The Vassals review and discuss the What We Do in the Shadows series and film. Bat!
Hosts:
Peter/Shellfish
Zander/TheLordBaron
Sara/DrBlood
Abby/daceymormont
Jock/munrojock2
Tanja/scilens
Credits:
Edited by Peter/Shellfish
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Posted in Movies, Podcast, TV Shows
Tagged Daceymormont, DrBlood, Munrojock2, Scilens, Shellfish, TheLordBaron
The Vassals delve deep into devilry, and hope to escape with their souls intact. Why is it goats?
Hosts:
Peter/Shellfish
Sara/DrBlood
Jock/munrojock2
Adam/drownedsnow
Zach/Alias
Kat/kitkathistory24601
Patrick/Ser Patrick the Tall
Credits:
Edited by Peter/Shellfish
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Posted in Books & Novellas, Movies, Philosophy, Podcast, TV Shows, Video Games
Tagged Alias, DrBlood, drownedsnow, kitkathistory24601, Munrojock2, Ser Patrick the Tall, Shellfish
Selamat pagi! Welcome to The Movie Passport, a new podcast series about world cinema. In this episode, Duncan (Valkyrist), Silvana (silvaubrey), Matt (Blu3arm05) and Bina (Bina007) travel to the country of Indonesia to discuss the following films:
7:59 – Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts / Marlina Si Pembunuh dalam Empat Babak (Mouly Surya, 2017)
28:34 – The Raid / Serbuan Maut (Gareth Evans, 2011)
52:03 – The Act of Killing / Jagal (Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012) & The Look of Silence / Senyap (Joshua Oppenheimer, 2014)
1:04:57 – The Dancer / Sang Penari (Ifa Isfansyah, 2011)
Credits:
Edited by Valkyrist
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Beannachdan! Welcome to The Movie Passport, a new podcast series about world cinema. In this inaugral episode, Duncan (Valkyrist), Glen (Dagos_Rivers), Jock (Munrojock2), and Bina (Bina007) travel to the country of Scotland to discuss the following films:
2:51 – Sunshine on Leith (Dexter Fletcher, 2013)
14:56 – Dog Soldiers (Neil Marshall, 2002)
22:23 – Red Road (Andrea Arnold, 2006)
37:36 – Trainspotting (Danny Boyle, 1996)
Credits:
Edited by Valkyrist
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Absolute lunacy erupts as the Vassals come face to face with werewolves! Is the beauty of this beast more than skin-deep? Topics include the history of werewolf tales, possible inspirations, shapeshifters around the world, and general human-canine relations.
Hosts:
Peter/Shellfish
Sara/DrBlood
Abby/daceymormont
Adam/drownedsnow
Matt/Varley
Kit/kgcanary
Jock/munrojock2
Credits:
Edited by Peter/Shellfish
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Posted in Books & Novellas, Movies, Philosophy, Podcast, Video Games
Tagged Daceymormont, DrBlood, drownedsnow, kgcanary, Munrojock2, Shellfish, Varley
Creature chat discusses vampires!
Hosts:
Peter/Shellfish
Zander/The Lord Baron
Sara/DrBlood
Jock/munrojock2
Abby/daceymormont
Matt/Varley
Patrick/Ser Patrick the Tall
Content Warning: This episode contains discussion and descriptions of sex and sexuality, bodily fluids, decaying corpses, murder, torture, animal distress, and very bad vampire impressions.
Credits:
Edited by Shellfish
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Tagged Daceymormont, DrBlood, Munrojock2, Ser Patrick the Tall, Shellfish, The Lord Baron, Varley
The Vassals convene to chat about magical reptiles of various shapes and sizes. So grab your ceiling wax and look out for sharkdoors.
Hosts:
Peter/Shellfish
Michal/inkasrain
Sara/DrBlood
Amber/amberrocks
Zander/The Lord Baron
Marie/Nymeria
Ben/King Jucio
Adam/drownedsnow
Credits:
Edited by Peter
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Posted in Books & Novellas, Movies, Philosophy, Podcast, Science Fiction
Tagged amberrocks, Dragoncast, DrBlood, drownedsnow, inkasrain, King Jucio, Nymeria, Shellfish, The Lord Baron
Dissent! Dispute! Disagreement! Daggers at dawn! No not really. But the Vassals DO have vastly differing reactions to the Deadwood movie. Join Michael, Thomas, Dana and Bina as they wrap up their rewatch. Strong language and spoilers throughout.
