Episode 32

David Byrne Stepping on Jabba the Hut's Tail

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September 13th, 2023

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On the docket this week:

  • Chad's rant about the remixed soundtrack of STOP MAKING SENSE (the legendary Talking Heads concert film directed by Jonathan Demme) with comparisons to the original 1984 mix and how it reminds him of George Lucas's revisions to his original Star Wars trilogy.

  • Brendan's discovery of a deeply weird and hilarious SUPERMAN comic strip in his copy of SUPERMAN: THE SILVER AGE DAILIES, 1959–1961

  • Chad's review of THE CENTER SEAT: 55 YEARS OF STAR TREK, a really engaging documentary series currently available to stream on Amazon Prime Video.

Watch this episode on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/vJyB9_CMReU?si=gpYH8O9tkCxzTJRs

00:00:00 — Preview
00:00:30 — Chad's rant on STOP MAKING SENSE 2023 remix
00:07:26 — Lucas vs Spielberg on "Special Editions"
00:10:36 — Frank Frazetta and the problem of endless revisions
00:14:15 — Lucas vs. Spielberg on revisionism
00:17:44 — Harmy's De-specialized Editions of Star Wars
00:19:29 — Summer movies we have or haven't seen
00:20:42 — Blue Beetle
00:22:54 — 2023 summer blockbuster bombs
00:27:28 — Superman Silver Age Dailies
00:37:26 — Golden & Silver Age Comics and baldness
00:40:12 — How we've outgrown he old timey stigma of baldness
00:48:14 — Brendan's favorite Lex Luthor origin stories
00:55:56 — THE CENTER SEAT: Star Trek Documentary series
00:58:47 — THE FIFTY YEAR MISSION: book series on the history of Star Trek
01:11:52 — Strange New Worlds Season 2
01:12:59 — The Kirk retcon problem on Strange New Worlds
01:15:48 — Wrap-up

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Prodigious Saps: profusive nerdery from Chad Smalley of Blaggards and Brendan Jones of Tesla City Stories.
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