RandomChatter #112: Summer Movie Draft 2016
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It’s our Summer Movie Draft! Join Erik, Chris, Lou, Mike, and special guests Joel, Kyle, and Tim, as they bid on summer movies in hopes of having the highest overall domestic box office total!
The Retro Convo, Sonic the Hedgehog
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Outer Rim #50: Where No Studio Has Gone Before
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Paramount burns bridges, South Park gets Fractured, SHIELD teases fiery chains, Broom Hilda gets animated, and Transformers goes old school.
The Retro Convo: Peter Pan and the Pirates
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We have a pirate themed episode this week. We cover Fox’s Peter pan and the Pirates along with The Pirates of Dark Water. We also let Mike and Raul talk about TMNT Out of the Shadows and give their opinions.
Echo Base #64: Return of the Listener Feedback
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Our “listener feedback” feature returns! This week we answer questions people have sent us over the last few months, including whether we’d want to see an R-rated Star Wars film, whether the films would be better if they were longer, how the First Order could afford to build Starkiller Base, and much more!
Outer Rim #49: The Successful Failure
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Foreign box offices are changing the definition of a “successful” film, as we’re seeing with Warcraft. Netflix provides statistics on binge watching, and Amazon crowns a surprising winner for best-selling romantic film.
Echo Base #63: Honey, I Shrunk the Galaxy
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What happened with Legends needed to happen. But it is an odd feeling that the Star Wars galaxy, with decades of expansion, now feels so much smaller. Also, we explain why the upcoming Rogue One reshoots are something to be excited about!
RandomChatter #111: The Fandom Menace
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Devin Faraci wrote a fascinating article for BirthMoviesDeath.com titled “Fandom Is Broken,” and it’s the basis for our discussion this week. Do fans have any right to make demands of content creators? Are we owed anything? What about in cases of characters who have become long-established symbols of certain sociological ideals within our culture? We take a look at both sides of the argument in this week’s RandomChatter.
Outer Rim #48: The Wrong Way to Exercise
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Paramount is dropping its lawsuit against its fans, Fox is dropping spoilers in its X-Men: Apocalypse TV spots, Fruit Ninja is dropping into theaters, and Kanye is dropping more nonsense.
Echo Base #62: The Sky Is Falling!
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Disney execs are panicking! Because already-planned Rogue One reshoots are happening! We chime in and explain why the sky is not falling and what this really means for the upcoming film.
The Retro Convo, TMNT 2 – Secret of the Ooze
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Echo Base #61: TFA Guilt
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Some Star Wars fans are experiencing “TFA Guilt.” In other words, after buying the DVD/Blu-ray, they were less excited about it, and after one or two viewings set it aside and haven’t gone back to it. And some of these fans don’t understand why they’re suddenly apathetic toward The Force Awakens. This week, we look at this issue, and we discuss how our feelings about The Force Awakens may change further over time.