Valleys of Numenor

The emperor takes a religious journey, Hardin tries to save Trantor from attack and Gaal wants out of the whole thing after finding out there will be a Second Foundation.

The Anacreons hijack a ship and pan to attack Trantor, while Brothers Day & Dawn face new challenges of their own to be...individuals?

Brother Day learns about religion and the Foundation fights back against the Anacreons.

Tarzan hits the mass media during the silent film era, as well as the comic strips and radio. When the films began to talk, Tarzan spoke less than he did in the silent era.

Isaac Asimov's Foundation has finally made it to the screen. Does this adaptation do the story justice? We'll go over the premiere episode and see how they start off.

Gaal Dornick awakens after 35 years and the Anacreons play their hand.

The Anacreons threaten the Foundation at Terminus while the Emperor's clones all deal with different issues.

So what's that Vault thing already there on Terminus when no one was supposed to be there?

Hari Seldon's team prepares the Foundation while the Emperors launch an attack that will help further their downfall.

We'll take a look at the original novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs plus a few extras along the way, some of them quite interesting.

The connections between the characters created by Robert E. Howard run far and wide. Hear which ones are closely tied in and which ones aren't as tied in as you'd think

Where did a lot of the other ideas in the last few episodes come from if they weren't by Robert E. Howard. I go through the scripts and fill you in. Plus another Rings of Power update, this time some names join the cast.

Conan battles a resurrected wizard and hunts for a lost jewel to save his kingdom and sets out to travel across the western sea.

Conan goes from adventurer to mercenary general to king of Aquilonia, only to be threatened by man and wizard alike.

Warner Brothers (or Warner Discovery) has made a deal to make more Lord of the Rings related films.  We'll go over what they might do, what they should do and what they shouldn't.

In the second part of the Saga of Black and Red, the Cimmerian leaves the sea to become a scout for Aquilonia, which brings him into conflict with his ancient enemies the Picts. His battles with them end up leading him back to the sea and eventually into partnership with a famed female adventurer.

Conan goes from a tribal leader in the east to the monarch of a southern kingdom to a return to the western seas and the life of a buccaneer

Conan goes from the captain of the guard to a desert chief, discovers a lost city and leads a band of outlaws against Turan 

Conan returns to the Hyborian world as a soldier of fortune, selling his sword to the highest bidder.  He becomes a general and a pirate, as well as meets the woman whose spirit will remain with him the rest of his life.

We tell the tsle of Conan as it appears in the Nemedian Chronicles as well as other legends attributed to the barbarian.  Part 1 deals with his birth, his early travels in the north and his time as a young thief in Zamora

Some quick bits of news regarding Rings of Power Season 2

We work out the Conan chronology by piecing it together in the order Howard wrote the stories and other material to see how things match up against the previous timeline and what needs to change and why.

In this episode we put together a chronology of the Conan stories based on their appearance in Weird Tales magazine in the 30s and see how it matches up with the Miller/Clark one that became the standard.

A discussion of the early work of Tolkien, how the Book of Lost Tales may have been a fantasy classic while Silmarillion needed 40 years before it got published, and a look at the new Fall of Numenor collection.

The marketing for the Rings of Power was wide ranging but did it get to the right audience and did it tell them what the show was really about?