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The beauty of a Patreon request is you never know what you're going to get. And bless Dan Grote, co-host of WMQ&A and BatChat's first patron and guest, for coming at us with a request nobody expected. This week, we're reading three stories featuring Joe Potato, a Gotham PI who we read one story with a while back, and now we're covering all three of his other appearances. We have a story that does a Reefer Madness but with Ecstasy, Anarky makes Will really mad and a Pulp Heroes annual that totally gets the assignment. All of these served up hard boiled, even though mashed would have been more appropriate. Ecstasy (Detective Comics V.1 # 594) Anarky: Prophet of Doom (Batman: Shadow of the Bat # 40-41) I Was the Love Slave of a Plant Based Killer (Batman: Shadow of the Bat Annual # 5) Check out our current ranking list at www.comicsxf.com/batchat-rankings/ Thanks to Geri Nonnewitz for our podcast logo Follow the show on Twitter @BatChatComics and support the show on Patreon at www.patreon.com/batchatwithmattandwill
ArticlesKukla, Fran, and OllieAnarkyMan of Many PartsBeverly New JerseyFollow us on the social medias!Email us at podofwonder at gmail dot com & http://society6.com/podofwonder Danny: https://www.tumblr.com/dannyplaysrpgs & http://dannymakesrpgs.itch.ioMorgan: http://instagram.com/morganthefae & https://bsky.app/profile/m0rgan.bsky.socialBrowse all you want, but you won't find Mike or Maria on social media.
This Week on Earth Station DCU! Drew Leiter and Cletus Jacobs discuss The DC Legends of Tomorrow Season 7 Premiere! Thomas Wayne Batman continues to hunt for clues to the identity of the Clockwork Killer in Flashpoint Beyond #4. Poison Ivy helps a motel owner plant her garden in Poison Ivy #3. The alien craft is explored by the humans as both Aquaman helps save the crew, while Black Manta continues his efforts to steal the technology in Aquaman: Andromeda #2. The hunt for Troy and the mysterious Church of Blood leads to more questions in Multiversity: Teen Justice #3. Mary goes to college excited to start a new chapter, but when Hoppy the Rabbit sneaks into her bag the magic of Shazam calls her to duty in The New Champion of Shazam #1. The Question teams up with the Batman of New York to solve the murder of Anarky in I Am Batman #12. The Batgirls take on the KGBeast while the serial killer strikes again in Batgirls #9. The Bat-Family must defend Batman from the attack of a mysterious robot in Batman #126. Jon Kent goes after Bendix in Superman: Son of Kal-El #14. Diana confronts Dr. Cizko in Wonder Woman #790. All this plus, DC News, Shout Outs, and much, much more! ------------------------ Table of Contents 0:00:00 Show Open 0:01:24 DC News 0:17:16 Flashpoint Beyond #4 0:21:55 Poison Ivy #3 0:27:54 Aquaman: Andromeda #2 0:32:44 Multiversity: Teen Justice #3 0:35:35 The New Champion of Shazam #1 0:41:12 I Am Batman #12 0:46:20 Batgirls #9 0:51:16 Batman #126 1:00:48 Superman: Son of Kal-El #14 1:06:10 Wonder Woman #790 1:13:05 Dark Crisis #3 1:22:00 Dark Crisis: Worlds Without A Justice League - Green Lantern #1 1:31:38 The Sandman S1 Ep2 – Imperfect Hosts 1:35:50 DC's Legends of Tomorrow S7 Ep1 – The Bullet Blondes 1:38:48 Show Close Links Flashpoint Beyond #4 Poison Ivy #3 Aquaman: Andromeda #2 Multiversity: Teen Justice #3 The New Champion of Shazam #1 I Am Batman #12 Batgirls #9 Batman #126 Superman: Son of Kal-El #14 Wonder Woman #790 Dark Crisis #3 Dark Crisis: Worlds Without A Justice League - Green Lantern #1 Batman Vol 1 #113 (Cletus's Read More Comics Pick) Batman: R.I.P. (Cletus's Read More Comics Pick) Earth Station One Tales of the Station Earth Station One Tales of the Station Vol. 2 The Chameleon Chronicles: Colors of Fate The Chameleon Chronicles: Sisters of the Thorn Want to Donate to the Show or Sponsor our Comics Talk for this week? No problem! Just click on the donate button below! If you would like to leave feedback, comment on the show, or would like us to give you a shout out, please call the ESDCU feedback line at (317) 564-9133 (remember long distance charges may apply) or feel free to email us @ earthstationdcu@gmail.com
Sector 2814 Ep #82: Anarky #1-#3 & Green Lantern #113-#114 Welcome back to Sector 2814, the Green Lantern podcast. In this episode Phil and Will review Kyle Rayner's appearance from Anarky #1-#3 (May-July 1999), Green Lantern #113 & #114 (June & July 1999) featuring new villain Effigy and Green Lantern: 80 Page Giant #2 (June 1999) featuring a bunch of short team-up stories. Tune in today and don't forget to review the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and anywhere else you can! Sector 2814's Links → Twitter https://www.twitter.com/GreenLanternPod → Instagram https://www.instagram.com/clsidekicks → Facebook https://www.facebook.com/GreenLanternPod → YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/CapesandLunatics ==================
This Week on Earth Station DCU! Drew Leiter and Cletus Jacobs discuss a double dose of our ongoing monthly DC Comics. Batman and his team take down Manray, plus The Question comes to New York looking for answers to Anarky's murder in I Am Batman #10 & 11. When the Saints force Seer to her hideout in the basement of the Iceberg Lounge, The Batgirls must rescue her in Batgirls #7 & 8. Harley and Selena are running from an assassin in Catwoman #44, then Selena goes after some human traffickers in Catwoman #45. Heartless makes a bold move while Nightwing defends the Haven in Nightwing #93 & 94. President Bendix makes a bold move, while Jon Kent receives a visitor at the Fortress of Solitude in Superman: Son of Kal-El #12 & 13. Dr. Cizko promotes a new milk product, while Wonder Woman deals with a group of protesters in front of the Hall of Justice in Wonder Woman #788. The Duke of Deception, Dr. Poison, and Professor Calculus cause more problems in Wonder Woman #789. Batman and Robin must respond when Talia escapes DEO custody in Robin #15. Mongol continues to hunt the rebels as Superman puts their plan in action in Action Comics #1044 & 1045. Talia Al Ghul teams up with Riddler in Detective Comics #1061. Batman's game is off, while some new players come to Gotham in Detective Comics #1062. All this plus, DC News, Shout Outs, and much, much more! ------------------------ Table of Contents 0:00:00 Show Open 0:01:12 DC News 0:19:16 I Am Batman #10 0:20:23 I Am Batman #11 0:26:06 Batgirls #7 0:27:14 Batgirls #8 0:35:36 Catwoman #44 0:37:12 Catwoman #45 0:46:24 Nightwing #93 0:48:32 Nightwing #94 0:54:12 Superman: Son of Kal-El #12 0:55:39 Superman: Son of Kal-El #13 1:04:22 Wonder Woman #788 1:06:34 Wonder Woman #789 1:14:20 Robin #15 1:20:56 Action Comics #1044 1:23:46 Action Comics #1045 1:33:32 Detective Comics #1061 1:41:08 Detective Comics #1062 1:51:32 Show Close Links I Am Batman #10 I Am Batman #11 Batgirls #7 Batgirls #8 Catwoman #44 Catwoman #45 Nightwing #93 Nightwing #94 Superman: Son of Kal-El #12 Superman: Son of Kal-El #13 Wonder Woman #788 Wonder Woman #789 Robin #15 Action Comics #1044 Action Comics #1045 Detective Comics #1061 Detective Comics #1062 Superman (1987-2006) #0 (Drew's Read More Comics Pick) Earth Station One Tales of the Station Earth Station One Tales of the Station Vol. 2 The Chameleon Chronicles: Colors of Fate The Chameleon Chronicles: Sisters of the Thorn Want to Donate to the Show or Sponsor our Comics Talk for this week? No problem! Just click on the donate button below! If you would like to leave feedback, comment on the show, or would like us to give you a shout out, please call the ESDCU feedback line at (317) 564-9133 (remember long distance charges may apply) or feel free to email us @ earthstationdcu@gmail.com
This Week on Earth Station DCU! Drew Leiter and Cletus Jacobs discuss a double dose of our ongoing monthly DC Comics. Batman and his team take down Manray, plus The Question comes to New York looking for answers to Anarky’s murder in I Am Batman #10 & 11. When the Saints force Seer to her … The Earth Station DCU Episode 297 – DC Comics Double Dose Read More » The post The Earth Station DCU Episode 297 – DC Comics Double Dose appeared first on The ESO Network.
Time takes us all. And as the comics we grew up with grow older, so too do the people who made them, and with time, comes other things, sadly. Recently, Alan Grant, legendary co-creator of many of the great Bat villains of the 80s and 90s, passed away, having been preceded a couple of years ago by his regular collaborator, artist Norm Breyfogle. So this week, we celebrate this legendary team with three stories by them, one from each of the Bat titles they worked on together. Anarky in Gotham City (Detective Comics V.1 # 608-609) Sisters in Arms (Batman V.1 # 460-461) The Last Arkham (Batman: Shadow of the Bat # 1-4) Check out our current ranking list at www.comicsxf.com/batchat-rankings/ Thanks to Geri Nonnewitz for our podcast logo Follow the show on Twitter @BatChatComics and support the show on Patreon at www.patreon.com/batchatwithmattandwill
Unspoken Issues #51 - Anarky Anarky has struck Unspoken Issues and we are going to give him the “Unspoken Epics” treatment. Join Darry, Dean, and Jesse as they examine a few tales involving Lonnie Machin, the young brilliant teenager who is secretly known as the vigilante, Anarky! In this episode, we look at four stories featuring Anarky: Robin Annual #1 (1992) Batman Chronicles #1 (July 1995) Batman: Shadow of the Bat #40 and #41 (July-August 1995) Anarky #1-4 (May 1997-August 1997) To join the Unspoken Issues Facebook group to chime in and vote on the polls head to - https://www.facebook.com/groups/752283055418869 Make sure to check out the articles over at https://theunspokendecade.com and stay in touch and participate in the discussion on Facebook by going to https://www.facebook.com/pg/theunspokendecade and checking out the latest posts! Amazon ad - 16:56 - http://getamazonmusic.com/w2mnetwork Grammarly ad - 1:25:30 - http://getgrammarly.com/w2mnetwork To check us out on the player of your choice click here https://linktr.ee/markkind76 Also, check out the W2M Network Discord - https://discord.gg/aydMgvUN9d
Unspoken Issues #51 - Anarky Anarky has struck Unspoken Issues and we are going to give him the “Unspoken Epics” treatment. Join Darry, Dean, and Jesse as they examine a few tales involving Lonnie Machin, the young brilliant teenager who is secretly known as the vigilante, Anarky! In this episode, we look at four stories featuring Anarky: Robin Annual #1 (1992) Batman Chronicles #1 (July 1995) Batman: Shadow of the Bat #40 and #41 (July-August 1995) Anarky #1-4 (May 1997-August 1997) To join the Unspoken Issues Facebook group to chime in and vote on the polls head to - https://www.facebook.com/groups/752283055418869 Make sure to check out the articles over at https://theunspokendecade.com and stay in touch and participate in the discussion on Facebook by going to https://www.facebook.com/pg/theunspokendecade and checking out the latest posts! Amazon ad - 16:56 - http://getamazonmusic.com/w2mnetwork Grammarly ad - 1:25:30 - http://getgrammarly.com/w2mnetwork To check us out on the player of your choice click here https://linktr.ee/markkind76 Also, check out the W2M Network Discord - https://discord.gg/aydMgvUN9d
The Pals are back to discuss this week's biggest comic book news including Todd McFarlane's hot take on female action figures, Marvel Infinity comics, and the new Joker deleted scene from The Batman. Afterwards, we dig down deep and rank every single one of Batman's Rogues from Anarky to Ventriloquist. Time Stamps: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:09:15 - Listener Comments 00:22:15 - Game: Are You Deadass RN? 00:32:35 - Todd McFarlane on Female Action Figures 00:42:35 - Nova MCU Project in the works 00:48:53 - Marvel's Infinity Comics Plans 1:00:50 - The Batman Joker Deleted Scene Released 1:07:51 - Ranking Batman's Rogues Gallery ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/thecomicspals?sub_confirm... Watch us LIVE on Twitch every Saturday at 10am EST: twitch.tv/thecomicspals Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/6RAX3sT The Comics Pals is a weekly comic book podcast where a group of comic book journalists and friends get together to talk comics. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PodBean: https://thecomicspals.podbean.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thecomicspals Instagram: https://instagram.com/thecomicspals ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/6RAX3sT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Pals: Sean: https://twitter.com/SeansSoapbox Tyler: https://twitter.com/TheTylerOlson Cale: https://twitter.com/Totointow Marco: https://twitter.com/mrmarcoanimoto
Kevonte Chilous and Lance Laster discuss the villains of Arrow's fourth season. They talk Double Down, Vandal Savage, Anarky, The Calculator, The Bug-Eyed Bandit and more, including the total fail of a character that is Andy Diggle.BULLSEYE, OFF THE MARK, MISS, or FAILED THIS CITY?(For this one, hearing it live is part of the fun! Listen and find out!)Artwork by Tom Gehrke: https://tomsart.threadless.com/PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/alwaysmallvilleTWITTER: https://twitter.com/donotfailourpodFACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/alwaysmallvilleEMAIL: alwaysarow@gmail.com
Kevonte Chilous and Lance Laster discuss the villains of Arrow's fourth season. They talk Double Down, Vandal Savage, Anarky, The Calculator, The Bug-Eyed Bandit and more, including the total fail of a character that is Andy Diggle. BULLSEYE, OFF THE MARK, MISS, or FAILED THIS CITY?(For this one, hearing it live is part of the fun! Listen and find out!)United Federation of Podcasts is brought to you by listeners like you. Special thanks to these patrons on Patreon whose generous contributions help produce the podcast! David WillettJustin OserTim CooperCasey PettittChrissie De Clerck-SzilagyiMahendran RadhakrishnanJim McMahonVictor GamboaVera BibleTom Van ScotterGreg MolumbyKevin ScharfAlexander GatesVanessa VaughanPeter HongLori KickingerJim StoffelTom ElliotThad HaitAnn MarieJoe MignoneJosh Brewington You can become a patron here: https://www.patreon.com/ufpearth
Kevonte Chilous and Lance Laster discuss the many returns of characters and concepts of Arrow past as the fourth season kicks off its second half. Roy Harper, Anarky, Katana, Nyssa al Ghul, Shado...the list goes on! BULLSEYE, OFF THE MARK, MISS, or FAILED THIS CITY?Lance: MISSKevonte: MISSArtwork by Tom Gehrke: https://tomsart.threadless.com/PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/alwaysmallvilleTWITTER: https://twitter.com/donotfailourpodFACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/alwaysmallvilleEMAIL: alwaysarow@gmail.com
Kevonte Chilous and Lance Laster discuss the many returns of characters and concepts of Arrow past as the fourth season kicks off its second half. Roy Harper, Anarky, Katana, Nyssa al Ghul, Shado...the list goes on! BULLSEYE, OFF THE MARK, MISS, or FAILED THIS CITY?Lance: MISSKevonte: MISSUnited Federation of Podcasts is brought to you by listeners like you. Special thanks to these patrons on Patreon whose generous contributions help produce the podcast! Tim CooperDavid WillettJustin OserCasey PettittChrissie De Clerck-SzilagyiJim StoffelMahendran RadhakrishnanJim McMahonVictor GamboaVera BibleTom Van ScotterGreg MolumbyKevin ScharfAlexander GatesFit RogersTom ElliotThad HaitJoe MignoneAnn MarieJosh Brewington You can become a patron here: https://www.patreon.com/ufpearth
Neste 10º episódio foi dia de análise ao Grande Prémio de Silverstone. Uma verdadeira "Anarky in the UK"... Afinal este verão sempre há alguma coisa que faz jus ao célebre canto britânico "It's coming home". Como previamente anunciado, este foi um episódio "caliente como fuego", já dizia a nossa amiga Ana Malhoa. Falámos sobre a vitória de Sir Lewis Hamilton, o (outra vez) "quase estragar a festa" de uma equipa italiana a um britânico em solo inglês, um espanhol idoso e ainda de papaias. E pronto foi is... Estamos a brincar, seus marotos. Claro que falámos sobre o estouro entre Lewis Hamilton e Max Verstappen. Cada um expôs as suas ideias, andámos ao estalo (not) e ficou tudo bem e somos amigos na mesma :) Num registo mais sério, o Gui desabafou sobre o acidente mas particularmente sobre o que este provocou nas pessoas a nível de redes e não só. Ainda houve tempo para falar no novo fã de F1 criado pelo "Drive To Survive" É ouvir nos sítios do costume, melhores ouvintes do mundo. Sigam-nos nas redes sociais, só clicar AND I WANNA BE, YEAH, ANARCHIST --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/racingshenaniganspodcast/message
We Are the Knight Ep #29: Eclipso - The Darkness Within Part 4 Phil and Lilith review Detective Comics Annual #5, Robin Annual #1, and Batman Annual #16 (1992), the final part of the Capes and Lunatics Sidekicks/Capes and Lunatics Eclipso: The Darkness Within crossover. Show Notes: We Are the Knight Ep #29: Eclipso - The Darkness Within Part 4 Find all of our Social Media & Merchandise here: https://linktr.ee/capesandlunatics Follow Phil Perich on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Nightwingpdp Follow Lilith Hellfire on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LilithHellfire Produced by: http://www.southgatemediagroup.com Production Team: Phil Perich SUPPORT OUR SHOW BY SUPPORTING OUR SPONSORS Order our book Pod Life: Podcaster Stories orderpodlife.smgpods.com When you shop at Amazon.com using this link, every dollar you spend supports our podcast network and doesn't cost you a penny more. amazon.smgpods.com Support the Capes and Lunatics Podcast on Patreon www.patreon.com/capesandlunatics Support the Southgate Media Group on Patreon www.patreon.com/SouthgateMediaGroup
Detective Comics #618-#621 Phil and Lilith review Detective Comics #618-#621 (July-October 1990) “Rite of Passage” featuring one of Tim Drake’s earliest victories and the worst day of his life. PLUS: Batman vs Voodoo and Batwoman s2e3 Show Notes: Detective Comics #618-#621: We Are the Knight Episode #11 Find all of our Social Media & Merchandise here: https://linktr.ee/capesandlunatics Follow Phil Perich on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Nightwingpdp Follow Lilith Hellfire on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LilithHellfire Produced by: http://www.southgatemediagroup.com Production Team: Phil Perich SUPPORT OUR SHOW BY SUPPORTING OUR SPONSORS Order our book Pod Life: Podcaster Stories orderpodlife.smgpods.com When you shop at Amazon.com using this link, every dollar you spend supports our podcast network and doesn’t cost you a penny more. amazon.smgpods.com Hunt a Killer – Get 20% off on your first box with Coupon Code SOUTHGATE www.huntakiller.com Tweaked Audio Headphones – Get 30% off, Free Shipping, and a Lifetime Warranty with Coupon Code – SOUTHGATE www.tweakedaudio.com Support the Capes and Lunatics Podcast on Patreon www.patreon.com/capesandlunatics
Detective Comics #608-#609 (Origin of Anarky) Phil and Lilith review Detective Comics #608-#609 (November-December 1989) featuring the first appearance of the villain Anarky. PLUS: Would Anarky make a good partner for Punchline? Show Notes: Detective Comics #608-#609 (Origin of Anarky): We Are the Knight Episode #4 Find all of our Social Media & Merchandise here: https://linktr.ee/capesandlunatics Follow Phil Perich on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Nightwingpdp Follow Lilith Hellfire on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LilithHellfire Produced by: http://www.southgatemediagroup.com Production Team: Phil Perich SUPPORT OUR SHOW BY SUPPORTING OUR SPONSORS Order our book Pod Life: Podcaster Stories orderpodlife.smgpods.com When you shop at Amazon.com using this link, every dollar you spend supports our podcast network and doesn’t cost you a penny more. amazon.smgpods.com Hunt a Killer – Get 20% off on your first box with Coupon Code SOUTHGATE www.huntakiller.com Tweaked Audio Headphones – Get 30% off, Free Shipping, and a Lifetime Warranty with Coupon Code – SOUTHGATE www.tweakedaudio.com Support the Capes and Lunatics Podcast on Patreon www.patreon.com/capesandlunatics
They should have spelled it "Anarky" to really sell it.
