Gen Wars Podcast

About Gen Wars Podcast

Welcome to Gen Wars – the podcast where generations collide over cinema and media…and not everyone’s impressed. Hosted by Nick, Stephen, Cam, and Katherine, this is where Gen X nostalgia gets dragged into the cold, harsh light of Millennial judgment, and occasionally survives the roast. Occasionally. Nick and Cam (Team Gen X) are your classic movie die-hards, who grew up on VHS tapes, mall theaters, and movie soundtracks on cassette. Stephen and Katherine (Team Millennials) are catching up on the classics and are here to ask the real questions, like: "Was this actually good?"

Publisher

Gen Wars Podcast

Category

tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

10 Apr 2025

Latest episode

16 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

35 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   16 Sept 2026

   A Second Bite Of The Apple | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | Gen Wars Review

   Where have you been, loca?! Nick, Stephen, Cam, and Katherine return to Forks for The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009), and Cam is already diagnosing himself with Post-Traumatic Twilight Disorder. Directed by Chris Weitz and based on Stephenie Meyer’s bestselling novel, New Moon stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Ashley Greene, Michael Sheen, Dakota Fanning, Anna Kendrick, and Billy Burke in the second chapter of the Twilight Saga. Edward leaves Bella because apparently abandoning your girlfriend is the safest way to protect her, sending Bella into months of depression before she reconnects with Jacob Black, who conveniently returns with fewer clothes, more abs, and a serious werewolf problem. Add vampire hallucinations, cliff diving, the Volturi, sparkly public indecency, and the world's most emotionally exhausting love triangle, and baby, we've got a movie. Katherine brings the Twilight millennial nostalgia, Stephen discovers that New Moon is an incredible comedy if you stop taking it seriously, Nick wonders why a $50 million production has these wigs and car scenes, and Cam simply wants the suffering to end. We’re talking Team Edward vs. Team Jacob, Bella’s depression montage, CGI werewolves, terrible wigs, awkward dialogue, the Twilight soundtrack, the Volturi, Stephenie Meyer’s books, Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Twilight fandom, and why this bizarre supernatural romance became one of the biggest pop-culture phenomena of the 2000s. Some people watch New Moon for the romance. We watched it to answer a much more important question: Why is everybody wearing jean shorts? Welcome to Gen Wars: Gen X vs. Millennials, where nostalgia goes to war with rewatchability and apparently nobody is safe from Twilight. Check out our other channels: Nick - Firehazard508 Creations www.youtube.com/@UCvpfk8dQzsRjOKN2aviez9g (http://www.youtube.com/@UCvpfk8dQzsRjOKN2aviez9g) ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/firehazard508creations (https://linktr.ee/firehazard508creations) ko-fi.com/firehazard508creations (http://ko-fi.com/firehazard508creations) Stephen - FNKYGames www.youtube.com/@fnkygames (http://www.youtube.com/@fnkygames) ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/FNKY (https://linktr.ee/FNKY) Cam - Never Touching Grass www.youtube.com/@UCTLwiteAhahVQzM0P8ZDwpQ (http://www.youtube.com/@UCTLwiteAhahVQzM0P8ZDwpQ) twitch.tv/nevertouchingrass (http://twitch.tv/nevertouchingrass) Katherine - Spectacle Views www.youtube.com/@UCWnjnjmNFwXiKxQxlq7tfww (http://www.youtube.com/@UCWnjnjmNFwXiKxQxlq7tfww) Chapter: 00:00 Wet Dog Smell 01:03 Twilight 2: Electric Boogaloo 04:16 New Moon Synopsis 08:31 The Scores Begin 09:00 Cam Hates Everything 11:32 Katherine Defends Twilight 13:28 Stephen Loves the Chaos 15:31 Nick Has Regrets 18:35 The Wig Situation 21:50 A 2009 Period Piece?! 23:53 Sparkly Abs & Jean Shorts 26:11 The Paper Cut Incident 27:28 Meet the Volturi 30:02 Bad Acting or Bad Direction? 33:15 Team Jacob? 35:31 Edward's Cheesy Lines 37:46 New Moon Soundtrack 39:04 Bella's Depression Era 40:38 FACE PUNCH! 43:20 Cam Is Suffering 44:25 Better With Friends? 45:11 $700 Million?! 46:18 RiffTrax Saves New Moon 49:18 New Moon Awards 51:20 Twilight Is Coming Back 52:51 Those CGI Werewolves 53:23 The Terrible Car Scenes 55:11 Can We Survive Eclipse? 58:18 Dog Pounded 1:00:18 Jacob's Glow-Up 1:02:35 Marry Me, Bella 1:03:32 Plugs & Final Chaos Like the video Subscribe to Gen Wars Tell us below: TEAM EDWARD, TEAM JACOB, OR TEAM CHARLIE? #Twilight #NewMoon #TwilightSaga #GenWarsPodcast #MovieReview #TeamEdward #TeamJacob #RobertPattinson #KristenStewart #TaylorLautner #TwilightReview

