DAC Episode 93: The Long-ago Far Away Times of Now

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Everyone here knows that the Destroy All Culture podcast is more than just a conversation. They're two people speaking in turns, answering each other's questions and building on ideas. Wait, that's a conversation. Well, it's more than a recording of a conversation. It's a digitally encoded record of a conversation that can be decoded at any time in audio format. Wait, that's - you know what, never mind. Listen below or find us on those iTunes, the greatest Tunes that are i.

DAC Episode 92: The Popeye's-Arby's Inversion

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For episode 92 it was my great pleasure to invite Cecily Walker, co-host of the Riverdale Rag podcast and one of my favourite internet people, to discuss the premiere of Black Lightning, the ongoing WTF-ery of Riverdale, and the greatness of Popeye's Chicken. I was riding a Popeye's high at the time and couldn't stop talking about the stuff.

Out of the conversation, though, rose a dark suspicion, based on the proximity of Arby's to many Popeye's: what if Arby's were a degraded Mirror Universe version of Popeye's, and every time we entered an Arby's we were passing into that dark dimension, where "goatee chicken" (roast beef slurry to us) was piped endlessly onto cardboard buns? Don't their sandwiches taste kind of eldritch to you? So there's that.

Enjoy! And give us whatfor on iTunes. 

DAC Episode 91: The Made That Stuff Are Dreams Of

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Whoa there, it's one of those rambly episodes of Destroy All Culture, where Adam and Aidan start with half a plan and promptly forget most of it. Discussed in Episode 91: Marvels' Runaways, The Good Place, Jumanji, Life (the Damian Lewis-Sarah Shahi series, not the movie), Leverage, The End of the Fucking World, The Toys That Made Us. Give it a listen below or on iTunes.

DAC Episode 90: 45 Things and a Title

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Once upon a time, a wise man said, "A novel is just 45 things." Or he said "A novel is 45 scenes". Or something like that. Anyway, his name was Adam, and he's the co-host of this podcast. The other co-host wrote the 45 things quotation down, but that notebook has since been filed away. Also, it's been a few weeks since this podcast was recorded, and I'm not 100% sure this is the episode where we discuss the intricacies of getting a novel written. Adam says it's 45 scenes. I think a novel also needs a title, like "Cave-Scavengers of Dargon" or "The Peat Humpers." It doesn't really matter what you call your novel, as long as you call it something.

Also discussed: the last Moffatt/Capaldi episode of Doctor Who, some speculation on what an Aaron Sorkin-penned Star Wars would have been like, and bits of etceteras.

Listen below! Or find us on iTunes, where we're available for rating and reviewing.

 

DAC Episode 89: The one where we talk about The Last Jedi

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Recorded in December on premium wax cylinders and now, finally, "Force-ing" its way to your internet! Adam and Aidan talk about The Last Jedi in all its Star Wars-iness. We discuss the film's Rian Johnson-ness: his use of film noir techniques, his habit of playing with the audience and hiding secrets in plain sight. But mostly we talk about what a good time the film was and how happy we were that Darth Plagueis turned out be Snoke, Hux, Ren, three porgs and Luke's beard. Or maybe it was Darth Phlegmulous. Or Darth Suspiciousmoleis. Or Darth Dryvegetarianburgerpattieus, the worst and most disappointing Sith Lord of all. I mean, you're paying a premium for that vegetarian burger. It shouldn't taste freezer burnt. Damn you, Sith Cafe.

Enjoy! And find us on an iTune, if you're of a mind.

DAC Episode 88: A Psych Movie Walks Into a Bar

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From weeks past, we bring you a podcast! Aidan and Adam have been busy - Adam with his writing, Aidan with his international assassining - so here's a conversation the two had a little while back about the Psych movie, among other of those things. Owing to the vagaries of internet connectivity, Aidan was cut off, so this one ends a tad abruptly. But what are we in this life for, if not for the caprice and delight of unexpected endings? Don't answer that. Instead, find us, rate us, love us on iTunes.

