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With Dune temporarily out of our system after the last all-Dune episode, expect no more than three to six(ty) mentions of that IP on this episode of a Little Snack. Your favorite Snack Dopes close out 2021 with a final cast just before the holidays wherein the 'Lith and Trap discuss their recent IRL reunion in Atlanta, and what they and their families are doing in light of the recent Omicron surge. Listen as the Trap, who's been a bit under the weather for more than a week, self-administers his second Covid test. It's an eventful episode! So from the Dopes to the Snack's Loyal Listeners, happy holidays and thanks for listening! More to come in 2022! (We hope.) Also discussed in this episode: Bear Trap's Monolith-facilitated Tesla experience, Omicron, painting Ian McKellan's portrait, painting as performance and where they fit in the world of "art," how poorly streamers support frame-by-frame level viewing of their content, and concluding with a deep dive into the Architect's pivotal speech from Matrix: Reloaded (2003).
Dune! Seriously, this one’s all about Denis Villenueve’s Dune Part One. Listen for, no joke, three hours, as the Dune Dopes talk through their confused enjoyment of this science fiction epic. But be warned: spoilers abound, so see the movie, then listen. In installments, probably. Enjoy!
In death row in Japan, the condemned are not given the date of their execution. Without warning, the guards come to take the prisoner away. Weeks and months of boredom shattered by sudden terror. Which is actually an apt metaphor for this podcast! Days come and go, months pass with no new episode; the long-suffering listeners are lulled into a false sense of security. "Maybe they're done! Maybe the last one was the final episode!" But then, boom! The Snack Dopes are standing outside your cell saying, "It's time." And they drag you away to listen to yet one more episode of Little Snack. This, friends, is that episode. Enjoy! Discussed: Bear Trap's just-completed beach week, water heater failure, the best kinds of water heaters, Patti Jenkins and her thoughts on streaming movies feeling "fake," why iPhones no longer come with earbuds or a charger, building excitement for the impending release of Dune in 18 days, Marcia Lucas's comments on the Star Wars sequels and some crosstalk about how right she is, some reflections on the life of Ben Best, and excitement for the upcoming Matrix: Resurrections movie and chat about the epic trailer. Have some fun with this one, gang! And thanks for listening!
Months pass and you think we're gone. But then we come back, worse than ever before. I guess you can call them the Little Snack variant. From deep inside the warmest, moistest reaches of summer, the Snack Dopes return to tell you wrong opinions on movies and tv you probably forgot about weeks ago in the most slapdash, half-interested, and distracted way possible. This is why you love them. This is why you listen. Discussed: the hot new Delta Covid variant, the just-dropped UN report on global warming, the freshest of hot takes on Mandalorian season 2, the upcoming Boba Fett series, Bear Trap goes off on Mandalorian and Boba Fett and then promptly apologizes to a noted listener for whom Boba is beloved as he, Bear Trap, means no offense, the upcoming Obi Wan show, Ted Lasso season 2, Roy Kent's unlikely group of friends, my unfairness to Keeleigh, duct-taped car spoilers from Tesla and how they eventually become detached, how spoiler alerts could make Elon Musk even more well-known, a spoiler-free discussion of THE Suicide Squad, James Gunn and David Ayer, John Cena's transition from wrestling to movie stardom, the Rock's trailblazing path into movies from life as a wrestling heel, John Cena and the Rock's relationship, a really rundown, poorly insulated Word of the Week, some talk on the Dune trailer and what it means that Duncan Idaho (potentially!) opens the film, the likelihood of a) Bear Trap seeing Dune in a theater, and b) Denis getting to make the second film, thoughts on those Dune characters who remain uncast, and Bear Trap's gratitude and enthusiasm about the Lego Typewriter set he recently put together. If you manage to stay awake through this whole episode, let us know and we'll straight up send you 25% of our podcast's profits! Enjoy, friends, and, as always, thanks for listening!
What's clear from how long it's been since the Snack Dopes recorded their last episode (April) to this episode (June), is that they hate the month of May. Maybe it's the May the Fourth Be With You stuff that makes the whole month seem kinda hackneyed and bad. Now, safely ensconced in the humid doldrums of mid-June, the 'Lith and the Trap are back at it, turning in a giant-sized cast for your aural pleasure. (Sorry about that one.) Listen as Monolith enters a Star Trek trance and recites poetry in Klingon! Marvel as Bear Trap waxes poetic about how great it is that movies are short so he has more time to do other non-movie-watching stuff! Enjoy! Discussed: Post-pandemic life, when to and when not to wear masks, the 'Lith and the Trap settle the age old question once and for all: which is better, television or movies, is it harder for a TV show to attain 'classic' status than it is for movies, the joys of returning to theaters, hot Master and Commander news, how well (or not so well) Gladiator has aged, Star Trek on Paramount+ and the over-corrections of season two, could a hyper-realistic Enterprise-like deep-space expedition (where nothing happens) be turned into an interesting show, thoughts from Bear Trap on Gene Wolfe's epic fantasy novel Shadow & Claw, Jeselnik, what truly deters people from committing crimes, a Word of the Week that will just go wherever you go, and a bit on so-called "cancel culture" and where its critics and its adherents go wrong, and whatever else these nerds talked about that didn't get written down or remembered. Thanks for listening you beautiful listeners!
After a month-and-a-half break, the Snack Dopes are back to blab about their physical reactions to the Moderna vaccine and their opinions about a movie where a lizard fights a monkey. This is essential Snack. Listen here! Discussed: Solar panels, whole-house batteries and Teslas, vaccination reactions, a deep dive into Warner Bros' Godzilla Vs. Kong, the challenges of being six and staying awake for a drive-in movie, a book from Monolith's childhood called Our Universe and its impact on him, a deep dive into Disney+'s WandaVision, as well as a little on Falcon and Winter Soldier, Bear Trap Breaks Stuff, Bear Trap realizes just what a little SOB Hannibal Lecter is after a reread of Silence of the Lambs, Monolith expresses some skepticism about Michael Keaton's Batman upon news of Keaton's donning the cowl once more for Warner Bros. new Flash movie to which Bear Trap expresses his dismay, a Word of the Week you might feel comfortable using at an execution in the square, Ted Lasso season 2 trailer, a word about the truly essential podcast, Never Heard of It, a brief review of Netflix's I Care a Lot, and some real talk about Nomadland. Enjoy it, loyal listeners!
Because the Trap and the 'Lith are so single-minded about wooing their ladies during, as they call it, the "Valentine's Month," no episode of the Snack was recorded during the entire month of February. The work of stoking the embers of romance into the flames of desire takes intense focus, and no one takes it more seriously than these two, a fact to which their wives would readily attest. All that is to say, like it or not, the Snack Dopes are back in March to talk about the usual. You know, like are aliens real? And what did Dolly do this time? And where can I charge my Tesla? Please take a moment or two to listen, won't you? Enjoyment guaranteed*. Discussed: Tesla, Elon Musk, the Myopia of Carl Sagan (as related by Elon Musk), the viability of Mars as a second home for humans, Monolith and Bear Trap explore the question, 'Are we alone in the universe?" and the piercing bleakness implied if the answer is 'no', Thomas Ligotti's view of the universe, best filmed Superman, the first episode of the CW's new 'Superman and Lois,' the upcoming 'Snyder Cut' of 'Justice League,' what Christopher Nolan said to Snyder about the Joss Whedon 'Justice League' and what Nolan likely thinks of 'Justice League,' Joss Whedon's in-progress cancellation, Dolly Parton's involvement with 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer,' a surprising (and surprisingly unpleasant) Word of the Week, the Drew Struzan documentary on Amazon Prime, what Struzan meant to movies in the 80s and 90s and what we lose with today's photoshopped posters, Chris Claremont, writer of an epic run on X-Men, and the documentary about him, also on Amazon Prime, optimism on vaccines, and the light ever-brightening, at the end of this long long Covid tunnel. Thanks for listening!
*Enjoyment is not guaranteed.
Your reliable source for Wrong has come through again. On their last show, recorded on January 5th while the returns from the Georgia Senate Runoff were being counted, mere hours away from two confirmed wins for the Democratic challengers, Monolith and Bear Trap were predicting the Democrats' loss of those two races, and were already in the preliminary stages of grief and lamentation. About the 'Stop the Steal' protests scheduled for the next day, Bear Trap said, a mere 12 hours prior to a wrenching and historic assault on our nation's capitol, "probably nothing's going to happen." Folks, the Wrong doesn't come any purer than this, and we thank you for making the Little Snack your dispensary of choice. This episode, listen as the Trap and the 'Lith go on for five minutes about how this episode's only going to be an hour, and then stay tuned as it meanders well into a 90-minute runtime. The Wrong must flow! Discussed: Some meteorological drama overnight at the Bear Trap household, the Capitol Riots of Jan 6th, where the country is right now, the first four episodes of Disney+'s Mandalorian season 2, Monolith's apt analogy bringing 70's TV, Spielberg and Lucas, old timey serials, Indiana Jones and the Mandalorian together, how good (or not so good) Mandalorian's blue screen work really is, a Word of the Week that sheds light on a beloved Jim Cameron classic, and discussion of quite a few subjects submitted to the Snack Dopes, LIVE in-broadcast, by their loyal SnackHeads. Thanks for listening!
It's the night of the runoff election for Georgia's two senate seats that will determine control of the US Senate, and your beloved Snack Dopes are your evening's anti-Kornackis, providing delayed election updates that are both irrelevant and inaccurate. Listen, won't you, as the 'Lith and the Trap strap in for 2021 and catch up after the holidays with thoughts on some of the streamer's most high-profile holiday season offerings. It's a good time. Discussed: Runoff updates throughout, sad Facebook surprises and old friends, Christmas loot, pens!, PS5, Bugsnax, Miles Morales, Monolith's fascination with Carrot Top, Jack Black's Instragram comeback, Pixar's Soul, Netflix's The Midnight Sky, Netflix's Mank, David Fincher's sway with Netflix, a potentially algorithmic feel to Netflix's offerings, Hollywood's cavalier attitudes towards child labor as evidenced by a behind-the-scenes clip from The Midnight Sky, BBC's A Christmas Carol, Lovecraft Country, a warm Word of the Week, some thoughts on The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead, and Sia's new musical about autism and her resulting run-ins with "cancel culture." Enjoy! P.S.: Texas IS the state with the most counties at a whopping 259. Georgia comes in a distant second with 159. Monolith was correct.
This week, the Monolith and the Bear Trap chat with guest Paul Zimmons, a man who has been at the center of some of gaming's biggest triumphs (Bioshock), most profitable franchises (Madden), and one notable disappointment (Superman Returns). Tune in for some non-political chat about video games and the people who make them (as well as a little on Apple and Tesla). Enjoy! Discussed: Life at EA, Superman Returns the Game, Bear Trap's experiences with that game (not so good), Doom!, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, a pro football player's hilarious humiliation at EA HQ, where the next frontier is in CG effects, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Rogue One and the resurrection of Carrie Fisher and Peter Cushing, the new M1 chip, and Monolith takes possession of a Tesla. Thanks for listening! We lost the original recording, but like a good neighbor, Paul was there and had a backup. A fucking backup!!! Friends with him for 30 years and now you know why.
Since their recent revival, the Monolith and Bear Trap have, once again, been driving this podcast into the ground with their "sense of humor" and "informed discussions" of current events, and so the Little Snack Marketing team has been forced, once more, to save the cast from itself. You may have seen a little of our viral marketing campaign in the news recently with the trademarked Little Snack Monolith(R) appearing in Utah, disappearing, and then later re-appearing in Romania. It's gone again, by the way. When it makes its next (and final) appearance Friday at the bottom of the Marianas Trench, we will do our big reveal with Monolith, Bear Trap, and Jim Cameron appearing together in a rented Azerbaijani submersible for an hour-long talk about the Snack, during which Jim will introduce his new 14-Step Podcast Improvement Plan that he believes, if followed, has a nearly 5% chance of making the podcast listenable. Enjoy this one! Discussed: contemplating a Trump-free White House, impending vaccines, Thanksgiving memories, a gruesome injury for Bear Trap, the greatness of Ted Lasso, the final season of Schitt's Creek, the recent season of The Crown, The Expanse, Big Bang Theory, Supernatural, The Hobbit films, a Word of the Week that's frozen in time as well as revelations about Bear Trap's mispronunciations of other words, Children of Men, American Movie, Apple News and the dominating performance of Apple's new M1 chip and what it might mean for the company, and ending with a true Monolith Moment. Have a good time with it, folks!
Monolith and Bear Trap have returned once more to weigh in on the election, just a mere seven days away now! Listen on your way to your local polling place! Discussed: Lustmord's insane output, a beach trip and a new Snack acolyte, out of nowhere a discourse on Brian Williams, the state of the 2020 presidential race, Kavenaugh and the new 6-3 Supreme Court, the likelihood of "court expansion," Monolith and Bear Trap swap voting stories, a Word of the Week that shrank from its duty when it should have been bold, the concept of Cemetery Teeth and who's got 'em, Monolith turns the tables on the Trap with an 'Italian Word of the Week', a Rec Room segment jam-packed with television (Cobra Kai, seasons one and two, Ozark, season one, His Dark Materials, season one, The Boys, season two) and some dairy product that's very nice, The Mist, and some talk on the trailer for the new Paul Greengrass/Tom Hanks joint, News of the World. Enjoy! And thanks for voting!
