web02.fireside.fm Tue, 07 Apr 2026 05:39:01 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Normies Like Us - Episodes Tagged with “Apes” https://normieslikeus.fireside.fm/tags/apes Tue, 01 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0700 Each week our hosts do a deep dive on everything pop culture from niche to normie! We examine everything from movies, comics and video games as we try to figure out how it entered into the cultural zeitgeist! en-us episodic The Podcast that reminds you that It's Hip to be Square! Normies Like Us Each week our hosts do a deep dive on everything pop culture from niche to normie! We examine everything from movies, comics and video games as we try to figure out how it entered into the cultural zeitgeist! yes Podcast, Normies Like Us, Video Game Podcast, Comics Podcast, Movie Podcast, Movie Review, Video Game Review, Comics Review, Marvel Podcast, Star Wars Podcast, Pop Culture Podcast, New Podcast, Comedy Podcast, Nostalgia Podcast, Podcasters, Normies, Normies Like Us normieslikeus@gmail.com Episode 338: King Kong (2005) | Movie Review | Normies Like Us Podcast https://normieslikeus.fireside.fm/338 2b52df0e-79ae-47d4-8088-8b1b293f3584 Tue, 01 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0700 Normies Like Us full 8 Normies Like Us We finish off our Ape Film Odyssey with Peter Jackson's remake of the 1933 RKO Classic "King Kong" on Normies Like Us! 2:25:30 yes Peter Jackson’s King Kong - Ep 338: Monsters belong in B-Movies, but what about an A-Movie? Your hosts head to Skull Island and dig into the interesting follow up to Peter Jackson’s academy award winning trilogy, it’s 2005’s King Kong on Normies Like Us! So what are you Normies; a lion, or a subscriber? @NormiesLikeUs https://www.instagram.com/normieslikeus/ @jacob https://www.instagram.com/jacob/ @MikeHasInsta https://www.instagram.com/mikehasinsta/ https://letterboxd.com/BabblingBrooksy/ https://letterboxd.com/hobbes72/ https://letterboxd.com/mikejromans/ King Kong, Peter Jackson, 2005, Remake, Weta, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Naomi Watts, Kyle Chandler, Colin Hanks, andy serkis, extended edition, quiz, RKO, fay wray, cooper, willis h o’brien, action, adventure, film history, carl denham, skull island, monsterverse, jack driscoll, ann darrow, vaudeville, king kong the video game, ubisoft, videogame, video game, pop culture, normies like us, heart of darkness, special effects, 2025 Peter Jackson’s King Kong - Ep 338: Monsters belong in B-Movies, but what about an A-Movie? Your hosts head to Skull Island and dig into the interesting follow up to Peter Jackson’s academy award winning trilogy, it’s 2005’s King Kong on Normies Like Us!

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So what are you Normies; a lion, or a subscriber?

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]]> Episode 333: Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes | Movie Review | Normies Like Us https://normieslikeus.fireside.fm/333 56538223-3b95-4a8d-9767-459edd3a45d1 Tue, 25 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0800 Normies Like Us full 8 Normies Like Us We return to our penultimate episode of our Ape Review Series with Wes Ball's "Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes" on Normies Like Us! 2:25:00 yes Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes - Ep 333: What a wonderful day for a wonderful podcast! Your hosts are returning to that horrible planet as they go ape talking about the newest entry in the long running film franchise: Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes! NORMIES. TOGETHER. STRONG. @NormiesLikeUs https://www.instagram.com/normieslikeus/ @jacob https://www.instagram.com/jacob/ @MikeHasInsta https://www.instagram.com/mikehasinsta/ https://letterboxd.com/BabblingBrooksy/ https://letterboxd.com/hobbes72/ https://letterboxd.com/mikejromans/ apes, planet of the apes, kingdom, kingdom of the planet of the apes, wes ball, owen teague, caesar, apes,freya allen, mae, weta, caesar, rocket, roka, apes together strong, ape not kill ape, peter macon, proximus, caesar, william h. macy, lydia peckham, fox, disney, normies like us, movie review, apes,ras-samuel, alightning, nova, retrospective, 2025, 2024, normies like us Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes - Ep 333: What a wonderful day for a wonderful podcast! Your hosts are returning to that horrible planet as they go ape talking about the newest entry in the long running film franchise: Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes!

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NORMIES. TOGETHER. STRONG.

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]]> Episode 322: Rise of the Planet of the Apes | Apes Review | Normies Like Us https://normieslikeus.fireside.fm/322 69c0761b-aa5c-44cf-9f5d-49c77f084e15 Tue, 26 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0800 Normies Like Us full 7 Normies Like Us We decide to RISE up to the challenge as we continue our long-form review series of Simian Cinema as we Review "The Rise of the Planet of the Apes" on Normies Like Us! 2:15:57 yes Rise of the Planet of the Apes : Episode 322 - You didn’t blow it up yet, you Maniacs! We return to monkey madness as we take a trip back in time to 2011 with the Rise of the Planet of the Apes. Witness the birth of a franchise as young Caesar gets smarter and smarter while humans get dumber and dumber only on Normies Like Us! Caesar. Is. Podcast! Insta: @NormiesLikeUs https://www.instagram.com/normieslikeus/ @jacob https://www.instagram.com/jacob/ @MikeHasInsta https://www.instagram.com/mikehasinsta/ https://letterboxd.com/BabblingBrooksy/ https://letterboxd.com/hobbes72/ https://letterboxd.com/mikejromans/ apes, planet of the apes, rise, rise of the planet of the apes, john lithgow, james franco, caesar, apes, andy serkis, weta, lotr, lord of the rings, caesar, rocket, maurice, charlton heston, king kong, apes together strong, koba, rupert wyatt, rick jaffa, amanda silver, tom felton, freida pinto, fox, disney, normies like us, movie review, apes, retrospective, 2024, 2011 Rise of the Planet of the Apes : Episode 322 - You didn’t blow it up yet, you Maniacs! We return to monkey madness as we take a trip back in time to 2011 with the Rise of the Planet of the Apes. Witness the birth of a franchise as young Caesar gets smarter and smarter while humans get dumber and dumber only on Normies Like Us!

