This week’s episode of Someone Else’s Movie offers a conversation I never thought I’d have: My guests, Australian filmmakers Emma Hough Hobbs and Leela Varghese, wanted to talk about a kids’ movie. Or rather, a kids’ movie that they saw when they were kids and continue to love as adults beyond all reason. That film is Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed.

But honestly? As IP sequels from the early 2000s go, Monsters Unleashed is a lot better than it has any right to be — James Gunn’s script recaptures the energy of the animated series without overdoing it (and yes, it’s that James Gunn), the cast is having a great time and the CG Scooby doesn’t look like a weirdly animated piece of liver the way it did in Raja Gosnell’s first crack at the character. And there’s a streak of playful foolishness that Emma and Leela echo lovingly in their own debut, Lesbian Space Princess … a giddy animated sci-fi comedy that’s going to be a cult classic for a whole new generation, just you wait.

Check it out! You can find the show on Apple, Spotify, YouTube Podcasts or your podcatcher of choice, or just download the episode directly from the web and listen to it while running away from the ghoul, goblin or ghost of your choice. It’s good cardo, I hear.

And then get caught up on Shiny Things, where in the last week I’ve tackled Imprint’s lovely Blu-ray set of Ang Lee’s Father Knows Best trilogy, and the new 4K editions of Catch-22 and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest from Shout! Studios and Warner, respectively. It’s really easy to subscribe — just click here and let it happen, man.