ESO Podcast - Episode 194

This week, the ESO crew travels back to to 80′s to enjoy the works of John Hughes. Mike, Mike, the award-winning author Bobby Nash, and Rebecca Perry leave JD home alone and travel by plane, train, and automobile to celebrate a some kind of wonderful pretty in pink sixteenth birthday party held in a detention hall in Sherman, IL. All in the name of weird science! We also talk to a trio of Mikes, the creative team of Curse of the Vessel, and stuff them all in The Geek Seat! Plus the usual Rants, Raves, and Shout Outs!

Earth Station One Episode 194: John Hughes Is a Righteous Dude

Table of Contents
0:00:00 Intro / Welcome
0:06:33 Rants & Raves
0:24:07 Interview & Geek Seat w/ The Mikes from the Curse of the Vessel
1:06:53 The Films of John Hughes
2:04:41 2 Minutes w/ Dr Geek
2:07:23 ESO Shout Outs & Show Close

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My Shout Out this week goes out to the folks we interviewed and their Kickstarter project! I checked out Curse of the Vessel #0 and want more! I'm sure you'll do the same, so help these indie guys before time runs out!

Next week, the ESO crew is taking archery lessons as they peel back the hood on CW’s hit series, Arrow. And that’s not all! ESO also takes aim with Rants and Raves, Khan Report, interviews, The Geek Seat, Shout Outs, and so much more!

ESO wants to hear from you! Drop us a line at www.esopodcast.com, the ESO Facebook Group, email us at esopodcast@gmail.com, or call us at 404-963-9057 with your comments. We just might air your comments on the show!

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ESW Podcast - Episode 58

On Christmas Day 2013, the Eleventh Doctor’s time was up! Mike, Mike, Jen, the Phantom Troublemaker, and guest Josh Wilson sort through their first impressions of the 800th episode of the franchise. Did Moffat and co give us the Christmas present we wished for most, or did we find coal in our stockings? No matter how we felt, it is going to be a long wait until August 2014 when the Peter Capaldi era begins!

Earth Station Who Episode 58: The Time of The Doctor

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ESW Podcast - Episode 57

While they anxiously await “The Time of The Doctor,” the ESW crew decides to take their minds off the impending departure of Matt Smith by taking a trip fantastic with the Second Doctor! Mike, Mike, Jen, the Phantom Troublemaker, and guest Nathan Laws encounter a different kind of Master, white robots, unicorns, minotaurs, sword fighters, and a gentlemanly Gulliver. We see a different face for Jamie and notice a different side of Zoe. Gather round, all you Karkusmaniacs! It’s time to play “Who’s your birth Doctor?”

Earth Station Who Episode 57: The Mind Robber

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ESO Podcast - Episode 193

This week, TheOneRing.net’s Rebecca Perry joins Mike, Mike, and the award-winning author Bobby Nash as they return to Middle-Earth to review the middle chapter of Peter Jackson’s Hobbit trilogy. Almost as tough as facing a fire-breathing dragon, Radio Cult founders Ricky and Bambi try to rock themselves out of The Geek Seat! And speaking of dragons, Director Faber makes an awesome announcement! All this, plus Rants, Raves, and Shout Outs!

Earth Station One Episode 193: ESO Reviews The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Table of Contents
0:00:00 Intro / Welcome
0:08:09 Rants & Raves
0:39:44 Interview & Geek Seat w/ Radio Cult
1:05:04 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
1:58:15 2 Minutes w/ Dr Geek
1:59:39 ESO Shout Outs & Show Close

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My Shout Out this week is a bit self-serving. The New Legend Productions website has been getting a facelift and I would like to thank William M. Kielhorn for all his hard work on the project. It is still currently a work-in-progress, but looking good! Check it out!

Next week, ESO celebrates the career of writer/director John Hughes. Plus, the usual assortment of Rants & Raves, Khan Report, interviews, The Geek Seat, Shout Outs, and so much more!

ESO wants to hear from you! Drop us a line at www.esopodcast.com, the ESO Facebook Group, email us at esopodcast@gmail.com, or call us at 404-963-9057 with your comments. We just might air your comments on the show!