2. 

   19 Aug 2026

   Blank Check Is WAY More Disturbing Than We Remember | Gen Wars Review

   Cam had a Golden Ticket. He could have picked anything. He chose Blank Check. This week on Gen Wars, Nick, Stephen, Cam, and Katherine revisit Disney’s 1994 family comedy Blank Check, directed by Rupert Wainwright and starring Brian Bonsall, Karen Duffy, Miguel Ferrer, Tone Loc, James Rebhorn, and Rick Ducommun. The premise is pure 90s-kid wish fulfillment: 11-year-old Preston Waters gets his hands on a signed blank check, writes it for $1 million, cashes it, invents a mysterious millionaire named Macintosh, buys a mansion, hires a limo driver, and starts living every kid’s dream while criminals and the FBI try to figure out where the money went. Unfortunately, once four adults start examining this movie, the wheels come off almost immediately. How does an 11-year-old understand closing costs? How does he buy a house in six days? How heavy would $1 million actually be? Where the hell did the movie’s $13 million budget go? Why are Preston’s parents completely fine with any of this? And then we reach the fountain scene. At that point, Gen X vs. Millennials is officially canceled. Everyone has united against the movie. Stephen demands arrests. Katherine questions every adult involved. Nick tries desperately to apply logic to Blank Check. And Cam sits back enjoying the chaos because this was his plan from the beginning. Is Blank Check still a harmless piece of 1990s Disney nostalgia, or is this one childhood favorite that should remain safely locked inside the Disney Vault? Cash the check and join the chaos. Check out our other channels: Nick - Firehazard508 Creations www.youtube.com/@UCvpfk8dQzsRjOKN2aviez9g (http://www.youtube.com/@UCvpfk8dQzsRjOKN2aviez9g) ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/firehazard508creations (https://linktr.ee/firehazard508creations) ko-fi.com/firehazard508creations (http://ko-fi.com/firehazard508creations) Stephen - FNKYGames www.youtube.com/@fnkygames (http://www.youtube.com/@fnkygames) ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/FNKY (https://linktr.ee/FNKY) Cam - Never Touching Grass www.youtube.com/@UCTLwiteAhahVQzM0P8ZDwpQ (http://www.youtube.com/@UCTLwiteAhahVQzM0P8ZDwpQ) twitch.tv/nevertouchingrass (http://twitch.tv/nevertouchingrass) Katherine - Spectacle Views www.youtube.com/@UCWnjnjmNFwXiKxQxlq7tfww (http://www.youtube.com/@UCWnjnjmNFwXiKxQxlq7tfww)

3. 

