Trucks (1997)

Few marketing strategies and commercial series have worked quite as well as what Molson rolled out in the early 2000s. They produced ad after ad for Molson Canadian that were all about being Canadian. The stereotypes, the music, the alternative sizes of beer containers. Everything was targeted at Canadians who were proud to be Canadian. The slogan that came with each ad was “I AM CANADIAN.” It spoke to anyone in Canada who was a fan of hockey, beer, and kitschy Canadiana.

Well, I am Canadian and that’s a piece of my history. It’s a piece of my growing up watching the Toronto Maple Leafs when they had players like Mats Sundin, Darcy Tucker, and Tomas Kaberle. That campaign (there’s the word I’ve been looking for while starting this off!) wasn’t the only thing I picked up while growing up Canadian. The names of those players weren’t the only names I retained in my formative years. As you know, movies have always been a big part of my life. What happens when you merge movies and Canadiana? Canadian film, of course. And films shot in Canada.

The access I had to movie channels in Canada allowed me to see a lot of shot-in-Canada stuff. The Movie Network and Superchannel were a big part of that. They would play the big movies of the day, but they would also play some Canadian movies. My parents also managed to steal some Pay-Per-View channels, which gave me access to pretty much any new release, including direct-to-video sequels. Many of those sequels were shot in Canada.

As I watched more and more movies either made by Canadians or filmed in Canada, some things started to stand out. There were certain locations that popped up time and time again. I would see Mr. Sub in the background. Certain landmarks of Toronto would sneak into the city skyline of movies set in New York. That wasn’t all, though. I noticed the same faces in many of the movies I watched.

The working actors of Canada showed up in movie after movie and television show after television show filmed in the Great White North. The more movies and television I watched, the more I would see them. The same group of actors kept showing up. I came to recognize their faces. I came to know their names. Whenever they showed up in something I was watching, I would point at the screen like I was Rick Dalton in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. I was the meme, years before the meme was a thing.

Trucks was one of the earlier movies with a few of these actors that I have grown familiar with. It was the second adaptation of the Stephen King short story of the same name (the first being Maximum Overdrive) and came out in 1997. Something happened that brought trucks to life. A few trucks trapped a few people in a truck stop and diner. The people had to band together to survive or die at the wheels of the trucks.

I want to use one of the lesser Canadian working actors in Trucks to help you understand what I mean when I say that they showed up all the time. Roman Podhora played Thad, a military father whose family was stuck at the diner. As soon as I saw the name, I knew I was in for someone I knew from that 1996-2013 era of movies made in Canada. His face clicked as soon as I saw it. He was in Supernatural. Then I looked him up to see what else he worked on. Smallville, Alcatraz, Fringe, and Final Destination 5. All of them were filmed in the Vancouver area. He wasn’t the star in any of them.

This would be the same for most of the actors I would toss into the Canadian working actor umbrella. They were rarely stars. If they had been stars, they likely wouldn’t have stayed in the Canadian industry. They would have left for greener pastures. That’s why I find it so interesting to recognize these specific actors through the work they do.

I should also note the role of Sunday “Bad” Movies in recognizing some of these actors. I’ve watched a bunch of Canadian-filmed movies as part of Sunday “Bad” Movies. Those direct-to-video sequels are part of the bread and butter of what makes this blog tick. The non-sequels that were just Canadian-produced movies have also been a part of the blog. I haven’t only been watching them for Sunday “Bad” Movies, but the blog has given me reason to watch even more.

Now, in my head, I’ve categorized these actors into four different headings. It’s about time I write all this down. It’ll be a way for me to get it out of my head so I can finally sort through all the knowledge. It will also help anyone who reads this to understand that era of Canadian working actors and how abundant they were in movies of that time. There’s a specific order to how I’m going to go through this. It makes sense to me, and that’s all that matters.

1. The Elevated Actors

I’m going to start big, with the people who became more recognizable than being simple working actors in the Canadian-filmed landscape. These were the actors who started there, and maybe went back there, but had a moment where they escaped it to become major parts of American productions. Maybe they were the star of a television show, or a regular supporting actor in movies. Whatever the case, they elevated their careers beyond Canada.

