The Mythgard Podcast

This recording from August 7, 2022.

THE BATMAN Description: Mythgard Movie Club is back! Panelists Dr. Maggie Parke, Dr. Gabriel Schenk, Stephen Massey, and Alistair McLean discuss 2022’s The Batman (dir Matt Reeves). They’ll chat about Batman through the years, how this fits in, the adaptation and writing journey, take questions, and talk to some superfans and superfancritics as we ponder and pontificate the allure of this batty hero.

Stephen's recommended Batman graphic novels mentioned in the talk:

Batman: Year One by Frank Miller & David Mazzucchelli

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This recording from December 10th, 2021.

DUNE Description: The Mythgard Movie Club takes a look at Denis Villeneuve’s 2021 adaptation based on the famous 1960s text, and we discuss what we loved, what we loathed, and how the film speaks to the wider genre or thematic elements like race, casting, and creativity.

Links Mentioned in the talk:

NPR’s Throughline: The Deep History of Dune https://www.npr.org/2021/11/08/105362...

Dominic and Trevor’s upcoming book: https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/di...

Dominic’s review: https://domnardireviews.wordpress.com...

NYT Article: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/13/ma...

Mythgard’s Open-Access Dune course: https://mythgard.org/academy/dune/

Signum’s Courses: https://signumuniversity.org/classes/

Spicy Dune Gear at Signum’s Store: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/879...

Panelists:

Maggie Parke - Maggie is the director of the Mythgard Institute, and she has her Ph.D. in Adaptations and Fan Management. She lives in the wilds of north Wales, but teaches in London and at Signum University on the creative industries and business, fantasy, and science fiction literature, and she loves to facilitate conversation around books, films, and geekery.

Amy H. Sturgis - Amy H. Sturgis earned her Ph.D. in Intellectual History from Vanderbilt University and specializes in the study of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and the Gothic. She serves as faculty at Lenoir-Rhyne University and Signum University, staff for the Hugo Award-winning StarShipSofa podcast, and Editor in Chief of Hocus Pocus Comics. Her official website is amyhsturgis.com.

Dominic Nardi- Dominic is a political scientist with a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. He has published academic articles about J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, Star Trek, and Blade Runner; coedited The Transmedia Franchise of Star Wars TV (Palgrave, 2020); and is a coeditor of and contributor to Dune for the 21st Century (McFarland, expected 2022).

Trevor Brierly- N. Trevor Brierly is a software engineer with more than 20 years of experience in the industry. His background includes an MLIS from the University of Texas at Austin and a BA in English from George Mason University. He is currently working on a Masters in Language and Literature from Signum University and concurrently serves as Events Team Lead, coordinating national academic conferences. He is coeditor of and contributor to Discovering Dune, a volume of essays on Dune, expected from McFarland in 2022.

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This recording from October 19th, 2021.

The Mythgard Movie Club is back, and is holding a live, roundtable discussion (pardon the Arthurian pun). We take a look at David Lowery’s new adaptation based on the anonymous medieval romance, and discuss what we loved, what we loathed, and how the film sits in the body of Gawain scholarship and popular reception.

About the Film:

An epic fantasy adventure based on the timeless Arthurian legend, The Green Knight tells the story of Sir Gawain (Dev Patel), King Arthur’s reckless and headstrong nephew, who embarks on a daring quest to confront the eponymous Green Knight, a gigantic emerald-skinned stranger and tester of men. Gawain contends with ghosts, giants, thieves, and schemers in what becomes a deeper journey to define his character and prove his worth in the eyes of his family and kingdom by facing the ultimate challenger. From visionary filmmaker David Lowery comes a fresh and bold spin on a classic tale from the knights of the round table.

Panelists:

Maggie Parke is a lecturer at Signum University. She completed her MA on medieval Arthurian literature and her PhD on popular film adaptation.

Kat Sas holds an MA in Language & Literature from Signum University, where she concentrated in Imaginative Literature. She hosts a weekly podcast on speculative television at Kat & Curt’s TV Re-View, and she blogs about Doctor Who, Game of Thrones, and other shows on her blog, Raving Sanity.

Ashley Thomas, AKA The Nerdy Blogger, is a Signum University graduate and volunteer, where she completed her MA in literature and language, concentrating in Imaginative Literature. Ashley is a freelance writer, contributing to such sites as Fangirlish.com, popcultureretrorama.com and its podcast, as well as the Dearly Debated podcast.

Gabriel Schenk is a lecturer at Signum University. He completed his DPhil on Arthurian Literature in 2015.

Blogs, sites, and podcasts mentioned:

The Return of King Arthur course (Spring 2022): https://signumuniversity.org/catalog/...

Kat & Curt's TV Re-View: https://kctvreview.wordpress.com/

Raving Sanity: https://ravingsanity.wordpress.com/

Fangirlish: https://fangirlish.com/

Pop Culture Retrorama: https://popcultureretrorama.wpcomstag...

Dearly Debated podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...

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