🤖 - Vote for Shawhain for 2025 Face of Halloween: https://faceofhalloween.org/2025/nick-shaw-shawhain🤖 - Learn more about Shattered Justice: https://shatteredjusticemovie.com/🤖 - Visit our website: https://aretemedia.org/🎬 American Pie Turns 25! Atom & Ilea take a hilarious yet thoughtful deep dive into the American Pie franchise — the four iconic theatrical films that redefined the teen comedy genre: American Pie, American Pie 2, American Wedding, and American Reunion.In this episode, we revisit how the first film blew the doors wide open on teen sex comedies when it hit theaters in 1999, grossing over $235M on just an $11M budget. We explore:🍏 The origin of that infamous apple pie scene (and why it almost didn’t happen!)🎭 The perfect casting that gave us Jim, Stifler, Michelle, Finch, and the unforgettable Stifler’s Mom (aka the original MILF).📈 How the franchise went from sleeper hit to box office juggernaut, raking in over $1 billion worldwide.🪞 How these films reflected (and shaped) an entire generation’s view on sex, friendship, and growing up — and how some jokes hit very differently in 2025.💡 Why critics like Roger Ebert praised its “heart beneath the raunch,” and how it inspired later hits like Superbad and The 40-Year-Old Virgin.We also discuss how humor, sex, and cultural norms have shifted over the past 25 years — and whether a movie like American Pie could even be made today. Prepare for nostalgia, laughs, and maybe even a little reevaluation of what made this franchise so legendary.👀 Join the conversation: Which American Pie moment made you laugh (or cringe) the hardest? Drop it in the comments!#americanpie #AmericanPie25 #teencomedy #moviepodcast #popcultureanalysis #jasonbiggs #stifler #MILEF #bandcamp #90smovies #2000smovies #filmdiscussion #aianalysispodcast #aretemedia #ai