A movie I’m going to keep coming back to through this post is Final Destination 2. It was a Canadian-filmed American horror movie that had a whole slew of actors who fit into the Canadian working actor realm. The one I want to focus on right now was the lead of that film, A.J. Cook. She always straddled that line between Canadian working actor and Hollywood actor. She appeared in guest roles in things like Goosebumps and Psi Factor and Dead Like Me. Then she got starring roles in things like Final Destination 2 and Tru Calling and Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell and Criminal Minds. She jumped between the guest and supporting roles awarded to most Canadian working actors, and the starring roles that frequently went to Hollywood actors working in Canada. Hell, she’s still working on Criminal Minds.

Most of the elevated actors, people like Lochlyn Monroe, Stephen McHattie, and Katharine Isabelle didn’t straddle the line in quite the same way. They showed up in a whole lot of supporting roles in Hollywood productions. Lochlyn Monroe was in things like Riverdale and Freddy vs. Jason in major roles. Katharine Isabelle was also in Freddy vs. Jason, as well as stuff like It’s a Wonderful Knife and Snow Day. Basically, these actors were quite recognizable for their supporting roles in Hollywood productions but were only given starring performances in fully Canadian productions.

I’m not even going to get into how Paul Gross was the biggest actor in Canada during the 2000s because he wasn’t even a working actor. He was a Canadian star.

Now that we’re past the elevated actors, some of whom I name dropped, let’s get into the three main categories. I had to include this as a fourth because a few of the actors just straight up became recognizable. They were being cast because of who they were, rather than because a movie being produced in Canada needed an actor. I want to focus more on the ones where people might be like “Oh yeah! I’ve seen them before!

2. You Probably Don’t Know Them, But They’re There

The second category of actors I want to go through are the ones who kind of blend into the movies they’re in. They don’t stick out like the actors I’ll get to after this. They didn’t make it out of the Canadian production world, either. Not really. Not like the actors who made it to Hollywood. These actors simply showed up in movies and television shows produced in Canada, did their jobs, and kept doing their jobs in project after project after project.

This was where Trucks started to pull in Canadian actors. Roman Podhora came up earlier in this post. This is the category I would place him into. He was always a face that would create an itch in your head as you tried to figure out where you had seen him before. Nothing really stood out in his career, though he worked on a whole bunch of stuff you’d seen. The roles weren’t overly memorable, but his face was familiar only because you’d seen him in all the stuff.

Michael Adamthwaite was another actor that fit into this level of Canada-produced movies. You might not recognize his name. You probably don’t. The only reason I know it is because he appeared in a whole bunch of Sunday “Bad” Movies. Like Roman Podhora, he had small roles in television shows that included Supernatural. You’ll see that show come up a bunch. He was in The Marine 3 and In the Name of the King: Two Worlds. You’ll notice a lot of Uwe Boll collaborations in these actors, too. I don’t remember him being anything more than bit roles, but I could be wrong.

The top actor in this category would probably be Mike Dopud. You need to remember that these actors should be recognizable, but you shouldn’t necessarily know why. Mike Dopud fits that because he hasn’t really had a role where you remember him. Well, unless you’re crazy like me and spend a good chunk of your movie watching time taking note of these Canadian actors. He did a bunch of Uwe Boll work, some of them in bigger roles. That doesn’t mean they were memorable. He was in a few of the Air Buddies movies. He even showed up in Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever. And then, of course, an episode of Supernatural. I’m not going to say you wouldn’t know Mike Dopud if you saw him. You might not be able to remember any of his roles, though, and that’s kind of what this tier of Canadian actor is.

Interesting side note, all three of these guys were in Final Destination 5. I thought Final Destination 2 was going to be one of the most important movies in this post, but the fifth film is giving it a run for its money.

Remember, these are people that you would recognize if they popped up in a movie or television show you were watching. Their roles wouldn’t be all that memorable. Their faces, though, you would know from sheer osmosis. The next category will amp that up just slightly, and then the final category will take it to the final level before Hollywood.

3. You Know Them, But It’s Really for One Role

There are a certain group of Canadian working actors who would be in the second category if not for one role that people recognize them for. People will see them pop up in something and say “I remember when they…” and then describe the same role. Every person will describe the same role. It might not even be so much about their performance. It could simply be the scene they were in. What happened in the scene. That sort of stuff.

A perfect example would be Jay Brazeau, one of the actors in Trucks. He was one of the people traveling with Thad and his family. I wouldn’t call him all that memorable in Trucks, even though he was an important, major character. I don’t know how many people would remember he was even in Trucks. They would, however, remember him for another movie he was in that same year. Think on this one. What’s the most memorable part of Air Bud? It’s not the dog choosing between the kid and the clown. It’s not the kid bribing the dog with pudding. It’s not even an actor who will show up later in this post fouling the dog during the big game. No, the most memorable part was when Jay Brazeau, as the referee of the basketball finals, said “Ain’t no rule says a dog can’t play basketball.” He might be a recognizable face, but that one role is all he is known for.

