Jul 23, 2026 · 1 hr 58 min · 15 segments
"Goonies never say die!" For Episode 411, Brandon and Thomas continue their series on Treasure Hunt movies with the 1980s classic, THE GOONIES. Listen as they discuss the early days of Amblin, the…
Thomas HortonHost
You know, in Romancing the Stone it was, it was, uh, uh, aimed towards romance.
In Muppet Treasure Island, it's aimed towards the, um, uh, mentor figures, who can you trust out of people who are trying to, uh, adults who are trying to serve as, as mentors to you.
Yeah, we talked about in Treasure Island, uh, Val brought it up of the idea of like the genre, like she said she, it reminds her of like romance, but not in just a love thing, but just like romanticizing- Like the, like with the lore and like, uh, uh, characters who are kind of after like a, a greater thing.
If you look at this movie, it's like, uh, you always forget there's a whole like, the whole plot, the whole thing's based off of they're gonna lose their house.
And, and this kind of like, like I said, yuppies and kind of this div- class divide, but these characters who are looking for something more, uh, in life.
You know, in Romancing the Stone it was, it was, uh, uh, aimed towards romance.
In Muppet Treasure Island, it's aimed towards the, um, uh, mentor figures, who can you trust out of people who are trying to, uh, adults who are trying to serve as, as mentors to you.
Yeah, we talked about in Treasure Island, uh, Val brought it up of the idea of like the genre, like she said she, it reminds her of like romance, but not in just a love thing, but just like romanticizing- Like the, like with the lore and like, uh, uh, characters who are kind of after like a, a greater thing.
If you look at this movie, it's like, uh, you always forget there's a whole like, the whole plot, the whole thing's based off of they're gonna lose their house.
And, and this kind of like, like I said, yuppies and kind of this div- class divide, but these characters who are looking for something more, uh, in life.
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