Batman: Shadow of the Bat #16-#18 (Knightfall Tie-In) Phil, Lilith and Tyler continue the Knightfall journey with a review of Batman: Shadow of the Bat #16-#18 (September-October 1993) featuring the new Batman’s first battle against the Scarecrow and Anarky. Show Notes: Batman: Shadow of the Bat #16-#18 (Knightfall Tie-In): Before the Bat Episode #159 Find all of our Social Media & Merchandise here: https://linktr.ee/capesandlunatics Follow Phil Perich on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Nightwingpdp Follow Lilith Hellfire on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LilithHellfire Follow Tyler Patrick on Twitter: https://twitter.com/KryptonReport Produced by: http://www.southgatemediagroup.com Production Team: Phil Perich SUPPORT OUR SHOW BY SUPPORTING OUR SPONSORS Order our book Pod Life: Podcaster Stories orderpodlife.smgpods.com When you shop at Amazon.com using this link, every dollar you spend supports our podcast network and doesn’t cost you a penny more. amazon.smgpods.com Hunt a Killer – Get 20% off on your first box with Coupon Code SOUTHGATE www.huntakiller.com Tweaked Audio Headphones – Get 30% off, Free Shipping, and a Lifetime Warranty with Coupon Code – SOUTHGATE www.tweakedaudio.com Support the Capes and Lunatics Podcast on Patreon www.patreon.com/capesandlunatics
Green Arrow Crossroads: Comic Capers Episode #68 Phil and Lilith review Green Arrow: Crossroads from Green Arrow #81-#89 (December 1993-August 1994) and continue the Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover speculation. Show Notes: Green Arrow Crossroads: Comic Capers Episode #68 Find all of our Social Media & Merchandise here: https://linktr.ee/capesandlunatics Follow Phil Perich on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Nightwingpdp Follow Lilith Hellfire on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LilithHellfire Produced by: http://www.southgatemediagroup.com Production Team: Phil Perich SUPPORT OUR SHOW BY SUPPORTING OUR SPONSORS Order our book Pod Life: Podcaster Stories orderpodlife.smgpods.com When you shop at Amazon.com using this link, every dollar you spend supports our podcast network and doesn't cost you a penny more. amazon.smgpods.com Hunt a Killer – Get 20% off on your first box with Coupon Code SOUTHGATE www.huntakiller.com Tweaked Audio Headphones – Get 30% off, Free Shipping, and a Lifetime Warranty with Coupon Code – SOUTHGATE www.tweakedaudio.com Support our the SMG Podcast Network on Patreon www.patreon.com/SouthgateMediaGroup
In Season 5 Episode 4 of otipêyimsiw-iskwêwak kihci-kîsikohk, Métis in Space, Molly Vowel and Chelsea Swain review Twilight Zone Season 1 Episode 4, “A Traveler,” where, "A mysterious man's arrival at an Alaska police station's Christmas party prompts a sergeant to investigate his ulterior motives."
After many an age, we are back with Season 5, Episode 3 of otipêyimisiw-iswêwak kihci-kîsikohk, Métis in Space, and take on Chambers Season 1 Episode 1 "Into The Void," where "Sasha's night of teenage fun with her boyfriend leads to a near-death experience -- and the opportunity of a lifetime from a wealthy, grieving couple." AND Season 1 Episode 2, where "Confused by her powerful connection to Becky, Sasha digs deeper into her life and death. Meanwhile, Nancy clings to a cherished keepsake."
W opisie ostatniego odcinka dosyć bezlitośnie rozprawiłem się z serialem obyczajowym „Przyjaciółki”. Gryzie mnie to do dzisiaj, ponieważ mam wrażenie, że to trochę nie fair brać na warsztat coś, o czym nie mam zielonego pojęcia i analizować totalnie bez kontekstu. Postanowiłem się zrehabilitować i potraktować w ten sam sposób serial, który większość pewnie zna, a z którego zrezygnowała zapewne gdzieś w połowie trzeciego sezonu (bo pierwsze dwa były znośne i scenarzyści robili piękną podbudówkę pod telewizyjne Suicide Squad, zanim Warner Bros rzekło „Synek, nie ma takiego bicia”, zabrało licencje i zrobiło film). Tak, mówię o Arrow. Przyjrzyjmy się zatem odcinkowi siedemdziesiąt dziewięć (sezon czwarty), zatytułowanemu „Krwawe porachunki”. Zaczynamy flashbackiem… Och, przepraszam, wspomnieniem Olivera z pobytu na wyspie Lian Yu. Tak, tej samej z której już się wydostał w poprzednim sezonie. Czemu do niej wrócił? Ja wiem, ale miało być bez kontekstu, więc nie oszukujmy ;) Nasz bohater zostaje związany przez najemnika Conklina i podwieszony pod sufitem. Szef napastnika daje jasno do zrozumienia, że Oliver może robić za worek treningowy, czy co tam sobie Conklin wymyśli. Ale tajemniczy tatuaż Arrowa (który jeszcze nim nie został, bo to wspomnienie, ale nie chce robić powtórzeń w tekście, więc sami wiecie…) zaczyna świecić. Z tego powodu przywódca złoli każe zaprzestać swoim ludziom znęcania się nad heroinem (na kobietę można powiedzieć heroina, a jak jest z facetami? Heroin mnie pasuje ¯_(ツ)_/¯ ). Wtedy bohatersko Oliver łapie za broń i grozi, że się zabije, chyba że puszczą jego i Taianę wolno. Najwidoczniej broń tam leży na ziemi jak kocie kłaki na wiosnę. A kim jest Taiana? Kimś na tyle ważnym, że warto się dla niej zabić. Ale wiadomo, mamy do czynienia z Arrowem (przyszłym) ze świecącym tatuażem. Nikt nie chce jego śmierci. Więc cała gromadka trafia do celi. Przeskok do czasów współczesnych, kiedy to Oliver już jest Arrowem, gania za bandytami w Starling City. Czarny Kanarek dowiaduje się, że jej ojciec randkuje z matką ukochanej Oliviera. Bo superhero drama, I guess? Machine, a.k.a. Anarky, jeden ze złych, włamuje się do domu głównego złola, Damiana Darhka. Bo z ‘h’ jest bardziej edgy. Tam bierze jego żonę i córkę za zakładniczki. Oczywiście do akcji wkraczają Zielona Strzała, Speedy (Szybcior?), Dig (to jego imię, jest zbyt lamerski na pseudonim ;) ) i Czarny Kanarek. Wynika walka, bo to serial dla twardzieli. Tutaj nie załatwia się problemów rozmową i racjonalnością, tylko męską męskością! Złole uciekają, jeden na lewo, drugi na prawo. Arrow goni za Darhkiem. Niestety ten umie w magię. Mógłby wyeliminować naszego super bohatera, ale nie robi tego. Przecież Oliver uratował jego rodzinę. Następnym razem nie będzie zmiłuj. Speedy przegrywa z Machine. Wszyscy wracają do Batjaskini… przepraszam, Arrowjaskini (Strzałskini?), gdzie omawiają swoje błędy i wyciągają wnioski. Thea zaprasza swojego chłopaka do domu Laurel (a.k.a. Czarnego Kanarka), gdzie piją wino i się całują. Kim jest Thea? Siostrą Arrowa. Jak widać Oliver musi cierpieć i być smutny (bo scenarzyści pomylili Zieloną Strzałę z Batmanem, dlatego jest on Brucem Waynem, którym nie może być Bruce Wayne z Gotham, bo jest za młody, dlatego Oliver za niego nadrabia bycie Brucem Waynem; wszyscy szczęśliwi), ale reszta nie musi. I dobrze. Kolejny przeskok w czasie. Flash i Arrow stoją nad nieznanym grobem. Smutają. Oliver wsiada do limuzyny, gdzie Felicity Smoak, jego ukochana, mówi mu, że ten musi zabić zabójcę! Mrok, tajemnica, nietoperze! A nie, to wciąż nie Batman :| Jest wiele rzeczy, których nie rozumiem w tym serialu. Główna na ten moment? Czemu ten odcinek nazywa się „Krwawe porachunki”. Nikt nie ginie. Są dwie historie miłosne i cliffhanger (zaczep od klifu? Tak wiem, nie śmieszne :P ). Nawet na początku, kiedy Oliver robi za worek treningowy, nie za wiele się z nim dzieje. Cóż, pewnie nigdy się nie dowiem. Nie to co u nas. W obecnym odcinku bardzo dużo newsów i na poważnie o filmie dokumentalnym „Tylko nie mów nikomu” braci Sekielskich. Jako, że tematyka jest dzisiaj poważniejsza, to nie będzie „Bawmy się” na końcu. UWAGA, sypiemy SPOILER'AMI na lewo i prawo. Nie ma taryfy ulgowej! Rozkład jazdy w tym odcinku: - Epic dostanie Bafte za wkład w giereczkowo - https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/342616/Epic_Games_to_receive_BAFTA_Special_Award_for_contribution_to_game_development.php - Netflix będzie prezentował gry na E3 - https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/342616/Epic_Games_to_receive_BAFTA_Special_Award_for_contribution_to_game_development.php - World of Warcraft Classic wystartuje 27 sierpnia - https://arhn.eu/2019/05/world-of-warcraft-classic-wystartuje-27-sierpnia/ - Drama wokół aktora mającego odgrywać rolę nowego Batmana - https://thehardtimes.net/harddrive/adult-man-still-furious-about-decade-old-movie-for-teen-girls/?fbclid=IwAR2l060DiHWPt_Kh08ROnJ5kj9QJ7EulZCztcXGO_v2f1yJ8ftP9yVTMa4M - Znów o Randym Pitchfordzie - https://www.newsweek.com/borderlands-3-claptrap-voice-actor-david-eddings-randy-pitchford-1422396 - Samsung Galaxy Fold anulowany - https://www.purepc.pl/urzadzenia_mobilne/samsung_galaxy_fold_smartfon_anulowany_nie_trafi_do_sklepow - Czyżby nowy Splinter Cell? - https://polygamia.pl/potwierdzenie-nowego-splinter-cella-jason-schreier-twierdzi-ze-to-tylko-zart/ - I trochę o serialu „Wiedźmin” od Netflixa - https://polygamia.pl/mozliwe-ze-wlasnie-poznalismy-date-premiery-serialowego-wiedzmina-od-netfliksa/ - AMD potwierdza dostępność Navi i Zen 2 w trzecim kwartale 2019 - https://www.purepc.pl/procesory/amd_potwierdza_dostepnosc_navi_i_zen_2_w_trzecim_kwartale_2019 - Sony wykorzysta infrastrukturę Microsoftu do cloud computingu - https://www.purepc.pl/rozrywka/sony_wykorzysta_infrastrukture_microsoftu_do_cloud_computingu - NVIDIA planuje nowe wersje GeForce RTX z szybszą pamięcią - https://www.purepc.pl/karty_graficzne/plotka_nvidia_planuje_odswiezyc_geforce_rtx_z_szybszymi_gddr6 - „Tylko nie mów nikomu” - https://youtu.be/BrUvQ3W3nV4 Miłego słuchania :)
What does it take to break the Bat? Bane knows... Bane will learn everything This month we talk about Bane and how there has never been accurate representation of Bane. But before we go there we have to discover why Bane is the greatest villain ever. We talk about some other great villains, like Zsasz, Joker, Scarecrow and so many others. Next month we will cover: Neil Gaiman's Sandman Follow us for more on Twitter and tell us what you think about the Knightfall story. @comictradespod Music: "Adventure Meme" and "Undaunted" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Ryan discusses the impact of the InnerGeekdom tournament final, along with both the Singles and Team League championship. Then, the Rocha v. Bateman and Reilly v. Ghai matches and what they mean for the future of the league. Finally, Ryan breaks down his bracket predictions for the AnarKy tournament!
Top 500 May 2018 sales, September solicitations, Batman: Prelude to the Wedding - Red Hood vs. Anarky, Batman 49, Justice League 2, Man of Steel 4, Amazing Spider-Man 801, Tony Stark: Iron Man 1, Infinity Countdown: Champions, Infinity Countdown: Black Widow, Peter Parker: Spectacular Spider-Man Annual, X-Men Gold 30, Shanghai Red 1, Hit-Girl 5, Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 12, Archie Superteens and Crusaders, Lost City Explorers 1, Jurassic World 2, Hereditary, Crazy Ex Girlfriend s1, Good Place s1, Sherlock Frankenstein, Snews, more! Comics Details: Batman: Prelude to the Wedding - Red Hood vs Anarky by Tim Seeley, Javi Fernandez, Hugo Petrus, Otto Schmidt, John Kalisz Amazing Spider-Man 801 by Dan Slott, Marcos Martin, Muntsa Vicente Tony Stark: Iron Man 1 by Dan Slott, Valerio Schiti, Edgar Delgado Infinity Countdown: Black Widow by Gerry Duggan, Brent Schoonover, Nik Virella, Cris Peter Infinity Countdown: Champions 1 by Jim Zub, Emilio Laiso, Andy Troy Peter Parker: Spectacular Spider-Man Annual by Chip Zdarsky, Mike Allred, Laura Allred, Mike Drucker, Chris Bachalo, Wayne Faucher, John Livesay, Jaime Mendoza, Victor Olazaba, Tim Townsend X-Men Gold 30 by Marc Guggenheim, David Marquez, Matt Wilson Shanghai Red 1 by Christopher Sebela, Joshua Hixson, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou Hit-Girl 5 by Jeff Lemire, Eduardo Risso, Trish Mulvihill Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 12 1 by Christos Gage, Joss Whedon, Karl Story, Dan Jackson Archie Superteens and Crusaders 1 by Ian Flynn, Kelsey Shannon Lost City Explorers 1 by Zack Kaplan, Alvaro Sarresca, Chris Blythe Comics Countdown, 27 Jun 2018 Black Hammer: Age of Doom 3 by Jeff Lemire, Dean Ormston, Dave Stewart Gideon Falls 4 by Jeff Lemire, Andrea Sorrentino, Dave Stewart Deadly Class 35 by Rick Remender, Wes Craig, Jordan Boyd Tony Stark: Iron Man 1 by Dan Slott, Valerio Schiti, Edgar Delgado Peter Parker: Spectacular Spider-Man Annual by Chip Zdarsky, Mike Allred, Laura Batman 49 by Tom King, Mikel Janin, June Chung Amazing Spider-Man 801 by Dan Slott, Marcos Martin, Muntsa Vicente Flavor 2 by Joe Keatinge, Wook Jin Clark, Tamra Bonvillain Runaways 10 by Rainbow Rowell, Kris Anka, Triona Farrell Justice League 2 by Scott Snyder, Jorge Jimenez, Alejandro Sanchez Shadowman 4 by Andy Diggle, Shawn Martinbrough, Stephen Jorge Segovia, Jose Villarrubia Brave and the Bold: Batman/Wonder Woman 5 by Liam Sharp, Romulo Fajardo Jr
This week, Zach died, but Brian and Vince carry on with discussions about the insanity of "Aquaman" hate, the stunning art of "Cave Carson Has an Interstellar Eye," and why Anarky a a weird choice to focus on for a Bat-wedding prelude.
