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Alien Day -4/26 or April 26th- is once again upon us and Kneel Before Pod celebrates by discussing the franchise's first voyage into the world of television; Alien: Earth season 1. The conversation covers expanding the universe, arrested development and evil billionaires.

Featuring

• Angus Ballantine can be found on this very site and over on SoundCloud
• Craig McKenzie can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the Film Stories podcast network

Show Notes

TV Reviews

• Craig’s reviews of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy season 1
• Craig’s reviews of She-Hulk: Attorney At Law

Movie Reviews

• Craig’s review of Alien: Covenant
• Craig’s review of Alien: Romulus
• Craig’s review of Prey

Podcasts

• Our previous Alien Day coverage
• Andor season 1
• Andor season 2
• She-Hulk: Attorney At Law
• Legion

Misc

• Sir Ian McKellen's appearance on Extras

Music

• Fun and Safe Pirate Ship's cover of "Cherub Rock" by the Smashing Pumpkins and their YouTube channel
• Summer Woods' cover of "Tool" by Stinkfist and her YouTube channel

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First Contact Day has come around again. It's only 37 years until the big day and to celebrate we cover the middle of the loose trilogy; Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. The conversation covers missed operatic opportunities, the film's influence on the franchise and civilian costuming in Star Trek.

Featuring

• Craig McKenzie can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the Film Stories podcast network
• Angus Ballantine can be found on this very site and over on SoundCloud.

Show Notes

TV Reviews

• Craig’s reviews of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy season 1
• Craig’s review of Star Trek: Discovery
• Craig’s reviews of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 1
• Craig’s reviews of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2
• Craig’s reviews of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3
• Craig’s reviews of Star Trek: Prodigy season 1
• Craig’s reviews of Star Trek: Picard

Movie Reviews

• Craig’s review of Star Trek: Beyond
• Craig’s review of Star Trek: Section 31

Podcasts

• Star Trek: Starfleet Academy season 1
• Star Trek: The Motion Picture
• Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
• "Space Seed" and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
• Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
• Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
• Star Trek: Generations
• Star Trek: First Contact
• Star Trek: Insurrection
• Star Trek: Nemesis
• Star Trek (2009)
• Star Trek Into Darkness
• Star Trek Beyond
• Star Trek: Discovery first episodes
• Star Trek: Discovery season 1 – part 1 and part 2
• Star Trek: Discovery season 2 – part 1 and part 2
• Star Trek: Discovery season 3
• Star Trek: Discovery season 4
• Star Trek: Discovery first episodes
• Star Trek: Discovery season 1 – part 1 and part 2
• Star Trek: Discovery season 2 – part 1 and part 2
• Star Trek: Discovery season 3
• Star Trek: Discovery season 4
• Star Trek: Discovery season 5
• Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 1
• Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2
• Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3
• Star Trek: Picard season 1
• Star Trek: Picard season 2
• Star Trek: Picard season 3

Misc

• SFDebris' website where you can find his reviews

Music

• Captain_Meatshield’s cover of the “First Contact” and “Star Trek: The Next Generation“ theme and his YouTube channel

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March is behind us and the news cycle continued as always so we break it down. The conversation covers Henry Cavill not being James Bond, non announcements and half naked influencers.

Featuring

• Craig McKenzie – here on Kneel Before Blog and on We Are Starfleet (Film Stories podcast network)
• Izaak Stoakes can be found on Twitter, BlueSky or Instagram
• Bo Nicholson’s projects can be found on his Linktree.

Show Notes

TV Reviews

• Craig’s reviews of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy season 1

Movie Reviews

• Craig’s review of Superman
• Craig's review of The Martian
• Craig's review of The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
• Craig’s review of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
• Craig’s review of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• Craig’s review of Spider-Man: Homecoming
• Craig’s review of Spider-Man: Far From Home
• Craig’s review of Spider-Man: No Way Home
• Craig's review of Black Panther
• Craig's review of The Fantastic Four: First Steps
• Craig’s review of Morbius
• Craig's review of The Flash
• Craig's review of Assassin's Creed
• Craig's review of Begin Again
• Craig's review of Sing Street
• Craig's review of A Quiet Place
• Craig's review of A Quiet Place Part II
• Craig's review of A Million Ways to Die in the West
• Craig's review of Sonic the Hedgehog
• Craig's review of Sonic the Hedgehog 2
• Craig's review of Ready Player One
• Craig's review of The Jungle Book
• Graeme's review of Baywatch