DAC Episode 87: Crisis on Podcast X

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I have a question unrelated to the great content on this podcast (which largely revolves around the CW superhero crossover event Crisis on Earth X). My Netflix queue believes that the best movie for me - the absolute best choice for me, a 46 year old man - is Power Rangers. Netflix sincerely believes, based on the psychographic aura generated by past viewing choices, that Power Rangers is my top match.

Do I have the viewing habits of a 12 year old boy? Is that my quadrant?

I watched Power Rangers, by the way. It wasn't great.

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DAC Episode 86: And Justice for Some

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Unbelievably, Destroy All Culture is back with its podcast business. After weeks of technical failures, audio issues and a Fate decreed by angry gods, Adam and Aidan have returned on their cyber horses to deliver the good news about... Justice League. Adam liked what they did with Superman's character. Aidan liked nothing else. Together, they described an entire movie. Except for the subplot with the Russian family. They didn't mention them. Godspeed, Russian family!

DAC Episode 85: a season of Killjoys

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Killjoys, you have ended for another season! And it turns out that you're getting two more kicks at the Quad's can to tell your story, which is kind of perfect. Adam and Aidan talk about how Killjoys handles character and action, plus ruminations on why some shows get cancelled (say, Dark Matter) and others continue on. Plus, Twin Peaks wrapped up its third and last season, but since Adam doesn't watch Twin Peaks, we're not going to talk about that show at all. You'll have to call Aidan during regular business hours for that.

DAC Episode 81: The Thom Allison Variety Special

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Great news everyone! Thom Allison (Pree from Syfy's Killjoys) joins us for an exceptionally enjoyable hour of talk about Canadian television nostalgia, the inside scoop on Taiwan, and of course, how Pree grew his hair so long on "The Lion, The Witch, and The Warlord."

On the frown-emoji side of things, a series of dropped connections resulted in some occasional audio issues and a few awkward "are you theres." We did the best we could. Which, when you have Thom Allison on the line, is pretty freaking great. Listen below or find us where the iTunes are.

DAC Episode 80: Valerian and the Podcast of 1,000 Mehs

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Iiiiiit's podcast time! Not for us, obviously. We've already recorded this one. On this week's episode, Adam has imbibed a yard's worth of pop culture, including Atomic Blonde and Luc Besson's Valerian. It turns out that Valerian tests even Adam's love for Besson's films. Speaking of Besson, I still think it's weird Lucy was about a woman who turns into a godlike intelligence while fighting Asian Triad gangsters. Anyway! We also talk about the latest from Wynonna Earp and especially Killjoys. Listen below, find us on iTunes, you do you.

DAC Episode 79: Trailers and babies

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Well. What do you know? A new Doctor, and this one will be played by a woman! Most of the Internet muttered "about time" under their breaths, another segment danced in the streets of the information superhighway, but a vocal few whined about political correctness and menocide and whatever else it is these dipshits like to complain about. We talk about Who, the Wrinkle In Time trailer, Killjoys, Wynonna Earp, and briefly discussed the joys of bad television. Won't you listen along here? Or maybe on iTunes?

DAC Episode 78: Return of Man of Spider

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Lo, and in the 78th episode of Destroy All Culture, Adam and Aidan did see a moving picture wherein a teenager endowed of spider powers screwed up royally for two hours but was forgiven, for he was the protagonist. Also: a discussion of the latest episode of Killjoys, an examination of the atrocious ZOO, and a tangent on the Geostorm trailer, aka Adam's next favourite movie of all time. Listen here or find us on iTunes.

And here's the Geostorm trailer for context, featuring Gerard Butler in mid-burp acting mode.

"Let's Geostorm!" said Gerard Butler, putting on his neon Geostorm elbow pads and roller blades. "No Gerard," said the President of the freakin' United States. "I need you to Geostorm, but not on the boardwalk like usual. This time you're going to Geostorm in space."