Podcasts – Thwipping Boys

After the almost unbearable tension of last week we get a slower, more character-driven episode which still manages to keep the action level, stakes and mystery high. Best of all there is absolutely no sign of any cannibals. Phew, what a relief!

The Thwipping Boys discuss the tense-as-all-fuck season five opener…and have a lengthy discussion about how confusing the Negan / Not Negan thing has been.

That was NOT Negan at the end of the episode. Note the face tattoos.

— Robert Kirkman (@RobertKirkman) October 13, 2014

This CANNOT be the guy from the flashback as Kirkman says. Plus why hide him in shadow? Why even have that scene?

We continue to podcast on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. with our thoughts on “Heavy is the Head” and “Making Friends and Influencing People”.

We didn’t love Season 1 of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, something we mentioned in that uncharacteristically angry Serenity podcast we did.

So we’re hoping for something funnier, cooler, darker and just a bit more engaging with Season 2. Does the first episode show promise?

Season 3 gets off to an extraordinarily English start with the introduction of Marcus (we haven’t even got to A Late Delivery from Avalon yet!) and the Thwipping Boys accidentally recreate a scene from Breaking Bad.

– Season 1: Signs and Portents

– Season 2: The Coming of Shadows Part 1

– Season 2: The Coming of Shadows Part 2

One of Jon’s favourite films from his youth is a 1982 Rankin Bass animated fantasy called The Flight of Dragons, something he maintains is more than good enough to provide enjoyment to an adult.

So Simon checks it out, despite an admitted dislike of animated fantasy.

Then the guys both have their first experience of The Last Unicorn, another highly-regarded Rankin Bass film often seen as a superb companion piece…