Nathan Koob

Sep 9, 2024 | voxpopcast.com | Christopher Maverick |Hannah Rogers |Nathan Koob

In today’s nostalgia driven, franchise driven, pop culture world sequels are obviously big business. But what do we do when sequels become too boring (and we can’t get the original cast of a film back)? Prequels are obviously the answer. But why? Is there any value to prequels or are they nothing more than shameless cash grabs. And in that respect, are the any different than sequels or any other franchise driven IP?

Aug 26, 2024 | voxpopcast.com | Christopher Maverick |Hannah Rogers |Katya Gorecki |Nathan Koob

If one of the the primary functions of books and movies is to help us escape from the adversity of day to day life, then why do we have so many of them that are basically about what if our modern problems became not only inescapable, but became the absolute worst case scenario of themselves and threatened to destroy the world? In this episode Mav, Katya, and Hannah are joined by new guest film professor Nathan Koob to dive into the world of disaster movies and books.