Your feedback has been held in the Magnetic Containment Bottle on the Starship Bald Move and Captains A.Ron and Jim and are cracking it open to read what you have to say. The Picard writing team have phasers set to stun, and stunned we are. Let’s decipher the portrayal of mental health and dream about what a present-day episodic Star Trek would be like.
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Listener beware, there be SPOILERS ahead. What’s a Lynchian show about innies and outies, but has nothing to do with belly buttons? All jokes aside about Apple TV+, Severance is actually pretty damn cool. Jim and A.Ron discuss the fault lines forming in Lumon’s facade and in the severed minds of the workers. The scifi premise of the show creates the potential for philosophy behind these bizarre scenes, and yes even those strange, strange waffle parties.
Speaking of unique workplaces, A.Ron and Jim’s working on their backup business plan where they stick googly eyes on toilet plungers. They’re looking for investors. And while we’re talking about googly eyes, we’ve got a review for the all-new, all-amazing Everything Everywhere All At Once.
Have you seen The Bourne Trilogy, All the President’s Men, and Prince of Egypt? If yes, you’ll see where the writers of The Walking Dead took inspiration from this season. The title of this episode is “Acts of God”, so aside from the cameo from Brood X, we’d like to know where these other acts are. Don’t miss the zombies biting at the gaps in the armor of Seal Team Sux with the same ferocity of your uncle eating a chicken wing at the family picnic.
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Lunchtime! Coming to you with another Bald Move Lunch is Jim and A.Ron who’s in a robe again and he promises this has nothing to do with his mental health. On this episode, learn about the merits of a portable bidet and the game Wingspan where you are rewarded with snacks. A discussion of turns of phrase comes up and we read a question from a Gen X-er who is wondering if he should have any fucks left to give. Sounds like he couldn’t care less, and yes, the turn of phrase is couldn’t care less. Get it together people.
Okay, okay, the liquid in the vial is blue! A.Ron concedes. And acknowledges he might be colorblind.
Do you want to emit EMPs from your cells and then put on a cover concert of 20th century rock and roll? Yes? Well, then you may want to look into getting borg-ified like Agnes Jurati. Join Jim and A.Ron as they tackle an episode that ranges from impromptu concerts to the aftermath of domestic abuse, a topic very personal to Patrick Stewart’s own childhood.
The year is 1994 and Tom Hanks is trying to redefine his funny-man image and there’s nothing less funny than AIDS. Join us for the first mainstream Hollywood film about the AIDS epidemic starring Tom Hanks as a gay man who believes he was wrongfully terminated for his disease and Denzel Washington, the homophobic lawyer who decides to defend him.
Three years after his star turn in Titanic, Leonardo DiCaprio returns to the silver screen in The Beach, a movie where it’s hard to tell what is real and what may be hallucinated. Leo’s descent into insanity marks the end of his teenage heartthrob roles. Once you get beyond the 2000-era fashion, the movie poses enough platitudes and questions to consider the possible metaphors under the madness.
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There’s a strong theme developing this week on the walking dead about the costs of protecting yourself or others but we’re not quite sure The Walking Dead has a strong enough foundation to lay it on. Join us for the podcast to hear our full thoughts.
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Lunchtime! Happy April Fools’ Day! Bad April Fools’ Day? Do we wish people April Fools’ Day? On this week’s lunch episode, we’ll answer those questions and more, such as “Pokémon is cool, but why do people like Gengar so much?” Jim, the world’s oldest millennial, weighs in on Kitchen Nightmares and A.Ron ponders the question “Can a journey be emotionally fulfilling if it never ends?” Join us for our takes on popular TV and the niche shows flying under the radar with tons of random stuff in between.
There are things that we like, and there are things that are weird. Join us as we discuss the benefits of Old Trek being an episodic show and the challenges Picard faces because it is serialized.