Journey Into...

Marshal and Rish talk about Episode IX casting news and Star Wars novels.  Plus, Rish talks about asking Ian McDiarmid a question at a comic convention. To download, right-click here and then click Save To donate to the Journey Into... Podcast, choose a donation option on the right sidebar of this blog page. To comment on this or any episode: Journey on over to the ForumsLeave us a voicemail at 77-JINTO-107 (775-4686-107)Send comments and/or recordings to [email protected] us us TwitterPost a comment on Facebook here or hereComment directly to this post down below

Marshal briefly leaves movies behind to jump back into Marvel's Netflix television.  This time, the down to earth heroes we have come to know and love (mostly) join forces to fight against the five fingers of the Hand and save New York City.  Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist become the Defenders. To download, right-click here and then click Save To comment on this or any episode: Journey on over to the ForumsLeave us a voicemail at 77-JINTO-107 (775-4686-107)Send comments and/or recordings to [email protected] us on TwitterPost a comment on Facebook hereComment directly to this post down below

My rambling "on the road" comments about movies I've seen on Netflix.  This time I discuss a CONCUSSION, COLLATERAL BEAUTY, and PASSENGERS. To download, right-click here and then click Save To donate to the Journey Into... Podcast, choose a donation option on the right sidebar of this blog page. To comment on this or any episode: Journey on over to the ForumsLeave us a voicemail at 77-JINTO-107 (775-4686-107)Send comments and/or recordings to [email protected] us on TwitterPost a comment on Facebook hereComment directly to this post down below

Marshal stops the Netflix Queue long enough to talk about season 1 of "The Gifted" on Fox, which tells of a family with mutant children thrust into a clash between the Mutant Underground and Sentinel Services. To download, right-click here and then click Save Relevant Links: Jay and Miles X-plain the X-men podcast To comment on this or any episode: Journey on over to the ForumsLeave us a voicemail at 77-JINTO-107 (775-4686-107)Send comments and/or recordings to [email protected] us on TwitterPost a comment on Facebook hereComment directly to this post down below

Rish and Marshal almost fight regarding the disappointing SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY box office.  Was the movie a failure?  A flop?  Listen to find out.  We also respond to some voicemail and Facebook posts. To download, right-click here and then click Save To donate to the Journey Into... Podcast, choose a donation option on the right sidebar of this blog page. To comment on this or any episode: Journey on over to the ForumsLeave us a voicemail at 77-JINTO-107 (775-4686-107)Send comments and/or recordings to [email protected] us us TwitterPost a comment on Facebook here or hereComment directly to this post down below

Rish talks about his Star Wars convention experiences.  Marshal talks some as well and provides the laugh track. To download, right-click here and then click Save To comment on this or any episode: Journey on over to the ForumsLeave us a voicemail at 77-JINTO-107 (775-4686-107)Send comments and/or recordings to [email protected] us us TwitterPost a comment on Facebook here or hereComment directly to this post down below

My rambling "on the road" comments about movies I've seen on Netflix.  This time I discuss a GIFTED, THE BOOK OF HENRY, and HIDDEN FIGURES. To download, right-click here and then click Save To donate to the Journey Into... Podcast, choose a donation option on the right sidebar of this blog page. To comment on this or any episode: Journey on over to the ForumsLeave us a voicemail at 77-JINTO-107 (775-4686-107)Send comments and/or recordings to [email protected] us on TwitterPost a comment on Facebook hereComment directly to this post down below

Marshal and Rish present the last of two Han and Chewie vignettes, and ask questions like: Do Han Solo and Chewbacca fight? Is there a life debt? How did Han lose the Millennium Falcon? Who is the most popular Star Wars character? Does Mandalorian cosplay define your fandom? To download, right-click here and then click Save To donate to the Journey Into... Podcast, choose a donation option on the right sidebar of this blog page. To comment on this or any episode: Journey on over to the ForumsLeave us a voicemail at 77-JINTO-107 (775-4686-107)Send comments and/or recordings to [email protected] us us TwitterPost a comment on Facebook here or hereComment directly to this post down below

Before we were afraid to go in the water, Steven Spielberg made us afraid to drive down the road.  Rish and Marshal discuss the movie DUEL. To download, right-click here and then click Save To donate to the Journey Into... Podcast, choose a donation option on the right sidebar of this blog page. Fact Checker: I failed to mention that Dennis Weaver's big break into television and Hollywood was as Chester on the classic western "Gunsmoke" TV show.  "Gunsmoke" was on the air for 20 years from 1955 to 1975.  Dennis left the show in 1964 after 9 years."Throttle" was co-written by Stephen King and Joe Hill (his son) and was inspired by Richard Matheson's "Duel"."Freeway Games" by Orson Scott Card is found in the short story collection Maps in a Mirror.Related Links: Steven Spielberg and the Small ScreenDUEL - A Conversation with Steven Spielberg - part 1, part2, and part3Richard Matheson - The Writing of DUELDennis Weaver talking about DUEL (from 1:36 to 6:30) To comment on this or any episode: Journey on over to the ForumsLeave us a voicemail at 77-JINTO-107 (775-4686-107)Send comments and/or recordings to [email protected] us on TwitterPost a comment on Facebook hereComment directly to this post down below

Rish and Marshal make their pitches for spin-off fan fiction for the Star Wars universe.  Are their ideas any good?  You be the judge.                 To download, right-click here and then click Save Fact checker: In coming up with my ideas, I wanted to include at least one pitch that mocked the worst clichés in bad fan fiction.  The worst fan fiction that I am aware of devolves into pornography, so I included a pitch that was the worst form of that. Looking back, I added it mostly to shock Rish because he knows me and how far out of character that material is coming from me.  However, instead of leaving it as a private joke between the two of us, I went ahead and included it in our recording.  I’ve always had reservations about including it, and tried to add a bunch of language to explain how I wasn’t serious, but I still left it in. Since it has aired, I have often considered editing the episode to exclude it, but figured I was just being a chicken and not trusting the audience to catch the intended humor.  But, I would think to myself, “The podcast is public.  What if this is the first episode that someone listens to?  They wouldn’t know me.  They wouldn’t have listened to all of my Journey Into… backlog of episodes.  Their first impression of me would be providing some rude, possibly offensive content.”  But still, I let it stand out of a fear of being wimpy. The straw that broke the camel’s back for me was Disney’s firing of James Gunn for illicit tweets that he had made 10 years ago. I’m not going to comment on the rightness or wrongness of Disney’s decision except to say that we as a people will be judged by history according to the messages we have sent out into the world, especially in the digital landscape.  Those messages may often be experienced out of context and without knowledge of or searches for apologies, future personal growth, or changes of viewpoint.  I don’t want to be judged according to any messages of poor taste that I have allowed to be released into the world, or messages that may be of offense or hurtful to others.  Thus, my decision to edit about 1 min. 45 secs. of audio out of this episode. Relavant Links: Tales from Mos Eisley Cantina anthology To comment on this, journey on over to the Forums OR leave us a voicemail at 77-JINTO-107 (775-4686-107).