Podcasts

• Star Trek: Starfleet Academy season 1
• Superman
• Black Panther
• The Fantastic Four: First Steps
• Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• Spider-Man: Homecoming
• Spider-Man: Far From Home
• Spider-Man: No Way Home
• The Flash
• Ready Player One

Trailers

• Scary Movie
• Toy Story 5
• In the Grey
• Pressure
• Over Your Dead Body
• The Devil Wears Prada 2
• Michael
• Power Ballad
• Disclosure Day
• Lanterns
• Dune: Part Three
• Sonic the Hedgehog 4 title announcement
• Spider-Noir
• Spider-Man: Brand New Day
• Moana

News

• The 2026 Oscar winners
• Aaron Pierre’s John Stewart to appear in Man of Tomorrow
• Old thought lost Doctor Who episodes found
• Buffy The Vampire Slayer revival not moving forward at Hulu
• Firefly animated series in development
• Kate Winslet joins Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum
• Callie Cooke joins Keanu Reeves in time loop movie
• Live action Scooby Doo series casting
• Livvy Dunne joins Baywatch reboot
• Family Guy spinoff Stewie gets 2 season order
• A Quiet Place Part 3 confirmed
• Drew Goddard to direct the next The Matrix movie
• Arnold Schwarzenegger and Christopher McQuarrie teaming up for King Conan
• Daisy Edgar-Jones joins Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow movie adaptation
• Final Fast & Furious movie titled Fast Forever
• Assassin’s Creed TV series setting and time period confirmed
• The Last of Us season 3 casting
• Life is Strange casting

Misc

• Bo Burnham's Jeff Bezos songs
• The "Always Hold Onto Smallville" podcast

Music

• Niall Stenson’s cover of the “Spider-Man Homecoming opening fanfare” “The Spider-Man Homecoming theme” and his YouTube channel

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Star Trek: Starfleet Academy has completed its first season so Kneel Before Pod takes the class and breaks it down in immense detail. The conversation covers expanding the Star Trek universe, fanservice and whether to go full Riverdale.

Featuring

• Craig McKenzie – here on Kneel Before Blog and on We Are Starfleet (Film Stories podcast network)
• Darren Mooney - words can be read Second Wind Group or his website and his voice can be heard on The 250 podcast or Dublin’s Q102 radio station. He can also be found on Twitter and BlueSky.

Show Notes

TV Reviews

• Craig's reviews of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy season 1
• Craig's review of Star Trek: Discovery
• Craig’s reviews of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 1
• Craig’s reviews of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2
• Craig’s reviews of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3
• Craig’s reviews of Star Trek: Prodigy season 1
• Craig’s reviews of Star Trek: Picard
• Craig’s reviews of She-Hulk: Attorney At Law
• Craig’s reviews of Marvel’s Inhumans

Movie Reviews

• Craig’s review of Star Trek: Section 31
• Craig’s review of Superman

Podcasts

• Star Trek: Discovery first episodes
• Star Trek: Discovery season 1 – part 1 and part 2
• Star Trek: Discovery season 2 – part 1 and part 2
• Star Trek: Discovery season 3
• Star Trek: Discovery season 4
• Star Trek: Discovery first episodes
• Star Trek: Discovery season 1 – part 1 and part 2
• Star Trek: Discovery season 2 – part 1 and part 2
• Star Trek: Discovery season 3
• Star Trek: Discovery season 4
• Star Trek: Discovery season 5
• Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 1
• Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2
• Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3
• Star Trek: Picard season 1
• Star Trek: Picard season 2
• Star Trek: Picard season 3
• Craig's interview with Jeff Teravainen

• She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
• Superman
• Marvel’s Inhumans – first podcast and second podcast

Misc

• The referenced N+1 second screening article
• The referenced video where Kerrice Brooks spoke to Avery Brooks
• The D-Con Chamber episode featuring Paul Giamatti
• The D-Con Chamber episodes featuring Michael Dorn - first and second
• Paul Giamatti's The Chinwag podcast

Music

• L’Orchestra Cinematique’s cover of the “Star Trek: The Original Series theme” and their YouTube channel

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Avengers: Age of Ultron recently celebrated its 10th anniversary so the Kneel Before Pod Avengers assemble to look back on the film. The conversation covers attempts at themes, consistency within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the aversion to endings and much more.

