometimes the “little green men” from outer space aren’t so green or scary. Sometimes they’re little UFOs. Sometimes they’re our friends. And sometimes they have little UFO babies.

Not all alien stories need to be creepy or scary. They don’t have to be murderous Xenomorphs or terrifying tripods from Mars. They can be our little buddies.

The next time you hear something go bump in the night, let’s assume that we’ll find new friends who will fix all of our problems. That’s what I want us to learn from this delightful film.

(Recorded on January 20, 2025)

Links to Stuff We Mentioned:

*batteries not included - The Movie Database (TMDB)

Matthew Robbins — The Movie Database (TMDB)

Hume Cronyn — The Movie Database (TMDB)

Jessica Tandy — The Movie Database (TMDB)

Frank McRae — The Movie Database (TMDB)

Elizabeth Peña — The Movie Database (TMDB)

Michael Carmine — The Movie Database (TMDB)

Dennis Boutsikaris — The Movie Database (TMDB)

Steven Spielberg — The Movie Database (TMDB)

Amazing Stories (TV Series 1985–1987) — The Movie Database (TMDB)

Child’s Play (1988) — The Movie Database (TMDB)

*batteries not included (1987) — The Movie Database (TMDB)

Steven Spielberg — The Movie Database (TMDB)

Amazing Stories (TV Series 1985–1987) — The Movie Database (TMDB)

Child’s Play (1988) — The Movie Database (TMDB)

Child’s Play (2019) — The Movie Database (TMDB)

Driving Miss Daisy (1989) — The Movie Database (TMDB)

Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) — The Movie Database (TMDB)

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