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It’s a trip back to Middle-Earth this week as the cast takes an epic-length at the Amazon Prime series, The Rings of Power. In this episode the cast discusses the logic of a series that can only use the appendices of Lord of the Rings as reference. They get into the types of stories that they’re choosing to tell and whether or not there’s a significant loss of context. Along the way they also get into the casting and what they think of the portrayal of the characters. They also opine on the production values and the various controversies that surrounded this series.

Our five-minute controversy this week asks if Wizards of the Coast has overstepped with their new licensing agreement.

This week Anji, Keith, and Kimi join the cast.

Show Notes:
Wizards of the Coast tightening a hold of their IP
Golden Lasso Games

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Cigar Nerds Podcast: Slay the Dragon 2024. It’s that time again, time to wrap up our adventures at Dragon Con 2024. In addition to our Dragon Tails, we sit down with prolific author Timothy Zahn, learn about planetary defense from Kelly Fast of Nasa, and dive into the history of monsters with Dr Emily Zarka. This week I’m smoking the Diesel Wicked.

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In this fun-filled episode of Tales from Hollywoodland, Arthur, Steve, and Julian take a nostalgic trip into the magical world of family films, celebrating their timeless charm and lasting cultural impact. Steve kicks things off with some delightful stories about Shirley Temple, sharing how her iconic presence shaped family cinema. Julian jumps in with even more fascinating insights into Temple’s importance at Fox Studios. From there, the trio lovingly recalls the enduring magic of classics like The Wizard of Oz, It’s a Wonderful Life, and The Princess Bride. Arthur adds some interesting facts, highlighting the blockbuster success of favorites like The Sound of Music and Mary Poppins, and why these films have continued to win hearts across generations. It’s a heartwarming look at how family films unite us all, one timeless story at a time.

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Flopcast episode 644! Here we go with the first of three (yikes, hopefully no more than three) Dragon Con review episodes! This week Kevin and Kornflake go over everything that happened Wednesday and Thursday, as our giant Atlanta nerd festival was just getting started. Including: A meeting of the geeks at Logan Airport in Boston! The Dragon Con debut of our pal Blasted Bill! Our third annual meeting with the Muscovy ducks of Piedmont Park! The Dragon Con Newbie Walking Tour! A disgusting beverage! The Council of Kevins! The Sci-Fi Music Video Book Club! The 120 Minutes dance party! And lots more shenanigans and silliness with the greatest collection of nerds and weirdos ever assembled. And this is only the beginning…

Episode 644 complete show notes and links at www.flopcast.net!

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Clay Sayre returns to join Jim for a first for the podcast – A MONSTER ATTACK! Double Feature, featuring 1976’s “Embryo,” starring Rock Hudson, Barbara Carrera, Diane Ladd, Anne Schedeen, John Elerick, and Roddy McDowall, along with 1978’s “The Manitou,” starring Tony Curtis, Susan Strasberg, Michael Ansara, Stella Stevens Jon Cedar, Ann Southern Paul Mantee, and Burgess Meredith. It’s true “Double Feature” fare as Jim and Clay talk about these two cult films from the 70’s and it’s all ahead on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast Dedicated To Old Monster Movies.

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This Week on Earth Station DCU! Drew Leiter and Cletus Jacobs review The Case of the Hungry Snake. Task Force X hunts down Dreamer as she defends Parthas in Suicide Squad: Dream Team #3. Supergirl and Superboy escape their prison aboard Brainiac’s ship, while Superman and Lobo get closer to finding Brainiac. Hal Jordan and the Resistance Lanterns go before the United Planets council with evidence that Lord Premiere Thaaros is blowing up power batteries and threatening systems to join in Green Lantern #11. The Origin of the Darkstar of Fenn is revealed in Green Lantern: War Journal #9. Nightwing has his suspicions about Raven, while Amanda Waller releases a new weapon against the team in Titans #11. Diana survives imprisonment with her imaginary version of Steve and a female rat as her companions in Wonder Woman #9. All this plus, DC News, Shout Outs, and much, much more!

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Table of Contents

0:00:00 Show Open

0:01:02 DC News

0:08:46 Suicide Squad: Dream Team #3

0:14:25 Action Comics #1065

0:18:58 Green Lantern #11

0:22:04 Green Lantern: War Journal #9

0:26:32 Titans #11

0:32:56 Wonder Woman #9

0:43:03 Dead Boy Detectives S1 Ep8 – The Case of the Hungry Snake

0:58:24 Show Close

Links

Suicide Squad: Dream Team #3

Action Comics #1065

Green Lantern #11

Green Lantern: War Journal #9

Titans #11

Wonder Woman #9

Action Comics #267 (Cletus’s Read More Comics Pick)

Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen #63 (Cletus’s Read More Comics Pick)

Earth Station DCU Website

The ESO Network

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The Epsilon Three bring you their review of the Babylon 5: Crusade Episode: Final Review – Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics

The boys have one last look back at their three year journey through JMS’ mind and reflect on their best and worst episodes, their favourite main characters, and favourite supporting characters. Then, the Epsilon Three remove all their belongings, turn off the lights and throw the switch that blows up the Podcast.

Thank you for downloading and listening. We hope you enjoy the show.

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You often hear that there’s too much TV to watch these days or that the market is catering to geeky interests on TV today. Yet, the 80’s saw it’s fair share of genre television for people of all ages. In this episode four people that were there (old fogeys) recount tales of the television of their youth. They also discuss whether 80’s television holds up and whether they think that modern audiences would appreciate it. They also give their opinions on various series and talk about the inevitable sequel series to discuss even more 80’s TV.

Our five-minute controversy this week asks if the MCU should do a Heroes for Hire TV series with Mike Colter and Finn Jones.

This week Mark, Joe, and Keith join the cast.

Disclaimer:
In this episode, the Airwolf theme was incorrectly attributed to Mike Post. The Airwolf theme was actually composed by Sylvester Levay.

Show Notes:
The North Texas Apocalypse Bunker
The Airwolf Theme
Finn Jones Wants a Heroes for Hire Series

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Officers, report to the ready room! The Senior Officers have returned from their away mission to Dragon Con, the coolest geek event in this or any other world! We will report on how the event overall went, some of the panels and special programs that we were involved in, the guests that we met, the best cosplays, and more! But first, we’ll spend a few minutes talking about James Darren after his recent passing.

Earth Station Trek is a part of the ESO Podcast Network, Executive Producer Mike Faber.

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Flopcast episode 643! It’s Dragon Con weekend, but we didn’t forget about a weird Flopcast summer tradition: our annual robot-themed Top 4 ½ List! And we have a special guest to deliver the list: our old pal (and original Sponge Awareness Foundation member) Jim, finally making his Flopcast debut! Jim has a list of surprise robots from movies and TV; that is, robots that we didn’t know were robots until the big reveal. Call them androids, call them simuloids, call them replicants, Cylons, fembots, whatever you like. But they’re robots in disguise, and they’re out there. By the way, the Chickaphant, an alien chicken/elephant hybrid, is also out there somewhere. Please don’t leave the house.

Episode 643 complete show notes and links at www.flopcast.net!

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