Talkin' TV

Well, another of Chris' favorite franchises scorched to the ground. We're here today to talk about Halloween Ends, the final installment in the Blumhouse trilogy of Halloween movies, directed by David Gordon Green and written by him and Danny McBride. They act as the third official reboot of the franchise, wiping out the rest of the Halloween canon and following Laurie Strode as she attempts to mo...

Well, all things come to and end. We had a great run recapping every minute of this show, and it worked well, not only because we got a Game of Thrones prequel that coincided with the last couple episodes of this podcast, but also because it seems that fantasy storytelling is making a huge comeback across all mediums. Between the Witcher and the Sandman on Netflix, His Dark Materials on HBO, Dune...

Well, lo and behold, we have a Star Wars show worth talking about again. It's been a rough year for one of our favorite franchises to say the least, with Book of Boba Fett & Obi-Wan Kenobi proving to be less than stellar, but things seem to be right again with the latest installment from Disney+ & Lucasfilm, "Andor." This prequel to a prequel follows the pursuits of Cassian Andor, played o...

We've arrived. Not quite to the finale, but only one more week of Talkin' Thrones before we wrap up the legacy of Game of Thrones and officially determine whether the problems of this final season were enough to torch the legacy. The Long Night wrapped up the army of the dead, and then the Last of the Starks set up a seasons worth of conflict that then had to be resolved in 2 episodes. And we arri...

It's the battle of the B's as we kick off October. With only 3 months left in 2022, Dom is joined once again by his good friend Joe of Guy at the Movies to talk about two of the movies that dropped this weekend, that being Bros from Nicholas Stoller, Billy Eichner & Judd Apatow; and Blonde from Andrew Dominik. Bros is directed by Nicholas Stoller and stars Billy Eichner. It is the fourth LGBTQ...

Well we survived the Long Night (somehow), and are now onto the final three episodes of the show? Wait, I thought the dead were the end all, be all? There's more? Is the thought process that everyone had when the living were victorious at Winterfell in only the third episode of what was already the shortest season of the show. It's safe to say that if people weren't already aware the show was in t...

It's finally here. The most anticipated behind the scenes mess of a movie since...probably the Alec Baldwin thing? Don't Worry, Darling is the second feature film from Olivia Wilde from a script by her writing partner Katie Silberman, based off a script by Dick Van Dyke's grandchildren. The film features an all star cast including Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, Wilde, Nick Kroll, Gemma Chan, Kiki La...

We're reached it people. The point where things really started to go wrong. Dom & Pat break down the long awaited episode "The Long Night," the eponymous fight that pits all of our heroes up to this point fighting with the Night King's army of the dead at Winterfell. Directed by Miguel Sapochnik in his first episode since the season 6 finale, this episode was interestingly received when it was...

Dom is joined by his "Euphoria" co-podcaster Josh Markland to break down the return of the final season of FX's critically acclaimed show "Atlanta." Created by, executive produced and starring Donald Glover, the show follows Glover's Earn, a Princeton dropout, as he manages his cousin Al aka Paper Boi's (Brian Tyree Henry) up and coming rap career in Atlanta, Georgia, along with Al's friend and re...

We're coming down to the wire with Season 8, Episode 2, "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms." Often cited as a lot of people's favorite episode of this season, it acts as a calm before the storm in a few senses. This is the last episode of the series written by Bryan Cogman, the only other writer besides Benioff & Weiss to write episodes for all 8 seasons. Jaime has arrived at Winterfell and is al...

Chris is back! After a long period, Chris the TV Nerd makes his return to the show to discuss the latest season of a Talkin' TV favorite, Cobra Kai! What started out as a Youtube Original (and a joke on How I Met your Mother) turned into one of Netflix's biggest acquisitions and hits when they acquired the rights in 2020. We're now on Season 5. Terry Silver (Thomas Ian Griffin) who made his return...

We've reached it people. What we set out to do all those moons ago, we've finally done. We've made it to...the final season. Dreaded and critically maligned in the three years since its aired, Dom & Pat are aghast to discover that...it's not as bad as people may remember it. Now that's not to say that it doesn't have its fair share of flaws. The main concern seems to come down to Benioff &...

