tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78578822024-03-13T18:49:18.012-05:00Michael MayWriter of the graphic novel Kill All Monsters. Podcaster.Michael Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12514945570212261283noreply@blogger.comBlogger5557125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-46353470093852979662023-08-21T01:00:00.001-05:002023-10-20T16:55:41.111-05:00Thinking About Blogging (About Thinking)I want to get back to doing some actual blogging rather than using this space to promote podcast episodes. I feel like by now everyone knows where to find my podcasts if they're interested. And for those who don't, the individual websites for each one are in the sidebar. <div><br /></div><div>I don't have a specific blogging plan other than to ease into it. I'm not gonna set any huge projects for myself right away. I need this to be spontaneous and fun. This is just a note to express my intention. Less podcast promo, more actual thoughts about things.</div>Michael Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12514945570212261283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-45500429820277253792023-08-14T01:00:00.001-05:002023-08-14T01:00:00.131-05:00After Lunch | Planet of the Apes (1968)<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikSTLX5Jfql3XosNMLNWQ0sJ1qu3eYlPY7cx5jnIYXKiH3-f8erErO6HeYqPiyu6rt69qT29mv1I_Qb6xmnw8axnH2TbYO-CvnRGD2opX68jv2qtKHYB9_hjMEoedkGhZhQFhDZ0VaW3UPBpfoFxsvt9ILutAUzT4gwk8z_gNvOdcYOvFrivXxadUIjSA/s1600/201-PotA68.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1026" data-original-width="2304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikSTLX5Jfql3XosNMLNWQ0sJ1qu3eYlPY7cx5jnIYXKiH3-f8erErO6HeYqPiyu6rt69qT29mv1I_Qb6xmnw8axnH2TbYO-CvnRGD2opX68jv2qtKHYB9_hjMEoedkGhZhQFhDZ0VaW3UPBpfoFxsvt9ILutAUzT4gwk8z_gNvOdcYOvFrivXxadUIjSA/s1600/201-PotA68.jpg" width="700" /></a></div>
Rob, Pax, and I visit the Planet of the Apes! Kicking off a bunch of discussions about the simian series, we start with a quick conversation about Pierre Boulle's novel before exploring the 1968 movie that started a phenomenon. <div><br /></div><div><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/nerdlunch/AfterLunch201-PotA68.mp3" target="_blank">Download MP3</a></div>Michael Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12514945570212261283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-45178184635500952182023-08-07T01:00:00.001-05:002023-08-07T01:00:00.138-05:00After Lunch | Diamonds Are Forever (1971)<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg4jNjWkjXYEArLfyCZ1AuB2vvZckFYPtYXtQO78MjB0LAnh_Ke60R2dQl3-vultAXHiLxIJndYOj1lL-mKG-CiTBzulDW1649ZOGVNdOfE4s2qdSM_f93rAbw9hH0XPAaI1_eGef-CVYxGgRqwYYzVLzN8iFdPcKII73zAlwQT3KQRU_vLQiOZErrkVk/s1600/200-DiamondsAreForever.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1419" data-original-width="2326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg4jNjWkjXYEArLfyCZ1AuB2vvZckFYPtYXtQO78MjB0LAnh_Ke60R2dQl3-vultAXHiLxIJndYOj1lL-mKG-CiTBzulDW1649ZOGVNdOfE4s2qdSM_f93rAbw9hH0XPAaI1_eGef-CVYxGgRqwYYzVLzN8iFdPcKII73zAlwQT3KQRU_vLQiOZErrkVk/s1600/200-DiamondsAreForever.jpeg" width="700" /></a></div>
On the 200th episode of <i>After Lunch</i>, Rob, Karen Flieger, and I close out the Sean Connery era of the Bond films with <i>Diamonds Are Forever</i>. We talk about the return of Connery, whether it's a worthy follow-up to <i>On Her Majesty's Secret Service</i>, and the wisdom of hiring a jazz musician and Crispin Glover's dad to play assassins. The movie's directed by <i>Goldfinger</i>'s Guy Hamilton and also stars Jill St John, Charles Gray, Lana Wood, and Jimmy Dean.<div><br /></div><div><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/nerdlunch/AfterLunch200-DiamondsAreForever.mp3" target="_blank">Download MP3</a></div>
Michael Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12514945570212261283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-49360942120541481762023-08-04T01:00:00.001-05:002023-08-04T01:00:00.138-05:00Hellbent for Letterbox | The Walking Hills (1949)<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-aiSrHfjqxLALfA5tHSSCeq2hrNU6nQ_fDV8Id22GrPDQqpcCmd8NnH5XEZ0aPwblJTangn865BTkLhJb6y-V7O8XMmdLvswe9fAoQc7UbzLHIkpzoCNn92AtEv9xhcZq0F8fLa6mzvXKOjni-TZmi-C_JUHHYKzJVa5Hlpizc24hgb6ztK-l7RdPaUg/s1600/walkinghills.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1457" data-original-width="924" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-aiSrHfjqxLALfA5tHSSCeq2hrNU6nQ_fDV8Id22GrPDQqpcCmd8NnH5XEZ0aPwblJTangn865BTkLhJb6y-V7O8XMmdLvswe9fAoQc7UbzLHIkpzoCNn92AtEv9xhcZq0F8fLa6mzvXKOjni-TZmi-C_JUHHYKzJVa5Hlpizc24hgb6ztK-l7RdPaUg/s1600/walkinghills.jpg" width="700" /></a></div>
