The weekend of May 18, 2013 will live long in my consciousness. It will stand for quite some time as the weekend that two of my favorite franchises tried to hit one out of the park… and failed miserably. You can count my “favorite” franchises on one hand. Among them are Doctor Who, Superman and Star Trek (not [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Doctor Who’
Fandom Into Darkness
Posted: May 23, 2013 by J. Marcus in Doctor Who, Film Review, Science Fiction, Television, Watching the DoctorTags: Doctor Who, Jenna-Louise Coleman, Matt Smith, Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness, Steven Moffat, The Name of the Doctor
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The Many Uses Of Monkey Semen
Posted: May 4, 2013 by Podwits Administrator in PodcastTags: Alfred Hitchcock, Buster Keaton, Darkon, Doctor Who, Dogfish Head, Fritz Lang, James Mason, Lon Chaney, London After Midnight, Metropolis, Midas Touch, River's Edge, Shoot to Kill, Silent movies, Star Trek, Steam Punk, The River Wild, White Chapel, White Water Summer, Zombie, Zork
The boys are at it again, firing off on all cylinders this week! They discuss the technological ‘advancements‘ J has made in his methods of recording, Dion’s improv review that tours the convalescent-home circuit, and Brian getting back to nature with his upcoming weekend camping excursion… and it’s Free Comic Book Day! Give the old vinyl a [...]
The Year in Re-Vwho Twho
Posted: April 6, 2013 by Podwits Administrator in Doctor Who, Podcast, TelevisionTags: Arthur Darvill, Doctor Who, Jenna-Louise Coleman, Karen Gillan, Matt Smith, Steven Moffat
It’s been a year… um, or so… since J. and Brian last gave vent to their thoughts, feelings, and conspiracy theories regarding that venerable television institution known as Doctor Who. So, although this year’s adventures are just beginning, join our two Who-ligans as they look back at the last twelve months… um, or so… of all [...]
You’ve Gotta Fight… For Your Right…
Posted: September 8, 2012 by Podwits Administrator in Doctor Who, Music, Podcast, Science FictionTags: Bruce Willis, Censorship, Copyright, Doctor Who, Hugo Awards, mp3, Music, Neil Gaiman, Robots, Science Fiction, TV
As the Podwits’ “World Without Dion” storyline comes to its epic conclusion, Brian and J. find themselves struggling in a wasteland without their beloved friend. Will Dion ever come back? Meanwhile, the remaining two Podwits ponder just what it means when you “buy” media online… and gasp at the horror of science fiction fans attacked [...]
Dock! Tore! Hoo!
Posted: September 3, 2012 by J. Marcus in Doctor Who, Television, Up on The Soap BoxTags: Andrew Cartmel, Asylum of the Daleks, Doctor Who, Matt Smith, Paul McGann, Steven Moffat, Sylvester McCoy, The Wedding of River Song
Saturday night was the premiere of the seventh season (series) of the new Doctor Who on BBC America. The show returned not with a whimper, but with a bang. A whole series of bangs, in fact, along with the greatest threat the Doctor has ever faced: a room filled with every Dalek from the series’ [...]
Tube Boobs
Posted: September 1, 2012 by Podwits Administrator in Podcast, TelevisionTags: Arrow, Doctor Who, Elementary, Revolution, Sherlock, Smallville, Steven Moffat
J and Brian, obviously flailing about without the steadying influence of the still-MIA Dion, manage to drag themselves out of the swamp of talking about comic books non-stop and instead turn their attention to something much more intellectually worthwhile: television! They’ve got thoughts on the new season of Doctor Who debuting this weekend, and some other [...]
The Cup of Dion
Posted: August 25, 2012 by J. Marcus in Comic Books, Podcast, Science FictionTags: Amy Pond, Battlestar Galactica, Blake's 7, Doctor Who, HBO, Pond Life, Smallville, Steven Moffat, Superman, SyFy Channel, True Blood, Wonder Woman
Brian and J. are on their own this week and left to ponder the canon of Dion, the inevitable courtship of Superman and Wonder Woman and Jessica Hamby’s beyond-cute video blog! All that and the return of a venerable (?) sci-fi television series on this week’s Podwits Podcast!
The Ballad of Diane
Posted: July 28, 2012 by Podwits Administrator in PodcastTags: Demand It, Doctor Who, Geoff Ryman, Mundane SF, Phantom Zone, Prometheus, Tau Zero Foundation, Terry Goodkind, The Daemons, Tom Waits
The Podwits reconvene and have a heart-to-heart-to-heart, and much backstory is learned before they discuss the merits of the “mundane science fiction” movement (or lack thereof), the recent actions of fantasy novelist Terry Goodkind, and whether Doctor Who did Prometheus before Prometheus did. Surprising revelations abound in this Podwits Podcast!
It’s All Brian’s Fault… HONEST!
Posted: July 7, 2012 by J. Marcus in Books, Comic Books, Doctor Who, Film, PodcastTags: Batman, Detective Comics, Doctor Who, Douglas Adams, Ernest Borgnine, San Diego Comic Con, Shada, Spider-Man, The Amazing Spider-Man
With Dion on the lam again, J. and Brian are forced to go it alone once again. Amazing technical goofs aside, the boys manage to run the bases, covering such amazing topics as the upcoming San Diego Comic Con, Doctor Who, the new Spider-Man movie and even a little bit of historical comic lore! So [...]
I’m A Marvel… And I’m A DC
Posted: March 25, 2012 by J. Marcus in Comic Books, Film, Up on The Soap BoxTags: Batman, DC Comics, Doctor Who, Green Lantern, Marvel Comics, Spider-Man, Superman, Thor
Ever since those old “I’m a Mac, and I’m a PC” commercials came out, some enterprising folks immediately capitalized on them and made an analogy between the two big comics companies, Marvel Comics and DC Comics. For anyone who has read on both sides of that aisle, the differences can be very much like night [...]