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The Movie Showdown with Rock & Rob takes two underappreciated movies with similar themes and puts them through seven rounds of questions to see which one will emerge victorious! Get to know your cohosts Alex Rocklein and Rob Mansfield with this trailer for the show. New episodes each Wednesday!
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Meet the Hosts
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What is up, everybody? My name is Rob Mansfield. And I'm Alex Rockline. And we are former college roommates and the hosts of The Movie Showdown with Rockin' Rob.
A Humorous Contrast
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People who know us may be thinking, you guys are so different. How are you going to co-host a podcast? Valid point.
Shared Passion for Movies
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We are pretty different, like I'm a Jersey guy. And I grew up in the Boston area.
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I used to stay up till 4 a.m. every night. And I was asleep by 10. I call it a water fountain. Well, I say bubbler. Dogs. Cats. Beach. Lakes. Dinner. Breakfast. Marvel. DC. Pickleball. Frisbee golf. The overwhelming dread of not amounting to the standard I hold myself to and disappointing my children by not being impactful enough in the world around us. Uh, I like the Patriots.
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Anyway, despite our differences, we have one really important similarity.
Podcast Concept Introduction
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We love movies. Specifically movies that we feel are underappreciated by the critics and not seen for their real greatness. So Rock and I wanted to do a podcast honoring these movies. But not just any podcast. A movie showdown. You see, we're both very competitive former college athletes.
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In fact, we still have an extra inning game of MVP Baseball going on from 2008, which led us to create the movie showdown with Rock and
Upcoming Episodes Preview
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Rock. Each episode we will take two movies with a similar theme that have a green splat on Rotten Tomatoes, which is a rating of 60% or lower. And battle them out through seven rounds of questions. We will award a point to the movie we think takes each round, and at the end, the movie with the highest score wins.
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We have some great match-ups to look forward to, such as Varsity Blues vs. The Replacements, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days vs. Sweet Home, Alabama, Armageddon vs. Deep Impact, Tommy Boy vs. Black Sheep, and a special episode dedicated to Nicolas Cage stealing things.
Engaging the Audience
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So make sure to like and subscribe to get new episodes when they are released. And follow us on the socials for fun interactive content at Rock and Rob Show. Absolutely. We want this to be a community of people that love underappreciated movies and want to engage in conversation about them. Okay, okay. Let's not get too needy right now. We have some great stuff coming and can't wait to share it with you. Game on.