The Podwits are in the weeds this week- literally! After debating the merits of preservatives, the boys go on about hunting, camping, DIY home projects, and doing manly things to help reinforce their fragile egos and prove they are still in fact MEN! Keep their fire going and download the podcast today! Footnotes: 1970’s Las Vegas Home bomb […]
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The Podwits Pocket guide to Camping and Fishing
Posted: 7th June 2014 by Podwits Administrator in A Case of the Munchies, Art, Books, Celebrities, Electronics, Film, Film Review, Food, Games, History, Housekeeping, Literature, News, Podcast, Technology, Television, Up on The Soap BoxTags: camping, Coleman, Disasters, DIY Projects, Friday the 13th, Friday the 13th The Series, H.P. Lovecraft, Herbert West–Reanimator, hunting, McDonalds, Preppers, science, The Dark Side, The Reanimator, The Walking Dead
BATMAN at 75!
Posted: 4th May 2014 by Podwits Administrator in Cartoons, Celebrities, Comic Books, Film, Film Review, History, Podcast, Recap, Side-Casts, Technology, Television, The Comic Spinner, ToysTags: A Death in the Family, Adam West, Alan Moore, Alex Ross, Anton Furst, Batgirl, Batman, Batman (1966), Batman 66, Batman Beyond, Batman Returns, Batman TV series, Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, Batman: The Animated Series, Batman: The Dark Knight Collection, Batman: Year One, Bill Dozier, Bill Finger, Bob Hoskins, Bob Kane, Brad Dourif, Christopher Nolan, Comic Books, D.C. Comics, Dennis O'Neal, Dick Tracy, Disney, Frank Miller, From Here to Eternity, G.I.Joe, George Reeves, Heath Ledger, Jack Nicholson, Legends of the Superheroes, Mark Hamill, Matt Garrison, Max Allan Collins, Michael Keaton, Neil Adams, Norman Saunders, Olan Soule, Patchwork, Paul Williams, Robin, Robin Williams, Scooby Doo, Shirley Walker, Side-Cast, Sidecast, Superman, The Joker, The Killing Joke, The Phantom, The Rocketeer, The Shadow, The Transformers, Tim Burton, William Sanderson
To celebrate the 75th anniversary of Batman, The Podwits deliver a special edition of the Side Cast! Dion and contributor J. Blake celebrate the history of the character by sharing their memories and speak about the history, which leads into some very interesting topics: The various incarnations from comic, to small and then silver screen; […]
Into The Wild Blue Yonder
Posted: 1st March 2014 by Podwits Administrator in Electronics, Podcast, Science Fiction, TechnologyTags: Cinefantastique, Cinefex, Comcast, DJI, GoPro, Harrison Ford, Indiana Jones, Lucasfilm, Netflix, Starlog, Verizon
Strap yourselves in for a ride into the Wild Blue Yonder with The Podwits! J. has anything but buyer’s remorse over his biggest, latest purchase… leaving Dion to ponder the moral implications of what is to come! In the meantime, a major science fiction publication makes a comeback on the web in the form of […]
Side-Cast: Fotonovels & Novelizations
Posted: 8th January 2014 by Podwits Administrator in Electronics, Film, History, Literature, Podcast, Side-Casts, TechnologyTags: 8MM, Alfred Hitchcock, Assault on Precinct 13, Batman, Cassette Tape, Choose Your Own Adventures, Coffee, Dean Koontz, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, fotonovels, Funhouse, Gremlins, Halloween, Halloween 3: Season of the Witch, Harry and the Hendersons, iCloud, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, iTunes, James Cameron, John Carpenter, LUX Radio Theater, MP3 Player, Psycho, Record, Rocky, Rocky 2, Side-Cast, Sidecast, Star Trek, Star Wars, Suspense, The Abyss, The Omen, the terminator, VCR, Viewmaster, Vincent Price