Obviously, Jay Brazeau wasn’t the only actor who fit this bill. He was just the first one who came to mind because I watched him in Trucks before writing this post. Jared Keeso is another actor who you may have seen around movies and television frequently, but you would basically only know him for one role. That role was, or is, Shoresy from Letterkenny. He even got a spin-off for his character. Before creating his own show that became a bigger hit than I think anyone would have expected, he was your typical working Canadian actor showing up in direct-to-video sequels like The Marine 3: Homefront. He popped up in episodes of Supernatural and Smallville as well. He was a Canadian working actor in the Vancouver area, so he got roles in projects that filmed in the Vancouver area. Of course, he’s now much more well known as Shoresy. But he was in a bunch of stuff filmed in Canada before then.

The final person I want to put in this category is Emily Perkins. She was one of the two leads in the Ginger Snaps series of movies, which is what she’s probably best known for. At least, for horror fans, she’s known for Ginger Snaps. For people who aren’t huge fans of horror, they might not know her at all. She has made smaller appearances in Hollywood movies, but they were all filmed in the Vancouver area, so she didn’t leave her Canadian working actor roots. The size of the roles were what kept her from elevating into the Hollywood actor level. She was also in Supernatural, because I think every Canadian working actor was in Supernatural at some point. To be fair, that was a memorable role, and she might not actually fit into this level of actor because she might be as well known for it than for Ginger Snaps, simply because of how popular Supernatural became. I think she got that role partially because of her history with the Ginger Snaps franchise, though, so I’m counting it as an extension. Let me fail at justifying this. Please.

Each of these Canadian working actors have become synonymous with one role from their careers. Some people might recognize them for a second role, but it’s that one role that the general population remembers them for. It could be a hockey goon, or a girl going through her teenage years with a werewolf, or they could have let a dog play basketball in an important game. That’s different from the fourth, and final, category. 

4. You Recognize Them As Soon As You See Them and Can Name Things They Were In, Even If You Can’t Name the Characters

Excuse the long title for this fourth category, but it will make sense in a second. There’s a difference between the working actors who fit into this category and the actors who made it big and moved into consistent big roles in Hollywood productions. The people in this level rarely got leading roles, instead staying as a sidekick or a major supporting character. You would know them as soon as you saw them and be able to point out a bunch of work that they’ve done. Maybe you wouldn’t know their name. Maybe you wouldn’t know their characters’ names. You would absolutely know what they were in and the character they played, even without the name. You know?

One of the biggest ones, in my opinion, is Brendan Fletcher. The name might ring something in your mind. I’m pulling from Trucks again, where he played the son of the main character. I’ve brought up a few movies he’s been in throughout this post. He was in Air Bud as the kid who transferred to a different school and then fouled Buddy in the final game. He was one of the telekinetic kids from the first two seasons of Supernatural. He was in a whole bunch of Uwe Boll stuff, including as a taxi driver in Alone in the Dark and the lead in all three Rampage movies. He even popped up in the Ginger Snaps sequel and prequel. Oh, and I just saw him in newest season of Reacher as a thug for the bad guy. There have been a million other projects he was a part of. Brendan Fletcher was one of the first working Canadian actors who stood out to me, before I even knew how many there were. That’s why I was able to name so many projects he was in and who he played in them.

Next up, I want to present Keegan Connor Tracy to you. Kids might know her from the Descendants movies. Most older people would recognize her because her distinctive face has popped up in a whole slew of projects over the years, particularly in the 00s. I first knew her from Final Destination 2. She was the lady who got impaled by a PVC pipe, thanks to the jaws of life and an air bag. She showed up three times in Supernatural as different characters. I remember her playing the worker at a bookstore when Sam and Dean found out there were books written about them. She also has an Uwe Boll movie under her belt. She was in Blackwoods. She has been around. I’ll always remember her for Final Destination 2 and Supernatural, though.