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ESO Podcast - Episode 192

This week, the ESO crew turns their attention to the last (but certainly not least) of the DC Trinity Wonder Woman. For 72 years, the Amazon Princess has been the leading lady of the superhero genre and soon she will be featured on the big screen for the first time. Mike, Mike, the award-winning author Bobby Nash, the lost Legionnaire Darren Nowell, and the wonderful but perilous Valerie Perez share their thoughts of the character’s past, present, and future. Valerie also finds herself bound by something ever more revealing than the Lasso of Truth, the Geek Seat! In the Khan Report, Bobby and Mike rave about their experience at Farragut Fest 2013 and Rob Levy reports on this year’s Chicago TARDIS. Plus, the usual Rants, Raves, and Shout Outs!

Earth Station One Episode 192: You're a Wonder, Wonder Woman

Table of Contents
0:00:00 Intro / Welcome
0:06:26 Rants & Raves
0:12:47 Interview & Geek Seat w/Valerie Perez
0:35:13 Wonder Woman
1:27:35 2 Minutes w/ Dr Geek
1:29:23 The ESO Khan Report w/ Rob Levy
1:53:29 ESO Shout Outs & Show Close

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My Shout Out this week goes to Kevin Eldridge, co-host of The Flopcast. I met Kevin for the first time at Dragoncon and had a blast sharing the stage with him on a couple of panels. One of which is now available for download. Click the link below to listen to me, Kevin and a few friends discuss the movies and tv shows of 1983.

Next week, ESO returns to Middle-Earth as we review the middle chapter in Peter Jackson's prequel trilogy, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Plus, the usual assortment of Rants & Raves, Khan Report, interviews, The Geek Seat, Shout Outs, and so much more!

ESO wants to hear from you! Drop us a line at www.esopodcast.com, the ESO Facebook Group, email us at esopodcast@gmail.com, or call us at 404-963-9057 with your comments. We just might air your comments on the show!

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The Chronic Rift Roundtable - Dragoncon 2013

The fine folks at The Chronic Rift continue their series of recorded panels from this year's Dragoncon with one that I participated in.  From the American Sci-Fi Classics track, this panel took a look at the genre movies and television of 1983. The panelists include: Jessa Phillips (Good to Be a Geek), Keith DeCandido (author), Van Plexico (White Rocket Podcast), Kevin (The Flopcast), and myself.

The Chronic Rift Roundtable Dragoncon 2103

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ESW Podcast - Episode 56

Mike, Mike, Jen, and The Phantom Troublemaker continue to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who by traveling back to where it all began! And thanks to writer/producer Mark Gatiss, we don’t need a TARDIS to do it. The ESW crew reviews the docudrama that re-enacts the birth of a phenomenon. Plus, we Rant & Rave about other news and events in the DWU.

Earth Station Who Episode 56: An Adventure in Space and Time

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This Weekend - Farragut Fest

This weekend, the award-winning author Bobby Nash and I will boldly go where we have never gone before - Kingsland, GA! On Saturday, we'll be participating in Farragut Fest and touring the amazing sets used in many Trek fan films. I'm very excited to see them since they are near exact replications of this used the original series. A great way to spend my last show of 2013. Hope to see you there! Did I mention its FREE???

ESO Podcast - Episode 191

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Also, the most stressful. In the never-ending battle to fight the holiday blues, the ESO crew steps up once again to provide some gift ideas for the geek in your life. To make things easier, you can find just about every item suggested by Mike, Mike, the award-winning author Bobby Nash, Doctor Q, and Nikki Rau-Baker in the ESO Amazon Estore. Listen, click, and you’re done wish shopping for the year! Plus, we give author Stuart Jaffe the greatest gift of all… some time in The Geek Seat! All this, along with the usual Rants, Raves, Khan Report and Shout Outs!

Earth Station One Episode 191: The Fourth Annual ESO Geek Gift Guide

Table of Contents
0:00:00 Intro / Welcome
0:09:24 Rants & Raves
0:36:27 Stuart Jaffe (author) Interview & Geek Seat
0:58:20 4th Annual Holiday Geek Guide
2:08:13 2 Minutes w/ Dr Geek
2:10:22 The ESO Khan Report w/ Nikki Rau-Baker
2:20:30 ESO Shout Outs & Show Close

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My Shout Out goes out to TCM for scheduling some of the best holiday movies on the planet. If you ever feel the need to be reminded what this season is all about, relax and check out any number of these fine films (I personally recommend any version of A Christmas Carol).

Next week, ESO heads to Paradise Island. We take a look at the 73-year-old history of Wonder Woman from her comic book beginnings to her current incarnations. We’ll also discuss the characters and what we’d like to see in her future. Plus, the usual assortment of Rants & Raves, Khan Report, interviews, The Geek Seat, Shout Outs, and so much more!