Featuring

• Craig McKenzie – here on Kneel Before Blog and on We Are Starfleet (Film Stories podcast network)
• Aaron Billingham can be found on this very site
• Kat Kourbeti can be found here

Show Notes

TV Reviews

• Craig’s reviews of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Craig’s reviews of WandaVision
• Craig’s reviews of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
• Craig’s reviews of Loki season 1
• Craig’s reviews of What If…?
• Craig’s reviews of Hawkeye
• Craig’s reviews of Moon Knight
• Craig's reviews of Ms. Marvel
• Craig’s reviews of She-Hulk: Attorney At Law
• Craig’s reviews of Secret Invasion
• Craig's reviews of Star Trek: Picard season 3

Movie Reviews

• Craig’s review of Captain America: The Winter Soldier
• Craig’s review of Guardians of the Galaxy
• Craig’s review of Avengers: Age of Ultron
• Craig’s review of Ant-Man
• Craig’s review of Captain America: Civil War
• Craig’s review of Doctor Strange
• Craig’s review of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
• Craig's review of Spider-Man: Homecoming
• Craig’s review of Thor: Ragnarok
• Craig's review of Black Panther
• Craig's review of Avengers: Infinity War
• Craig’s review of Ant-Man and The Wasp
• Craig's review of Captain Marvel
• Craig's review of Avengers: Endgame
• Craig's review of Spider-Man: Far From Home
• Craig’s review of Black Widow
• Craig’s review of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
• Craig’s review of Eternals
• Craig’s review of Spider-Man: No Way Home
• Craig’s review of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
• Craig’s review of Thor: Love and Thunder
• Craig’s review of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
• Craig’s review of Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania
• Craig’s review of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
• Craig’s review of The Marvels
• Craig's review of Deadpool & Wolverine
• Craig’s review of Captain America: Brave New World
• Craig’s review of Thunderbolts*
• Craig’s review of The Fantastic Four: First Steps
• Craig's review of Madame Web
• Craig’s review of Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice
• Craig's review of Pacific Rim: Uprising
• Craig's review of Jurassic World
• Craig's review of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
• Craig's review of Jurassic World: Dominion
• Craig's review of Jurassic World: Rebirth
• Star Trek: Picard season 3

Podcasts

• The Avengers
• Captain America: Civil War
• Doctor Strange
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
• Spider-Man: Homecoming
• Thor Ragnarok
• Black Panther
• Avengers: Infinity War
• Ant-Man & The Wasp
• Captain Marvel
• Avengers: Endgame – first and second podcast
• Spider-Man: Far From Home
• WandaVision
• The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
• Loki season 1
• Black Widow
• What If...?
• Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
• Eternals
• Hawkeye
• Spider-Man: No Way Home
• Moon Knight
• Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
• Ms. Marvel
• Thor: Love and Thunder
• She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
• Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
• Secret Invasion
• The M

January, also known as the longest month of the year, is over and Kneel Before Pod closes it off by discussing the news and trailers that came our way. The conversation covers corporate shifts, respect for source material and getting paid to do nothing.

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Another year is in the rear view mirror but the news doesn't sleep during the festive period. The conversation covers more toy movies, Marvel's desperation and ScarJo as franchise catnip.

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Kneel Before Pod brings you the second donor requested episode. Donor and superfan Violet Hammond requested we go back to her childhood and discuss Don Bluth’s 1982 classic The Secret of Nimh. The conversation covers taking on Disney, attempted hero’s journeys and the necessity of magical amulets.

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Kneel Before Pod brings you the second donor requested episode. Donor and superfan Violet Hammond requested we go back to her childhood and discuss Don Bluth's 1982 classic The Secret of Nimh. The conversation covers taking on Disney, attempted hero's journeys and the necessity of magical amulets.

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Merry Christmas from all of us here at Kneel Before Blog. For this year’s Christmas Special, we have formed another writer’s room to come up with a future Christmas classic. This year, our writers are tasked with crafting a post-apocalyptic Christmas blockbuster where Santa is one of the few survivors of an apocalypse and works to free the world of the tyranny of a sentient Christmas toy. Geoffrey Wright takes on the role of Santa Claus, using all of the resources at his disposal to save humanity.

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