I accidentally pulled a fast one and made Pax watch a non-historical Western, John Sturges' <i>The Walking Hills</i>. It stars Randolph Scott and Ella Raines as two members of a party that enters the desert dunes looking for a lost wagon train and (according to legend) the gold that it was carrying.<div><br /></div><div>But even though the movie takes place in the 1940s, the comic Pax read does not: the <i>Sixth Gun </i>mini-series <i>Shadow Roads</i>.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/hellbentforletterbox/hellbent142-walkinghills.mp3" target="_blank">Download MP3<br /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5XaSO1tcE_naELE8eR49YLsE2fuLmoJ-mh_7UUgjHSwc2pbldnmRhzl9RnGYfkuiM5zb9K5-Pegz73Nfjfnc1buwKYLZ2YzQyvI19FU-cu8SXTidyWwmySLZbDdKIt5pW7HIjUCAhKTH5B_vW-HACwus6n4a95x0piHh9BCcEecHl1VClb3n7HSxYg_g/s1600/shadowroads.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1845" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5XaSO1tcE_naELE8eR49YLsE2fuLmoJ-mh_7UUgjHSwc2pbldnmRhzl9RnGYfkuiM5zb9K5-Pegz73Nfjfnc1buwKYLZ2YzQyvI19FU-cu8SXTidyWwmySLZbDdKIt5pW7HIjUCAhKTH5B_vW-HACwus6n4a95x0piHh9BCcEecHl1VClb3n7HSxYg_g/s1600/shadowroads.jpeg" width="700" /></a></div></div>Michael Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12514945570212261283noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-4800694020260715102023-08-02T01:00:00.001-05:002023-08-02T01:00:00.134-05:00After Lunch | Introducing: After Midnight<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP_haMRg_seDh0rCaUrWZ-ViFuxqcWQbtn77HGU9d2nVOeq-5fwXT32lhaD5fLJ7_0EAE3ql3B8YbjB7IbZj8p5-6ArkV84W-VGuJYx-4ckAsKsNxlHOTMoNcE-mcb86I0N6XjbyKZKHAEm335dV42x1H7o6xgMLoDGe70eyC3kF5bQfM4CbqIwkq5Qv8/s1600/199-aftermidnightintro.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1001" data-original-width="1500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP_haMRg_seDh0rCaUrWZ-ViFuxqcWQbtn77HGU9d2nVOeq-5fwXT32lhaD5fLJ7_0EAE3ql3B8YbjB7IbZj8p5-6ArkV84W-VGuJYx-4ckAsKsNxlHOTMoNcE-mcb86I0N6XjbyKZKHAEm335dV42x1H7o6xgMLoDGe70eyC3kF5bQfM4CbqIwkq5Qv8/s1600/199-aftermidnightintro.jpeg" width="700" /></a></div>
We're soon going to start a new horror-focused series of episodes called <i>After Lunch After Midnight</i> featuring Michael and his pal Jessica Hickman. It's sort of a spin-off of another podcast called <i>Filthy Horrors </i>that they did together with their mutual pal Darla Ecklund. So to introduce <i>After Midnight</i>, we thought it might be good to rerun the first episode of <i>Filthy Horrors </i>in which Jess, Darla, and Michael talk about their history with horror, the kinds of horror they like, and lots of examples of favorite horror movies, TV shows, books, and comics.<div><br /></div><div><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/nerdlunch/AfterLunch199-AfterMidnightIntro.mp3" target="_blank">Download MP3</a></div>Michael Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12514945570212261283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-42260423095610968372023-07-31T01:00:00.001-05:002023-07-31T01:00:00.141-05:00After Lunch | Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning, Part One (2023)<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh11as0sbetGDHvDHoCI0pHHsqbo2Qsv_7t-sRykOOA6l52HDMRrNm2KnhHNXAgsK9V0HzGGwTZmkLXfVQAJmnCg3xqndxoE5w0Z0ICiqcApFCWBadDA02rfDz-Z084sxx98SiX-MTiD4un6tSHJlaqmBvQZzAv2ncwlKYPgdnzdcIUceHTytOqS6cjKKo/s1600/198-MIDeadReckoning1.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1245" data-original-width="2000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh11as0sbetGDHvDHoCI0pHHsqbo2Qsv_7t-sRykOOA6l52HDMRrNm2KnhHNXAgsK9V0HzGGwTZmkLXfVQAJmnCg3xqndxoE5w0Z0ICiqcApFCWBadDA02rfDz-Z084sxx98SiX-MTiD4un6tSHJlaqmBvQZzAv2ncwlKYPgdnzdcIUceHTytOqS6cjKKo/s1600/198-MIDeadReckoning1.jpeg" width="700" /></a></div>
