Recorded May 31, 2021   I review Invincible (not the Muse song that I can’t get out of my head)   Show notes:   -Star Wars   -Superhero shows   -Watchmen, The Boys   -Back to Star Wars   -Why Invincible  wasn’t tempted   -Human qualities   -Grayson   -The cast   -Steven Yeun   -JK Simmons can be terrifying   -What makes Omni-Man terrifying   -Omni-Man compared to Superman   -Omni-Man versus Invincible   -Omni-Man’s conflict and...

I watch and comment on the documentary John Lewis: Good Trouble   Recorded February 19, 2021   Notes:   -Real life superhero   -I will comment during the doc but this podcast won’t be the length of the doc   -What he’s been through   -That mugshot — https://twitter.com/repjohnlewis/status/622844317162434560?lang=en   -Pre-COVID   -Elijah Cummings   -Organize, mobilize, legislate   -Being brutalized by cops for waiting on line to vote   -Knowing the risk   -The power of voting   -Pettus bridge...

Taking you way back to November 13, 2020           Show notes - It’s been a week:   -Friday the 13th - Oooooooo   -Tears of joy and relief   -The weeks that were   -My early voting experience   -Strangers congregating even during a pandemic   -After I voted   -Volunteering for campaigns (phone banking, text-banking, postcards)   -Vote tripling   -James Carville’s prediction   -Election Day   -Couldn’t accept a red mirage   -Heightened anxiety and disrupted sleep   -Future tripping   -Waiting...

This contains spoilers from the show and comic.   Recorded April 9, 2021   Show notes:   -Wow   -Negan’s debut in the comics vs. the show   -Jeffrey Dean Morgan   -The Here’s Negan graphic novel   -Lucille’s (the person) influence   -Hillarie Burton’s performance   -Negan’s backstory   -Negan’s arc in the comics   -My predictions for future episodes   -Rick or Negan?   -Maggie and Negan   -The comic versus the show   -Back to Jeffrey Dean Morgan    -Shades of gray   -Laura and...

I was at Action Park once…once.   Recorded February 26, 2021   Show notes:     -I feel like I need a shower.    -I’ve been to Action Park   -Mulvihill’s tactics   -Preventable deaths and injuries    -Reagan and the 80s attitudes   -Life is a little more complicated   -Death and deregulation; the family of George Larson   -People my age and “Back in my day”   -80s childhood   -Boredom and Balance   -80s culture   -The F word   -Progress is never a straight line   -Back to Action...

I know virtually nothing about soccer but I watch and review while I watch.   I speak about the human condition, psychology of sports fans as well as what sports means for a community and country.   Finished recording on 2/15/21 Show notes: -I never heard of Maradona until he died -Reviewing it in real time And now the documentary -80s soundtrack -Pele, the movie Victory, and the bicycle kick -Maradona and transcendance  -Knee to the head -Enduring quality about sports and...

I breakdown the show as a whole as well as the main and recurring characters. Spoilers are ahead. Hopefully I didn’t Britta this podcast.   Recorded January 1, 2021 (Happy New Year)   -The wonders of streaming    -The characters have become my friends   -Pre-pandemic and post-pandemic TV watching   -The characters   Jeff -Joel McHale -First impression -Stereotypes -Layers and evolution   Britta   -Gillian Jacobs -Finding something in common with each -Character traits   Troy   -Donald Glover...

Spoilers are ahead for The Rescue.   Show notes:   -I’m done   -I’m crying   -Star Wars podcasts   -Surprised but not shocked   -Luke   -Uncanny valley   -Back to Luke   -My Star Wars history   -Seeing Return of the Jedi in the theaters   -Identifying with Luke and why diversity is important in movies   -Questions (I didn’t see the end credits yet)   -Women characters   -Grogu   -What a ride   -Fan service in Rise of Skywalker versus Mandalorian   -Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni   -Kathleen...

