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VoK 349: Christmas is Cursed aka The Great Harry Potter ReRead (Part 2)

Posted on December 14, 2016 by vokalias | Leave a comment

The Vassals return to Hogwarts for the end of first year, where they tackle mysterious mirrors, the power of love, and sports that sound like sex. Join Michal (inkasrain), Paul (Pod’s Plight), Matt (Varley), Bing (Shoeshiner), Nadia, Casey (blue-eyed-queen), Zach (Alias), Matthieu (beric175), and Paul Small (Ser Dinner Roll) as they review the second half of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s/Sorcerer’s Stone, and then freak out over Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Because we just can’t have nice things.

This podcast contains spoilers for the entire Harry Potter series, including The Cursed Child.

Credits:
Edited by inkasrain
Music by Mike Peoples and John Williams.

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VoK 318: Game of Thrones – Season 6 Retrospective

Posted on July 24, 2016 by vokadmin | Leave a comment

GOTS6

Join vassals Julia (No True Lady), Hannah (shadow_baby), Matthieu (Beric175), Claire (DarkSister24), Kevin (Gaiden), Jeff (jeff14), and Paul (SerDinnerRoll) in a wide-ranging discussion of Game of Thrones Season 6, and speculation on the seasons beyond.

How is book Cersei’s madness different from show Cersei’s? Who is Westeros’ most eligible bachelor? Will Sam abandon Gily and Baby Sam for a library? Will No True Lady get her brunch? Press the Play button and find out!

Credits:
Edited by No True Lady

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VoK 303: Captain America: Civil War [2016] (Review)

Posted on June 19, 2016 by vokadmin | Leave a comment

Join Vassals Adam (drownedsnow), Michal (inkasrain), Matt (Varley), Matthieu (beric175), and Nadia as they discuss Captain America: Civil War and the current state of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Warning: The following podcast contains spoilers for the Marvel Cinematic Universe as well as all published books in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series.

Credits:
Edited by drownedsnow

Music:
Civil War by Guns N’ Roses
Real American by Rick Derringer

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VoK 299: WolfCast – “The Broken Man” (S06E07 Review)

Posted on June 11, 2016 by dagosrivers | Leave a comment

The Wolves are dwindled down this week (much like in the show) as Glen (Dagos_Rivers) and Matthieu (Beric175) review Game of Thrones Season 6 Episode 7: “The Broken Man”.

Also discussed:
-Hostages and not giving a flying F*
-Storyline by Storyline discussion.
-The exciting VoK 300 coming soon (updates on http://www.vokpodcast.com).
-Plans for the next episode of WolfCast.

Running Time: 00:42:31
CREDITS:
Edited by Dagos_Rivers

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VoK 294: The Last Unicorn [1982] (DVD Commentary)

Posted on May 22, 2016 by kcrumpton2013 | Leave a comment

Join Vassals Katie (Lady Griffin) and Matthieu (Beric175) on a fantastical road trip in their audio commentary for Rankin/Bass’s 1982 adaptation of Peter S. Beagle’s classic fantasy novel, The Last Unicorn.

NOTE: The movie should be synced from 6:50 to 1:35:15. Due to skype issues, there is some minor lag and audio overlap throughout the track.

Credits:
Edited by Katie

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VoK 293: WolfCast – “The Book of the Stranger” (S06E04 Review)

Posted on May 21, 2016 by dagosrivers | 1 comment

Glen (Dagos_Rivers) is joined by the (missed) KrakenCast leader, Duncan (Valkyrist), and a new host (although I later realised he had been in VoK 151), Mattias (Maca). The rest of the regular WolfCast return from the first review: Matthieu (Beric175), Claire (DarkSister24) and David (ChurchofStarryWisdom).

Also discussed:
-Storyline by Storyline commentary
-Daenerys walking through fire, Terminator style.
-The Wall bookending the show.
-We continue to ponder what became of Gendry.
-Matthieu gets a grilling for being late for a podcast 🙂
-The Sopranos and future podcasts on that show.
-Update on Duncan’s academic life.

