Have you ever been faced with the sheer terror of an episode of something? Be unacquainted no more! Gaze in horror as your mind unravels at the sight of so many episodes.
Ladies and gentleladies, the following is an experimental podcast in which the hosts (Adam/Aidan and Aidan/Adam) attempt to talk about pop culture while one host attempts to navigate online check-in for a cross-country flight. Everything goes well. Discussed: Killjoys, Dark Matter, Hail Caesar! and Swiss Army Man. And travel guitars.
Finally! After months of waiting, Adam and Aidan are thrilled to bits to see the return of... Killjoys? Yes, Killjoys. We love that plucky show described in this episode as "a science fiction-themed role play room in a Montreal bondage club". We hold it up against Dark Matter, Killjoy's sister show, and end up proposing a basic taxonomy of modern SF entertainments . We also spend some time chewing on the Extended Ultimate Edition of Batman v Superman, which is a superior version of the film in every way to the theatrical cut. But never fear, it's still a miserable fucking movie. Enjoy!
Sometimes an unstructured conversation makes for the best kind of conversation. And sometimes not. I leave it to you, listener person, to decide where this episode falls. Art! Critical reception! Wynonna Earp! All those things.
Hey, it's Destroy All Culture, hosted by Adam P. Knave and, as always, Aidan Morgan. In this episode we don't talk about Game of Thrones, because screw that show. Let's talk about Preacher instead.
"Bonjour. This is podcast. Aidan and Adam have encoded their voices into information for your listening edification. Finally, the in-depth discussion of Zootopia you've possibly been waiting for! Adam is horrified by the naked cruelty of this week's sponsor! Plus sundry discussions of the horrors of motion smoothing and many other things. Once listened to you will have more information than before."
- a robot, probably
This episode is sponsored by CatGlue, the only glue proven to work on cats. "CatGlue - Glue Your Cat."
Fight the wire? Are Aidan and Adam aligning themselves in battle against David Simon's classic Baltimore-set series? Of course not. No, in this episode we discuss Person of Interest, drag shows, and Adam's dangerous encounter with a wire brush. Let's just say that he fought the wire and the wire won.
The end of another television season is upon us, and now all we can do is suffer through a summer of reruns. Wait, it's the 21st century, a magical land where midseason replacements, quarter-season finales and streaming series fall upon us like tears... in the rain. Time to podcast.
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Many, many things are discussed. Green Room, Jeremy Saulnier's 21st century take on the video nasty. Nicholas Ray's desolate and great In a Lonely Place. The story-spoiling decisions of the PR Department responsible for DC's Legends of Tomorrow. And during the last half, Captain America: Serval War, a gripping tale of intrigue and raising exotic cats. Steve Rogers retires from the Avengers and decides to live a life in peace with his feline friends... until the Winter Soldier comes to assassinate Steve's favourite serval, Bootsy.
That's right! If you want to know how to write a novel, listen to the latest episode of Destroy All Culture and discover that writing it is only half the battle. Aidan and Adam discuss the fine points of drafts, proofs, the inevitable typos and what distinguishes good from bad editors (note: if you happen to be Adam's editor, you're the all-time best). Plus, which best-selling writer of erotica writes up to seven drafts of each of her bodice-ripping flesh-baring tomes? Find out here! Because we mention it.
All that and a bit of discussion on last week's superheroic television shows and a couple of (non-spoilery) early thoughts on Captain America: Civil War.
Come and celebrate what Aidan and Adam mistakenly believe to be the 25th anniversary of Destroy All Culture. How is it that two intelligent adults forgot the distinction between podcasts (one hour long) and years (one year long) but seem to have fine-grained opinions on what makes an episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. work? Movies, television, Beyonce and more.
In their long tradition of not taking advantage of obvious opportunities, Aidan and Adam sit down for their 24th episode and perversely refuse to discuss Kiefer Sutherland's torture-happy star vehicle 24. Why? Because it was a stupid, stupid show. And Prince died, so we had to process that. Who would have thought a world without Prince was possible?
We also talk about water bottles. Did you know that Nalgene is a brand and not a substance?
We're so sorry, everyone: we squandered the opportunity to dedicate our 23rd episode to The Number 23, the hilariously bad attempt to turn Jim Carrey into a non-comedic actor (also of note: The Majestic and Simon Fucking Birch). Oh well. Instead, we discuss the season finale of iZombie and go from there into a wandering discussion on finales in general. Enjoy.
Let's all gather round and listen to a podcast. If not another one, then this one. If not this, then nothing, because this podcast exists at the end of time. Weird, right? Anyway, Aidan and Adam talk about the most recent round of TV superheroes, plus some more ruminations on Bahman v Sahmaman. Which, in case you're curious, suffers on second viewing.
Oh hey, Batman v Superman. Watcha doing? Just sitting there, being a hideous money-chewing behemoth? Aidan saw it, Adam didn't, so we largely discuss the critical reception surrounding the film. Will Adam eventually see it? If there's any justice in the world, yes.
Two weeks ago, we recorded a podcast and forgot to put it up on the site. What did we talk about? The usual stuff! We definitely talked about Supergirl and stuff. Damn, this podcasting business is hard.
What happens to the soul of a man when he watches the pilot episodes of Full and Fuller House? Nothing good, you can be sure. Dive deep into the abyss of patriarchal anxiety with Aidan and Adam this week. Plus Limitless, Legends of Tomorrow, Supergirl and Zootopia.
Who would deliberately and with masochism aforethought watch the Jem and the Holograms movie? The answer, obviously, is unsuspecting Jem fans and us. We take this misbegotten attempt at adopting a beloved '80s cartoon and examine the strange things that must have happened along the way. Sing along with us beneath the pier.
We also talk a bit about the first season of Psych, which Adam nominates as the blandest show fo all time. Fun!
Is Deadpool something new in the firmament of superhero movies? Or is it the same-old same-old with a layer of dirty jokes and audience asides? You'll have to listen or you'll never know for sure. Deadpool! Legends of Tomorrow! Agent Carter, iZombie and so on!
After a two-week hiatus, DAC is back and sounding, quite literally, better than ever. Take in some crystal clear audio as we discuss such odd topics as: Greg Berlanti's weird obsession with insufficiently appointed jail cells, the many differences between the series and the novel in Expanse, and random other stuff.
Episode 15 of Destroy All Culture asks listeners the crucial question: if you owned a life-sized figure of the armored Batman from Batman v Superman, would you hump it? I mean, after a hard day at work, would you come home, grab a beer from the fridge, look for something on Netflix over a microwaved Amy's Meal, and then, failing to find anything sufficiently entertaining, go and hump the giant Batman in the corner of the room? Or would you dress up like Superman first? Don't forget that beer! Anyway, this week we talk about DC on TV: Supergirl, Flash/Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow.
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