The Latecomers

Episode Notes Amity and Lemuel watched all three hours of the first miniseries made of Stephen King’s work – ‘Salem’s Lot. One strong woman and one mess, one old vampire and several baby vampires, two strong jawlines and James Mason – it’s a good time and most of it holds up well – minus the track suit lingerie and one of the monster designs. Listen to see what other details we unearth. Next up: T...

Amity and Lemuel tackle the first adaptation of Stephen King's work to hit the screen with Brian De Palma's 1976 classic Carrie. How does the casting match the novel? What's wrong with Chris? How soft is Tommy's hair? We answer each of these questions and more in this week's episode. Next up: Salem’s Lot (1979) available on Amazon Prime Email us at latecomers@gmail.com Twitter: @latecomerspod Find...

Episode Notes Lemuel and Amity discuss Stephen King. Who is he? How do we know him? And we map the longest season so far as we get set to discuss the screen adaptations of his work from Carrie to In the Tall Grass and all 80 items between. Homework: Carrie (1976) available on Amazon or Starz. Email us at latecomers@gmail.com Twitter: @latecomerspod Find Amity @ www.amityarmstrong.com and @AmityArm...

Seeking some resolution, Amity and Lemuel watched Battlestar Galactica’s first season finale. Is there a baby? Is Boomer okay? Why can Baltar act like this in public? Is humanity at an end? Also, learn what we are doing next season. Watch Battlestar Galactica with us - available on Hulu and Amazon Prime. Email us at latecomers@gmail.com Twitter: @latecomerspod Find Amity @ www.amityarmstrong.com a...

We've all come a long way. It's been 50 days since the original cylon attack and it's official - everyone has lost their damn minds. We ponder what anyone is thinking, if anyone has a grasp on reality and why oh why did she sleep with him?! Watch Battlestar Galactica with us - available on Hulu and Amazon Prime. Email us at latecomers@gmail.com Twitter: @latecomerspod Find Amity @ www.amityarmstro...

As we watch this episode we compare it to the hypothetical inspiration, the West Wing, we dig on Starbucks utter bad-assery, and we are grateful for Baltar’s expanding motive, if not for his expanding sex life. Also, Helo has the worst day and we feel for him. Watch Battlestar Galactica with us - available on Hulu and Amazon Prime. Email us at latecomers@gmail.com Twitter: @latecomerspod Find Amit...

This week we watched a WWII film inspired episode nominated for an Emmy for visual effects. It’s a busy one, but the action is hot and the takes are hotter. We finish off with some sound advice and left of center recommendations. Watch Battlestar Galactica with us - available on Hulu and Amazon Prime. Email us at latecomers@gmail.com Twitter: @latecomerspod Find Amity @ www.amityarmstrong.com and...

Logic has left the building on this week’s episode of Battlestar Galactica and Amity has a real question for the audience – help her, help all of us. Is she missing something? Is Baltar funny in 2005 and profoundly not in a post me-too era? What’s going on? Why are all the choices bad and all the women worse? Watch Battlestar Galactica with us - available on Hulu and Amazon Prime. Email us at late...

Amity cannot stop swearing as we discuss this episode of BSG and two very large, very glaring issues with the overall situation. We ask some hard questions, challenge the sanity and cylonness of everyone on the call sheet, and Amity says MFer like she’s channeling Samuel L. Jackson. Watch Battlestar Galactica with us - available on Hulu and Amazon Prime. Email us at latecomers@gmail.com Twitter: @...

Amity and Lemuel spend the week confused and judgey: How come no one believes the truth when it is told to their faces? How can everyone believe that they are perfect judges of character? Will Billy ever live up to his new post? And why are cylons anti doggy-style, and why can they have orgasms at all? The big questions asked – if not answered – in this week’s episode. Watch Battlestar Galactica w...

Amity and Lemuel watch Litmus, and miss the reason for the episode title entirely. We debate who is a cylon (why haven't we done that before?) and who is just a dumb human. We are reaching the end of tolerance for planet shenanigans and but we still love this so much more than Twin Peaks, so that's something. Watch Battlestar Galactica with us - available on Hulu and Amazon Prime. Email us at late...

Amity and Lemuel debate the merits of the title of this episode, the merits of planet vs. space Boomer, the merits of cylons and toasters on this week's episode. Watch Battlestar Galactica with us - available on Hulu and Amazon Prime. Email us at latecomers@gmail.com Twitter: @latecomerspod Find Amity @ www.amityarmstrong.com and @AmityArmstrong on Twitter Our Facebook group is here for those who...

Episode 4 brings us our first cliffhanger – what will become of Starbuck and how guilty will Commander Adama feel about it. We zoom through this one because it’s over before it even begins. Watch Battlestar Galactica with us - available on Hulu and Amazon Prime. Email us at latecomers@gmail.com Twitter: @latecomerspod Find Amity @ www.amityarmstrong.com and @AmityArmstrong on Twitter Our Facebook...

