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A 20th anniversary celebration of the Lord of the Rings films
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Tuesday Dec 13, 2022
Tuesday Dec 13, 2022
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Part 12: The Caravan to Helm's Deep
Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Emily (@JRRTweetien) take time on their travels to Helm's Deep to think about "adaptation;" different approaches to adapting books to screen, where they succeed and where they fail, and then apply it to these Lord of the Rings films as well as Jane Austen's novels! But on the road, we are set on by the wolves of Isengard, which means, you guessed it, we talk about how Legolas got on his horse like that!
Tuesday Dec 06, 2022
Tuesday Dec 06, 2022
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Part 11: Ithilien
Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Emily (@JRRTweetien) are FAMISHED for some quality Lord of the Rings content, so we feast on the Jackson films for the first time in a long with with Sam, Frodo, and Gollum in the lands just west of Mordor. As Sam makes some stew, we talk over the foods of Middle-Earth and their real-world analogs. But beware: there are wicked men and Oliphaunts about!
Monday Nov 28, 2022
Monday Nov 28, 2022
Andor (2022)
Episode 12: Rix Road
Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Emily (@JRRTweetien) are lifted by the dead as Maarva's funeral turns into a call to arms for the people of Ferrix. Our core cast descends on the scrapping town as everyone looks for Cass, Cass looks for Bix, and Luthen looks to put an end to Cass's life. We love this show more than anything it could ever do wrong. Happy 50th episode to us!
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Monday Nov 21, 2022
Monday Nov 21, 2022
Andor (2022)
Episode 11: Daughters of Ferrix
Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Emily (@JRRTweetien) need to tell everyone about what's happening on Narkina 5 as Cass and Melshi finally get off planet. But it's what happening on Ferrix that drives this episode: the death of Maarva. As preparations are made for her funeral, both Empire and Rebels look to close in on our titular character there!
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Monday Nov 14, 2022
Monday Nov 14, 2022
Andor (2022)
Episode 10: One Way Out
Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Emily (@JRRTweetien) have only one way out of the prison facility on Narkina 5, a leap of faith towards freedom lead by Cass and most of all Kino Loy, as Andy Serkis delivers a performance for the ages. Elsewhere, Mon Mothma runs up against the traditions of her own Chandrilan people, and Luthen orates to the sunless place in his mind, the sacrifices he's made to fight the Empire. Sacrifices that will sink him, if he isn't able to swim.
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Monday Nov 07, 2022
Monday Nov 07, 2022
Andor (2022)
Episode 9: Nobody's Listening
Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Emily (@JRRTweetien) have gotten into the flow of things at table 5, but efficiency does not breed happiness as Cass and Kino learn about what happened to the prisoners on Level 2. Elsewhere, Mon Mothma's family continues to amaze, between Perrin's obliviousness and the arrival of Mon's cousin. And the King of Down Bad himself, Syril Karn, tries to play Mr. Darcy to Dedra Meero. The last thing you want to do is bore me!
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Tuesday Nov 01, 2022
Tuesday Nov 01, 2022
Andor (2022)
Episode 8: Narkina 5
Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Emily (@JRRTweetien) are sentenced to six years at Narkina 5, an Imperial Factory Facility where faces old and new ask Cassian about what's happening with the Rebellion. Lots, actually, as Mon Mothma, Luthen, Vel, Cinta, and even Maarva plan their next moves as the Empire's fist tightens!
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Tuesday Oct 25, 2022
Tuesday Oct 25, 2022
Andor (2022)
Episode 7: Announcement
Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Emily (@JRRTweetien) are off to the podraces as they do their first full episode on Andor, the Star Wars series currently streaming. In Episode 7, we see how the Aldhani heist is echoing through the galaxy, and the political and personal stakes it raises for our ensemble cast, rebel and imperial. And in the end we go to Space Miami, bienvenidos a Niamos!
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Wednesday Oct 19, 2022
Wednesday Oct 19, 2022
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022)
Episode 8: Alloyed/Andor Episodes 1-6
Surprise! We find out who Halbrand and The Stranger are in the season finale of The Rings of Power, which Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Emily (@JRRTweetien) opine on to open the episode, and look at where we are leading into a second season.
But at the 39:30 mark, we pivot hard; hell, we jump to lightspeed! We have decided to cover the latest Star Wars series Andor, in a special series we have dubbed There Andor Back Again! We will start with weekly episode reviews for Andor episode 7, but today, we use the Token Tolkien Spoiler section to give our impressions on the first 6 episodes, a full 80 minutes of it!
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Wednesday Oct 12, 2022
Wednesday Oct 12, 2022
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022)
Episode 7: The Eye
Manu (@ManuclearBomb) and Emily (@JRRTweetien) try to escape the fumes of the Orodruin, like much of our cast here in Middle-Earth. But against all authority, we chart our own discussions on trusting your audience and how ideology in film production cannot be eschewed. Oh and we have a Celeborn sighting! Maybe!
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