Hey long-suffering listeners! The Snack Dopes are back and you know the energy-level is high when they can't even converse for an entire episode. Twice they just stop talking and silently watch full trailers for Dune and The Batman. I think maybe they got bored talking and needed a break? They do briefly mumble some stuff after each one. Monolith says, "Pretty cool," a couple times, and Bear Trap says, "Yeah, I'm into it." In other words, more of the same incisive Little Snack commentary you've all come to know and love. But seriously, prepare yourselves for a deep dive into the trailers for two films your Snack hosts have been hotly anticipating for a very long time. And they'll be in theaters really soon. Summer 20(something something) at the latest! Enjoy! Discussed: One-car households, Teslas, Trump's vile threat to democracy, the continuation of Trumpism after he is deposed, the long list of fascists lining up for 2024, reasons for panic, in-person voting vs vote by mail, the boys watch the Dune trailer in real-time and then talk about it, an emergent Word of the Week that Monolith nails half of, the boys then watch the The Batman trailer and then talk about it, mentions of the Boys, His Dark Materials, Ted Lasso, and Raised by Wolves. Thanks for listening, you guys!
If you're hungry for Dune-talk, Perry Mason-talk, Three-Body Problem-talk, or Cobra-Kai talk, this episode was tailor-made for you. If you are a normal person and therefore not hungry for those things, listen anyway because they might convince you -- to never listen to podcasts again. What a time-saver that would be! Discussed: The joys of remote learning in the Age of Covid, the heroic life and tragic passing of Chadwick Boseman and the future of the Black Panther franchise, the Netflix show Cobra Kai (formerly of YouTube Red), HBO's excellent Perry Mason, Lovecraft Country, a Word of the Week with a little meat on its bones, Benioff and Weiss's new Netflix project, The Three-Body Problem, the premise of Three-Body Problem and why it's so damn good, whether D&D will destroy Three-Body or redeem themselves after the travesty of Game of Thrones' final season, a brief sum-up of the current moment in politics including the conventions, Big Bang Theory, the greatness of Jim Parsons' Sheldon Cooper, some thoughts on Tenet's mixed reviews, updates on Villanueve's Dune, and Arnold hardcore working out at the age of seventy-four. Enjoy, friends!
In preparation for this episode of A Little Snack, Monolith and Bear Trap calmly set up their mics and headphones, as they do every week; they checked their levels, just as they do every week; but then, to change things up, they jammed 200 CCs of Slo-Mo into their jugulars, threw themselves off the 42nd floor balcony of the Peach Trees housing unit, and recorded an entire episode while they plummeted to the ground floor. Catch the excitement of podcasting at terminal velocity! For those who got the 'Dredd' reference, congrats, you've seen and no doubt enjoyed, an excellent movie. For those who did not, push play on this one to hear two dopes with probably a hundred words between them wax poetic about this understated cinematic marvel starring the force of nature known as Karl Urban. And all the other stuff, too. Enjoy! Discussed: Knives Out, Rian Johnson's filmography, (and just one Johnson-burn for Last Jedi), the magic and majesty of Christopher Plummer, a question about if there exists a movie or book or TV show that we love so passionately that we get upset when we hear someone say it's bad, some brief 'Dune'-talk, Hotel Transylvania I and II, Genndy Tartakovsky and the (squandered?) potential of the man who made Samurai Jack, the awfulness of a new CG-animated kids' movie available on Amazon Prime called 'Cats' that you should avoid at all costs, the glory of 'Dredd', Monolith workshops a WWII-themed movie idea, a pleasant-smelling, life-affirming Word of the Week, some high praise directed at the new Apple TV+ show, 'Ted Lasso' in a resurrected Rec Room segment, and some other other odds and ends. You know how it goes. Thanks for listening, gang!
Well, they're just going to keep doing these if you keep listening. Anywho, for any listeners looking for a respite from Monolith and Bear Trap's tendency to drift off-topic or veer into areas they know nothing about, this episode is like a sock-full of batteries to the face. All topics are off-topic! LIttle to no knowledge is had about any of the subjects discussed! The Snack Dopes wade bravely into the most controversial topics of the current moment in the episode that will (finally) get them Cancelled©. Listen at your peril. Enjoy! Discussed: What We Do In the Shadows virtual Comic-Con panel, who IS the most powerful vampire in the Shadows house, Christopher Nolan and his strongest and weakest films, whether anyone will see Tenet in a US theater, what it's like living in the pandemic and how we may look back on it when (if?) it's all over, whether the 2-hour feature is still the best storytelling format for film, Aintitcoolnews.com, the time Harry Knowles and John McTiernan watched Rollerball together, how Dungeons & Dragons is handling the Black Lives Matter moment, Transformers and the Exalted One, Optimus Prime, statues and who needs 'em, what to do about the slaveholding Founding Fathers, some famous quote butchery, the problem of Stone Mountain, the evolution of a dumb white guy on his "harmless" Indian "accent," a Word of the Week that is a win not only for word nerds, but for Monolith as well! This is a long one, but if you enjoy listening to two white guys figuring it all out in real time, then you'll like this one. Thanks for listening!
You guys. The 'Lith and the Trap did you guys a favor, like a big one, and I'm not sure you'll be able to ever fully pay them back. You see, they talked about season one of Netflix's The Witcher in this episode so much that you'll never have to watch a second of it. So if someone tells you, "You should check out the Witcher, it's really good," you can look them confidently in the eye and tell them, "Naw, man. I listened to the Little Snack podcast, episode one-eighteen. You know, the one where they recounted every minute of season one in real time? I basically lived that show. Can't go back there. That part of my life is over." I know that's a very specific retort and I'm not saying you have to say that, but I'm just saying you could. Oh, and the other half of the episode is about Mike Flanagan's adaptation of Stephen King's 2013 novel Dr. Sleep, and the Snack Dopes have some very specific opinions about that movie and even a few disagreements. Hope you enjoy! Discussed: The Witcher, season one, Doctor Sleep the film adaptation, one specific scene that both affected and divided the Snack hosts, spoiler-y stuff about Dr. Sleep the Stephen King novel, the novel The Shining and Kubrick's adaptation of that novel as well as some additional history behind the writing, Dracula, As Good as It Gets, The Monk, and a Word of the Week in the original Latin. Thanks for listening!