Welcome to the Comic Shenanigans Podcast! For the 589th episode, join Adam Chapman for reviews of comics released June 20 2018! This episode was originally recorded on Wednesday June 20 2018. SPOILER WARNING!!! Comics reviewed this episode include: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #801 - 9 / 10 BATMAN #49 - 9 / 10 BATMAN: PRELUDE TO THE WEDDING: RED HOOD VS. ANARKY #1 - 6 / 10 TONY STARK: IRON MAN #1 - 7.5 / 10 Download it now! If you want to help support Comic Shenanigans, follow this link! http://www.podbean.com/patron/crowdfund/profile/id/mzvwg-3
Fecha de los cómics: 20/junio/2018 Co-Hosts: Elías, Fede _________________________________ Tag inicial INTRO MUSICAL Bienvenida al Podcast “Día de Cómics” / Introducciones Alerta de Spoilers _________________________________ * Justice League #2 * Man of Steel #4 * Damange #6 * New Challengers #2 * Aquaman #37 * Green Lanterns #49 BREAK – Axtasia – Spectrum * Batman #49 * Harley Quinn #44 * Batman: Prelude to the Wedding: Red Hood vs Anarky #1 * Batwoman #16 ________________________________ Libro de la semana Compren estos libros Cómics de la próxima semana Preguntas, comentarios y anuncios Despedidas OUTRO MUSICAL ________________________________ Información de contacto: diadecomics@gmail.com @diadecomics https://www.facebook.com/diadecomics/ https://diadecomics.podiant.co/
It's not a long one, but since Eric and Reggie are out of town, it feels just right. Check out our Patreon and for as little as $1 a month, you can help support the podcast and get a bunch of shows! This Week's Patreon Spotlight: Batman: Prelude to the Wedding: Red Hood vs. Anarky #1 & New Challengers #2 as well as Batman #49 & Rebirth Batman Review Retrospective Also, the Rant and Raves are a FREE FOR EVERYONE Patreon Show - Rant and Rave Podcast Ep 5: Milan, Skilletlick and Crying Intro (0:00), Books - See List Below (05:54), mail #1 (1:16:17), Mail #2 (2:21:35), Vermillion's Visions - Rose Vol 1 (2:4&:49), Mail #3 (3:43:44) DC Comics Reviewed: Justice League #2 (20:26), Green Lanterns #49 (56:24), Man of Steel #4 (1:28:46), Aquaman #37 (1:53:18), Harley Quinn #44 (2:08:23), Cave Carson Has An Interstellar Eye #4 (2:32:23), Wild Storm #14 (3:05:12), The Brave and the Bold: Batman and Wonder Woman #5 (4:07:16), Batwoman #16 (4:27:34)
Josh and Conor are in the saddle, and while Conor is recovering, it's a long road. The fascinating world of Bendis' DC work, and what we're looking for out of mainstream comics remain the topics of conversation, and the ever widening lapses of memory. What were we talking about? Oh yeah: Crimping. And Josh gets cranky about dual Patron Picks! Running Time: 01:05:47 Pick of the Week: 00:01:58 - Batman #49 Comics: 00:12:21 - Shanghai Red #1 00:16:23 - The Man of Steel #4 00:22:15 - Tony Stark: Iron Man #1 00:25:44 - Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #1 00:31:50 - The Avengers #3 00:33:16 - Justice League #2 00:36:15 - Batman: Prelude to the Wedding, Part Four - Red Hood vs. Anarky #1 00:38:16 - Ant-Man and the Wasp #2 Patron Pick: 00:40:44 - The Beef #5 00:44:40 - X-Men: Gold #30 Patron Thanks: 00:50:58 - Zachary T. Blackburn 00:51:51 - Jeff Braun 00:53:36 - Bill 00:54:19 - Daniel Richardson Audience Question: 00:56:45 - Andrew wants to know about getting English language comics in Barcelona, Spain. 00:58:45 - James lets Josh know he's pronouncing something wrong, and needs to take his medicine. Brought To You By: • Mack Weldon - Mack Weldon makes fantastic premium men's underwear and essentials. Go to MackWeldon.com and get 20% off using promo code IFANBOY • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got seven designs! Music: "Serpent Tongue" The Messthetics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In Season 4, Episode 9 of otipêyimsiw-iskwêwak kihci-kîsikohk, Métis in Space, Molly, Chelsea, and special guest Christi "The Michif Maven" Belcourt watch Indians and Aliens Season 1 Episode 1 where "After a Star Lodge ceremony, former Cree Grand Chief Mathew Mukash saw orbs of lights in the woods."
Jim and Eric talk about Damage and all the fun that it entails! Check out our Patreon and for as little as $1 a month, you can help support the podcast and get a bunch of shows! This Week's Patreon Spotlight: Batman: Prelude to the Wedding: Red Hood vs. Anarky #1 & New Challengers #2 as well as Batman #49 this weekend Keywords: Comics, Comic Books, Comic Book Podcast, Comics Podcast, Batman, Superman, DC Comics, Wonder Woman, Justice League, Podcast, Comic Book, superhero, superhero podcast, DCU, DC YOU, dc rebirth, dc comics rebirth, batman rebirth, superman rebirth, green arrow rebirth, green lantern rebirth, New 52, Supergirl, Superboy
Welcome to the Comic Shenanigans Podcast! For episode 574, Adam Chapman welcomes NORM BREYFOGLE to the show! Adam and Norm discuss Norm's tenure in comics, working for DC on assorted Bat-books, creating Anarky, seeing his work reprinted in hardcover format, and much more! This episode was recorded April 26th 2018. Download it now! If you want to help support Comic Shenanigans, follow this link! http://www.podbean.com/patron/crowdfund/profile/id/mzvwg-3c
Our next chapter dives into Detective Comics #966. Tim Drake was locked in Mr. Oz’s fortress. Now he is free and roaming the prison. But is he the only prisoner who’s been freed?! After the radio drama, Terence and Rob discuss Red Robin, Batman, and Doomsday?! Doomsday..! Sign me up! Featuring: Terence O’Neil as ANARKY, […]
In Season 4, Episode 6 of otipêyimsiw-iskwêwak kihci-kîsikohk, Métis in Space, Molly and Chelsea undertake the first half of our Taika Waititi double feature with What We Do in the Shadows, where "Viago, Deacon, and Vladislav are vampires who are finding that modern life has them struggling with the mundane - like paying rent, keeping up with the chore wheel, trying to get into nightclubs, and overcoming flatmate conflicts." Chelsea would like it noted that she mixed up the Polka Dot Door with the Romper Room, and Molly would like it noted that she mixed up Mickey Rooney with Andy Rooney. Yeah, we go off on a few tangents in this one...
In Season 4, Episode 5 of otipêyimsiw-iskwêwak kihci-kîsikohk, Métis in Space, Molly and Chelsea head to the Generation Energy Conference in Winnipeg to interview Erin Bow (physicist, author, and poet), Dr. Eric Bibeau (Associate Prof of Mechanical Engineering and NSERC/Manitoba Hydro Industrial Research Chair in Alternative Energy), and Dr. John Hepburn (Vice President of Research and International at University Of British Columbia and Vice-President of Research for CIFAR) about the future of energy, dys/utopias, and most importantly, SCIENCE.
In Season 4, Episode 4 of otipêyimsiw-iskwêwak kihci-kîsikohk, Métis in Space, Molly and Chelsea review The Dead Lands, where "if he wants justice for himself and his people, he'll have to undergo a journey few would dare to make."
In Season 4, Episode 3 of otipêyimsiw-iskwêwak kihci-kîsikohk, Métis in Space, Molly and Chelsea and a LiveStudioAudience convene in amiskwaciwâskahikan and Tio:tiake at the Atotam Literary Festival to review two short films: The 6th World (www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f4Jm0y_iLk) and File Under Miscellaneous (www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi3B2V_e8fY). MiS wants to note that the bud and Standing Rock Defender we name drop during the show, Quetzala, now uses pe/per/pem pronouns!
In Season 4, Episode 1 of otipêyimsiw-iskwêwak kihci-kîsikohk, Métis in Space, Molly and Chelsea review one of Mel Gibson's many cinematic bloodbaths, Apocalypto, where "The Mayan kingdom is at the height of its opulence and power, but the foundations of the empire are beginning to crumble. The leaders believe that they must build more temples and sacrifice more people, or their crops and citizens will die.”
Season 4, Episode 2 of otipêyimsiw-iskwêwak kihci-kîsikohk, Métis in Space was recorded exactly a year ago, plucking a gem for our viewing pleasure from the 2016 Dreamspeaker's Festival! Molly and the once again hugely pregnant Chelsea, were joined by special guest Conor "the MEC Rave Room" McNally, whose own award-winning film "ôtênaw" is showing during this 2017 Dreamspeaker's and imagineNATIVE Film Festivals. Specially curated pour vous, we feasted our eyeballs upon The Northlander where, "In the year 2961, the time is after humanity and nature has recovered the land. A hunter named Cygnus is called to rise above his duty. He provides for Last Arc, a once nomadic band of survivors in need of food and water that is now growing scarce. The answer must be found before a group of outlandish Heretics descend upon them. Cygnus must voyage across the treacherous landscape to defend his people." Yeah. We didn't understand the synopsis either.
After leaving the cult of Jehovah's Witnesses we learned even more eye-opening things about it. Then we applied the same scrutiny to the book that everything we ever believed was based on. Where did we end up? How is our life now? How will I end this last episode of my story? Listen to find out. Direct Download Here [expand title="Click Here To Show Transcript"] [00:01:59] I'm going to break down the nearly two years since my wife and I left the call in different sections to tie up some loose ends and and report on what life has been like after the call. So let's just jump right in. First section we're going to talk about is what I've learned since leaving the cold about the cold admittedly Jehovah's Witnesses know very little about the religion that they pledged their loyalty to. As far as history goes and they also honestly don't know a lot about what is involved in it. Presently you see a good magician only shows you what they want you to see. They don't slow things down and show you the sleight of hand used to make the allusion appear seamless to your naked eye. I've had time now to slow things down to get away from the indoctrination and to get that detailed look at things that I never even had any clue were going on. Around the time that I was coming out there were two big events that happened in the Colts. First the governing body of Jehovah's Witnesses. Again these are the leaders of the cult. They started coming out from behind the curtain. Now when I was growing up. One of the selling points of the cult was that our leaders were unknown to us. So it couldn't be a call right. You know these people were behind the scenes they weren't doing it for personal glory. So it wasn't like we were following some man. Well those men have now decided to make themselves known. And it is glorious. [00:03:28] Now I'm just going to sit here and take shots at them unnecessarily. But if you've ever seen a picture of them or if you ever hear them speak the mental illness in them just drips off their words one of them looks like a caricature of Cecil the turtle from the old Bugs Bunny cartoons and speaks about like him. It is so creepy. Others have he's really flat facts as though they are dead inside something that kind of tends to do anyway to people by robbing them of their humanity. But they are truly caricatures. Now one day around when I left there was a huge meeting that was broadcast throughout all the congregations. This was a big deal. [00:04:11] It was a special thing and everyone flocked to their kingdom halls to watch this live stream on video screens of the governing body during a special meeting. This [00:04:21] wasn't something that the average Jehovah's Witness ever got to see. [00:04:26] There were these annual meetings that were held up at Bethel or the headquarters in New York in New York City. But this wasn't something that the average person got to participate in. But they took the opportunity to come out pretty much to great fanfare to be seen on these video screens that each congregation would either buy or rent so that they could show the members this live stream now this is a great chance. [00:04:58] The governing body could speak to anything they wanted anything in the world. They had their subs subjects were captive they could encourage them in any way they wanted. Would you like to know what the highlight from that meeting was Anthony Morris one of the governing body members used his 15 minutes of fame to go on a rant about tight pants tight pants. [00:05:25] In fact he is no now as tight pants Tony he could have talked about anything he could have encouraged single parents that were going through tough times. He could have encouraged young people that had to live a messed up life in the cold. But instead he chose to harp on things like how tight the pants were that people were wearing. And if you don't like it as he is so fond of saying take it up with God because you know that's right there in the Bible in the book of fashion you know the chapter about how tight your pants should be. He he talked about those Spanx as he called them just to show how out of touch he is. He talked about those Spanx as he called them that women used to work out in. And how appalling it was that they would ever wear those out of the house. Then he went on to talk about how the homosexuals that design men's pants want to see you in those tight pants the more slender dress pants as opposed to the pleated pans that looked like balloons were. Remember those as I remember when I was younger you'd wear these pleated pants a little balloons in your crotch when you sit down. Well you know these homosexuals they're just making you wear these tight pants so they can see your bold young men. That's what it's about. You could see how out of touch these human beings are what their world view is like in just a few statements. It doesn't take a lot. [00:06:51] You don't have to get to know these men. This man is a God. A G O D or a guardian of doctrine as they literally referred to themselves as at one point. What a shame that instead of helping people. All he did was put more burdens on them like the Pharisees in Jesus day that Jehovah's Witnesses liked to poke fun at that talk helped to wake a lot of people up. He even went on a rant about the socks that brothers wore with crazy colors on them or designs really now also around that time was the live streaming online of the Australian Royal Commission. The FARC is investigating religions in Australia and how they deal with childhood sexual abuse in their organisations. Now it isn't just Jehovah's witnesses that were being investigated but it was the Jehovah's Witnesses that got special attention not just from those of us that were watching. Ex Jacob's but from the commission itself you see ANGUS STEWART Now a hero among us ex SJ Dubbs was not fooled by the court's appearance and persona. He went in prepared in part because the ex Jehovah's Witness community reached out and gave him things that helped him to prosecute the witnesses in his court. I'll let you in on a little something regarding Jehovah's Witnesses and child sexual abuse or honestly abuse of any kind. Let's say that Little Susie claims that a relative molested her she tells her Jehovah's Witness parents first her parents will go to the elders not to the police but to the elders as that is pretty much how everything is handled in the creation's. [00:08:38] Then once they're little Susie would have to sit down in front of men elders and tell them what happened. Faced probing questions into it again. I think I mentioned earlier they want to know all the details. Then the elders would call the legal department at Watchtower headquarters for advice on how to proceed. Now Jehovah's Witnesses will deny that this is the case but the case is that Jehovah's Witnesses have always been discouraged from going to the police. As a general rule remember they're concerned more about appearance than anything and they will avoid the courts because they don't want the organisation to look bad publicly just like they'll encourage people that seek psychiatric care. So then please don't disclose that you're one of Jehovah's Witnesses because it reflects badly on them. So Susie has now been through this ordeal and the elders would then go confront the relative in the congregation that was accused of molesting her. Often it would come down to a judicial hearing and the little girl would have to face the person that she accused often an adult and likely a man in this scenario in front of three men in the end unless the accused confessed. There could be nothing done unless there was a second witness. Now how many times do you think someone witnesses such predatory behavior. So the relative goes free to molest others and only if another person comes forward later. Will they then have their two witnesses. They have what's called the two witness rule. They take it from one particular verse in the Bible out of the mouth of two witnesses and they use it in this particular scenario. [00:10:27] And because people aren't going to the police it really causes a lot of problems and there's a lot of behavior that has repeated There was an elder that was being shaken down by Angus Stewart that was on the stand in the course of questioning Mr. Stewart asked him what he was doing to protect the general public. Her he got all indignant and was like well you know of course we care about other kids but how could we protect everyone. Well Mr. Stewart beautifully pointed out that by keeping everything in-house and avoiding taking matters like this to the police they were at best only trying to protect those in their own cult and that even if the abuser confessed and was disfellowshipped that did nothing to protect the community at large from a predator. The elder as if thinking about this for the first time in his life thinking about other people he turned blood red and was humiliated. You see Jehovah's Witnesses are so full of themselves that they don't even consider outsiders. This was an eye opener. In the end over 1000 cases of pedophilia were documented and not one was ever reported to the authorities. Jehovah's Witnesses have a policy of also destroying notes taken during such questionings of abuse cases and when questioned on the stage on the stand as to whether or not they would continue doing so. They said yeah that's our policy because again it's policy over people. Now people have even been threatened with disfellowshipping if they were to take these accusations of abuse to the police. Justice McClellan who was presiding over that court pointed out that Jehovah's Witnesses were the worst organization that he had seen in dealing with this. [00:12:22] And the quote was defiance at every turn in areas where they were expected to cooperate. They even hired an outside expert to sing their praises. That was snowed by them as to what the reality was. [00:12:36] And then when this woman gets up on the stand she looks like a complete tool because she had to admit as their own hired expert that they were not doing what they should be doing at all. [00:12:49] She didn't realize what the real situation was and so she got on the stand. She had gone by what the organization had told her. All the flowery things about how wonderful they are and then when she got confronted with the reality of it she had to admit what that reality was she was absolutely taken apart on the stand. [00:13:11] In fact it's also funny that they have a woman up there as an expert in the first place. [00:13:16] We all know as the Jehovah's Witnesses at least know that only those with a male appendage know anything of use. They're the only ones who could be an expert for them to actually put a woman up there. It's just so counter to who Jehovah's Witnesses are. In fact the court was hoping that the court would allow women to hold a role in these types of abuse cases particularly where girls or women were being abused so that they didn't have to go speak to men about it. And of course the court declined to consider that I could go on and on. I could do an entire podcast about the RCC alone but I'll leave it there. The organization of Jehovah's Witnesses actually has a database of thousands upon thousands of such accusations of pedophilia and even known pedophiles who have confessed to what they did. They have a database of thousands upon thousands of these situations around the globe that they keep secret. The court is not co-operative and holds those databases close even redacting basically any information they want when forced to cooperate by the judicial system. Further showing how little Jehovah's Witnesses regard outsiders was another event that happened at the time there was a massive earthquake in Nepal that killed thousands and injured tens of thousands. It was a nightmare it was all over the news well the way the witnesses react it bothered me so much as I was waking up. That actually put a post up on one of the SJW forums in a thread entitled they only care about themselves. [00:15:02] I said I've watched the reaction to the Nepal disaster for the first time with eyes open. What do I see. [00:15:09] Lots of comments about praying for the brothers and sisters affected the official release on the Web site because the witnesses main web site they actually have kind of like a media section where they address things that happen in the world regarding them. [00:15:26] So there is this official release on their Web site references only the sister and her two children that died along with the impact on the brothers there. That's it for an organization that is supposed to be marked by love for all of the gum flapping about how much love for neighbor they show. They can't even be bothered to shout out to the thousands killed and their families and friends. Would it be too much to even acknowledge that other people you know the ones that you supposedly love so much that you go and preach to them door to door even exists. [00:16:00] I understand taking care of your own but you don't have to ignore everyone else like calous Narcissus. [00:16:07] So that's the end of my post that I had made. I just couldn't believe how they wouldn't even acknowledge that other people were impacted. There was literally no mention of those other people. It shows again how little they care about anyone that is outside their group. Here's some other random things that I've learned since being out. I came to realize that there is