Talkin' TV
363 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★ - 8 ratingsSo many people just want to talk about movies without really knowing what they're talking about. A podcast, starring Dominic Rizzi and Chris Evanko, where we set out to examine film and TV from an intellectual standpoint. Thanks for stopping by. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkintvpodcastgmailcom/support
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Episodes
Talkin' Thrones Episode 67 - The Dragon & the Wolf (Season 7 Finale)
September 02, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 91.6 MBWe'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 Landing. All the major players have arrived to negotiate, and while things seem to be going well at firs...
Talkin' Thrones Episode 66 - Beyond the Wall
August 29, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 88.2 MBWe'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 mission of retrieving a solo White Walker soldier to bring south to prove to Cersei the existence o...
Talkin' Thrones Episode 65 - Eastwatch
August 26, 2022 09:00 - 56 minutes - 77.1 MBWe'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 train attack, but executes the Tarlys when they defy her. Jaime makes it back to King's Landing to...
Episode 148 - House of the Dragon Premiere (ft. Professor Pat)
August 22, 2022 09:00 - 56 minutes - 77.1 MBWe'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 political struggle when his claim to the Iron Throne is challenged with the death of his wife and son, wit...
Talkin' Thrones Episode 64 - The Spoils of War
August 19, 2022 09:00 - 58 minutes - 80.5 MBWith 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 when Daenerys hears of the fall of Highgarden, which leads her riding Drogon to overpower Jaime Lanni...
Episode 147 - Better Call Saul Series Finale (w/Prof. Pat, Eli Holicky, Math Teacher Movies)
August 16, 2022 09:00 - 59 minutes - 81.5 MBThe 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 cantankerous lawyer affair into a deep, multi-layered character study that deals in past regret, intent ...
Talkin' Thrones Episode 63 - The Queen's Justice
August 12, 2022 09:00 - 57 minutes - 79.5 MBWe'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 to treat with Daenerys and attempt to explain to her the threat from the dead, only to discover that...
Episode 146 - Bullet Train (w/Ms. Filmingo & Luk Reviews)
August 08, 2022 09:00 - 46 minutes - 63.5 MBWho 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, but is pulled back in by his handler to collect a briefcase onboard the train, only to discover tha...
Talkin' Thrones Episode 62 - Stormborn
August 05, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 85.7 MBWe'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 blood to Westeros, but not before she's propositioned by Melisandre to summon Jon to form an allia...
Episode 145 - Apple TV+, Netflix & the Current State of the Streaming Wars
August 01, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 85.5 MBWe 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 changes that Netflix is incorporating after a massive drop in subscriber numbers, what it is that they ...
Talkin' Thrones Episode 61 - Dragonstone (Season 7 Premiere)
July 29, 2022 09:00 - 59 minutes - 82.3 MBWe'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 point where it all really started to go wrong, but the most surprising thing is that this season...
Episode 144 - Nope (w/Takeena Strachan)
July 25, 2022 09:00 - 57 minutes - 78.9 MBWe 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 experimental young filmmakers, who's bold and experimental takes on tried and true ideas really sets him ...
Talkin' Thrones Episode 60 - The Winds of Winter (Season 6 Finale)
July 22, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 98 MBWe've made it to another one, and we've also reached an important milestone. The season 6 finale, "The Winds of Winter" still to this day remains one of the biggest and most important episodes of the entire show. It sets the course for the final two seasons, wraps up all the ancellary storylines, proved that the show had officially become the biggest show on the air at the time, and in particular this episode kicks off with one of the biggest moments of the entire show, with Cersei carrying ...
Episode 143 - Stranger Things Season 4 (w/Guy at the Movies & Brandon Fallat)
July 18, 2022 09:00 - 59 minutes - 82.2 MBDom is joined by Joe of Guy at the Movies and Brandon Fallat to discuss the very long, but worthwhile wrap up for Season 4 of Stranger Things, arguably the biggest and most expansive season of the show yet. The show has come a long way since its inception back in 2016, and a lot has changed. The characters are a lot older, the stakes are higher than they ever have been before, and the biggest example? The episodes are LONG. The season finale clocks it at a whopping 92 minutes long, a full ha...
Talkin' Thrones Episode 59 - The Battle of the Bastards
July 15, 2022 09:00 - 56 minutes - 77.9 MBWe've made it to another gangbusters episode. Arguably one of the two biggest episodes of the entire show, not to mention that this is probably the only season of the show where the penultimate and final episodes are of equal caliber in terms of how awesome they are. "Battle of the Bastards" still remains arguably the most technically proficient episodes of the entire show, with Miguel Sapochnik & DP Fabian Wagner returning to show that their work with last season's "Hardhome" was not a fluk...