Let’s transition through Blackwoods to get to our next actor in this category, Michael Eklund. An Uwe Boll regular, he showed up in Blackwoods, In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale, BloodRayne 2: Deliverance, and House of the Dead. With Michael Eklund, recognizing him isn’t so much about recognizing his characters. I just happen to remember him being in things and making them more entertaining. His presence was memorable in his work, which elevated him beyond category 2. He was in The Marine 3: Homefront as a henchman of the bad guy, I think. I know he’s in there. Can’t remember what he did, but it was the movie that made me recognize him. He was in Chokeslam in a major role. I just don’t remember much of that movie, but I remember all the main actors being entertaining. He was in all the usual television shows, including Supernatural and Smallville. I remember him being in them. I don’t remember specifics. The actor is more memorable than the roles he played, which is interesting.

I have two more actors that I want to mention in this category. The great Jonathan Cherry should be brought up. This guy is always a hoot. He’s another actor I first recognized from Final Destination 2. He got killed right after Keegan Connor Tracy. Her cigarette fell out of her dead hand into some gas which exploded a barbed wire fence that sliced Jonathan Cherry into a few pieces. Crazy stuff. But he also showed up in House of the Dead. Then there was his sidekick role in WolfCop and even more so in Another WolfCop. He had one of my favourite lines in that sequel, when he asked why the organ player wasn’t wearing pants. Most people probably recognize him for either Final Destination 2 or for playing the goalie in the Goon movies. I’ve seen him in a few other movies (The Novice, Supergrid) because I’ll watch movies based on his appearances. I’d say Jonathan Cherry is my favourite of the Canadian working actors.

Finally, we’re getting to Aleks Paunovic. This is another recognizable face where, as soon as he comes on screen, you’re likely to be like “Oh! It’s the guy from this and this and this!” That’s kind of who he is. I don’t know that I could tell you a huge role people would know him from. But he was in the Hawkeye Disney+ series, as well as the newest season of Reacher as Russian gangster types. I know him more for stuff like The Christmas Consultant (Russian businessman), Wishmaster: The Prophecy Fulfilled (bouncer at a nightclub), The Marine 3: Homefront, In the Name of the King: Two Worlds, and Kindergarten Cop 2. And guess what? He’s in the two TV shows I probably don’t have to name anymore. This guy gets around and he’s entertaining wherever he goes.

The actors I mentioned throughout this post aren’t nearly all the Canadian working actors I could name. Let me list off a few more for you. Ben Cotton, David Paetkau, Kris Lemche, Reese Alexander, Steve Bacic, and Michael Teigen. I think I chose actors who could best exemplify the different categories. Maybe, now that you know the names and things they’re in, you might be able to start giving them more attention too. Maybe not. Wishful thinking.

Anyway, keep an eye out when you’re watching something that was filmed in Canada. I know we’re more than a decade out from the peak of the specific actors I’ve mentioned in this post. Some of them still show up, though. You might still see them in the things you watch and enjoy. They deserve some love for the work they’ve put into all the movies and television shows you’ve seen. Why not give them that love?

Now let’s get to notes, and there will be a lot:

• Let’s start with the movies I mentioned in this post that were previously featured in Sunday “Bad” Movies. We’ve got movies like Maximum Overdrive, Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell, Wishmaster: The Prophecy Fulfilled, The Marine 3: Homefront, In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale, In the Name of the King 2: Two Worlds, BloodRayne, BloodRayne 2: Deliverance, Alone in the Dark, Far Cry, Blackwoods, Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever, House of the Dead, WolfCop, Another WolfCop, and The Christmas Consultant.
• Jay Brazeau made his seventh Sunday “Bad” Movies appearance in Trucks. His other six appearances were in House of the Dead, Warriors of Virtue, Snow Dogs, Far Cry, Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups, and Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever.
• Brendan Fletcher joined the five-timer’s club with his appearance in Trucks. His other movies were Alone in the Dark, Blubberella, BloodRayne 2: Deliverance, and BloodRayne: The Third Reich.
• Aidan Devine was in Iron Eagle IV, WolfCop, and Trucks.
• Terence Kelly appeared in both Trucks and In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale.
• Ice and Trucks each featured Erich Martin Hicks.
• You might have noticed Rick Skene in Trucks. He was also in Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell.
• Finally, Brenda Bakke had roles in Trucks and Hardbodies 2.
• Have you seen Trucks? What do you think of all the working Canadian actors of the late 90s through the early 10s? Were there any that you thought I should mention that I missed? Let me know your thoughts in the comments, or get a hold of me on Bluesky or Threads.
• The comments, Bluesky, and Threads are places where you can suggest movies for me to check out for future Sunday “Bad” Movies posts. I’m starting to get out of my winter funk and should start writing more pretty soon.
• I’ve already watched a movie for the next post. I’m not sure if you know it. Bait Shop was a Bill Engvall vehicle from 2008 that also featured Billy Ray Cyrus. You’ll find out more about it when I write the post and get that up on this blog. See you then.