now no concept of grace in the Colts. They don't use the term grace. That's something that I heard for the first time outside of Jehovah's Witnesses Instead they use the term undeserved kindness so that you always know that you're not really worth anything. I also realize that they they use a lot of weasel words like the word evidently when about to make a point that requires a huge leap and has no real basis. They like to make leaps tobacco whatever ridiculous thing that they're about to posit. So they'll use a word a use word like evidently to get you to make that leap with them. On that. No. They often use the term present truth and the other does speak term present truth to let you know that you have to obey because whatever they're telling you is true but that truth is subject to change. [00:17:29] I learned that they are involved in all kinds of things that they would never allow their members to be a part of or even given the appearance of association with. The biggest example of this is the United Nations now. Jehovah's Witnesses are not even supposed to join the local YMCA because it is a Christian organization not affiliated with the cult and thereby it is false religion because remember they and they alone have the truth. But the colt which claims that the United Nations will eventually cause the nations to turn on and shut down religion and which they see as the scarlet colored wild beast in Revelation. They Jehovah's Witnesses actually became an associate an NGO or a non-governmental organization of the United Nations in 1992 the Guardian and the United Kingdom actually broke the news in October of 2001 that the Jehovah's Witnesses were a member of this organization that they claim to be the scarlet colored wild beast of Revelation. [00:18:38] And that very same month the cult withdrew and disassociated as an NGO member of the United Nations. They are hypocrites of the highest order. If you look up the company of Rand cam that's R.A. in the space s.a.m Aranda cam if you look at their SCC or Securities and Exchange Commission information as a traded company in the United States you'll see that the Watchtower holds a large stake Rand's cam makes engines and is involved in the defense industry the war machine something that Jehovah's Witnesses are opposed to. [00:19:16] Do they think do you think that they would have let you as one of Jehovah's Witnesses do anything that even sniffs such an industry of course not years ago Jehovah's Witnesses aligned themselves with the well-known televangelist Jimmy Swaggart and listing themselves as a quote friend of the court during his case regarding sales tax on books sold. You see Jehovah's Witnesses used to sell their books and magazines from door to door. We would go and we would sell them we would collect money for them. Well one day we got a notice from the top at one of our meetings that we were so blessed by Jehovah that we were going to start relying on him to make this organization go. [00:20:01] We would show our trust in him by going to a donation arrangement instead of charging for the literature we were given suggested donations and proof that Jehovah was backing us would be demonstrated as the organization would have an abundance materially under this new system of getting funding through voluntary donations instead of charging for our literature. [00:20:22] This was God ordained right. Well what they didn't tell us and what I found out later was that the government decided that selling books like this should be taxed and they didn't want to pay taxes. [00:20:34] So that is the real reason that the donation arrangement came about it wasn't blessing from Almighty God. It was prompting by the almighty dollar. In the end it is the members of the congregation that donate the money for the literature that they then go out and give away for free. Most of the time they jilted their members into funding all of it. Well-played colt. Well played another great play is this. It used to be that every congregation was its own entity and own its own property including the building the local brothers and sisters would donate money to the upkeep of the building. They donate money to pay the mortgage or eventually save money for a down payment on a new building if needed. Well the organization often funded those mortgages and the local congregations would get a loan for their Keenum hall that they would you know them be so proud of well Watchtower headquarters decided that they were going to be nice a few years ago. They sent out a letter only part of which was read to the creation and part of which was for the elders eyes only and which they forgave all the mortgages those congregations that had a loan with the organization we're now debt free. That's awesome right. [00:21:53] I mean really how can you mess that up. Well as with just about anything. Read the fine print. What they actually did was to forgive the loans to be sure but they had all of the properties turned over to them. They now owned everything including Keenum halls that were long since paid for. They scarfed up all the properties. [00:22:17] They also told the Koreans that since they were taking care of everything now there was no use in the individual congregations having much money in the bank. So they took everything over a certain amount of basic operating costs. There are creations that had tens of thousands of dollars saved up and earmarked for a new building and all that money was just taken to sweeten the deal for the cold even more. [00:22:42] They told the members that you know what since you've proven that you can pay X amount for your mortgage over these years you know whatever they had previously been paying for the mortgage you could just keep donating that amount through a pledge. And what they did is they handed out slips of paper for everyone to write down how much money they would commit to giving each month so that they knew that they would still be getting their money. In other words don't think you can relax and not keep donating just because you don't have a mortgage anymore. They weren't about to take that foot off the throat of their members. [00:23:15] This new arrangement is forever. So yeah you don't have a loan anymore but you have a commitment in perpetuity to pay at least the same amount. And oh yeah that's took all of your money out of the bank and they took your property too. Again well. [00:23:32] Well played in fact one of the things that Jehovah's Witness has always bragged about was that every month we would have this accounts report that was read from the platform. A brother would get up the account servant who took care of everything. And you know so how much money was donated he'd tell how much you know went to the electric bill the gas bill the water bill it's maintenance on the creation. And I mean you know to be honest to you know give them props for this. [00:23:59] They were very transparent on the local level and when they go to conventions they have a much less detailed accounts report that they go over. [00:24:11] But has anybody ever seen an accounts report for the entire organization. Has anybody ever seen where all of that money goes. Because all they would ever say at the local level is we had X amount that was donated to the quote worldwide work a catchall for the money that was given to the organization. [00:24:31] And you know this was beyond the money that was given to the local herniation. So there was a lot of transparency locally. [00:24:39] But all of the funds that went to Watchtower headquarters said he didn't know where all that money went. [00:24:46] But not until 1961. [00:24:51] Changing the subject. Jehovah's Witnesses could say blood transfusions without penalty. [00:24:57] There were brothers and sisters who you know got a blood transfusion that maybe even save their life. In 1961 it was made a disfellowshipping offense. Eventually as I stated in an earlier episode it was deemed to be an automatic disassociation so that they could put the entire blame on you for being out. [00:25:18] If you took a blood transfusion that saved your life instead of looking bad themselves for kicking you out for taking such a life saving measure over time they have now decided that certain blood fractions are OK to say how many died or were disfellowship during their changes in beliefs. And yet no apology was offered. [00:25:39] And if you are disfellowshipped for taking a fraction to save your life prior to their change in doctrine you would still remain disfellowshipped because ultimately the real problem is that you didn't submit to their wishy washy doctrine. I always wondered when they would start letting sex fractions be OK. There are a lot of witnesses who question that fun fact at one point Jehovah's Witnesses considered organ transplants to be cannibalism. [00:26:08] Here's some other fun facts. The cult was started by Charles Taze Russell. He was associated with the millwrights and the Seventh Day Adventists and he bought into their predictions of the end of the world with specific dates. He is rumored to have had involvement with the Knights Templar Freemasons. He used pyramid ology to try to predict things like 1914 using the dimensions of pyramids. Speaking of 1914 they arrive at that date for the beginning of the end of this system of things based on calculations starting from the fall of Jerusalem in 6 0 7 BCE only do a quick Google search and you'll see that Jerusalem wasn't destroyed in 6 so seven BCE 587 is the accepted date. For its fall for any exodus out there that haven't looked that one up yet. Take a look at that that dates 1914 that Jehovah's Witnesses hold so dear as the date that Jesus took his invisible reign in heaven. Just waiting to come and crush this this world or at least the non Jaida on it. That day was based on 6 0 7 BCE and then other speculative ridiculous calculations but six so seven BCE. Pretty much according to Jehovah's Witnesses they're the only ones who say that that's when Jerusalem fell. I mean it doesn't really take much research. Anyway back to Russell. Charles says Russell is buried in a cemetery adjacent to Masonic property and there's a large pyramid monument nearby his grave that Rutherford the second president of the call is rumored to have put their Russell was involved in something that was a scam a called Miracle Wheat as well. [00:28:00] At one point it was said that God lived on a star in the Pleiades constellation Jehovah's Witness has purchased two properties under the direction of Rutherford the second president one called Best Seram and one called Beth Shan. Both I believe were in San Diego. Best Seram meant the house of princes princes and these properties were supposedly purchased because they believed that the faithful men of old these princes like Abraham or Mose's they believed that these men would be resurrected to the earth and they wanted to have a nice place for them to stay. Yes I'm serious. It is well-documented. You see photos of the place. There was rumor that Beth Shan How's the bomb shelter some sort of bunker for the impending Armageddon. Most Jehovah's Witnesses don't know anything about these matters. I never did. Another thing they don't realize is that they are being played in the literature often the use of an ellipses. [00:29:05] Those few dots you'll see something said then dot dot dot and then some more things said. Usually when you see one of those ellipses those few dots indicating that part of something usually a quote we're left out there often hiding some very real lies and manipulation of quotes for instance Jehovah's Witnesses don't believe that Jesus died on a cross. They believe it to be an upright stake like a pole. Here is a partial quote that the cult gives to support its position on this upright stake taken from the Imperial Bible Dictionary. Now first I'm going to read what Watchtower's says in their book. Reasoning from the Scriptures on the subject and then I'm going to read what the actual dictionary says. So here's what Watchtower's says that this book says the Greek word for cross rose properly signified a steak and upright pole or a piece of paling on which anything might be hung or which might be reused in impaling or fencing in a piece of ground. Dot dot dot dot. Even amongst the Romans the crux from which our cross is derived appears to have been originally an upright pole. All right so if you read this. Sounds like the Greek word for cross-bow star rose. It was a stake and so that would be used in impaling right. Even the Romans appeared to have used a cross that originated from an upright pole. All right. It's a pole. It's not a cross Well let's see what the quote actually says. [00:30:42] It says the Greek word for cross star rose properly signified a stake an upright pole or a piece of paling on which anything might be hung or which might be used in impaling or fencing in a piece of ground. Now here's the dot dot dot dot. The ellipses but a modification was introduced as the as the Dominion and usages of Rome extended themselves to Greek speaking countries even amongst the Romans. The crux from which the word crosses derived appears to have been originally an upright pole and always remained the more prominent part but from the time that it began to be used as an instrument of punishment a traverse piece of wood was commonly added. Not however always then there can be no doubt however that the later sort was more common. And that about the period of the Gospel age crucifixion was usually accomplished by suspending the criminal on a cross piece of wood. Honestly if you continue going through the dictionary there there are several places where it talks about the cross and how it was a cross. But the witnesses have manipulated the quotes to mean something else. [00:31:53] In fact I remember one time this isn't actually in my notes. I tried to find it but at one time there was an expert that they used. You know he was some scientist that they used to explain something. [00:32:11] I don't know about how you know things were really here by creation not by evolution. You know this former evolutionist or something. What they failed to mention was the person that they quoted was one of Jehovah's Witnesses who used to be a science as that's what it was. [00:32:28] And then when caught on it they took the entire part about that out. So you know they have no qualms in bending the truth and claiming to have the truth if they are changing the words of others to fit what they want they will do the same in their own publications. If you were to go look at their publications today the cult keeps them online for easy access part of that easy access that they can change things in their own written word without anyone noticing. In fact if you go look at what they allow people to see now they only allow you to go back to like the year 2000. Everything before then is gone as though it didn't happen. All the crazy things that they said are just gone. [00:33:18] In fact they often will try to get rid of older books and try to destroy them so that the average person can't come across them you see with all the books that they've produced over the years. [00:33:32] They were caught on a lot of things that they predicted and got wrong. For example the cult said over and over and in many ways that the world would end in 1975. There was even a saying stay alive till 75 people were encouraged to give up their worldly possessions and to spend more time preaching the message of salvation. Door to door because the time was near for Armageddon the biggest increases the organization ever had were during the years leading up to this. People sold off everything. They quit their jobs they quit basic education like high school and devoted everything to the cause. I'm guessing you realize that since we're still here they were wrong yet again. Let's look though at how they change the past through their written word. [00:34:22] There was a book released in 1968 around the time when they kind of started pushing the rhetoric about this 1975 thing and the book on page 88 paragraph 11 says during and after World War II widespread. Now I should say first sorry the title of this chapter. [00:34:46] This book is called the truth that leads to eternal life. The title of this chapter is God's Kingdom comes to power. OK. So supporting the when God's kingdom will come in. And of course God's Kingdom coming in means Armageddon the end of this current system of things subparagraph 11 says that during and after World War 2 widespread food shortages added to the distress. [00:35:09] Shortly after the war look magazine observed a fourth of the world is starving today. Tomorrow will be even worse. Famine over most of the world now is more terrible than most of us can imagine. [00:35:22] I wonder what it says there anyway. There are now more people hunting desperately for food than at any other time in history. More recently the book entitled famine in 1975 said concerning today's food shortages. Hunger is rampant throughout country after country continent after continent around the undeveloped belt of the tropics and subtropics. [00:35:45] Today's crisis can move in only one direction toward catastrophe. Today Hungary Nations tomorrow starving nations by 1975 civil disorder Anarky military dictatorships runaway inflation transportation breakdown and chaotic unrest will be the order of the day in many of the hungry nations. [00:36:08] So you see there they were already starting to point to 1975 is this time when all these bad things are going to happen right. Well and I think it was like 1980 they revised this book. So let's look at what it said after 1975 during and after World War 2. [00:36:31] Well I'll just skip the first part. Shortly after the war. [00:36:35] Look magazine observed and then it goes on about how the world is starving today. And to me it just goes. More recent reports have shown that a constant lack of adequate food resulting in chronic malnutrition has become the major world hunger problem today. [00:36:49] The London Times reported and then it just goes off into some you know random quote having nothing to do with 1975. [00:36:59] So the previous the original iteration there was a quote from a book entitled famine 1975. And in that book it actually pointed to 1975 as when chaos would ensue. So they will do anything they can to try to avoid admission of being wrong even changing their own written word. [00:37:21] And now they can do it with impunity because they can do it online on their own Web site where they control everything. [00:37:30] Now I initially they blamed the members of the organization for making up the whole 1975 thing on their own and they blame them for running with it when it was actually them the organization that mentioned it over and over suddenly putting it out there like the manipulative people that they are. Speaking of books through a crisis of conscience by Ray Franz the former Governing Body member I learned that beliefs and policies are actually voted on now. I mean he kind of makes some sense is not a huge revelation you know but let's play that out. That means that there are members of the governing body today that don't even believe their own teachings. If you or I believe something different and others found out it could be grounds for a ruling of apostasy and we could be disfellowshipped. [00:38:19] However those men are voting on things that impact people's lives their real everyday lives the decision not to allow the brothers and sisters in Malawi to purchase a party card because of their stand on political neutrality cost thousands their lives and they were brutally raped and mutilated and tortured because the organization of Jehovah's Witnesses would not allow the brothers and sisters in Malawi to purchase this party card. They said it would not be showing neutrality as it turns out. Malawi only had one party so they wouldn't have been taking sides. And this car costs very little it was like getting an ID and the brothers pleaded with Jehovah's Witness headquarters because the ruling made no sense. In the end a lot of people were slaughtered. Lives were ruined. People were tortured and Jehovah's Witnesses have a lot of blood on their hands. I came to realize that that whole field service work that we always did it's not to make converts. [00:39:26] It's to keep you the publisher going from door to door so that you stay in the colt. [00:39:33] You see human beings have a need for internal consistency we need our thoughts and our actions to align or or we'll start going a different path because they don't match up. But if they can get us to go knock on doors investing so much time and energy when they're teaching can't come up in our head that maybe it makes sense or or the cold asks us to do something ridiculous. We were more inclined to just brush it aside because we were investing so much into this. In fact the Jehovah's Witnesses and I looked this up. I forgot about it just now come to mind. But there's a quote in a recent magazine where essentially the governing body has written that there's going to likely come a time in the future when the governing body is going to ask Jehovah's Witnesses to do something that may not seem prudent or may not seem to be the smartest decision given the circumstances. But it's a matter of obedience and salvation to go ahead and follow that direction. [00:40:46] They they basically have set them up to tell their people anything they want and people can't question it. They're supposed to just go along with it. I mean how sick is that. Additionally there are a lot of people that leave the cold that end up going Buchwald. Why. [00:41:09] Well you might think it's because they've been pent up for so long in a restrictive call and you know you'd be at least partially right in some cases. [00:41:16] However if you think about it the cult tells people that those on the outside are basically having sex with anything that moves taking every drug getting drunk constantly just leaving and living the the life of every sort all the time so when a lot of Jehovah's Witnesses leave the Colts they think that's what's expected of them to fit in. They often go far wilder than anyone around them