DAC Episode 272: Trek Amok

/

It’s time to talk about Star Trek: Strange New Worlds! One of our favourite seasons of television comes to a close, which is sad, but it gives Adam and Aidan an opportunity to talk about it. It’s great until Aidan starts complaining about Star Trek and Star Wars fandom. Hoo boy. Fortunately, Adam rescues the episode from the rant corral by guiding it into the wider pastures of the differing natures of Trek and Wars fandoms. Speculations and hypotheses abound! So go on and listen below or podcatch it, choice-wise.

DAC Episode 271: The Random Canon #2 - After Hours (1985)

/

Can you believe that After Hours, Martin Scorsese’s offbeat arty comedy of absurdist dread, is not one of Adam’s favourite movies? Aidan can’t believe it, and spends an hour haranguing Adam for his failure of taste.

Just kidding! Aidan turns out be very understanding - and, truth be told, he found After Hours a little less satisfying in 2022 than he did when he was impressionable teen in the mid-’80s. But it still feels like a refreshing dip into a different sort of film for Scorsese, who was grappling with career and studio issues at the time and decided to go for broke with this tale of a Manhattan word processor who spends one chaotic night in the wrong neighborhood. Listen below or podcatch it of choice.

DAC Episode 270: Looking for Dr. Strange

/

On this episode, Adam and Aidan go on the hunt for Dr. Strange, finding him in - where else? - Dr. Strange and the Multiverse of Madness! What do they think of this one? Is it, you know, good? How does the Raimi of it all factor in to the storytelling? Did they respect Wanda Maximoff’s arc from Wandavision, or did they decide that the only acceptable story for the Scarlet Witch is to turn her into a baby-crazy villain? So many questions.

As always, listen below or find us your iTunes of choice!

DAC Episode 269: The Random Canon #1 - McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971)

/

A stranger comes to town and invites the men at the saloon to play a round of cards. At a later point, he’s running through deep snow, hunting hired assassins as the local church burns.

If you recognized the opening and closing scenes of Robert Altman’s MCCABE AND MRS. MILLER (1971), you’re the kind of person who’ll enjoy Adam and Aidan’s Random Films, a biweekly feature in which the hosts discuss a film plucked out of their heads and nailed to the chopping block for their inspection. Listen below or on your iTunes of choice.

DAC Episode 266: A World Still Stranger

/

On this week’s episode, Adam and Aidan discuss the impending end of the Arrowverse (but will this place become a Gotham Knights stan site? No) and wonder what could possibly come next. We also have a spoiler-free talk about Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness and the second episode of Strange New Worlds. En. Joy.

Listen below or find us on your steampunk podcast machine of choice!

DAC Episode 265: New Who News and Strange New Worlds

/

Greetings! On episode 265, Adam and Aidan talk about Ncuti Gatwa, Russell Davies and all things Who. Adam embarks on a Legends of Tomorrow rewatch. Aidan reflects on the curiously unsatisfying (for him) Moon Knight. Plus a Superman and Lois mid-season cliffhanger!

But really, we’re here to talk about the premiere of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Was it exactly the Trek Adam and Aidan wanted? Listen to find out. Download below or find us on your iTunes of choice.

DAC Episode 255: Welcome to [Eternal Void]

/

Greetings. Please take [a seat]. You are about to listen to [Eternal Void]. On today’s episode, Adam and Aidan discuss: the combined silliness and darkness of Legends of Tomorrow as epitomized by the fake hair on Robo-Nate’s fake arms, plus a brief history of Booster Gold; the relationship between Bizarro and the comedy-horror dimension of Superman; and the perfect bingeability of Amazon Prime’s Reacher. Listen below or Apple Podcasts us wherever you catch your pods of choice.

DAC Episode 254: the Rip van Winkle episode

/

Wait, why is this the Rip van Winkle episode? You’ll have to listen to find out! And even then, you may not understand. Don’t worry about it. It’s fine. Plus, you get to hear Adam and Aidan opine on: the concept of the fixed point in time in Legends of Tomorrow (as well as the thoroughly absurd Time Bar); the use of Doomsday and Bizarro in Superman and Lois; the issues of late-run sitcoms as they present themselves in seasons 4-6 of Parks & Recreation; and the merits of 4400, the The 4400 reboot. Listen below, or Apple Podcasts us of choice!