Episode 142 - Thor: Love & Thunder (w/Basic Entertainment & Guy at the Movies)
July 11, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 85 MBAfter we took off for our Fourth of July Festivities, we're back with another Marvel movie! It's the middle of the summer, and Dom & Chris are joined once again by Matt of Basic Entertainment & Joe of Guy at the Movies to discuss the fourth film in the Thor series and the 29th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Thor: Love & Thunder! Taika Waititi returns to the directing chair and Chris Hemsworth returns in his 9th outing as the titular character. The film finds Thor in a strange spot, p...
Talkin' Thrones Episode 58 - No One
July 08, 2022 09:00 - 58 minutes - 79.9 MBAnd the one that no one's been looking forward to, see what I did there? This episode is infamous as another 8th episode that feels like a penultimate to the penultimate, wrapping up a lot of the ancellary storylines before we move on to the explosive climax that is Battle of the Bastards & Winds of Winter. The only problem? This is the episode where it really feels like D&D gave up. While not every storyline in this episode misses, a large chunk of this feels like filler, leading up to an e...
Talkin' Thrones Episode 57 - The Broken Man
July 05, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 86.5 MBThe sideplots continue with Season 6, Episode 7, "The Broken Man." This episode is special for a variety of different reasons, but namely, because it features the return of a fan favorite character who was previously thought dead by many, Sandor "The Hound" Clegane. The episode chronicles his stay with a small commune of Riverland civilians led by the charismatic Brother Ray, portrayed in a guest spot by Deadwood's Ian McShane, and shows the Hound returning to the fold by refusing to remain ...
Talkin' Thrones Episode 56 - Blood of my Blood
July 01, 2022 09:00 - 46 minutes - 64.4 MBWe return with another episode of Talkin' Thrones, the second of two parts covering all the subplots that weren't covered in last week's episode, very similar to how it played out last season. What's so interesting about Season 6 is that despite it being the most critically appealing, arguably the most commercially successful and probably the most mainstream the show had been up to that point, people seem to forget that the second half is primarily subplots that set up for later things down ...
Episode 141 - Elvis & Obi Wan Kenobi (ft. Nathaniel Ahart)
June 27, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 94.8 MBJoin Dom, Chris, Nathaniel & Brandon as we break down the brand new Elvis Presley biopic from Baz Luhrmann! Announced in 2014, the project was not officially announced until March 2019. Butler was cast in the title role that July, beating out several other actors, including Ansel Elgort, Miles Teller and Harry Styles for the part. Then we break down Obi-Wan Kenobi in it's entirety, what it signifies for the future of Star Wars, and whether it was worth any of our time. All of that on the #of...
Talkin' Thrones Episode 55 - The Door
June 24, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 82.9 MBWe've made it to yet another midpoint, and boy is this one a doozy. Building off the last couple episodes, this is where the tension and the action really takes off, with the episode ending with a shocking, out of nowhere battle as we witness the end of the Three Eyed Raven & the Children of the Forest, the beginning of Bran's ascent to the new position of Three Eyed Raven, the death of another Direwolf, and beloved Hodor. Oh Hodor. While it does raise a few logistical questions as this epis...
Episode 140 - Barry Season 3 (w/Eli Holicky)
June 20, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 102 MBJoin us for this very special livestream in which Chris & Dom are joined once again by Eli Holicky to break down not only one of their favorite shows, but quite possibly one of the best shows on the air with their review of Barry Season 3! This season went to some dark places, and they break it all down, from Barry's mad quest for redemption to Sally's descent into darkness to Gene & Hank's struggles and how Fuches just will not go away. It's all covered here on the #talkintvpodcast --- ...
Talkin' Thrones Episode 54 - Book of the Stranger
June 17, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 86.4 MBWe're back with another episode of Talkin' Thrones, and its a big one today, Season 6, Episode 4, "Book of the Stranger." It can become easy to forget about some of the smaller moments that help set up for the larger, more memorable moments like Battle of the Bastards, or even something like the Door next episode, but its episodes like these that are so crucial, because they help to directly set up for a lot of the bigger moments to come. Jon has just completed his final act as Lord Commande...
Episode 139 - Jurassic World: Dominion (w/Luk Reviews)
June 13, 2022 09:00 - 54 minutes - 75.2 MBChris makes his long awaited return to the podcast as we return to yet another franchise that probably should have stayed dead, with the return of Jurassic World: Dominion! The sixth entry in the Jurassic Park franchise, and the third in the new trilogy following up 2015's Jurassic World & 2018's Jurassic World: Dominion, the film sees a cascading series of events as dinosaurs have been unleashed into the world and humans are now having to work them into society. The film brings back Chris P...
