It's everyone's favorite time of year... the time where we celebrate that birth of... Cheesy Christmas movies! I mean, I'm sure there's probably some other significance to this time of year too, but round these parts, we know that the December Holiday Season is all about the seasonal Christmas movie rom coms. And so, it's time for our annual Christmas movie special. This year, Hannah and Mav are joined by retuning guest Jackie Johnson and Sandy Eckard to talk all about this years — actually somewhat limited — crop of new streaming Christmas movie options. Or at least, there seem like there were fewer on the major services than there have in the past. BUT, what's the quality like? Join us on this week's episode to see what we thought...
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Holiday Special 2022!
Holiday Special ’22! It’s our second annual VIDEO holiday special! Featuring reflections on the year that was, too much talk about essay plagiarism, a few technical difficulties, revisiting the top eps of ’22, and a draw for PRIZES! And as usual: You can find Anna on Twitter (@peppard_anna) and at Sequential Scholars (@seqscholars). You can find Andrew on…
e245. Cheesy Christmas Movies IV
It’s that time again. Ever since we started this show, we’ve been in something of a renaissance of Christmas Movies. It all started with films by the likes of the Hallmark Channel, but it has since spread to other networks, perhaps most notably Netflix. In the last few years we’ve made it a habit of…
Excalibur #81: “Beginnings, Middles, and Endings”
Excalibur #81 “Beginnings, Middles, and Endings” Writers: Scott Lobdell & Chris Cooper Pencils: Paul Abrams & Jose Kleber de Moura Jr. Inks: Andrew Pepoy, Keith Champagne & W.C. Carani Colours: Chris Matthys Letters: Dave Sharpe Editors: Bob Harras & Suzanne Gaffney Original publication date: September 1994 This week, we reckon with change and cosmic constants…
e244. An A.I. Took Your Art, Daddy!
If you listen to our show, chances are you’re on the Internet. If you’re on the Internet, then chances are in the last couple weeks you’ve seen a proliferation of people posting A.I. generated selfies in crazy art styles. Then, you’ve perhaps also seen the explosion of controversy over people arguing about whether or not…
Excalibur #80: “Out of Time”
Excalibur #80 “Out of Time” Writers: Scott Lobdell & Chris Cooper Pencils: Amanda Conner Inks: Harry Candelario, Keith Champagne & Randy Elliott Colours: Chris Matthys Letters: Dave Sharpe Editors: Suzanne Gaffney & Bob Harras Original publication date: August 1994 Excalibur #80 might be “Out of Time,” but we’ve got all the time in the world…
Call For Comments: Is AI art or ‘theft’? Yes and No… probably…
From Mav: So, like a lot of other people I used the Lensa app to make myself a collection of random avatars last weekend. Why? Because all of my friends were doing it and if they were all going to jump off a cliff I would too. And yeah, that sounds silly, but honestly, that’s…
e243. What’s in a Name? (or Several)
Sometimes we come up with an episode idea that we just completely mean to be filler. We have no real agenda and not as much research as normal, but we need to fill a week before a much more complicated show and so we just decide “lets have a discussion topic and see how it…
Excalibur #79: “Twisted Logic”
Excalibur #79 “Twisted Logic” Writers: Scott Lobdell & Chris Cooper Pencils: Ken Lashley Inks: Harry Candelario & Randy Elliott Colours: Chris Matthys Letters: Dave Sharpe Editors: Bob Harras & Suzanne Gaffney Original publication date: July 1994 What twisted logic brought us here, to Excalibur #79, “Twisted Logic,” in which the main characters aren’t member of…
Call For Comments: Dual Identities as Single Identities
From Mav: So, while taping my other show, Gosh Golly Wow, we had a brief discussion about how while some of the X-men characters have two names, a public and a privater personal (e.g. Kurt Wagner is Nightcrawler, Scott Summers is Cyclops, and Ororo Monroe is Storm) there are others that have only one single…
e242. A Specifically Very Positive Thanksgiving Ep
If you’ve been watching the news lately you might have noticed that things have been… kind of gloomy. Trump is running for president again. Twitter is imploding. The pandemic is still here. BUT… it’s Thanksgiving! At least it is here in America. Thanksgiving’s origins tell of friendship and togetherness between natives and colonizers. OK, it’s…