Dom is joined once again by resident Tolkien expert Eli Holicky to break down everything going on in the premiere of Amazon's already maligned prequel series for Lord of the Rings, subtitled the Rings of Power. Amazon bought the television rights for The Lord of the Rings for US$250 million in November 2017, making a five-season production commitment worth at least US$1 billion. This would make it...

We've reached it. One of the biggest moments of the show. The season 7 finale is an episode that has gone down in infamy as one that is both largely important and yet does absolutely nothing for the trajectory of the show. The Dragon & the Wolf alludes to the final alliance between Stark & Targaryen that is announced at the pivotal meeting taking place in the eponymous dragonpit in King's...

We've finally arrived, one of the biggest moments of controversy from the final two seasons of the show, the infamous quest to retrieve the White Walker with the Season 7 penultimate episode, Beyond the Wall! Directed by Alan Taylor, who helped to shape the show in its early days, the bulk of this episode explores Jon Snow & his merry band of men as they trek beyond the wall to carry out their...

We're back with another episode of Talkin' Thrones and things are heating up fast! This episode, titled "Eastwatch" really gets the ball rolling with getting the audiences prepared for the final war to come, with all the characters taking recent developments into consideration as the war with the dead approaches. Daenerys attempts to give fair judgement to the soldiers she spared after the loot tr...

We're back to Westeros in podcast format this time with the premiere of the first Game of Thrones spinoff/prequel, "House of the Dragon." Created by Ryan Condal & Thrones alumni Miguel Sapochnik, the show takes place 172 years before the rise of Daenerys Targaryen, while House Targaryen still ruled Westeros, focusing on the reign of King Viserys Targaryen I (Paddy Considine) who faces a politi...

With the vastly shortened season, we hit the midpoint a lot sooner than I thought, and boy is it a doozy. Building off the monumental events of last weeks episode, "The Spoils of War" is an interesting case, because its the next in a line of steps that Benioff & Weiss were taking to further the pacing of the show than they ever had before, with the next stage in the war for Westeros occuring w...

The dream team is here to bid adieau to another show. After 6 seasons, 2 gap years, one bonus movie and its lead actor suffering a heart attack, Better Call Saul has wrapped up its extravagant final season with something that is safe to say has surprised the world in the best way possible. Starting out as a joke in the writer's room of "Breaking Bad," "Better Call Saul" has evolved into a cantanke...

We're already halfway through Season 7, as we approach one of the best episodes that occured in the latest part of the show's run, Season 7, Episode 3, "The Queen's Justice." This was a monumental episode for several different reasons, the most notable one being that this episode finally saw the long awaited first meeting between Jon Snow & Daenerys Targaryen, with Jon arriving at Dragonstone...

Who knew that delivering a fun, action-comedy set on a high speed train would get negative reviews? Dom is joined by Kristen aka Ms. Filmingo & Luk of Luk Reviews to discuss one of the most high octane films of the year, David Leitch's fourth solo film "Bullet Train." Set on a high speed rail on its way from Tokyo to Kyoto, the film follows trained killer Ladybug, who wants to give up the life...

We're really into the action now with Season 7, Episode 2 "Stormborn." The episode begins with Tyrion recapping the audience that the storm happening at the beginning of the episode is symbolic of Daenerys' forthcoming fury she's about to bring to Westeros. After she only makes a brief appearance at the end of last week's episode, Daenerys is back in Westeros and ready to bring the fire and the bl...

We took a break from content this week, or rather content took a break from us, as Dom & Chris finally reunite after several weeks apart to talk about the current state of the streaming wars! Summer of 2022 has certainly been an interesting one for content, with people wanting to be nowhere near their television sets or the movie theaters after 2 years stuck inside. They talk about all the cha...

We're in the home stretch people! We're officially onto the final 13 episodes of our very long Talkin' Thrones recap series! We started this season back in April of last year while the pandemic was still in semi-full effect because we wanted to take the chance to break down every minute of one of the biggest and best shows of the last decade and figure out what went wrong. Well, we've reached the...

We get a little different, a little weird and a little experimental today. But it's for a Jordan Peele movie, so it's to be expected. Dom the Movie Nerd is joined by his friend from college Takeena Strachan to discuss the third feature film from Jordan Peele. At one point a staple of Comedy Central with his sketch show Key & Peele, Jordan Peele has evolved into one of the most daring and exper...