Episodes
Tuesday Nov 19, 2013
Season Three Tangent 02: Ender's Game
Tuesday Nov 19, 2013
Tuesday Nov 19, 2013
Five months after disappearing into the inky void of deep space we send this transmission via ansible. Chuck, Craig, Mike E. Boy and newcomer Chris all sit down to discuss another popular page-to-screen adaptation, 'Ender's Game'.
Wednesday Apr 18, 2012
Episode 18: The Horror Part 1
Wednesday Apr 18, 2012
Wednesday Apr 18, 2012
This is the first episode of our Horror discussion trilogy, recorded prior to the airing of Game of Thrones Season 2. Chuck, Eric and Molly are joined by special guest the Reverend Podfather, co-host of The Necronomicast. We talk about why we like horror, what makes a good horror story, our earliest horror memories and our favorite horror movies.
Monday Apr 02, 2012
Episode 17: Science Fiction Act III
Monday Apr 02, 2012
Monday Apr 02, 2012
We wrap up our masterpiece in three acts with the focus being Sci-Fi on television. Stick around until the end and you'll be treated with a special featurette on Battlestar Galactica.
Saturday Mar 10, 2012
Episode 16: Science Fiction Act II
Saturday Mar 10, 2012
Saturday Mar 10, 2012
Our discussion of all things Science Fiction continues, featuring Molly's bonus 18-minute Sci-Fi Music Mixtape!
Thursday Jan 19, 2012
Episode 15: Science Fiction Act I
Thursday Jan 19, 2012
Thursday Jan 19, 2012
This is the first of three episodes where we discuss Science Fiction. In Act I we discuss different ways to define the genre and before long we are talking about Star Wars and Star Trek. Remarkably we don't go too far down that rabbit hole and are able to swing the conversation back to other works of Sci-Fi. We also have a brief featurette where one contributor discusses his love affair with the Matrix, and Molly's Dad checks in after having re-watched Game Of Thrones Season One.
Thursday Dec 22, 2011
Episode 14: Fantasy
Thursday Dec 22, 2011
Thursday Dec 22, 2011
In this MEGA episode Chuck, Molly, Brendan and Eric each came prepared to discuss their favorite three fantasy films of all time. It's a really great discussion and we cover a lot of ground. Perhaps due to the nostalgia factor, and because we rule out obvious frontrunners like The Lord of the Rings and The Wizard of Oz, we discovered that all the greatest fantasy films were made in the 1980's. We also each give the worst example of fantasy we could think of and talk about the few spare fantasy moments in A Game of Thrones Season One.
Tuesday Nov 22, 2011
Episode 13: Conan Vs. Conan
Tuesday Nov 22, 2011
Tuesday Nov 22, 2011
"Conan! What is best in life?" "Crap out a screenplay ... film it as ineptly as possible ... and hear the lamentations of the audience." To which I might add "and discuss it in a podcast that is published 90 days after the disaster leaves the theater". As a lifelong fan of Conan in all it's forms: short stories, comics and the original 1982 film, I had high hopes going into the theater to see how our favorite Dothraki horselord would fare as Conan: The Barbarian. You'll find out just how disappointed we all were in our latest episode. We did a lot of research for this one. In addition to seeing the new movie, we had a viewing party to watch both of the 80's films starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Plus Molly read some original Robert E. Howard stories, and I looked at the covers of all the Conan novels I read in high school. Armed with all of this knowledge we discuss the dubious merits of the many incarnations of Conan. EDIT: If you downloaded Episode 13 prior to Dec. 4 it included an audio glitch. The file has been corrected, so if you re-download you will get the fixed episode.
Wednesday Sep 14, 2011
Episode 12: Cowboys & Aliens
Wednesday Sep 14, 2011
Wednesday Sep 14, 2011
Ok, we know. This episode is ridiculously late. We recorded this discussion the week Cowboys & Aliens came out, and when news of the San Diego Comic Con was fresh. Things just got held up a bit in post-production. But the important thing is that we're still podcasting. The episodes are still coming. Just at an alarmingly slower rate. Please enjoy this, our first 'between seasons' episode, and hang in there. More podcasts are forthcoming.
Friday Jul 29, 2011
Episode 11: Season One Wrap Up
Friday Jul 29, 2011
Friday Jul 29, 2011
Just because HBO doesn't have any new episodes of Game of Thrones to air doesn't mean we have to stop talking about it. Your faithful Dark Wings, Dork Words podcasters are perfectly capable of finding things to geek out about. Our plan is to podcast once a month in the break between HBO season. Each of these interim episodes will feature all the production details about the show we can glean from the internet, some probably spoileriffic discussions of A Dance With Dragons and the rest of the books in the series, and something new and fun. In fact we're all going to go see Cowboys Vs. Aliens tonight, and will podcast about it in our next episode. But Episode 11 is mostly about reflection on Season One, and speculation about what is to come.