Swords and Satire

Swords and Satire

By Jamie Mockel, Cassidy Williams, Jack OlanderComedyTV & Film
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Swords and Satire episodes

  • Episode 185: The Super Mario Bros. Movie

    The heartwarming movie, based on an iconic and much beloved video game franchise, about a strong brotherly bond and how friends and family can help you conquer your fears, has finally been released and we’re here to talk about it for your listening pleasure! *

    * Disclaimers:

    • Interactions between brothers are limited

    • Family bonding may vary

    • Any similarity to the film US by Jordan Peele is by coincidence and not by design

    • The source games are cited for reference only.

    1 hr
  • Satirist Skit - A D&D Movie Pitch: Oatmeal Floors and Pudgy Dragons
    We’ve gone back to the production office for a good old movie pitch for our skit this week. Listen in to hear us convince our “boss” of our unusual ideas to make a D&D movie with a higher budget, and fewer cheesy anachronisms. But no one is messing with the magical oatmeal floor, that feature is a must for any D&D movie worth its salt!
    6 min
  • Episode 184: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
    We are very excited to share our episode on our Satirist outing to go see the new Dungeons and Dragons movie! This silly, serious film is a true fit for our show and made us feel like we were watching the emotional, yet ridiculous journey of a D&D adventuring party, and how we who have played know that it can go. We get into the weeds on what type of class each character is most likely to be, what it means that they gave away all of the loot, and why we think they saved one character and not another in the end.
    1 hr 11 min
  • Satirist Skit - Tron: It’s More Fun When You Don’t Think
    We realized that the world of Tron has some horrible implications about the programs people create in a general sense. If programs were really alive like they are in the Tron movie, then what happens when people rewrite or delete code, or erase entire programs? The implications are haunting, but perhaps it’s best if we don’t think about that too much. Onward to adventure!
    4 min
  • Episode 183: Tron (1982)
    We Satirists love us some science fantasy, and we delve into a classic this week with the movie Tron. Is this just a fun adventure movie that answers the question, what if you could go into a computer and talk to the programs, or is there something deeper going on? Well, we are masters at thinking way too much about the movies we watch so you know we have more to say about this movie, and we think you might be surprised about where we go with our conversation. But you’ll have to listen in to find out more!
    1 hr 1 min
  • Satirist Skit - Stargate: Operation Bomb Squad
    This time we were called to focus on the military briefing scene from Stargate, just before they go into the portal, for our skit this week. We highlight the ridiculous nature of the mission, and the U.S. military in general. We also included some toilet humor because we just can’t seem to help ourselves. We hope you enjoy it!
    7 min
  • Episode 182 - Stargate

    We begin our science fantasy month with a classic movie about a trek through the stars that leads to liberating humans on a distant planet (it’s a long story), with the added spice of the unexamined elements of American exceptionalism and the military science complex. It turns out this beloved fantasy adventure movie from our youths has problematic elements in it, who’d have thought? I guess we should have known though because this seems to keep happening to us, but we are happy to deconstruct this film as high art! Even if it may not necessarily deserve it.

    1 hr 3 min
  • Satirist Skit - Pride and Prejudice...and Zombies

    We take you back to a magical time in the merry old land of England. The year was 1816 and Jane Austen was pitching her new book to her publishers, but it would prove hard to convince them to keep the supernatural undead element in her story. Her work as intended has been restored as of 2016 when there was also a movie made to honor her work, titled Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. This short is our take on the fateful meeting when the publishers decided against the zombie element.

    6 min
  • Episode 181 - Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

    You, dear listeners, may be wondering why we covered a movie about love and marriage, even though it does fit in with our other movies this month. While the supernatural veneer of zombies, loosely placed over a story about the social customs of the aristocracy, could be enough to make this movie a fantasy film, the designation is shaky at best. But then you take into account that the zombies are mainly people who were of the lower classes and the aristocracy are the only humans left, then this cleverly twists the story to be about class struggle, and we all know by now that any fantasy movie worth its salt is about political tension. Plus zombies eating the rich is the ultimate power fantasy, so there’s that.

    52 min
  • Satirist Skit - Only Lovers Left Alive: The Pit

    Hello all! Here we have our first stand alone skit, based on the movie we covered last week, Only Lovers Left Alive. We couldn't help but zero in on that pit that poor Ian was tossed into unceremoniously in the movie, so we built the skit around that scene. We also threw in an obscure reference to our Waterworld skit near the end just for funsies. Enjoy!

    5 min

About Swords and Satire

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We are your fantasy hosts three - Jamie, Cassidy, and Jack - and we take a philosophical and humorous approach to discussing fantasy movies and other media. We are all lifelong scholars, who love to analyze the media we consume, but can't help joking around as well, because we are also silly people at heart.