Is TRON still cool in 2025 — or just expensive nostalgia? We rewatch 1982’s TRON and 2010’s TRON: Legacy to find out, before TRON: Ares arrives in theaters (Oct 10, 2025). 🎬⚡️

In this episode:

• First Encounters — where each host first met TRON (biases on deck) 🕶️

• Time Capsule — what made TRON revolutionary then (visuals, synth score, concept) 🎮

• Favorite moments — what we loved about the first two movies, and how they hold up today

• Pre-Ares Breakdown — what the trailers and casting (Jared Leto, Jeff Bridges returning) mean for the franchise’s future.

Why watch? If you care about lightcycles, synth/industrial soundtracks, early CGI, or how sci-fi ages when AI becomes reality — this is for you. We mix film criticism, pop-culture context, and a no-BS verdict on whether TRON still earns your time. ⚡️🎧

📖 CHAPTERS 📖

00:00:00 Intro

00:02:48 The dissection begins...

01:03:40 Cool vs. Nostalgia results

Is It Cool Or Just Nostalgia? dives into the ultimate pop culture debate: which classics are still cool today, and which only feel great because of childhood memories. From Ghostbusters, Star Wars, James Bond, and Super Mario to Star Trek, Marvel vs DC, Nintendo, retro arcades, and throwback songs of the 70s, 80s, 90s, and 2000s — we put every nostalgic favorite to the test. Each episode, hosts Jeffrey, Michael, Andy, and Mike (The Deuce) explore and debate a classic retro topic and votes: Cool or Just Nostalgia? Expect lively arguments on everything from classic video games and blockbuster movies to TV cars, comic books, and iconic songs. New episodes every two weeks — subscribe to join the conversation and cast your own verdict on pop culture history!

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Napster, LimeWire, Kazaa & Morpheus — how P2P file-sharing remade music, piracy, and streaming. 🎧🔥

Jump into our deep dive on the chaotic, brilliant, and legally explosive era when people swapped MP3s like mixtapes. In this episode we trace how Shawn Fanning’s Napster ignited a revolution, how Kazaa and Morpheus rose to fill the void, why LimeWire got shut down, and how those battles forced the music industry to finally change course — for better and worse. 📼➡️📲

What you’ll get in this episode:

• Quick origins — P2P file sharing's founding and explosive growth.

• The Wild West — What it was like to use these services and the pitfalls.

• The legal fights — Metallica vs. Napster. ⚖️

• Cultural aftermath — how piracy accelerated streaming, music discovery, and industry business models.

• Verdict: Still cool, or purely nostalgia? We'll be the judge. ✅❌

📖 CHAPTERS 📖

00:00 Intro

02:20 The dissection begins...

34:01 Cool vs. Nostalgia results

Is It Cool Or Just Nostalgia? dives into the ultimate pop culture debate: which classics are still cool today, and which only feel great because of childhood memories. From Ghostbusters, Star Wars, James Bond, and Super Mario to Star Trek, Marvel vs DC, Nintendo, retro arcades, and throwback songs of the 70s, 80s, 90s, and 2000s — we put every nostalgic favorite to the test. Each episode, hosts Jeffrey, Michael, Andy, and Mike (The Deuce) explore and debate a classic retro topic and votes: Cool or Just Nostalgia? Expect lively arguments on everything from classic video games and blockbuster movies to TV cars, comic books, and iconic songs. New episodes every two weeks — subscribe to join the conversation and cast your own verdict on pop culture history!

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Are Polaroid & Fujifilm Instax instant cameras still worth buying in 2025 — or are they just pretty nostalgia? 📸✨ In this episode we put the some of these instant cameras through real-world tests: print quality, low-light performance, cost-per-shot, portability, and — most importantly — whether the prints still feel special. 🎞️🔥 Not gonna lie, you might want to check this one out on YouTube instead!!!

What you’ll get in this video:

• Hands-on demos 👋

• A bit of history 📚

• Real cost breakdown: film, batteries, accessories 💸

• Our personal experience 📸

• A nostalgia test: Are they actually gaining in popularity? 😲

Why watch: instant cameras aren’t just retro props — they’re evolving (hybrid printers, bigger prints, app features) and some models are dominating 2025 roundups. If you’re thinking of buying or just curious about the hype, this episode will save you money and time. 🔍✨

📖 CHAPTERS 📖

00:00 Intro

02:20 The dissection begins...

34:01 Cool vs. Nostalgia results

The eternal struggle is fought here between what is genuinely cool and timeless for every generation versus those things that are pure nostalgia and only seem great because of your childhood memories. Whether it’s Ghostbusters, Star Wars, James Bond, Super Mario, Star Trek, or Marvel Comics vs DC, we cover all our favorite things from the 70s, 80s, 90s, and 2000s. After each of us thoroughly discuss the episode’s topic, the group votes to decide whether it is still Cool or Just Nostalgic. Every episode we'll bring a theme that Jeffrey, Michael, Andy, or Mike will have to present a topic for voting related to that theme. We will state our case on things like Nintendo, Retro Arcades, Throwback Songs of the 70s, 80, 90s, and early 2000s, or even cars from film and television. Will we sway to others to believe our topic is still cool? Or will they vote that our love for it is simply nostalgia?

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