As Gouda as It Gets (2020)

I was born in 1990. That makes me a part of the millennial generation. Now, I don’t think you can clearly define generations the way people seem to want to. You can’t say millennials were born until 1996 and Gen Z was born starting in 1997 and say that people born in those two years will be completely different because of their generation. People don’t work like that. You can make generalizations about people born within a range, though. Late 90s being a blending of two generations? That makes more sense.

Anyway, millennials are typically seen as born between the early 1980s and the late 1990s. That’s a twenty-year gap that would lead to vastly different experiences. I was born in 1990, which means I experienced my teenage years in the 00s, where someone born in the early 80s would experience those years in the 90s. We grew up with different music, different movies, different technology. But there are some common traits that seem to pop up with many millennials. There is a certain sense of humour that we share that never really made it to people ten years younger than I am. There are certain likes and dislikes that define our generation.

I’m not necessarily the most knowledgeable about the different generations and what separates them from others. I haven’t done any real research into them. I can only speak from experience of being a millennial and experience from seeing all the other millennials doing things on the internet. Yeah, it might not be the best bunch of reference points, but I’ve lived. I know some things about being of the generation that I’m a part of.

Anyway, I think I found a movie that encapsulates what being a millennial is all about, without being a movie like Y2K that was very “Look at what millennials were doing at the turn of the millennium with this horror comedy.” No, this was a genuine movie that wasn’t trying to capture the millennium nostalgia. It just happened to encapsulate so many things about millennials that it was striking.

As Gouda as It Gets was a romantic comedy about Brie Belanger (Kim Shaw), a small-town cheese maker who fell in love with Jack Wolfe (Clayton James), a cheese critic in town for the state’s biggest cheese festival. Brie planned on entering her smoked gouda in the festival to try and beat Lambert Farms once and for all and show that she could make the best cheese in Vermont.

There’s a lot to unpack with As Gouda as It Gets and how it perfectly captures the generalisations and stereotypes of being a millennial. What I want to do is go through five different elements of the movie that speak to that millennial idea. Five different things that you could point at and think “Yes, a millennial was behind that.” Let’s get to it then.

 

 Hallmark Romantic Comedy

If there’s one thing I’ve learned as millennials have grown into the adult stage of their lives, it has been that they love a good Hallmark romantic comedy. The popularity of this style of movie has risen as millennials have grown older. Especially the Christmas iterations of these movies. They’ve grown so popular that other companies have copied the model with their own movies. Look at how Netflix has put out numerous Christmas romantic comedies in that style.

As Gouda as It Gets wasn’t set at Christmas, but fell into many of the tropes that the Hallmark Christmas movies typically use. That’s why I considered this Hallmark romantic comedy instead of Christmas movies. There was the big city guy falling in love with the small-town girl. There was food (I’ll get into that soon). There was a minor obstacle involving the city guy’s job. Sure, there was no royalty, but it was still a Hallmark romantic comedy with many of the tropes of those movies.

 

Cheese

This is going to sound like a strange millennial trait, but millennials love cheese. Everyone likes cheese but millennials love cheese. A lot. I’ve seen millennial comedy songs about cheese. I’ve seen commercials about cheese geared towards millennials. There are more cheese flavours of snacks and more cheese options at restaurants. Millennials are spending their money on cheese and taking in entertainment about cheese. Even if you’re a millennial and you disagree with this assessment, I still say I’m right.

As Gouda as It Gets was about a woman with an artisanal cheese shop in a small town. She made cheese for a living. Her grandfather made cheese for a living. She entered her smoked gouda in a cheese festival to be judged in competition with big cheese. The guy she fell in love with was a writer who wrote about cheese. He gained fame when he was a chef and ordered too much cheese. In a panic, he made a fondue that people loved. Their lives were about cheese. The movie was about cheese. Millennials love cheese, and it came through in their writing in this Hallmark movie.

Puns

You might have noticed my three other points spaced throughout that cheese section. It’s tough to bring up one of the points without the others blending into it, like a good fondue. As Gouda as It Gets was the title of the movie, but it was also one of the oldest cheese puns. That cheese was very gouda. That sort of thing. That wasn’t where it stopped with the movie, though. There was a scene where Jack made a few cheesy puns with a fan and was called out for them. The movie wasn’t going to shy away from puns.

