Subject To Blackout

Halo has been a frequent subject on this here podcast, and for good reason. Now with the release of Paramout+'s new series, Halo (2022), we visit the IP from a new perspective; A serialized television show.Mike and I also settle the debate on Captain America vs Master Chief, briefly discuss the reality game show Alone (2015), the first season of Our Flag Means Death, as well as Hulu's The Dropout (2022) and Pam & Tommy (2022).If you want to interact with the show, you can find us on all t...

The Adam Project (2022) is both Netflix's latest film foray into both film and Ryan Reynolds' films. On this pod, Mike and I talk about the actors who basically just portray themselves, a hypothetical Tom Cruise The Klumps film and our perceived decline in Netflix content.Later, we talk about our latest concert, Car Seat Headrest, and the inclusion of EDM style visuals and performance intermingling with the rock scene.Finally, Mike talks about the Disney+ documentary, Get Back (2021), and how...

We’re back to seeing movies in theaters! Mike and I decided to pay The Batman (2022) a visit and boy were we not impressed. It was weird, we liked all of the performances and the detective Batman stuff worked for both of us, but something was just not clicking and I think we diagnose some of the serious problems with the structure and concept of this film.Later, Mike talks about his revisit of the graphic novel Saga (2012), I talk about my dalliance with the first three episodes of Our F...

Inspired by the Beijing Olympics, Mike and I revisited the Disney classic Cool Runnings (1993).We begin by discussing other Olympic-centric films but we also dive into the variations from the real 1988 Jamaican bobsled story as well as the fine line Disney walks with John Candy's character.Later, Mike talks about his Disney villains revisit, highlighting the perverse Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) while I hype up Apple TV+'s Severance (2022) and detail my rewatch of Mad Men (2007).If you want...

This week, Mike and I pivot from our original plan and instead discuss the recently wrapped Disney+ series, The Book of Boba Fett (2022).As we go into the flaws and problems we had with this series, Mike and I come to one inevitable conclusion: We didn't really like it.Afterwords, I talk about my wonderful revisit of The Mask of Zorro (1998) and Mike dives into his car-crash-esque fascination with Kanye West's latest Instagram meltdown.If you want to interact with the show, you can find us on...

On this week's episode, Mike and I discuss the 2008 flop Speed Racer. A film by the Wachowskis, Mike and I discuss the reaction to Japanese Anime American adaptations as well as this film's relation to the Lana Wachowski film, Matrix: Resurrections (2021).Afterwords, we discuss the latest Pokemon video game release, Pinegrove's 11:11 and my never-ending frustration with Microsoft's incompetence. If you want to interact with the show, you can find us on all the socials (except facebook. 🖕) by ...

We're back!It's 2022 and Mike and I finally had a chance to get together to talk about all the junk we watch while the Omicron variant swept across the country.Mike and I then talk about our first year here at Subject To Blackout, our least favorites, our favorites and the stuff we remember as our first year of podcasting enters our rear-view mirror.If you want to interact with the show, you can find us on all the socials (except facebook. 🖕) by visiting our linktr.ee here or by visiting Subj...

In this abbreviated Christmas Special™, Mike and I discuss the Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sinbad Christmas classic, Jingle All the Way (1996).This movie is... pretty good. It's not a true Christmas classic for a reason, but it's a pretty funny take on Christmas, consumerism and horny single dads trying to break up happy marriages.After this we're off for a few weeks as Mike and I celebrate the holidays so we wish the best to you and yours and look forward to seeing you all again in 2022!If you...

On this episode, Mike and I were hyped about the release of Halo: Infinite this past week because that game means so much to our friendship. In honor of that, we revisited the seminal web series, Red vs Blue (2003).We discuss how Red vs Blue was a simpler, better time on the internet and how wonderful it can be when para-social relationships go both ways.We then talked about the downfall of internet culture with the tragic cancelling of Netflix's live action Cowboy Bebop (2021) and how ...

In this week's episode, Mike and I talk about our thoughts on the new Netflix live-action series Cowboy Bebop. We go over what we liked, what we didn't and the very mixed reviews the series is receiving, despite the fact that neither of us understand them since we both overwhelmingly loved what we saw.Lastly, Mike joins Kevin Feige in reluctantly convincing me to watch the latest Marvel series on Disney+, Hawkeye. If you want to interact with the show, you can find us on all the socials (exce...