Caesar. Is. Podcast!

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Caesar. Is. Podcast!

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]]> Episode 314: Planet of the Apes (2001) | Tim Burton Review | Normies Like Us Podcast https://normieslikeus.fireside.fm/314 e94f3227-122e-44d8-aba9-1aa72c0ffc6e Tue, 01 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0700 Normies Like Us full 7 Normies Like Us We return to the Tim Burton's reimagined Planet of the Apes starring Mark Wahlberg on Normies Like Us! 2:17:20 yes Planet of the Apes (2001): Episode 314 - Sep-Tim-Bur-Ton wraps up as we head back to our favorite planet - The Planet of the Apes 2001! Ape-raham Lincoln smiles upon us as we discuss the big blockbuster disaster that put a serious dent into Tim Burton’s reputation and almost ended this franchise. Get your stinking paws off me, you damned, dirty podcast. Insta: @NormiesLikeUs https://www.instagram.com/normieslikeus/ @jacob https://www.instagram.com/jacob/ @MikeHasInsta https://www.instagram.com/mikehasinsta/ https://letterboxd.com/BabblingBrooksy/ https://letterboxd.com/hobbes72/ https://letterboxd.com/mikejromans/ Tim Burton, Planet of the Apes, 2001, Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth, helena bonham carter, michael clark duncan, paul giamatti, cary tagawa, fox, remake, reimagining, charlton heston, rick baker, sci-fi, science fiction, normies like us, fantasy, adventure, movie review, Sep-Tim-Bur-Ton, 2024, retrospective, film review Planet of the Apes (2001): Episode 314 - Sep-Tim-Bur-Ton wraps up as we head back to our favorite planet - The Planet of the Apes 2001! Ape-raham Lincoln smiles upon us as we discuss the big blockbuster disaster that put a serious dent into Tim Burton’s reputation and almost ended this franchise.

Get your stinking paws off me, you damned, dirty podcast.

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]]> Planet of the Apes (2001): Episode 314 - Sep-Tim-Bur-Ton wraps up as we head back to our favorite planet - The Planet of the Apes 2001! Ape-raham Lincoln smiles upon us as we discuss the big blockbuster disaster that put a serious dent into Tim Burton’s reputation and almost ended this franchise.

Get your stinking paws off me, you damned, dirty podcast.

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]]> Episode 309: Battle for the Planet of the Apes | Ape Review | Normies Like Us Podcast https://normieslikeus.fireside.fm/309 d11c3222-dc85-4b52-b7ab-b103574f0080 Tue, 27 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0700 Normies Like Us full 7 Normies Like Us We return to the Forbidden Zone and discuss the final film in the original "Planet of the Apes" series with "Battle for the Planet of the Apes" on Normies Like Us! 1:59:26 yes About This Episode: Battle for the Planet of the Apes - Ep 309: Here ye, Here ye! Heed the words of the Lawgiver and tune in to Normies Like Us as they review the final film in the original five film series - Battle for the Planet of the Apes! This film does a lot to tie everything together, and maybe hints at an alternate timeline? We discuss that and more as we continue to go bananas for this bonker sci-fi series. Ape has clicked Ape! @NormiesLikeUs https://www.instagram.com/normieslikeus/ @jacob https://www.instagram.com/jacob/ @MikeHasInsta https://www.instagram.com/mikehasinsta/ https://letterboxd.com/BabblingBrooksy/ https://letterboxd.com/hobbes72/ https://letterboxd.com/mikejromans/ Planet of the apes, apes, battle for the planet of the apes, battle, paul dehn, apes, pierre boulle, roddy mcdowall, sci fi review, science fiction, caesar, revolution, j lee thompson, 2024, normies like us, ape review, movie review, caesar, ape shall never kill ape, aldo, general, virgil, arthur p jacobs, natalie trundy, planet of the apes, 1973, 2024 About This Episode:
Battle for the Planet of the Apes - Ep 309: Here ye, Here ye! Heed the words of the Lawgiver and tune in to Normies Like Us as they review the final film in the original five film series - Battle for the Planet of the Apes! This film does a lot to tie everything together, and maybe hints at an alternate timeline? We discuss that and more as we continue to go bananas for this bonker sci-fi series.

Ape has clicked Ape!

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Battle for the Planet of the Apes - Ep 309: Here ye, Here ye! Heed the words of the Lawgiver and tune in to Normies Like Us as they review the final film in the original five film series - Battle for the Planet of the Apes! This film does a lot to tie everything together, and maybe hints at an alternate timeline? We discuss that and more as we continue to go bananas for this bonker sci-fi series.

Ape has clicked Ape!

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@jacob https://www.instagram.com/_j__a___c___o__b_/

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