About the show
Dad, You're Wrong is the father-son podcast where a Gen X dad and his Millennial son prove the generation gap is alive and well, especially when it comes to horror, sci-fi, and fantasy.
Eric is a Gen X creative agency owner who thinks modern genre content is hitting peaks we've never seen. Josh is an author and VHS collector who was talked into doing this by his dad. Each week they break down film, philosophy, and everything in between.
Two creative professionals. Completely different analytical toolsets. Same content. Opposing frameworks.
The hosts
Eighteen years apart and from completely different camps. Not two guys who like movies. Two makers reading the same film through opposing frameworks.
Eric
Gen X Dad // Defends the Modern
Creative agency owner, metal musician, console gamer, pulp reader. Believes modern genre filmmaking is hitting peaks we have never seen, and will fight you on it.
Josh
Millennial Son // Defends the Classics
Author, EDM artist, VHS collector, D&D game master. Here to remind Dad that nothing new is actually better. The one who says, out loud, Dad, you're wrong.
How we rate
Eric runs a six-rung ladder, best seat in the house down to don't bother.
Theater, best seat. All the snacks. Experience it on the big screen.
Theater, cheap seats. Worth the room, skip the splurge.
VOD. Pay to watch it at home with all the comforts.
Streaming. Wait for something you already pay for.
Cable. Free streaming or background-movie territory.
Skip it. Rare, but it happens.
Same ladder, one extra question: did it make me want to go make something. A flawed film can still rate if it lit a fire.
Inside an episode
The premise, a little cheeky, and dark secrets are revealed.
Each host reads the whole film, direction through effects, and lands on "so overall I."
Scene by scene, act by act. What worked, what did not. Spoilers on.
Name the genre tropes. Used with craft, or just checked off.
Two or three real story problems, then how we would fix them.
Josh pulls something from the collection. He breaks his own rule when he wants to.
Our other show
When we are not arguing about horror, we are over at E Pluribus Unum: A Pluribus Podcast, breaking down Vince Gilligan's Pluribus scene by scene. If you like the way we argue here, you'll like it there.
E Pluribus Unum: A Pluribus Podcast