Join Glen/Dagos_Rivers (Discord/Podcast of Ice and Fire Forums) and David (Davidhhh) as they discuss the 2023 gay-themed movie ‘All of Us Strangers’ starring Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Jamie Bell and Claire Foy.
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Edited by Glen
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Hello and bonjour! Welcome to The Movie Passport, a podcast series about world cinema. In this episode, Duncan (Valkyrist), Scott (skywaltzer), Abby (Daceymormont), and Steven (SJLee) travel to the country of Canada to discuss the following films:
34:06 – Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (Edgar Wright, 2010)
53:42 – Goon (Michael Dowse, 2011)
1:27:42 – I Killed My Mother / J’ai tué ma mère (Xavier Dolan, 2009)
1:42:33 – The Sweet Hereafter (Atom Egoyan, 1997)
Credits:
Edited by Valkyrist
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Posted in History, LGBT+, Movies, Podcast, Sports
Tagged Daceymormont, SJLee, skywaltzer, Valkyrist
Hola! Welcome to The Movie Passport, a podcast series about world cinema. In this episode, Duncan (Valkyrist), Matt (Varley), Matt (Blu3arm0r), and Zander (The Lord Baron) travel to the country of Mexico to discuss the following films:
15:10 – María Candelaria (Emilio Fernández, 1943)
29:54 – Rudo y Cursi / Rough and Corny (Carlos Cuarón, 2008)
39:54 – Roma (Alfonso Cuarón, 2018)
57:40 – Y tu mamá también / And Your Mother Too (Alfonso Cuarón, 2001)
Credits:
Edited by Valkyrist
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Glen (Dagos_Rivers), Marie (Nymeria) and David (DavidHHH) discuss and review both ‘Love Victor’ (and briefly the movie ‘Love, Simon’) and ‘Heartstopper’…and fall into the trap several times of comparing the two shows.
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Edited by Glen
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To celebrate LGBT+ Pride Month, Valkyrist explores the depiction of queer characters and issues throughout cinema history.
The presentation includes video clips from the following movies:
Morocco (Josef von Sternberg, 1930)
Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959)
The Boys in the Band (William Friedkin, 1970)
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (Stephan Elliott, 1994)
Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee, 2005)
Tangerine (Sean Baker, 2015)
Credits:
Edited by Valkyrist
Music from Focus Features
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Namaste! Welcome to The Movie Passport, a podcast series about world cinema. In this episode, Duncan (Valkyrist), Pukar (raptureatlas) and Tanja (scilens) travel to the country of Nepal to discuss the following films:
9:01 – White Sun / Seto Surya (Deepak Rauniyar, 2016)
40:53 – Soongava: Dance of the Orchids / Soongava (Subarna Thapa, 2012)
1:20:43 – Sherpa (Jennifer Peedom, 2015)
Credits:
Edited by Valkyrist
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Sing, Vassals, of Achilles’ rage! Kat/kitkathistory24601, Sara/DrBlood, Katie/deadleavesinmyhand, and Jock/munrojock2 gather to talk about Madeline Miller’s novel, The Song of Achilles.
(Note: We lost the first 25 minutes of the podcast and had to rerecord them. Apologies for any editorial inconsistencies.)
Credits:
Edited by Peter/Shellfish
Image by artswade
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Posted in Books & Novellas, History, LGBT+, Podcast
Tagged DrBlood, kitkathistory24601, Lady Griffin, Munrojock2
Glen (Dagos_Rivers), Marie (Nymeria), David (davidhhh) and Jock (MunroJock2) discuss the hit show ‘It’s A Sin’ which spans a 10 year period between 1981 and 1991 about a group of five friends as they live through the AIDS crisis. #ItsASin
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Edited by Glen
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Tagged Dagos_Rivers, davidhhh, Munrojock2, Nymeria
Join QueenJames, Lady Griffin, and Davidhhh for a RainbowCast discussion on pride month. Lady Griffin brought us the story of the Upstairs Lounge Fire of 1973, QueenJames discusses the Stonewall Riots and Marth P. Johnson, and David shares some exciting stories from his activist days in ActUp.