ESO wants to hear from you! Drop us a line at www.esopodcast.com, the ESO Facebook Group, email us at esopodcast@gmail.com, or call us at 404-963-9057 with your comments. We just might air your comments on the show!

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ESO Podcast - Episode 190

Happy Hunger Games! This week, ESO crew was selected to compete in the podcasting arena. Jennifer Hartshorn from the Higher-Learning District dominated her opponents Mike Faber (Info Tech District), Mike Gordon (Tiki District), Bobby Nash (Award-Winning District), and Ashley Bergner (Blogger District). However, all the tributes participate in the tour of the popular books and movies. We also chat with Forgotten Realms writer, Richard Lee Byers, who must come up with more than The Q Word for The Geek Seat. May the odds be in his favor! Plus, a huge rave for the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary along with the usual Khan Report and Shout Outs!

Earth Station One Episode 190: ESO Reviews Catching Fire

Table of Contents
0:00:00 Intro / Welcome
0:05:14 Rants & Raves
0:28:41 Richard Lee Byers (author) Interview & Geek Seat
0:46:51 The Hunger Games
1:34:19 2 Minutes w/ Dr Geek
1:36:54 The ESO Khan Report
1:41:52 ESO Shout Outs & Show Close

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My Shout Out goes out to Steven Moffat and everyone involved in making the 50th anniversary of the Doctor Who franchise one amazing party! From the behind-the-scenes specials to the mini-episodes to the IDW comics to the Big Finish release to the magazine and more. All leading up to The Day of The Doctor feature which was better than it had any right to be! Happy Birthday, Doctor!

Next week, we take a look at our favorite Asgardian and review his newest big screen adventure, Thor: The Dark World. Plus, the usual assortment of Rants & Raves, Khan Report, interviews, The Geek Seat, Shout Outs, and so much more!

ESO wants to hear from you! Drop us a line at www.esopodcast.com, the ESO Facebook Group, email us at esopodcast@gmail.com, or call us at 404-963-9057 with your comments. We just might air your comments on the show!

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ESW Podcast - Episode 55

After 50 years, The Doctor finally had his day and what a day it was! After the record-breaking global broadcast, the ESW crew celebrated the 50th anniversary with an event co-hosted with TimeGate Convention, The Forgotten Doctor and DragonCon British Media Track. Mike, Mike, Jen, and the Phantom Troublemaker had a blast sharing initial reactions to The Day of The Doctor special along with the award-winning author Bobby Nash, Beau Brown, Kirby Bartlett-Sloan, and the main man of the night, Alan Siler. It was an added bonus to hang out with many friends and fans throughout the evening. So much fun, it should be an annual holiday!

Earth Station Who Episode 55: The Day of the Doctor

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ESO Podcast - Episode 189

Lights…Camera…Action! The ESO satellite reeks of testosterone this week as we rave about our favorite action heroes on the big and small screen. The award-winning author Bobby Nash takes control of the station and leads the elite fighting force of Mike, Mike, Dan Carroll, and Thomas Deja through shootouts, fists of fury, daredevil car chases, and explosions galore to find out which heroes are left standing and which are expendable. And if that wasn’t enough to make our guest Thomas sweat, we also strap the writer in The Geek Seat. Plus, Michael Day beams aboard to promote the upcoming Farragut Fest in the Khan Report. All this along with the usual Rants, Raves, and Shout Outs!

Earth Station One Episode 189: Action Figures: Our Favorite Heroes in Movies and TV

Table of Contents
0:00:00 Intro / Welcome
0:07:30 Rants & Raves
0:30:07 Thomas Deja (author) Interview & Geek Seat
0:52:12 Action Heroes
1:39:52 2 Minutes w/ Dr Geek
1:55:04 The ESO Khan Report w/ Michael Day of Farragut Fest
1:53:15 ESO Shout Outs & Show Close

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My Shout Out goes out to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. If I ever find myself representing humanity placed on trial by an omnipotent being, this organization is my exhibit A for reason enough to allow mankind to continue. And because Batkid.

Next week, it’s time to be bold. ESO steps into the arena to cover the 75th Hunger Games! The station crew takes a look at this recent phenomenon from the novels to the movies and beyond. We’ll also review the newly released Hunger Games: Catching Fire motion picture.. Plus, the usual assortment of Rants & Raves, Khan Report, interviews, The Geek Seat, Shout Outs, and so much more!

