Episodes
Dave and Rene talk about 24 and whiplash antagonists, HBO and Damon Lindelof's Leftovers, and catch up on Doctor Who starting with Christopher Eccleston and Series 1. (Now with time code!)
Published 07/06/14
Dave and Rene talk about presidential bait and switches on 24 and the dive into the full 4 episode run of the BBC's Fleming: The Man Who Would be Bond.
Published 07/01/14
Clayton Morris joins Georgia, Guy, Dave, and Rene to talk X-Men. From the original comics to the animated shows to Bryan Singer’s movies, Brett Ratner’s something something, First Class, spinoffs, and Days of Future Past.
Published 06/28/14
Special guest Georgia Dow joins Dave and Rene to talk about the Game of Thrones season finale. Also, 24.
Published 06/23/14
Dave and Rene talk about True Detective, why we're realists, violence vs. sex, 24 and our hopes for a Yvonne Strahovski spin-off, and the sickening crunch of Game of Thrones.
Published 06/16/14
Georgia, Guy, Dave, and Rene talk about Spider-Man, from the comics to the cartoons, the Sam Raimi trilogy, and the current Mark Webb films, including the latest Amazing Spider-Man 2!
Published 06/14/14
Special guest Guy English joins Dave and Rene to talk about the Mad Men mid-season finale. Also 24 a bunch of cross-references, and season 3 of Sherlock!
Published 06/10/14
Come with Don, Matt, Guy, and Rene if you want to podcast… about The Terminator. It’s a post-apocalyptic trip through the original and T2, with a dash of T3, T4, and Sarah Connor Chronicles thrown in for good measure. So how does James Cameron’s genre-defining 80s flick hold up today? We absolutely, positively will not stop until we talked it to death!
Published 05/30/14
The TV Show discusses the renaissance in storytelling and technology taking place in television with a focus on the week that was. On this episode Dave and Rene talk about Game of Thrones, pushing the limits on sex and violence, character arcs, 24's first act, and Don and Peggy on Mad Men.
Published 05/26/14
Serenity, Guy, Dan, Rene, and Dave talk about the CW's Arrow. Based on DC Comics' Green Arrow, we discuss the first 2 seasons of Oliver Queen lost on the island of Purgatory and the city of Starling, the characters, arcs, and themes.
Published 05/23/14
The TV Show discusses the renaissance in storytelling and technology taking place in television with a focus on the week that was. On this episode Dave and Rene talk about the Gotham and Flash trailers, Arrow and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D finales, Big Bang Theory and Castle finales, try to remember 24 hour 3, Dick Whitman vs. Don Draper on Mad Men, and the consequences of killing characters.
Published 05/19/14
There's a television renaissance going on. At no other time have so many great shows been on at the same time. At no other time could we watch them in our living room and on our tablets and phones, on networks and over the internet. The TV Show talks about that renaissance in storytelling and technology, focusing on the week of programming that was. On our pilot episode that includes Arrow, Agents of SHIELD, 24, Mad Men, Game of Thrones, and Big Bang Theory for the week of May 5, 2014.
Published 05/12/14
Georgia, Guy, Rob, Rene, and Dave, talk Marvel Cinematic Universe, from Iron Man to Avengers, and then dive into the latest episode, Captain America: The Winter Solider. And, yes, the S.H.I.E.L.D television show comes up as well!
Published 04/14/14
Don, Matt, Guy, and Rene skin Tombstone and see what happens. That’s right, we’re throwing down on Wyatt and the Earp brothers, Doc Holiday and the Cowboys, the shoot out at the O.K Corral, and the vendetta that followed. Ad hoc is our movie and entertainment show and this episode we're talking everything from Kevin Jarre’s enormous script to George P. Cosmatos’ alleged ghost direction for Kurt Russell to the themes of friendship shot throughout. With a stacked cast and absolutely killer...
Published 03/20/14
Don, Matt, Guy, and Rene podcast about things you wouldn't believe. Androids dreaming of electric sheep. Blades running after replicants shown to be real men. All those… versions… so many cuts, like tears… in… rain. From production problems to casting curiosities to effects, we put Blade Runner through the VK test! So what motifs did we pick up? Which themes resonated the most? And most importantly, who's a replicant?! Find out!
Published 02/03/14
Our names are Don, Matt, Guy, and Rene. This is the Princess Bride. Prepare for podcast! Inconceivably, this is the one where we give you our words as Spaniards that we talk all about Rob Reiner’s classic storybook story. (Only not left handed.) What made it so memorable, how did they get away with making it at all, who’s left, unemployed, in Greenland, and what happens when it goes to 50? (Yes, to 50!) Find out!
Published 12/16/13
Dead or alive you’re podcasting about Robocop! It’s another edition of 80s movies with Don Melton, joined by Matt Drance, Guy English, and Rene Ritchie. We talk all about the Paul Verhoeven classic, which, like the Matrix, has no sequels, but does have guns, guns, guns!
Published 11/08/13
Georgia, Guy English, Dave Wiskus, Moisés Chiullan, and Rene Ritchie talk Batman from Adam West to Dark Knight Returns, Year One, Killing Joke, the Tim Burton movies, the Animated, the Christopher Nolan movies, and Affleck.
Published 09/06/13
Guy English, Don Melton, and Rene Ritchie talk about Dune, the classic Frank Herbert novel and the crazy David Lynch film. It all goes spice-wacky quickly, however, and no 1980s sci-fi is left unharmed. Yes, this podcast is a killing word.
Published 08/13/13
Guy English, Georgia, Dave Wiskus, and Rene Ritchie pretty much do to Man of Steel what the Man of Steel did to Metropolis in Chris Nolan, David Goyer, and Zack Snyder's reboot of the Superman franchise.
Published 06/30/13
Take a bunch of tech geeks who also happen to enjoy scattering their atoms across the galaxy, put them in front of mics, hit the record button, and what do you get? Another impromptu episode of the Federation's favorite podcast, that's what. Join Guy English, Georgia, Clayton Morris, Derek Kessler, Bryan Bishop, and Rene to talk Star Trek Into Darkness. From plot holes to set pieces, lens flares to bikini flashes, Kirk to Klingons, we're nerding out over, and nitpicking, JJ Abrams' second...
Published 05/31/13
Dieter Bohn, Serenity Caldwell, Georgia, Guy English, Rene Ritchie, and Dave Wiskus get together to talk Skyfall. From Aston Martins to ass-kickings, cinematography to sex, meta to misogyny, gadgets to gaffs, we're nerding out over, and nitpicking, Bond. James Bond. Cue credits.
Published 12/01/12
Earlier this week, Disney announced they were buying Lucasfilm, so we gathered Guy English, Matt Drance, Dave Wiskus, Dan Moren, and Rene Ritchie together for an emergency broadcast. Directors, cast, crew, stories, traps, heroes' journeys, timelines, themes, theatrics, dramatics, and dreams, no topic is safe when a bunch of tech nerds get their Force talk on.
Published 11/21/12