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Posted in Fandom, History, LGBT+, Podcast
Tagged davidhhh, Lady Griffin, Queen James
The Vassals bid a fond farewell to the Netflix series Sense8 as we review the series finale. Join David (davidhhh), Marie (Nymeria), Hannah (Shadowbaby), Matt (blu3arm0r), Jock (munrojock2), James (QueenJames) as we discuss our love for this show and how much we’ll miss it… and orgies, polyamory, and rainbow sex toys too. After all, this IS VoK!
The aftershow hilarity starts at 1:58:36.
Music credits: Depeche Mode – I Feel You; Magnetic Fields feat Xoe Wise – Nothing Matters When We’re Dancing (Sense8 Remix)
Edited by davidhhh
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Posted in LGBT+, Podcast, Science Fiction, TV Shows
Tagged Blu3arm0r, davidhhh, Munrojock2, Nymeria, Queen James, Shadowbaby
Join QueenJames Varley and Bina as they discuss the GORGE Netflix reboot of Queer Eye. We begin by discussing the Fab 5 and who’s the MVP and LVP. At 21m in we discuss the heroes of season 1. At 1hr2m we move to season 2.
Music credit – “All Things (Just Keep Getting Better)” by Betty Who.
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Join Adam, Bina, Casey and James as they discuss the controversial second season of Netflix’ teen drama about high school sexual violence and suicide. This is a spoiler-filled discussion and covers highly sensitive topics so please exercise self-care before listening. You can also check out VOK 371 for our season 1 discussion.
Music credit – the Netflix theme tune for the show by Brendan “Eskmo” Angelides.
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Tagged Bina007, blue-eyed-queen, drownedsnow, Queen James
The Vassals venture from the Outback to the dancefloor to the suburban sprawl in search of the cinematic heart of Australia. Join Duncan (Valkyrist), Sarah (Lady Weaver), Dana (Taindana), and David (davidhhh) as they discuss some of their favourite Australian films and mull over the state of the industry.
01:24 – Australian Cinema
22:19 – Wake in Fright (Ted Kotcheff, 1971)
55:20 – The Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert (Stephan Elliott, 1994)
1:25:26 – Strictly Ballroom (Baz Luhrmann, 1992)
1:44:17 – The Babadook (Jennifer Kent, 2014)
Warning: Contains #SPOILERS# for all four films
Credits:
Edited by Valkyrist
Audio clips owned by NLT Productions, PolyGram, M&A Productions and Causeway Films
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Glen (Dagos_Rivers) is joined by Bina (Bina007) and new host Katie (Taindana) to discuss the highly rated, but little watched, drama ‘Harlots’ (ITV Encore).
Also discussed:
-Eurovision.
-Future podcasts.
-‘Keepers’ and their advantages.
Duration: 00:56:18
Edited by Dagos_Rivers
References (Courtesy of Katie):
A Study of Criminal Subcultures in Eighteenth-Century England by Rictor Norton
Contents: http://rictornorton.co.uk/gu00.htm
The Geography of the Underworld: From Rag Fair to Vauxhall Gardens
Prostitution: Mother Needham, Sally Salisbury & The Covent Garden Ladies
Homosexuality: Mother Clap’s Molly House & Deputy Marshall Hitchin
Some Thoughts on . . . The History of the Word “Prostitute”
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The Vassals of Kingsgrave present: Gays’ Night Out.
Join Wargasm (Drew), Khal Wadege (Michael), Lady Griffin (Katie), Shadow_ Baby (Hannah), Amberrocks (Amber) and Varley (Matt) as we take a gay roadtrip through Westeros. We explore all things LGBT in ASOIAF. Would Cersei go gay for Jaime? Who is the hedonism-bot in this world? Is there a glory hole at the wall? What exactly happens on Grindr? Find out all this and more in this very special VoK.
2.19.30 Aftershow
2.42.10 Season 6 Spoilers
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Posted in A Song of Ice and Fire, Fandom, LGBT+, Podcast
Tagged amberrocks, Khal Wadege, Lady Griffin, Shadowbaby, Varley, Wargasm
“Who’s the weird guy crying?” Us, Aunt Sarah. Turns out it’s us. The Vassals gather ’round this week to pay their respects to HBO’s dearly departed Looking. Greg (claudiusthefool), Amanda (middlecyclone), Michael (Khal Wadege), and Katie (Lady Griffin) bid farewell to the boys who made all the mistakes and throw major shade at Slate.com, because, you know, aren’t we all Patrick at the end of the day?
