Kneel Before Pod

May is over but news never ends so our monthly round-up continues. The conversation covers missed theatrical opportunities, franchises scraping the barrel for content. and so many prequels.

Craig McKenzie can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the We Made This podcast network. Angus Ballantine can be found on this very site and over on SoundCloud. Kat Kourbetti can be found on Twitter and elsewhere under here.

• Craig’s reviews of Star Trek: Discovery season 5

• Craig’s review of Godzilla

• 2024 Alien Day Special – Predator

• Lee

• Ralph Ineson cast as Galactus in Fantastic Four

April 2024 is over so it's time for Kneel Before Pod's news round-up. The conversation covers the effectiveness of trailers, milking properties and Glen Powell's star power

Craig McKenzie can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the We Made This podcast network. Aaron Billingham can be found on this very site. Chris can also be found on a Sunday between 12 and 2pm GMT live on Black Diamond FM and periodically on Lave Radio.

• Craig's reviews of Star Trek: Discovery season 5

• Craig’s review of Sonic The Hedgehog

• 2024 First Contact Day Special - Star Trek: The Motion Picture

• Speak No Evil

• Julia Garner cast as the Silver Surfer in Fantastic Four

• Craig's appearance on Reel Talk discussing Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire

• Niall Stenson’s cover of the “Marvel Music“, the “Jurassic Park theme” and his YouTube channel

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Happy Star Wars Day to all who celebrate. This year's celebration moves into the animated side of the universe with 2008's Star Wars: The Clone Wars. The conversation covers introducing Ahsoka, the start of Tattooine being the centre of the galaxy and Ziro the Hutt.

Craig can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the We Made This podcast network. Angus Ballantine can be found on this very site and over on SoundCloud. Andrew’s work can be found on this site and on the Starburst website.

• Craig’s review of Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens

• Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace

• Ian Wright’s cover of the “Star Wars theme” and his YouTube channel

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Alien Day -4/26 or April 26th- is once again upon us and Kneel Before Pod celebrates by moving into the Predator franchise with 1987's Predator. The conversation covers its quotability, its deceptive depth and where it sits in movie history.

Angus Ballantine can be found on this very site and over on SoundCloud. Craig can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the We Made This podcast network

• Craig’s review of Alien: Covenant

• Our previous Alien Day coverage

• Jean Claude Van Damme and the original Predator suit

• Legolambs' "Predator The Musical" and their YouTube channel

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39 years to go until the big day and Kneel Before Pod continues our annual coverage of Star Trek to celebrate. This year we cover Star Trek: The Motion Picture. The conversation covers Star Trek making the jump to the big screen, the potential loss of this sort of storytelling and pacing.

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

• Craig's reviews of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

• Star Trek (2009)

• The Star Trek Into Darkness honest trailer

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

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March 2024 is behind us and as usual, Kneel Before Pod covers the news and trailers contained within. The conversation covers quantity over quality, guaranteed hits and awards paydays.

Craig McKenzie can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the We Made This podcast network. Kat Kourbetti can be found on Twitter and elsewhere under here. Bo Nicholson's projects can be found on his Linktree. Izaak Stoakes can be found on his Twitter.

• Andrew's reviews of Titans

• Craig's review of The Burning Season

• Craig's interview with The Burning Season cast and crew

• Miniminuteman

• Girls State

• Marvel to take less risks and focus on guaranteed hits (rumour)

• Niall Stenson’s cover of the “Marvel Music“, the “Superman Theme” and his YouTube channel

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X-Men '97's release on Disney+ is imminent so we revisit the first three episodes of the 90s X-Men cartoon. The conversation covers our thoughts on the revival, themes in the original show and whether it still holds up.

Craig can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the We Made This podcast network. Andrew’s work can be found on this site and on the Starburst website.

• Craig's review of Logan

• Logan

• The Japanese intro

• Dave Deville's cover of the "X-Men theme" and his YouTube channel

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Recently, Craig had the opportunity to talk to writer/actor Jonas Chernick, actor Sara Canning, actor Christian Meer and director Sean Garrity about their new film The Burning Season which recently enjoyed its international premiere at the 2024 Glasgow Film Festival. The conversation covers writing and playing potentially unlikeable characters, telling a story in reverse and the joy of filming outdoors.

• Jonas' IMDb

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February is over but not before dropping a lot of news and trailers to fuel our monthly discussion. The conversation covers learning the wrong lessons, unnecessary follow-ups, and too many Draculas

Craig can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the We Made This podcast network. Andrew’s work can be found on this site and on the Starburst website.

• Craig’s reviews of Star Trek: Picard

• Craig's review of Madame Web

• Madame Web

• The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

• Silk: Spider Society writer's room scrapped

The SPUMM continues with Madame Web and Kneel Before Pod couldn't resist breaking down this fascinating entry into the superhero canon. Our conversation covers worldbuilding, Spider-Man as the messiah and the state of the film industry.

Craig McKenzie can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the We Made This podcast network. Chris can also be found on a Sunday between 12 and 2pm GMT live on Black Diamond FM and periodically on Lave Radio.

Darren Mooney's words can be read on 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.

• Craig's review of Madame Web

Podcasts

• Eternals

• Dakota Johnson's MTV interview

• annapantsu's cover of "Toxic" and her YouTube channel

If you enjoyed what you heard here, please subscribe to Kneel Before Pod. If you have any feedback then we’d love to hear it. You can find us on Facebook ,Twitter and BlueSky. You can also make yourself known in the comments section below or you can join us on Discord.