ESO wants to hear from you! Drop us a line at www.esopodcast.com, the ESO Facebook Group, email us at esopodcast@gmail.com, or call us at 404-963-9057 with your comments. We just might air your comments on the show!

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ESW Podcast - Episode 54

More 50th anniversary fun! As “The Day of the Doctor” draws closer, the ESW crew listens in on the epic audio adventure from Big Finish featuring all eight classic Doctors. Mike, Mike, Jen, Josh Wilson, and Kris Nelson take a nostalgia-filled trip full of favorite voices from the past. Plus, we discuss other events of the great occasion, including the new prelude, “The Night of the Doctor.”

Earth Station Who Episode 54: The Light at the End

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ESO Podcast - Episode 188

Since the summer movie season ended, the cinematic landscape has been pretty bleak. This weekend, just like thunder, the Odinson arrived in theaters with a sequel we can’t wait to talk about! Mike, Mike, the award-winning author Bobby Nash, Jennifer Hartshorn, Alex Autrey, and Rob Levy journey to Asgard to see if each is worthy of Mew Mew. We also chat with Ken Spivey and Dr. Scott Viguie about the Time Lord Fest event in Tampa last weekend. Plus, the usual Rants, Raves, and Shout Outs!

Earth Station One Episode 188: Thor The Dark World Reviewed

Table of Contents
0:00:00 Intro / Welcome
:07:30 Rants & Raves
0:28:33 Thor: The Dark World
1:33:55 2 Minutes w/ Dr Geek
1:35:31 The ESO Khan Report w/ Dr Scott Viguie & Ken Spivey
1:53:15 ESO Shout Outs & Show Close

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My Shout Out goes out to all those brave men and women who have provided service to our country. We honor them on this Veterans Day.

Next week, it’s all out action for the crew as ESO takes a look at our favorite action heroes from the movies and TV. But that’s not all! In this thrilling episode, you’ll also get Rants & Raves, Khan Report, interviews, The Geek Seat, Shout Outs, and so much more!

ESO wants to hear from you! Drop us a line at www.esopodcast.com, the ESO Facebook Group, email us at esopodcast@gmail.com, or call us at 404-963-9057 with your comments. We just might air your comments on the show!

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ESO Podcast - Episode 187

Watcha gonna do brutha, when the ESO crew runs wild on you? Oooooh yeeeah! Mike, Mike, the award-winning author Bobby Nash, Joe Crowe, and Nick Ahlhelm step back in the squared circle to witness the birth of the superstars of wrestling. While we’re on the subject of giants, we also shoot with the president of the Atlanta Science Fiction Society, Michael Liebman, before we turn heel and strap him in The Geek Seat. Plus the usual Rants, raves, Khan Report, and Shout Outs! Ooooooooooooohhh, what a rush!!!

Earth Station One Episode 187: Hulkamania Running Wild! Wrestling 1982-1992

Table of Contents
0:00:00 Intro / Welcome
0:08:11 Rants & Raves
0:28:11 Interview & Geek Seat with Michael Liebmann
0:52:28 Wrestling 1982 – 1992
2:05:38 2 Minutes w/ Dr Geek
2:07:04 The ESO Khan Report w/ Nikki Rau-Baker
2:33:05 ESO Shout Outs & Show Close

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My Shout Out goes out to the Boston Red Sox. Once again, the BoSox are the MLB World Champions!!!

Next week, we take a look at our favorite Asgardian and review his newest big screen adventure, Thor: The Dark World. Plus, the usual assortment of Rants & Raves, Khan Report, interviews, The Geek Seat, Shout Outs, and so much more!

ESO wants to hear from you! Drop us a line at www.esopodcast.com, the ESO Facebook Group, email us at esopodcast@gmail.com, or call us at 404-963-9057 with your comments. We just might air your comments on the show!

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RevolutionSF Podcast: The Quest for Missing Doctor Who Episodes

They were thought to be lost forever in the Time Vortex, but classic episodes of everyone’s favorite Mad Man with a Box have been discovered! Just in time for his 50th anniversary, nine parts of the Second Doctor’s run are returned to us!

To discuss this news, RevNews host Gary Mitchel has crossed timelines with expert Whovians Nathan Laws and Mike Gordon to go over how the episodes were lost, found, and the importance of their recovery in Doctor Who history.

RevolutionSF Podcast: The Quest for Missing Doctor Who Episodes

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Talk to us at Facebook and our Twitter, and at revcast@revolutionsf.com.