Here is the Slate article we discuss.
Edited by Katie
Intro Music: “Simple Man” by Graham Nash
Outro Music: “Soul on Fire” by Spiritualized
All audio clips belong to HBO.
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Tagged claudiusthefool, Khal Wadege, Lady Griffin, middlecyclone
The time has come to say goodbye, Vassals. Clasp hands one last time with Katie (Lady Griffin), Stephanie (gsdg), Zach (Alias), Michal (inkasrain), and Amin as Kingsgrave crumbles around them and they venture together into a brighter, better tomorrow.
Here is the fanart we discuss in the after show.
Thank you to everyone who came along for the ride with us these past two and a half years. To our listeners and co-hosts alike, it’s been a pleasure. Viva la Korrasami!
Edited by Katie
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Posted in Anime & Manga, Legend of Korra, LGBT+, Podcast, TV Shows
Tagged Alias, Amin, gsdg, inkasrain, Lady Griffin
The Champions of Kingsgrave band together in a podcast of Archdemon proportions to discuss Bioware’s ‘Dragon Age’ videogame franchise. Join Warden-Commanders Katie (Lady Griffin), Peter (Shellfish), Zach (Alias), Surya (MadScientist22), and Vaarsuvius as they master their taint and debate the finer points of Mages vs Templars, magical bosoms, and why Duncan really is The Worst Ever. In war, victory. In peace, vigilance. In death, Manwoody.
WARNING: THIS PODCAST CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THE UPCOMING ‘DRAGON AGE: INQUISITION.’ Spoilers include confirmed companions, plots, and game mechanics. Note: spoilers are relevant to March 2014 and may no longer be accurate.
(minor spoilers for Bioware’s ‘Mass Effect’ series.)
2:00 – Introductions and Icebreakers
15:00 – Story Discussion Part I: The Grey Wardens, Mages vs. Templars, Approval/Disapproval vs Friendship/Rivalry, ‘All That Remains.’
– Intermission –
45:00 – Story Discussion Part 2: Favorite Characters and Quests, the impact of ‘Assassin’s Creed’ and ‘Skyrim’ on ‘Inquisition,’ Flemeth, the Tevinter Imperium, the Qunari, and the Great Bioware Romance Debate of 2014.
– Intermission –
1:26:00 – Combat and Mechanics
1:37:00 – ‘Dragon Age: Inquisition’ and ‘Dragon Age Keep’
1:44:00 – Novelizations and Comics
1:47:00 – Aftershow – Snakes and Scorpions
Credits:
Edited by Katie
Intro – ‘Faith Lies In Ashes’ – ‘Dragon Age: Inquisition’ Trailer Music by Jay Vincent
43:00 – ‘Tavern Music’ by Inon Zur
1: 25:00 – ‘Challenge An Archdemon’ by Inon Zur Outro:
1:46:46 – ‘Age of the Dragon’ by Miracle Of Sound
Outro – ‘I Am The One’ (Dj Killa-Jewel Remix) by Inon Zur
All ‘Dragon Age’ clips belong to Bioware and Electronic Arts, Inc. All fanworks belong to their respective owners.
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Posted in LGBT+, Podcast, Video Games
Tagged Alias, Lady Griffin, MadScientist22, Shellfish, Vaarsuvius
Join our (whatever the collective noun is for snowmen) of Vassals and special guest host Amin from A Podcast of Ice and Fire, to discuss Disney’s super-hit, the Oscar winning Frozen. We take a semi-serious look at the issues of feminism, LGBT rights and depictions of race in Disney. We also take a not very serious look at whether Hans is gay, whether A Song of Ice and Fire could have a happy fairytale ending, and what kind of protection one might need in dating Elsa.
Naturally this is full of spoilers for Frozen, but also Mulan, Pocahontas, Brave and assorted other Disney princess movies.
Podcasters: Amin; Nadia; Bina; Duncan (Valkyrist); Julia (No True Lady); Michal (Inkasrain); Saad (Saad164); Zach (Alias) and Elena (Lady Grey).
Edited by Bina007 using excerpts of music from the wonderful, and now Oscar-winning, original soundtrack to the movie.
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