The Snack Dopes are back and, for the second episode in a row, they've brought on one of their brood to class up the place! This time Bear Trap's daughter, Mouse Trap, takes the hot seat to talk about the animated comedy Scoob!, a scary video game she's designed, and a bunch of other great and cute things. It's right at the top so you got to tune in for at least that! The rest of the show is the usual toxic stew of boredom interrupted periodically with moments of terror as our listeners have all come to expect. Extra profanity in this one for no reason at all, so keep the hands very close to the young ones' ears when gathered around the radio box for your weekly listen. Have fun with this one! Discussed: The introduction of Mouse Trap, Scoob!, the 2019 film Lucy in the Sky and Monolith's personal connection to that film, Noah Hawley's career to-date and what's next for him, five minutes of Artemis Fowl, Frank Darabont (and Monolith's personal connection to him), Shawshank Redemption, the ending of Batman Begins, Bruce Wayne versus Batman, how woke is the Batman character, billionaires' ability to make change, Ian Holm's life and career, Alien, Time Bandits, Lord of the Rings, Ratatouille, Alien: Isolation(!), an update from Westeros and the promise of a new installment of George RR Martin's Song of Ice and Fire series, the usual Word of the Week nonsense, Apple News, final thoughts on seasons one and two of What We Do in the Shadows (with particular emphasis on the Jackie Daytona episode), some deep dives into character versus plotting when creating a story, and some shout outs to fantastic video games that happen to be developed by by show-friends (also actual friends). Several listeners are called out in this one, so listen in to see if you make the cut! Have fun and thanks for listening!
Did you ever watch Siskel & Ebert back in the day? Who didn't? It was a great show. So you know when they got near the end of an episode and started talking about what was new on video, and they're like three in with no signs of stopping and you start to reach for the massive remote control to see if there's anything else on any of the other five channels? Yeah? Well, this podcast is like two hours of that precise feeling. In a very, VERY extended Rec Room segment, the Snack Simpletons dive deep into the seven (SEVEN!) films Monolith has taken in since the last episode was recorded. Monolith's eclectic (erratic?) Covid Film Festival touches on movies from many eras and many genres, but you'd have to be a highly caffeinated Fox Mulder to understand how they're connected. So put on a pot of java, listen in, and find out which were good, which were great, and which ones missed the mark. Enjoy! Discussed: Killing Gunter, Taran Killam's big post-SNL mockumentary gambit, Arnold Schwarzenegger and the swan song that never comes (but the Trap really hopes one day will), Once Upon A Time in Hollywood and where it stands on a good-to-great scale, Django Unchained, Monolith's greatest movie of all time (listen in to find out what it is!), Kenneth Branaugh's Thor, Swedish sci-fi import (based on a poem!) Aniara, the first third of Minority Report, What We Do in the Shadows (the show) where the boys heartily recommend it for like the third episode in a row so everyone should probably just watch it, Shudder.com, Quibi's desperate plea for someone to pay them attention, any attention at all!, a Word of the Week you'd be well-advised not to disparage, and finally a joyful visit with first-time guest, Mini-lith, to discuss the recent animated release, Scoob! Thanks for listening!
As a respite from all the current awfulness in the world, the Snack Dopes present a time capsule of a simpler time: the very first episode of a Little Snack! From way back in May 2011! Listen to discussions from a time before the Reign of the Orange One, from a time before masks and social distancing, and, most importantly, from a time before Benioff and Weiss did their best to sink the entire series of Game of Thrones with a lame half-season. Listen and marvel at what was different! And what has remained the same! Listen to the very beginning of a 9-year downhill slide in quality. Enjoy!
The Monolith and the Bear Trap, as all of you know, have their middle and index fingers pressed hard into the nation's carotid vein, forcibly taking the pulse of America basically 24/7. And since the whole country is feeling dislocated and hopeless, the two-headed Snack-entity known as TrapLith knew instinctively that this week's episode should also make people feel those things. But also bored. They've executed perfectly here. And it was the right thing to do. Enjoy, gang! Discussed: 'What We Do In the Shadows,' specifically the episode when the Baron tries a piece of "pizza pie," vampires and some ignorant back and forth on the origins of the vampire myth, the demonstrations and general civic unrest sparked by the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Anderson Cooper, Kathy Griffin's recent troubles and a new(ish) documentary about her journey back after "the photo," the current image of cops, some general opinions on police, discussion on footage of additional police brutality, the prescient and excellent 'Contagion', a Word of the Week you can see coming a mile away, the LOTR episode of 'Reunited Apart', thoughts on Josh Gad, John Krasinski and his 'Some Good News' YouTube series. Have fun with this one, guys! Thanks for listening!
The 'Lith and the Trap are always thinking of ways to improve the show. As their listeners already know, they're obsessed with quality. And they believe they've found the one thing that could be improved, and applied it to this very episode. So it's longer. Buckle up, gang, because the Snack-dopes really swan dive into an empty pool this week on a wide range of topics and you won't believe all the people whose name they forget this time. [Hint: it's everyone.] Discussed: Episode one of Hulu's The Great (not Epix), episode one, season one of FX's What We Do in the Shadows, Scoob!, episodes three and four of Netflix's The Witcher, TNT's Snowpiercer, an impromptu examination of Spielberg's filmography by way of Tom Hanks' filmography, a contemptible Word of the Week, Apple TV+'s Finding Jacob, Netflix's Dead to Me, Joe Rogan and the potential corporatization of podcasting, Joe Rogan and the danger of giving bad dudes a platform, and a previous rec from Rec Room creates a new fan. This is a feature film-length episode, so bust out the popcorn and enjoy!
Admit it. They're putting out too much now, right? Nothing for years, and then three in three weeks? What's with these guys? Well, to soften the sting of their fire-hose of low-quality, high-ignorance podding, we made this one particularly unlistenable, so probably good to skip. Get those hours back. No! I kid! Listen! Enjoy! Seriously, it's a fun one. (Did that sound sincere?) Discussed: General Covid-19 discussion, thoughts on re-opening, Jerry Seinfeld's new Netflix special 23 Hours to Kill, the second season of Ricky Gervais's Netflix show Afterlife, The Invention of Lying, a fun joke about Ricky Gervais's openness to high-concept photo shoots, Netflix's I Am Not Okay With This, a Witcher Update as Bear Trap watched himself some episode 3, the mystery of the Danish listener solved!, some real talk about Bill Barr's decision to pardon Michael Flynn, the future of the Justice Department, some Covid-related Apple News, a Word of the Week that brooks no dissent, and a completely new feature (!) called Rec Room wherein the Trap and the 'Lith share some of their... recommendations. Listen for Bear Trap's new theme for Rec Room, and for some exceptional music picks from both. Have a good time with this one, gang!
For longtime fans of the Snack, the intermittent pauses mid-episode while the tired, pre-geriatric brains of Bear Trap and Monolith look up some minor unimportant thing online have become a Snack "favorite." For connoisseurs of these In-Podcast Research Interludes, this episode is a FEAST. (By the way, the answer is James McAvoy.) Thanks for listening, Snackers! Discussed: Stephen King's The Outsider, Bong Joon-ho's Parasite, The Host, Snowpiercer, Okja, Stephen King's It, parts one and two, a senatorial Word of the Week, Tara Reade's allegations against Joe Biden, the current dispute between NBC Universal and AMC Theaters and Regal Cinemas, the benefit of seeing films in theaters versus in one's home, possible outcomes of big theater chain bankruptcies, Avengers: Endgame, the Russo Brothers' recent clip from a screening of Endgame, and a Lethal Weapon-themed Monolith Moment. Hope you enjoy it.
In this leaderless time of pestilence, economic hardship, misery and death, you may have thought to yourself, "How could things possibly get worse?" Well, look no further for the answer, because Bear Trap and Monolith are back with another episode of A Little Snack! Based on this episode, it seems their plan is to bore you out of your pandemic-inspired ennui. In this installment, the boys talk about the pandemic and life in quarantine, the end of Game of Thrones, the new Dune, the old Dune, the forgotten Dune, the novel Dune, seeing Dune as an 8-year old, Schitt's Creek, Altered Carbon, HBO's adaptation of Stephen King's The Outsider, Marriage Story, The Two Popes, The Witcher, video games and the joys thereof, Apple News!, a visit to Apple HQ, a tour of a legendary ranch known well to geeks of all stripes, a fresh Word of the Week, and a poignant Monolith Moment. Enjoy!
On October 29th, 2016, the podcasters known as Monolith and Bear Trap released episode 108 of their world-famous podcast, A Little Snack. The episode was recorded just ten days before the improbably election of Donald Trump to the office of President of the United States. For 22 months, no new episodes were recorded. The world mourned their silence. Then, on August 8th, 2018, the long drought ended. Episode 109 is loosed upon the world!Okay, that's out of the way, a quick disclaimer before you click Play. These dudes are rusty, folks! I mean, it's been two years. When they aren't sleepwalking through this thing, they're spouting opinions that only make sense when you realize how sleep deprived they are. If you can make heads or tails of this one you're a better man (or woman) than I. But they did it, and that's the important thing, right? Better podcast episodes right around the corner? Anyway, enjoy it, folks! [Seriously though, it's good to be back and we hope you listen and enjoy. We had fun recording this one.]Discussed: the Long Absence, Trump and What He Hath Wrought, self-care in the age of the Orange One, James Gunn, Dave Bautista, episode one, season one of Legion, Mission: Impossible: Fallout and Tom Cruise's obvious death wish, Bright, 4K TVs, and Monolith's recent appearance on the Never Heard of It podcast is plugged, as well as some fond recollections of past Never Heard Of It episodes From Bear Trap (more plugging). And more!Show# 109
With 10 days to go until the election, the smooth baritones of the 'Lith and the Trap return to your various listening devices with a post-debate pre-Election Day podcast. If you weren't a low-information voter before, you will be after listening to this 90-minute episode. Sorry about that. Discussed: Why you might hear a baby crying in the background, Westworld's first four (and somewhat problematic) episodes, a quick summary of the three presidential debates, some thoughts on the recent "re-opening" of Hillary's email investigation, a Word of the Week that may accurately describe certain segments of the voting public, and some thoughts on the Marvel-produced Netflix show, Luke Cage.Show #108
With the first of potentially three presidential debates happening in just hours, Monolith and Bear Trap have decided to forego their newly adopted twice-a-year format and have recorded a special episode just one month after their last one. [They have authorized me to say a preemptive "You're welcome".]
In this fairly epic episode, the 'Lith and the Trap (referred to in certain circles as "The Gentlemen") share with their listeners their thoughts, opinions, and jarringly strong emotions on what viewers might expect to see during the one and a half hour debate on Monday, September 26th at 9PM EST. Other quite useful and informative subjects are also discussed, albeit in a useless and uninformative manner. Standard operating procedure for the Gentlemen.Discussed: The first presidential debate of 2016, peculiar debate audience appearances by Mark Cuban and one Gennifer Flowers, the expectations game, Apple News, first-hand opinions about the new Apple Watch and the new iPhone 7+, the wisdom (or lack thereof) of Apple's entry into the car market with their in-development Apple Car, is stereo really that good?, a Word of the Week that could splinter the Little Snack listeners into many factions, a short (though perhaps not short enough?) review of "Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell" by Bear Trap, the badness of "Designated Survivor" on CBS, "Sicario", Dennis Villaneuve, the adaptability of Frank Herbert's Dune, Dune the book versus the Dune films, Kyle McLachlan AKA Muad'dib, X-Men: Apocalypse and Oscar Isaac's other recent embarrassments, and a Monolith Moment that will make you think about your spice cabinet in a different way. Please, folks: enjoy this one.
Show# 107
They did it again. Enjoy, folks! Discussed: A Bear Trap-flavored episode of the Never Heard of It podcast and why it (and the whole podcast, really) is worth checking out, the rolling Trump terror-show, Bear Trap's Nostradamus-level prediction comes true, what happens after election day 2016 regardless of the outcome, how the GOP can move away from being, as David Brooks puts it, an "all-white party", the odds of the House impeaching Hillary in Jan 2017, Apple News and the possible update of the famed Mac "tower", Apple-made chips, Apple-made cars, self-driving cars, Monolith's contacts in government, Stranger Things and why it's good (Monolith) and why it's great (Bear Trap), a new and excellent Word of the Week with an atypical outcome, a note about our esteemed Little Snack filmmaking members, Monolith revisits The Fly, a brief word about Suicide Squad, a Monolith Moment about a classic film from the 80s returning briefly to the theaters, and many many other things. (Runtime: it's a long one.)
