The BEST episodes of Pitch Meetings

#1 - Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Season 2021 - Episode 16 - Aired 4/18/2021

Walt Disney had a surprise hit on their hands in the early 2000’s when Pirates of the Caribbean, based on a theme park ride and starring Johnny Depp, took the world by storm. Naturally, as is always the case in situations like this-- Disney decided to make some sequels! A lot of them! The first Pirates sequel came in 2006 with Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, which was basically a part 1 of 2 without them straight up SAYING it was a part 1 of 2. The movie definitely raises some questions. Like did learning that Aztec gods exist not effect anyone in any way? How does this “morphing into sealife” thing work exactly? Can these bad guys teleport, or is that just for dramatic entrances and exits? Why didn’t Davy Jones protect his key before sleeping, after Will Turner specifically said he wanted it? Why does this movie just kind of end without resolving a single thing?

#2 - The Tomorrow War

Season 2021 - Episode 27 - Aired 7/4/2021

Chris Pratt made the leap to action movie star back in 2014 with Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, and he’s been on that path ever since. After seeing him go to war against deadly aliens with a time-travel plot in Marvel, The Tomorrow War lets audiences see him go to war against deal aliens with a time-travel plot. But like… But different. The Tomorrow War definitely raises some questions. Like why aren’t people in the future sending people back in time to prepare for the war instead of to come fight a losing battle? Why do they mention only recruiting people that are deceased in the future if almost everyone is? Why did Dan dive off a platform to try and save Muri? What was the point of spending the whole movie working on a toxin if they just used explosives in the end? Why didn’t they prepare their soldiers at all for the extremely dangerous mission they sent them on? To answer all these questions and more, step inside the Pitch Meeting that led to The Tomorrow War! It’ll be super easy, barely an inconvenience.

#3 - F9: The Fast Saga!

Season 2021 - Episode 26 - Aired 6/27/2021

Dominic Toretto is back, baby! For the ninth time! He’s in his fifties now! The Fast and Furious franchise, which began as a movie about underground street racing is back with an entry which literally goes to space. And Vin Diesel swings a car from a rope like Tarzan. Also, the title is F9, for some reason! F9: The Fast Saga definitely raises some questions. Like how did Mr Nobody actually make it seem like Han died, specifically? How do none of these thousands of bullets have any impact on any of the main characters? Why does illegal street racing lead to people have such incredible international spy skills? How did Jakob Toretto grow so much in his early twenties? How has Dom the family man never mention the fact that he has a literal brother? Why is Cardi B here?! To answer all these questions and more, step inside the Pitch Meeting that led to F9: The Fast Saga ! It’ll be super easy, barely an inconvenience.

#4 - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

Season 2021 - Episode 25 - Aired 6/20/2021

ohnny Depp as Jack Sparrow took the world by storm in the early 2000s and Disney had a cash cow on their hands. More than a decade and a half later, they were still trying to cash in on their swashbuckling pirate adventure franchise. The fifth movie of the Pirates of the Caribbean came out, and with the longest title in the world, it was called Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales definitely raises some questions. Like did we really need origin stories for Jack’s hair beads? Why did Salazar make a big deal about “dead men tell no tales” only to tell a long tale later in the movie? Why are their so many random magical items they need to track down? How did Jack have the Black Pearl in a glass bottle on him during all those stunts without crushing it? Why didn’t Elizabeth join on this adventure? How is Will even still alive without the curse that was keeping him alive? To answer all these questions and more, step inside the Pitch Meeting that led to Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales! It’ll be super easy, barely an inconvenience.

#5 - Furious 7

Season 2021 - Episode 24 - Aired 6/13/2021

#6 - Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Season 2021 - Episode 23 - Aired 6/6/2021

Jack Sparrow played by Johnny Depp became an iconic movie character in the early 2000’s with Pirates of the Caribbean which, as successful movies often do, got two sequels to make an epic trilogy that made billions of dollars. But because there was still a chance to cash in on the popularity, a fourth installment came just a few years later- with most of the cast not returning. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides definitely raises some questions. Like are we just following a formula now? Is everything now explained with magic? How many different things can the Fountain of Youth do? How did people even discover the very specific steps needed to activate it? Why are fresh mermaid tears required? Does anyone care about this mermaid-clergyman love story? How does Jack become a superhero with a few bits of cut rope?

#7 - Cruella

Season 2021 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/30/2021

In the past few years, Walt Disney has fallen in love with the idea of churning out live-action remakes and spinoffs of their beloved animated classics. Movies like Mulan, The Jungle Book, The Lion King, Aladdin and more have all gotten the live-action. Now, it’s the turn of 101 Dalmatians. Kind of. Cruella definitely raises some questions. Like how do you make a villain known for wanting to skin dogs engaging as a protagonist? What’s up with all the music? How did Cruella set up that parachute? Did we really need know the origin of her name? Are Pongo and Perdita brother and sister? Why did she give people dogs? Is it even possible for Emma Stone’s Cruella to turn into the Cruella De Ville that people know? If not, why is this a thing?