Now, I don’t want to say that puns are a millennials-only thing. What I will say is that as a person ages, they tend to appreciate goofy, tame humour a little more. Puns become a more amusing thing. Millennials are in their middle-age era now, so they’ve grown into the puns. Dad jokes. Stuff like that. It’s another reason why As Gouda as It Gets felt like a millennial movie. It was a pun from the title down to the name of the main characters, Brie and Jack, down to the dialogue.

Blogs

Millennials grew up as the internet became a mainstay in households. We experienced a time without regular internet access. We experienced dialup. We experienced high speed. And we experienced whatever you call the current state of the internet. As we grew and the internet grew, we witnessed the peak popularity of certain parts of the world wide web. In the days before widespread video streaming, we had text. We had music. We had text-based online games, and we had blogs. Text-based games mostly fell by the wayside, but blogs stuck around. Sure, there are different forms. Blogs became vlogs became podcasts. Blogs are still here, though. You’re reading one.

Jack Wolfe was a chef turned writer who was very involved with the cheese world. Not only did he make one of the most popular fondues ever, but he wrote a book based on that fame. That book parlayed into a successful blog, where he traveled around to try out and review cheeses. He came into town in As Gouda as It Gets for the cheese festival, tested Brie’s cheese, and blogged about it. Brie didn’t like his review of her goat cheese, and their romance blossomed from that. It blossomed from a blog post. He was a very important cheese blogger because millennials are still stuck on blogs being a big thing.

Anti-Corporation Sentiments

This one might not be a millennials-only thing. Millennials just seem to be the generation where this became a mainstream thing and not just a bit of rebellion. There’s a knowledge that big corporations are a bad thing. Rich people continue to profit off the overworking and underpaying of the working class. The quality of working conditions has been forgotten for the sake of someone with lots of money getting more money. Many millennials have been working on changing that, though a lot of it is on the lower level at this point. A lot of it is helping employees feel better and more appreciated when coming to work. It’s not much, but it’s something.

The biggest conflict in As Gouda as It Gets was that the cheese tasting competition was sponsored by the big, corporate Lambert Farms. This was the same company who opened a cheese shop to rival her grandfather’s and ran her grandfather out of the business. They had multiple cheeses in the competition and were likely to win over Brie’s gouda, unless her gouda was perfect. The new CEO of the company also tried to buy her out and threatened to open a shop on the same street to run her out of business because the board wanted representation in her small town. Corporations were the villain.

All five of these elements came together in As Gouda as It Gets to make one of the most millennial movies I can remember. It might not have been flashy about being a millennial movie, but a millennial movie shouldn’t be. If a movie is to truly represent a generation, it doesn’t point out all the stereotypes. It doesn’t wink at the audience about that generation. It simply does what that generation does.

As Gouda as It Gets didn’t try to tell the audience that it was a millennial movie. It didn’t break the fourth wall or point out any of the millennial elements it utilized. Outside the puns thing, that is. It simply used those elements, elements that have become a regular part of millennial life. That was why I thought it perfectly encapsulated millennials in movie form.

I don’t claim to know everything about the generational breakdowns of people. I don’t even really understand how we can possibly break down generations by exact years and say one generation will act one way while another will act a different way when the people could be born two years apart. In reality, there should be some crossover. I’m a millennial, though. I can speak for myself and people around my age. And I can bullshit my way through a post about people our age because I am my age. I think that’s good enough to justify all of this.

Before you go, there are a few notes:

• Romaine Waite was in both As Gouda as It Gets and Antisocial.
• Another returning actor to Sunday “Bad” Movies was Kim Shaw. She played Brie in As Gouda as It Gets, and she was in Sex and the City.
• Finally, As Gouda as It Gets featured Marc Gourdeau, who was also in The Adventures of Pluto Nash.
• Have you seen As Gouda as It Gets? What did you think of it? Are there any other movies you think represent millennials without being obvious and in your face about the movie being about millennials? You can share your thoughts in the comments, or get a hold of me on Bluesky or Threads.
• Bluesky, Threads, and the comments are good places to suggest movies for me to check out for Sunday “Bad” Movies. I’m open to any suggestions you may have.
• I said in the last post that the next post was going to be for Trucks. The only reason it wasn’t was that the post was taking a little longer to write and I wanted to get a romantic comedy in for Valentine’s Day. I promise that the next post will be a post for Trucks. I’m partway through the post. It’s a snow day today. I’m bound to get some writing done. I’ll see you soon enough with that one.