Rob and I wrap our <i>Mission: Impossible</i> movies watch-through (for now) with the new entry in the series: <i>Dead Reckoning, Part One</i>. We talk about all the spoilers and whether second viewings changed our perspective on anything. Well, one thing in particular, but sure, everything else, too.<div><br /></div><div><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/nerdlunch/AfterLunch198-DeadReckoning1.mp3" target="_blank">Download MP3</a></div>Michael Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12514945570212261283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-17175267904009172532023-07-28T01:00:00.001-05:002023-07-28T01:00:00.141-05:00After Lunch | After Dinner Lounge – A Mission: Impossible Level Puzzle<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-lGBG774JfK2KQRhkt5bBisJmFVvsPuZvxy959b--vl-VtpoLaRU-c1bywftWIEqhSj8cNCx7ftyLzkCicxms_bYfeevBvHAx5O5VCbOycel79SrptJfOKKI-1LiShTv6tGzlpixJwUHq4RaeackdVZmloVhaGoZtxSUfBeilBlK64SX7jimtpGXf0vo/s1600/197-Lounge30b.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="955" data-original-width="1685" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-lGBG774JfK2KQRhkt5bBisJmFVvsPuZvxy959b--vl-VtpoLaRU-c1bywftWIEqhSj8cNCx7ftyLzkCicxms_bYfeevBvHAx5O5VCbOycel79SrptJfOKKI-1LiShTv6tGzlpixJwUHq4RaeackdVZmloVhaGoZtxSUfBeilBlK64SX7jimtpGXf0vo/s1600/197-Lounge30b.jpeg" width="700" /></a></div>
Rob, Pax, and I finish this month's Lounge with discussion about our personal movie rating systems, Sherry Thomas’ Lady Sherlock series, Daniel Pemberton movie scores, <i>The Haunting of Bly Manor</i>, the second season of <i>Schmigadoon!</i>, more about <i>Ted Lasso</i>, Kate Beckinsale in <i>Love & Friendship</i>, <i>Nimona</i>, modern Luddites, <i>The Flash</i>, <i>Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny</i>, Alamo Drafthouse, our top three favorite comic book artists, <i>Transformers: Rise of the Beasts</i>, maybe a little bit about the new <i>Mission: Impossible</i> movie, and much much more.<div><br /></div><div><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/nerdlunch/AfterLunch197-Lounge30b.mp3" target="_blank">Download MP3</a></div>Michael Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12514945570212261283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-13803006386055076202023-07-26T01:00:00.001-05:002023-07-26T01:00:00.140-05:00After Lunch | After Dinner Lounge – Sniff This Microphone<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHaRxI_eoMWqepdNvqATiraNzGCvZMUn7t7r4ypiC3ab2WJmEXJj1_1rMQL2PR442QmmB_4MgEVZ0hsPPnVAPYTv9jzdmQpPuppLN8UT6vgxH3ok4RHULSL-BV9QBc2N3UreEX_ch6oj69B8a7eNRJV4uHx9Ifb5V4k5sB4MGOgUmRRML6Mi-Lg63oOYk/s1600/196-Lounge30a.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3657" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHaRxI_eoMWqepdNvqATiraNzGCvZMUn7t7r4ypiC3ab2WJmEXJj1_1rMQL2PR442QmmB_4MgEVZ0hsPPnVAPYTv9jzdmQpPuppLN8UT6vgxH3ok4RHULSL-BV9QBc2N3UreEX_ch6oj69B8a7eNRJV4uHx9Ifb5V4k5sB4MGOgUmRRML6Mi-Lg63oOYk/s1600/196-Lounge30a.jpeg" width="700" /></a></div>Rob, Pax, and I chat about farting soulmates, '90s revamped superheroes, Pax’s idea for a <i>Batman</i> ‘66 Season 4 crossover, Philip Marlowe in <i>The Little Sister</i>, Hammer Frankenstein and the <i>Hammer House of Podcast</i>, Men both Gray and Thin, weekly comics reading, crappy Spider-Man novels, the darkening of the Harry Potter books, and lots of other things.
<div><br /></div><div><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/nerdlunch/AfterLunch196-Lounge30a.mp3" target="_blank">Download MP3</a></div>Michael Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12514945570212261283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-78116129765953331972023-07-24T01:00:00.001-05:002023-07-24T01:00:00.130-05:00After Lunch | Star Trek: Discovery, Season 4x<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEshQH_qEqA-UUIH4SijLuDgC9nCmzUKRyzGmJbyJijKZXDpAk-49OQSqDVQemsYTbD7AWAiz2zTI04V1lsJ-NyZceMgr-sMyONx5DjGSvbizd9d9xrj1Jt8DOHQqgAfyunCkNK1Y4tUyp2oGU_UZ6xkupmNJ-uPxheHuP6HrXRfvIApcmslTOb856wQo/s1600/195-DiscoveryS4.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1071" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEshQH_qEqA-UUIH4SijLuDgC9nCmzUKRyzGmJbyJijKZXDpAk-49OQSqDVQemsYTbD7AWAiz2zTI04V1lsJ-NyZceMgr-sMyONx5DjGSvbizd9d9xrj1Jt8DOHQqgAfyunCkNK1Y4tUyp2oGU_UZ6xkupmNJ-uPxheHuP6HrXRfvIApcmslTOb856wQo/s1600/195-DiscoveryS4.jpeg" width="700" /></a></div>