#8 - Army Of The Dead

Season 2021 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/23/2021

After several superhero movies and lots of heated discussions online, Zack Snyder is returning to the genre that helped launch his directing career: zombies. Army of the Dead (not a sequel to Dawn of the Dead) is definitely not going to be as controversial as his DC films, but is it a better movie? Army of the Dead definitely raises some questions. Like is everything so blurry? Why did Tanaka plan a fake heist when he could have just hired them for the thing he really wanted? Why are some zombies robots?! Why does everyone let Martin roam around free when they all suspect he’s up to something. Why didn’t Martin leave once he had what he came for and was standing by the exit? How were they planning on transporting all that cash? How did the Alpha catch up to their helicopter on a horse?

#9 - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Season 2021 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/16/2021

Pirates of the Caribbean was a massive surprise hit in the early 2000’s, so naturally Hollywood quickly jumped on making some sequels. That led to the second movie Dead Man’s Chest, which just kind of ended without resolving anything to ensure that people would want to come see the third movie - At World’s End. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End definitely raises some questions though. Like why is death so impermanent for the main characters? How did Jack and Barbossa become pirate lords? Is that dog magical? Why are we spending so much time talking about pirate politics and magical mythology? Why doesn’t Will Turner step in a bucket of water to visit Elizabeth as Davy Jones did? Why did Calypso turn into a giant and then into crabs? Why are there so many sequels going on? To answer all these questions and more, step inside the Pitch Meeting that led to Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End! It’ll be super easy, barely an inconvenience.

#10 - Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Season 2021 - Episode 19 - Aired 5/9/2021

The first Transformers movie by Michael Bay in 2007 was a massive success and led to both Shia Labeouf and Megan Fox becoming international superstars. Naturally, as is the case with any Hollywood success- they immediately started working on a sequel. Just a few years later, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was released. The movie definitely raises some questions. Like why does Megatron get revived with the Allspark if that’s what killed him in the first film? Why does a sliver of it drive Sam Witwicky insane when he carried the entire thing in the first movie? If Decepticons can take the form of human beings, why do they need to transform into vehicles to blend in? Why does the Jet Decepticon travel by teleportation instead of… by being a jet? Why did the navy fire on one of the wonders of the world based on a random call from a stranger?

#11 - Mortal Kombat (2021)

Season 2021 - Episode 18 - Aired 5/2/2021

Mortal Kombat was one of the very first video games to get adapted into a Hollywood movie back in 1995 and along with movies like Super Mario Bros, Double Dragon and Street Fighter, set the tone for video game movies being… not so great. Now, 26 years later, Hollywood is ready to breathe new life into the franchise and take a shot at the popular game franchise. 2021’s Mortal Kombat definitely raises some questions. Like why are we following this made-up Cole Young guy when there are about a hundred existing characters to choose from? How deep does this dragon-mark champion concept go exactly? Why did Cole go back to his family after he specifically left them to keep them safe? How exactly is Lord Raiden allowed to intervene? If death is just another portal and all these characters can come back, did any of this even matter?

#12 - The Falcon And The Winter Soldier

Season 2021 - Episode 17 - Aired 4/25/2021

After the release of WandaVision, Disney is continuing their onslaught of streaming series taking place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe being released on Disney Plus with The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, starring Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier definitely raises some questions. Like what exactly is going on with the Flag Smashers are why are their plans so vague? What did John Walker expect to accomplish with that non-vibranium shield? Why would Disney cast the same actress from Solo: A Star Wars Story for pretty much the exact same role? Was that Power Broker thing meant to be a big twist? Are we supposed to think that Karli is NOT evil? Why isn’t the top of Sam’s head protected at all?

#13 - Black Widow

Season 2021 - Episode 28 - Aired 7/11/2021

Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow has been in the MCU for multiple movies since her debut in Iron Man 2 many years ago. While other characters have had the chance to shine in multiple solo outings, Natasha Romanoff was never given the opportunity to take the reins in a big screen adventure of her own. Until now… Several years after the character’s on-screen death. Better late than never? Black Widow definitely raises some questions. Like why DID it take so long for them to make this? How is Natasha surviving all these explosions, car crashes and falls as a non-superpowered character? How many people died in that avalanche? Why did Natasha and her mom swap faces? How does that weird pheromone thing work? How did only the good guys survive that massive base collapse and fall? How did Natasha get away from Ross?

