For our 99th episode, we decided to kick it lazy bird style and look back on our time making BIRD PROTOCOL and share some reviews and recommendations of what we’ve been watching lately. We kick things off by sharing our plans for the future as we close out the metaphoric second season of BIRD PROTOCOL with our upcoming 100th episode and talk about the various new things that we’d like to introduce to the podcast. Then, we get wistful and take a look back on our journey so far, how far we’ve come, question and praise our recent explosion of listener traffic, thank the listeners who have rocked with us, and welcome all of our new listeners to the flock. We also take some time to recommend some of our favourites from the first 100 episodes of the pod and share why we love them/what we think makes them the hits.

After that, we get into a talk about what we’ve been enjoying (or hating on) lately. Otis talks about some Japanese horror films he picked up, “Audition” and “Ringu”, and his new purchasing plan based around DVD covers. Some of his choices include a movie called “Ape”, an indie film about a comedian that sucked, and “Microwave Massacre”, a horror film that is so bad that it might be good (it’s actually garbage and very misogynistic). PALMREADER talks about re-watching one of the most underrated and one of his personal favourite movie trilogies, “The Planet Of The Apes” reboot trilogy. Apes together strong. Always. He also sings praises for a movie that completely surprised him, the charming and very fun “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves”. This leads to Otis talking about a very divisive and kind of daunting movie that he absolutely loved, “Beau Is Afraid”. We understand why people might have a tough time with Ari Aster’s surrealist take on “Jewish Axienty And Mommy Issues: The Movie” but Otis stands fully behind it. This leads into a discussion on the reaction to “Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3” and James Gunn before PALMREADER goes on a rant because he hated Kathryn Bigelow’s “Near Dark” and feels misled by Film Twitter.

Plus, we have some lively discussions about the 2013 “Evil Dead” reboot and the various things PALMREADER had issues with. Then, we run through some of the things we’ve been watching on TV as well as a few music recommendations including projects from Conway The Machine, Whensday, Emerson Corleone and French, Lloyd Banks, KAMAUU, Jack Harlow, DRAIN, boygenius, Jesus Piece, and more. Otis also shares some stories from Shock Stock, the Canadian premiere of “Snow Blinded”, and talks about the film winning some cool awards. Honestly, we can’t believe we’ve made it this far and are so thankful for anyone who has been a part of our podcasting journey. So thank you so much for listening, wherever you are. We love you. 

Next week? Well, we’re talking one of our favourite action thrillers of all time from director Denis Villeneuve and writer Taylor Sheridan. Join us for our 100th episode on the absolutely fantastic “Sicario” and help us close out what we’ve dubbed “season 2” of BIRD PROTOCOL.

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