because they've been told that's how it is and they're just trying to fit in and they've been given a false vision of what that means. The hope is that yeah they'll go wild and ultimately they'll implode and come back to the Colts. So coming and going they've got you brainwashed. They then use those people on convention parts as examples of of the person that went out into the evil world and found that there was nothing good out there for them. Well it's a self-fulfilling prophecy inserted into the consciousness of members that is then played out when they leave. If you want to know what it's like to live in a cult I would encourage you to read the book 1984 by George Orwell. [00:42:29] I'm not going to spoil it for you but there are so many phrases that are used in daily life like Big Brother is watching those phrases come from this book. If you are an ex Jehovah's Witness you have to read this book. It is a very dystopian novel. [00:42:45] And honestly once I was done reading it I felt dirty like I needed a shower. [00:42:51] Realizing that it was largely the life that I had lived didn't quite help that feeling a whole lot. It's just gross. The manipulation of human beings all right now we're going to move on to Section 2. This is something that that people actually often ask me and that's all you know where are you now spiritually or you know what do you believe now. So I'm going to talk about where I am spiritually and how I got there. In fact if you think about it just the end of last episode when I came out I was seeing God's praises I even said that I was closer to Jehovah then than I'd ever been in my entire life. [00:43:34] I saw I thought I saw God's hand in so much of what was changing my life for the better. I thought I was being blessed and it blew my mind that I was doing things differently than what I had been told I needed to do in order to be blessed. The coach said that I could be blessed for things that I was doing that were now turning out in my favor as my life was changing dramatically for the better. [00:43:58] Jehovah's Witness who can quote quote scripture the scriptures as they've been shown and the narrative that has been woven through disparate verses is something that they're very good at. [00:44:08] However they don't know much about the book itself or at least I didn't and I know a lot more now than I ever did as one of Jehovah's Witnesses. Just like with with the cold itself. I have gone deep on a lot of things after leaving. So after taking apart the cult that I pledged my allegiance to for so long I realized that my faith was all built upon the Bible which you know makes sense. [00:44:35] But the same thing that was true of my religious faith was true of this book that it was all founded upon. [00:44:42] I never really examined the book itself. And so I sat down and looked at it with fresh eyes. Now while I woke up in large part because of how the cult was so unloving and harsh and how it was mentally and emotionally unhealthy my wife if she was telling her own story right now she would tell you that it was actually the Bible itself that woke her up while I was diving deep into the side of things. [00:45:07] She was trying to double down on her Bible reading so that she could prove the truth to herself and God's word. We really approach things differently. But there's a saying that atheists are atheists because they've never read the Bible. They are atheists because they actually did. [00:45:24] Now this is where I'm going to relate a part of my journey that could be somewhat uncomfortable for some of you. It's not my goal to attack anyone's faith. [00:45:34] You have a right to feel or believe anything that you want to believe or look at the evidence however you want to look at it. [00:45:47] I'm going to keep this somewhat brief because my goal isn't just to tear down the beliefs your beliefs but this is a part of my journey. This is my story. This is real and I'm going to share it. This is this is the progression of everything for me. [00:46:02] For those of you who are out there that feel a need to save me through your faith I will respectfully tell you that although I appreciate where you're coming from and your intent because we've had many people since we left to have something else that they want us to get in I'm not really interested unless you can come to me with evidence. [00:46:20] You see I lived a faith based life for three decades and then it was actually different facts that started waking me up to things that I actually had faith in so it was now time for me to really take a look at this book and the facts of what it contained and the facts surrounding its composition. These were things I never really looked. [00:46:42] I just kind of accepted on faith that the Bible was true from day one. I mean that was a foundation that was something that was given to me. And I mean I never even had a chance to look at that. [00:46:55] So I'm going to be blunt. I'm going to be quick here and then we'll move on to my life after the cold and what my life afterward has been been like including some key events that happened there. [00:47:06] So these are the things that my faith in the Bible the way first of all in Genesis the plants are created before the light sources. That's bass ackwards God. That's kind of the wrong way. There is a literal talking snake but the creative days were supposed to be figurative. When Adam and Eve were kicked out of the Garden of Eden there was an angel placed to guard it with a flaming sword swords weren't even invented back then if you take Bible History is written if all of the scientific evidence is right and man has been here much longer than 5000 years. Then there was no Adam and Eve according to Bible chronology and thus no original sin and no real need for a redeemer. And the whole narrative falls apart. The Marians also had very similar stories before the Bible was written and the Bible is very similar to many of those because I was curious as to how I had always been told basically that the Bible was the original not necessarily the facts Noah's Ark. I mean come on. [00:48:15] There are too many species of animals to take them all and not only to but to you. But if you read on some were taken by sevens it depended on clean versus unclean. [00:48:25] Really they all fit on that ark. What about the dinosaurs. Where were they in any of this. How did all of the aquatic life not die. [00:48:36] Because if the waters really rose above the entire surface of the earth as stated then the mixing of salt and fresh waters would have killed everything in the sea and destroyed their habitat. [00:48:49] Afterward where did all that water go. So they had to go somewhere and the last time I checked I'm not living in Atlantis underwater. Why did God kill all of his creation that wouldn't fit on the ark. Isn't that cruel. Why are we supposed to respect his creation when he doesn't. Why is there no fossil record of kangaroos anywhere but Australia to know a swing by there and drop them off at some point. [00:49:14] Or how did they get there. [00:49:17] Another thing that woke me was that Scripture were 40 something kids make fun of a Lycia was saying go up you baldhead. [00:49:24] And then God sends two she bears out of the woods to tear the kids to pieces. Really God really was that really necessary it let's face it. The old testament god wasn't very kind. He ordered his people to dash the children of a conquered nation on the rocks they would conquer and take the virgins as their own. I'm pretty sure they weren't taking them just because they wanted to give them a better life. Women were concubines and those with God's favor that led his nation. Lot of the Kings had lots of concubines violence. Massage any infanticide all at God's direction. It has been pointed out that God kills way more people in the Bible and say it never did. [00:50:11] The Messiah was supposed to come through the line of David. Joseph was indeed in that line but Mary wasn't and apparently old Joseph had no hand in the matter as far as the pregnancy with wit and for that matter Mary was a virgin. So how was Jesus through that lineage. I mean if it was so important and would prove that he was the Messiah shouldn't God make sure that Joseph was involved in some way if you know what I mean. I mean like that's one of the main prophecies. [00:50:41] How can it not be straightforward. Read the accounts of the resurrection of Jesus in Matthew 28 1 through 10 and open another Bible and read the account of the resurrection of Jesus and John 20 1 through 18. [00:50:59] Read those two accounts together side by side and compare them. They aren't quite the same. There are scriptures in the Bible with clear direction on everything from not mixing certain materials and fabric to how long a woman was ceremonially unclean with the flow of blood to warnings against beast reality in very specific language. Yet I've never found any scriptures specifically protecting children the most vulnerable human beings against sexual abuse and this kind of hit me one day and it kind of seems like a big oversight there God. I mean where is it. [00:51:40] You point to a scripture about fornication or something like that. But I mean if that's the case and it's just about how not having sex with some one you're not married to the while the Scriptures on reality. I don't think you're married to your dog or whatever. [00:51:54] Where are the verses to specifically condemn child sexual abuse when so much else is spoken about. [00:52:09] The Bible was voted on to see what books would be included. It was written by men and the accounts of Jesus were written well after the fact Mark was written first and the original copies did not contain mentions of the virgin birth or anyone seeing Jesus after his death. Though it appears the latter was added and some translations later it is as though other things were added by later writers to make the story more appealing. Romans Chapter 9 talks of God as a potter and starting at verse 20 it says. But who are you O man to be answering back to God. Does the thing molded say to it's older. Why did you make me this way. What does not the potter have authority over that collates to make from the same Lumpe one vessel for an honorable use another for a dishonorable use. Just think about those words. It kind of sounds a lot like that whole free will thing. Was it quite so free. If you can't you know God can make you this person a vessel for honorable use this one for dishonorable use. How is that fair. And then you know another thing that always caught me was the book of Revelation. [00:53:25] But that doesn't mean all the book of Revelation I mean come on. If our salvation is Shearman's hangs in the balance of understanding the Bible. Why put such insane riddles in it. God has been described as a loving father. The superlative example and the bible is supposed to be his love letter to us. If that's the case then why couldn't he make it more clear. Shouldn't any good father understand what his kids need in order to understand something. Shouldn't he know our abilities and limitations as humans if he created us. [00:53:58] And what good father gives his book gives his kids a book of riddles and then if they can't figure it out to his liking destroys them. [00:54:09] The final thing that I'll say is there's a lot of circular logic used when discussing the Bible like well we know the Bible is true. Just read this scripture here at well that's not a basis for belief. You can't use the bible to prove the Bible that that's that's bad logic is circular logic. That doesn't mean it's true just because it says it is. So where am I now own I guess pretty much my wife too though I guess I got let her speak for herself. As far as myself I simply can't have faith in the Bible or the God of it. I just can't. Now does that mean there is no God. Well not necessarily though. It absolutely could mean that there is no God. And you know at this point I'm not seeing a lot of evidence of it. But you know I don't claim to know everything anymore. See I I spent my entire life thinking I had the truth about my entire life thinking that I didn't know at all that I didn't know that there was a God that this book was his word too was. But as I've gotten to examine those things with fresh eyes it just doesn't add up. Now there might be a God that loves us and wants to offer us everything we've ever dreamed of on this earth or maybe in heaven or some other planet. I don't know. Maybe I can believe in possibilities. I can believe that I don't know everything and maybe there is something else there also might be a god that just walked away and is indifferent. [00:55:47] Or there could be a god that's malevolent and hates us and wants bad things for us. We look around there's a lot of bad stuff that goes on. You know it's always funny. Always look that you know what I called creation for evidence of this loving god. You know I would talk about the beauty of creation. It shows there must be this god of love. [00:56:08] But what I never bothered to look at was the absolute cruelty of the animal kingdom and the parasites and diseases the critters that get an utter critters and eat them from the inside out that are just as much a part of that creation. [00:56:25] There's there's a yin and yang to a lot of life. There's there's you know these different extremes. [00:56:34] Now at this point I guess I'd have to say that I'm basically an atheist. Some might call it an agnostic atheist I mean I'm open to possibilities and I'm open if there is a god out there and you can open my eyes and I can have some evidence not faith. Not just the faith that I have my entire life where I have to make leaps. But if he if I could find any easy evidence that there is truly this god I'm open to that. But there just has to be more proof for me to ever put my belief in something again. [00:57:16] I just can't do it. [00:57:18] Now you might say. But what about all those blessings that you just said. You know in the last episode you said you experienced all those blessings firsthand while you were exiting the coal the van that was running the you know the things that happened as you made yourself available to get more work and all that. [00:57:35] Well here's what I'll say. I learned better things I did better things and better things happened in my life. It would be just like if I played a game of basketball but didn't know how to play the game would be pretty ugly for me wouldn't it. But if I concentrated on my handles I'd learned how to dribble. Then I worked on my form I learned how to shoot if I figured out how to position my body on defense so as to limit the mobility of the player in front of me. I'd have a much easier time on the court. Now God didn't help me I help to me. I finally reached out for better tools. I worked on my life. I did better things and therefore I got better results. Just like if I worked out or anything else if God was helping me and I have left God and basically become an atheist why hasn't my life spiraled again. It hasn't because it wasn't God in the first place or at least that's my take on it. You're you know you're welcome to have your own. And I can appreciate that now. We don't all have to think of field together. I'm no longer the same. I'm no longer in a Colts so we can have those differences and that's fine. We're part of the beauty of this world is that we don't all have to be the same and we aren't all the same. In fact I now appreciate the beauty of each day. I still appreciate the life around me. [00:59:06] In fact I can look at my life today as the miracle that I was waiting for my whole life to happen to me at some point in the future after death or when the world ended or whatever. I'm so much more in tune with life now around me. I realize it just for me to be here today doing this podcast there was such a statistically improbable scenario that the sperm and egg that made that happen made it happen that time. Just the fact that I survived two full term birth that I was born without complications that nothing catastrophic happened in my childhood that I learned to drive and drove like an idiot as a teenager without disaster that I didn't take my own life in my darkest moments and that I made it out of a cult. I am in heaven now. I mean I'm not really you know I don't believe in a heaven but so to speak. I'm in heaven now I've experienced hell. I made it out. I'm not going to spend my time now dedicated to things that have no real proof attached to them. I can't. Now that doesn't mean that I don't marvel at the complexity of everything. I was listening to a podcast or something. I believe it was Adams but it was said that scientists could put an atom in one room and another atom in another room. They can stimulate the one add them to vibrate at a certain frequency and the other one in the other isolated room were spawned by very vibrating at the same frequency. That is amazing stuff there. I can still marvel at things bigger than me. [01:00:50] Like the universe and I don't claim to know everything but a lack of answers doesn't mean that the answer is God. [01:01:00] I live a beautiful life now. [01:01:02] Now speaking of that let's go ahead now. We're going to go to section three and I'm going to talk about my life after the colt. All right. So when we first left the coke it was like my wife and I were aliens being dropped in this planet and we had to figure out a lot of things we are still doing that at times. For instance someone gave me a birthday card and a present the other day because this Saturday August 12th I turned 40 years old and it was so cool and unexpected. I thanked the person personally while I was there very sincerely Oh am I supposed to send a thank you card as well. I don't know. I don't know if you bring presents to a birthday party for an adult. I mean people did to ours but like or from our wives. But it was you know her for her first birthday. I've heard different things. There are so many things that we have to figure out. We decided this year to celebrate the Fourth of July here. You know here in America I don't know where everybody is listening from. And we want work walked into a a large fireworks superstore and we had absolutely no clue what anything was in that store other than sparklies those labels might as well been in a foreign language to us. We didn't know what a jumping this was or a fountain or whatever it was we had no clue. [01:02:24] Though you know we experimented and we know a few things now but there are so many things that I think other people take for granted that we just don't know. I can still remember going to our first cocktail party. [01:02:37] I didn't know how we should dress or what we should expect to do. We don't drink so I didn't know what. [01:02:45] You know how we were going to fit in but we ended up having a great sob. We've had to do so many new things and it's scary. Like when you go just to do you know do anything for the first time. But as we do more and more new things and they continue to work out we've had greater comfort as we've done other new things. I want to say this what we called worldly people those people outside of the call there are nothing like what we were told. I just want to take this moment right now to thank all of the beautiful people that have helped us that have been on this journey with us not just watching but actually taking an active interest in helping us. Thank you so much. We have the best friends and you know we would call many people family. [01:03:36] We disassociated from the call in September of 2015 and that November we celebrated our first Thanksgiving one amazing family that we work with invited us to their Thanksgiving to be a part of their family. And that was huge for us. In fact we now have two families that we visit on Thanksgiving that we've been adopted by. I can't tell you what that means when you've lost everyone that meant anything to you. [01:04:02] We've had people take us on trips like pay for our meals and drive us to places and share their lives with us. These were people that we cleaned for just another amazing worldly family. [01:04:17] You know I hate that term but I'm using it just to show the contrast. [01:04:22] We've also reconnected with extra witnesses that we knew back in the day. [01:04:26] And it's so great to have those links to our past as everything was stolen from us by the Kalt other groups of friends that you know maybe weren't people we cleaned for links to our past as Jehovah's Witnesses have become friends too. It's really cool to look at our friends list and see people that we made friends with that we didn't already have some sort of connection to now with that said among others there is a struggle that my wife and I both face and it seems to hurt my wife the most. [01:05:00] And that is that we just don't have roots anymore those people like your family that you know that you could just go talk to and reminisce about the past with just relax with be transported back in time for my wife and I. [01:05:15] There is no back in time. Well I guess this podcast is a version of back in and I'm sharing it with you but I can't share it with the people who were there. They're all gone. [01:05:27] There's like this it's like the foundation to our lives that just disappeared one day. It's like waking up one day and everyone you knew was killed in a car accident only They're still actually out there. But they're unwilling to even say hi to you. Imagine that all of your friends from high school or college and your family was gone tomorrow who would be your friends. [01:05:51] Who would you talk to who would you go for who would you go to for things. It's so strange and it's it's hard to convey what that feels like. Unfortunately because we had a family in the coal it will always be a part of us if nothing else. I once heard that leaving a coal and de-programming. It's kind of like if you have an image on your computer and you delete it well you may have deleted it or sent it to the trash bin or whatever but it isn't really gone. It's somewhere in the background and on your hard drive and new data is written over it bit by bit little by little but it's