Ruminations

Everything is Terrible in Episode V of Ruminations! When writing about our last episode, I quoted T.S. Eliot since cruel, cruel April brought us the ending of two of our favorite franchises. Little did I know how cruel it would actually be! Another Eliot quote is appropriate now (this one the conclusion to The Hollow Men):

This is the way the world ends

Whimper to its conclusion Game of Thrones did–and its lackluster finale takes up the full first half of our episode–but it wasn’t alone in its dullness. The live action Aladdin remake and the much-hyped John Wick Chapter 3 – Parabellum, released in back-to-back weekends, were also quite lame, to put it mildly. To top off this whirlwind of recent mediocrity, a bit of (potentially) soul-crushing Star Wars news also leaked this week. When will the suffering end?

Avenger: Endgame was pop culture’s only saving grace and we gladly left it out of our lamentations (until, ya know, the end of our episode, when we decided to actually talk about it. Oops?)

Listen and complain along with us! And, as always, SPOILERS!

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For the fourth episode of the Ruminations Podcast, we discuss the long-awaited endings of our beloved Game of Thrones and The Avengers. (“April is the cruelest month,” as Eliot said.) We recorded hours before the premiere of GoT’s 8th season, but we spend more time talking about the past 7 seasons anyway, so it’s not outdated yet! (One of Chris’s predictions has already come true! Psst. It involves dragons.) For both our GoT and MCU discussions, SPOILERS GALORE!

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With 7+ seasons of Game of Thrones and 21 Marvel Cinematic Universe movies, there is too much content we could feature here, so no Show Notes this episode. Sorry! (Plus, if you’ve made it this far, you’ve probably seen them all already!)

In lieu of show notes, however, I will include the crudely photoshopped image of Chris as Loki from the summer of 2012 that we mentioned in the episode:

It just fits so well.

Also, here is the full version of the featured image. (What can I say but “I’m trying”?)

One final note: We have a new (temporary) format for our audio output, as we ran out of space on our free SoundCloud account. All four of our episodes should be officially listed on iTunes soon.

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In honor of Lent, we are back to discuss three Catholic themed movies for our third episode. (Well, not all of them are movies, and not all of them are Catholic, but we explain what we mean by that in the podcast.) We tried to think outside the box on this one, focusing our discussion on three ages of Catholicism: antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times.

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Below are show notes with a bunch of clips, and they’re all worth checking out. Seriously. We hope you enjoy!

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We were planning on letting the Disney episode sit for a while before recording a second episode. However, we decided at the last minute to rant a little bit about the 8 Best Picture nominees before the 2019 Oscars this Sunday renders them moot. Apart from one movie that the both of us really enjoyed, the nominees are overall quite blah. Hopefully, the ceremony will make up for their mediocrity. (HA! Couldn’t keep a straight face there!) Of course it won’t!

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Welcome to the debut episode of Ruminations, a podcast on movies, politics, and religion, discussed over a glass—or three—of some type of adult beverage. In this inaugural episode, co-hosts Chris and Steve discuss the 57 animated films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. This conversation has been five years in the making, as it was the summer of 2014 when Chris and Steve began a chronological journey through Disney’s official filmography, starting with 1937’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. This endeavor finally came to its conclusion last year (December 2018, to be exact) with the release of Disney’s most recent movie, Ralph Breaks the Internet.

For ease of discussion, each co-host compiled an individual ranking from best to worst; a combined average was then taken to create a single master list. The master list’s Bottom 10 and Top 10 will be highlighted specifically in this episode. For the complete ranking, additional notes, and movie clips, follow the show notes link below. For now, please listen and enjoy!

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