Episode 3, Bastille Day brings us t0 a prison set of debatable quality. Poor decisions are made, masturbation jokes are uttered, rape is thwarted and an election is promised. And that’s just the A plot. Watch Battlestar Galactica with us - available on Hulu and Amazon Prime. Email us at latecomers@gmail.com Twitter: @latecomerspod Find Amity @ www.amityarmstrong.com and @AmityArmstrong on Twitter...

Amity and Lemuel get into the what and when of Battlestar as we recap the second episode. Amity is holding firm to her beliefs on the timeline, while Lemuel is perplexed by the what that is happening to Boomer. Both are close to done with Baltar and we’re glad to see a blossoming family between the President and Apollo – Join in the discussion! Watch Battlestar Galactica with us - available on Hul...

Amity and Lemuel watch the first episode of the reimagined BSG. We are happy to see a living Helo and Amity thought everyone was asleep, but we quickly find that that is pretty much the opposite of what is happening. One episode in and the show is already bringing us exactly what we want from a sci fi show. Watch Battlestar Galactica with us - available on Hulu and Amazon Prime. Email us at lateco...

Picking up where we left off, we discuss tough decisions, what’s a reference to something else, the existence of Earth, who or what these “people” are, and are genuinely shocked at the last scene. We also add grades and a who won the episode segment (thanks to Back to the Futurama (http://listen.backtothefuturama.net/) and Dawson’s Speak (https://dawsonsspeak.libsyn.com/) for the ideas – these are...

The fourth season starts strong as we dig into the Battlestar Galactica reimagined miniseries. We look for an analog for Baltar, try to dig into Number Six’s motives and guess who is gonna fight and when (and we learn, too late, that xo is executive officer). Watch Battlestar Galactica with us - available on Hulu and Amazon Prime. Email us at latecomers@gmail.com Twitter: @latecomerspod Find Amity...

Amity and Lemuel bring you a broad discussion of our new season’s subject Battlestar Galactica, including updated casting from 1978. In addition, we take down Star Wars and Aquaman, build up Mortal Engines and Nightflyers, and take down “6 hours/ 12 days/ 27 years earlier.” It’s a packed episode! Watch Battlestar Galactica with us - available on Hulu and Amazon Prime. Email us at latecomers@gmail....

Amity and Lemuel watch Daniel Craig and Liev Schreiber and their terrible accents as Belarusian Brothers the Bielskis who saved 1200 Jewish Belarusians from the Nazis during WWII. It’s a heavy movie but a light discussion. We also give a peak to what’s coming in Season 4 in 2019 and what other podcast projects we might have coming down the pipeline. Email us at latecomers@gmail.com Twitter: @latec...

Lemuel and Amity dive into the Old Testament with 1998’s The Prince of Egypt. We are confounded by the choice to release this at Christmas and target it at kids – until we see the box office numbers. Then we talk about our favorite seasonal treats in a segment about Christmas movies (yes, we talk about Die Hard, okay?) Email us at latecomers@gmail.com Twitter: @latecomerspod Find Amity @ www.amity...

True Jackal sounds? Check! Bad Michael Caine impression? Check! Teary muppet remembrance? Check! This week we discuss the bananas concept of women falling for ridiculous man-schemes and using those schemes against the very men who are perpetrating. Come listen as we discuss 1988’s Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Email us at latecomers@gmail.com Twitter: @latecomerspod Find Amity @ www.amityarmstrong.com...

This episode starts with more content warnings than we have ever done. We watched 1978's Deer Hunter and got so caught up talking about the plot and the psychological breakdowns we were witnessing that we totally forgot to talk about Christopher Walken's beautiful hair and Robert DeNiro's beautiful beard. We also didn't touch on weather the Russian-ness of the characters played into the games. Hop...

Amity and Lemuel take a break to look back at their first year as podcasters. They pick their favorites – movies, television, and podcasting moments. It’s a spoiler to say that their favorites are actually anyone listening to the show (or reading this) but it’s not untrue. Listen in for some fun! Email us at latecomers@gmail.com Twitter: @latecomerspod Find Amity @ www.amityarmstrong.com and @Amit...

Coming into this week we were fully unexcited for a three-hour movie, but it turns out we were wrong. Discussing Baz Luhrman’s 2008 epic Australia, we address the fan service of Hugh Jackman’s abs, how anyone gets anywhere in westerns, Iago-like baddies and Amity says dick a whole bunch. Happy Thanksgiving! Email us at latecomers@gmail.com Twitter: @latecomerspod Find Amity @ www.amityarmstrong.co...