Monsters of Myth & Movies!

Chris and Dom close out 2017 with Vol. 2 Ep. 6, discussing the mythic monsters of film/comics/pop culture.

Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. Please see the “Suggestion Box” post for that (or feel free to leave a comment below with some ideas.) https://elevatingthegenre.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/first-blog-post

As always our music is provided by: N~eyes here’s his website: http://www.n-eyes.be

Joanne (Christopher’s upcoming feature):
https://www.facebook.com/joannethemovie/
joanne
Twitter: @JoanneTheMovie

Dom’s stuff:
https://www.youtube.com/user/dommah

http://www.yomyomf.com/users/dominic/

And more US:
Dominic Mah: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1394256/
Christopher Morrison: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1392571/
Find Morrison online here: http://www.realityplus.org
One of Dom’s online presences: https://www.facebook.com/ThorHulkCritic

Myths & Legends in Marvel & DC Comics

Thor, Wonder Woman, and other comics icons drawn from the various pantheons of human mythology and folklore!

Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. Please see the “Suggestion Box” post for that (or feel free to leave a comment below with some ideas.) https://elevatingthegenre.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/first-blog-post

As always our music is provided by: N~eyes here’s his website: http://www.n-eyes.be

Joanne (Christopher’s upcoming feature):
https://www.facebook.com/joannethemovie/
joanne
Twitter: @JoanneTheMovie

Dom’s stuff:
https://www.youtube.com/user/dommah

http://www.yomyomf.com/users/dominic/

And more US:
Dominic Mah: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1394256/
Christopher Morrison: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1392571/
Find Morrison online here: http://www.realityplus.org
One of Dom’s online presences: https://www.facebook.com/ThorHulkCritic

 

Alien, Aliens, ad Alienitum

Conclusion of our Science Fiction Tropes Quadrology features the most terrifying and blue-collar of futures, the Aliens Universe.

Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. Please see the “Suggestion Box” post for that (or feel free to leave a comment below with some ideas.) https://elevatingthegenre.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/first-blog-post

As always our music is provided by: N~eyes here’s his website: http://www.n-eyes.be

Joanne (Christopher’s upcoming feature):
https://www.facebook.com/joannethemovie/
joanne
Twitter: @JoanneTheMovie

Dom’s stuff:
https://www.youtube.com/user/dommah

http://www.yomyomf.com/users/dominic/

And more US:
Dominic Mah: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1394256/
Christopher Morrison: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1392571/
Find Morrison online here: http://www.realityplus.org
One of Dom’s online presences: https://www.facebook.com/ThorHulkCritic

Vol.2 Ep.3: Star Warsing!!!!!! Yup, all things that the Star Wars gave us (and some it took away)

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Welcome to Volume 2 of Elevating the Genre! This is where we follow theme months for a full year. This new format will allow Dom and Christopher to dig into things on a much deeper level and allow ideas to cross-over from episode to episode.

October is Sci-Fi trope month and we wrap ourselves in our feelings, wonder who our papas are, hop in the cockpit with our favorite furry/growly friend and head into the LucasVerse-DisneyWorld that is STAR WARS!

Stuff we are talking about:
Black Panther trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxWvtMOGAhw
Who Fears Death: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Fears_Death
Creed: Play trailer on YouTube
Star Wars Ring Theory: www.starwarsringtheory.com/

Next Week: Alien(s)3[Resurrection] NOT AvP OR P or C

Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. Please see the “Suggestion Box” post for that (or feel free to leave a comment below with some ideas.) https://elevatingthegenre.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/first-blog-post

As always our music is provided by: N~eyes here’s his website: www.n-eyes.be

Joanne stuff (Christopher’s upcoming feature):
https://www.facebook.com/joannethemovie/
joanne
Twitter: @JoanneTheMovie

Dom’s stuff:
https://www.youtube.com/user/dommah

And more US:
Dominic Mah: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1394256/
Christopher Morrison: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1392571/
Find Morrison online here: http://www.realityplus.org
One of Dom’s online presences: https://www.facebook.com/ThorHulkCritic

Vol.2 Ep.2: Blade Runner and all things slo-sci-fi!!!!

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Welcome to Volume 2 of Elevating the Genre! This is where we follow theme months for a full year. This new format will allow Dom and Christopher to dig into things on a much deeper level and allow ideas to cross-over from episode to episode.

October is Sci-Fi trope month and we cop-air-car glide from the utopianish vision of Star Trek, and get shot down with a funky trashman harpoon into the dystopian fun-land that is the (now) Blade Runner series!

(This dystopia is ORANGE.)

Stuff we are talking about:
Interstellar: tt0816692
Solaris ’72: tt0069293
Solaris ’02: tt0307479

Next Week: STAR WARS and shit!

Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. Please see the “Suggestion Box” post for that (or feel free to leave a comment below with some ideas.) https://elevatingthegenre.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/first-blog-post

As always our music is provided by: N~eyes here’s his website: www.n-eyes.be

Joanne stuff (Christopher’s upcoming feature):
https://www.facebook.com/joannethemovie/
Twitter: @JoanneTheMovie

Dom’s stuff:
https://www.youtube.com/user/dommah

And more US:
Dominic Mah: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1394256/
Christopher Morrison: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1392571/
Find Morrison online here: http://www.realityplus.org
One of Dom’s online presences: https://www.facebook.com/ThorHulkCritic

Episode 1; Vol 2: October is Sci-Fi Month! Starting with Star Trek!!!!

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Welcome to Volume 2 of Elevating the Genre! This is where we follow theme months for a full year. October is Sci-Fi trope month and we kick it off with the mother of all Sci-Fi IP’s: Star Trek (it’s in it’s 50th anniversary and the new show Discovery has dropped).

This new format will allow Dom and Christopher to dig into things on a much deeper level and allow ideas to cross-over from episode to episode. So come along for the ride folks! First up is the Prime Directive, post-capitalist Utopia, techno-babble, and it’s ilk… and Christopher makes up a Star Trek term that he is CONVINCED is a thing… but it is NOT… wait for it… wait for it…

(No, this isn’t it… but this is Patrick Stewart in Lifeforce getting puppetized and drained of blood… fuck you, it’s Halloween… we need this kinda thing.)

Christopher can find NO proof for his Mulgrew story (and in fact it might’ve been the fact that Genevieve Bujold was cast and then left), however, here is a thread backing up his Roddenberry humanoid alien rule:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25770

Stuff we are talking about:
Vertigo Comics: http://www.vertigocomics.com
Wings and Magneto and Titanium Man: watch
Rocky Raccoon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nktOEkrAD8
Lifeforce: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089489/
Dom’s a co-writer on Superpowerless dropping on VOD next week!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1984261/

Next Week: Blade Runner (remember, we are NOT a movie review site, but we will chat about 2049, but NOT reviewing it).

Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. Please see the “Suggestion Box” post for that (or feel free to leave a comment below with some ideas.) https://elevatingthegenre.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/first-blog-post

As always our music is provided by: N~eyes here’s his website: www.n-eyes.be

Joanne stuff (Christopher’s upcoming feature):
https://www.facebook.com/joannethemovie/
Twitter: @JoanneTheMovie

Dom’s stuff:
https://www.youtube.com/user/dommah

And more US:
Dominic Mah: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1394256/
Christopher Morrison: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1392571/
Find Morrison online here: http://www.realityplus.org
One of Dom’s online presences: https://www.facebook.com/ThorHulkCritic

Episode 0; Vol. 2!!!! We’re baaaaack!

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Hey, you, yeah, you, yeah, you collector. Will you buy this cash-grab issue? Look! It’s a number 0, it’ll be worth something… some day… probably [not].

BUT, we are back, ladies and gentlemen! We’ve been gone, and now we are not. In fact, we are back with a BIG announcement pod-cast-wise. We are changing our format a bit and all the juicy details are inside… give a listen and our Episode 1; Vol. 2 will drop the first week of October! See you then!

Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. Please see the “Suggestion Box” post for that (or feel free to leave a comment below with some ideas.) https://elevatingthegenre.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/first-blog-post

As always our music is provided by: N~eyes here’s his website: www.n-eyes.be

Joanne stuff (Christopher’s upcoming feature):
https://www.facebook.com/joannethemovie/
Twitter: @JoanneTheMovie

Dom’s stuff:
https://www.youtube.com/user/dommah

And more US:
Dominic Mah: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1394256/
Christopher Morrison: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1392571/
Find Morrison online here: http://www.realityplus.org
One of Dom’s online presences: https://www.facebook.com/ThorHulkCritic

Episode 35: The Spider-Man!!!!