still there and it's retrievable. If you have the right software the cult of Jehovah's Witnesses will always be a part of us. It will always be with us. [01:06:44] We're linked through family that is still in. And you can't have your formative years co-opted by a cult without certain neural pathways being built in and emotional pathways. [01:06:56] The one major struggle for me since being out is the thought of death. Honestly a lot of times before I go to bed at night when my my mind is quiet I think about dying. [01:07:13] It's not the thought of being dead that is the big deal or at least the way I see it. I think it was like a man I'm blanking on who wrote it Tom Sawyer or something. We've all been dead already before we were ever born. So I like that thought but the thought of there being an end to all of this that I might not wake up tomorrow at some point. That's that's pretty hard to swallow. Realizing that I wasted so much time probably half my life in a cold. You know assuming my life continues to go well physically you know the fact that I wasted so much time in a hole with time being you know the real precious commodity of life that's pretty hard to swallow. The fear that we had when we were Jehovah's Witnesses It was never of a fiery hell. The fear we actually had was of dying and just being dead forever. That was the punishment. Either you become a good Jehovah's Witness and live forever on this paradise earth or you die forever and there is nothing else which was always a terrifying thought to me. And honestly now I know that the only evidence there is out there is that's what it is. One day I'll die I'll be worm food and that's it. There's there's no do overs there's no to be continued. There's there's nothing there still you know these feelings while real they're not enough for me to reach out. [01:08:52] You know for faith in something that you know just to me feels unsubstantiated just to make myself feel better or give myself some sort of prospects for the future. The Buddhists actually teach impermanence from the start. And [01:09:07] I was actually taught the complete opposite I was taught absolute permanence that I wouldn't ever have to die that I will walk right into a paradise earth where I could live forever and I was taught this since I was a child. I wish I had been taught impermanence it would have would have been so much more healthy for where I am today. It's so hard to shake that fear of nothingness when that was always the fear that I had above all others and now I'm about to turn the big 4 0 this weekend something that I never really ascribed a lot to because age didn't mean anything to us. We didn't even celebrate birthdays so we didn't even pay that much attention. [01:09:49] And you know now I realize that yeah I'm about to be 40 and you know if I if I can stay healthy you know maybe I make it to 80 or so. [01:10:02] You know that would be cool. So at least I've got to have a life to do it over. But it's still just a tough thing to to face it's like for the first time I'm facing my mortality. It's like I left the call and I found out I was going to die. You know I mean how would you feel if you found out you were going to die in X amount of time. Well that's that's kind of what I found out which seems so odd. I'm sure that the average normal person out there. But when you've been taught your whole life something else it is tough to contend with still. [01:10:39] You know despite all that you know we do have struggles from it but our lives are beautiful. We've heard so many beautiful lessons. My wife and I still work together we still clean for amazing human beings every day. We try to start out every day in the van by doing two things. First we discuss where we are that day you know kind of like what our moods like what side of the bed we woke up on how we're feeling. Things like that so that we know where each other is coming from for the day. [01:11:08] It kind of helps to head off misunderstandings when you work together every day. [01:11:12] And you know you're married to after that we do our Happy's what we do is you know in our happiness we just go back and forth trying to name things that we're happy for. Whether it's you know big or general things like you know I'm happy we're out of a cold to small things like I'm glad I can fill up my gas tank now and not have to look at the amount of worry that I can't pay it. Or it might be something you know just around us like man I'm so glad the sun is out this morning or or we're going over the river to work and there's a fog over the river just trying to be present and appreciate life around us in that moment. It's a really great way to start the day. Now people were there to support me in April of 2016. [01:12:04] That was a rough little rough patch for me after we we'd gotten out of the call just seven months after we left it. [01:12:11] I got a call from my mom that my dad was in hospice care. I was cleaning a house and I mean the phone rang. I was shocked to hear from her in the first place. In fact not 100 percent sure I knew it was her. But nobody ever calls me. [01:12:26] So I just let it go to voicemail. Figured it was just a telemarketer. But she left a message and told me that I was able to come up if I wanted to to see my dad one last time. I have to admit that that was a very difficult decision by that point I'd been officially shunned for seven months. [01:12:48] But unofficially I've been Shaun for I don't know probably about a year or so. My wife called my mom to get the details. My head spun with the possibilities. [01:12:58] And what I should do. I appreciate the opportunity. There are many ex Jehovah's Witnesses that never even get that. Some actual witnesses actually find out after the fact that a parent is that often you know from someone else because that's how cruel the cult is. But I really wasn't sure what to do with this opportunity. I really thought about it a lot. And in the end I decided that you know this is a new path I was on was one of being authentic. So I decided to be me. I didn't want to let external things like the Colts or whatever dictate my reaction or my family than what I wanted to react to in a way that was just purely me. So I decided to go. [01:13:50] I wanted to be a good person. I wanted to show love where it hadn't been shown to me. I wanted to end on a better note than that horrible conversation where my dad yelled at me for defending the gays. [01:14:03] So my wife and I went to a hospice and there were some Jehovah's Witnesses there already. Mom had told us on the phone that they had said that they wouldn't be there if we were there. [01:14:16] What a horrible thing to do to leave like that. So we arrived on the floor. My dad was on and my mom kind of seemed to try to get my wife and I to go around the corner from the elevator to talk you know the one elevator everybody goes up and down. Well I didn't quite move where she wanted me to and there I saw a brother and sister leaving down the elevator away from my dad. [01:14:41] These people that w
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Starling Tribune - Season 5 Edition – Legacy (A CW Network Arrow Television Show Fan Podcast) The Official Arrow Podcast of the Gonna Geek Network Episode: “Legacy” [Season 5 Episode 1] Air Date: Wednesday, October 5th, 2016 Director: James Bamford http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0051466/?ref_=tt_ov_dr The stunt coordinator turned director | 5x Arrow - last season's “Brotherhood” and “Code of Silence,” next week's “The Recruits” and is slated to direct episode 5.8 Writers: Greg Berlanti - story by and developed by credit http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0075528/?ref_=tt_ov_wr Executive producer of Arrow, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, and Supergirl (aka “The Berlantiverse) Marc Guggenheim - story by and teleplay by credit http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0973233/?ref_=tt_ov_wr Executive producer of Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow | 16x teleplay Arrow | 12x writer Arrow | 6x Legends of Tomorrow Andrew Kreisberg - developed by credit http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1132610/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr3 Arrow - 10x teleplay, 2x written | Flash - 5x teleplay, 3x written | 2x Legends of Tomorrow Wendi Mericle - teleplay by credit http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1355890/?ref_=ttfc_fc_wr5 Executive producer - Arrow | 19x Arrow (writer) Weekly Ratings Episode 15: Rating of 1.89. This was down a bit from 2.19 for the season 4 finale and 2.67 for the season 4 premiere! 3 October 2016 Monday Supergirl (No Ep.) Premiere Oct 10th 4 October 2016 Tuesday Flash (Ep. 3.01) “Flashpoint” After preventing Eobard Thawne from killing Nora Allen, Barry returns with Eobard to the present and imprisons him in a cage that dampens his speed. 5 October 2016 Arrow (Ep. 5.01) "Legacy" Oliver is distracted from his new duties as mayor by continuing as Green Arrow alone, while his old team members have gone their separate ways 6 October 2016 Legends Of Tomorrow (No Ep.) Premiere Oct 13th 7 October 2016 No DC on CW!! No episode Links for Other Shows Arrow: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Arrow_episodes#Season_5_.282016.29 Flash: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Flash_episodes#Season_3_.282016.29 Supergirl: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Supergirl_episodes Episode # / Episode Title / Episode Air / Date / Rating 01 Legacy 5-Oct-16 1.89 02 The Recruits 5-Oct-16 03 A Matter Of Trust 5-Oct-16 04 Penance 5-Oct-16 05 Human Target TBA 06 So It Begins TBA 07 Vigilante TBA Part 1: The Plot, Themes and Characters What was the overall theme for this episode / What was the link to the ep. name It's a One Man Show i.e. very Ollie-centric Legacy tie to Green Arrow's legacy on the city and the legacy of the team continuing on (eventually) Flashbacks to eventually show Ollie become Bratva and man on island in pilot Laurel, Laurel, Laurel Fight scenes & Stunts: Share your thoughts Anarky has nothing on Ollie this time around Strange as he held his own with Thea last season Arrow through the wrists Fight Club! Ollie is brutal, the neck breaking move gets repeated Ollie fights with a chair Neck break repeated to keep his secret. No one goes to check on the mayor after this fight? Cops rumble with Church's goons Helicopter fight Did anyone else feel this cramped quarters fight felt very Bourne-like? Dark Archer Prometheus just owns the good guy cop Flashbacks: Share your thoughts Anatoly! Fight Club Ollie is a badass Ollie: He's got sleeves! And the voice modulator is gone to be replaced with the Bale growl Killing again and with no regret it seems Malcolm was right all along, that Green Arrow must do what's necessary or not be out there at all had Oliver killed Damien Darhk when he had the chance, Laurel would still be alive Only Thea calls him on this which is strange Mayor Handsome Cool new gadgets! Parachute arrow Diggle Return to the Army doesn't seem to be all he expected. Thinks it's a good idea to rebuild the team Thea Wants to be normal and really resists wearing the Speedy gear until she has no choice. Felicity Everything seems good for her now What is her job exactly? She keeps Ollie and Thea's loft? Curtis Ready to become a full fledged member of Team Arrow Laurel Her final words “Please don't let me be the last Canary. That way, a part of me will always be out there with you.” Her ghost hangs over everyone - take a drink anytime someone says her name this week - at least 12 mentions Quentin Back off the wagon, A drunk needs a reason to stay sober,” Lance notes, “and I'm fresh out, my friend.” Momma Smoak is in Heaven Finds his purpose in helping Ollie? What's the Flashpoint connection? CURRENT EPISODE DC EASTER EGGS & POP CULTURE REFERENCES Article: http://comicbook.com/2016/10/05/arrow-easter-eggs-and-dc-comics-references-in-legacy (comicbook.com) Captain Pike - Is that a Star Trek reference? We really can't decide. Either way, per his nametag, that police captain talking to Thea in the opening scene appears to be "Captain Pike," the captain of the USS Enterprise immediately prior to James T. Kirk. Lonnie Machin - A recurring villain from season four of Arrow, Lonnie Machin (the first baddie Oliver fights in season five) is better known to DC Comics fans as the antihero Anarky. Wild Dog - the first new member of Team Arrow version 2.0 was introduced to the audience, in the form of Wild Dog, a hockey mask-wearing, gun-toting vigilante who was inspired by -- and then shot in the kneecap by -- Green Arrow. The character first appeared in Wild Dog #1 in 1987, making him one of the first new superheroes created following Crisis on Infinite Earths. Created by Road to Perdition writer Max Allan Collins, "his super power is guns." Konstantin Kovar - Konstantin Kovar is the father of Leonid Kovar, better known as Red Star. In the comics, Konstantin originally wasn't a villain, but a relatively benign figure: an archaeologist who unearthed a nasty bit of business that gave his son powers. But Red Star himself, a loyal communist in the Soviet era, was occasionally a problem for the other heroes before he turned his life around. Eventually, he would become a bad guy in service of the Soviet Union -- something that might make him an interesting figure going forward in case Anatoly Knyazev's comic book destiny of becoming the cybernetically-enhanced "KGBeast" is to become part of Arrow's story. Tobias Church - Church's nickname is apparently Charon, the ferryman of Hades from Greek mythology. There is a Charon in DC Comics, although he shares basically nothing in common with this version. This is something that will be repeated again in the episode: choosing a historical/mythological meaning instead of a contemporary/comics one. Vigilante - "Mr. Ski Goggles," as Felicity calls him, is actually Vigilante, a DC Comics antihero created by Marv Wolfman and George Perez. Perez provided the police sketch seen on Felicity's computer screen. Created during Marv Wolfman's time on the New Teen Titans, Vigilante in the comics is a former New York district attorney who's set on the path of justice after hsi family is killed by the mob. The CW describes him similarly: Chase is "Star City's new district attorney and an ally of Mayor Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell), who aims to clean up the streets through the legal system." Hub City and Bludhaven - According to Detective Malone, before he made his way to Star City, apparently he haunted Hub City -- the home of The Question -- and Bludhaven, the home of Nightwing. Ross Paints - Is that a little bit of free advertising for comic book artist and painter Alex Ross on the side of the truck Tobias Church and his goons are driving to their crime spree? Bertinelli - Whoever the head of the Bertinelli crime family is now that Helena has killed her father, he makes an appearance here -- only to be immediately killed by Tobias Church's men. ARROW NEWS: Arrow Showrunner breaks down all those new S5 characters (Date: 05 Oct 2016) Executive producer and showrunner Wendy Mericle gave an in-depth look into some of season 5's new characters in an interview with CBR.com. Included in the interview are discussions about Ragman, Artemis, Wild Dog, and Mr. Terrific. Mericle drops hints about Vigilante and Prometheus. When asked about Katie Cassidy, Mericle says, “Nobody ever really dies on ‘Arrow.' She's going to be kind of across the shows, and we'll see her in the premiere, and we'll see her later in the season as well.” Link:http://www.cbr.com/arrow-showrunner-breaks-down-all-those-new-s5-characters/ Did Arrow just hint at a Flashpoint connection? (Date: 05 Oct 2016) Producers have stated that Diggle will be impacted by Flashpoint. On the season premiere, Diggle said he has “the worst case of deja vu ever.” The article speculates that perhaps Diggle's wife and child could be erased. Link:http://comicbook.com/dc/2016/10/05/did-arrow-just-hint-at-a-flashpoint-connection-/ Arrow' Producer: How Oliver will juggle being mayor and Green Arrow in season 5 (Date: 05 Oct 2016) In an interview with Variety, Wendy Mericle discussed how poorly Ollie is as a mayor and Ollie's time with the Bratva, but she reveals a hint about Diggle - “And yeah, Flashpoint will have an impact on him, especially in respect to his family life.” Linkhttp://variety.com/2016/tv/news/arrow-season-5-premiere-teaser-spoilers-1201878902/ Arrow Season 5: Who is Wild Dog? (Date: 05 Oct 2016) com goes into the history of Wild Dog. Covering his first appearance in “Wild Dog #1” in 1987 to his Booster Gold run. Wild Dog was created by Max Allan Collins, who stated that Wild Dog's “super power is guns.” Wild Dog is star athlete Jack Wheeler, who had to become a mechanic after an injury. He became Wild Dog after the woman he loved was gun down. Link:http://comicbook.com/2016/10/05/arrow-season-5-who-is-wild-dog-/ Arrow Season 5 Premiere Ratings Released (Date: 6 Oct 2016) Last October, The CW's Arrow opened its fourth season with 2.67 million viewers; however, on Wednesday, only 1.9 million viewers tuned-in for the show's fifth season premiere, which is a drop of 29%, and it pulled in a paltry 0.7 rating in the key 18-49 demographic, which is a decline of 36 percent from a year ago. Link:http://comicbook.com/2016/10/06/arrow-season-5-premiere-ratings-released/ Arrow: Stephen Amell talks legacy, Russia, and why Prometheus is the right villain for season 5 (Date: 05 Oct 2016) In an interview with IGN, Stephen Amell discusses season 5. When asked about Prometheus, Stephen said, “ Prometheus is a villain that is a byproduct of Oliver Queen being Green Arrow. That's something that you get to do once you're five years into a show. In a lot of ways, I think the most success that we've had with a villain, in my mind, was with Manu Bennett as Deathstroke. One of the reasons is because we got to tell a really personal story. We got to tell the story, sort of the dueling time of their time on the island and then their time in the Starling City at the time. Because Prometheus is a villain of Oliver's creation, so to speak, I feel like it will bring in that personal element as well.” Link:http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/10/05/arrow-stephen-amell-talks-legacy-russia-and-why-prometheus-is-the-right-villain-for-season-5 Spartan's new helmet and a Diggle/Oliver-centric episode of Arrow is coming (Date: 02 Oct 2016) Bleeding Cool - Picture of Diggle in his new helmet. According to the article, the fourth episode will focus on Diggle and Ollie. Link:http://www.bleedingcool.com/2016/10/02/spartans-new-helmet-diggle-oliver-centric-episode-arrow-coming/ ARROW CAST & CREW INTERVIEWS Arrow's Kellum on his gradual evolution into Mister Terrific (Date: 05 Oct 2016) In an interview with CBR. com, Echo Kellum discusses Curtis's evolution into Mr. Terrific. He talks about Curtis's background is different than the others - he isn't jaded and doesn't have a tragic past. He mentions that the show will explore Curtis's marriage and hints about how he, Cisco, and Felicity will interact during the crossover. Link:http://www.cbr.com/arrows-kellum-on-his-gradual-evolution-into-mister-terrific/ Chad L. Coleman talks playing a villain in “Arrow” (Date: 04 Oct 2016) Chad L. Coleman stopped by the KTLA Morning News to talk about his role in “Arrow.” “No more Mr. Nice Tyrese.” “Finally hired an ugly guy” Link:http://ktla.com/2016/10/04/chad-l-coleman-talks-playing-a-villain-in-arrow/ DC TV NEWS Meet your new Superman! Tyler Hoechlin talks taking flight and wearing tights on ‘Supergirl' (Date: 03 Oct 2016) In an interview with EW, Tyler discusses how he got the role, his influences, and working with the cast. Link:http://www.ew.com/article/2016/10/03/supergirl-superman-tyler-hoechlin-season-2?xid=entertainment-weekly_socialflow_twitter The Flash boss previews seismic changes as a result of Flashpoint (Date: 03 Oct 2016) In an article with EW, Andrew Kreisberg discusses Flashpoint. The season will be more about the consequences of Flashpoint than the event itself. Andrew states, “That's one of the things that we're attempting to do is have the pitfalls of time travel be long-lasting and that some things can be fixed, and then some things are broken forever.” Link:http://www.ew.com/article/2016/10/03/flash-season-3-spoilers-flashpoint Flash Honest Trailer (Date: 04 Oct 2016) Honest trailer by Screen Junkies is hilarious Link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvUXbzxxdo0 ARROW CAST & CREW NEWS NEXT EPISODE Promo for Next Week: Article:https://www.comicbookmovie.com/dc_tv/arrow/the-emerald-archer-assembles-a-new-team-in-the-promo-for-arrow-season-a145727 Episode: “The Recruits” [Season 5 Episode 2] Air Date: Wednesday, October 12, 2016 Summary: Oliver recruits Curtis, Wild Dog and Evelyn Sharp for his team, but his training methods prove to be too much for some to handle. In flashbacks, Oliver continues his initiation into the Bratva. Director: James Bamford Writers: Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, Andrew Kreisberg, Speed Weed, Beth Schwartz IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5584142/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt Join The Starling Tribune each week as we stream live on Thursday nights at 9:00 PM eastern or 8:00 PM Central at www.geeks.live. Join the fun chatroom and interact with the hosts live. Contact us: @StarlingTribune - starlingtribune@gmail.com - www.starlingtribune.com - www.facebook.com/starlingtribune - 612-888-CAVE or 612-888-2283. Starling Tribune is proud to be a member of the GonnaGeek network found at GonnaGeek.com. For more geeky podcast visit GonnaGeek.com. You can find us on iTunes under ''Starling Tribune." We are very thankful for all of our positive iTunes reviews. You can find all our contact information here on the Network page of GonnaGeek.com Our complete archive is always available at www.starlingtribune.com This podcast was recorded October 6th, 2016. Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoyed the show! Audio Production by Stargate Pioneer of GonnaGeek.com.
