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Hobert Thompson & Laura Petro

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Tired of the same old movies, franchises, and reboots? Us too! Join Hobert Thompson & Laura Petro as they sit down with a special guest to pitch and write what should be Hollywood's next big movie. After their brainstorm, they enlist the help of actors to do a live reading of their scripts to bring each film to life. And finally, if anyone out there is listening: PLEASE make this!
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Tis the time for another venture into the horrific world of Jigsaw and his many many horrific traps and riddles. And of course Laura and Nate are ready to host their way through their experience watching Saw 4. The franchise takes a turn as one of the side characters becomes the main protagonist so they can (obviously) tie the ALL of the movies tog…
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It's the rule of THREES, baby! As in: we've seen Saw 1, we've seen Saw 2, and now it's time to see SAW 3. Laura and Nate sit down with a bottle of wine to yet again answer the age old question: "What the hell is going to happen in this franchise next!?" This time Jigsaw is on his deathbed with his trusty Jigsaw-in-training running the show. And we'…
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Joey Ford was a mild-mannered kid getting accustomed to living in Las Vegas till he sneaks into a casino backroom wearing a fake mustache and inadvertently discovers a secret world of super spies and international crime. After lying his way onto a spy agency’s team, Joey becomes the key piece in a plot to take down a crime lord and stop a powerful …
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Script Rippers Mike and Hobert are back, and their web connects them to Madame Web, a bafflingly bad installment in Sony’s extended Spider-Man-less Spider-Verse. Join the Script Rippers as they unpack the strange decisions that led to Dakota Johnson admonishing a picture of her dead mom for loving spiders too much, a lot of vehicular violence, and …
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When their friend Emmett dies in a freak accident, hot-headed Angelo, meek but muscular Remy, and straight-laced Tyler come together to celebrate their friend, despite not being particularly close themselves. When a drunken attempt to do a seance brings the spirit of Emmett back, the four pals set out to give their dead best friend a proper send-of…
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Sup, Bros? In this Please Make This Miniseries, host Hobert and his brother Andy discuss and review films about, for, or even by brothers. This time they shared some very off-putting smiles as they watched Will Forte and Will Arnett in The Brothers Solomon. The Brothers Solomon might have bombed, but you know what, it has its moments. Remember when…
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Goldwater Farms has been in decline for years. Since the death of his beloved wife, Joan, Josh Goldwater has lost his interest in farming, and only his friend and helper Gary still believes in him. But Josh’s fortunes change when a strange fruit appears on his farm, a fruit that seems to be related to the recent crop circles found around his proper…
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It's once again time for a Please Make This Minisode! Movie Table Talk is exactly what it sounds like, a group of pals sitting around a table talking about a movie. This time around, the group is talking about The Birdcage (1996) in which a cabaret owning couple put on a ruse to help their son who demands they act normal for to meet his fiance's co…
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Let's See Saw continues!!! Laura Petro and Nate Todd (resident forever besties and newfound Saw watchers) sit back down to share a bottle of wine, split a can of beer, and watch the very first Saw sequel. Will Jigsaw come to the table with more tricks up his sleeve? You bet he will! He's graduated from a booby-trapped room to a booby-trapped HOUSE …
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Laura and Hobert sit down with their buddy Gabe Michalski to talk about Rawhead Rex, a childhood fav of Gabe’s about a demon with a stupid name that terrorizes an Irish village. This lean monster thriller is heavy on monster rampage, light on explanation. If you’ve ever wanted an hour and twenty minutes of basic slasher leading up to a showdown in …
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Lee and Desker are two slacker friends who prefer smoking weed in Lee’s basement and talking about their favorite fantasy novels more than pretty much anything else. For years they’ve dissected and discussed Alton P. Thornshire’s Gates of the Hellmouth series, but without the final book (banned by its publisher after a strange satanic incident) all…
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Welcome to a polite and fun new miniseries where two best friends, Laura Petro and Nate Todd set out to watch all of the Saw movies. In this minisode, they're watching the first Saw movie that's appropriately titled: Saw. Will this journey bring these two friends closer together? Will the gore-horror phase of the 2000s be just as gory as they remem…
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Script Rippers Mike and Hobert are back to take a slow-mo look at part one of ??? of Zack Snyder’s ponderous Star Wars knock-off, Rebel Moon. Join the rippers as they try to piece together Netflix’s seemingly abridged edit of this space opera that sacrifices third act coherence for drumming up support for an already completed director’s cut. Can Ho…
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A long withstanding legend within each Please Make This episode is the mysterious writer’s room, where your hosts step inside after a wondrous pitch only to return with their fresh scripts hot off the presses. But what happens behind that closed door where there’s no microphones and the magic really happens? Tune in as Hobert gives you a tour of hi…
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Scott Payne is an aspiring actor who books the opportunity of a lifetime as the TV pitchman for a new window cleaner. When his enthusiastic pitching becomes a pop culture sensation, Scott is propelled into fortune and fame, but deep down, all he really cares about is telling the public about a product he’s so passionate about, it borders on love. A…
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On a desolate future Earth, workers made of undead people enhanced with mechanical parts toil away in a factory. All day and night they make things the living need, but is there anyone left to use the household items they create? When one worker suddenly remembers his past life, he sets out to learn who he was, and remind his fellow workers what it…
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A long withstanding legend within each Please Make This episode is the mysterious writer's room, where your hosts step inside after a wondrous pitch only to return with their fresh scripts hot off the presses. But what happens behind that closed door where there's no microphones and the magic really happens? Tune in as Laura finally breaks down thi…
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When six alien explorers visit an uncharted, water-covered planet, their mission is simple. Very simple, really. Just collect a water sample to prove the existence of water to their galactic empire’s ever growing search for resources. With time to kill before they return to their command ship, the researchers decide to party it up on a planet that …
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Script Rippers Mike and Hobert are back with special guest Laura to spend five nights (or 58ish minutes) talking about Five Nights at Freddy’s, a film about an amateur dream detective who fights ghost robots that isn’t nearly fun or cool or interesting as that premise promises. Well, at least The Youth like it! Tune in as the rippers tear apart thi…
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Laura and Hobert sit down with their buddy Gabe Michalski to talk about Frankenstein Unbound, a surreal retelling of the classic Mary Shelley novel that adds time travel, super cars, and reframes Shelley as a non-fiction writer. You only have 8 years till John Hurt destroys the timeline so he can have sex with a historic author, so tune in to this …
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Join Laura and Hobert as they sit down to revisit REM Cycles, the almost-finished rough draft of a film conceived during wind-down of the lock-down. A lot has changed for the hosts since then, so it’s time to sit down, crack open a beverage, and re-explore the dreamscape-filled romance/sci-fi/coming-of-age script with the intention to tear the orig…
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Chester Callahan’s never been good at working. Lazy but charismatic, Chester is better at managing expectations than he is at meeting them. When he finally loses his bland office job, he treats himself to a burger at his favorite local joint, and notices a dip in the quality. Spotting an opportunity to make Barn Burger a better place, Chester adopt…
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Dan and Kate are two stuck-up trivia buffs given a chance to appear on America’s favorite game show for couples: Secrets of the Heart. Confident in their ability to win on brains alone, they quickly realize the show is more intense than they’d anticipated, featuring a host who’s as sinister as he is sincere and a fast-paced quiz pitting them agains…
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Brian, Stephanie and David are three college friends who are about to move into a brand new apartment together over the course of a weekend. When the movers bring their furniture and drop off their stuff, they discover that there’s a mysterious trunk accidentally left behind. Agreeing to leave the trunk alone till the movers return on Monday, they …
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On the day of his brother’s wedding, Jeff Solomon realizes he’s made a huge mistake. The family’s constant screw-up since his college track glory days, Jeff was given just one thing to do for the big day: take the marriage license to the county clerk’s office. Heading out on foot, can this track star make it to the office before it closes? And why …
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You know what they say: It's not a family movie night unless you're family is there! Please Make This host, Laura sits down with her brother Max and Sister-in-law Ellie to watch a movie that Ellie once described as "I never want to watch that again" it's Miami Connection (and 1987). A once lost film that was salvaged and released to the world, this…
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No one knows why the animals turned on us, but when they did, their superior numbers and sudden super intelligence overwhelmed humanity immediately. In the aftermath of the attack, groups of survivors make their way to a signal, something called The Ark. But what is The Ark? A way to escape? A trap set up by the animals? Or something worse? Scripts…
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In this PMT Miniseries, Hobert and Mike sit down to tear up a movie they didn’t like so they can piece it back together to make it...better? Worse? Less film-able? Whatever, they’re not professionals, just two dudes who love dinosaurs. In this episode, they sit down with the bare-bones sci-fi thriller 65 to see if they can save a film with a great …
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Jeremy Parker was just a park ranger trying to do good and help people enjoy nature when he discovered a secret source of power that connected him to the Bear Force, a magically-powered team of human/bear hybrids who protect nature and mankind. When Bear Force’s greatest foe returns to reignite his campaign of vengeance, Parker and the team must co…
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The boys are back! (The boys from The Maze Runner series, that is.) Also back for this PMT minisode is host Laura Petro joined by Meggie Gates with a special appearance from Nick Olson for another installment of YA, We Watched It! After reading the entire Maze Runner series for their other podcast and watching the first film, it only makes sense fo…
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Margo Kirklin made her life her law career, and now that she’s retired, she feels the emptiness of boredom and lack of connection to the family and friends she set aside for work. But when Margo is mysteriously visited by a manifestation of herself in her twenties, but six inches tall, she’s confronted by the woman she used to be and given a second…
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Sup, Bros? In this Please Make This Miniseries, host Hobert and his brother Andy discuss and review films about, for, or even by brothers. In this episode they put on their hats and shades to take a look at 1980’s Blues Brothers, a film about two brothers that will go to any length necessary to sing blues covers. Tune in to hear about the tragic en…
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Years ago, Dennis “The Dream” McAvoy was the wonder dog “wide retriever” of the Big City All Stars, leading them to a controversial NFL championship. But now, The Dream is over, and Dennis is a regular talking dog with a dead end office job and a lot of time on his paws. With his agent and best friend hounding him to find a post-retirement gig that…
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In the ancient land of Gorkah, the people worship a pantheon of Gods who rule the various aspects of their realities. Chief among these are mighty Gorkanos, God of Shelter, chaotic Baak, God of the sea, and fair Neras, Goddess of wild beasts. Lesser in this pantheon is Nome, God of the sun and little else. Tired of his only role being raising and l…
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Hear ye, hear ye! It's time for a brand new minisode! And this week Please Make This host Laura is sitting down with her YA, We Read It! co-host Meggie to watch the movie version of The Maze Runner -- the book they read for their 7th season. Will the movie hold a candle to the book and be a worthy adaptation? Or will Meggie and Laura rip it to shre…
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Chet is a tennis pro with a secret: he’s actually an undercover FBI agent who masquerades as a tennis coach to get close to wealthy elites. When he’s assigned to infiltrate the family behind Hardman Hardware, Chet has to balance spying on the father’s financial dealings with teaching his two strange, extremely enthusiastic sons tennis. Can Chet get…
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Happy 100 minisodes! Thanks for listening, and please enjoy this pilot episode reading of Laura and Hobert’s idea for a stepdad-centric sitcom (see minisode 99!). As the family settles into life with a new stepdad - a very boring but nice guy named Henry - Amy, Nick and Braxton become determined to figure out (or get rid of) their newest father fig…
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It’s been years since the release of Edison Software’s hit video game, Crusader, and even longer since anyone’s seen its brilliant creator, Bill Kojima. As a remastered version of the game is announced, members of the original development team start to turn up dead, murdered by a mysterious killer dressed as the medieval assassin from the game. Who…
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Mayor Steel Tyler-Hernandez ran for mayor of Cleveland, OH, with a very specific plan: turn Cleveland into a Moral-Engine-style mobile fortress. As the midwest city mobilizes, other cities around the nation arm themselves with technological marvels to fight back. Will the world ever be the same with Cleveland on the move? Scripts start at Starring …
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Laura has once again been inspired to dive into the world of YA fan-fiction! Inspired by the completion of their most recent season of YA, We Read It! where they read The Maze Runner trilogy, comes Welcome to The Glade. A story that exists completely outside the world of the original books (while maintaining the same setting and characters). Instea…
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Fronkie (pronounced “Frankie”) was a just baby tooth in the mouth of a vacationing child, but after falling out and getting dropped, she became a little lost thing. Joining other items that had been misplaced, she’s on an adventure to find her way home, but the machinations of a bitter bag of disposable flossers is determined to stop her and punish…
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Sup, bros? In this new miniseries, PMT host Hobert and his brother, Andy, sit down to discuss and review films about, for, or even by brothers. In this installment, the Thompson brothers check out Super Mario Bros, the infamous flop that takes the thin plot of the original Mario games and spins it out into a dimension hopping epic about evolution, …
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Mike was an unassuming guy till he overcame his fears, embraced being rad, and became the king of summer camp! But after defeating his bully, Dragon, and winning over the hottest girl at camp, it’s time to go back to school! Can Mike rekindle the magic of the first film, I mean summer? Find out in this sequel to the summer camp classic! Scripts at …
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In a world where one of the Please Make This hosts has come down with Covid and has to entertain herself while hoping she hasn't gotten anyone else sick; Laura Petro ventures where many dare not: into her blissfully unused HBO subscription to watch M. Night Shyamalan's 2021 film Old about a beach that -- er, well, turns people old. Is this poorly r…
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Georgie Linetti is a feared gangster, the younger brother of the crime family’s tough boss. But after years of breaking knees and cutting off fingers as the Don’s best enforcer, Georgie has had his fill. Quitting the life of crime cold turkey, Georgie pivots into German cuisine, reopening a closed deli on a downtrodden street to spend the rest of h…
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Life can get pretty boring on the surface of Mars, where four scientists are currently on a long mission manning a research station. To pass the time, they break out an old board game left behind by a previous mission: Escape from Mars. Though the game is clearly for children, the four bored, isolated researchers become obsessed with winning the ga…
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It's finally December: snow is falling, decorations are getting put up, gifts are being wrapped, and that can only mean one thing: it's officially post cuffing season. That's right! It's that time of year where everyone has done their rounds of dating and has either decided to cuff-up for the winter or not! And that ALSO means that Laura and Nick a…
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In the far future, desperate human survivors send a brave soldier back in time to stop an AI attack that decimated the world. Using a time machine that switches two people’s places in time, the soldier returns to the year 2022, while a hapless goof is thrown into the dangerous future. With both men needing to adjust to their new environments, the m…
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