Rob, Delaney, and I continue our <i>Star Trek</i> Trek with season 4 of <i>Discovery</i>. Find out what we thought of the butterfly people, the new Federation President, all that jargon (The DMA! Species 10-C! The Orb! The Hyperfield!), and the most contentious element of the season: Zora. <div><br /></div><div><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/nerdlunch/AfterLunch195-Discovery4.mp3" target="_blank">Download MP3</a></div>Michael Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12514945570212261283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-34069260664047505972023-07-21T01:00:00.001-05:002023-07-22T11:46:46.276-05:00Hellbent for Letterbox | The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox (1976)<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6txFqKiD5UySOe6nvcebMmxZWtBow9Xk9WpPPHD_UTfz0IR-RiJ5Viw5SK0m1Rah8J972k34s1J7OQz7gzxwWMkVNVyTflG4RLLAF_356Zr8qAuZ-A3kO8E_SEoB23-2k26oFOZQHEl1mx0aPJJCYg3AgHmb-nw5MeJAqT_tArLcD-Y4BN_2v7AnfzbU/s1600/duchessdirtwater.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="1992" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6txFqKiD5UySOe6nvcebMmxZWtBow9Xk9WpPPHD_UTfz0IR-RiJ5Viw5SK0m1Rah8J972k34s1J7OQz7gzxwWMkVNVyTflG4RLLAF_356Zr8qAuZ-A3kO8E_SEoB23-2k26oFOZQHEl1mx0aPJJCYg3AgHmb-nw5MeJAqT_tArLcD-Y4BN_2v7AnfzbU/s1600/duchessdirtwater.jpeg" width="700" /></a></div>
Pax and I touch the plums on Western-comedy <i>The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox</i>, starring Goldie Hawn and George Segal.<div><br /></div><div>Also: I vote for Lee Van Cleef as a bounty-hunter-turned-politician in <i>The Big Gundown</i>.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/hellbentforletterbox/The_Duchess_and_the_Dirtwater_Fox_1976.mp3" target="_blank">Download MP3</a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY0a73P290T7g7teedchkdkfZe694nnL01f-3Jz39qjAgtb0kfgkeAK5xiaLP-0K5uGaXJOgtbPQvXcSMgY0tUWM1-OFQe1XIFawoNR7REPRLF6kCvubUpZR4e9ca9tQyohCPhdQCsbYDAqEuvpUqn_qcFZQ7v8VzTeKCe84U-mERRa_cFX8_C2PsMZto/s1600/BigGundownWide.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="2290" data-original-width="2931" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY0a73P290T7g7teedchkdkfZe694nnL01f-3Jz39qjAgtb0kfgkeAK5xiaLP-0K5uGaXJOgtbPQvXcSMgY0tUWM1-OFQe1XIFawoNR7REPRLF6kCvubUpZR4e9ca9tQyohCPhdQCsbYDAqEuvpUqn_qcFZQ7v8VzTeKCe84U-mERRa_cFX8_C2PsMZto/s1600/BigGundownWide.jpg" width="700" /></a></div>Michael Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12514945570212261283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-32374916364636498912023-07-17T01:00:00.001-05:002023-07-17T01:00:00.136-05:00After Lunch | The Hasbro Cinematic Universe<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXCMOryaUkQnNTvavjRXhovijKC1ulvlXCvG_55VOAW45XR13a3iJ9NnNX9ab6AJb2TOg45evdaze-zGr-TnkCKQhxGeUk4clOMI2WQwEUlQ5icP6kEcd0lbSY7h2E8pRSnJrPgeLeW8bBOfEW6DLCKNsGJPlFPxmXOGfQcE6l_ybbDAywY_GrhMWUwBs/s1600/194-HasbroCinematicUniverse.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="926" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXCMOryaUkQnNTvavjRXhovijKC1ulvlXCvG_55VOAW45XR13a3iJ9NnNX9ab6AJb2TOg45evdaze-zGr-TnkCKQhxGeUk4clOMI2WQwEUlQ5icP6kEcd0lbSY7h2E8pRSnJrPgeLeW8bBOfEW6DLCKNsGJPlFPxmXOGfQcE6l_ybbDAywY_GrhMWUwBs/s1600/194-HasbroCinematicUniverse.jpg" width="700" /></a></div>As Hasbro begins building its cinematic universe in real life, Rob and I welcome Jeeg and my son, David to talk about how <i>we </i>would do it. Following the MCU model, each person has picked a Hasbro game or toy to adapt into a movie that then connects somehow into the other movies, all leading to an <i>Avengers</i>-style crossover blockbuster. Madness or genius? You decide!<div><br /></div><div><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/nerdlunch/AfterLunch194-HasbroCinematicUniverse.mp3" target="_blank">Download MP3</a></div>Michael Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12514945570212261283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-9005877954444883542023-07-14T01:00:00.001-05:002023-07-14T01:00:00.144-05:00Seriously Felicity | Getting Lucky<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf8u5_rxIfsGyV-BcsSyPcakzZKWrvU7ZXoDmF7-oVNzjVqY8dDYlw_CrkOTKWykxol22ydlO7eUaL3xMkdLZjC6zSy_qI19LitQ_0odyx79PsrDT1pHR5pUo2hdC1MKkbmBmcmON_e58LGvxwXW7AEdWfSVNM4pmmZitByOVvkXsJsdI7387jF4xW2Bg/s1600/SF207.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="2149" data-original-width="2808" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf8u5_rxIfsGyV-BcsSyPcakzZKWrvU7ZXoDmF7-oVNzjVqY8dDYlw_CrkOTKWykxol22ydlO7eUaL3xMkdLZjC6zSy_qI19LitQ_0odyx79PsrDT1pHR5pUo2hdC1MKkbmBmcmON_e58LGvxwXW7AEdWfSVNM4pmmZitByOVvkXsJsdI7387jF4xW2Bg/s1600/SF207.jpg" width="700" /></a></div>Kristi and I adopt a stray, try to remember a movie, and order a butterfly cake.<div><br /></div><div><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/seriouslyfelicity/SF207-GettingLucky.mp3" target="_blank">Download MP3</a></div>
