Media Montage 21: Conspiratainment

In this episode Larry and Bruce discuss the concept of 'conspiratainment', or conspiracy as entertainment. Is it all just crazy, nutbar rambling or do conspiracy theories have value in and of themselves? We try to figure it out while traveling down the rabbit-hole.

Here are some gateways down the rabbit hole. Reader BEWARE!

Rumor Mill News
Rense
Infowars
David Icke

Media Montage 20: Superheroes - A Never Ending Battle

Larry and Bruce discuss the much lauded PBS documentary Superheroes: A Never Ending Battle. What did we like, what didn't we like? Find out our take on their take of the history of superheroes!

Media Montage 19: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Bruce and Larry discuss Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., the spin-off television series for Marvel's Cinematic Universe. Do we love it? Hate it? Is Agent Coulson the Original Human Torch? Do we even talk about Skye?

Media Montage 18: Maximum Overdrive

Bruce and Larry discuss Stephen King's directorial debut from 1986, the sci-fi/horror schlockfest Maximum Overdrive. It asks the musical question, 'Who made who?' when machines come to life and attack humanity!
Watch AC/DC's video for Who Made Who. Here is the original trailer for Maximum Overdrive with Stephen King:

Media Montage 17: Dick Briefer's Frankenstein

Bruce and Larry discuss Dick Briefer's Golden Age Frankenstein comics. Humor and horror mix and merge in wonderful, fantastical, hilarious short comics tales featuring vampires, mummies, mutants and more!

 You can read FRANKENSTEIN HERE!

Media Montage 16: Simulation Theory

Do we live in the Matrix, or a video game, or some elaborate version of the Sims? Larry and Bruce discuss the weird implications of Simulation Theory, the notion that the world we experience is a large scale computer simulation. Nick Bostrom's Essay that popularized the recent explorations of Simulation Theory.

Media Montage 15: The Outer Limits - OBIT

This week Bruce and Larry discuss OBIT, the Outer Limits episode that originally aired 11/4/63, but seems ripped from today's headlines. Somebody is watching you!

Watch OBIT via Hulu: