The boys get into some pretty heady, philosophical debates this week, concerning the right of the fan towards art. Starting with the cancellation of various TV shows they’ve known and loved, Dion and Brian segue into the idea of continuing a franchise’s life through new material, be it either penned by fans or officially sanctioned by the creators; is that ok? […]
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New Podcast: Do Fans Have a Point? Or…?
Posted: 22nd November 2014 by Podwits Administrator in Books, Comic Books, Film, Literature, Music, News, Podcast, TelevisionTags: Axl Rose, Broadchurch, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Dirty Harry, Doctor Who, Family Guy, Firefly, Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas, Gotham, Gracepoint, Guns N' Roses, Ian Fleming, Idris Elba, Jericho, Joss Whedon, Lennie James, Low Winter Sun, Luther, Mark Strong, Opeth, Ridley Scott, Ruth Wilson, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Solar Pons, Spiderman, Star Trek, Star Wars, Terriers, The Bridge, The People vs. George Lucas, The Princess Bride, The Walking Dead, Tom Clancy, Twitter, Yes
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Side Cast: The Zombie Genre
Posted: 24th October 2014 by Podwits Administrator in Film, Film Review, History, News, Podcast, Side-Casts, UncategorizedTags: 28 Days Later, Carnival of Souls, City of the Living Dead, Dairy of the Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Dead Alive, Dead Snow, George Romero, House by the Cemetery, I Walked with a Zombie, Land of the Dead, Let Sleeping Corpses Lie, Lucio Fulci, Night of the Living Dead, Nightmare City, Resident Evil, Return of the Living Dead, Scream, Serpent of the Rainbow, Shaun of the Dead, Side-Cast, Sidecast, Survival of the Dead, The Beyond, The Faculty, The Walking Dead, Val Lewton, White Zombie, Zack Snyder, Zombie
With the success of their last Halloween themed Side Cast and posting on Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers where J.Blake and Dion Baia recommend some horror films they both feel may have fallen through the cracks or have been overlooked, the boys meet back at the Podwits studios to record a quick cast about the zombie genre. […]
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
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 […]
“Tell Me a Story & Tell it Competently…”
Posted: 21st December 2013 by Podwits Administrator in Christmas, Film, Film Review, PodcastTags: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Batman, Batman: The Animated Series, Bill Cosby, Christopher Lee, Christopher Reeve, Dark Shadows, David Chase, DC Comics, Dick Tracy, Hammer Films, James Mason, Kevin Costner, Kolchak, Lost, Man of Steel, Michael Shannon, Olan Soule, Open Range, Our Gang, Peter Cushing, Peter Lorre, Richard Donner, Spiderman, Star Trek Intro Darkness, Superman, The Daly Show, The Little Rascals, The Postman, The Sopranos, The Walking Dead, Tim Burton, Tim Daly, Waterworld
The Podwits are sailing to new heights, literally this week. Dion single-handedly recasts Man of Steel as a Hammer Film, going as far as getting Peter Lorre on loan from Roger Corman, while Brian lets us in on his waning interest in Season 4 of The Walking Dead and its colossal mid-season finale. It’s a literal laugh-out-loud edition of […]
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Posted: 19th October 2013 by Podwits Administrator in Music, PodcastTags: Änglagård, Beacon Theater, Bill Ward, Billy Joel, Black Sabbath, Buddy Guy, Eddie Vedder, Eric Clapton, Geezer Butler, Genesis, Get Off My Lawn, Ian Asbury, IZZ, John Densmore, Jonathan Wild, Madison Square Garden, Madonna, Mellotron, Ozzy Osbourne, Ray Manzarek, Ronnie James Dio, Rush, Scott M. Gimple, Stevie Wonder, Thank You Scientist, The Doors, The Musical Box, The Walking Dead, Toad's Place, Tony Iommi
While something no doubt unspeakable has happened to J (we don’t know either—tweet your most creative theories to us @Podwits!), Dion and Brian are talking music (and linguistic history, and The Walking Dead, but mostly music). The boys discuss Black Sabbath, the Doors, the joys of shows at small venues, and how they don’t always […]
Side Casts: Post-Apocalyptic Cinema
