Mermaid Movie Club

Let's close out the year with some Christmas cheer. Ancient Greek princess Daphne is cursed to be a mermaid until she can find the reincarnation of her jilted lover and prove her selflessness. Christmastime might just be the right time to do it. What similarities does this film bear to another well-known mermaid film? (You know exactly which one.) When do mermaids get meta? And most importantly, what IS the meaning of Christmas? I don't have the answer for that question, but I think I can handle the rest on this season finale of the Mermaid Movie Club. // Visit the all-new Mermaid Movie Club homepage for updates and more: http://mermaidmovieclub.tumblr.com / Follow me on Twitter and Instagram: @mermaidxandria / Like Mermaid Xandria on Facebook: tinyurl.com/xandriafb / Please rate and review on Apple Podcasts!

In our final installment of our Little Mermaid series, let's look at the third and final Little Mermaid film (for now). Whatever happened to Ariel's mother? How does an underground night club work underwater? Why do BOTH of Ariel's parents look like her when none of her sisters do? And perhaps the most important question: CAN WE STOP THESE SEQUELS ALREADY????? That, plus I share that one time where I came face to face with Ariel herself, Jodi Benson. The best things come in threes, right? // Visit the all-new Mermaid Movie Club homepage for updates and more: http://mermaidmovieclub.tumblr.com / Follow me on Twitter and Instagram: @mermaidxandria / Like Mermaid Xandria on Facebook: tinyurl.com/xandriafb / Please rate and review on Apple Podcasts!

In the second installment of our Little Mermaid series, delve into the infamous direct-to-video sequel that seems to ask more questions than it answers, mostly, "Why did they make this?" "Who was this made for?" "How did they get away with such a half-baked sequel?" The answers to these questions, plus, the billionth time I try to defend a bad movie because of reasons. Mostly personal ones. // Visit the all-new Mermaid Movie Club homepage for updates and more: http://mermaidmovieclub.tumblr.com / Follow me on Twitter and Instagram: @mermaidxandria / Like Mermaid Xandria on Facebook: tinyurl.com/xandriafb / Please rate and review on Apple Podcasts!

The world's most famous mermaid finally comes to the Mermaid Movie Club! We all know her story, but we all get something different out of it, for better or worse. Learn how one fish saved Disney Animation as we know it and kicked off the most storied eras of the studio, plus, why I think Ariel is actually NOT a bad role model. Don't @ me. Listen to find out. // I quoted an article from The Mary Sue, which you can read here: https://www.themarysue.com/little-mermaid-queer-subtext/  / Treasures Untold: The Making of The Little Mermaid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdMMg6OSn1Q / Another making-of documentary that I got some research from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WasEtuSK8VY //  Visit the all-new Mermaid Movie Club homepage for updates and more: http://mermaidmovieclub.tumblr.com / Follow me on Twitter and Instagram: @mermaidxandria / Like Mermaid Xandria on Facebook: tinyurl.com/xandriafb / Please rate and review on Apple Podcasts!

In our second Halloween installment, travel back to the early 1960s for the moody Night Tide. Carnival mermaid Mora might be more than just a girl in a fabric mermaid tail when she's linked to the deaths of her two previous boyfriends. What might happen to the strapping young sailor she's fallen for? Who is the mysterious figure that follows her? What is the appropriate rate to charge as a professional mermaid in the early 1960s? I'll say this much: I don't have all the answers. Venture into the dark unknown in an all new Mermaid Movie Club. // Visit the all-new Mermaid Movie Club homepage for updates and more: http://mermaidmovieclub.tumblr.com / Follow me on Twitter and Instagram: @mermaidxandria / Like Mermaid Xandria on Facebook: tinyurl.com/xandriafb / Please rate and review on Apple Podcasts!

WARNING: This episode contains mentions of drug use, sexual situations, body horror, and self harm. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE proceed with caution. // This week on the Movie Club, this fish-out-of-water story REALLY has some gills. Or maybe that's just its protagonist. On her quest to find herself, teenage Mia finds out in all the worst ways. A gruesome transformation slowly overtakes her, revealing what she truly is--whether she wants to believe it or not. The worst part? Mia will do everything she can to stop this from happening in Blue My Mind. // I quoted these interviews in this episode: https://meaww.com/lisa-bruhlmann-blue-my-mind-killing-eve-director / https://anatomyofascream.wordpress.com/2018/12/01/interview-blue-my-mind-writer-director-lisa-bruhlmann/ //  Visit the all-new Mermaid Movie Club homepage for updates and more: http://mermaidmovieclub.tumblr.com / Follow me on Twitter and Instagram: @mermaidxandria / Like Mermaid Xandria on Facebook: tinyurl.com/xandriafb / Please rate and review on Apple Podcasts!

This week we found this hidden treasure: 2003's mermade-for-TV film (read: rejected TV pilot), Mermaids. Three sisters avenge the murder of their father by a greedy fisherman, but find out pretty quickly that it's hard out here for a fish. I'll explore the film's mythological connections (and there's a lot), how one character's story closely resembles that of another mermaid we all know and love, and how this mermaid tale is a bit more Charmed than H2O. Plus, a brief look at the history of the supposedly family-friendly television network this film debuted on. Let's just say I had questions by the end of it. // Visit the all-new Mermaid Movie Club homepage for updates and more: http://mermaidmovieclub.tumblr.com / Follow me on Twitter and Instagram: @mermaidxandria / Like Mermaid Xandria on Facebook: tinyurl.com/xandriafb / Please rate and review on Apple Podcasts!

Welcome back to the club! We're taking a closer look at one of the most famous mermaid films of all time, Splash, on this edition of the show. What trends did this movie start, both in and out of the mermaid realm? Also, we look at a bit of theme park history as it connects to this movie, and also question Disney's censors. It's a shell of a time. // I mentioned Josh Gad's Reunited Apart with the cast and crew of Splash at the top of the show, watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbFIgQoHSJM Follow me on Twitter and Instagram: @mermaidxandria / Like Mermaid Xandria on Facebook: tinyurl.com/xandriafb / Please rate and review on Apple Podcasts!

In this episode we dive into one of the earliest Disney Channel Original Movies, 1999's The Thirteenth Year! In this episode we answer the questions: What happens when a teenage boy starts growing scales and fins upon his thirteenth birthday? Why are there so many films about teenagers spontaneously turning into merfolk? Where do Dave Coulier and Kristen Stewart fit into all of this? Dive in to find out. // The MTV interview I mention at the top of the show can be found here: http://www.mtv.com/news/2900742/the-thirteenth-year-chez-starbuck-interview-dcom/ //  Follow me on Twitter and Instagram: @mermaidxandria / Like Mermaid Xandria on Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/xandriafb 

For our first Mermaid Movie Club selection, we're going to talk about the 2006 film Aquamarine! This is known as a staple of teen cinema of the mid-2000s, adapted from a beloved teen novel of the same name. In this show I address the question: is accuracy everything in the world of adaptations, or is it worthwhile to take a canonical risk? Also, did Sara Paxton essentially inspire the mermaid hair trend of the 2010s? All this and more in this installment of the Mermaid Movie Club podcast!

We're finally here! This episode highlights the purpose of the Mermaid Movie Club podcast, what we plan on doing here, and also lets you know a little bit about who I am. Ready to take the dive? Subscribe! Have any comments, suggestions, questions? Reach out on Instagram and Twitter @mermaidxandria or e-mail me at [email protected]. Don't be a stranger!