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The Glenn Butler Podcast Hour Spectacular
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Thursday Feb 18, 2016
Thursday Feb 18, 2016
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is the subject of The Glenn Butler Podcast Hour Spectacular's latest dive into the Star Trek vault, as Glenn & Scott welcome Todd Weber from PTBN's comics contingent to break down the Trek movie with what is probably the best reputation. They discuss how & why Star Trek II differed from Star Trek I, check in on the movie's characters, examine the pull it exerted on all future Trek movies, sing the praises of actors from Ricardo Montalbán to William Shatner to Bibi Besch, lament the absence of Madeline Kahn, and much more!
Sunday Feb 07, 2016
Sunday Feb 07, 2016
To mark Star Trek's 50th-anniversary year, The Glenn Butler Podcast Hour Spectacular launches a special rewind series examining the twelve Trek films, leading up to the release of the thirteenth this July! In this installment, the journey begins with a dive into Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Glenn & Scott Butler look at the first Star Trek movie's development, its pacing issues, its iconic score, its relationship with fandom as it existed in the 70's, which pieces of the original series are retained and which are discarded, new characters that are introduced and done away with in short order, beloved characters whose actual characterization might be considered thin, the effect the film had on the franchise's development heading into the eighties, and whether it deserves its poor reputation. Tune in to find out how many times Scott can say the phrase "dreadfully dull" in eighty-four minutes!
Thursday Jan 28, 2016
Thursday Jan 28, 2016
The truth is still out there, and The Glenn Butler Podcast Hour Spectacular is all over The X-Files' return to television in pursuit of it. Glenn & Scott welcome special guest Andy Halleen to the podcast to talk about some of their favorite episodes & moments over the course of The X-Files' long run, the way that the first two episodes of the new miniseries reintroduce both the larger mythology and case-of-the-week styles of the series, Gillian Anderson having to hold out for equal pay, the relationship between real-world conspiracy theories and TV conspiracy theories, and AD Skinner's stalled career.You don't have to register an account on MindQuad to listen to this brand-new episode of The Glenn Butler Podcast Spectacular!
Thursday Jan 21, 2016
Thursday Jan 21, 2016
With the long hard slog of the US presidential campaign slogging along, The Glenn Butler Podcast Hour Spectacular is back with a despairing and at times contemptuous look at all of the people who for some reason are still running for President on the eve of the Iowa caucus. Then, considering the ascendancy of Donald Trump, Glenn & Scott contemplate other WWE Hall of Famers who might make better Presidents of the United States. Finally, there's a brief look at the 2016 US Senate race in Connecticut and the idea of Linda McMahon joining the fray once again.
Tuesday Jan 19, 2016
Tuesday Jan 19, 2016
In a blockbuster new episode of The Glenn Butler Podcast Hour Spectacular, Glenn & Scott are joined by special guest and friend of the show Alanna Kelly to dive just a little deeper into Star Wars: The Force Awakens than the last episode did. The three discuss their histories of Star Wars fandom and expectations going into Episode VII before getting into the marketing of this new movie as a return to the old and beloved tropes of Star Wars, as well as the development of the new characters, including their motivations and costuming (are you on #TeamCape?). Glenn accidentally winds up engaging in a little more prequel apologia than expected, Scott shares a story about an Empire Strikes Back bootleg video tape, and hosts & guest alike desperately try to remember Alfred Molina's name.After the break, Glenn, Scott, and Alanna examine the aesthetic construction of The Force Awakens, the Star Wars universe's newfound diversity, and how this film fits in JJ Abrams' career. The show closes with a new segment on various other media the participants have been consuming lately, including extensive discussions about the recent Sherlock special and season two of the Serial podcast.
Wednesday Nov 25, 2015
Wednesday Nov 25, 2015
This installment of The Glenn Butler Podcast Hour Spectacular sees PTBN's Brothers of Discussion, Glenn & Scott Butler, welcome Steve Wille to a discussion of another Spectacular, PTBN's Holiday Tournament Spectacular, coming to The Place to Be at the stroke of midnight as Thanksgiving turns to Black Friday and the holiday season blasts off. The three men run down all four regions of the tournament and break down 128 different holiday movies, TV episodes, songs, albums, foods, and experiences...and, we like to think, learn a little bit about each other in the process. After all, isn't that what the holidays are all about?
Friday Nov 20, 2015
Friday Nov 20, 2015
The Glenn Butler Podcast Hour Spectacular kicks off when the now-titular Glenn Butler (Wednesday Walk, Super Extreme Vault)
welcomes his brother Scott to the land of podcasts and welcomes
listeners to a deep dive into the Hunger Games series. They discuss the
hugely successful film franchise along the following criteria: 1. Did
Glenn understand the story despite never reading any of the books, or
did the movies leave out too many details in favor of flash and
explosions? 2. Was Scott satisfied that the books and the movies are
telling the same story, or was it garbled beyond recognition in the
transition from novel to screenplay? Other topics covered include the
construction of competing mythologies, the mechanisms of soft vs. hard
population control, Capitol Couture, personal agency, a Love Triangle of
Doom, depictions of trauma, whether it’s possible to depict war without
ennobling it, and pairs of actors that Glenn can’t tell apart.
A BLANKET SPOILER WARNING for the new movie applies
to the last section. Each section has spoilers for the movie & book
being covered as well as the previous entries.