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The road goes ever on and on, down from the door where it began. Join the Vassals on their rewatch of the Extended Edition of The Return of the King. As the film is so long, they watch the pre-amble to the final battle, and leave as Gimli enters the Paths of the Dead (to the end of scene 33) and just before The Muster of Rohan.
Hosts: Bina007, Adam/DrownedSnow, Nadia, Matt/Varley, Alias/Zach and O.G of the M.E. Peter/Shellfish.
Spoilers for all things Tolkien duh.
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Posted in Movies, Podcast, The Lord of the Rings
Tagged Alias, Bina007, drownedsnow, Nadia, Shellfish, Varley
Following on from our LOTR AltHistory discussion, the ReRead crew get together to watch the Extended Edition of The Two Towers. They ramble chat and occasionally offer insights into why Faramir is dreamy.
Hosts: Bina007, Adam/DrownedSnow, Nadia, Matt/Varley, Marie/Nymeria, MunroJock2 and O.G of the M.E. Peter/Shellfish.
Spoilers for all things Tolkien duh.
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Tagged Bina007, drownedsnow, Munrojock2, Nadia, Nymeria, Shellfish, Varley
Please join Sarah (Lady Weaver), Matt (blu3arm0r) and Thomas (FTWard) as we discuss the fantabulous fashion, action, music and characters in DCs latest film. We also talk about the issues surrounding the movie, the Harley Quinn animated series and the future of the DCEU (if that is still even a thing).
After Show @ 1:06:00
Credits:
Edited by Thomas (FTWard)
Fandom Entertainment, Charting With Dan Bird’s of Prey Video
Dan and Roth on Fandom Entertainment
Hollywood Already Did It
Music:
Barracuda
Written by Ann Wilson, Roger Fisher, Nancy Wilson, Michael Derosier
Performed by Heart
Woman
Written by Andrew Pearson, Kesha Sebert, Stephen Wrabel
Performed by @emmajayne
It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World
Written by James Brown, Betty Jean Newsome
Performed by Jurnee Smollett-Bell
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Tagged Blu3arm0r, FTWard, Lady Weaver
VoK makes the jump to lightspeed and ends up long, long ago in a galaxy far far away to bring you our feelings on the “end” of the Skywalker Saga. How does Episode IX measure up as a Star Wars movie?
Hosts: Adam (drownedsnow), Michal (inkasrain), Kevin (Gaiden), Paul (SerDinnerRoll), Duncan (Valkyrist), Katie (Lady Griffin), and Amber (amberrocks).
Spoilers: The entire Star Wars movie universe and some of the EU/Legends material.
Editor: Adam
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Posted in Movies, Podcast, Science Fiction, Star Wars
Tagged amberrocks, drownedsnow, Gaiden, inkasrain, Lady Griffin, SerDinnerRoll, Valkyrist
Why are horror movies so popular? In this lecture, Valkyrist explores the arcane origins of horror cinema and speculates over the social and psychological reasons behind its appeal. Celebrate Halloween season by dissecting the power and meaning behind some of the most famous (and infamous) horror movies of all time.
The presentation includes video clips from the following movies:
Nosferatu (F. W. Murnau, 1922)
Frankenstein (James Wale, 1931)
Godzilla (Ishirō Honda, 1954)
Night of the Living Dead (George A. Romero, 1968)
Halloween (John Carpenter, 1978)
The Silence of the Lambs (Jonathon Demme, 1991)
Get Out (Jordan Peele, 2017)
Credits:
Edited by Valkyrist
Music from John Carpenter and Disasterpiece
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Posted in Fandom, History, Movies, Philosophy, Podcast, Science Fiction
Tagged Valkyrist
Please join Jock (MunroJock2) , Matt (Blu3arm0r), Michael (Mordion) and Thomas (FTWard) as we discuss Joker (2019) – director Todd Phillips and star Joaquin Phoenix’s controversial origin story of comics most iconic villain.
Edited by: FTWard
Aftershow: 1:45:00
Music –
Intro:
My Name Is Carnival
Written by: Jackson C. Frank
Performed by: Erland & The Carnival
Outro:
Bathroom Dance
Written by: Hildur Guðnadóttir
Performed by: Evan Handyside
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VoK takes a trip Far From Kingsgrave for the latest movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe “Spider-Man: Far From Home”. Can Spidey bring back the fun back to the MCU? What does this mean for the MCU as they move into Phase 4.
Hosts: Adam (drownedsnow), Sara (Lady Weaver), Matt (Blu3arm0r), Abby (Daceymormont), and Jock (Munrojock2).
Aftershow starts at 1:09:00 with some chat about the new Mulan trailer.
Spoilers: This episode covers all films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and also the latest episode of The Bachelorette for some reason.
Editor: Adam
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Posted in Comics, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Movies, Podcast, Science Fiction
Tagged Blu3arm0r, Daceymormont, drownedsnow, Lady Weaver, Munrojock2, SnowJr
Review of the latest Disney ‘Re-imagining’ of an Animated classic.
Glen (Dagos_Rivers) is joined by David (davidhhh), Matt (Blu3arm0r) and Adam (drownedsnow), to review the movie; provide ‘rubs of the lamp’ scores, discuss modifications to the story and music and possibility of a sequel.
Duration: 01:35:31
Credits:
Edited by Dagos_Rivers
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11 years of Marvel Cinematic history come to an end with Avengers: Endgame and VoK goes along for the ride. We discuss Endgame, our expectations going in, where we think the MCU is going, and how much these characters have meant to us. Also, is Hulk a hottie?
Hosts: Adam (drownedsnow), Michal (inkasrain), Amber (amberrocks), and Paul(SerDinnerRoll)
Spoilers for Avengers: Endgame and potentially anything the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Editor: Adam
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Posted in Comics, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Movies, Podcast, Science Fiction
Tagged amberrocks, drownedsnow, inkasrain, SerDinnerRoll
It’s time to choose a side, or something. Join Michal (inkasrain), Patrick (Patrick the tall), Adam (drownedsnow), Paul (SerDinnerRoll), and Abby (dacey mormont) as they break down the latest, somewhat baffling installment in JK Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts series, The Crimes of Grindelwald. The crew discusses bombs over Diagon Alley, all that Johnny Depp stuff, whether Nagini is going to be okay, getting creeped out by Nick Flamel, Latin, and of course, those unlikely lineages. Be sure to find us on Accio, Wand’r, Keeper, or the Wizarding dating app of your choice.
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Posted in Harry Potter, Movies, Podcast
Tagged Daceymormont, drownedsnow, inkasrain, Ser Patrick the Tall, SerDinnerRoll
Join Vassals Bina (Bina007), Michal (inkasrain), Paul (SerDinnerRoll), and Zach (Alias) as they geek out to the max about all the things they get right in the recent Sony Pictures animated feature, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
Warning: this podcast will contain spoilers for Spider Man: Into the Spider-Verse. This movie also contains imagery that may potentially trigger a seizure for anyone with photosensitive epilepsy.
Credits and Notes:
Edited by Zach
Vince Staples – Home
Lil Wayne & Ty Dolla $ign – Scared of the Dark (feat. XXXTENTACION)
The Great Responsibility: Why Marvel has failed fans with ‘Spider-Man’ (opinion) by Marama Whyte
‘Into the Spider-Verse’s Peter B. Parker is the redeemed Spidey millennials need by Michal Schick
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Posted in Comics, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Movies, Podcast, Science Fiction
Tagged Alias, Bina007, inkasrain, SerDinnerRoll
VOK 613: The Fellowship Of The Ring Fan Watch
Following on from our LOTR AltHistory discussion, the ReRead crew get together to watch the Extended Edition of Fellowship of the Ring. They ramble chat and occasionally offer insights on why Boromir is the most under-rated character in LOTR.
Hosts: Bina007, Adam/DrownedSnow, Nadia, Matt/Varley, Paul/Ser Dinner Roll and O.G of the M.E. Peter/Shellfish.
Spoilers for all things Tolkien duh.
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Posted in DVD Commentary, Movies, Podcast, The Lord of the Rings
Tagged Bina007, drownedsnow, Nadia, SerDinnerRoll, Shellfish, Varley