Media Montage Podcast 111: The Boy Who Could Fly (1986)

This week is a listener request...of a sort. Bruce's wife watched 'From Beyond' way back when he and Larry covered that movie in Media Montage Podcast Episode 14. 

As payback Mrs. Otter picked this week's film, 'The Boy Who Could Fly' from 1986 starring, Jay Underwood, Lucy Deakins, Bonnie Bedalia, Fred Savage, and Fred Gwynn.  

Eric Gibb is an autistic boy who finally makes a human connection with Milly,  a new girl in town and their relationship is taken to fantastic levels. Literally.

Steeped in angst, the characters endure one tragedy after another until the over-the-top, upbeat conclusion.  Good performances meet a heart wrenching script with  awhole lot weirdness thrown in. Find out if the boy really can fly in Episode 111 of the Media Montage Podcast!

BONUS! The Boy Who Could Fly trailer recut as a horror film:

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Coming Soon: The Boy Who Could Fly

Come back tomorrow when Bruce and Larry take a closer look at this 1986 fantasy/drama!

Media Montage Podcast 110: Grab Bag III - What We're Enjoying

This week Bruce and Larry once again reach into the Media Montage Grab Bag and talk about the comics and television they've been enjoying. 

Bruce likes a Comix Book and Larry copes with the Strain. 

Sharknado? Oh Hell No, says Larry. They both like Weapon Brown, Bruce talks The Brink, and Larry looks at All You Need is Kill a the manga adaptation of the book that became Live Die Repeat: Edge of Tomorrow. 

All that and more in episode 110 of the Media Montage Podcast!

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Media Montage Podcast 109: San Diego Comic Con News and Notes

San Diego Comic Con is the big one. The Grand-Daddy of all the Comic Cons and always the source of tons of news, notes and controversy. Bruce and Larry take a look at some of the stories coming out of SDCC 2015. Movie and TV announcements, new comics and more in episode 109 of the Media Montage Podcast!

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Media Montage 108: HeroesCon and Denver Zine Fest

In the world of comics, summer means conventions and festivals. 

This week Bruce and Larry each report on con season. Larry attended Heroes Con in Charlotte N.C. (June 19-21) as an attendee and files his report, while Bruce reports on the more intimate Denver Zine Fest (June 28) from the other side of the table as a vendor.  

Two very different experiences, and two very different reports.  Travel trouble, and the importance of cover design get analyzed.  

What is up with the Colonel, and a freebie turns into a sale!

Both sides of the convention table in Episode 108 of the Media Montage Podcast!

Denver Zine Library

Denver Art Society

Making Minicomics Episode of MMP

Uncommon Future Zine

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Media Montage Podcast 107: Fan Theories

Was Doc Brown actually trying to kill himself in Back to the Future? Is everyone in Westoros the bad guy, EXCEPT the White Walkers? Do District 9 and Chappie take place in the distant past of the Halo universe?  Bruce and Larry examine the evidence and discuss fan theories. 

Fan Theories, the practice of taking evidence presented in pop culture to predict future outcomes of stories, to examine motivations for characters, or make a mediocre story a little better.

Why do fans like to speculate? Why do we try to add to existing narratives?  Why do we share in the world building by creating elaborate fan theories? They ask that and more in Episode 107 of the Media Montage Podcast!

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Media Montage Podcast 106: Chariots of the Gods? (1970 Film)

Did humanity get a jump start thousands of years ago via in Extra Terrestrial intervention? Is Earth merely the location of the biggest Cargo Cult in all of creation?  Bruce and Larry visit the ancient astronaut theory and watch Chariots of the Gods?, the 1970 film adaptation of Erich Von Daniken's book of the same name. 

They look at the plausibility of the theory as well as criticisms of invented evidence and bad science. They explore the theory's impact on popular culture including Jack Kirby and Battlestar Galactica. 

All that and more in Episode 106 of the Media Montage Podcast!

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