Originally aired July 25th 2020 on CoCoTALK! this is the first interview with did with Glen Dahlgren when his first novel was on it's way.

Glen Dahlgren is the author of the upcoming young-adult fantasy novel, the Child of Chaos a passion project that is the culmination of Glen's lifelong love of fantasy and years of experience releasing compelling characters into fascinating worlds and describing what happens. His debut title is scheduled to be published in 2020.   

Wearing slightly different hats, Glen has written, designed, directed, and produced award-winning, narrative-driven computer games for the last three decades. What's more, he had the honor of creating original fantasy and science-fiction storylines that took established, world-class literary properties into interactive experiences. He collaborated with celebrated authors Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman (The Death Gate Cycle), Robert Jordan (The Wheel of Time soon to be a TV series from Amazon), Frederik Pohl (Heechee saga), Terry Brooks (Shannara), and Piers Anthony (Xanth) to bring their creations to the small screens. In addition, he crafted licensor-approved fiction for the Star Trek franchise as well as Stan Sakai's epic graphic novel series, Usagi Yojimbo.

Glens Blog: https://glendahlgren.home.blog  

His Facebook Book site: https://www.facebook.com/gdahlgrenauthor  

His Twitter: https://twitter.com/glendahlgren  

Amazon page: https://www.amazon.com/Glen-Dahlgren/...

Watch the original video interview on YouTube https://youtu.be/TyywpV__kGc

This week Scott Wilson takes us through remembering Robocop, a seminal film from 1987 starring Peter Weller and Nancy Allen, as it celebrates its 35th anniversary.

00:00:00 – Show Intro

00:00:21 – What have we been up to?

00:08:59 – Robocop discussion

00:35:54 – Podcast stats – our audience is growing

00:58:43 – Upcoming interviews

· Author Phillip Hardy - https://www.authorphilhardy.com/

· Author Glen Dahlgren - https://glendahlgren.home.blog/

01:02:21 – Parting thoughts and goodbye

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Our (spoiler alert) review of Thor Love and Thunder and thoughts on phase 4 of the MCU.

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We continue the Sequel Strikes Back topic exploring another movie franchise that had possible too many movies, none other than the iconic Alien movie and sequels, joined again by special guest and sci-fi aficionado Allen Murphey.

The Alien movies:

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In E012 we explore a new topic and segment, "The Sequel Strikes Back", discussing movies that had too many made which tarnished their legacy.  We are treated to a special guest to join this discussion, friend of Steve's Allen Murphey, a Sci-Fi aficionado and pseudo historian

Terminator movie legacy thus far:

1984 The Terminator

1991 Terminator 2: Judgment Day

2003 Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

2009 Terminator Salvation

2015 Terminator Genisys

2019 Terminator: Dark Fate

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This week we’ll review the latest episode of Ms. Marvel, and start a brand-new segment “Get to Know us”, where Scott and Steve will dive into the influences and inspirations that shaped their childhood and adult lives.

00:00:00 – Show Intro

00:01:33 – Mr. Marvel episode 4 review

00:18:25 – Vintage commercial

“Get to know us!” the origins, backstories, influences and inspirations of our lives

00:19:01 – Get to know Scott and his take on the 1980’s

00:49:33 – Get to know Steve and his take on the 1970’s

01:18:53 – Parting thoughts and goodbye

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In episode 010 we talk about the first 3 episodes of Ms. Marvel, and discuss the entire season and finale of Obi-Wan Kenobi, both streaming on Disney+

[EDIT: we had an audio/echo issue with the news segment which has now been cut to save your ears and sanity, we'll catch it up next week]

00:00:00 – Show Intro

00:01:41 – Mr. Marvel episodes 1-3

00:24:05 – Obi-Wan Kenobi – Season Finale and wrap-up discussion

00:48:02 – Final thoughts, wrapping up and goodbye!

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00:00:00 – Show Intro

00:01:01 – Kenobi part IV reactions and review (including spoilers)

00:21:25 – Listener feedback – Eddie Szczerbinski

00:22:25 – News

00:36:16 – Miscellaneous banter

00:49:10 – Wrapping up and goodbye!

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In Episode 008 we hear a brief review of the new movie Top Gun: Maverick, a lengthier discussion about the new series ‘Obi-Wan’ on Disney+, a bit of a news, and a “Star Trek summary” from Steve, distilling his thoughts on “all things new Star Trek” that Paramount+ currently has to offer.

00:00:00 – Show Intro

00:00:35 – Listener feedback – our first one!

00:03:14 – Top Gun: Maverick review by Scott Wilson

00:08:20 – Obi-Wan: Steve & Scott discuss at length

00:32:31 – News brief, literally

00:37:55 – The state of new Star Trek series on Paramount+

00:44:49 – Partin thoughts

00:47:30 – Goodbye everybody!

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For episode 007 it was only suiting to do an impromptu discussion on our favorite James Bond movie memories.  We sneak in some news and new movie trailers and start a new segment “Cover songs that don’t suck” and take a listen to Chris Cornell’s cover of Michael Jackson’s Billy Jean.

00:00:00 – Show Intro – James Bond Movie Memories

00:21:01 – News and Movie Trailers

00:40:55 – Cover Songs that don’t suck setup – Michael Jackson’s Billy Jean

00:44:48 – Billy Jean Medley featuring:

00:48:57 – Cover song reactions and discussion

00:52:56 – Parting thoughts and goodbyes

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