Cultruezoo returns with more in-depth analysis of the second act of George Lucas’s romantic space-opera: Attack of the Clones. On this episode we do expert exploratory surgery on each scene to under stand the root causes of why things just don’t work. Also, we ask the hard hitting questions, like: did the Kaminoians never get a callback number before building a clone army for “Syfo-Diays”?

We specifically discuss the scenes in Act two: beginning with Dexter Jettster’s space-dinner and ending with Anakin and Padme leaving Naboo.

Zach is back on Culturezoo and it’s for another prequel. This time we’re talking about the first act of the squirm-inducing, exercise in awkwardness named Attack of the Clones. This podcast covers from the start of the film up to Anakin and Padme’s departure from Coruscant.

Me and Roz geek out in a big way over The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien. This is book that is responsible for kindling our imaginations as children and has only gotten better with age. Do you crave our dulcet voices reading passages from Tolkien? Look no further than this podcast.

Also, we completely ignore the movies… by Rankin/Bass, of course! Wait, what they made more movies?

For this episode the guild of geeks goes on the road and records from the line and the theater as we wait for The Force Awakens. We chat with fellow geeks in line, we speculate (spoiler-free) about we think might happen in the movie, and finally we head to Denny’s to give our initial reactions post-viewing over fries and milkshakes.

Hope you enjoy this very special Culturezoo.

On this week’s Culturezoo, Levi and Rosalyn back away from Star Wars for a bit to discuss the 1987 mini-series comic, Batman: Year One, by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli.

The final episode of our in-depth analysis, discussion, and group therapy on Star Wars, The Phantom Menace is here. Levi, Roz, and Zach tackle the four-part finale that even had George Lucas scratching his head in confusion. Finally we end the episode with thirty minutes of discussion on how we would fix the Phantom Menace and the prequels in general.

Thank you to everyone who came along for the ride on this one. Sorry we get so worked up over this. Hopefully all you fellow Star Wars geeks out there found something worthwhile in our lamenting of this film.

In this Culturezoo, Levi, Roz and Zach dissect the second act of Star Wars The Phantom Menace. We puzzle over the interesting direction this movie takes in the second act: namely, no direction. Over about an hour of screen time our heros accomplish nothing more than finding engine parts, betting on a noisy race, dabbling in some confusing politics and finally giving up in frustration and heading back to the conflict of Act 1.

Hey! Fun bit of trivia! Apparently they’re still making Star Wars movies. Who knew? Word of warning though: if you’re making 7+ movies, you gotta be prepared to beat the impossibly high standard set by the Land Before Time saga.

Today we begin the run-up to The Force Awakens by discussing the Star Wars that broke a million geek’s hearts: The Phantom Menace.  Special guest Zach Glenn joins us to enliven the conversation. The recording of this episode literally took hours so we’re releasing it in chunks. This episode only covers Act 1 of the Phantom Menace, from the opening crawl to the blockade run. Join us as we dissect this delightfully odd disappointment.

On this podcast we dive into the wonderful world of Herge’s Tintin, starting with his first masterpiece The Blue Lotus.

Back after a bout with the the stomach flu! On today’s episode we discuss the first third of Jeff Smith’s comic book masterpiece Bone. (There’s way too much to cover in one episode.)

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