As a prospective, this episode contains absolutely no spoilers for The Force Awakens because we haven’t seen it yet and don’t know anything about it — other than a few trailers and an IMDB page.
Steven is a jerk about Dave’s mouth trumpet.
For people who don’t call themselves Star Wars Nerds, Dave and Steve sound a lot like Star Wars Nerds.
There are two sides to the Force: the Good side and the Light side.
Star Wars = The Beatles
Dave makes a good point about nostalgia. In response, Steven rambles incoherently.
Where are all the Star Wars clones? That is, not the clone troopers copied from the genetic code of Jango Fett, but the sprawling space opera adventure myths.
Episode 18, ‘Renting out Rick Moranis’, Actor Profile: Rick Moranis
In this episode Dave and Steven do another actor profile. This time following the short, and sweet career of the world’s most beloved nerd: Rick Moranis.
Episode 17, ‘Hey Adults in the Audience, Cry about This for a Second’, on Pixar films
In this episode of Dave’s favourite podcast, Dave and Steven discuss the good and the bad of Pixar movies…although, let’s be honest. They mostly just discuss the good.
As we have come to expect from him, Steven talks about the importance of children.
Steven is only one step removed from writing an academic paper about how Christmas action movies frame organizations as incompetent and individuals as ultra-capable.
Steven makes a hypothesis. Dave’s mind is blown.
They end talking about how to improvise the style.
Episode 13, ‘They create the art that they want to hear’, on The Decemberists
In this episode, Dave and Steven try something completely different and tackle a musical group. They discuss the music, stories, and style of The Decemberists.
Steven is going to stop reading Shakespeare alongside every single episode of the podcast. Right after this episode.
The four eras of The Decemberists: the early, raw, and cynical stuff; the cultural critique; the heavy, storytelling approach; and the family years.
There is a brief debate about what The Crane Wife album is based on: Dave says that it’s an old Japanese folktale about a man who falls in love with a crane; Steven says that it’s about Caliban from Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Both, in the end, are right.
The raw power of young Eddie Murphy.
Chris Funk and Nate Query’s side project band: Black Prairie. It also features Jenny Conlee and John Moen.
Jack White and Colin Meloy, kindred spirits?
Steve corrects Dave. It goes about as one would expect.
We struggle with the notion of ‘favorites’ when talking about The Decemberists.
Episode 12, ‘It’s a period piece for the 1980s’, on Back to the Future
Dave and Steven couldn’t resist talking about Back to the Future as October 21st draws near. Do yourself a favour and watch the Trilogy, listen to this podcast, and then buy yourself a hoverboard!
Steve makes a tenuous connection between Back to the Future and Shakespeare
The ‘period piece’ element of the various versions of Hill Valley
BttF1’s plot makes Steven uncomfortable
The cheesy morality tale that is these films.
Steven thoroughly confuses which DeLoreans are when. Dave does not.
Dave talks about how swelling the music is.
Dave makes a claim about the DeLorean being the first moving time machine, forgetting the USS Enterprise, H.G. Wells’ Time Machine sled, and riding Superman as he flies counter-clockwise around the sun.
Episode 11, ‘Did she know Harry was a Horcrux the whole time?’, on Harry Potter
In this episode, Dave and Steven discuss J.K. Rowling’s famous book series. They discuss her storytelling, writing style, and of course, the wonderful characters she created.
Show Notes
Intro Clip: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II
Dave and Steve forgot that The Prisoner of Azkaban breaks the now familiar opening of the first two; Dave and Steve incorrectly say “Voldemort” multiple times, not knowing that JK Rowling decided that it is a silent ‘T’. They don’t feel bad about it.
Does Steve mispronounce multiple characters names throughout this episode? Probably.
Harry Potter: Surprise Christmas Classics?
Dave shows his fear of Lord Voldemort by using the “He Who Must Not Be Named” title.
The slow build of Harry’s battles with the various versions of Lord Voldemort.
No offer left behind: story- and world-building with JK Rowling.
Question: How awesome is Dumbledore? Answer: Awesome.
Steve and Dave struggle with their Latin pronunciation.
How important is luck in the wizarding world (Or, at least, in Harry Potter’s world)?
Steven continues his trend of disliking child actors far more than is probably reasonable.
A little less conversation, a little more action please? No. Not at all. The talky-talk is important and fascinating.
Steven comes dangerously close to replicating the Architect’s ‘problem of choice’ speech from The Matrix: Reloaded.
The ever present threat of death that arises out of the end of Book IV
The Style Guide
Ep. 11: Did She Know Harry Was a Horcrux the Whole Time?
