The Captain's Log

Episode 174. Kyle talks about the series finale of The Expanse and we share our thoughts on the premiere of Peacemaker and season one of Yellowjackets so far. Then we brainstorm future Captain's Log special episodes, such as a snack taste test, a pop culture draft, and a riddle challenge.

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Episode 173. Welcome to the new shorter, punchier Captain's Log! Kyle counts up his hours spent watching TV and reading comics last year, and Melissa attempts to rank her favorite new movies of 2021. We recap thoughts on the Hawkeye final and our failed attempt to record that final Reactor Corps episode for the year. We also look forward to the year in movies, TV shows, and themed rollercoasters we're excited for.

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Kyle, Ignacio, Melissa, and Alan reflect on the movies, shows, and video games of 2021, and what we covered in our podcasts The Review Show, The Captain's Log, The Reactor Corps, and Crossplay this year! It's a night of pizza, statistics, and 2022 goals.

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Episode 172. Melissa fails to vacation properly and Kyle considers getting a smart watch, step one of becoming a cyborg. We spend our final episode of the year reading our Spotify Wrapped and looking back on our favorite media we found in 2021! Kyle meets a Handmaiden and a White Tiger and journeys into The Expanse. Melissa boards the Infinity Train, gets stuck in Vivarium, and recaps her favorite YouTube videos about lost media mysteries solved and unsolved.

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Episode 171. Ignacio joins us for some talk of Evangelion and the DC shows Superman & Lois and Legends of Tomorrow, before Kyle and Melissa jump into the big tomato game! We predict the Rotten Tomatoes critic scores for 25 movies that will come out December 2021 through November 2022, and we see how our guesses compare against the real scores for movies released earlier this year. Whoever gets the most closest answers wins a pizza, the most tomato prize of all.

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Episode 170. We recap our (T)Hanksgiving celebrations, invent new holiday meals, look at defunct Macy's parade balloons, and nominate future balloons. Inspired by the Christmas spirit of Hawkeye, we ask what other superheroes should have holiday-centric stories. Melissa enjoys the power of ostentatious old man rings, and Kyle describes a questionable statue.

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Episode 169. Kyle recaps drunken birthday antics, and talks about the first episode of the live-action Cowboy Bebop and the Netflix crime comedy Mindhorn. Melissa finds a significant hot dog moment in The Happening of all places, and explains the fun audio drama mystery of The Last Movie. We discuss the news from Disney+ Day, including promising new looks at Marvel shows!

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Episode 168. Kyle has watched Squid Game, Melissa tries to explain Eternals if it were a scented candle, and we talk about the practical uses of holograms. Our main topic this week is coming up with Top 5 lists for the movies, shows, and comics we've covered on The Review Show. What do we nominate as our favorite anime, horror stories, quirky indie movies, or slow descents into madness?

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Episode 167. Kyle petitions for another platform to pick up the cancelled Y: The Last Man show, and we discuss some Marvel and Star Wars news and react to the warm mashed potato embrace of Dune. Melissa asks if small changes to horror movie icons would make them more or less scary, Polka dots instead of stripes for Freddy Kreuger? Any effect? We also imagine some Review Show topics as haunted house attractions, even if they weren't remotely horror-based before.

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Episode 166. Your ghost hosts Jughead and Sexy Mountain Dew present our annual Halloween tradition of retelling old Captain's Log anecdotes as spooky stories. Climb into your McSuits and listen to tales of literally reanimated cartoon zombies, dangerous lotion, the infinity bus, a mix CD that will activate you into a sleeper agent, a Taco Bell murder, dry corn, and a Harlem Globetrotter who can dribble anything.

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