Show #106
Happy New Year, loyal and long-suffering listeners! On Tuesday night, Monolith and Bear Trap recorded a new episode and, apparently, the only things that happened in 2015 worthy of comment were the release of Star Wars, Episode VII: The Force Awakens and Marvel's Jessica Jones on Netflix. So for almost two hours, that's what they talk about. The Star Wars chit-chat is the first hour and a half, the rest is Jessica Jones. Be aware, SPOILERS abound, so if you haven't seen these but plan to in the near future, you might want to save this one for after. Enjoy! Discussed: Monolith ranks Mad Max: Fury Road among the best films of the year (find out what rank he gives it!), the aesthetic difference between 'Mad Max' and 'The Force Awakens', Jedi Priests versus Jedi Knights, why in hell Kylo Ren wore the mask, Bear Trap rants about the criminal incompetence of the Alliance in 'The Force Awakens', Monolith takes us on a weirdly fascinating journey through the Star Wars saga to track the whereabouts of the characters' various light sabers, the pitiable fate of Han Solo, the relative worth of David Tennant as an actor, Jessica Jones' likability, and the horror of Kilgrave's diabolical abilities. Hope you like it!
Show #105
If the late-summer doldrums have got you down, intensify your depression and listen to the latest episode of 'A Little Snack!' Enjoy! Discussed: Monolith and Bear Trap catch everyone up on the latest baby news, Apple News!, new iPad Pro, '3D touch' and what it might mean for the olds, the movies Paul Rudd was good in, a very learned Word of the Week, Netflix's 'Wet Hot American Summer' and a slow person's understanding of the show's "central joke", thoughts on 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert', the prospect of a Trump presidency brings out the alarmist in Bear Trap and the fatalist in Monolith, why 'Downton Abbey' is so enjoyable, a moving and memorably maternal Monolith Moment, 'Black Mirror', and a shout-out to 'A Little Snack's' sister podcast, 'Never Heard of It'. Its praises are sung. And a bunch of other listen-y stuff.
Show #104
What?! They're still doing this? Unfortunately for you, the answer is yes. Yes they are. Monolith and the Trap usher in the new year with a brand new podcast after a long baby-induced hiatus. (Thanks, Beatrice!) In this episode your trusty Snackers talk exclusively about recent films. Well, almost exclusively. Enjoy it. EDITOR'S NOTE: Just to ensure no one listens to this, all 5 movies discussed deal in SPOILERS. Except Planet of the Apes. I think they got through that one without ruining anything. But if you've seen all of these, you're golden! Discussed: Interstellar, Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part One, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Gone Girl, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, the importance of likability in movies, a brand new Word of the Week, and then Monolith's favorite movie of 2014.Show 103
Too much happened in the world last week for these two intellectual heavyweights to sit idly by and say nothing. This episode is a chronicling of their discussion. These two hours are their gift to you. Discussed: Apple's big 2014 announcement, iPhone6+, the Apple Watch, the iOS 8 download to watch for, Scotland's possible break with the UK, thoughts on the new Batmobile, CW's 'The Arrow' and its scandalous non-appearance on Netflix, a Word of the Week you'd enjoy if you were more cultured, the Ebola epidemic in Liberia and how it's really nothing to worry about, ISIS, beheadings and two dumb guys' understanding of Islam, the second season of Showtime's 'Masters of Sex', and an in-depth, spoileriffic discussion of Darren Aronofsky's 'Noah'.Show #102
Discussed: Monolith and the fam's visit to Disneyland and the possibility that Monolith and the fam may not have actually gone to Disneyland, an accidental home invasion at Mickey Mouse's house, the death of Robin Williams, George Takei, 'A Most Wanted Man's odd lack of incident, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bear Trap's discovery of Tom Waits, 'Noah', 'Captain America 2: Winter Soldier', a very special tweet from Bryan Fuller in which two worlds collide (Bear Trap's fanboy mind explodes), differences between the podcasters about Emmy-winner 'Breaking Bad's final season, a Game of Thrones-themed Word of the Week, a thought on George RR Martin's feelings about the show advancing beyond his books, the 30th anniversary re-release of 'Ghostbusters', and the thing they just don't talk about. A bit more than an hour. They thought you deserved a reprieve after the last epic-sized episode. Enjoy!
Show #101
The milestone has been reached. Monolith and Bear Trap have now officially stolen more than 100 hours of your precious lives with their uninformed talky talk. So to commemorate this occasion, they have 1) recorded the episode just ONE WEEK after the previous one, and 2) invited long-time listener and friend of the show Heath to join in and contribute his own blatherings for this episode of a Little Snack. It's a long one, but at this point what's another 2 and a half hours going to hurt? Enjoy! And thanks for listening! These dopes do this for you! Discussed: 'Wolf of Wall Street', Margot Robbie, the new Spider-Man films, best U.S. presidents of the last 50 years, NSA spying, HBO's 'Silicon Valley', Weird Al's new album, Bear Trap's doomed late-80s foray into the private detective business, Monolith's rapid aging and its effect on his with-it-ness (hint: it's been detrimental), statists, auto bailouts, demagoguery, banking coups, inflation, 'Better Call Saul', Ubisoft's 'Watch Dogs' for the PS4, 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes', intermittent episodes of fake snoring, a brief and unexpected cameo by yet another listener, a Word of the Week segment of questionable value brought to you by none other than Heath, and then there's what Heath's been working on these days. And other stuff. There's a lot of podcast here. Should probably get started.
Show #100
This is a monthly show now, right? It seems like it's a monthly show. Anyway, welcome back, long suffering fans of the Snack! A lot of stuff has gone down since the 'Lith and the Trap did their last show on June 4th, and do they ever discuss the hell out of it on this podcast. More than two hours! I might even skip this one myself, EXCEPT! for an earth-shaking announcement you will only hear in this episode of a Little Snack. It happens right in the middle of the episode and you know these guys do not do chapter marks, so you're just going to have to sit through it. And there's a lot of in-podcast Googling in this one, too. (Really though, it's long but it's not bad.) Enjoy! Discussed: 'The Wolf of Wall Street', 'Edge of Tomorrow', the new 'Gone Girl' trailer, cinematographers and David Fincher, the Medea-sized twist we can expect at the end of that film based on Tyler Perry's participation, 'Starship Troopers' the book versus the movie, 'Stranger in a Strange Land', what it means to 'grok', 'The Leftovers' episode 1 is reviewed, 'Fargo' the TV series, what's happened to our summer movies, big announcement, a Word of the Week that's kinda fugazi, Siri's new "capability", 'House of Cards' season 2 (spoilers), and season 4 of 'Game of Thrones' (many a spoiler).Show #99
In this the most current installment of the podcast entitled 'A Little Snack', the one known as Monolith and the other known as Bear Trap share their thoughts and opinions on cultural ephemera. Discussed: Richard Dawkins, the religion most hostile to the theory of evolution, a brief review of the companion novel to 'Ender's Game' entitled 'Ender's Shadow', the long-awaited return of Apple News, Apple's $3B purchase of Beats, Beats' shady origins and poor reputation, new Apple OSs announced at the Worldwide Developers Conference, Monolith revisits Netflix's 'Derek' and takes Mrs. Monolith along for the ride, Bear Trap talks about his recent plunge into low-budget avant garde filmmaking with reviews of 'Godzilla' and 'X-Men: Days of Future Past', the prospects for 'Edge of Tomorrow' based on its latest TV spots, one way Bear Trap thinks he can sell this Tom Cruise movie to his Tom Cruise-hating wife, thoughts on Damon Lindelof, HBO's upcoming new show "The Leftovers', the next book Monolith plans to listen to, a Word of the Week that can be exchanged for goods or services, a business-y Monolith Moment that ends with a quote from an unexpected source, and a whole lot of Thrones-chat. With a running time close to two hours, you should probably get comfortable for this one. Click play and have fun, you guys.