Talkin' Thrones Episode 53 - Oathbreaker
June 10, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 94.2 MBAnother week, another episode in the wind down phase of Talkin' Thrones, Season 6, Episode 3, entitled "Oathbreaker," a reverse of a previous Season 4 episode, only with a much different context behind it. Despite this still being an action season, we're finding that Season 6 is mirroring Season 5 a little bit more than we would have liked, considering that we're getting into the phase of set up/spinning our wheels until the last two episodes, leaving a lot of room on the table for some actu...
Episode 138 - The Boys Season 3 Premiere! (w/The Duster)
June 06, 2022 09:00 - 55 minutes - 75.8 MBWell, to quote a certain song, The Boys are indeed back in town. Dustin "The Duster" Mason makes his return to the show to talk about one of his & Dom's absolute favorite shows, Amazon's The Boys! As one of the only shows that we as viewing audiences were graced with during the pandemic, we were forced to patiently wait two years for the return of the third season, but since 2022 is the year that keeps on giving in terms of peak TV, The Boys follows up a series of returning shows that are co...
Talkin' Thrones Episode 52 - Home
June 03, 2022 09:00 - 54 minutes - 74.8 MBPat and I are back with another Talkin' Thrones episode as we get closer and closer to the finale! Next we have Season 6, Episode 2, "Home," another episode that is heavy on plot and introducing secondary character arcs, as we've grown accustomed to in the last couple seasons. This time, we finally have the return of Bran, to whom Pat & Dom dedicate a significant amount of time to breaking down what's been going on in his absense and how his lack of prescence may have contributed to Season 5...
Episode 137 - Memorial Day Extravaganza (Top Gun: Maverick, Obi Wan Kenobi & Stranger Things Season 4 w/Bfallat)
May 31, 2022 12:46 - 1 hour - 123 MBIt's a whole host of content! This may very well be the biggest memorial day yet after 2 straight years of really nothing! But with the release of Top Gun: Maverick in theaters, the debut of the long awaited Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney+ and the return of the long awaited fourth season of Stranger Things, its a content competition to see what can get viewers eyeballs! First up is Top Gun: Maverick, the long in the making and then releasing sequel to the 1986 classic starring Tom Cruise, returning...
Talkin' Thrones Episode 51 - The Red Woman (Season 6 Premiere)
May 27, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 86.2 MBWe're officially here, the beginning of the end. It's been a fun road on Talkin' Thrones, but it all must eventually come to an end. So here we are with the premiere of arguably the biggest and most critically acclaimed season of the show, the big one, the one that gave us Battle of the Bastards, the one that surpassed the books, it's the Season 6 premiere, entitled "The Red Woman." Despite a very rushed and completely out of place, not to mention horribly mishandled exiting of Dorne from th...
Episode 136 - Men (ft. Ms. Filmingo)
May 23, 2022 09:00 - 53 minutes - 73.8 MBOn today's episode, Dom sits down with Kristen aka Ms. Filmingo to discuss the latest effort from one of the very few auteur filmmakers left, Alex Garland, "Men." The film stars Jessie Buckley as a woman who moves to the countryside to get away after the death of her husband, but soon discovers that the cottage is populated by a series of strange men who all seem to have the same face, portrayed by Rory Kinnear. Dom & Kristen talk about Garland's unconventional career, his themes he seeks to...
Talkin' Thrones Episode 50 - Mother's Mercy (Season 5 Finale)
May 20, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 105 MBWe've reached it, another finale to probably our most problematic and least enjoyable season of the show yet. Season 5 ultimately proved to be a severe downshift for the show, as this was the full transition away from the books, away from the awesome character moments and amazingly well thought out story decisions that carried the first four seasons to make something that truly earned its spot in the prestige TV hall of fame. Then with this season, to quote Professor Pat, just became another...
Episode 135 - The Star Wars Prequel, Movies News & more with Brandocritic
May 18, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 102 MBAnd now for something entirely different. Dom the Movie Nerd sits down with the Brandocritic to have much more of a casual conversation for today's podcast. They talk about Brando's recent trip to Disney World and how the entire environment feels different before launching into yet another crusade about the MCU and just how much it's changed in the post-pandemic world. Then they talk about some of the most recent movie news, including Variety's Star Wars article discussing their new trajecto...
