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ECHORIFT | Pop Culture Interceptor (Yes, a fast car from a dark future)

ECHORIFT | Pop Culture Interceptor (Yes, a fast car from a dark future)

ECHORIFT Productions

Comic book creators Don Garvey and Mike Connelly review the movies, comics, television, and music that creatively inspire them.
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ECHORIFT | Pop Culture Interceptor (Yes, a fast car from a dark future) - 060 | TV | Doctor Who: Christmas Special 2012 - The Snowmen

060 | TV | Doctor Who: Christmas Special 2012 - The Snowmen

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01/09/13 • 30 min

Discussing the Doctor Who 2012 Christmas Special: The Snowmen plus the All-Star Superman animated movie and some letters!

Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room - the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure!

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Download Episode 60: All-Star Snowmen

00:30 - Intro01:21 - Voicemail Bunch of Questions about Indentured Servants05:09 - All-Star Superman Animated Movie - Fell Flat06:19 - Adaptations are difficult things08:07 - Series of stories that don't feel related11:13 - Anytime you're ready, present the Clear Visible Goal12:37 - Maybe if we had read All-Star Superman we'd have felt different13:26 - Doctor Who 2012 Christmas Special: The Snowmen15:25 - The Doctor is Alone and Kind of Bummed16:45 - Dr. Simeon and the Great Intelligence18:12 - A very magical episode - fantastic and whimsical19:25 - Clara Oswin Oswald - Introducing a Companion21:20 - The Doctor's Romantic Relationships in New Who25:03 - The Question: "Doctor Who?"26:36 - Kicking off the 50th Anniversary Season28:09 - The Snowmen Makes for a Good Jumping on Point29:21 - Outro!

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ECHORIFT | Pop Culture Interceptor (Yes, a fast car from a dark future) - 027 | Comics | Zero Month Part 2 (DC Comics)

027 | Comics | Zero Month Part 2 (DC Comics)

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09/21/12 • 30 min

DC Comics Zero Issues Return with Batgirl, Green Arrow, Batman & Robin and Legion Lost plus we talk about comics we don't like! See references.

Radio Free Echo Rift is a pirate broadcast transmitted from a secret location deep beneath the city of Philadelphia. Don and Mike discuss comics, movies, and the comics that they make based on what they see in the mysterious Echo Rift. New Episodes every Wednesday and most Fridays.

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Episode 27 - We Can Be Zeroes

00:36 - Intro01:46 - Caller: Comics we dislike05:50 - See References06:24 - Batman & Robin #0 Peter Tomasi/Pat Gleason09:08 - Batman Wasn't Rebooted with the New 5210:07 - Batgirl #0 Gail Simone/Ed Benes13:30 - Breaking the News to Mike: Alan Moore's The Killing Joke15:25 - Legion Lost #0 Tom DeFalco/Pete Woods19:42 - But would I keep reading Legion Lost?20:57 - Green Arrow #0 Judd Winick/Freddie E Williams II/Rob Hunter29:06 - Outro29:44 - See References

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ECHORIFT | Pop Culture Interceptor (Yes, a fast car from a dark future) - 190 | Comics | Superman / Wonder Woman (DC Comics)

190 | Comics | Superman / Wonder Woman (DC Comics)

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02/07/14 • 30 min

Charles Soule's Superman/Wonder Woman Soars!!!

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The Echo Rift podcast is your resource for comics, movies, TV, and book reviews.

This pirate pop-culture podcast is brought to you from deep beneath the city of Philadelphia! When that buzzer goes off, we have five minutes to end transmission or we will be atomized for sure!

Timestamps
  • 00:24 - Charles Soule and Tony Daniel, Epic Opening
  • 06:00 - Superman and Wonder Woman, a Strike Force
  • 12:04 - Zod, Superman vs. Apollo
  • 17:54 - Bruce and Clark, Relationship Advice
  • 26:00 - Tony Daniel, how Charles Sole Does it
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ECHORIFT | Pop Culture Interceptor (Yes, a fast car from a dark future) - 182 | TV | The Land of the Lost (1974)

182 | TV | The Land of the Lost (1974)

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01/15/14 • 30 min

Whatever you think you remember about Land of the Lost, it's wrong!

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The Echo Rift podcast is your resource for comics, movies, TV, and book reviews.

This pirate pop-culture podcast is brought to you from deep beneath the city of Philadelphia! When that buzzer goes off, we have five minutes to end transmission or we will be atomized for sure!

Timestamps
  • 00:24 - A routine expedition, Memories of Land of the Lost
  • 06:55 - Inspired by Science Fiction Greatness
  • 10:50 - They’re not the first people, Slestaks, Enic
  • 15:48 - Following trails, astronauts from the future
  • 20:05 - End of the Season a perfect Loop, Future Seasons
  • 25:15 - LOST and Land of the Lost
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ECHORIFT | Pop Culture Interceptor (Yes, a fast car from a dark future) - 181 | Backstage | Skipping the Hobbit \ Saving Mr. Banks \ Toronto Film Fest 2000

181 | Backstage | Skipping the Hobbit \ Saving Mr. Banks \ Toronto Film Fest 2000

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01/11/14 • 23 min

Why we skipped The Hobbit, Saving Mr. Banks, Paranormal Activity News, and Toronto Film Fest 2000 Memories

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The Echo Rift podcast is your resource for comics, movies, TV, and book reviews.

This pirate pop-culture podcast is brought to you from deep beneath the city of Philadelphia! When that buzzer goes off, we have five minutes to end transmission or we will be atomized for sure!