   22 Jul 2026

   Project Hail Mary Is AMAZING… So Why Did He Watch It on a CRT?! | Gen Wars Review

   AMAZE! AMAZE! AMAZE! This week on Gen Wars, Nick, Stephen, Cam, and Katherine blast into deep space to review Project Hail Mary (2026), the sci-fi adventure directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, adapted from Andy Weir’s bestselling novel, and starring Ryan Gosling as Ryland Grace, Sandra Hüller, and James Ortiz as everyone’s new favorite alien engineer, Rocky. Grace wakes aboard a spacecraft with no memory of who he is or why he’s there. As his memories return, he discovers that a mysterious organism called Astrophage is threatening the sun, and he may be humanity’s last hope. Fortunately, he finds an unexpected ally in Rocky, leading to one of the strangest, funniest, and surprisingly most emotional friendships in modern science fiction. We break down: Ryan Gosling’s performance Rocky’s incredible practical puppetry, the visual effects and spaceship sets Daniel Pemberton’s score Whether the 2½-hour runtime is justified. Meanwhile, Nick’s eyes mysteriously start “leaking clear fluid,” Katherine stress-eats through Rocky’s trauma, Cam tries to keep everyone grounded, and Stephen commits an unforgivable cinematic crime by watching this gorgeous 2026 sci-fi epic on a 20-inch CRT television… then gives the production value a 10. Is Project Hail Mary one of the best sci-fi movies of 2026? Does it live up to Andy Weir’s novel? And is Rocky already an all-time great science-fiction character? Like & Subscribe Drop your score for Project Hail Mary in the comments! Thumbs up, baby. Fist my bump. Check out our other channels: Nick - Firehazard508 Creations ⁠www.youtube.com/@UCvpfk8dQzsRjOKN2aviez9g⁠ (http://www.youtube.com/@UCvpfk8dQzsRjOKN2aviez9g) ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/firehazard508creations⁠ (https://linktr.ee/firehazard508creations) ⁠ko-fi.com/firehazard508creations⁠ (http://ko-fi.com/firehazard508creations) Stephen - FNKYGames ⁠www.youtube.com/@fnkygames⁠ (http://www.youtube.com/@fnkygames) ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/FNKY⁠ (https://linktr.ee/FNKY) Cam - Never Touching Grass ⁠www.youtube.com/@UCTLwiteAhahVQzM0P8ZDwpQ⁠ (http://www.youtube.com/@UCTLwiteAhahVQzM0P8ZDwpQ) ⁠twitch.tv/nevertouchingrass⁠ (http://twitch.tv/nevertouchingrass) Katherine - Spectacle Views ⁠www.youtube.com/@UCWnjnjmNFwXiKxQxlq7tfww⁠ (http://www.youtube.com/@UCWnjnjmNFwXiKxQxlq7tfww) Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 01:00 - Project Hail Mary Synopsis 02:29 - Gen Wars Scores 12:41 - Dad at the Movies 17:06 - Ryan Gosling’s Space Hair 18:20 - No Product Placement? 19:08 - Visuals & Cinematography 21:04 - Bringing Rocky to Life 23:20 - Building the Hail Mary 24:00 - Space Science & Practical Effects 26:05 - Superman & Sci-Fi References 27:39 - A Surprisingly Wholesome Movie 28:15 - Learning Rocky’s Language 29:36 - Is the Science Accurate? 31:03 - Rocky & Spock Are Neighbors?! 31:41 - Is It a Period Piece? 32:17 - Sci-Fi Logic & World Building 34:18 - Is 2.5 Hours Too Long? 35:02 - Grace’s Dark Truth 36:02 - Would You Save Earth? 38:00 - What Happened to Earth? 39:05 - The Stephen Cut 39:43 - Stratt’s Ending Theory 41:02 - Grace & Stratt 42:37 - Supporting Characters 44:20 - Daniel Pemberton’s Score 45:30 - Astrophage Effects 47:00 - Oscar Potential? 51:01 - Fist My Bump 51:12 - Why Rocky Works 53:56 - Final Thoughts 54:27 - Outro #ProjectHailMary #RyanGosling #AndyWeir #Rocky #SciFi #MovieReview #MoviePodcast #GenWars

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YouTube views

627,008

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 29 / 100

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