#14 - WandaVision

Season 2021 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/7/2021

The Marvel Cinematic Universe dominated the box office for more than a decade, and now it’s trying to bring that success to the small screen with some MCU shows on Disney+, the first of which is WandaVision-- a strange sitcom starring Wanda Maximoff and The Vision… who… isn’t supposed to be alive. WandaVision raises a lot of questions. Like will we ever be able to hear the words “Please Stand By” the same way again? Are viewers too obsessed with fan theories? What was with all the Mephisto hype and the aerospace engineer? Why bring Evan Peters over from the X-Men movies just to make a dirty joke? Did this interesting conceptual show really have to end with a CGI battle and sky beams? How did Agatha All Along, a song in which a witch sings about killing a dog, reach the top of the itunes charts?!

#15 - Face/Off

Season 2021 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/28/2021

The 90s was a crazy time not only for action movies in general, but also for Nicholas Cage and John Travolta. With over-the-top action movies were taking over the box office, John Woo’s Face/Off was the epitome of craziness and brought both these over-the-top actors into an over-the-top premise with over-the-top action. The movie is insane. Face/Off raises a whole lot of questions. Like why didn’t Castor Troy just take a second shot at the carousel? What kind of a name is Pollux? How did the FBI leave a dangerous terrorist unguarded in an empty hospital? How did he track down every single person that knew about Sean Archer’s mission? How did that prison escape work, and why did the cops just abandon their chase? Why is John Travolta wiping his fingers on everyone’s faces? Did he just bring home a small child without consulting his wife first?

#16 - Transformers

Season 2021 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/21/2021

Transformers has been a super huge brand for decades and always a popular product on toy shelves everywhere. The idea of having Michael Bay make a feature-length commercial for them filled with cool cars, military stuff, pretty girls and explosions seemed like a no-brainer! And a no-brainer it definitely was. Transformers does raise some questions though. Like what are the odds that Sam Witwicky would be car-shopping on the very same day a shapeshifting car robot was looking for him? Why did that robot attack the soldiers a second time if they didn’t have any data? Why is Mikaela eating at Burger King? Why does Megatron have the random ability of etching coordinates into tiny pieces of glass? How is Megatron speaking English? Why did the soldiers think it would be a good idea to go hide the Allspark in a densely-populated city?

#17 - Prometheus

Season 2021 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/14/2021

The Alien franchise is a beloved horror and sci-fi staple, so naturally Hollywood tries to breathe new life into it every few years. In 2012, Ridley Scott made his return to the universe of Alien with Prometheus-- a not-quite prequel that follows a space crew as they deal with some scary alien threats called Engineers. Prometheus does raise some questions though. Like why haven’t the crew been briefed on their mission until AFTER they’ve been in cryo-sleep for several years? Why does everybody take off their helmets in an alien cave? How did they get lost in the cave with amazing mapping technology? Why did they suddenly want to touch that horrifying alien snake thing? Why did David spike Charlie’s drink? What was the point of Weyland plot twist? Why was that Engineer chasing Elizabeth at the end? To answer all these questions and more, step inside the Pitch Meeting that led to Prometheus! It’ll be super easy, barely an inconvenience.

#18 - Pirates Of The Caribbean

Season 2021 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/7/2021

Step inside the pitch meeting that led to The Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl! Before Disney turned it into a massive franchise of blockbuster movies, Pirates of the Caribbean was just a slow-moving boat ride attraction at their Disney parks involving looking around at pirates and ships and whatnot. Somehow, that served as the inspiration for a massive series of adventure movies starring Johnny Depp and the rise of one of the most recognizable movie characters of all time: Captain Jack Sparrow. The Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is a fantastic adventure movie, but does raise some questions though. Like doesn’t Will hesitate to throw an axe at a pirate’s back when he didn’t throw his sword at Jack just a few minutes earlier? How are all these people’s massive concussions? Was that moonlight really just hitting one spot in the whole town? Why did the entire crew of a ship abandon it completely? Why is there a cowboy here?

#19 - The Hunger Games Sequels

Season 2021 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/31/2021

The first Hunger Games movie was an absolute smash hit and helped (along with X-Men: First Class) skyrocket Jennifer Lawrence to superstardom. So it only made sense that Hollywood would want to adapt the other two Hunger Games books, Catching Fire and Mockingjay, into movies as well. Three of them. That math checks out, right? The Hunger Games sequels do raise some questions though. Like why is Snow flaunting around the victors at the risk of a revolution if silencing them would be more effective? Why is Katniss suddenly obsessed with Peeta? Is Mockingjay Part 1 just about how bad of an actress Katniss Everdeen is? Was President Snow’s big strategy to have an underfed prisoner try to strangle Katniss? How did the Capitol not think of guarding the tunnels that run through the entire underground of the city? Why do the middle two movies just kind of end abruptly?