Dion and contributor J. Blake are back and ready to kick 2014 off with a duesy of a topic: Before you had the DVD, VCR, or even the Multiplex, how else could fans continue to digest their favorite films after seeing them in the theater? Well the duo discuss the short-lived 1970’s genre called the fotonovel, and film novelizations. The […]
Side-Casts: The Rise and Fall of the Video Store
Posted: 5th June 2013 by Podwits Administrator in Film, Podcast, Side-Casts, Technology, Up on The Soap BoxTags: A History of Violence, Asylum Pictures, Betamax, Blockbuster Video, Bruce Campbell, Christopher Lambert, Columbia House, David Cronenberg, Day of the Dead, DVD plaver, Escape from New York, Full frame, Fullscreen, Hollywood Video, Ice T, Mean Guns, Michael Mann, Mister Roberts, Netflix, Redbox, Side-Cast, Sidecast, Streaming, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Burning, The Prowler, Tom Savini, Tombstone, VCR, VHS, Video Store, Video tape, Westcoast Video, Widescreen
In 2005, David Cronenberg‘s A History of Violence, marked the last time a film saw a mainstream VHS release. Along with the overwhelming popularity of companies like Netflix and Redbox, these mailbox and streaming entertainment services virtually spelled the end to the 25 year-old industry known as the video store, and only a handful of small, “Mom & Pop” stores […]
MacGyver is Back Courtesy of Mercedes-Benz! Well, sort of…
Posted: 19th February 2013 by Dion in News, Technology, TelevisionTags: Citan, MacGyver, Mercedes-Benz, Richard Dean Anderson
Angus MacGyver is back for three webisodes! In MacGyver and the New Citan, Mac is up to his nose in another adventure, courtesy of Mercedes-Benz, who with the help of our beloved hero, helps promote the company’s new Citan, which they bill as “the perfect tool for every job.”
Christmas with Bing via Argos Brilliant or Sacrilegious?
Posted: 7th December 2012 by Dion in Technology, Television, Up on The Soap BoxTags: Argos, Bing Crosby, CGI, Humphrey Bogart, John Wayne, Steve McQueen
My favorite time of the year brings all kinds of things. For me, I love the old TV Christmas Specials that for the most part, are luckily still aired. But a couple of years back I was in England and my mind was blown away by an advert which, I think is almost completely unknown back here […]
“Get Your Ass to Mars!” in 2023
Posted: 27th July 2012 by Dion in Science Fiction, TechnologyTags: 2023, Bas Lansdorp, Mars, Mars One
OK, the title may be a tad dramatic, but I thought it was completely appropriate to quote the iconic Schwarzenegger line from 1990’s Total Recall when writing this story. Bas Lansdorp, a thirty-five year old Dutch entrepreneur, has formed a company called Mars One which is sketching out plans to send a crew of ten on a one way mission—yes, […]
A Blast from the Past: The Drive-In Movie Theater
Posted: 11th July 2012 by Dion in Film, History, TechnologyTags: Brave, Drive In Movie Theater, Glen Falls Drive In, Lake George, The Amazing Spider-Man
While on a much-needed honeymoon to the Lake George region of upstate New York (if you’ve seen or read The Last of the Mohicans, then that’s the lake it all occurred on), my bride and I took in a custom that I thankfully have been enjoying since since childhood, which was see a double feature […]
The 2 SECRET Companion Shorts to Ridley Scott’s New Film, Prometheus
Posted: 9th June 2012 by Dion in Film, Film Review, News, Science Fiction, TechnologyTags: Alien, David, Guy Pearce, Michael Fassbender, Prometheus, Ridley Scott, Ted 2023, Weyland Industries
Well, people, after an almost-15-year boycott of seeing new films on opening day (Sex and the City 2 doesn’t count because I was dragged to the cinema by the fiancée), I went to see Prometheus last night and boy, was I impressed. Talking about a film for the rest of the night is proof for me that […]