Recorded December 4, 2020   Show notes:   The Tragedy -Just finished -The past two episodes -That Star Wars feeling -This season -Boba Fett -Seeing Slave I -Temeura Morrison -Robert Rodriguez -Fennick -Grogu -Moff Gideon -The timeline -New Republic -Power vacuum —— The Jedi -Never watch the recap -Ahsoka -Not a Jedi -Rosario Dawson -Yoda and Yaddle -What is The Tragedy -Sarlac Pit -Boba Fett and Legends (a little spoiler) -Boba Fett’s origins -How Fett fights -Fan service -What if? -Sequel...

This episode is full of Schitt and full of spoilers that covers all six seasons.   Recorded on November 28, 2020   Show highlights:   -I made a pun   -Quite the antidote   -Jumps the Shark   -Never took itself seriously but tackled serious subjects   -“Normalizing” LGBTQ people (that’s a good thing)   -“I like the wine not the label” (I blanked out on the phrase so I had to look it up)   -Schitt’s Creek was a tolerant town   -Patrick’s parents   -Patrick   -The sign of a good show   -Behind...

This podcast begins right when the movie ends. For this episode I started commenting during some parts of the movies.   Oh and is there something I’m not getting with this movie?   Spoilers rise like the dead.   Recorded November 21, 2020   Show notes:   -The point of the movie (?)   -George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead   -All over the place   -Saying that you’re weird   -Where did the kids go?   -Sturgill Simpson   -Where did this movie go?   -The character arcs?   -When I first saw the...

Eddie Van Halen was a revolution.   Recorded October 12, 2020   -Music -The guitar -Guitarists -Revolutionaries  -Robert Johnson -Les Paul -Jimi Hendrix -Tony Iommi -Eddie Van Halen: The last revolutionary? -First seeing Eddie: the Jump video on MTV in 1984 -Jump as a first song -My first impression -When Eddie Van Halen really hit me  -Eruption -Van Halen I -The music I gravitate towards -Taking Eddie for granted -People didn’t play like Eddie -Guitarists since Eddie -Seeing Eddie play...

Recorded on October 9, 2020   Show notes: -Use of subtlety -Comparison to current events -Vought -Corporations and “Mom and Pop” shops -Cults of personality, technology, and propaganda -Stormfront (Billy Joel and Nazis?) -The comic -How people become indoctrinated -Journalists and fact checking -Trump -Fighting the supes -Power of messaging and image -Coronavirus, Stormfront and being directly affected -Maeve -Superheros who are humans -Unchecked power -Checks and balances -The...

This is NOT a reaction podcast.   Recorded September 6, 2020   -How I describe Devin Townsend -Wall of sound -Kingdom -The theme -When I first heard Storm -Accelerated Evolution -Steve Vai -Prolific -Reaction videos -Metal and epic -Strapping Young Lad -Synths -Yes 90125 -His scream and voice -Vocal lessons and vocal teachers -Natural ability? -Adele, Roger Daltry, James Hetfield -What’s in the background? -The lyrics -Physicist -Bipolar disorder -Obsessing -Stay with me -Epicloud -The...

There are spoilers ahead. Recorded August 16, 2020 Show notes: -David Bowie’s Heroes -Movies/shows with music from a different time -Why I love music and movies -Rollercoaster of feelings -Let everything happen to youBeauty and terrorJust keep going No feeling is final -The plot -Experiencing different emotions at the same time -Horror and laughter -How Taika Waititi used Hitler -Subject matter -Roman Griffin Davis -Yorki -Quentin Tarantino and the auteur -Taika Watiti -Thor Ragnarok -What We...

In a hole in the ground there lived a podcast with SPOILERS!   Show notes:   -What I did throughout the movie -Matching real life -Overall -Legacy -Purpose and importance of art during the pandemic -My Tolkien history -Tolkien’s actual life -Battle of the Somme -Peaky Blinders -Link to Time article - https://time.com/5586711/tolkien-movie-true-story/ -What was I doing in 2019 (it seems like a trillion years ago) -The Tea Club Barovian Society (TCBS) -Edith Bratt -World War I -Marriage -Origin...