Show #98
In the pre-show discussion, or the "topic roundup" as Monolith always calls it, was not going well. Bear Trap was sure number 97 was going to be a bum episode: lots of ums and ahs and dead air and stone-faced listeners reaching for the pause button. But Monolith disagreed. He thought the chattin' would, like Ian Malcolm says about life in 'Jurassic Park", "find a way". As it turned out, Monolith was right. Click the play button on this episode of A Little Snack and feast your earholes on a wide-ranging talky-talk about many a thing some listeners may find diverting. Some may still reach for those pause buttons. Enjoy, friends! Discussed: Hollywood's creative bankruptcy, China's new primacy in studio decision-making, the recently announced reboots of 'The Flintstones' and 'Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers' and what these errors mean for the film industry, Stephen Colbert's move to CBS, Craig Ferguson's next move and the reasons behind it, the art of beatbox and its best practitioner, Pharrell and Cee-Lo's versions of "Happy" and how that part of the business works (hint: the podcasters have no idea), a discussion on comedy referencing Louis CK, Jim Gaffigan, Steven Wright, Mitch Hedberg, and Ellen Degeneres, whose material only "technically" qualifies as comedy, the correctOR becomes the correctED in a lovely bit of turnabout, a triply surprising Word of the Week segment which Monolith crushes, a crazy thing happens to Monolith on the subject of Star Wars in the Monolith Moment thanks to Bear Trap, and a discussion of episode 5 of Game of Thrones to close out the episode.
Show #97
It was supposed to be a short one. Less than an hour. There was even talk of breaking their record for shortest episode ever. The worry was the energy was too low to sustain an entire Little Snack-length podcast so they actually added a disclaimer to say this was going to be a "short one". But the energy went up, and the time went on, and it went on, and it went on some more. So prepare yourselves for two hours of the usual mumblecore podcasting. Discussed: Sheryl Sandburg attempts to remove a word from the English language, Ivan Reitman gives up the director's chair for a new 'Ghostbusters' movie, a WoW you're going to start seeing everywhere, a WoW pop quiz, the missing Malaysian Air flight and why we care, Monolith's Village/Island theory, atheism vs "post-atheism", what's good about religion, how Bible stories stack up against the stories told in the annals of astrophysics, a detailed discussion about the new "Common Core" education standards for English and History, the various levels of Batman-fandom, and a bunch of other stuff in a wide-ranging and, at times, fairly unstructured podcast. Enjoy, friends!Show #95
Even though the Little Snack is only available via a kind of Dropbox purgatory at the moment, (thanks iTunes!) MonoTrap (BearLith?) recorded another episode anyway. This is that episode. Discussed: Two wildly differing (and SPOILER-filled) opinions on the Oscar non-contender from last year, 'Finding Mr. Banks', some comments regarding a forgotten Jared Leto film entitled 'Mr. Nobody', the 'TMNT' reboot and some thoughts on the original film, the latest 'Captain America' movie, a frightening Word of the Week from an unexpected source, and a mind-blowing Monolith Moment that's also not a Monolith Moment. And, finally, the episode closes out with a discussion of Game of Thrones Season Four premiere. Spoilers abound so this section is only for those who've watched. Enjoy!
Show #96
In this week's episode of A Little Snack, Monolith and Bear Trap get real and rap about the meaning of life and our place in the universe. Is there a purpose to this existence? They ask and answer that question, and others even more consequential, definitively. And they also laugh at that fat joke Obama made about Zach Galifianakis. Discussed: The Seth MacFarlane-produced "Cosmos", Monolith's religion, memories of Carl Sagan, a momentous meeting in Santa Fe between the author of 'Song of Ice and Fire' and the men adapting his work for television, a second chance for Mel Gibson, a simple WoW, the president's important moment spent between two ferns, a re-watching of the second installment of the Adventures of Katniss, a ratings decline for Bryan Fuller's evolving network television masterpiece, a Monolith Moment, and a discussion of 'True Detective' with SPOILERS (but it comes at the end, so most of the podcast can be "enjoyed" by those who have not yet witnessed the splendor of that show's first season). Enjoy, friends!
Show #94
In honor of this Sunday's Academy Awards it's time for some Top Ten Films of 2013 lists! It's almost March, what better time to discuss the films of the previous year? So Bear Trap shares his Top Ten in this episode of A Little Snack; Monolith abstains. Kind of like how the dude abides. Hope you enjoy this one. We're hopeful all the sound issues have been fixed so you might be able to listen to this one without riding the volume dial. Discussed: Oscar picks for Best Picture, Bear Trap's pick for Worst Movie of 2013, Monolith surprises himself with how many of the top ten he's actually seen.. in a theater!, the Stay-Pufts remember the comedy writer and film director Harold Ramis, the life of paranormal investigator and particle accelerator system (or proton pack) inventor Egon Spengler is also discussed, David Mitchell's novel "Cloud Atlas" is compared with the Twyker/Wachowski adaptation and found to be superior, Bear Trap offers up a programming note for season two of a great show starting this Friday (hint: it's about a doctor who eats people), completely NON-SPOILER-Y discussions of both 'True Detective' and season 2 of 'House of Cards' that are okay to listen to for those who haven't yet but plan to watch, how "Ender's Game" is like 'Breaking Bad', the state of the digital effects industry in southern California, how (and perhaps why) filmmaker interviews like the ones that follow 'True Detective' have become unbearable, the Word of the Week is a smoking gun, the camera operator who died on a film set in South Georgia and how she's being honored by film professionals all over the world, and a Monolith Moment Darwin himself might have appreciated.