With great power comes a great podcast… okay, maybe over-stating it a bit. But Dom and Christopher DO talk an hour about everyone’s favorite web-slinger, Spider-Man!

Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. Please see the “Suggestion Box” post for that (or feel free to leave a comment below with some ideas.) https://elevatingthegenre.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/first-blog-post

As always our music is provided by: N~eyes here’s his website: www.n-eyes.be

Joanne stuff (Christopher’s upcoming feature):
https://www.facebook.com/joannethemovie/
Twitter: @JoanneTheMovie

Dom’s stuff:
https://www.youtube.com/user/dommah

And more US:
Dominic Mah: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1394256/
Christopher Morrison: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1392571/
Find Morrison online here: http://www.realityplus.org
One of Dom’s online presences: https://www.facebook.com/ThorHulkCritic

Episode 34: Anti-Heroes!!! (we’re not against heroes, but, you know, well… just listen…)

The second part of our duology of villains and anti-heroes is here! We break down your favorite poorly behaving/murderous/ineffectual/weak-ass heroes! We love ’em. So we heap the lurve on some groovy IPs.
this guy is a hero??? Sorta…

Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. Please see the “Suggestion Box” post for that (or feel free to leave a comment below with some ideas.) https://elevatingthegenre.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/first-blog-post

As always our music is provided by: N~eyes here’s his website: www.n-eyes.be

 

Here’s some stuff we’re talking about:
Elric of Melniboné by Michael Moorcock: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elric_of_Melniboné
The cover of said book I was talking about:

Gina Prince-Blythewood: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0697656/
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosencrantz_and_Guildenstern_Are_Dead

Joanne stuff (Christopher’s upcoming feature):
https://www.facebook.com/joannethemovie/
Twitter: @JoanneTheMovie

Dom’s stuff:
https://www.youtube.com/user/dommah

And more US:
Dominic Mah: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1394256/
Christopher Morrison: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1392571/
Find Morrison online here: http://www.realityplus.org
One of Dom’s online presences: https://www.facebook.com/ThorHulkCritic

Episode 33: Villains and Villainy… umm, or Villainery, you know… BAD GUYS!

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This week Morrison and Mah take you to the heart of darkness where the bad people live. It’s VILLAINS! Hooray! (And a small semantic debate about a version of that word.) And lots of bad guys… who doesn’t love a good villain (or talking about what makes a crappy one?) WE DO!

Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. Please see the “Suggestion Box” post for that (or feel free to leave a comment below with some ideas.) https://elevatingthegenre.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/first-blog-post

As always our music is provided by: Nathan Bruynoghe

And, finally, the links to the stuff we are talking about:

Villainery is, in fact, technically not a word (not in my monstrous copy of the OED) BUT it’s in use on the internet… so, IRL wins.
Armin Shimerman: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001734/
Champions (and the Hero System): http://www.herogames.com/forums/store/product/630-champions-the-super-role-playing-game-pdf-4th-edition/

Inferno: The Making of The Expendables: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1687890/

Joanne stuff (Christopher’s upcoming feature):
https://www.facebook.com/joannethemovie/
Twitter: @JoanneTheMovie

Dom’s stuff:
https://www.youtube.com/user/dommah

And more US:
Dominic Mah: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1394256/
Christopher Morrison: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1392571/
Find Morrison online here: http://www.realityplus.org
One of Dom’s online presences: https://www.facebook.com/ThorHulkCritic

Episode 32: Transformers The Animated Movie!!! (the only GOOD Transformers movie)

Christopher and Dom delve into a pile of heroic nonsense that is Transformers the Animated Movie… and our deep, deep love for it.

SUCH HEROIC NONSENSE

Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. Please see the “Suggestion Box” post for that (or feel free to leave a comment below with some ideas.) https://elevatingthegenre.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/first-blog-post

As always our music is provided by: Nathan Bruynoghe

And, finally, the links to the stuff we are talking about:

Captain Caveman: 
John Mochitta (and MicroMachines): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nHvJy2Ll4Y
If you want to fall down the cast/creator TFAM imdb hole:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092106/
Fire and Ice: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085542/
Heavy Metal: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082509/
Vince DiCola: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0225746/
Scatman Crothers: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001079/
Fantasy Island: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077008/

Joanne stuff (Christopher’s upcoming feature):
https://www.facebook.com/joannethemovie/
Twitter: @JoanneTheMovie

Dom’s stuff:
https://www.youtube.com/user/dommah

And more US:
Dominic Mah: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1394256/
Christopher Morrison: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1392571/
Find Morrison online here: http://www.realityplus.org
One of Dom’s online presences: https://www.facebook.com/ThorHulkCritic

Episode 31: Wonder Woman!!!!

Christopher and Dominic welcome the wonderful (see what we did there???)
Kimi Balcomb! The glorious leader from goldenlass.net, Wonder Woman superfan, and cosplayer extraordinaire to discuss, well, WONDER WOMAN.

Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. Please see the “Suggestion Box” post for that (or feel free to leave a comment below with some ideas.) https://elevatingthegenre.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/first-blog-post

As always our music is provided by: Nathan Bruynoghe

And, finally, the links to the stuff we are talking about:

Kimi Balcomb: http://www.goldenlasso.net; happyjacks.org; all the social things @: goldenlassogirl
Dr. William Moulton Marston: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Moulton_Marston
George Perez: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Pérez
Patty Jenkins: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0420941/
Daniel Pinkwater: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Pinkwater
Joanne stuff (Christopher’s upcoming feature):
https://www.facebook.com/joannethemovie/
Twitter: @JoanneTheMovie

Dom’s stuff:
https://www.youtube.com/user/dommah

And more US:
Dominic Mah: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1394256/
Christopher Morrison: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1392571/
Find Morrison online here: http://www.realityplus.org
One of Dom’s online presences: https://www.facebook.com/ThorHulkCritic

Episode 30: The Apocalypse!!!

Christopher and Dominic take on all the Apocalypsessss, Apocalyptii, oh, you know. All of that. Pre-During-Post; The How; the story-telling effects; the good; the bad. You know, THE APOCALYPSE.

Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. Please see the “Suggestion Box” post for that (or feel free to leave a comment below with some ideas.) https://elevatingthegenre.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/first-blog-post

As always our music is provided by: Nathan Bruynoghe

And, finally, the links to the stuff we are talking about:

Diani and Devine: The Selling; Diani and Devin Meet the Apocalypse: http://www.dianianddevine.com/ddmta/
Stalker: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalker_(1979_film)
Time of the Wolf: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0324197/
Invasion of the Body Snatchers: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049366/
Zardoz: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070948/
A Boy and His Dog: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072730/
Night of the Comet: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087799/
Chakotay from Voyager is Robert Beltran!!!: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000296/
Snowpiercer: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1706620/
Escape from LA: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116225/
Daybreakers: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0433362/
(I forgot Stakeland for the Vampire Apocalypse: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1464580)
Thundarr the Barbarian: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181262/
Fail Safe (1964): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058083/
These Final Hours: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2268458/
On the Beach: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053137/
(With Gregory Peck! Ava Gardner! Anthony Perkins! and Fred Mutha-Fuckin’ Astaire!!!)
Post- Apocalyptic Theater (we mentioned):
Marisol: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marisol_(play)
That Simpsons mythology play: Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Burns,_a_Post-Electric_Play

Joanne stuff (Christopher’s upcoming feature):
https://www.facebook.com/joannethemovie/
Twitter: @JoanneTheMovie

Dom’s stuff:
https://www.youtube.com/user/dommah

And more US:
Dominic Mah: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1394256/
Christopher Morrison: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1392571/
Find Morrison online here: http://www.realityplus.org
One of Dom’s online presences: https://www.facebook.com/ThorHulkCritic

Episode 29: Gale Anne Hurd!

If you call yourself a geek and don’t know that name, trust us, you owe her quite a debt of gratitude. She is the producer behind the classics: Terminator (and shares a co-writing credit on that one); T2; The Abyss; Tremors; The Hulk; The Walking Dead …and that’s just a start!

Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. Please see the “Suggestion Box” post for that (or feel free to leave a comment below with some ideas.) https://elevatingthegenre.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/first-blog-post

Sorry, no links this week! 😦

As always our music is provided by: Nathan Bruynoghe

 

Joanne stuff (Christopher’s upcoming feature):
https://www.facebook.com/joannethemovie/
Twitter: @JoanneTheMovie

Dom’s stuff:
https://www.youtube.com/user/dommah

And more US:
Dominic Mah: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1394256/
Christopher Morrison: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1392571/
Find Morrison online here: http://www.realityplus.org
One of Dom’s online presences: https://www.facebook.com/ThorHulkCritic

Episode 28: Humor and the Geek!

This week we crack into another concept (thus killing it entirely): HUMOR! What is funny? And why is it funny? What is funny about various and different fantasy and sci-fi IPs.

Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. Please see the “Suggestion Box” post for that (or feel free to leave a comment below with some ideas.) https://elevatingthegenre.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/first-blog-post

As always our music is provided by: Nathan Bruynoghe

And, finally, the links to the stuff we are talking about:

Margaret Atwood’s Variation on the Word Sleep: https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/variation-word-sleep
Another Fine Myth by Robert Asprin: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL2485613W/Another_fine_myth
(PS: I’m an idiot it’s not Asprin’s wife writing it now it’s Jody Lynn Nye: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jody_Lynn_Nye)
All things Dork Tower: http://www.dorktower.com
(by JOHN Kovalic, UGH Christopher gets a BUNCH wrong this episode)
Bored of the Rings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bored_of_the_Rings
(And it’s freakin’ HARVARD Lampoon, not National Lampoon [HEY! don’t yell at me… one turned into the other, so there.]).
Hardware Wars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ymFxkFfIhU
Red Dwarf: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Dwarf
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Say_Nothing_of_the_Dog

Joanne stuff (Christopher’s upcoming feature):
https://www.facebook.com/joannethemovie/
Twitter: @JoanneTheMovie

Dom’s stuff:
https://www.youtube.com/user/dommah

And more US:
Dominic Mah: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1394256/
Christopher Morrison: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1392571/
Find Morrison online here: http://www.realityplus.org
One of Dom’s online presences: https://www.facebook.com/ThorHulkCritic

Episode 27: Rey and Jyn and May the 4th Be With You AND Dr. Melissa Hillman!!!

It’s Star Wars DAY! May the fourth be with you. And here we go on a deep dive on Jyn and Rey with Star Wars expert Melissa Hillman.

Dr. Melissa Hillman is the awesome.
Her awesome blog: https://bittergertrude.com
The theater company Melissa ran for 20 seasons: http://www.impacttheatre.com
Her 501st Garrison membership: https://www.501st.com/members/displaymemberdetails.php?userID=8382

Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. Please see the “Suggestion Box” post for that (or feel free to leave a comment below with some ideas.) https://elevatingthegenre.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/first-blog-post

As always our music is provided by: Nathan Bruynoghe

And, finally, the links to the stuff we are talking about:
The Hero’s Journey (I have no idea what the bow tie wearing cheetah is about [or the diamond eyepatch]): 

Death of the Author summary: http://culturalstudiesnow.blogspot.be/2017/02/roland-barthes-death-of-author-summary.html
Carol Clover: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_J._Clover
Men, Women, and Chainsaws is her work on women in horror films
That dramatic structure Melissa talked about with Star Wars explained (it’s called Ring Structure/Composition): http://www.starwarsringtheory.com
Water by the Spoonful: http://stageagent.com/shows/play/1349/water-by-the-spoonful
Kathleen Kennedy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Kennedy_(producer)

Joanne stuff (Christopher’s upcoming feature):

https://www.facebook.com/joannethemovie/

Twitter: @JoanneTheMovie

And this is US:
Dominic Mah: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1394256/
Christopher Morrison: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1392571/
Find Morrison online here: http://www.realityplus.org
One of Dom’s online presences: https://www.facebook.com/ThorHulkCritic

 

Episode 26: Guest Starring The Geek Show At Bindlestiff Studio

Special Guest this week while Chris labors on his feature film! Dom chats with The Geek Show, playing at Bindlestiff Studio in San Francisco for 1 more weekend only! (This Thurs-Sat Apr 27-29.) Tickets here!

A series of short sketches invoking everything from The Flash to Pokemon to Overwatch, presented by the premier Filipino/Filipina theater space in the USA, The Geek Show erupts with heart, satire, and abundant cosplay. Dom chats with Thomas, Lauren, and Nicolette about the production, including the requisite long digression into Star Wars.

Dom Mah: @dommah / karaokerhapsody.com / ThorHulkCritic

Episode 25: Cinematic Superpowers!!!

What makes an awesome cinematic superpower? Have no fear, Christopher and Dom have opinions! (Even though Christopher also has jet-lag!) We break down the powers that are good on screen, the powers that are crappy on screen, and the ones we wish they would hurry up and hire us to do.

Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. Please see the “Suggestion Box” post for that (or feel free to leave a comment below with some ideas.) https://elevatingthegenre.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/first-blog-post

As always our music is provided by: Nathan Bruynoghe

And, finally, the links to the stuff we are talking about:
The Geek Show in SF: https://www.facebook.com/BindlestiffStudio/
It was actually George Reeves: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Reeves
Tetsuo’s new arm: https://nosternerstuffthanthis.wordpress.com/2012/12/29/14-akira/tetuos-new-arm/
Cloak and Dagger trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5hrFVQiGyk

Joanne stuff (Christopher’s upcoming feature):

https://www.facebook.com/joannethemovie/
Twitter: @JoanneTheMovie

And this is US:
Dominic Mah: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1394256/
Christopher Morrison: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1392571/
Find Morrison online here: http://www.realityplus.org
One of Dom’s online presences: https://www.facebook.com/ThorHulkCritic

Episode 24a: We are VR! (Solo Christopher Show)

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Christopher’s goin’ solo! A short but sweet musing on what’s coming and a bit of a primer on VR and 360 degree filming! Not a rant, a lot of love, and a whole BUNCH of speculation!

Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. Please see the “Suggestion Box” post for that (or feel free to leave a comment below with some ideas.) https://elevatingthegenre.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/first-blog-post

As always our music is provided by: Nathan Bruynoghe

And, finally, the links to the stuff we are talking about:
Phantom Banjo: https://www.amazon.com/Phantom-Banjo-Songkiller-Saga-Book-ebook/dp/B0046A9QKK
Jaunt VR: https://www.jauntvr.com
Google Cardboard: https://vr.google.com/cardboard/
Oculus Rift: https://www.oculus.com
A little taste of Transition: https://vimeo.com/177646448

https://www.facebook.com/joannethemovie/
Twitter: @JoanneTheMovie

And this is US:
Dominic Mah: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1394256/
Christopher Morrison: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1392571/
Find Morrison online here: http://www.realityplus.org
One of Dom’s online presences: https://www.facebook.com/ThorHulkCritic

Episode 24: Buffy is 20! EtG is 6 months! And your hosts are O-L-D! Plus Dr. Edmond Chang!

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This week we are throwing down on Buffy’s 20th birthday! We also have an EtG first! A three-way co-host rumble extraordinaire! Dr. Edmond Chang, a bona-fide visiting professor from the University of Oregon in the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies! He does for a living what Dom and I do on this podcast… he’s so cool.

Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. Please see the “Suggestion Box” post for that (or feel free to leave a comment below with some ideas.) https://elevatingthegenre.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/first-blog-post

As always our music is provided by: Nathan Bruynoghe

And, finally, the links to the stuff we are talking about:
Ed’s CV: https://casprofile.uoregon.edu/sites/casprofile2.uoregon.edu/files/cv/cv-2835.pdf
Ed’s website: http://www.edmondchang.com
Injection: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25787656-injection-vol-1
Jessica Henwick: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3725055/
Kindred: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28818221-kindred
Cop Rock: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098772/
(Sorry it was Steven Bochco (Hill Street Blues and LA Law) NOT Dick Wolfe
Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1227926/
Riverdale: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5420376/
Steven’s Universe: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3061046/
(Christopher doesn’t feel as bad… he thought it was much older.)
Joanne stuff (Christopher’s upcoming feature):

https://www.facebook.com/joannethemovie/
Twitter: @JoanneTheMovie

And this is US:
Dominic Mah: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1394256/
Christopher Morrison: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1392571/
Find Morrison online here: http://www.realityplus.org
One of Dom’s online presences: https://www.facebook.com/ThorHulkCritic

Episode 23: We Elevate Marvel’s Iron Fist (’cause it mostly sucks)

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We got a new one for you! Dom and I are very upset with the Netflix version of Iron Fist… so… we ELEVATE IT! That’s right. Dom and I walk through the problem spots of Iron Fist and remake the show so that, if aired, we would actually talk about it on our podcast. ‘Cause, ya know, we like good stuff. So step into the EtG alternate Iron Fist universe!

Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. Please see the “Suggestion Box” post for that (or feel free to leave a comment below with some ideas.) https://elevatingthegenre.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/first-blog-post/

We do record a visual version of the podcast as well. You can find all the episodes here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQBjmQjG5ol4xRGlo6VdaHw

As always our music is provided by: Nathan Bruynoghe

And, finally, as always the links to the stuff we are talking about:
Into the Badlands: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3865236/
Daniel Wu: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0943079/
Bunraku: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1181795/
The Raid: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1899353/
Iko Uwais (Christopher SLAUGHTERED his name): http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3299397/
The Master of Kung-Fu (Shang-Chi): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Kung_Fu_(comics)
Lewis Tan: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1167985/
John Wick: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2911666/
John Wick training: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip2tNK0Zq1A
and: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCIgpUTvfsA
Nippon Budōkan (or as we call it: just Budokan): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nippon_Budokan
John Dahl: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001093/
What is whitewashing?: http://www.thesociologicalcinema.com/blog/what-is-whitewashing
Here’s ACTUAL Horse Stance: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/179510735117048226/

Joanne stuff (Christopher’s upcoming feature):

https://www.facebook.com/joannethemovie/
Twitter: @JoanneTheMovie

And this is US:
Dominic Mah: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1394256/
Christopher Morrison: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1392571/
Find Morrison online here: http://www.realityplus.org
One of Dom’s online presences: https://www.facebook.com/ThorHulkCritic

Episode 22: Doctor Who!!!

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We gots a guest host, the incomparable Mr. Zay Amsbury! He’s all kinds of awesomely writerly, podcasterly, geeky dudeliness. We are honored to have him on while Dom is off at his writing retreat doing his own awesomely, writerly things. GO DOM! Zay is here to discuss with Christopher all things Doctor Who: classic and new. Including: the Doctor Who delivery system that was public television in the 70’s and 80’s; what makes a good doctor; and why is so god-damn important that the good Doc eventually NOT be a white dude.

Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. Please see the “Suggestion Box” post for that (or feel free to leave a comment below with some ideas.) https://elevatingthegenre.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/first-blog-post/

We do record a visual version of the podcast as well. You can find all the episodes here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQBjmQjG5ol4xRGlo6VdaHw

As always our music is provided by: Nathan Bruynoghe

And, finally, as always the links to the stuff we are talking about:
Zay’s podcast and immersive events lists (with Mr. Noah Nelson), No Proscenium: http://www.noproscenium.com
Here’s Zay on the interwebs: https://twitter.com/zayamsbury?lang=en
Heroes of the East (or Shaolin Challenges Ninja): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080172/
Peter Capaldi drawing Doctors!!!!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rewhHdFDCZg
Death in Paradise: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1888075/

Zay thinks these martial arts movie links are fun:
http://brightlightsfilm.com/brief-historical-tour-hong-kong-martial-arts-film/#.WMkxFTssgww
https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/01/the-100-best-martial-arts-movies-of-all-time.html?a=1

Joanne stuff (Christopher’s upcoming feature):

https://www.facebook.com/joannethemovie/
Twitter: @JoanneTheMovie

And this is US:
Dominic Mah: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1394256/
Christopher Morrison: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1392571/
Find Morrison online here: http://www.realityplus.org
One of Dom’s online presences: https://www.facebook.com/ThorHulkCritic

Episode X-21A: Logan Review

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It’s a special episode from the Weapon Plus Program and Department K! Dom and Christopher head into the bleak, violent, wonderful world of Logan (and they LIKE it). As this is a wacky-special-collector’s-edition-one-off… some of our regular features are suspended. And SPOILERS, it’s ALL SPOILERS so don’t listen if you aren’t prepped.

Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. Please see the “Suggestion Box” post for that (or feel free to leave a comment below with some ideas.) https://elevatingthegenre.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/first-blog-post/

We do record a visual version of the podcast as well. You can find all the episodes here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQBjmQjG5ol4xRGlo6VdaHw

As always our music is provided by: Nathan Bruynoghe

Joanne stuff (Christopher’s upcoming feature):
https://www.facebook.com/joannethemovie/
Twitter: @JoanneTheMovie

And this is US:
Dominic Mah: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1394256/
Christopher Morrison: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1392571/
Find Morrison online here: http://www.realityplus.org
One of Dom’s online presences: https://www.facebook.com/ThorHulkCritic

Episode 21: Wolverine!!!!

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This week Dom and Christopher chop up a little James Howlett; Logan; or as the world best knows him: WOLVERINE. Listen as Christopher tells you a story about how he fell in love with the universe; how Dom would kill Wolverine; which are our favorite costumes; and other such nonsense!

Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. Please see the “Suggestion Box” post for that (or feel free to leave a comment below with some ideas.) https://elevatingthegenre.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/first-blog-post/

We do record a visual version of the podcast as well. You can find all the episodes here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQBjmQjG5ol4xRGlo6VdaHw

As always our music is provided by: Nathan Bruynoghe

And, finally, as always the links to the stuff we are talking about:
Black Panther by Ta-Nehisi Coates: http://marvel.com/comics/collection/57429/black_panther_a_nation_under_our_feet_book_1_trade_paperback
The iconic 1st death of Wolverine cover: Uncanny X-Men 142: http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Uncanny_X-Men_Vol_1_142
These were the two Shogun Warriors that Christopher had in his youth:
https://tinyurl.com/gs2m7gs
And here’s an nice full detail of the toys: http://www.toys2remember.com/shogun_warriors/
Larry Hama, comics writer and so much more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Hama
Nimrod the Sentinel: https://i.annihil.us/u/prod/marvel//universe3zx/images/2/2c/Nimrod.jpg

Joanne stuff (Christopher’s upcoming feature):
https://www.facebook.com/joannethemovie/
Twitter: @JoanneTheMovie

And this is US:
Dominic Mah: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1394256/
Christopher Morrison: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1392571/
Find Morrison online here: http://www.realityplus.org
One of Dom’s online presences: https://www.facebook.com/ThorHulkCritic

Hey this is a test…

Everybody ignore me!!!!!

Episode 20: Space Battles!!!

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Today we’re in space and in the dogfight of our lives!!! Christopher and Dom break down what makes a kick-ass space battle KICK-ASS. And we chat about our favs of course.

Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. Please see the “Suggestion Box” post for that (or feel free to leave a comment below with some ideas.) https://elevatingthegenre.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/first-blog-post/

We do record a visual version of the podcast as well. You can find all the episodes here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQBjmQjG5ol4xRGlo6VdaHw

As always our music is provided by: Nathan Bruynoghe

And, finally, as always the links to the stuff we are talking about:
Monstress: https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/monstress
Macross Frontier: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1216150/
Battle Beyond the Stars: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080421/
John Sayles: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000626/
James Horner: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000035/
The Last Starfighter: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087597/
Karma: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karma_(comics)
Flash Gordon Hawkman Fight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6B9nkrSuMI
Battlestar Gallactica Viper Launch (the funny version): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa7zDfGVh74
Robotech battle (w/Morrison’s favorite missile launching): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NY4MHHlNOY
Young Sherlock Holmes Stained Glass Knight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUncSv8UG2g

Joanne stuff (Christopher’s upcoming feature):
https://www.facebook.com/joannethemovie/
Twitter: @JoanneTheMovie

And this is US:
Dominic Mah: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1394256/
Christopher Morrison: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1392571/
Find Morrison online here: http://www.realityplus.org
One of Dom’s online presences: https://www.facebook.com/ThorHulkCritic

Episode 19: How We Make Indie Films!!

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Ladies and gentlemen! Christopher is back and he and Dom chop it up on all things about making indie features (Dom has shot two and Christopher just finished principal on his first!)

Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. Please see the “Suggestion Box” post for that (or feel free to leave a comment below with some ideas.) https://elevatingthegenre.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/first-blog-post/

We do record a visual version of the podcast as well. You can find all the episodes here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQBjmQjG5ol4xRGlo6VdaHw

As always our music is provided by: Nathan Bruynoghe

And, finally, as always the links to the stuff we are talking about:
John Dies at the End: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1783732/
Scott Pilgrim vs the World: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0446029/
Monsters: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1470827/
Shane Carruth (Primer and Upstream Color): http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1503403/
Men Go To Battle (the micro-budget Civil War movie Christopher was talking about): http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1503403/
Various cellphone clamps for tripods: https://www.aliexpress.com/popular/cell-phone-tripods.html

Joanne stuff (Christopher’s upcoming feature):
https://www.facebook.com/joannethemovie/
Twitter: @JoanneTheMovie

And this is US:
Dominic Mah: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1394256/
Christopher Morrison: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1392571/
Find Morrison online here: http://www.realityplus.org
One of Dom’s online presences: https://www.facebook.com/ThorHulkCritic

Episode 18: Cross-Dressing Voices In Cartoons (w/ guest host Katie G)

4th in our series of guest hosts is Katie G, here to discuss the trope of cartoon characters voiced by actors the opposite of the characters’ main gender, a.k.a. cross-dress voice acting, specifically in iconic cartoons from the 90’s up til now, even more specifically a lot about Tina from BOB’S BURGERS. Also, we play a possibly delightful voiceover game (V.O.O.O.C. – Voice Over Out Of Context) and tangentialize on Bart Simpson, Yellow Dancer of ROBOTECH, VOLTRON: LEGENDARY DEFENDER, and also the eternal search for meaning!

@dommah / @cosplaykaraoke / @katiegilmore

Chris returns soon!

Episode 17: HULK AS PUNY CULTURAL PHENOMENON

Our Guest Host today (Chris is still shooting a feature film) is Greg Pak, writer, filmmaker, and preeminent scribe of Marvel’s THE INCREDIBLE HULK. We discuss the Hulk’s relevance as a symbol of repressed/channeled rage and strength, with insider insights from Greg’s work as a creator of the PLANET HULK/WORLD WAR HULK storylines, Amadeus Cho (the current, Asian-American Hulk) and also tidbits about Greg’s work on the John Carpenter mash-up comics series and his creator-owned work. Enjoy, and SMASH.

Dom on Greg’s Asian-American super-team-up storyline in TOTALLY AWESOME HULK, for YOMYOMF.

Dom’s review of Greg’s creator-owned dream project, KINGSWAY WEST.

Greg Pak’s official site.

Twits to follow: @gregpak, @thorhulkcritic, @dommah, @cosplaykaraoke, @JoanneTheMovie, @Reality_Plus_

Episode 16: Smartness & Super-Geniuses with MC Frontalot

Dom & guest host MC Frontalot (Damian Hess) discuss the meaning of “smartness” in geek culture and the trope of the super-genius in film, TV, and comic books. Touched upon: Watchmen, Spider-Man, Star Trek, Scully of The X-Files, Asimov’s Foundation Series, Stardew Valley, and U2, absolutely not in that order.

Dominic Mah: https://www.youtube.com/c/KaraokeRhapsody & http://www.yomyomf.com/users/dominic/

MC Frontalot: http://frontalot.com/

Christopher Morrison: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1392571/

Twits to follow: @mc_frontalot, @thorhulkcritic, @dommah, @cosplaykaraoke, @JoanneTheMovie, @Reality_Plus_

Episode 15: Great Musical/Song Moments In Geek Culture

Hey, it’s our first episode with a GUEST HOST because Chris is shooting a film, so Dom is joined by filmmaker/musical enthusiast/pop-proto-culture expert H.P. Mendoza to discuss the most elevating musical/song moments in geekdom, including banter about THE ABYSS, HUNGER GAMES, ROBOTECH, TRANSFORMERS:THE MOVIE, SCOTT PILGRIM, STAR TREK:BEYOND, and somehow manage to go the whole hour without mentioning Joss Whedon once. (WTF?)

Dominic Mah’s Karaoke/Cosplay YouTube channel, and at YOMYOMF and @ThorHulkCritic.

H.P. Mendoza (guest host), at H.P. Mendoza. 

Chris Morrison on IMDB, and his feature film in progress: Joanne

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
The “Willin'” scene from The Abyss.

“Dare”/”Escape” from Transformers The Movie (1986).

Star Trek: Beyond, the Beastie Boys Attack. (SPOILER)

The Minmay Attack (NOT from Robotech, but as re-conceived in Macross: Do You Remember Love.)

Katniss sings near the end of Hunger Games 3A, a.k.a. Mockingjay Part I.

Episode 14: Our Top 9 of 2016 (and goodbye Ms. Fisher)

Ladies and gentlemen! Our top Elevated Genre properties/moments/things/stuff from 2016! Hey, it was a sucky year… but here’s the good stuff! (With some shit stuff in there too.) 😦

Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. Please see the “Suggestion Box” post for that (or feel free to leave a comment below with some ideas.) https://elevatingthegenre.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/first-blog-post/

We do record a visual version of the podcast as well. You can find all the episodes here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQBjmQjG5ol4xRGlo6VdaHw

As always our music is provided by: Nathan Bruynoghe
(with a new closing tune! Thanks, Nathan!!!)

And, finally, as always the links to the stuff we are talking about:
Postcards From the Edge: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100395/
Starship Troopers Blur trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yh8qd0VKPAE
(If THAT don’t get you to a space flick… nuthin’ will.)
Police Story 3: Supercop: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104558/
The Heroic Trio: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105619/
Videodrome: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086541/
Old Boy Hallway Fight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ufss5ot_vGE
Gaby Alter: http://www.gabyalter.com
Google Cardboard: https://vr.google.com/cardboard/

Joanne stuff (Christopher’s upcoming feature):
Crowdfunding: https://www.seedandspark.com/fund/joanne#wishlist
https://www.facebook.com/joannethemovie/
Twitter: @JoanneTheMovie

And this is US:
Dominic Mah: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1394256/
Christopher Morrison: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1392571/
Find Morrison online here: http://www.realityplus.org
One of Dom’s online presences: https://www.facebook.com/ThorHulkCritic

Episode 13: The Hidden Force: Asian Influence on Western Sci-Fi (and a bunch of Rogue One)

That’s right we unpack how Asia is at the core of your favorite sci-fi properties. And, naturally, we can’t resist telling you all what we think of Rogue One. Kurosawa! Lucas! Verne! We gots it all!

Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. Please see the “Suggestion Box” post for that (or feel free to leave a comment below with some ideas.) https://elevatingthegenre.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/first-blog-post/

We do record a visual version of the podcast as well. You can find all the episodes here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQBjmQjG5ol4xRGlo6VdaHw

As always our music is provided by: Nathan Bruynoghe
(with a new closing tune! Thanks, Nathan!!!)

Errata for Episode 12: Sidekicks:
Comics Code History: By the early 2000s, publishers bypassed the CCA and Marvel Comics abandoned it in 2001. By 2010, only three major publishers still adhered to it: DC Comics, Archie Comics, and Bongo Comics. Bongo broke with the CCA in 2010. DC and Archie followed in January 2011, rendering the Code completely defunct today.
Green Hornet: The character debuted in The Green Hornet, an American radio program that premiered on January 31, 1936, on WXYZ, the same local Detroit station that originated its companion shows The Lone Ranger:
New Green Hornet movie Kato is played by: Jay Chou (Dom was correct)
Elementary: Is still on going into 5th season: Watson is not a love interest
Bucky Actor: Sebatian Stan

And, finally, as always the links to the stuff we are talking about:
Iain M Banks Culture Novels: http://www.iain-banks.net
Tae Te Ching: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tao_Te_Ching
Bow Sim Mark (Christopher’s first Tai-Chi teacher: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow-sim_Mark and her institute: https://www.facebook.com/Bow-Sim-Mark-Tai-Chi-Arts-Association-114431485311811/
Soon the owners of everything in entertainment, The Wanda Group: http://www.wanda-group.com
Those two conflicting LATimes articles:
1: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2012/06/china-censorship-movies-hollywood-iron-man-red-dawn-hollywood.html
2: http://articles.latimes.com/2012/apr/07/entertainment/la-et-0407-sharkey-hong-kong-final-20120407
Mishima (film): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089603/

Joanne stuff (Christopher’s upcoming feature): https://www.facebook.com/joannethemovie/
Twitter: @JoanneTheMovie

And this is US:
Dominic Mah: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1394256/
Christopher Morrison: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1392571/
Find Morrison online here: http://christophermorriso.wixsite.com
One of Dom’s online presences: https://www.facebook.com/ThorHulkCritic

Episode 12: Holy sidekicks, Robin! (Yeah, sidekicks and a lot of Robin)

All things sidekicks (and a bunch of Robin the Boy Wonder). We know you want one, we know you ARE one once in a while… let’s talk about ’em!

Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. Please see the “Suggestion Box” post for that (or feel free to leave a comment below with some ideas.) https://elevatingthegenre.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/first-blog-post/

We do record a visual version of the podcast as well. You can find all the episodes here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQBjmQjG5ol4xRGlo6VdaHw

As always our music is provided by: Nathan Bruynoghe
(with a new closing tune! Thanks, Nathan!!!)

And, finally, as always the links to the stuff we are talking about:
Ghost BC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DwovN8R2_c
Female Techs in Knight Rider: http://knight-rider.wikia.com/wiki/Bonnie_Barstow
http://knight-rider.wikia.com/wiki/April_Curtis
Gil Gerard: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001266/
Sidekicks (TV show): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090519/
Comics Code Authority: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comics_Code_Authority

Joanne stuff (Christopher’s upcoming feature): https://www.facebook.com/joannethemovie/
Twitter: @JoanneTheMovie

And this is US:
Dominic Mah: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1394256/
Christopher Morrison: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1392571/
Find Morrison online here: http://christophermorriso.wixsite.com
One of Dom’s online presences: https://www.facebook.com/ThorHulkCritic

Episode 11A: Remakes/Reboots/Requels

Due to massive tech issues we are very late and very not visual. But that doesn’t stop us from tackling a HUGE topic like Remakes/Reboots/Requels… why are there so many? why make them? what makes them good? and why do so many blow?

Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. Please see the “Suggestion Box” post for that (or feel free to leave a comment below with some ideas.) https://elevatingthegenre.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/first-blog-post/

As always our music is provided by: Nathan Bruynoghe

Next week: SIDEKICKS!!!

Joanne stuff (Christopher’s upcoming feature): https://www.facebook.com/joannethemovie/
Twitter: @JoanneTheMovie

And this is US:
Dominic Mah: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1394256/
Christopher Morrison: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1392571/
Find Morrison online here: http://christophermorriso.wixsite.com
One of Dom’s online presences: https://www.facebook.com/ThorHulkCritic

Episode 11: Remake/Reboots/Requels!!!

Due to massive tech issues we are very late and very not visual. But that doesn’t stop us from tackling a HUGE topic like Remakes/Reboots/Requels… why are there so many? why make them? what makes them good? and why do so many blow?

Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. Please see the “Suggestion Box” post for that (or feel free to leave a comment below with some ideas.) https://elevatingthegenre.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/first-blog-post/

As always our music is provided by: Nathan Bruynoghe

Next week: SIDEKICKS!!!

Joanne stuff (Christopher’s upcoming feature): https://www.facebook.com/joannethemovie/
Twitter: @JoanneTheMovie

And this is US:
Dominic Mah: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1394256/
Christopher Morrison: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1392571/
Find Morrison online here: http://christophermorriso.wixsite.com
One of Dom’s online presences: https://www.facebook.com/ThorHulkCritic

Episode 10: WD Richter and Home for the Holidays (Happy Thanksgiving!)

We celebrate American Thanksgiving by bringing you the deep dive on writer/director WD Richter and his singular Thanksgiving movie (directed by Jodie Foster) Home for the Holidays!

Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. Please see the “Suggestion Box” post for that (or feel free to leave a comment below with some ideas.) https://elevatingthegenre.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/first-blog-post/

We do record a visual version of the podcast as well. You can find all the episodes here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQBjmQjG5ol4xRGlo6VdaHw

As always our music is provided by: Nathan Bruynoghe

And, finally, as always the links to the stuff we are talking about:
India’s Akira: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5465370/
Big Trouble in Little China Arbitration: http://articles.latimes.com/1986-06-29/entertainment/ca-29_1_screenwriters
WGA arbitration: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WGA_screenwriting_credit_system
Chris Radant (Home for the Holidays source material writer): https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/675614.Chris_Radant
The Savages: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0775529/
Lonesome Jim: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0385056/
The Ice Storm: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119349/
John Sayles: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000626/

Joanne stuff (Christopher’s upcoming feature): https://www.facebook.com/joannethemovie/
Twitter: @JoanneTheMovie

And this is US:
Dominic Mah: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1394256/
Christopher Morrison: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1392571/
Find Morrison online here: http://christophermorriso.wixsite.com
One of Dom’s online presences: https://www.facebook.com/ThorHulkCritic

Episode 9: Akira, Ghost in the Shell, and Miyazaki

PS: I’m no longer calling them the ‘alt-right’, fuck these people. They are Nazis. Period. That’s what they are, white-supremisits with a new name, so I’m not going to use it any longer.

Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. Please see the “Suggestion Box” post for that (or feel free to leave a comment below with some ideas.) https://elevatingthegenre.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/first-blog-post/

We do record a visual version of the podcast as well. You can find all the episodes here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQBjmQjG5ol4xRGlo6VdaHw

As always our music is provided by: Nathan Bruynoghe

Morrison’s Mistakes from Episode 9:
No terrorist mention in SW Ep.7
I know Chechnya isn’t a country it’s a republic in Russia.

And, finally, as always the links to the stuff we are talking about:
http://www.tenkarstavern.com
Dom’s GitS post: http://colorwebmag.com/2016/11/16/ghost-in-the-shell-trailer-is-just-as-racist-as-everything-else-this-week/
Frank Frazetta: http://www.frankfrazetta.net
Fafhrd and the Grey Mauzer books: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fafhrd_and_the_Gray_Mouser
Spider-Women Alpha: http://marvel.com/comics/issue/58381/spider-women_alpha_2016_1
Dennis Hopeless: http://marvel.com/comics/creators/11901/dennis_hopeless
Viz Comics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viz_Media#Formerly_licensed
Nausicaa Valley of the Wind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zhLBe319KE
Appleseed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appleseed_(manga)
Learn about the Male Gaze: https://finallyfeminism101.wordpress.com/2007/08/26/faq-what-is-the-“male-gaze”/
Some D&D cover artists: http://dungeonsmaster.com/2009/11/the-art-of-dnd-part-1/
Some more D&D artists: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_A._Trampier
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darlene_(artist)
And this is the treasure trove of my childhood!!!:

Top 10 Illustrations of 1st Edition Dungeons & Dragons

Joanne stuff (Christopher’s upcoming feature): https://www.facebook.com/joannethemovie/
Twitter: @JoanneTheMovie

And this is US:
Dominic Mah: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1394256/
Christopher Morrison: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1392571/
Find Morrison online here: http://christophermorriso.wixsite.com
One of Dom’s online presences: https://www.facebook.com/ThorHulkCritic

Episode 8: Superheroes and Politics

This week, of all weeks, it’s Superheroes and Politics. We go over multiple properties and their political leanings and the political ideologies behind supers in general. Hey, it’s a bit of an antidote to the shit-storm of the American election. 😉

Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. Please see the “Suggestion Box” post for that (or feel free to leave a comment below with some ideas.) https://elevatingthegenre.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/first-blog-post/

We do record a visual version of the podcast as well. You can find all the episodes here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQBjmQjG5ol4xRGlo6VdaHw

As always our music is provided by: Nathan Bruynoghe

And, finally, as always the links to the stuff we are talking about:
Walter Mosley: http://www.vulture.com/2016/10/walter-mosley-on-why-spider-man-is-black.html
Hunter S. Thompson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_S._Thompson
Our Frank Miller podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIIvbod532c
Chinese Superman: http://www.dccomics.com/comics/new-super-man-2016/new-super-man-1
Darrick Robertson: http://darickrobertson.com
Transmetropolitan (hey! an article about Transmet and Donald Trump!): https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2016/mar/07/transpolitan-90s-comic-donald-trump-transmetropolitan-warren-ellis
Cassandra Cain (Batgirl): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassandra_Cain
Phil Foglio: http://www.studiofoglio.com
Miles Morales (Spiderman): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man_(Miles_Morales)

Joanne stuff (Christopher’s upcoming feature): https://www.facebook.com/joannethemovie/
Twitter: @JoanneTheMovie

And this is US:
Dominic Mah: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1394256/
Christopher Morrison: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1392571/
Find Morrison online here: http://christophermorriso.wixsite.com
One of Dom’s online presences: https://www.facebook.com/ThorHulkCritic

Episode 7: Frank Miller (mostly his early work)

Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. Please see the “Suggestion Box” post for that (or feel free to leave a comment below with some ideas.) https://elevatingthegenre.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/first-blog-post/

We do record a visual version of the podcast as well. You can find all the episodes here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQBjmQjG5ol4xRGlo6VdaHw

As always our music is provided by: Nathan Bruynoghe

Morrison’s Mistakes (from last episode)
Victor Wong and Kerouac did meet in SF written into Big Sur. (Studied art under Mark Rothko! Showing at City Lights, met all the beats.)
James Hong: 415 vs Shakespeare: 1,118 on Imdb
Aliens: 1986 vs Die Hard: 1988
Mephisto doesn’t have horns or a tail and DD and Mephisto met up during Inferno (I also said Fall of the Mutants which was before Inferno and gots nuthin’ to do with Mephisto.)