Michael Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12514945570212261283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-36990221559548578532023-07-10T01:00:00.001-05:002023-07-10T01:00:00.144-05:00After Lunch | The Man from UNCLE (2015)<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAZ3zWk9_dQ9H9ETcjmJunrsLV9FWWVrlwHAY0Dv1RBNn0hpCQWnbMG-A2_e0tR9rClPFMNRtGy8ED88iC0vC20am3QGSlCz2c-DXDutanJb3_CBDrWaNwKLkFKnTN-MA8qLrXqdG036z6EOZBpSMO4BZLgiM2BEJwsCxLc5uTMdquxJ7knlmszqXtgno/s1600/193-ManFromUNCLE2015.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="951" data-original-width="1709" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAZ3zWk9_dQ9H9ETcjmJunrsLV9FWWVrlwHAY0Dv1RBNn0hpCQWnbMG-A2_e0tR9rClPFMNRtGy8ED88iC0vC20am3QGSlCz2c-DXDutanJb3_CBDrWaNwKLkFKnTN-MA8qLrXqdG036z6EOZBpSMO4BZLgiM2BEJwsCxLc5uTMdquxJ7knlmszqXtgno/s1600/193-ManFromUNCLE2015.jpeg" width="700" /></a></div>
While Rob and I wait for <i>Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning, Part One</i> to come out, we follow up Henry Cavill's performance in <i>Fallout</i> with another Cavill spy movie, Guy Ritchie's <i>The Man from UNCLE</i>.<div><br /></div><div><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/nerdlunch/AfterLunch193-ManFromUNCLE.mp3" target="_blank">Download MP3</a></div>Michael Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12514945570212261283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-83672823982665248502023-07-07T01:00:00.001-05:002023-07-07T01:00:00.142-05:00After Lunch | On Her Majesty's Secret Christmas<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZatLSBZ55KnIbGJt5IDViCOcCBSQ3bSJ1spayvyBrnlC7kuKFwyVjp9EKA_UF4wwoefzMv28zBpheShqm5RVAUtredXa0JK7zmph9lE8Q18TFAtTQMf5sxWlHojo_iVEfkV9koNEndbyhOX_fy3b_ptTwUODu3XkOz4bNzUHyEqNwt5FKz-XONd-LkOc/s1600/192-OHMSXMas.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1493" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZatLSBZ55KnIbGJt5IDViCOcCBSQ3bSJ1spayvyBrnlC7kuKFwyVjp9EKA_UF4wwoefzMv28zBpheShqm5RVAUtredXa0JK7zmph9lE8Q18TFAtTQMf5sxWlHojo_iVEfkV9koNEndbyhOX_fy3b_ptTwUODu3XkOz4bNzUHyEqNwt5FKz-XONd-LkOc/s1600/192-OHMSXMas.jpg" width="700" /></a></div>
Since we just talked about <i>On Her Majesty's Secret Service </i>last episode, now seems like a good time to revisit this conversation from my old <i>Sleigh Bell Cinema </i>podcast in which I talk with Carlin Trammel about the movie and how (or if) it functions as a Christmas movie.<div><br /></div><div><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/nerdlunch/AfterLunch192-OHMSXMas.mp3" target="_blank">Download MP3</a></div>Michael Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12514945570212261283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-66006716001939512852023-07-03T01:00:00.001-05:002023-07-03T01:00:00.137-05:00After Lunch | On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipa30t2CeKQPC34AXUog1yreIbZEGmTIj2s0PzHfqoBOD_sImdXs4cT63xUPcfVUIIhuaaz05bHen-WZajqNmZSa2UUG4yaPWb0y63nMmIhV5zz4xapdtZm-kfJT5VQO1xF7bYOCvs3L09tZcgJtRLvLaC3jpj4G0vhNDHM0vCJ6Fh9Pehzj9Xgl6FdLA/s1600/191-OHMSS.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="558" data-original-width="904" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipa30t2CeKQPC34AXUog1yreIbZEGmTIj2s0PzHfqoBOD_sImdXs4cT63xUPcfVUIIhuaaz05bHen-WZajqNmZSa2UUG4yaPWb0y63nMmIhV5zz4xapdtZm-kfJT5VQO1xF7bYOCvs3L09tZcgJtRLvLaC3jpj4G0vhNDHM0vCJ6Fh9Pehzj9Xgl6FdLA/s1600/191-OHMSS.jpeg" width="700" /></a></div>
After some <i>Goldfinger</i> and <i>Thunderball</i> trivia that you can play along with, Rob, Karen Flieger, and I talk about George Lazenby's grounded and human James Bond, Diana Riggs' lovely and kickass Tracy di Vicenzo, and Telly Savalas' tough and brutish Ernst Stavro Blofeld. It's an unusual entry in the series, but is it also good? Once we settle that, we wrap with some <i>On Her Majesty's Secret Service </i>trivia, too.<div><br /></div><div><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/nerdlunch/AfterLunch191-OHMSS.mp3" target="_blank">Download MP3</a></div>Michael Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12514945570212261283noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-67718002491929193212023-06-30T01:31:00.000-05:002023-06-30T01:31:07.846-05:00After Lunch | After Dinner Lounge – This Changes a Man<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn2tNwaZQC9qavY1ERRpqKznOVSPmLZE0s5l_V86FX1RZMNKnsbmgP5YVH7C0iKkLENjsTyqbYgo49OwqRTeeB47-55DiKJaB5xzAJc-KpIYfa0OJWRE2dMP50loUfHWCccVXV0yUuZVx5VlN9CUCQrlmOywIZhyGbZ12rBny9IuUvFO6cNv_nPT1NSXo/s1600/190-Lounge29b.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="637" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn2tNwaZQC9qavY1ERRpqKznOVSPmLZE0s5l_V86FX1RZMNKnsbmgP5YVH7C0iKkLENjsTyqbYgo49OwqRTeeB47-55DiKJaB5xzAJc-KpIYfa0OJWRE2dMP50loUfHWCccVXV0yUuZVx5VlN9CUCQrlmOywIZhyGbZ12rBny9IuUvFO6cNv_nPT1NSXo/s1600/190-Lounge29b.jpeg" width="700" /></a></div>
