Eugene has been deeply wronged, but somehow ends up apologizing for it and what’s more, it actually works for this overall decent episode of TWD. Maggie gets some one-on-one time to argue politics with Pamela Milton and again, it pretty much works. Of course this is The Walking Dead so there are always things that don’t work so join us on the podcast for our full thoughts.
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Lunchtime!Lunchtime! A.Ron is back from his skiing trip and boy does he have some stories including snow troubles in Breckenridge and a cook-your-own-steak experience. Then Jim talks about the board game Black Orchestra, which happens to be pretty relevant to Bald Move’s podcast coverage.
Arthur Njamfa discusses Dany’s designs on conquest. Steve and Anthony argue over Hold-the-Door time travel. Then medievalist Carol Jamison talks about Hodor’s place in the story.
Star Trek: Picard goes full Sliders with a dark alternate timeline that they must try to escape with the help of an unlikely ally. Honestly, we were hoping for a the sexy mirror universe, but we’ll also take militaristic racist dystopia. Join us for the podcast for our full thoughts.
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This time we talk about the first season of Peacemaker and whether James Gunn should take over the DCU as well as the first 6 episodes of Righteous Gemstones season 2. Then Jim talks about the Apple TV+ 80’s aerobics show, Physical, A.Ron rants about The Gilded Age, and we finish up with a fan-made Star Trek series called Star Trek Continues.
Don’t blame us, we had never seen The Long Kiss Goodnight! We put this movie up on Patreon as an option for our weekly Executive Producer poll to determine what movie we would cover and they picked it over Mr. Holland’s Opus and The Ghost and the Darkness. This probably doesn’t belong in the Prestige category but we hope you’ll be willing to have a little fun with us in this Geena Davis and Sam Jackson amnesiatic-assassin movie.
High Valyrian inventor David Peterson (linguist) gives his early impressions of House of the Dragon dialogue and gets into the grammatical weeds with Anthony. Steve talks at length about “The Book of the Stranger” (ep. 604). Then Chad and Anthony debate the redemptive elements of A Game of Thrones.
The Walking Dead has entered its final stage. The stage where they’ve said “screw it” and now all bets are off. Should they make an episode starring Eugene in a neo-noire storyline that involves a mystery the audience already knows the answer to and give him a 3.5 minute tantrum monologue at the end of it? Yes they should. Maybe they should also ham-handedly slam some heavy socio-political commentary in there as well? Yes they should. And maybe you want to hear us talk about it? Check out the podcast now to see what we thought.
The Batman is the darkest take on a Batman movie yet. It’s also a familiar Batman story, with some minor updates and a few twists. It has an excellent cast, (yes, Robert Pattinson is a good Batman) a memorable score, and it looks fantastic. Does all this add up to a great Batman movie? Check out the podcast to find out. If you’re a Club Bald Move member stick around for the full spoilers after the trailer talk.
Medievalist Carol Parrish Jamison discusses the duality of Bran Stark and the use of warhorses in the Middle Ages. Then Steve and Anthony discuss Ramsay’s talent for letter writing.