And, finally, as always the links to the stuff we are talking about:

YOMYOMF: http://www.yomyomf.com/users/dominic/
Karaoke Rhapsody: KaraokeRhapsody.com
Director Jen Phang: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0679662/
Takashi Miike: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0586281/
The Exorcist (TV show, and Jen’s episode): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5368542/
Bill Sienkiewicz: http://www.billsienkiewiczart.com
National Novel Writing Month: http://nanowrimo.org
Wolverine Mini-Series Covers: http://brooklyncomicshop.com/shop/wolverine-mini-series-1-4-frank-miller-comic-set/

Joanne stuff (Christopher’s upcoming feature): https://www.facebook.com/joannethemovie/
Twitter: @JoanneTheMovie

And this is US:
Dominic Mah: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1394256/
Christopher Morrison: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1392571/
Find Morrison online here: http://christophermorriso.wixsite.com
One of Dom’s online presences: https://www.facebook.com/ThorHulkCritic

Episode 6: Sigourney Weaver and the Alien Franchise (and a lot of MCU Netflix speculation on her casting)

It’s the queen of sci-fi herself: the immortal Ms. Weaver. We cover a lot of ground in this one. Her work, casting stuff, some Dr. Strange magics in, what makes Aliens an acting clinic, and other amazing things!

Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. Please see the “Suggestion Box” post for that (or feel free to leave a comment below with some ideas.) https://elevatingthegenre.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/first-blog-post/

We do record a visual version of the podcast as well. You can find all the episodes here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQBjmQjG5ol4xRGlo6VdaHw

And, finally, as always the links to the stuff we are talking about:

YOMYOMF: http://www.yomyomf.com/users/dominic/
Karaoke Rhapsody: KaraokeRhapsody.com
Director Jen Phang: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0679662/
Advantageous: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3090670/
The Exorcist (TV show, and Jen’s episode): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5368542/
Devin Townsend and his new album from The Devin Townsend Project; Transcendence: http://www.hevydevy.com
Victor Wong and Jack Kerouac: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Wong_(actor_born_1927)
“Holy Shit” Announcement video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zejRn2nlsR4
Not Without My Daughter: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102555/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Walter Hill: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001353/
reAssignment: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5034474/
TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival): http://www.tiff.net/
Aliens Sentry Gun Scenes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv7Mjxb6iCU
Clea: http://media.comicbook.com/2016/09/doctor-strange-and-clea-201778.jpg
Viper/Madam Hydra: http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/b/ba/Hydra_02_Final-copy-1-.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20110723233217
Marvel’s Mephisto: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/39/33/16/393316ec0aac831531fd43c628e10f0c.jpg

Joanne stuff (Christopher’s upcoming feature): https://www.facebook.com/joannethemovie/
Twitter: @JoanneTheMovie

And this is US:
Dominic Mah: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1394256/
Christopher Morrison: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1392571/
Find Morrison online here: http://christophermorriso.wixsite.com
One of Dom’s online presences: https://www.facebook.com/ThorHulkCritic

Episode 5: John Carpenter (and a whole lot of Big Trouble in Little China)

Episode 5 and it’s the man, the myth, the legend, film-maker John Carpenter! (Although you’ll find that Dom and I have an inordinate amount of love for Big Trouble most.)

Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. Please see the “Suggestion Box” post for that (or feel free to leave a comment below with some ideas.) https://elevatingthegenre.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/first-blog-post/

We do record a visual version of the podcast as well. You can find all the episodes here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQBjmQjG5ol4xRGlo6VdaHw

And, finally, as always the links to the stuff we are talking about:

YOMYOMF: http://www.yomyomf.com/users/dominic/
Karaoke Rhapsody: KaraokeRhapsody.com
Don’t Breathe: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4160708/
Greg Pak’s “Kingsway West”: https://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/28-999/Kingsway-West-1
The Resurrection of Broncho Billy (live action short co-writer/editor/music by Carpenter) Won Academy Award for best live short in 1970: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066294/
Showdown in Little Tokyo: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102915/
THE MAN W.D. Richter: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0725379/
Buckaroo Banzai: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086856/
Dennis Dun: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0241748/
Jeff Imada: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0408001/
Dan Inosanto: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpFSwQztptQ
Victor Wong: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0939378/
James Hong: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0393222/
Lost Themes Tour: http://www.theofficialjohncarpenter.com/tour/

Joanne stuff (Christopher’s upcoming feature): https://www.facebook.com/joannethemovie/
Twitter: @JoanneTheMovie

And this is US:
Dominic Mah: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1394256/
Christopher Morrison: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1392571/
Find Morrison online here: http://christophermorriso.wixsite.com
One of Dom’s online presences: https://www.facebook.com/ThorHulkCritic

Episode 4: Robotech

Episode 4 where we get all up into ROBOTECH! You’ll find Dom and I both very emotional about this one!

Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. Please see the “Suggestion Box” post for that (or feel free to leave a comment below with some ideas.) https://elevatingthegenre.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/first-blog-post/

We do record a visual version of the podcast as well. You can find all the episodes here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQBjmQjG5ol4xRGlo6VdaHw

And, finally, as always the links to the stuff we are talking about:

YOMYOMF: http://www.yomyomf.com/users/dominic/
Karaoke Rhapsody: KaraokeRhapsody.com
F!ThisMoviePodcast/Blog: http://www.fthismovie.net
Buffy Live! https://sfoasis.com/event.cfm?cart&showTimingID=173187
Phil and Kaja Foglio’s Girl Genius webcomic: http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php#.V_-JG2XwCQ1
Urusei Yatsura: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urusei_Yatsura
Paprika: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJzEW_eE1G0
Kimba vs Simba: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOHjktwvqdE
Mike Post and Pete Carpenter medley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UQjrs88IVo
And we were correct: Megazone 23 premieres in 85, with Macross in 82 (in Japan)
The chapel Joanne will shoot in: http://www.brusselspictures.com/2008/07/22/chapelle-de-marie-la-miserable/
Dom’s live blog of the entire run of Robotech: http://dommah.blogspot.be/search/label/Robotech%20series%20liveblog

Joanne stuff (Christopher’s upcoming feature): https://www.facebook.com/joannethemovie/
Twitter: @JoanneTheMovie

And this is US:
Dominic Mah: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1394256/
Christopher Morrison: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1392571/
Find Morrison online here: http://christophermorriso.wixsite.com
One of Dom’s online presences: https://www.facebook.com/ThorHulkCritic

Episode 3: Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and all things Douglas Adams

Episode 3 and all things Hitchhiker’s and the man himself, Douglas Adams!

Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. Please see the “Suggestion Box” post for that (or feel free to leave a comment below with some ideas.) https://elevatingthegenre.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/first-blog-post/

We do record a visual version of the podcast as well. You can find this episode here: https://youtu.be/Qfa0KDkxme8

And, finally, as always the links to the stuff we are talking about:

YOMYOMF: http://www.yomyomf.com/users/dominic/
Karaoke Rhapsody: KaraokeRhapsody.com
HHG walkthrough: http://www.ign.com/faqs/2008/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy-walkthrough-429003
Bureaucracy walkthrough:https://www.gamefaqs.com/pc/564470-bureaucracy/faqs/57599
Phule’s Company: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phule%27s_Company_(series)
The Dirty Pair: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dirty_Pair
The Filth: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Filth_(comics)
Evangelion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neon_Genesis_Evangelion
Cutie Honey Live Action: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0409860/
Red Dwarf: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103521/
Dirk Gently new series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TNXaCBAjpo
Dirk Gently old series: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2303367/
Blaxploitation Primer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaxploitation
Babel Fish tech ear thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW9z2mWNRro
Tribute strip: http://www.joshshalek.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/getfuzzy14.gif
Palm Piolt! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PalmPilot
NOPE: Peter Jones is the Book, Simon Jones is Arthur Dent
“Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun. Orbiting this at a distance of roughly ninety-two million miles is an utterly insignificant little blue green planet whose ape-descended life forms are so amazingly primitive that they still think digital watches are a pretty neat idea.”
“it wasn’t the little green pieces of paper that were unhappy”
Douglas Adams Talk: Parrots the Universe and Everything: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=douglas+adams+parrots+the+universe+and+everything
Douglas Adams Talk, Life the Universe, and Douglas Adams: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHJLNrDzYm0
Not Luke Cage for god’s sake
ZORK: You will be eaten by a grue
Joanne stuff: https://www.facebook.com/joannethemovie/
Twitter: @JoanneTheMovie

And this is US:
Dominic Mah: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1394256/
Christopher Morrison: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1392571/
Find Morrison online here: http://christophermorriso.wixsite.com
One of Dom’s online presences: https://www.facebook.com/ThorHulkCritic

Episode 2: MCU’s Netflix Shows

Episode 2 where we discuss all things MCU on Netflix (including shows that haven’t even dropped yet!)

Next up some definitions to help you figure out what the hell this podcast is all about (however, I recommend you give a listen to our Episode 0 for a deeper understanding: https://elevatingthegenre.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/episode-0/):

Morrison’s original definition of “Elevated Genre”:
Genre films that tackle “hi-concept” sci-fi concepts on a limited budget focusing on character and “reality” with the concept relegated to the background of the movie. As opposed to a big budget blockbuster where the concept becomes the driving force of the film.

Elevating the Genre Podcast working definition:
Any element in any “genre” (re: geek) piece of IP/story that raises that piece (or a moment or element in the piece) above the normal expectations of that genre.

(These will be the last week for the above definitions.)

Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. Please see the “Suggestion Box” post for that (or feel free to leave a comment below with some ideas.) https://elevatingthegenre.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/first-blog-post/

We do record a visual version of the podcast as well. You can find this episode here: https://youtu.be/4S2RsaI6zP4

And, finally, as always the links to the stuff we are talking about:

YOMYOMF: http://www.yomyomf.com/users/dominic/
Karaoke Rhapsody: KaraokeRhapsody.com
The place Christopher stayed at on the wonderful island of Milos in Greece, Tania: http://www.taniamilos.gr
Couldn’t find links for the Hellcat and Misty Knight action figures that Dom has in this episode. But if you want to see them, you can always check out the Youtube version of the podcast… with our shining faces in it!
LogicalPictures: http://www.logicalpictures.com/
Turbo Killer music video/short film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=er416Ad3R1g

And this is US:
Dominic Mah: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1394256/
Christopher Morrison: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1392571/
Find Morrison online here: http://christophermorriso.wixsite.com
One of Dom’s online presences: https://www.facebook.com/ThorHulkCritic

Episode 1: Chris Claremont’s Run On Uncanny X-Men

Here it is folks! The exciting Episode 1 where we discuss all things Chris Claremont’s run on the Uncanny X-Men! That’s right, there’s geekery galore as Christopher and Dom run amok on your favorite mutants and their most profound creator/writer (and discuss other properties his run influenced and why we think the X-films mostly suck.)

And another round of apologies for the sound. We are figuring it out, and getting better all the time… just not this time. We are on separate continents (excuses, excuses… I know). Almost there however.

Next up some definitions to help you figure out what the hell this podcast is all about (however, I recommend you give a listen to our Episode 0 for a deeper understanding: https://elevatingthegenre.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/episode-0/):

Third up some definitions to help out:
Morrison’s original definition of “Elevated Genre”:
Genre films that tackle “hi-concept” sci-fi concepts on a limited budget focusing on character and “reality” with the concept relegated to the background of the movie. As opposed to a big budget blockbuster where the concept becomes the driving force of the film.

Elevating the Genre Podcast working definition:
Any element in any “genre” (re: geek) piece of IP/story that raises that piece (or a moment or element in the piece) above the normal expectations of that genre.

Fourth up we do record a visual version of the podcast as well. You can find that here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFmUYXkMjcg

And, finally, as always the links to the stuff we are talking about:

YOMYOMF: http://www.yomyomf.com/users/dominic/
Wild Cards book series: http://www.wildcardsonline.com/
Karaoke Rhapsody: KaraokeRhapsody.com
Save the Day (Joss Whedon’s Super Pac announcement): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaMaeNK_gqs
Stuart Ng Books (to get your Euro comics/Bande Dessinée fix): http://stuartngbooks.com
Primer on the man himself if you wish: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Claremont
Check out panel 5 for Betsy Braddock/AKA Psylocke’s before the Psylocke you know and love pic (as Dom puts it ‘Super-hero Yoga-Teacher): http://cbr.imgix.net/imglib/psylockehistory12-fb48b.jpg?auto=format&lossless=1&q=40&w=700&h=1029&fit=crop
And I forgot that LIFEDEATH was a double sized issue too boot! Check out the gorgeousness of this cover: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_kPm8oDExOk/USL80gQllkI/AAAAAAAAK7w/aUfB1LUHuyE/s1600/Uncanny+X-Men+186-00.jpg
The cover and the back cover of Marvel Graphic Novel #5: ‘God Loves, Man Kills’: http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/0/40/3017248-1.jpg

And this is US:
Dominic Mah: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1394256/
Christopher Morrison: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1392571/
Find Morrison online here: http://christophermorriso.wixsite.com
One of Dom’s online presences: https://www.facebook.com/ThorHulkCritic

Episode 0

 

Welcome everyone! This is Episode 0. You can start here or return here to find out what Dom and I were REALLY thinking when we started this goofy thang!

First up APOLOGIES for sound. It’s weird as all get out as this was our first attempt. And mostly, apologies to Mr. Mah himself as it’s his audio in particular that suffers. We’re working on it.

Second up APOLOGIES for Mr. Mah being half on screen ALSO due to the fact we’ve never done this. But his shiny presence shines on through for sure. (I’m seriously not trying to make Dom look and sound bad, it just happened.)

Third up some definitions to help out:
Morrison’s original definition of “Elevated Genre”:
Genre films that tackle “hi-concept” sci-fi concepts on a limited budget focusing on character and “reality” with the concept relegated to the background of the movie. As opposed to a big budget blockbuster where the concept becomes the driving force of the film.

Elevating the Genre Podcast working definition:
Any element in any “genre” (re: geek) piece of IP/story that raises that piece (or a moment or element in the piece) above the normal expectations of that genre.

Fourthly: We record a visual version as well and you can find that here if you wish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cONnSzO0iI

Fifth up Links and shit ref’d in the actual Podcast:
Karaoke Rhapsody: KaraokeRhapsody.com
Impact Theatre: http://www.impacttheatre.com
Emerald Rain Productions: http://emeraldrain.com
YOMYOMF: http://www.yomyomf.com/users/dominic/
The Matrices: http://www.keanuvision.com/archives/0…
I Come In Peace: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099817/
Another Earth: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1549572/
The Babadook: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2321549
Tony Jaa (Tom yum goong) Staircase fight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79dit…
Wild Cards book series: http://www.wildcardsonline.com/
Ya’ll seriously don’t expect me to link to The Winter Soldier do you?

And this is US:
Dominic Mah: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1394256/
Christopher Morrison: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1392571/
Find Morrison online here: http://christophermorriso.wixsite.com
One of Dom’s online presences: https://www.facebook.com/ThorHulkCritic

SUGGESTION BOX

That’s right. We’re strange and weird and stuff. Our first post is our suggestion box. Listen to Ep. 0 for the birth of the box. We’re taking suggestions on what you’d like us to cover/talk-your-head-off-about. Remember we are NOT: a review site; a film podcast; we only unbox ideas; have pictures of animals (at least not yet).
We ARE: interested in discussing all things smart, original genre. Some of those things MIGHT be:
powers; magic systems; score; fights; set-pieces; plot structures; character beats; creators; etc.

In other words we break down things that elevate genre works beyond what they are stereotypically considered to “be”. Smart, engaging, elevated stuff. We want to know what you want us to talk about. In the comments please lease leave your:
1. Suggestion
2. Your name (if you wish, if you do put it and DON’T want the accompanying shout-out just let us know… or, you know, don’t leave your name) and how to pronounce it, please.
3. Where you are listening/tuning-in from (if you wish, but it helps us if you do).