#20 - Soul

Season 2021 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/24/2021

The people at Pixar are master storytellers, and in recent years have been tackling some increasingly mature themes with movies like Inside Out and Coco. Their latest movie, Soul, starring Jamie Foxx and Tina Fey, tackles the subject of what happens to the soul after we die. These are still kid’s movies, right? Soul does raise some questions though. Like what kind of injury did Joe sustain when he fell into the manhole? How is his body totally fine when he jumps back into it later? Why aren’t any of the other souls freaking out about their deaths? Is Joe really the first one to freak out and push on the wall a little? What happened to the soul of the doctor he impersonated? Or the cat for that matter? What kind of a message is that ending sending? Why is Marie Antoinette only a floating head?

#21 - Star Trek Beyond

Season 2021 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/17/2021

Star Trek has been one of the most popular sci-fi franchises in the world for decades, and with the success of the 2009 blockbuster reboot, it was only natural that we got a few follow-ups to the Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto-led movies. Star Trek Beyond, the first movie in the Kelvin timeline, does raise some questions though. Like what happened to Carol Marcus? What happened to the life-saving superblood from Star Trek Into Darkness? What happened to beaming bombs onto people’s ships? Why does Kirk think a desk job will help him in the way of excitement? Did anyone ever care about Spock and Uhura’s relationship? How is Jaylah managing to hide that ship from Krall, who’s literally the one who crashed it there? Why do all these movies have bad guys from a different time?

#22 - Power Rangers

Season 2021 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/10/2021

Saban’s Power Rangers has long been a super popular brand, selling millions of toys and attracting a massive audience to its various shows and movies. With 90’s nostalgia being such a big cash cow, it only makes sense that a modern blockbuster reboot was attempted in 2017. The 2017 Power Rangers movie does raise some questions though. Like why does it take an hour and a half to even see the titular Power Rangers? How does Rita Repulsa speak English? How did the Rangers know how to form Megazord? What’s up with all the Krispy Kreme references? Why does Jason keep having car accidents anytime the plot needs to move forward? Did they really just slap the bad guy into space to save the day? To answer all these questions and more, step inside the Pitch Meeting that led to Power Rangers! It’ll be super easy, barely an inconvenience.

#23 - Wonder Woman 1984

Season 2021 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/4/2021

Wonder Woman was received as one of the best DCEU movies when it came out in 2017, so naturally Warner Bros wanted Gal Gadot, Chris Pine and Patty Jenkins to make a sequel. That sequel comes three years later in the form of Wonder Woman 1984, which in a historic first for a massive superhero blockbuster - came out on streaming at the same time as in theatres! Wonder Woman 1984 movie definitely raises some questions. Like why did Steve Trevor return through some random guy? Why are they using this man’s body for anything they like? Why is there a fully-fueled jet lying around at the Smithsonian and how does Steve Trevor know how to fly it? How does Diana know how to make it invisible? How did Wonder Woman get her lasso around Max Lord? How did literally everyone renounce their wishes? How did nobody wish the world to immediately end? What exactly is the message of this movie?!

#24 - James Bond: Die Another Day

Season 2021 - Episode 39 - Aired 9/28/2021

Before Daniel Craig started his gritty run as James Bond, Pierce Brosnan was the chiseled face of the 007 franchise for years. After GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies and The World Is Not Enough, Brosnan tackled the 20th Bond movie in the franchise: Die Another Day. Die Another Day definitely raises some questions. Like what how did those North Koreans drive through a minefield? How did Bond stop his heart AND fight doctors at the same time? Why can’t that guy get the diamonds out of his face? Why is Jinx swimming with a tactical knife? How is Bond better at fencing than an olympian, after more than a year in prison? What’s up with those special effects?! To answer all these questions and more, step inside the Pitch Meeting that led to Die Another Day! It’ll be super easy, barely an inconvenience.

#25 - John Wick: Chapter 2

Season 2021 - Episode 49 - Aired 12/7/2021

The first John Wick film starring Keanu Reeves was a surprise hit in 2014. Wick’s no-nonsense “gun-fu” fighting style mixed with the mysterious world-building and the satisfaction of seeing someone get revenge for a puppy really struck a chord with audiences, making John Wick Keanu Reeves’ most popular movie since The Matrix trilogy. Naturally, they had to make some sequels. They had no choice in the matter. John Wick: Chapter 2 definitely raises some questions though. Like why did John think leaving the life in exchange for something that could bring him back at any time was a good move? Why did Santino want to hire the boogeyman, when the job consisted of walking through a secret tunnel? And why hire him of all people if he knew he was going to double-cross him? Is anybody in this world NOT an assassin? What was with that whole seven bullets scene? Does the dog think they’re just going for a run? To answer all these questions and more, step inside the Pitch Meeting that led to John