You loved our first episode wrapping up all the DC's show so much, we just HAD to give you Towlites part two. This episode is all about Flash and Arrow. One of them is super happy and fun and seems to be going in a cool direction, one of them is poop on toast. Listen to the episode or read the show notes to find out which one we prefer! SHOW NOTES Arrow: Overall thoughts on season: Pros: Becomes Green Arrow Constantine and Sara’s return The Calculator played by Tom Amandes, it was kinda cool that they made him felicity’s dad Vixen (Mari McCabe same as cartoon), great way to intro the animated character in. Want to see more of her Damian Darke played Neil McDonough (baby face) was ok bad guy A little lighter, I guess.. He’s still not that funny. Hopefully the Flashpoint will fix all that, compare to rebirth Fight scenes were cool Diggle killing his brother. FINALLY Curtis Holt played by echo Kellum (Mister Terrific in the comics). Get rid of felicity and use him. Crossover episodes were good Cons: Still trying too hard to be TV Batman Magic is your big thing this season and it’s used poorly (outside of Vixen) Killed Black Canary and Felicity lives?! BORING Why is Malcolm still on this show? The “I protect my daughter is getting old” Who gives a fuck about Cooper and Lonnie Machin. Both characters are minorly introduced and then play major parts. WHO GIVES A FUCK. If you are going to use a big bad like Anarky then do it right. He’s not some “thug”. Thoughts on Finale: Pros: Oliver becomes Mayor Team disbands. If you’re not going to kill everyone GOT style then this was the best solution Cons: Made a drinking game by saying the word hope How does oliver shoot damian in the face and let an arrow go into a crowd Why didn’t HIVE shoot everyone? How did Oliver absorb magic? The WHOLE point of the flashbacks this season was to justify killing and to have him go to Russia. Why is Diggle allowed back into the Military? Where the hell did all the nukes go?! It was this huge threat that was just casually taken care of Constanine not coming back and fake zzantana Flash: Overall thoughts on season: Pros: Kept it’s cheer and hope even with Barry going through tough times Zoom was a good bad guy. But I’m ready for some new non-Speed Force villains Gorilla City, Dr Light, King Shark, Turtle, The Rogues (Mark Hamill) Multiverse introduction. Earth 2 was fun. Doppelgangers Harry. They found a great way to bring back the character better than before Wally West jessie Cisco true to form. Pop culture references. Getting his powers and being a badass Kevin Smith episode Crossover episodes were good Cons: Olly can’t go to barry’s dads funeral? Caitlin Snow took a back seat. Damsel in distress. Patty :( Comes back from Supergirl earth and says nothing? Thoughts on Finale: Pros: Amazing. Fucking John Wesley Shipp as Jay Garrick. Another JSA member is added to possible roster. We will have to see how Legends treats it Flashpoint storyline opened up… what will the ramifications be? Will they stick if so? Mention the Flashpoint “chair” that helped him get powers back Black Flash?! Created by Mark Millar and Grant Morrison Cons: Kinda wanted to see a hint at Wally’s powers Barry and Iris finally get together and then he decides it’s best to go and change time. When he has been warned so many times, why would he selfishly do it this time.. Tom Cavanagh back in season 3 as Dr Manhattan to create the CW verse Be sure to check out our other great podcasts: Those Geeks You Know, Gourmet Scum Radio, and the Pursuit of Plastic. Make sure to subscribe to us on iTunes or Stitcher and rate and review us! If you wanna interact with us you can follow @dfatowel on Twitter and Instagram. We also have a donation page HERE where any support you can give us goes right back into the site for better equipment and podcast hosting. Thanks for listening and Don't Forget a Towel!
You loved our first episode wrapping up all the DC's show so much, we just HAD to give you Towlites part two. This episode is all about Flash and Arrow. One of them is super happy and fun and seems to be going in a cool direction, one of them is poop on toast. Listen to the episode or read the show notes to find out which one we prefer! SHOW NOTES Arrow: Overall thoughts on season: Pros: Becomes Green Arrow Constantine and Sara’s return The Calculator played by Tom Amandes, it was kinda cool that they made him felicity’s dad Vixen (Mari McCabe same as cartoon), great way to intro the animated character in. Want to see more of her Damian Darke played Neil McDonough (baby face) was ok bad guy A little lighter, I guess.. He’s still not that funny. Hopefully the Flashpoint will fix all that, compare to rebirth Fight scenes were cool Diggle killing his brother. FINALLY Curtis Holt played by echo Kellum (Mister Terrific in the comics). Get rid of felicity and use him. Crossover episodes were good Cons: Still trying too hard to be TV Batman Magic is your big thing this season and it’s used poorly (outside of Vixen) Killed Black Canary and Felicity lives?! BORING Why is Malcolm still on this show? The “I protect my daughter is getting old” Who gives a fuck about Cooper and Lonnie Machin. Both characters are minorly introduced and then play major parts. WHO GIVES A FUCK. If you are going to use a big bad like Anarky then do it right. He’s not some “thug”. Thoughts on Finale: Pros: Oliver becomes Mayor Team disbands. If you’re not going to kill everyone GOT style then this was the best solution Cons: Made a drinking game by saying the word hope How does oliver shoot damian in the face and let an arrow go into a crowd Why didn’t HIVE shoot everyone? How did Oliver absorb magic? The WHOLE point of the flashbacks this season was to justify killing and to have him go to Russia.
The Starling Tribune: An Unofficial Arrow TV Show Fan Podcast
Starling Tribune - Season 4 Edition – Lost In The Flood (A CW Network Arrow Television Show Fan Podcast) The Official Arrow Podcast of the Gonna Geek Network Transcript: http://transcripts.foreverdreaming.org/viewtopic.php?f=172&t=27271 Episode: “Lost in the Flood” [Season 4 Episode 22] Air Date: Wednesday, May 18th, 2016 Director: Glen Winter Writers: Brian Ford Sullivan Oscar Balderrama IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4862558/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt - What does “Lost In The Flood” Mean? - What's the “fallout” from the nuclear missile from last episode? - Welcome back to Classic Arrow - Incredible action - How was the Glades effected by the Dome's demolition? - An episode full of villains! Damien Darkh, Anarky and Felicity's college ex-boyfriend - #ARGUSRobotNanny - Starling Tribune may be re-branding as “The Star Cast” to cover both Arrow AND Star Trek - Triple Hackers in the loft! - Ruve and Damian's daughter is destined to be a supervillain…..or is she? - No one is crying over Ruve on The Starling Tribune - Channel's 52 Momma Smoak, Captain Lance and Felicity's Dad in….”The Captain, The Calculator and The Child Bearer”…a CW sitcom - What's going to happen next week in the season finale? The hosts prognosticate. EPISODE DC EASTER EGGS: Season 4 Episode 22 “Lost In the Flood” (Date: 19 May 2016) Article: http://comicbook.com/2016/05/19/arrow-things-you-might-have-missed-in-lost-in-the-flood/ Lost in the Flood is a Bruce Springsteen Song - like every penultimate episode News 52 Wargames References Ivy town Reference where the Atom used to teach Kovar Reference - obscure Tevat Noah - Noah's Ark in Hebrew ARROW NEWS: Stephen Amell says “Hell Yeah” to Onomatopoeia (Date: xx May 2016) Stephen Amell responded to Kevin Smith wanting to bring Onomatopoeia to Arrow Link: http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/bearded-stephen-amell-endorses-kevin-smith-arrow-episodes-with-onomatopoeia The Starling Tribune Hair-Repor - Stephen Amell w/ facial hair (Date: xx May 2016) See Above - he has big hair and reiterated never to believe him when he says the goatee is never appearing... Link Arrow Flash Legends Supergirl Crossover is happening!! (Date: xx May 2016) There are plans for DC's Legends of Tomorrow and Supergirl to cross over with The Flash and Arrow next season, CW chief Mark Pedowitz told reporters Link: http://comicbook.com/2016/05/19/supergirl-arrow-the-flash-and-legends-crossover-planned/ Stephen Amell says Arrow is Best when Grounded (Date: xx May 2016) "I think that ultimately, we are always going to be at our best when we do what we do best, which is, we're the superpowerless superhero show, right?" Link: http://comicbook.com/dc/2016/05/19/stephen-amell-says-arrow-is-at-its-best-when-grounded-in-reality/ GREEN ARROW COMICS & TOY NEWS Juan Ferreyra @juaneferreyra NEXT EPISODE Promo for Next Week: Episode 23 - “Schism” (Date: xx May 2015) Article: http://www.comicbookmovie.com/dc_tv/arrow/new-extended-promo-for-arrow-season-4-finale-schism-a141841 Episode: “Schism” [Season 4 Episode 23] Air Date: Wednesday, May 25th, 2016 Summary: Oliver teams up with a surprising force in an attempt to stop Damien Darhk and his magic once and for all. Director: John Behring Writers: Marc Guggenheim and Wendy Mericle IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4862554/?ref_=tt_ep_nx If you missed us live catch us next time and chime in yourself! Plus you won't miss out on our live post-show conversations. Join The Starling Tribune each week as we stream live on Thursday nights at 9:00 PM eastern or 8:00 PM Central at gonnageek.com/live. Join the fun chatroom and interact with the hosts live. Contact us: @StarlingTribune - starlingtribune@gmail.com - www.starlingtribune.com - www.facebook.com/starlingtribune - 612-888-CAVE or 612-888-2283. Starling Tribune is proud to be a member of the GonnaGeek network found at GonnaGeek.com. For more geeky podcast visit GonnaGeek.com. You can find us on iTunes under ''Starling Tribune." We are very thankful for all of our positive iTunes reviews. You can find all our contact information here on the Network page of GonnaGeek.com Our complete archive is always available at www.starlingtribune.com This podcast was recorded Thursday May 19th, 2016. Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoyed the show!
SPOILERS/NSFW - DC on SCREEN #181 - Arrow 4x22 – Lost in the Flood | Review - Arrow and Spartan watch Damien Darhk absorbing souls from the nuking of Havenrock, but get beat down and spared as Damien wants them to feel the skin melting when he regains control of Rubicon. Felicity doesn’t have time for dwelling on all the lives she extinguished, but Donna has time to be butt-hurt and bicker with Felicity’s dad (she’s also upset because Felicity tells her she works with Green Arrow—which I thought Donna already knew). Damien enlists Felicity’s Star Trek-quoting ex Cooper Seldon to hack back control of Rubicon, but Curtis and Felicity defeat him to humorous effect. Also, Ollie and John follow a text from Thea to the underground Tevat Noah where they fight ghosts and talk to denizens who didn’t take the yellow pills because they think Damien Darhk gave them more hope than Green Arrow did. Well, alright then. Ollie fights a mind-controlled Thea, brings her back to her senses, while Dig fights Malcolm Merlyn. Anarky meanwhile takes over the Tevat Noah command center, people fight, there’s a stray arrow, and the next thing you know, Ruve Darhk is dead, and the whole ark is destroyed with Damien and Ruve’s mysteriously unnamed and silent daughter saved. Meanwhile, Donna pressures Noah to leave (and he does). But before they fret over that development too much, Damien walks in, and he his pissed.
SPOILERS/NSFW - DC on SCREEN #181 - Arrow 4x22 – Lost in the Flood | Review - Arrow and Spartan watch Damien Darhk absorbing souls from the nuking of Havenrock, but get beat down and spared as Damien wants them to feel the skin melting when he regains control of Rubicon. Felicity doesn’t have time for dwelling on all the lives she extinguished, but Donna has time to be butt-hurt and bicker with Felicity’s dad (she’s also upset because Felicity tells her she works with Green Arrow—which I thought Donna already knew). Damien enlists Felicity’s Star Trek-quoting ex Cooper Seldon to hack back control of Rubicon, but Curtis and Felicity defeat him to humorous effect. Also, Ollie and John follow a text from Thea to the underground Tevat Noah where they fight ghosts and talk to denizens who didn’t take the yellow pills because they think Damien Darhk gave them more hope than Green Arrow did. Well, alright then. Ollie fights a mind-controlled Thea, brings her back to her senses, while Dig fights Malcolm Merlyn. Anarky meanwhile takes over the Tevat Noah command center, people fight, there’s a stray arrow, and the next thing you know, Ruve Darhk is dead, and the whole ark is destroyed with Damien and Ruve’s mysteriously unnamed and silent daughter saved. Meanwhile, Donna pressures Noah to leave (and he does). But before they fret over that development too much, Damien walks in, and he his pissed.
Everyone's getting "Lost in the Flood" this week. Now that Darhk has increased his magical powers beyond anything Oliver's arrows do, the team focuses on preventing him from launching more nuclear weapons. Felicity and her father Noah are on a hacking mission to keep Rubicon out of HIVE's control and they get some extra help from Curtis. Oliver and Diggle break into the underground haven of Tevat Noah to save Thea, who's been brainwashed by Malcolm Merlyn. But they have to stop Lonnie Machin, aka Anarky, from from throwing a big, exploding wrench into their quest too. Jay and Josh try to give hope to their city, while running through underground suburbs on this week's Green Justice: An Arrow Podcast. Listen in and justice will be served...to your MP3 player!
SPOILERS/NSFW - DC on SCREEN # 176 - Arrow 4x21 – Monument Point | Review - HIVE is hacking the world’s nuclear missiles, and it’s up to Felicity and her dad The Calculator to keep them at bay! Unfortunately, they need a quantum processor or some such non-sense ... which Felicity has at palmer-tech ... except she gets fired and escorted out of the building for being a shitty CEO. So she and her dad have to break in with Oliver, use a ridiculously well-placed electromagnet thing to get the processor, and clone the device before security shows up. And when they get back to the bunker, they succeed in stopping every missile… but one. Rather than let the nuke take out a couple of million people, Felicity hacks and directs it to a smaller location, choosing to kill tens of thousands of people instead. Ouch. Meanwhile Thea deals with Malcolm and Anarky (who seemingly kills Alex), and in the flashbacks, Oliver takes on Reiter some more.Follow DC on SCREEN on Twitter @DConSCREENFollow DC on SCREEN on FacebookE-mail us at DConSCREEN@gmail.com
SPOILERS/NSFW - DC on SCREEN # 176 - Arrow 4x21 – Monument Point | Review - HIVE is hacking the world’s nuclear missiles, and it’s up to Felicity and her dad The Calculator to keep them at bay! Unfortunately, they need a quantum processor or some such non-sense ... which Felicity has at palmer-tech ... except she gets fired and escorted out of the building for being a shitty CEO. So she and her dad have to break in with Oliver, use a ridiculously well-placed electromagnet thing to get the processor, and clone the device before security shows up. And when they get back to the bunker, they succeed in stopping every missile… but one. Rather than let the nuke take out a couple of million people, Felicity hacks and directs it to a smaller location, choosing to kill tens of thousands of people instead. Ouch. Meanwhile Thea deals with Malcolm and Anarky (who seemingly kills Alex), and in the flashbacks, Oliver takes on Reiter some more.Follow DC on SCREEN on Twitter @DConSCREENFollow DC on SCREEN on FacebookE-mail us at DConSCREEN@gmail.com
When you want to see everything that's going on around you, climb up to "Monument Point". Then you may see Damien Darhk trying to use Rubicon to launch Russian missiles and destroy the Earth to start anew. And you'd see our heroes using everything at their disposal to try to stop him. That includes Felicity's hacker father, Noah Kuttler (aka The Calculator). Darhk is well aware of Kuttler's abilities and sends Brick and Murmur to kill him before he causes any trouble. Our heroes rescue him, but they have limited time to stop the nukes from killing everyone. Thea tries to stop Lonnie Machin (aka Anarky) from destroying the safety dome that Hive has set up to take care of the survivors of the nuclear holocaust. She just needs to get him to focus on Darhk instead. Jay and Josh try to fit in with a criminal, an IT girl, and 2 guys in Halloween costumes, on this week's Green Justice: An Arrow Podcast. Listen in and justice will be served...to your MP3 player!