Rob, Michael DiGiovanni, and I talk about <i>The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,</i> <i>Star Wars Visions</i> Season 2, <i>Ted Lasso </i>Season 3, <i>Unicorn: Warriors Eternal</i>, the <i>Our Man Flint</i> movies, Hammer's Frankenstein movies, <i>Peter Pan and Wendy</i> (2023), streaming service avatars, <i>Fast X</i>, <i>Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse</i>, <i>Silo</i>, Disney’s Stan Lee documentary, how our buying and reading of comics has changed, aging and wisdom, budgeting entertainment time, and other things we've been watching and thinking about.<div><br /></div><div><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/nerdlunch/AfterLunch190-Lounge29b.mp3" target="_blank">Download MP3</a></div>Michael Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12514945570212261283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-26305572831081224892023-06-26T01:00:00.001-05:002023-06-26T01:00:00.138-05:00After Lunch | After Dinner Lounge – Flintstones Calisthenics<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQuWZa87zvxdwF1AiOarOcJjcUNHIvw_46ZOUm4u5kXkbc2_d5zTp0-zWP7KahQP5uA4x4oof5vBtrdCW-_2UIIRx-5JtMOmUYYXBkXx0F5fbphIejvy0SBUkz3Sd2Ie8MWTYsv5MzF9WkvzAYkUy7jzIKIpALwt74oYkN_aiC1I1MIy1NvjwwwLmSE34/s1600/189-Lounge29a.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1150" data-original-width="2000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQuWZa87zvxdwF1AiOarOcJjcUNHIvw_46ZOUm4u5kXkbc2_d5zTp0-zWP7KahQP5uA4x4oof5vBtrdCW-_2UIIRx-5JtMOmUYYXBkXx0F5fbphIejvy0SBUkz3Sd2Ie8MWTYsv5MzF9WkvzAYkUy7jzIKIpALwt74oYkN_aiC1I1MIy1NvjwwwLmSE34/s1600/189-Lounge29a.jpeg" width="700" /></a></div>
As Pax recovers from vacation, Evan returns to the Lounge for a bit with me, Rob, and guest-lounger Michael DiGiovanni. In this first half of the discussion, the conversation includes butt tattoos, underwear preferences, Joe Hill, nepotism, how horror works in books vs film, jazz trombone, William T Riker, Fourth Chair Carryover Questions, the difference between the book and movie versions of <i>Prisoner of Azkaban</i>, The New Classic Film Jerks, the Off Panel comic book interview podcast, the Purple Stuff podcast, letting your kids introduce you to new music, celebrity podcasts, <i>Action Comics</i>, Dawn of DC, <i>Star Trek: Double Double</i> by Michael Jan Friedman, Cassandra Cain as Batgirl, and X-Men comics.<div><br /></div><div><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/nerdlunch/AfterLunch189-Lounge29a.mp3" target="_blank">Download MP3</a></div>
Michael Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12514945570212261283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-61894827493994467342023-06-19T01:00:00.001-05:002023-06-19T01:00:00.146-05:00After Lunch | Batman (1966), Season 4<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqYXkhGhBE3UUK3TqHqZVTQIK2YNImfdxMQoMGIjhSTv__qpi5tsl-1ZuDfRuVpyvcnyQqPODR4r6Tl2PjnG4a3j1EWX0ottPtWnKTs5ezpC4IcbqHhHqlUYN4MUoZBlBfPBHkr4CogIG_CpXiWLbwC1OEjsAU8ekbKEBU3GkWCJt3p2me5yEzFEFF/s1600/188-BatmanS4.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="685" data-original-width="1668" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqYXkhGhBE3UUK3TqHqZVTQIK2YNImfdxMQoMGIjhSTv__qpi5tsl-1ZuDfRuVpyvcnyQqPODR4r6Tl2PjnG4a3j1EWX0ottPtWnKTs5ezpC4IcbqHhHqlUYN4MUoZBlBfPBHkr4CogIG_CpXiWLbwC1OEjsAU8ekbKEBU3GkWCJt3p2me5yEzFEFF/s1600/188-BatmanS4.jpeg" width="700" /></a></div>