Talkin' Thrones Episode 49 - The Dance of Dragons
May 13, 2022 09:00 - 56 minutes - 77.8 MBWe're almost at the end of yet another season! It's been a real chore beginning the track of the second half of the show, but at the very least I can say that Season 5 goes out on a high note. It's yet another penultimate episode, which are always fun to cover for this show. This one is entitled "The Dance of Dragons" after both the fifth and most recent book in the Song of Ice & Fire source material as well as the ancient Targaryen civil war between Aegon II Targaryen and his sister Rhaenyr...
Episode 134 - Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (w/Basic Entertainment & Luk Reviews)
May 09, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 64.6 MBAlright, this is the big one, arguably the next most anticipated major movie event after the Batman. Marvel returns in two forms, first in the television format with Moon Knight, and now it's back to the movies with the much anticipated sequel to 6 previous MCU properties, Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness! This film functions as a sequel to Dr. Strange, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, Wandavision & Spider-Man: No Way Home, as we follow the titular Doctor dealing with a mul...
Talkin' Thrones Episode 48 - Hardhome
May 06, 2022 09:00 - 53 minutes - 74 MBAlright, this one's a big one, the biggest one we've done in a while. We've been building up to this one for the whole season, and rightfully so, because this episode is ultimately the one that determines the course of the rest of the show, Season 5, Episode 8 "Hardhome," rightfully named after the devastating battle that takes place when the White Walkers unexpectedly attack and brutally massacre most of the Wildling forces in the first true demonstration of their power. Miguel Sapochnik's ...
Episode 133 - Ozark Final Season (ft. Eli Holicky)
May 02, 2022 09:00 - 57 minutes - 79.4 MBNew month, new quarter, new feelings! Dom is joined by Eli Holicky in order to commemorate the first of a couple of shows that will be wrapping up this year. We teamed up back in January to do a surprise bonus episode talking about the first half of Season 4 when it dropped in January, and now we're talking about the final 7 episodes which dropped this past Friday on Netflix. It's been a wild and crazy journey following the Byrdes these last 5 years, and we break down everything that happene...
Talkin' Thrones Episode 47 - The Gift
April 29, 2022 09:00 - 49 minutes - 68.5 MBWe're past the halfway point and almost at the end of yet another season! Hard to believe we've already almost completed 5 seasons of this show! That just shows the power of this show, even at its worst, which this season easily has been. But we have a special episode to cover here, Season 5, Episode 7, entitled "The gift," because this marks the directorial debut of Miguel Sapochnik, arguably the most influential director to come out of this half of the show as his handling of the major bat...
Episode 132 - The Northman & the Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (w/Guy at the Movies)
April 25, 2022 09:00 - 50 minutes - 69.9 MBWe've got a double hitter this weekend with two out of THREE, that's right, THREE wide releases this week! Dom is joined by Joe of Guy at the Movies to discuss Robert Eggers' third feature film "the Northman" & the Nicolas Cage starring parody "The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent." First up is the Northman, an epic historical action drama film, based on the legend of Amleth, the film features Alexander Skarsgard as the titular Northman who sets out to avenge the death of his father at hi...
Talkin' Thrones Episode 46 - Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken
April 22, 2022 09:00 - 52 minutes - 72.4 MBAlright, we've officially reached the point of no return, Season 5, Episode 6, the infamous Dorne disaster, "Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken." The Martell sigil words, which seems to signify the pigheadedness of all the characters and their actions as they move towards the finale. This is the second episode written by Bryan Cogman & directed by Jeremy Podeswa, and has become very controversial in the years since both for the changes made to the Dorne storyline as well as the ending scene, which pr...
Episode 131 - Better Call Saul Premiere (ft. Math Teacher Movies)
April 19, 2022 09:00 - 50 minutes - 69.8 MBIt's a moment of celebration. We put up the episode a day later, but that's ok, because we're talking about the next in a long line of delayed shows because of the pandemic. Sean of Math Teacher Movies joins Dom the Movie Nerd to discuss the premiere of the long awaited sixth and final season of "Better Call Saul," the prequel/spinoff to Vince Gilligan's critically acclaimed midlife crisis drama "Breaking Bad." After Breaking Bad wrapped its fifth and final season back in 2013, Gilligan and ...
Talkin' Thrones Episode 45 - Kill the Boy
April 15, 2022 09:00 - 54 minutes - 75.2 MBWe're on for another episode of Talkin' Thrones as well as another midpoint, Season 5, Episode 5, entitled "Kill the Boy." The title being a reference to Maester Aemon giving Jon his last bit of advice to kill the symbolic boy and become the man, essentially yet another way of describing Jon's growth and maturity from embittered bastard to leader of men. The theme of maturity seems to be a prevalent one, with the characters suffering the consequences of their actions, while the holes continu...
