Shallow & Pedantic

You were probably wondering when we'd get around to posting the second half of our  Flight of Dragons podcast. You may have even thought it would never happen. Oh ye of little faithin the power of magic. Or Science.

A discussion of the Rankin-Bass fantasy film Flight of Dragons, because it has surprising depth in it's shallowness...

The second part of our discussion of The Sacred Crest, with the hopes of an ongoing Grignr the Barbarian fantasy universe.

The Literary Find of the Century! in 1972, Jim Theis, author of the infamous The Eye of Argon, which we discussed in the "Plan Nine From Argon" Episodes, published a new tale of Grignr the Barbarian. It was unknown until published this year by the late Theis' friend and colleague. We read it, and... It's not what you think. Part 2 coming soon!

The continuation of our discussion of Wild Zero, including a few points about Zombie Meta-Awareness, Hollywood's penchant for lazy irony, and how to dress for the apocalypse.

We begin discussing the great Japanese trash rock n' roll zombie flick, Wild Zero. Part 2 to follow soon.

The second part of our Dune sequel analysis, in which Andrew has opinions about the changes made to Chani, and what that means for ongoing Dune films. He's not mad; he's just disappointed.

We're back, and we are once more talking about Dune. In this case, the most recent Denis de Villeneuve adaptation, Dune Part 2. We have opinions.

For this episode, the nexus of Ralph Bakshi's rotoscoped animation and Frank Frazetta's musclepulp art: the 1983 animated cult classic Fire and Ice. Ready your axe, flee the glaciers, and dig the ride.

This episode covers what's in UJ 34, and also includes advice on how to submit to Unnamed Journal. Thanks to author Annalise Grey, whose poem "True Story" appears in this issue.

Quick discussion of the New issue of Unnamed Journal, the cover, the stories, and everything else that pertains. Subscribe to our Patreon to read the issue. Or check out our Gumroad . Also available on Amazon.

Part 2 of our discussion of The Last Unicorn. Includes some inside dope on the next issue of Unnamed Journal, and upcoming podcasts.

Wade with us through the glory years of Rankin-Bass animation with this roundtable discussion of The Last Unicorn. Part 1 of 2.

What makes a bad story? What makes a bad story comedy gold? And should we grade on a curve? Listen as we challenge the status of "Eye of Argon" as the Worst Fantasy Story Ever, mostly by looking at the backstory of its creation, and how it got passed around the sci-fi community.

Lo! We brave band of threesome plumb the fetid depths of the most deeping, dreadful tale of Fantasy Fiction? Join our savage spelunking of this gruesome grimoire, The Eye of Argon!

The continuation of our Transformers discussion and some shameless shilling of the Latest edition of Unnamed Journal. Of course, if you're a Patron, you already have that.

A bifurcated episode! We start talking about The Transformers, and at some point during the discussion, something got bumped and the recording stopped. This is the part before the bump. Part 2 coming soon!

We sat down to discuss fantasy author Neil Gaiman, and we recorded nearly two hours worth of material. This bit here is the part about Neil Gaiman. The rest of the madness will become a bonus episode, here shortly. Enjoy!

We chatter like a bunch of fanboys about Mel Brooks, talking about all the movies of his we've seen, which is almost all of them. In the process, we discover the difference between what's brilliant and what's mediocre.

Cannon Films, the Art-House of Schlock. The Criterion of Cult. A stew of memorable entertainments, actual cinema, and complete garbage. We wander through the canon of Cannon, and like a forbidden encyclopedia it breaks our recording. It's DOOMED!

Denis de Villneuve's Dune has exploded in our minds, and we have opinions about it. We compare it to David Lynch's film, Jodowrosky's unmade film, and go off on a few mild tangents. Duke, duke, duke! It's not an April Fool's Joke this time.

We have a series of agreements about film adaptations of Arthurian Legend, beginning with The Green Knight and ending with John Boorman's Excalibur, which is objectively the best King Arthur movie. You can disagree, but you're wrong.

It was suggested that we do a 101 on RPG's (not MMORPG's), so we did. And not only did we cram Dune in there, we discovered it was actually relevant. If you like this kind of thing, we have more of the kind of thing that you like. Support us on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/shallowpedantic , and by new issues of Unnamed Journal at https://app.gumroad.com/shallowpedantic

What is Punk? How important are the Stooges to Punk? Is Punk dead? Listen to us almost discuss these questions in between geeking out about our favorite bands. We conclude with sage advice about making mixtapes for people you want to date.