Running Time: 01:25:18
CREDITS:
Edited by Dagos_Rivers

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Tagged Beric175, ChurchofStarryWisdom, Dagos_Rivers, DarkSister24, Maca, Valkyrist

VoK 285: WolfCast – “The Red Woman” (S06E01 Review)

Posted on April 27, 2016 by dagosrivers | 2 comments

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VOK Wolfcast roster changes this year, with Dagos_Rivers (Glen) leading the pack and joined once again by Beric175 (Matthieu) – who mysteriously disappears half-way through the recording, and joined by (relative) newcomers: DarkSister24 (Claire) and ChurchofStarryWisdom (David). They review the launch episode of Season 6, of Game of Thrones; they discuss each location, and associated characters; provide their lemoncake scores and make some predictions of where the storylines are going.

The WolfCast discuss whether Season 6 will outperform Season 5, how long the show will last; are the writers eager to end the show, and if certain storylines *cough* Dorne *cough* will survive much longer.

Also discussed:
-Official posters for each Season, and which is the best
-What is this ‘Heads Up’ game, as seen on Ellen?
-We reminisce on E4’s ‘Misfits’.
-How hard it is to get into a show when it is massive, like
Game of Thrones or The Walking Dead.

Running Time: 01:45:50
CREDITS:
Edited by Dagos_Rivers

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Tagged Beric175, ChurchofStarryWisdom, Dagos_Rivers, DarkSister24

VoK 268: The Dark Crystal [1982] (DVD Commentary)

Posted on March 14, 2016 by bina007 | 3 comments

Bina007 and Beric175’s DVD Commentary for the early eighties Henson animated classic, The Dark Crystal.

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VoK 251: The Silmarillion ReRead (Part 8) – Akallabeth

Posted on January 11, 2016 by bina007 | Leave a comment

Join hosts Brett (Whitehaven), Greg (claudiusthefool), Matt (Varley), Matthieu (Beric175) & Shane (Easttexasdirewolf) as they retell the story of the fall of Numenor.

Edited by Bina007

Episode Art: “The Fall of Numenor” by Darrell Sweet.

Song: Akallabeth by Iggy Metall and Samwise the Brave by Howard Shore, available to purchase on iTunes and other services.

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VoK 249: The Silmarillion ReRead (Part 7) – The End of an Age

Posted on December 31, 2015 by vokadmin | Leave a comment

Doors_of_Night The Vassals of Kingsgrave gather to finish The Quenta Silmarillion. In part 7 of the re-read we cover chapters 22-24 (Of the Ruin of Doriath, Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin & Of the Voyage of Earendil and the War of Wrath).

Join hosts Greg (claudiusthefool), Matt (Varley), Matthieu (Beric175) & Shane (Easttexasdirewolf) as we recap battles between Elves & Dwarves, Beren kicking some Dwarvish ass, many discussions on the Half-elven, ACTUAL WINGED DRAGONS! as well as the epic conclusion of the first age and the (final?) war between Morgoth and The Valar.

Edited by Greg

Episode Art: “The Doors of Night” by John Howe.

Song: “Die Dragons” by Shane, copyright VOK Classics 2015

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VoK 217: WolfCast – “The Dance of Dragons” (S05E09 Review)

Posted on June 16, 2015 by vokadmin | Leave a comment

Welcome to this week of the Wolfcast Reviews for season five, where the Lord of the Nether tried to claim our podcast, but wolves are not so easily broken. To help you to fight away the hours of boredom is Alix(Aiwendil), Matthieu(Beric175), Sam(Samos), Glen(Dagos_Rivers) and Patrick the Tall as our lead host. We will today be circling around specific scenes like the rabid wolves we are, which means that we can present our faithful listeners with an episode, at over 2 hours, with(non purposely) almost no aftershow.

Hosts:

Patrick the Tall

Aiwendil

Beric175

Dagos_Rivers

Samos

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VoK 215: WolfCast – “Hardhome” (S05E08 Review)

Posted on June 6, 2015 by vokadmin | Leave a comment

VoK Wolfcast Review of Game of Thrones S05E08: “Hardhome” aka “Wildlings
are Awesome”
After last week’s Marathon, the Wolfcast returns for one of the most highly
acclaimed episodes in Game of Thrones history. Patrick the Tall hosts Alix
(Aiwendil), Sander (SwordoftheAfternoon), Matthieu (Beric175) and first time
VoK podcaster Sam (samos) for a less rambling, although still quite detailed –
this is the Wolfcast after all – discussion of all things “Hardhome”. Among other
things we disect the exact timing of the Greyjoy Rebellion in the Show-Universe,
discuss the theory of how Stannis might infiltrate Winterfell through a non-
existant tunnel network, and offer our thoughts on that time a lot of Wildlings
saw dead people.

Timestamps

0:00:00 – Introductions and Lemon Cakes
0:06:05 – The Wall
0:09:28 – Meereen
0:32:30 – King’s Landing
0:48:20 – Braavos
1:00:20 – Winterfell
1:28:20 – Hardhome
2:05:00 – Aftershow
Credits:
Edited by SwordoftheAfternoon

Warning: Contains spoilers for all aired episodes of HBO’s Game of Thrones, as
well as all publised books in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series.

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VoK 213: WolfCast – “The Gift” (S05E07 Review)

Posted on June 2, 2015 by vokadmin | 4 comments

What it lacks in timeliness, Wolfcast makes up for in thoroughness (and length). Nitpicking and speculating about everything from Dorne to the Wall are Sander (SwordoftheAfternoon), Matthieu (Beric175), Alix (Aiwendil) and Patrick the Tall as our lead host, desperately trying to keep this whole affair under control. In the aftershow, Beric unleashes his many thoughts on the previous episode and Cersei takes a trip to Ikea.

00:00 Introduction and Lemoncake ratings
05:30 Castle Black
42:00 Slaver’s Bay
57:45 King’s Landing
1:30:00 Winterfell/Winterhell
1:57:40 Dorne
2:17:00 Aftershow

Credits:
Edited by Aiwendil

Warning: Contains spoilers for all aired episodes of HBO’s Game of Thrones (including Season 5 promotional material), as well as all published books in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series.

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VoK 203: Avengers – Age of Ultron [2015] (Review)

Posted on May 10, 2015 by vokadmin | 2 comments

In this Cinco De Mayo special, the crew split themselves up into Mexican and French side to bring both a Spoiler Free and Spoiler Filled review of the new Avenger Age of Ultron.

0:00: Spoiler Free review with Beric175, Teddard and Fortytwo
23:00: Spoiler Filled review with Amin, White Raven, EastTexasDirewolf, Amberrocks and Fortytwo

Credits:
Edited by Vikram (fortytwo)
Hosts: Amin,Beric175,Teddard,White Raven, EastTexasDirewolf, Amberrocks and Fortytwo
Music: Gablé , BoxCat

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VoK 199: WolfCast – “High Sparrow” (S05E03 Review)

Posted on May 3, 2015 by vokadmin | 2 comments

Welcome to this week of the Wolfcast Reviews for season five, where less is more, where more is also more and where nothing of this makes sense but what did you expect; we’re Wolfcast. To help you to fight away the hours of boredom is Eddie(Teddard), Matthieu(Beric175) and Patrick the Tall as our lead host. We will today be covering EVERYTHING to great detail, Which means that we( as usual) can present our faithful listeners with what I call the bastard of Behemoth, at 2,15 hours.

Warning: Contains spoilers for all published books in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire

Credits:
Edited by Ser Patrick the Tall
Hosts: Patrick the Tall, Teddard, and Beric175
We gratefully borrow Benedikt Mendzigal’s and Luc Arbogast’s cover version of Hbo’s Game of Thrones Theme for the intro and outtro respectively.

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VoK 197: WolfCast – “The House of Black and White” (S05E02 Review)

Posted on April 26, 2015 by vokadmin | Leave a comment

Welcome to the return of the Wolfcast for season five, where the wolfpups have grown up and most have left the Lair to get away from spoilers, but new pups have risen. To help you to fight away the hours of boredom is Eddie(Teddard), Matthieu(Beric175) and Patrick the Tall as our “lead” host. We will AGAIN(no surprise) today be covering EVERYTHING to great detail, Which means that we( as usual) can present our faithful listeners with what I call “Son of Behemoth”, an episode at 2,20 hours.

Warning: Contains spoilers for all published books in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire

Credits:
Edited by Ser Patrick the Tall
Hosts:Patrick the Tall, Teddard, Beric175

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VoK 194: WolfCast – “The Wars to Come” (S05E01 Review)

Posted on April 19, 2015 by vokadmin | Leave a comment

Welcome to the return of the Wolfcast for season five, where the wolfpups have grown up and most have left the Lair to get away from spoilers, but new pups have risen. To help you to fight away the hours of boredom is Eddie(Teddard), Jan(Leechlord), Imogen.OB, Matthieu(Beric175) and Patrick the Tall as our lead host. We will today be covering EVERYTHING to great detail, Which means that we( as usual) can present our faithfull listeners with a behemoth of an episode at 2,45 hours.

Warning: Contains spoilers for all published books in George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire

Credits:
Edited by Ser Patrick the Tall
Hosts:Patrick the Tall,Teddard,Imogen.OB,Leechlord and Beric175

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VoK 182: The Silmarillion ReRead (Part 5) – Beren and Luthien

Posted on February 10, 2015 by vokadmin | Leave a comment

The Vassals of Kingsgrave celebrate Valentine’s Day by discussing Chapter 19 of the Quenta Silmarillion: Of Beren and Luthien. Star-crossed lovers or doomed from the start?

Beren the mortal falls in love with Luthien, the most beautiful elf that has ever lived. Before they can marry Beren must complete the impossible task of cutting a Silmaril from the crown of Morgoth. As we follow Beren on his journey we touch on the continued dickishness of the Sons of Feanor, the possibility of Morgoth babies, the epic awesomeness that is Huan the Hound of Valinor as well as the Epic Rap Battles of the First Age and Luthien’s ability to make everyone simultaneously fall in love with her and fall asleep.

Hosts Greg, Matt, Alix, Matthieu, & Eddie discuss all this and more in the fifth part of our continued Silmarillion re-read series. The previous episodes in this series are VOK Episodes 147, 155, 163 & 172.

Credits:
Edited by Greg

Image art: “Carcharoth” by Justin Gerard

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VoK 181: The Hobbit 3 – Battle of Five Armies [2014] (Review)

Posted on February 8, 2015 by vokadmin | Leave a comment

In this podcast the crew give eulogies for their (second)favorite Hobbit…trilogy.

0:00 – Spoiler free discussion of the movie, trilogy and the book series
31:30 – Spoiler filled deepdive discussion begins
1:47:00 – Claudiusthefool’s review of the movie

Credits:
Edited by Vikram (fortytwo)
Hosts: Beric175, Ser Patrick the Tall, Aiwendil, White Raven, Amberrocks, Alias,Scilens, Teddart, claudiusthefool and fortytwo
Intro Music: “hmm ok” by Gablé
Other Music by BoxCat Games BoxCat’s Discography

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VoK 178: The Fly [1986] (Review)

Posted on January 19, 2015 by vokadmin | 2 comments

Weeks after the Horror Movie Roundtable (VOK 158), Dagos_Rivers (Glen) and Beric175 (Matthieu) recorded an expanded edition of the 1986 cult classic, ‘The Fly’ starring Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis and John Getz.

References are briefly made towards The Fly II, The Fly (1958) and other disgusting 80’s movies like Cocoon and Videodrome. However, the primary focus is Jeff Goldblum / Geena Davis vehicle.

Both Vassals discuss how much Jeff Goldblum looks like Michael Jackson, Stalking 101, and are (truly) classic movies ‘unremakable’? Glen contradicts himself about the difference between remakes and ‘readaptations’ as
he realises both Carrie movies were based on the Stephen King book.

The most infamous scenes of the picture are discussed, the professionalism of the midwife (cameo by Mr. Cronenberg), movies that are in development hell and the plot is discussed at length.

Running Time: 02:49:57

Credits:
Edited by Dagos_Rivers

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