Rob and I welcome Erik Johnson and Noel Thingvall to create a fourth season of the Adam West <i>Batman </i>series by crossing it over with other late-'60s TV shows. In addition to the new guest-characters, some of the stories also include new villains pulled from comics of the day and played by popular actors of the period. <div><br /></div><div><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/nerdlunch/AfterLunch188-BatmanS4.mp3" target="_blank">Download MP3</a></div>Michael Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12514945570212261283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-75304990828033996842023-06-16T01:00:00.001-05:002023-06-16T01:00:00.141-05:00Seriously Felicity | The Love Bug<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ws5g4iHVVEaRHd0HOnWODjUtefKmgf5SCHjSphE31N163OPkTy2U1e_YRgtBzDEPPB1oychuJ2v3rRFyI6TCTWij2VXbos3XRzm5Hk0CIgicLKRYa-Gn88MSDqxV6H3XBti9b7bhQUT1v2Lp4Hh2oN0-2EVPHlN7Js46ox-PuZgwgMDUONvvMDOU/s1600/SF206.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="2149" data-original-width="2822" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ws5g4iHVVEaRHd0HOnWODjUtefKmgf5SCHjSphE31N163OPkTy2U1e_YRgtBzDEPPB1oychuJ2v3rRFyI6TCTWij2VXbos3XRzm5Hk0CIgicLKRYa-Gn88MSDqxV6H3XBti9b7bhQUT1v2Lp4Hh2oN0-2EVPHlN7Js46ox-PuZgwgMDUONvvMDOU/s1600/SF206.jpg" width="700" /></a></div>
Kristi and I blow off midterms, audition for a movie, and try to avoid getting mono.<div><br /></div><div><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/seriouslyfelicity/SF206-LoveBug.mp3" target="_blank">Download MP3</a></div>Michael Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12514945570212261283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-25855461493512292452023-06-12T01:00:00.001-05:002023-06-12T01:00:00.134-05:00After Lunch | Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg31FrBR8rvDpojQ93XS_A4p_HhfWzD6Mvuf4iV_ElSGCAIu-YI5qk-s78RuElN9RIKOy1tzHj114oOurhdgkpkC-LxIqkIvbXj_hJTMWwhdLmoMW3697lZ4ROXe6JKQVPQ8-cvN7pZqv5OsdW47AmIZRpSGiRWA9ftnU4n6-2jlQOvaV_Bg8ujJcUg/s1600/187-MIFallout.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="1049" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg31FrBR8rvDpojQ93XS_A4p_HhfWzD6Mvuf4iV_ElSGCAIu-YI5qk-s78RuElN9RIKOy1tzHj114oOurhdgkpkC-LxIqkIvbXj_hJTMWwhdLmoMW3697lZ4ROXe6JKQVPQ8-cvN7pZqv5OsdW47AmIZRpSGiRWA9ftnU4n6-2jlQOvaV_Bg8ujJcUg/s1600/187-MIFallout.jpeg" width="700" /></a></div>
Rob and I finish our <i>Mission: Impossible </i>movies catch-up with a discussion of <i>Fallout</i>. Henry Cavill, Vanessa Kirby, and Angela Bassett join the series while other favorites return. But is that, plus emotional closure and fantastic stunts, enough to make this one of our favorite in the series?<div><br /></div><div><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/nerdlunch/AfterLunch187-MIFallout.mp3" target="_blank">Download MP3</a></div>Michael Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12514945570212261283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-4584526902433865532023-06-09T01:00:00.001-05:002023-06-09T01:00:00.143-05:00Hellbent for Letterbox | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji3KV-GTArphDXI_DaJFN5d318uhiHBpSw3WS7sRmYHuso29xaFTqAJq4lpZVSnEMRBz4Tbo2uUzndVMiwVmWz7nVRC_z2jQv6V49br0IuU5j3RoU8wWYBZcJ4Cn8foSxuxj65t-CfDrNuuozFfajPkZmNoNbZVdFDBR0WNFbt53aYThm73PIBF8Jb/s1600/1.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="1944" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji3KV-GTArphDXI_DaJFN5d318uhiHBpSw3WS7sRmYHuso29xaFTqAJq4lpZVSnEMRBz4Tbo2uUzndVMiwVmWz7nVRC_z2jQv6V49br0IuU5j3RoU8wWYBZcJ4Cn8foSxuxj65t-CfDrNuuozFfajPkZmNoNbZVdFDBR0WNFbt53aYThm73PIBF8Jb/s1600/1.jpg" width="700" /></a></div>Pax and I watch the Coen Brothers' anthology movie, <i>The Ballad of Buster Scruggs</i>. Plus, Pax listens to the <i>1001 Stories from the Old West </i>podcast and I watch <i>The Secret of Convict Lake</i> (1951) and <i>Calamity Jane and Sam Bass</i> (1949).<div><br /></div><div><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/hellbentforletterbox/hellbent140-balladbuster.mp3" target="_blank">Download MP3<br /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi56nDzQP350NxGVyvuOK_RQpZfKW-PkrNHTEm369WStS_HyPqBFRlBuPtaZV2tMCxEfkRByItFaIHd6TDitcsmKc70GfZTO44UMD-v-6PKsMvulk6T9tI47Ty7jOkvNmmztg_arCkQED65LtqDLVRXuyKwblgcVmGCEeHD0y_T7cVEo3vGplp0skxD/s1600/2.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi56nDzQP350NxGVyvuOK_RQpZfKW-PkrNHTEm369WStS_HyPqBFRlBuPtaZV2tMCxEfkRByItFaIHd6TDitcsmKc70GfZTO44UMD-v-6PKsMvulk6T9tI47Ty7jOkvNmmztg_arCkQED65LtqDLVRXuyKwblgcVmGCEeHD0y_T7cVEo3vGplp0skxD/s1600/2.jpeg" width="700" /></a></div>