Episode 130 - Ambulance & Everything Everywhere all at Once (ft. Luk Reviews)
April 11, 2022 09:00 - 44 minutes - 61.3 MBIt was a jam packed weekend for movies, with Dom watching not one, but two movies this weekend, both returning films from his favorite directors, Michael Bay's Ambulance and the Daniels' Everything Everywhere All at Once! Dom is joined by Luk Reviews to finish off their Bayhem video they did on Thursday to talk about Michael Bay's new film, which stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, and Eiza González and follows two adoptive siblings turned bank robbers who hijack an ambulance and t...
Talkin' Thrones Episode 44 - Sons of the Harpy
April 08, 2022 16:33 - 58 minutes - 80.4 MBWe've reached the point of no return with this week's episode, Season 5, Episode 4 entitled "Sons of the Harpy." This is the episode where a lot of stupid stuff happens with little to no return, because unlike last week's episode where the story was actually pretty engaging despite the lack of payoff, here we're provided with stupid moment after stupid moment with little in-between to tie it all together. It's the real beginning to me of Benioff & Weiss' downfall with their critical receptio...
Episode 129 - Morbius
April 04, 2022 09:00 - 47 minutes - 64.8 MBWe've got the next big superhero movie to review (Christ, we're really getting one of these a month now), and who do we have? Morbius. The Living Vampire. The next movie from the Sony Spider-verse, who's previous entries include Venom & Venom: Let There be Carnage, Morbius is a 2022 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Morbius, the Living Vampire, produced by Columbia Pictures in association with Marvel. Directed by Daniel Espinosa and written by Matt Sazama and Burk ...
Talkin' Thrones Episode 43 - High Sparrow
April 01, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 89.6 MBWe're at the point of the show where Dom's problems really start to show with Season 5, Episode 3 "High Sparrow." As the title suggests, this episode is the introduction of the titular High Sparrow, the leader of the religious fanatical group known as the sparrows makes his appearance portrayed by Jonathan Pryce. The High Sparrow represents a very confusing element that comes to play in the later seasons, as the ideas behind the motivation of his character and his use of religious zealotism ...
Episode 128 - Halo Premiere
March 28, 2022 09:00 - 50 minutes - 69 MBWe've got another video game adaptation to hit, this time centering around the long awaited adaptation of the very popular series, "Halo." An American military science fiction television series developed by Kyle Killen and Steven Kane for the streaming service Paramount+, based on the video game franchise of the same name. It is produced by Amblin Television, 343 Industries, Showtime Networks, One Big Picture, and Chapter Eleven, and follows a 26th-century war between the United Nations Spac...
Talkin' Thrones Episode 42 - The House of Black & White
March 25, 2022 12:29 - 54 minutes - 74.2 MBWe're into the final run of the show with Season 5 Episode 2, "The House of Black & White." This is what I like to call the plot episode, in that this is an episode where a WHOLE lot of plot happens. We get a lot of characters arriving at their new destinations they set out for, characters in transtit, characters starting out new journeys. Dom breaks down even more where they're deviating from the books, what works and what doesn't. Arya finally arrives at the House of Black & White in Braavo...
Talkin' Thrones Episode 41 - The Wars to Come (Season 5 Premiere)
March 18, 2022 09:00 - 55 minutes - 76 MBOh man, people, we've crossed the Rubicon. We're officially at the point where Game of Thrones transitions from being great to just...meh. Season 5 is such an interesting conundrum, because some of the best, most awesome moments of the entire show happen this season. The Dragonpit attack, Shireen's tragic death, Davos' speech to Jon, and of course, the real turning point of the show, Hardhome. It signifies a drastic upshift in the production, and a severe downshift in the storytelling, as th...
Episode 127 - Severance
March 14, 2022 09:00 - 48 minutes - 66.4 MBWell, yet another example of Talkin' TV's seamless ability to pivot last minute, because we were going to do Pixar's Turning Red this episode, and then promptly decided against it once we actually watched it. So instead, Dom & Chris tackle Ben Stiller's brand new Apple TV+ show that is slowly winning the internet over one twitter account at a time, Severance! An American science fiction psychological thriller streaming television series created by Dan Erickson and directed by Ben Stiller and ...
Talkin' Thrones Episode 40 - The Children (Season 4 Finale)
March 11, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 108 MBWe've reached the end of another season of Game of Thrones, and if you ask Dom, the point where Game of Thrones officially drops off in quality. Season 4, Episode 10, entitled "The Children" is the end of a lot of our major character's arcs and also really a major ending point for a lot of the storylines we've been following for the last four seasons. Despite the Red Wedding occurring at the end of Season 3, Season 4 is the official end of a Storm of Swords, and also a pretty great encapsula...