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Twas the AKOP Night Before Christmas

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“Three Holiday things, one Christopher Walken: Welcome to Twas the AKOP Night Before Christmas!”

Happy Holidays to all, and to all GET PUMPED!!!!!! BRO! Soooooooo welcome to another installment of AKOP Nights wherein this episode we tackle not three holiday movies but two TV specials and one movie. We are doing things differently and why not it’s the holidays. So if you are new to AKOP Nights, here is the drill: Earl, Shawn and Patrick all pick a movie, or TV show in this case, and they have to watch all three. When each show is done they discuss the selection for your listening enjoyment. And in keeping with the Chris titling, we have a very special guest: “Christopher Walken”!

What are the three picks you ask: Well don’t let anyone know we told you but: Earl choose the recently released TV special Black Mirror/White Christmas. Patrick dove back into his childhood and picked The Muppet Family Christmas, and finally Shawn picked, of course, a Christmas horror movie in the form of Black Christmas.

Get that eggnog and shove some tinsel in your mouth because we are ready for the holidays…are you?

Let it begin…the night now.

*SPOILER WARNING: We spoil the hell out of these shows and we have to ask: If you haven’t seen either Black Mirror/White Christmas, The Muppet Family Christmas or Black Christmas then have some fun this holiday season, watch these shows, and then come back and listen to the show.

Audio notes: (1hr. 20min. runtime)
0:04:20 – The cold open, and special guest “Christopher Walken”
0:08:55 – Earl’s pick: Black Mirror/White Christmas, TV specials, writing, and pick-up artists
0:26:05 – Patrick’s pick: A Muppet Family Christmas, Muppets in KH3, and Jim Henson
0:47:45 – Shawn’s pick: Black Christmas, pioneering thrillers & slashers, and Margot Kidder
1:15:20 – Final thoughts

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Birdman & Falcon, the Millennium Wonder

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Before we begin please let me point out that we talk at length about the movie Birdman. We do get into some spoilers at the 45 minute mark so if you haven’t had the chance to see Birdman please go see it. It’s really good. Then come back and listen until your face melts.

HI! We are into the month of Christ’s birth and what better way to celebrate than a good ol’ fashioned two-fer with Shawn and Earl. This week we get into trailers and the teasers that love them. Star Wars because…why the fuck not and the recent outing of Micheal Keaton in Birdman. We also get into some personal talk about work and the splitting of movies into well… too many movies. In fact, we thought this two-fer was so good we are going to split into two parts because we want more money. Not really, ha ha, non-joke… anyway enjoy the show.

Let it begin… the show now!

What we’ve been checking out:
Shawn: Fright Rags
Earl: Toronto Raptors ’14-’15 season

Audio notes: (1hr. 3min. runtime)
0:02:35 – Work woes, Metroid, and the bulge bank
0:08:20 – Star Wars trailer, and boner reminders
0:15:15 – Sequelitis, serialized films, Hunger Games, franchises, and The Stand
0:37:55 – Birdman, theatre acting, and Michael Keaton
0:45:05 – BIRDMAN ENDING SPOILERS HERE
0:49:45 – Issues with Birdman, cinematography, and monologuing
0:57:30 – What’s everyone checking out?

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CSI: Coruscant & Blacklight Tattoos

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In the Coruscant justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the Jedi, who investigate crime, and the Federation, who prosecute the offenders. These are their stories.

Welcome back returning guest Keith Mcnally in this week’s installment of AKOP. We talk about so much stuff that we cannot even list it all in the show notes. For example: Star Wars, Turbo Grafix 16, Judge Dredd, CSI, Gilligan’s Island, Dune, etc. We also play a new game called the Metagame. What is the Metagame you ask? Well, you know what to do to find out so without wasting more time:

Let it begin… the show now!

Guest:
Keith McNally (@keithmcnally) – Keith Courage, Vinyl Countdown

What we’ve been checking out:
Keith: Elliot Hulse on Youtube
Shawn: Bayonetta, Sunset Overdrive, and Binding of Isaac
Earl: The Guest, and Birdman

Audio notes: (1hr. 16min. runtime)
0:02:10 – The Phantom Menace, Star Wars, Keith the comic book store guy, and the secret history of Lucasarts
0:14:40 – PS1 games haven’t aged well, IP mashups, blacklight tattoos, and CSI: Coruscant
0:28:05 – Blockbuster & Netflix, the Dune franchise, Gilligan’s Island game, and Chrontendo
0:41:40 – Nintendo, the WiiU, Tiger Woods 2009, controllers, RTSes on consoles, and Keith’s Korean friend
1:01:25 – Metagame – What is a sign of the apocalypse: E.T. or Coca-Cola?
1:09:55 – What’s everyone checking out?

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Space Operas & Guardians of the Galaxy

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Alex Bowman & Jesse Gelinas return to team-up with Earl & Shawn for Guardians of the Galaxy! They get into some of the space opera fiction they’ve seen, how to make a Hulk movie, breakout wrestlers, their thoughts on the rollicking sci-fi blockbuster, and squabble over things like Sailor Moon. And along the way, Alex conflates Jar Jar with Hitler, Jesse gets mad over Firefly, Shawn reminisces on the classic film Flesh Gordon, and Earl casts Wolverine in the next season of Orange is the New Black.

Guests:
Alex Bowman – Reviewer for We Eat Films
Jesse Gelinas – Senior Editor of Movie Reviews for We Eat Films

What we’ve been checking out:
Alex: The Walking Dead (Comics), East of West, Five Weapons, Bad Dog
Jesse: Locke & Key (Comics)
Shawn: Y The Last Man (Comics), Phantom of the Paradise Re-Issue (Film)
Earl: Halt and Catch Fire (TV), Porter Robinson (Music)

Audio notes: (1hr. 18min. runtime)
0:00:15 – Fighting over Sailor Moon, voice actors in Gargoyles, intro to space operas, and just watching Firefly
0:09:15 – Anime space operas, Bebop vs. Champloo, Flesh/Flash Gordon, 90s sci-fi shows, and The Fifth Element
0:19:15 – LEXX, Stargate, Babylon 5, the sci-fi genre, and revisiting Star Wars: Episode I
0:28:15 – Guardians of the Galaxy, nagging issues, influences, The Punisher, and villains
0:40:35 – Setting up characters, post-credits scene, Hulk movie, dream Marvel team films, and Wolverine again
0:49:10 – Ant-Man movie, Michael Douglas being relevant, Glenn Close, and Marvel paychecks
0:57:30 – What we liked, cameos, Michael Rooker, “Guardians” movies, and homages
1:05:25 – Favourite characters, wrestlers in movies, and Chris Pratt
1:12:45 – What’s everyone checking out?

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Storytelling, Ghosts, & Pop Culture Wormholes

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On this episode, Earl and Shawn hang out with Keith McNally before he ships out for the Maritimes! They fall down the pop culture rabbit hole of ’80s TV shows, cancelled series, movie novelizations, and Keith was up to in ye olden days of the internet. They also get into storytelling, how it works in video games, branching storylines, and rag on Bioshock Infinite a lot. And along the way, Keith reveals his wrestling magazine knowledge, Shawn wants to start a Josie and the Pussycats tumblr, and Earl invokes the vengeful spirit of Roger Ebert.

Guest:
Keith McNally (@keithmcnally) – Host of The Vinyl Countdown

What we’ve been checking out:
Keith: High Maintenance (Webseries)
Shawn: Summer Games Done Quick (Speedrun videos)
Earl: Rectify (TV)

Audio notes: (1hr. 16min. runtime)
0:00:50 – Introducing Keith, olden days of the internet, Roger Ebert, and movie novelizations
0:09:50 – Firefly, cancelled shows, Quantum Leap, Sliders, The A-Team, and TV finales
0:18:35 – Books on games, Worlds of Power, working at a comic book shop, travelling, and stories in games
0:29:00 – Mass Effect, GTA, multiple endings, branching stories, and voices in Stanley Parable & Gone Home
0:41:05 – Bioshock series, travelling through space and time, comparing to The Last of Us, and Ghost of the Year
0:54:25 – Kentucky Route Zero, David Cage & Heavy Rain, playing hard games, and indie games
1:09:55 – What’s everyone checking out?

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