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Michael Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12514945570212261283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-10248751998653370352023-06-02T01:00:00.001-05:002023-06-02T01:00:00.132-05:00After Lunch | After Dinner Lounge – Technical Difficulties<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN8NePLUP0cSIUUyMHuHPqls_-jJI5vAyUnfYFRDg9tiDUcWO2csSszeI0tzw4AD73n3IUjaKjes__7nqBMPyXrLZmMX_r_rBP2-sH655q1cf7_OXZLZCahR60dJxzynT-j_sv0iQJLiNhr4TXP8ZdFD66AMrYRC8m7-owoqOPeMfY6VDu8aYiZhWG/s1600/185-Lounge28b.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="973" data-original-width="1369" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN8NePLUP0cSIUUyMHuHPqls_-jJI5vAyUnfYFRDg9tiDUcWO2csSszeI0tzw4AD73n3IUjaKjes__7nqBMPyXrLZmMX_r_rBP2-sH655q1cf7_OXZLZCahR60dJxzynT-j_sv0iQJLiNhr4TXP8ZdFD66AMrYRC8m7-owoqOPeMfY6VDu8aYiZhWG/s1600/185-Lounge28b.jpeg" width="700" /></a></div>
Rob, Pax, and I experienced some technical difficulties in the lounge before we got around to thinking about anything this month. But we did get to talk about what we've been watching, including <i>Perry Mason</i> Season 2, <i>John Wick Chapter 4</i>, <i>The Super Mario Bros Movie</i>, <i>Renfield</i>, <i>Sisu</i>, <i>Strange New Worlds</i>, <i>Air</i>, <i>Fast X</i>, Bruce Lee, Philip Marlowe, <i>The Black Phone</i>, and <i>Star Trek: Lower Decks</i>. <div><br /></div><div><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/nerdlunch/AfterLunch185-Lounge28b.mp3" target="_blank">Download MP3</a></div>
Michael Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12514945570212261283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-38877986532909808542023-05-29T01:00:00.001-05:002023-05-29T01:00:00.140-05:00After Lunch | After Dinner Lounge – Conquering Heroes to the Mall<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdURaH6p34SGqBfQqzeGtKMxmjgp1uv3-yJFYNahfdb1FFcZWlW6PEG6Crr0VsWyTwe1d-8YuKkytf1xBLzSVR-3EDcNIPgbrHbqIAfVwnyBP_UNNc0a8oA0UIBHzAjJ6pvXlebuuTAM-M3dpOYn4BhxgicmkdZ6oyU3FAApw1XdoqjLUoPfXm0cnb/s1600/184-Lounge28a.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="769" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdURaH6p34SGqBfQqzeGtKMxmjgp1uv3-yJFYNahfdb1FFcZWlW6PEG6Crr0VsWyTwe1d-8YuKkytf1xBLzSVR-3EDcNIPgbrHbqIAfVwnyBP_UNNc0a8oA0UIBHzAjJ6pvXlebuuTAM-M3dpOYn4BhxgicmkdZ6oyU3FAApw1XdoqjLUoPfXm0cnb/s1600/184-Lounge28a.jpeg" width="700" /></a></div>Rob, Pax, and I talk about what we've been listening to and reading, including our favorite podcasts and comics, but also Harry Potter audiobooks, Cameron Crowe's novel <i>Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A True Story</i>, <i>Circe</i> by Madeline Miller, Raymond Chandler's <i>The High Window</i>, and additional thoughts on <i>Rogue Nation</i> and <i>Picard</i>, Season 3.<div><br /></div><div>All of this, plus a new Ask Us Anything segment thanks to listener voicemail from our pal <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ramblin-man/id1324871804" target="_blank">Jody Collins</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/nerdlunch/AfterLunch184-Lounge28a.mp3" target="_blank">Download MP3</a></div>
Michael Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12514945570212261283noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7857882.post-80478551177446505502023-05-26T01:00:00.001-05:002023-05-26T01:00:00.130-05:00After Lunch | Dungeons & Dragons, Session Zero - "You Here to Kill Gerald?"<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-rdhf0wxlUgp48k_mp040xS9GLxpsWih7OfZQZwLHlA2WadBKWJZDriW2o2ircbSUUKOpv_KAYwnr98ybORJ6bVRFU8UrablIp4H3IiCP57k1UNhAn2uMmb-ZeaDyPgnGbDwgXb_ZYIc5BtzgDMc2CJsGx1jbMgG_4KlM_9eNkO8_X9_CUtxEnwAH/s1600/183-DNDIntro.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3544" data-original-width="4677" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-rdhf0wxlUgp48k_mp040xS9GLxpsWih7OfZQZwLHlA2WadBKWJZDriW2o2ircbSUUKOpv_KAYwnr98ybORJ6bVRFU8UrablIp4H3IiCP57k1UNhAn2uMmb-ZeaDyPgnGbDwgXb_ZYIc5BtzgDMc2CJsGx1jbMgG_4KlM_9eNkO8_X9_CUtxEnwAH/s1600/183-DNDIntro.jpeg" width="700" /></a></div><div>After Michael, Rob, Jeff Somogyi, and Ben Graham talk briefly about their various experiences playing <i>Dungeons & Dragons</i> and their expectations for the game, Ben leads the rest of the party into a quick encounter with a sheep-stealing griffin. Assuming the group survives, this is the first of a series of adventures that will also see William Bruce West joining the fun in future episodes. Roll a d20 and make a Fun Check.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/nerdlunch/AfterLunch183-DND0.mp3" target="_blank">Download MP3</a></div>Michael Mayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12514945570212261283noreply@blogger.com0