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#341 – Spotlight On: Star Trek V – The Final Frontier
Prepare the campfire, roast the marshmallows (aka marsh-melons), and bust out your sexy fans, because we have finally arrived at The Final Frontier. Known for decades as “the worst Star Trek movie ever”, Star Trek V answers the age old question of what...
#340 – Spotlight On: Star Trek IV – The Voyage Home
Here we go again… After 340 episodes we’re right back where it all started: talking about Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (on a podcast called Empire or Jedi no less). Only this time we’re not alone. Joining us on our journey as we slingshot around the s...
#339 – Spotlight On: Star Trek III – The Search for Spock
Despite several warnings telling us that it’s forbidden, the EoJ Trek-Cast has nevertheless returned to the Genesis Planet to discuss the third entry in the Star Trek film franchise, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.
The Monster Squadcast #022 – We Liked IT!
After floating around in the sewers of Tempe, AZ for the last few months, the Monster Squadcast has returned and is ready to tackle one of the most powerful and diabolical monsters in all of literature: Pennywise the Dancing Clown, aka It. This time,
#338 – Spotlight On: Predator
And now, finishing off our special “John Mctiernan Double Feature” installment in Mike’s Cinematic Pile of Shame is the film that put old Mc’tierney on the map and gave Arnie some of his best one-liners, the sci-fi action classic Predator.
#337 – Spotlight On: Star Trek II – The Wrath of Khan
At the end of the universe…likes the beginning of a contrarian opinion. That’s right, despite Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan pretty much being unanimously praised as a bonafide masterpiece of sci-fi, one of us on this episode fails to understand all...
#336 – Spotlight On: Die Hard
While Nick, Chad, and myself may be off in the Final Frontier gallivanting around talking about Star Trek, that doesn’t mean that there isn’t stuff going on back home. As we learned a couple of months back,
#335 – Spotlight On: Star Trek – The Motion Picture
Finally, after long last, Empire or Jedi has returned to where it started…The Final Frontier. Yes, that’s right; a show that takes its name from a reference to Star Wars is finally getting around to doing something logical: discussing Star Trek.
Empire or Jidaikgeki #4 – Ran
Ran is the Japanese word for “chaos.” In Akira Kurosawa’s 1985 Ran, chaos is examined from several vantage points. At the start there are no obvious conflicts and a sense that tranquility will remain the status quo.
#334 – The League of Disappointing Franchises
When will Hollywood learn? It seems like that’s been a statement we’ve been hearing more and more frequently lately. For every step forward (Wonder Woman), it seems they quickly take two steps back (The Mummy).