Show #93
They did one last week, and here they've gone and done another one this week. Either you're being spoiled or punished, it's not clear which. Okay, yes, it's obvious you're being punished. Now here's a detailed rundown of how this week's punishment will be administered. Discussed: Last week's sup-par Word of the Week segment, season one of Netflix's 'House of Cards' and expectations for tomorrow's release of season two [SPOILERS!], the most recent manifestations of Stephen King's two big problems (graphomania and foot-in-mouth disease) are described, why the Olympics just aren't as interesting this go-round, Schwarzenegger's 'Escape Plan' and what happens at the end of that movie [SPOILERS!], Richard Curtis's 'About Time', a Word of the Week that could (should?) be the title of this podcast, a long overdue Apple News segment, and a sweet Monolith Moment that features an undertone of existential dread, and then a bunch of discursive chatting here and there. You know, like a podcast. Enjoy!Show #92
Join Monolith and Bear Trap for their apparently now bi-annual podcast, A Little Snack! There's no better cure for the Winter Doldrums and no, I don't know what those are. Please listen and enjoy. Discussed: what Monolith's been up to, the new Facebook videos everyone's been posting, Bear Trap's pathological overuse of the word 'dumb', Jesse Eisenberg as Luthor and Jeremy Irons as Alfred in the new Batman v Superman film, thoughts on the number of villains in the new Spider Man movie, Paul Verhoeven's insightful thoughts on the modern remakes of his films including the impending Robocop, Tom Shadyac's epiphany and, unrelated, inability to make good movies, Arnold's Super Bowl commercial wig, Philip Seymour Hoffman's legacy, Veronica Mars' appeal, the bad things that Verizon is doing now that Net Neutrality is over, Bear Trap's second attempt to make Monolith worried about the NSA, a Monolith Moment that will have you running out to your cars, and a Word of the Week that's really going to let you know what time it is! Hope you like it.Show #91
The 'Lith and the Trap felt bad about their extended hiatus so, to make up for it, they've recorded a podcast that probably three of you will be interested in. Okay, two. But for those two listeners, super-sized show# 90 is going to be so awesome as Little Snack welcomes honest-to-God video game industry insider Paul Z to the podcast for a wide-ranging discussion about the current state of video games. Discussed: An inside account of the tragedy and triumph of "Superman Returns" (the game), XBox One versus PS4, "franchise fatigue", "Assassin's Creed", Sony's elite "Ice" team and which upcoming PS4 title will benefit from their ninja ways, Paul's favorite game of 2013 and of the last five years, the different stages of a pissing contest, a lightning round rundown of notable titles from the last few years including GTA 5, some big titles to look for in 2014, mobile gaming as a possible threat to Sony and Microsoft, long-term trends, and then Bear Trap takes a moment to spread some misinformation.
Show# 90
If on the off-chance you've already made it out to theaters this past weekend to see 'Ender's Game', you need to get into this spoiler-tastic podcast right away. If you happen to not care about 'Ender's Game' but just like to listen to the 'Lith and the Trap opine about movies generally, then yeah, push play. No harm, no foul. BUT! If you have not yet seen the new Gavin Hood adaptation of Orson Scott Card's classic novel 'Ender's Game' but plan to, it would be a good idea to do four things in the order listed. One, do not listen to this podcast. Two, high-five yourself because you're about to see 'Ender's Game'. Three, go see 'Ender's Game'. Four, you go on ahead and listen to this 'Ender's Game'-centric episode of A Little Snack. I think we're all sorted. Enjoy, friend!
Show #88
In this episode of A Little Snack, Monolith takes in screenings of 'Man of Steel' and 'Thor 2: The Dark World', and speaks with a certain Mr. Bear Trap about their various flaws and strengths. A proper show. Discussed: spoiler-free discussion of the Metropolis-smashing ending of 'Man of Steel', a spoiler-heavy discussion of the tornado scene in 'Man of Steel', a fresh appraisal of Zach Snyder's filmography as a director, how a headlock can stop a man with laser eyes from, say, looking to the right, why Natalie Portman does not fit in the Marvel universe and why, conversely, Scarlett Johansonn fits in quite well, the scene in Thor 2 that made the film briefly exciting for Monolith, a cool scene in a very special 'Captain America 2' trailer, and a 3-part Word of the Week that may or may not be gibberish. Please enjoy this one.Show #89
In this episode of A Little Snack, a cloud of space debris wreaks havoc on cogent thought and complete sentences, resulting in poorly articulated points and not a little tedious nitpicking. You'll be lucky to escape without losing a few IQ points. Discussed: The new Alfonso Cuaron film "Gravity" and the relative enjoyment experienced by both podcasters while watching said film, whether Sandra Bullock is "cute" anymore, tether protocol, the handling of sound in 'Gravity', the most emotional moment in the film for both podcasters, how the film's artistic success can be summed up by a comparison to a certain early twentieth century author's fiction, the necessity of Sandra's backstory, and a WoW clarification from the last episode, a WoW pop quiz with past WoWs, and then a WoW that happens to describe some topical current events quite well. Also, regarding that title: no themes are analyzed in this podcast. The title's willfully misleading. Enjoy, folks!Show #87
On this episode of A Little Snack, Monolith talks about how, while flying, he endured the obscenity that is 'Star Trek: Into Darkness' and Bear Trap reminisces about the dearly departed author of techno-thriller airport fiction, Tom Clancy. And at the END of the podcast, (like good podcasters do), the meth-heads talk about the end of AMC's 'Breaking Bad'. Surprisingly, they manage to hold back the tears. Discussed: the best and worst Star Trek movies, at what point 'Into Darkness' stops being good and starts being the worst thing to happen to the franchise, Tom Clancy's lasting contribution to culture, his unusual connection to 9/11, Key and Peele's return and when to look for the return of Mousecop, a Word of the Week that isn't exactly what you would call fully baked, a Monolith moment that puts Bear Trap on the spot, what the podcasters understand about ABC's new show 'Agents of SHIELD' without either of them actually having seen it, thoughts on a few moments Monolith saw of one episode of the new NBC actioner 'Blacklist', and then spoiler-iffic 'Breaking Bad' talk in which the Trap and the 'Lith talk about the final 75-minute episode and the entire series as a whole and where one might reasonably rank it among all TV shows. It's good and you will enjoy it.Show #86
Discussed: The imminent arrival of the sequel to 'The Shining', Monolith has an idea on how to torture himself and his podcasting colleague with bad movies, the 'How Did This Get Made' podcast gets a mention, Monolith flips the script on the Word of the Week, a dramatic reading of the Shelley poem 'Ozymandias' by none other than Monolith, and then a whole lot of 'Breaking Bad' talk about the gut-kick of an episode that was 'Ozymandias'. Enjoy this one because next week it's all iOS7 talk!Show #85