247. The NeverEnding Story with special guest Jared Anderson

Published: Aug. 9, 2024, 4 a.m.

\u201cThey look like big, good, strong hands, don't they? I always thought that's what they were.\u201d We watched \u201cThe Neverending Story\u201d with our friend Jared Anderson and we\u2019ve got some unresolved trauma to work through. Listen, this movie scarred an entire generation of kids with some not-so-childlike themes - we\u2019re talking bullying, loss of a parent, despair, and the most noble horse you ever did see succumbing to the swamp of sadness. Needless to say we needed a therapist to walk us through our re-watch of this \u201880s fantasy classic so we called on good Judy Jared. Bastian Balthazar Bux (Barret Oliver) isn\u2019t like other boys - he\u2019s a sensitive loner who draws unicorns when he should be paying attention in class. He also loves to read. When he finds the gigantic book titled The Neverending Story he takes that as a challenge and soon we meet Atreyu (Noah Hathaway) and Artax (RIP), and the colorful (gay) inhabitants of \u201cFantasia\u201d. Every girl and gay boy had a crush on Atreyu and we all wanted to be The Childlike Empress (Tami Stronach). Don\u2019t even get us started on Falkor -\xa0 we\u2019re still waiting for our very own Luck Dragon. We may still be getting over all the feels this movie stirred up but the film itself is a beautiful pre-CG fanstasy masterpiece with an absolutely killer theme song. Let\u2019s all give the Childlike Empress a new name and save Fantasia from The Nothing! Say it with us\u2026 MoonChild!

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