Posted: 24th July 2013 by Podwits Administrator in Podcast, Side-CastsTags: 12 Monkeys, 1990: The Bronx Warriors, 2019: After the Fall of New York, 9, After Earth, Battle Royale, Blade Runner, Book of Eli, Buster Keaton, Castlefreak, Charlie Chan, Children of Men, Christopher Lambert, Cyborg, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Deathrace 2000, Elysium, End Game, Ender's Game, Ernest Borgnine, Escape from New York, Firefly, Fortress, Fritz Lang, Fritz Lang's Metropolis, George Miller, I Am Legend, Italian Cinema, James Mason, Jeffery Combs, John Carpenter, Kevin Costner, Kurt Russell, la jetee, Logan's Run, Mad Max, Mel Gibson, Metropolis, Mind Warp, New Barbarians, Night of the Living Dead, Omega Man, Pacific Rim, Peter Weller, Planet of the Apes, Post Apocalyptic, Reign of Fire, Richard Matheson, Robocop, Robocop 2, Rod Serling, Side-Cast, Sidecast, Silent Films, Soylent Green, Star Trek, Stuart Gordon, Terminator, Terminator 2, The Day After Tomorrow, The Hughes Brothers, The Hunger Games, The Last Man on Earth, The Postman, The Purge, The Road, The Road Warrior, The Stand, The Thing, The Time Machine, The Walking Dead, The Warriors, This is the End, Time Travel, Total Recall, Trancers, Warner Oland, Waterworld, World War Z
Dion and contributor J. Blake are back for another edition of the Podwits’ Side Cast. This time they take on a very weighty topic in the lore of cinema, the Post-Apocalyptic film. Believe it or not, a lot more movies than you may think end up inhabiting this horror/sci-fi/fantasy genre, and you may be surprised what Dion […]
World War Z The Podwits Review
Posted: 27th June 2013 by Podwits Administrator in Books, Film, Film ReviewTags: Brad Pitt, Dawn of the Dead, Finding Neverland, George Romero, Marc Foster, Max Brooks, Night of the Living Dead, Quantum of Solace, The Walking Dead, World War Z, WWZ, Zack Snyder
World War Z is One of the Most Formulaic and Meaningless Zombie Films Ever Made. Rating: * * out of five stars Review by Luke Whitmire Ex-United Nations investigator Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt) traverses the world to prevent a zombie pandemic that is destroying governments, nations and humanity itself. WWZ was initially envisioned as a […]
Strolling Along with The Walking Dead
Posted: 11th April 2013 by Podwits Administrator in Podcast, TelevisionTags: Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Frank Darabont, George Romero, Night of the Living Dead, Robert Kirkman, The Walking Dead, Zombie
“When Hell is full, the Dead will walk the Earth…” Brian and Dion take a stab at season 3 of The Walking Dead, and discuss the highlights of the prior two seasons, as well as its comic book origins. Get you zombie bug-out bag ready and make sure the SUV is gassed up, because the […]
Sturgeon’s Law
Posted: 16th March 2013 by Podwits Administrator in PodcastTags: Angel, Battlestar Galactica, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Bun Heads, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Dumb and Dumber, Felicia Day, Film, Joss Whedon, Justified, Much Ado About Nothing, Pope Francis, Rob Thomas, Saw, The Americans, The Following, The Walking Dead, Veronica Mars, Zero Hour
Crotchety old Dion brings up his issues with television story arcs, ultra-violence on the small screen and then parlays with J and Brian about art in cinema. Is Film dead (to borrow from the late 1960’s adage about Rock)? Come take a listen as the boys beat the old man back into submission and stick him […]
1st-Year Anniversaries, The End of the World & Doing Time…
Posted: 17th November 2012 by Podwits Administrator in PodcastTags: Alf, Brian Michael Bendis, Comics, Disney Sunday Night Movie, Family Guy, Icon Comics, Image Comics, Juan Williams, Lenny's, Marvel Comics, Robert Kirkman, Roman Empire, Rykers Island, Sammy Cahn, Seth McFarlane, Thanksgiving, The Caller, The Walking Dead, Time Travel, Warren Ellis
Where to begin… As the Podwits celebrate their 1 year anniversary, they discuss The Walking Dead, the fall of the Roman Empire, comic books, the decline of society, Family Guy and lay out a treatment for an ABC-Disney Sunday Night movie. Oh yeah, lest we mention that Brian is currently incarcerated on the Rykers Island Prison Barge […]
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