I do some character studies as well as review the show as a whole. Spoilers are ahead. Show notes: -This show was ….. -The special FX -George Romero’s Day of the Dead -Tom Savini -Scream Greats -Gloves for surgery -Accuracy -Good TV is about relationships Dr. John Thackery -Pain, work, destruction -Finale -Who we are -Necrotic -House -Reason for addiction? Dr. Algernon Edwards -Two worlds -Opal -Self destruction -Future Dr. Everett Gallinger -From the start -Hypocrisy -Eleanor -Correlation...

Spoilers are tethered to this podcast.    Recorded on May 30, 2020.    Show notes:   -A disadvantaged group -What I thought of Us -What’s the resolution? -Invasion of the Body Snatchers -Get Out and planting seeds -Influences -The ending -The twist -What makes a movie great -Subtlety  -Us and the murder of George Floyd [I meant to say the murders similar to George Floyd’s] -Good movies teach -The balance of subtle versus not subtle -The tethered  -The message -The characters -The...

Come aboard and join the chaos and anxiety. Spoilers are ahead. Recorded on May 25, 2020   Show notes: -This movie was ______ -Adam Sandler -A very New York movie -I miss New York City  -The pandemic -The chaos of Howard’s life -The ending -The Departed -What happened after -70s grittiness with the 80s soundtrack -2012 -Kevin Garnett -The acting all around -What I like about movies -Dunkirk -Safdie brothers -Oscar buzz? -Adam Sandler and creative freedom -Funny People -What I would have...

I made this podcast so.    Spoilers are ahead so if you don’t mind spoilers, then engage!   Recorded March 29, 2020 Show notes: -What I thought -Modern TV and movies -TV vs movies -How I watched Picard -What makes Picard so great (the character and the show) -Star Trek The Next Generation -Picard’s PTSD -What makes compelling TV and compelling people -Humans and synths -First season of The Next Generation -Even if you’re not a Star Trek fan . . .  -Fanservice  -I cried throughout the...

I’m scared just typing this. Spoilers are ahead. This was recorded pre-COVID-19 hence the lack of COVID-19 references.   -I am very much an adult -I was scared -The power of what movies can do -The type of horror movie -Elements -The acting -The effect -The positive psychological aspects of horror movies -Where are the mental health professionals?!?!? -Other nitpickings  -Suspense -A little twist -More nitpicking -Spoiler alert for Rosemary’s Baby -Pace and aesthetic  -A brief review of...

This was recorded pre-pandemic and is finally being released. As we all know, life gets in the way. So enjoy my pre-pandemic attitude and my pre-pandemic review of The Mandalorian. Spoilers are ahead. This is the way. Show notes: -What I thought overall  -Boba Fett -Mandolorians in “Legends”  -Paying homage without reverence (ahem, Rise of Skywalker) -The themes of The Mandolorian -Pedro Pascal -The Child (Baby Yoda) -Origin story? -Yaddle -Yoda’s species -Will The Child grow? -Guesses -What...

Erin and I watched and reviewed Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones on Christmas night, 2019 (which seems like seven million years ago).  Don’t forget to listen to the bonus commentary! Show notes: -My intro to the intro -Coronavirus -Merry Christmas -This is Erin’s first time watching Episode II (that she remembers) -Episode I recap -Our Star Wars histories   Review -What did we think? -What did this mean to Erin? -Relationships -Jar Jar’s purpose (I wanted to add that the other...

I review season two and if I didn’t state that there were spoilers, there would be no mercy.  But I just did, so have mercy. Show notes: -What I thought -The first season -The realm of the ridiculous -The fight  -Karate Kid Part II -Karate Kid Part I and why I loved season one  -The 80s weren’t that cool -What could have been -What I liked -Extra lines and exposition -Melodrama -Upping the stakes -Back to the fights -Daniel as a sensei -Mr. Miyagi -Allie -Elizabeth Shue -My hopes/predictions...

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