Media Montage Podcast 122: 2015 Year in Review

Another year has come and gone and Bruce and Larry take a look back at 2015.

What films, television and comics did they enjoy most? Which blockbusters delivered and which disappointed? What hidden treasures did you miss last year? Which should be avoided?

Star Wars, Age of Ultron, Kingsmen and Mad Max get a visit at the cinema. They watched Ash, Scream Queens, Narcos, and lots of superheroes on TV. Take a look back at the media landscape of 2015 in episode 122 of the Media Montage Podcast!

Our Comics:

Brain Teaser Comics

Earthman Prime on Deviant Art

Twitter:
@otterdisaster
@larrykingundead

Media Montage Podcast 121: The Sociopolitics of Star Wars

It's pretty easy to maintain peace for a thousand years when you have mind control powers in your diplomatic toolbox. Bruce and Larry talk politics and society...in the Star Wars universe! The Force Awakens is right around the corner, and we decided to take a look at the politics and societies of the Empire, the Republic, how one led to the other, and where that might leave us at the start of a new trilogy.

Are droids essentially chattel slaves? What about the moral implications of the Clone Army of the Republic.  The Jedi and the Republic were architects of their own destruction, but did Jango Six Pack on Tatooine really even notice the change in power?  What are the practical implications of competing religious sects influencing Galactic governance? Are Death Stars really good economic or even domestic policy?

All that and more in Episode 121 an all Star Wars episode of the Media Montage Podcast!

Our Comics:

Brain Teaser Comics

Earthman Prime on Deviant Art

Twitter:

@otterdisaster

@larrykingundead

Media Montage Podcast 85: Cult Films

This week an in-depth discussion of Cult Films. 

What is a Cult Film?  

We talk weird and obscure movies loved by weird and obscure audiences. Rocky Horror, Buckaroo Banzai, The Dude, and Snake Plisskin all make it into the discussion. 

Pecking order, and the strive for authenticity in Cult Film fandom is looked at.  

Bruce makes a shocking Rocky Horror confession, and why is Buckaroo Banzai so important to Bruce and Larry?  Find out all that and more in episode 85 of the Media Montage Podcast!

Our Comics:

Magna Comica:  EarthmanPrime at Deviant Art

Brain Teaser Comics:  Brainteasercomics.com

Twitter

@larrykingundead

@otterdisaster

Media Montage Podcast 81: Willow (1988)

The 1980s saw a number of fantasy films released, and the genre culminated in 1988's Willow, starring Warwick Davis and Val Kilmer from the minds of George Lucas and Ron Howard. 

It was a highly anticipated effects filled movie that represented the advent of some new filmmaking techniques.  

Bruce and Larry have some differing opinions on this film. Does it hold up? How does it compare to modern fantasy films, and the other fantasy releases of its era?  Where does it fit between Star Wars and the Lord of the Rings?

Bruce and Larry discuss story, effects and the broader 80s fantasy genre in Episode 81 of the Media Montage Podcast!

Twitter: 

@otterdisaster

@larrykingundead

Media Montage Podcast 62: Head Canon

Canon is the official and accepted occurrences within a fictional story. Head Canon is when we imagine additional material, not in the book, movie or comic, to explain plot holes or just entertain ourselves. 

This week Bruce Larry discuss their own head canon thought on Independence Day, The Shining, The Prisoner, Super Troopers, The Flintsones, the Films of Quentin Tarantino, and Lost. 

All this and Bruce’s bizarre marriage of Star Wars and Smokey and the Bandit in Episode 62 of The Media Montage Podcast!

Our Comics:

Magna Comica:  magnacomica.thecomicseries.com

Brain Teaser Comics:  Brainteasercomics.com

Twitter

@larrykingundead

@otterdisaster

Media Montage Podcast 60: Summer Blockbusters

This week Larry and Bruce take a look at Summer Blockbusters. 

We talk about our favorites, the hits, the misses, and the outright failures! 

Explosions! Car Chases! Alien Invasions! All that and Batman, in Episode 60 of the Media Montage Podcast!

Our Comics:

Magna Comica:  magnacomica.thecomicseries.com

Brain Teaser Comics:  Brainteasercomics.com

Twitter

@larrykingundead

@otterdisaster

The Media Montage Ep. 3: Our Formative Years Part 3 - Movies

This week Bruce and Larry discuss their early movie watching experiences. They talk about the first movies they saw in theaters, and the horror, action and Sci-Fi flicks watched on cable.