Timestamps
  • 00:17 - Talking
  • 00:30 - Paranormal Activity News
  • 02:27 - We didn’t see the Hobbit
  • 07:37 - Capaldi and the Dreamboys
  • 09:25 - Mike saw Saving Mr. Banks, Walt Disney and Kurt Russell
  • 13:55 - Memories of Toronto International Film Festival 2000
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ECHORIFT | Pop Culture Interceptor (Yes, a fast car from a dark future) - 142 | Movies | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)

142 | Movies | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)

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09/18/13 • 30 min

The pivotal Star Trek film, the one with whales!

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The Echo Rift podcast is your resource for comics, movies, TV, and book reviews.

This pirate pop-culture podcast is brought to you from deep beneath the city of Philadelphia! When that buzzer goes off, we have five minutes to end transmission or we will be atomized for sure!

Timestamps
  • 00:53 - The pivotal Star Trek movie, a period piece
  • 05:17 - Recap
  • 09:44 - Leonard Nimoy's direction, understanding comedy
  • 14:20 - Scotty and McCoy, Russkies in San Francisco
  • 18:43 - Caper, no villain, race against time
  • 20:13 - Story structure, time travel, the Enterprise
  • 23:34 - Things change after this
  • 27:34 - Echo Rift Comics: Hurry the Rabbitoid Knight available now!
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ECHORIFT | Pop Culture Interceptor (Yes, a fast car from a dark future) - 141 | Backstage | Baltimore Comic Con 2013

141 | Backstage | Baltimore Comic Con 2013

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09/13/13 • 39 min

Baltimore Comic Con recap plus a story about a naked man wandering the streets

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The Echo Rift Backstage podcast is a weekly episode that contains stuff that just didn't fit in any of the other episodes!

This pirate pop-culture podcast is brought to you from deep beneath the city of Philadelphia! When that buzzer goes off, we have five minutes to end transmission or we will be atomized for sure!

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ECHORIFT | Pop Culture Interceptor (Yes, a fast car from a dark future) - 126 | Movies | X-Men (2000)

126 | Movies | X-Men (2000)

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08/14/13 • 30 min

Analyzing the movie that kicked off the modern superhero genre: Bryan Singer's X-Men

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The Echo Rift podcast is your resource for comics, movies, TV, and book reviews.

This pirate pop-culture podcast is brought to you from deep beneath the city of Philadelphia! When that buzzer goes off, we have five minutes to end transmission or we will be atomized for sure!

Timestamps
  • 00:24 - Significance - Kicking off the modern superhero genre of movies
  • 05:50 - The cast, the costumes
  • 09:30 - Tonal decisions - Intros to Magneto, Jean, and Xavier
  • 14:18 - Intro to Rogue, The problem of Senator Kelly
  • 18:02 - Wolverine's entrance, Rogue team-up
  • 21:31 - Sabertooth and the X-Men Arrive - Traditional film-making
  • 25:08 - Capturing the mentor tradition of Wolverine with Rogue
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  • X-Men is directed by Bryan Singer
    • Written by: David Hayter
    • Starring: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Anna Paquin
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ECHORIFT | Pop Culture Interceptor (Yes, a fast car from a dark future) - 077 | Comics | Preacher Vol 1: Gone to Texas by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon (Vertigo Comics)

077 | Comics | Preacher Vol 1: Gone to Texas by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon (Vertigo Comics)

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03/08/13 • 30 min

Does Preacher hold up 15 years later? Revisiting the Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon Classic

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The Radio Free Echo Rift podcast is your twice weekly resource for comics, movies, TV, and book reviews.

This pirate pop-culture podcast is brought to you from deep beneath the city of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode - if we were ever caught, we'd be atomized for sure!

Timestamps
  • 00:28 - Mike Joined the Gym and Makes a Friend at Walmart
  • 04:51 - Don's Preacher Experience circa 1999, "Offensive" comics, Violent Brits
  • 11:00 - Story Overview, God Split, Jessie Custer and his Gang
  • 18:26 - Influential, Arseface, Jilted Lovers, The Saint of Killers
  • 27:08 - Letter from Chris: Talking Warren Ellis
References Ask questions or share your feedback Please connect with us Related Episodes If you enjoy the Radio Free Echo Rift podcast, you will enjoy other Echo Rift Productions: Music for the Radio Free Echo Rift Podcast is provided by Home At Last, show them love by liking HAL on Facebook!
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ECHORIFT | Pop Culture Interceptor (Yes, a fast car from a dark future) - 072 | Movies | A Good Day to Die Hard (2013)

072 | Movies | A Good Day to Die Hard (2013)

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02/20/13 • 30 min

We thought it was A Good Day to Die Hard, will you?

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Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode, If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure!

Timestamps
  • 00:30 - Intro
  • 02:06 - Letter: More D&D Movie Recommendations and Krull discussion
  • 07:29 - A Good Day to Die Hard (We Liked It)
  • 12:42 - The Look of the Movie/Direction
  • 15:19 - After a rocky start, the movie becomes a Die Hard movie
  • 19:02 - Father and Son Story, Similarities to other Die Hard films
  • 24:58 - Bruce Willis clearly loves to play John McClane
  • 27:56 - "I had a really good day today"
  • 29:11 - Outro
Bibliography Ask questions or share your feedback Please connect with us Related Episodes If you enjoy the Radio Free Echo Rift podcast, you will enjoy other Echo Rift Productions: