This week on the podcast have we got the double feature for you! It’s Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life and Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life, two films which go surprisingly well together and complement each other in some crazy-amusing ways. Let the madness and wonder take a hold as we deal with Dinosaurs and Corporate Pirates.
A rather grotesque toad-like creature tears through the fabric of reality and attacks our heroes in the Upper Reach of Trost. With him comes another maw demon, similar to the creatures they faced in the woods outside of the haberdashery. Not good! It will take everything in the Tiefling’s power to overcome this new threat. Thankfully, they’ve got backup in the form of a Dwarf Cleric and an Eladrin Bard.
Sam talks about how we can combat toxic masculinity like the Fellowship.
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Due to technical difficulties YET AGAIN, Spanakopita isn’t happening this week on the Venture Bros feed. Apologies in advance. Instead we wanted to introduce our Venture Bros audience to the Sam Wise podcast that has been killing it these some 30-40 weeks. Seriously, the show has answers for everything. Enjoy and we’ll work to get Spanakopita to you next week.
Still seen as one of the most iconic horror films of the modern era, Alien has re-written the book on what a Sci Fi Horror film could be, and in doing so, has launched the careers of several influential people in modern cinema. From its humble beginnings to its worldwide phenomenon- even 40 years after its release, Alien still has the power to terrify audiences to this very day.
The brainchild of writers Dan O’Bannon and Ronald Shusett, the story of how Alien came to be is one of risk and timing. Dan O’Bannon worked on a student film called Dark Star with John Carpenter and it was through this that he got into contact with Ronald Shusett. Shusett had heard about Dark Star from a friend and contacted both O’Bannon and Carpenter. After a phone call with both, he found that he had more of a rapport with O’Bannon and invited him to his house. They both decided that they would like to work together on a project, and Shusett had acquired the rights to the Philip K. Dick short story We Can Remember It for You Wholesale. Meanwhile, O’Bannon had been working on his own script about an alien monster that systematically attacks and kills the crew of a space ship. He had written 29 pages so far and was stuck. Shusett read the initial pages and decided that they should focus on O’Bannon’s script as it would be a cheaper film to shoot.
Continue reading In Space They Still Can’t Hear You Scream: The 40th Anniversary of Alien
Matt is a huge film and TV buff who studied film and moving image production at university. In his spare time he enjoys reading comics and books, the occasional gaming session and writing novels.
Today our heroes take the way back machine and relive the glory of their gaming youth.
This week on the podcast our pal Matt Dykes came back to the states from across the pond YET AGAIN to talk about one of his favorite movies of all time: Die Hard.
With all itches scratched, the party decides to make good on a long-standing quest to bring a locket to a gnome painter in the educational district of the city. They enlist the help of Bramran and a reluctant Tris to get them to their destination without any trouble. Unfortunately for tiefling in Trost, trouble is as certain as the storm lord himself.
A letter writer is having trouble with a difficult family member, and Sam takes ‘em to Rohan. She also tells men to stop putting the boor in Boromir.
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This week on the podcast Bryan Dressel and Nick “Slugabed”