The Starling Tribune: An Unofficial Arrow TV Show Fan Podcast
Starling Tribune - Season 4 Edition – Genesis (A CW Network Arrow Television Show Fan Podcast) The Official Arrow Podcast of the Gonna Geek Network Transcript: http://transcripts.foreverdreaming.org/viewtopic.php?f=172&t=26908 Episode: “Genesis” [Season 4 Episode 20] Air Date: Wednesday, May 4th, 2016 Director: Gregory Smith Writers: Oscar Balderrama Emilio Ortega Aldrich IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4862552/?ref_=tt_ep_nx Promo: https://youtu.be/lq-rbz75UKs - With Chris out on assignment GonnaGeek Guest Host Michelle steps in for the night - This is the episode SP wanted last week! - Chris reports from the scene of a fantastic epic battle - Neal McDonough continues to dominate the screen on Arrow - Diggle's pain as he goes through the final battle with his brother - Oliver Queen learns him some magic - SP runs the Star Trek reference board this week - SP is NOT WRONG! Political Intern Dude turns on Thea! - Just what are Political Intern Dude's motivations? - Was the Baby Motorcycle stunt government safety approved? - That Felicity van moment….AGAIN! - Felicity should have been the one to learn the magic - Oliver's flashback sequence with all the great characters - The magical tattoo is magical! - Is Constantine coming back? - Damian Darhk's return to Hive! - Thea's ninja training starts to reveal some skills! - The reporters poke some fun at the whole Genesis dome - The reporters also speculate as to why Thea was brought down to the dome in the first place - The reporters run down the Pop Culture Easter Eggs in the episode - Arrow News, Feedback and comments from the chat - Thank you for downloading and listening! EPISODE DC EASTER EGGS: Season 4 Episode 20 “Genesis” (Date: 04 May 2016) Article: http://comicbook.com/2016/05/04/arrow-things-you-might-have-missed-in-genesis/ Callback to Milo Armitage who tried to steal the Markov device in S.02 Hub City - home of the Question - was this a female question?? Callback to the Fern... Fortuna - one of the three witches in DC Under the dome - kinda Stephen King, kinda DC Convergence Event ARROW NEWS: Ep.21 To have a bunch of returning badguys (Date: 05 May 2016) Anarky, The Calculator, and Murmur Link: http://www.superherohype.com/news/373343-a-gaggle-of-arrow-villains-return-in-new-photos?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-gaggle-of-arrow-villains-return-in-new-photos#/slide/1 Breaking News Colton Haynes on why he asked to leave Arrow (Date: 05 May 2016) "I asked to step away because I cared more about my mental and physical health than my career at the time” Link: http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/colton-haynes-reveals-why-he-left-arrow Arrow adding Mysterious & Irrepressibly Charming character (Date: 02 May 2016) Casting call for late 20s to 30s physical & charming character - Potential adversary as a man on a mission” — out as he is to avenge a tragic, violent loss from his own, years-ago past. Link: http://tvline.com/2016/05/02/arrow-season-5-olivers-new-adversary-series-regular/ Arrow, The Flash, & iZombie Score Leo Award Nominations (Date: 03 May 2016) Besides stunt coordination, Arrow nabbed two out of only three nominations for costume design (for "Legends of Yesterday" and "This is Your Sword," a Best Director nod for "Brotherhood" (which, funny enough, was directed by stunt coordinator James Bamford, who was nominated in both categories), and a Best Actress in a Lead Role for Emily Bett Rickards (specifically for the episode "A.W.O.L."). Link: http://comicbook.com/2016/05/03/arrow-the-flash-izombie-score-leo-award-nominations/ Stanley Cup on the Set of Arrow (Date: 29 Apr 2016) While Stephen Amell wasn't a huge hockey fan while growing up in Canada, ironically it took him moving to Los Angeles, where he got season tickets with his cousin Robbie, to turn him on to the sport. Link: http://comicbook.com/2016/04/29/arrow-set-gets-a-visit-from-the-stanley-cup/ Supergirl renewal hinged on budget talks (Date: xx Apr 2016) $3M per episode. May move to CW Network. Link: http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/supergirl-renewal-hinged-budget-talks-move-cw-possible DC TV News Supergirl Renewal/Move To CW? (Date: 05 May 2016) Impact on Arrow? Cross-Over? Link: http://io9.gizmodo.com/to-get-renewed-supergirl-might-slash-its-budget-and-mo-1774870765?rev=1462454820842&utm_campaign=socialflow_io9_facebook&utm_source=io9_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow GREEN ARROW COMICS & TOY NEWS Bearded Ollie returns on One:12 Figure (Date: 02 May 2016) Currently available for pre-order, the figure is being sold for $75 USD and releases this fall. Link: http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2016/05/bearded-ollie-returns-with-mezcos-new-one12-collective-green-arrow-figure/ Green Arrow Variant Covers released for DC Rebirth One shots (Date: 04 May 2016) In addition to the debut special, in June the event the will get four one shot Rebirth issues, including Batman: Rebirth #1, Superman: Rebirth #1, Green Lantern: Rebirth #1, and Green Arrow: Rebirth #1. Now we've got a peek at the variant covers Link: http://comicbook.com/2016/05/04/dc-reveals-variant-covers-for-batman-superman-and-green-lantern-/5 Green Arrow #52 hits the shelves (Date: 04 May 2016) Green Arrow is dead. Deathstroke has won, and now he's returning to the states to deliver Dr. Miracle to the man known as Blood Bag. And in Seattle, the war between the Berserkers and the Patriots has led to the Wargs being rounded up and sent to internment camps—which sparks an uprising among the Wargs! Link: https://www.comixology.com/Green-Arrow-2011-52/digital-comic/366064?ref=c2VhcmNoL2luZGV4L2Rlc2t0b3Avc2xpZGVyTGlzdC9pdGVtU2xpZGVy Interview w/ Green Arrow comic writer Benjamin Percy (Date: 05 May 2016) Percy confirmed to CBR News that when the two meet for the first time, Oliver and Dinah Lance are adversaries rather than a couple. But, Percy promises, the fighting doesn't last for long Link: http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/percy-reintroduces-green-arrow-t-black-canary-in-rebirth FEEDBACK: Voicemail – Chris NEXT EPISODE Promo for Next Week: Episode 21 - “Monument Point” (Date: 05 May 2015) Article: http://www.comicbookmovie.com/dc_tv/arrow/new-extended-promo-for-arrow-season-4-episode-21-monument-point-a141305 Episode: “Monument Point” [Season 4 Episode 21] Air Date: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 Summary: When Team Arrow learns what Damien Darhk's next move is Felicity realizes she needs to ask her father, Noah Kuttler, for help. Noah and Oliver have a heart to heart talk that leaves Oliver rattled. Director: Kevin Tancharoen Writers: Speed Weed!! IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4862556/?ref_=tt_ep_nx Tune in to see what the Starling Tribune crew thinks will happen this season on Arrow based off what we've seen so far. After the show wraps keep listening as we bring fans on the show discuss their theories for season 4. If you missed us live catch us next time and chime in yourself! Plus you won't miss out on our live post-show conversations. Join The Starling Tribune each week as we stream live on Thursday nights at 9:00 PM eastern or 8:00 PM Central at gonnageek.com/live. Join the fun chatroom and interact with the hosts live. Contact us: @StarlingTribune - starlingtribune@gmail.com - www.starlingtribune.com - www.facebook.com/starlingtribune - 612-888-CAVE or 612-888-2283. Starling Tribune is proud to be a member of the GonnaGeek network found at GonnaGeek.com. For more geeky podcast visit GonnaGeek.com. You can find us on iTunes under ''Starling Tribune." We are very thankful for all of our positive iTunes reviews. You can find all our contact information here on the Network page of GonnaGeek.com Our complete archive is always available at www.starlingtribune.com This podcast was recorded Thursday April 28th, 2016. Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoyed the show!
WARNING: SPOILERS/NSFW - Buckle in, folks! We're gonna talk about Genesis! Corn! And what any of that has to do with Arrow and Damien Darhk.Why isn't Oliver hanging out with Felicity at the hospital? She's having so many surgeries... And what happens when Laurel learns that her dad is dipping Donna Smoak? And there's Speedy... uh... doing stuff. And Diggle needs to learn to interrogate his brother with playing cards! And there's Anarky and island shenanigans, too! Let's all have fun talking about Arrow, folks!DC on SCREEN # 091 - Arrow 4x10 Blood Debts Review
WARNING: SPOILERS/NSFW - Buckle in, folks! We're gonna talk about Genesis! Corn! And what any of that has to do with Arrow and Damien Darhk.Why isn't Oliver hanging out with Felicity at the hospital? She's having so many surgeries... And what happens when Laurel learns that her dad is dipping Donna Smoak? And there's Speedy... uh... doing stuff. And Diggle needs to learn to interrogate his brother with playing cards! And there's Anarky and island shenanigans, too! Let's all have fun talking about Arrow, folks!DC on SCREEN # 091 - Arrow 4x10 Blood Debts Review
The Starling Tribune: An Unofficial Arrow TV Show Fan Podcast
Starling Tribune - Season 4 Edition – Episode 10: Blood Debts (A CW Network Arrow Television Show Fan Podcast) The Official Arrow Podcast of the Gonna Geek Network Arrow is back from the winter hiatus and hits the ground running with its mid-season premiere episode “Blood Debts.” The Starling Tribune reporters Chris, Neil and Stargate Pioneer discuss the episode in depth as well as a few of the DC fringes touching the show including fellow DC comic book CW shows and the DC Comic Books themselves. From the overall theme of the episode to rating the villain Anarky and the episode fight scenes the trio has fun geeking out about Arrow! Some major topics covered in tonight's show are Felicity's injury and possible future codename (Oracle), Anarky's new nickname from Neil “Scary McBurn Face,” Mrs. Darhk's involvement in Genesis and H.I.V.E., Speedy's Love Life, our weekly guess at who's in the flash forward grave, and the glowy tattoo Constantine put on Oliver Queen. The reporters wrap up the episode with a list of Easter Eggs, Arrow News, Feedback and comments from the chat. Thank you for downloading and listening! EPISODE DC EASTER EGGS: Season 4 Episode 10 “Blood Debts” Easter Eggs (Date: 21 Jan 2016) Article: http://comicbook.com/2016/01/21/arrow-easter-eggs-and-dc-comics-references-in-blood-debts/ Den Of Geek is keeping a running tally of Season 4 Easter Eggs (Date: xx Nov 2015) Article: http://www.denofgeek.us/books-comics/arrow/249909/arrow-season-4-complete-dc-comics-references-guide ARROW NEWS: Strong Ratings for the return of Arrow - beats mid-season finale (Date: 21 Jan 2016) Link: http://comicbook.com/2016/01/21/arrow-season-4-returns-with-strong-ratings/ New Midseason Season 4 Trailer! (Date: 19 Jan 2016) Link: http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/new-arrow-trailer-highlights-second-half-of-season-four-return-of-roy Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ0LAZr3k4k Mat Nable to appear as Ras Al Ghul on Legends of Tomorrow (Date: 18 Dec 2015) Link: http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/GraphicCity/news/?a=129109 Nyssa & Merlin to return on Feb 10!!! (Date 20 Jan 2016) Link: http://comicbook.com/2016/01/21/arrow-nyssa-and-merlyn-return-in-sins-of-the-father/ Vixen leaps from CW Seed to the live-action Arrowverse!! (Date: 18 Dec 2015) Link: http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/megalyn-echikunwoke-joins-arrow-as-live-action-vixen Followup: Stephen Amell tweets to welcome Megalyn to the show (Date 21 Jan 2016) Link: http://comicbook.com/2016/01/21/arrow-first-official-look-at-vixen/ Title Penny Dates Detective Lance! (Date: 16 Dec 2016) Link: http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/kaley-cuoco-is-dating-arrow-star-paul-blackthorne-w159757 ARROW CAST & CREW INTERVIEWS Wendy Mericle: Dark Waters with Comic Book Resources (Date: 21 Jan 2016) Link: http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/interview-arrow-olivers-revenge-felicitys-future-game-changing-death Wendy Mericle: the blessing & curse of crossovers with CBR (Date: 20 Jan 2016) Link: http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/arrow-co-showrunner-on-blessing-and-curse-of-crossovers-olivers-dangerous-old-habits Caity Lotz: the difference between Legends of Tomorrow and Arrow (Date: 19 Jan 2016) Link: http://comicbook.com/2016/01/19/caity-lotz-on-the-differences-between-arrow-and-legends-of-tomor/ GREEN ARROW COMICS & TOY NEWS Funko announced a DC Collector's Box service (Date: 14 Jan 2016) Link: http://www.examiner.com/article/funko-announces-dc-comics-mystery-box-service Malcolm Merlyn Dark Archer Comic Digital Series!!! (Date: 14 Dec 2016) Link: https://www.comixology.com/Arrow-The-Dark-Archer-2016-1/digital-comic/322867?ref=c2VhcmNoL2RldGFpbC9kZXNrdG9wL2dyaWRMaXN0L2l0ZW1zU2VhcmNoRGV0YWlsTGlzdA Set in the world of the hit TV Show ARROW, actor John Barrowman and novelist Carole E. Barrowman pen the stunning, never-before-told origin of Malcolm Merlyn-The Dark Archer! In our first chapter, Malcolm retreats from his duties as Ra's al Ghul to return to his secret research team in South America' only to be met by a figure from his past who's out for vengeance! More comics!! Over the Break DC Comixology released: -Green Arrow & Black Canary Entire Run -Green Arrow Issue #48 (Post-Convergence Current Run) -New 52 Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino Deluxe Edition Graphic Novel (Outsiders War!!) GREEN ARROW #17-34, #23.1; SECRET ORIGINS #4, FUTURES END: GREEN ARROW #1 -Green Arrow (1988-1998) Vol. 4: Blood of the Dragon (By Mike Grell continuing the story of the Longbow Hunters with Shado) FEEDBACK: Voicemail from Adam Next Episode Episode name: “A.W.O.L.” [Season 4 Episode 11]] Air Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 Summary: An agent of Shadowspire who was an enemy from Diggle and Andy's wartime past shows up to Star City. Diggle must learn to trust Andy but he got more than he wanted about their shared time from war. Oliver however must learn a new way of life when Felicity is now in a wheelchair and receives her codename. Director: Charlotte Brändström http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0104851/?ref_=tt_ov_dr Writers: Emilio Ortega Aldrich and Brian Ford Sullivan IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4862534/?ref_=ttep_ep11 Article: http://comicbook.com/2016/01/21/arrow-season-4-episode-11-sneak-preview-a-w-o-l/ Tune in to see what the Starling Tribune crew thinks will happen this season on Arrow based off what we've seen so far. After the show wraps keep listening as we bring fans on the show discuss their theories for season 4. If you missed us live catch us next time and chime in yourself! Plus you won't miss out on our live post-show conversations. Join The Starling Tribune each week as we stream live on Thursday nights at 9:00 PM eastern or 8:00 PM Central at gonnageek.com/live. Join the fun chatroom and interact with the hosts live. Contact us: @StarlingTribune - starlingtribune@gmail.com - www.starlingtribune.com - www.facebook.com/starlingtribune - 612-888-CAVE or 612-888-2283. Starling Tribune is proud to be a member of the GonnaGeek network found at GonnaGeek.com. For more geeky podcast visit GonnaGeek.com. You can find us on iTunes under ''Starling Tribune." We are very thankful for all of our positive iTunes reviews. You can find all our contact information here on the Network page of GonnaGeek.com Our complete archive is always available at www.starlingtribune.com This podcast was recorded Thursday January 21st, 2016. Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoyed the show!
Welcome back to the ArrowFansUK episode review podcast. This week, we're breaking down the second episode of the season, 'The Candidate'. We discuss a whole range of things, including Anarky, Damien, Felicity's new storyline, Thea's transformation and lots more. As always, you can send us your thoughts via Facebook, Twitter or email. But for now, sit back and enjoy the podcast.
WARNING: SPOILERS/NSFW 'Arrow' 4x02 - 'The Candidate' ReviewTeam Arrow is kicking ass, but Thea is enjoying the fight a little too much! An old Queen family friend decides to run for Mayor, but as everyone knows, Mayors don't last for long in Star City! In this case, Damien Darhk has decided to have Anarky grab the new candidate's daughter to pressure her into dropping out of the race! While looking for the kidnapper, Thea crosses the line, and all of this of course gives Laurel an idea that no one should ever have: let's raise the dead! Just one more reason to make the unrelenting Quentin Lance hate Team Arrow even more!
WARNING: SPOILERS/NSFW 'Arrow' 4x02 - 'The Candidate' ReviewTeam Arrow is kicking ass, but Thea is enjoying the fight a little too much! An old Queen family friend decides to run for Mayor, but as everyone knows, Mayors don't last for long in Star City! In this case, Damien Darhk has decided to have Anarky grab the new candidate's daughter to pressure her into dropping out of the race! While looking for the kidnapper, Thea crosses the line, and all of this of course gives Laurel an idea that no one should ever have: let's raise the dead! Just one more reason to make the unrelenting Quentin Lance hate Team Arrow even more!
Start - Intros/plots, 28:19 - H.I.V.E./Speedy/Laurel, 44:39 - Quotes/Trick Arrows, 54:47 - Sign OffsAlexander Calvert as Anarky. Definitely plays the part well.Jimmy Akingbola plays Baron Reiter.Neal McDonough definitely steals the screen as Damian Dahrk.Echo Kellum is an incredibly fun take on Mr. Terrific. Looking forward to seeing more of him. Thank you for listening! Join us next week for our discussion of Restoration. Check out our other podcasts at the top of the page and please rate and review us on iTunes. Thanks for listening!
For a last minute title, I really like this one. Bravo, Dosm. Join us as we discuss all these segmented pictures of new Ghost stuff. It's really all over the place. Literally. After some more odds and ends news we discuss Ninninger 33 (Bacon), Ghost 02 (The Walking Dead), and Dino Charge 14 (Ben 10 and More!). Ramble Time stays strong and lengthy with discussions of Pokémon, Doctor Who, Agents of SHIELD, The Flash, Arrow, and iZombie. Finally we answer some hard hitting questions that leads into a ShukuenShinobi rant about fast food places. Pretty standard episode.---Be sure to follow us on our twitter @TheRRRPodcast, and on our Facebook Page! Both accounts are home to various threads and posts where you can voice your opinions on the latest news and episodes with a chance to be read on the show, so come chat with us!---Don't have iTunes or any other compatible music player? Here are some direct downloads!To download the "enhanced" M4A version of the show, including chapters, as well as EGallardo26's amazing album art, click here!To download your basic, run of the mill MP3 version of the show, which doesn't have all that cool stuff, click here!
We talk 'Batman: Bad Blood' Cast Announcement, Michael Cera being cast as Robin in 'The Lego Batman movie', Ezra Miller's desire to have a foot race with Grant Gustin, the new 'Batman v. Superman' theatrical trailer, Sara lance's resurrection in 'Arrow' Season 4, the casting of Mr. Terrific and Anarky, Constantine's possible crossover with 'Arrow', Zoom coming to 'the Flash', Jay Garrick being cast, Michael Ironside being Captain Cold's pappy, Maxwell Lord being Supergirl's Lex Luthor, the casting of Silver St. Cloud for 'Gotham', and the Joker being more than just a single villain!
We talk 'Batman: Bad Blood' Cast Announcement, Michael Cera being cast as Robin in 'The Lego Batman movie', Ezra Miller's desire to have a foot race with Grant Gustin, the new 'Batman v. Superman' theatrical trailer, Sara lance's resurrection in 'Arrow' Season 4, the casting of Mr. Terrific and Anarky, Constantine's possible crossover with 'Arrow', Zoom coming to 'the Flash', Jay Garrick being cast, Michael Ironside being Captain Cold's pappy, Maxwell Lord being Supergirl's Lex Luthor, the casting of Silver St. Cloud for 'Gotham', and the Joker being more than just a single villain!
It’s the month of April and the 75th Anniversary of Robin! First off Terence O’Neil is back on the show. We will be talking about the first Robin Annual that came out in 1992, the first meeting of Anarky and Robin, but first some very BIG news in the TBU movie world dropped! Batman v […]
In this nut-blasting episode, Magnus is joined by classic Batman illustrator Norm Breyfogle to shoot the breeze about Breyfogle's first year or so on Detective Comics, his views on Batman, his approach to his art and lots of tidbits about key supporting characters he and Alan Grant created for the series.So what are you waiting for? Start listening *NOW* unless you want Breyfogle to send Anarky and Scarface to pay you a visit.Do you have a suggestion for a topic? Feel free to e-mail me at trentusmagnus@gmail.com and I might consider thinking about the possibility of potentially discussing whatever you have in mind some day. And that's a promise!Feedback for this and any other episode may be sent to trentusmagnus@gmail.com.
In this nut-blasting episode, Magnus is joined by classic Batman illustrator Norm Breyfogle to shoot the breeze about Breyfogle's first year or so on Detective Comics, his views on Batman, his approach to his art and lots of tidbits about key supporting characters he and Alan Grant created for the series.So what are you waiting for? Start listening *NOW* unless you want Breyfogle to send Anarky and Scarface to pay you a visit.Do you have a suggestion for a topic? Feel free to e-mail me at trentusmagnus@gmail.com and I might consider thinking about the possibility of potentially discussing whatever you have in mind some day. And that's a promise!Feedback for this and any other episode may be sent to trentusmagnus@gmail.com.
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