Media Montage 72: Music Matters

Music is everywhere, and it shapes our lives in interesting ways. Bruce and Larry take a look at their formative years, discovering, listening to and sharing music.

We tell some tales about discovery of our favorite bands, and share the emotional impact of music at specific moments in our lives. Bruce tells a tale of a girl who shared a name with a popular song, and Larry faces down the Ace of Spades!

How do we discover our music?
Does format affect the way we consume our music?
Find out why music matters in Episode 72 of the Media Montage Podcast!

Larry's Formative Years Playlist
Bruce's Birth to Jr High Playlist
Bruce's High School and Beyond Playlist


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Media Montage Podcast 71: NIck Fury Agent of SHIELD (1998)

Agents of SHIELD Season 2 will be premiering soon so Larry and Bruce travel back in time to visit the first live action SHIELD movie, 1998’s Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD starring none other than the Hoff! 

David Hasselhoff and Lisa Rinna star in this made for TV movie that served as a failed pilot for a potential series.  High camp, a questionable plot by the villains, and cigars that get chewed as much as the scenery. 

This all leads to a discussion about the evolution of Marvel’s live action from the 70s to today in Episode 71 of the Media Montage Podcast!

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Media Montage Podcast 70: Operation Paperclip - Nazis in America

World War II ended and all the Nazis were brought to justice in the Nuremberg trials, following the war. Or were they? History is full of examples of escaped Nazis being captured long after the war was over.

What about the ones that were brought to America? By the Americans?

This week Bruce and Larry look at Operation: Paperclip and some of its cousins. US Intelligence operations that brought former Nazi scientists, and others, to work IN and FOR the US during the Cold War. We talk about characters like Werner Von Braun, Reinhard Gehlen and other Nazis who became key figures in post-war American history.

How and why did this happen, and how did the actions in the past affect the world of today? Find out in Episode 70 of the Media Montage Podcast!

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Media Montage 69: Fall TV Shows New & Returning (2014)

Fall is nearly upon us and that means the New Fall Television Season is here.   Bruce and Larry take a closer look at some new and returning shows. Arrow, The Flash, Big Bang Theory, Agents of SHIELD and Grace Point are discussed. What are we looking forward to and what will we be avoiding?  

Doctor Who has a new season, and a new Doctor, plus old Who stars David Tennant and Karen Gillan have new Network shows. Bruce even shares his thoughts on the pilot episode of Karen Gillan’s new show, Selfie.  Tune in for Episode 69 of the Media Montage Podcast!

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Media Montage Podcast 68: Noah (2014) Film and Comics

You got your Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi in my Biblical Epic! 

No, you got your Biblical Epic in my Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi!

This week Bruce and Larry visit Noah, the 2014 film by Darren Aronofsky, starring Russell Crowe, Anthony Perkins, Jennifer Connelly and Ray Winstone. 

We also look at the graphic novel that was concurrently created from the original screenplay. 

The wickedness of man, miracles and fallen angels inhabit the strange antediluvian earth of the story. We explore the sci-fi nature of the story, the bits and pieces added for dramatic effect, and the symbolism present throughout the tale. The flood is upon us in Episode 68 of the Media Montage Podcast!

Our Previous discussions about the Flood:

MMP 44: Advanced Ancient Civilization

MMP 46: The Apocalypse in Pop Culture

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Media Montage Podcast 67: Nexus - God Con

Nexus is an independent comic book from the minds of Mike Baron and Steve ‘The Dude’ Rude. It stars Horatio Hellpop as the great and powerful Nexus, a man tasked by the alien Merk with hunting down and executing the galaxy’s worst mass murderers from his base on the planet Ylum.  In Nexus: God Con, Horatio and his lovely partner Sundra Peale deal with the arrival of all the One True Gods in the Universe to their cozy little world. 

Bruce and Larry take a look at this Nexus miniseries, its approach to controversial religious topics including Horatio’s crisis of faith, and confrontations with his (and the reader’s) conceptions of God.  Religious stories can be a touchy subject, especially when some of your main characters are Jesus, Mohammed, the Buddha, Yahweh, and the embodiment of Evil.  

Are our hosts blasphemers, infidels, or true believers? …And does Bruce really know anything about Buddhism? Find out in Episode 67 of the Media Montage Podcast!

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Media Montage Podcast 66: Grab Bag - Turtles, Fables, Avatar & More

This week Bruce and Larry take a bit of a breather and discuss a veritable grab bag of media releases they’ve been enjoying. We have recommendations of what to enjoy and what to avoid. We talk expectations, disappointments and more. 

Larry recommends the Fables: A Wolf Among Us video game, The Weirding Willows and Lumberjanes comics.

Bruce recommends rewatching Avatar: The Last Airbender and the current season of The Legend of Korra, and yes, even the new Ninja Turtles movie.

We also briefly tackle:

• Wes Anderson movies 
• What makes us leave comic book titles 
• The ‘slow burn’ in long form stories, and when there is and is not an ultimate payoff to that burn
• How lowering expectations can make for a better movie going experience
• …and some of the things we have planned going in to year two of the Media Montage Podcast!

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