Tweetage: Gary: @gary_mitchel, Mike: @newlegendmike

Our theme music is “Cultists On Board” by Darkest of the Hillside Thickets, courtesy of Divine Industries.

This Weekend - The Marietta Comic & Anime Con

The Sunday, the Marietta Comic and Anime Con returns bigger and better! Unfortunately, the award-winning author Bobby Nash will not be able to attend, but Mike Faber and I will represent ESO. We'll have lots of other friends of the station there as well. Come on by and say, "Howdy!"

ESW Podcast - Episode 53

Whoa Nessie! The ESW crew review the long-awaited DVD release of the classic Fourth Doctor adventure. Mike, Mike, Jen, and the Phantom Troublemaker avoid head shots, low budget stop motion effects, and orange calamari-pickle monsters to discover one of the best Doctor stories of the franchise. We also revisit the Tenth Doctor and reveal more about our plans for the 50th Anniversary Special.

Earth Station Who Episode 53: Terror of the Zygons

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ESO Podcast - Episode 186

The ESO crew concludes the Countdown to Halloween with a blazing campfire, some marshmallows, and our favorite ghost stories. Mike, Mike, and the award-winning author Bobby Nash are joined by Ghostbustin’ writer Erik Burnham and Halloween Legionnaires Martin Powell and Diana Leto for some spooky stories, terrorizing tales, and paranormal mysteries. Plus, The Bone Witch author Jason Asala faces something more frightening than Baba Yaga, The Geek Seat! All this, and the usual Rants, Raves, Khan Report, and Shout Outs!

Earth Station One Episode 186: I Ain’t ‘Fraid of No Ghosts

Table of Contents
0:00:00 Intro / Welcome
0:07:14 Rants & Raves
0:29:45 Interview & Geek Seat with Author Jason Asala
1:03:24 Our Favorite Ghost Stories
2:10:20 2 Minutes w/ Dr Geek
2:12:19 The ESO Khan Report w/ Rachel Stewart & Mario Russo
2:44:07 ESO Shout Outs & Show Close

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This week's Countdown to Halloween Rave goes two books and one new tv series. First, you must pick up Halloween Legion and The Bone Witch! They are the perfect way to keep the seasonal feeling going now that October has come to an end. I also quite enjoyed the premiere of the new series, Dracula. It is not at all faithful to the Bram Stoker novel, but it is nevertheless interesting and worth checking out.

And my Shout Out goes out to the ESO Network sister podcast, the RevCast. Gary Mitchell, Nathan Laws, and I discussed the recent release of the discovered classic Doctor Who episodes. It was fun and informative!

Next week, Hulkamania runs wild all over the station! That's right, brother! We continue our look at pro wrestling circa the 1980's  Plus, the usual assortment of Rants & Raves, Khan Report, interviews, The Geek Seat, Shout Outs, and so much more!

ESO wants to hear from you! Drop us a line at www.esopodcast.com, the ESO Facebook Group, email us at esopodcast@gmail.com, or call us at 404-963-9057 with your comments. We just might air your comments on the show!

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Earth Station Boo 2 - Electric BOO-galoo!

Calling all dorky demons and geeky ghouls! It is once again the time of year where spooky spirits roam the dusty corridors of Earth Station One and Phantom Troublemaker possesses the transmission to bring you the creepiest and scariest show of the year! That’s right, Phantomaniacs – Earth Station Boo has risen from the grave and is ready to haunt your nightmares!

Join Phantom Troublemaker, Funeral Director Faber, Mike GORE-don, Bobby SLASH, Rebecca SCARY, and Mark STARK RAVING MADdox for a petrifying podcast the likes of which would make Dracula cry for his mummy. In this episode, we cover the terrifying theme of My Pet Monster. Each of us talks about our favorite malicious monstrosity and leave it to you – the Earth Station Booers – to determine which would conquer all in a Mad Monster Battle Royal! Let us know via comments or Station Feedback which mad monster rules them all!

Not only that, Phantom Troublemaker sits down for a chilling interview with none other than genre icon Zack Galligan! Zack chats about his career, tells stories about Gremlins and Waxwork, and fills us in on the upcoming Walker Stalker Con in Atlanta! Find Zack on Twitter @ZWGMan and see what he’s up to. Also, be sure and let Wizard World know that you want to see Zack in your city! *This interview features naughty language that is not appropriate for boils and ghouls of all ages!*

We also give our recommendations as to how to experience the best Halloween ever and tell you which Halloween tunes are the essential Halloweeniest! So bring the cats in, feed the gargoyles, and kick back in your coffin with a nice goblet of Type O Negative, it’s time for

Earth Station Boo 2013

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Monster Mike's Mini Marathon 2013

This month has been especially hectic and I have not had the chance to post about my favorite monsters as much as I planned, but I still will make time this Halloween season for my mini-marathon of classic horror movies. I am grateful to Turner Classic Movies for all my selections this year!

House of Usher (1960)

TCM has hosted a marathon of Vincent Price films all month long and it was tough to pick just one, but I decided to go with the Roger Corman classic.

The Witches, aka The Devil's Own (1966)

The lovely and classy queen of the silver screen, Joan Fontaine, celebrated her 96(!) birthday last week and I realized I have not yet seen her final performance. 

Incubus (1966)

Shatner speaks Esperanto. 'nuff said!

Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968)

The third Christopher Lee/Dracula movie from Hammer was released two days before I was born. This movie was probably not the reason my mother gave birth to me a few weeks before schedule, but I'm keen to check. Also, nice poster.  

ESO Podcast - Episode 185

We continue our Countdown to Halloween spotlighting one of the true masters of horror, John Carpenter. Mike, Mike, award-winning author Bobby Nash, award-winning artist Mark Maddox, Anthony Taylor, and Drew Meyer run into some big trouble in Little China and escape from New York wearing their sunglasses while avoiding psychopaths in Shatner-masks, all the while trying to figure out which crew member is the thing. Plus, Anthony introduces us to a new Atlanta convention celebrating the fantastic in film, literature, and art, Monsterama! Plus the usual Rants, Raves, Khan Report, and Shout Outs!

Earth Station One Episode 185: The Films of John Carpenter

Table of Contents
0:00:00 Intro / Welcome
0:07:52 Rants & Raves
0:37:00 The Films of John Carpenter
1:31:47 2 Minutes w/ Dr Geek
1:33:14 The ESO Khan Report w/ Anthony Taylor
1:50:49 ESO Shout Outs & Show Close

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This week's Countdown to Halloween Rave goes to Turner Classic Movies! Not only is TCM one of the best channels to watch classic movies in general, but it is especially true this time of year. In fact, all of my selections for my Monster Movie Mini-Marathon this year have been on TCM.

And my Shout Out goes out to Mark Holland and the ASAP Podcast! I was extremely honored to be asked to be interviewed for the show. Mark was a great host and we had a fun chat!

Next week, the ESO crew concludes the Countdown to Halloween by sitting around the campfire and telling our favorite ghost stories! Plus, the usual assortment of Rants & Raves, Khan Report, interviews, The Geek Seat, Shout Outs, and so much more!

ESO wants to hear from you! Drop us a line at www.esopodcast.com, the ESO Facebook Group, email us at esopodcast@gmail.com, or call us at 404-963-9057 with your comments. We just might air your comments on the show!

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ESW Podcast - Episode 52

On this episode, the ESW crew celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Doctor’s longest running adversary by reviewing the story where it all began! Mike, Mike, Phantom Troublemaker are joined by Rich Morris to watch Ian be the hero, Barbara go native, Susan running through the jungle, Thals passing ropes to one another, and The Doctor being a jerk. But we are so glad it is a surviving story from the early years! We also discuss the discovery of more classic episodes along with rumors of things to come.

Earth Station Who Episode 52: The Daleks

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ESO Podcast - Episode 184

The truth is no longer out there, it is on Earth Station One! We continue the Countdown to Halloween as former cigarette-smoking host Mike Gordon is joined by skeptic Mike Faber, believer and award-winning author Bobby Nash, and lone gunman Thomas Deja, to declassify one of the most influential TV series in our time. And speaking of paranormal, we also chat with Bobby and the creative team of Alexandra Holzer and Michael Hudson about the new prose series Ghost Gal right before we give them a scare with The Geek Seat. Plus, the usual Rants, Raves, Khan Report, and Shout Outs!

Earth Station One Episode 184: ESO Delves into The X-Files

Table of Contents
0:00:00 Intro / Welcome
0:05:43 Rants & Raves
0:38:54 Interview & Geek Seat w/ the Ghost Gal crew of Alexandra Holzer, Michael Hudson and Bobby Nash
1:07:14 The X-Files
1:54:42 2 Minutes w/ Dr Geek
1:56:39 The ESO Khan Report
2:03:53 ESO Shout Outs & Show Close

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This week's Countdown to Halloween Rave goes to The Halloween Legion: Great Goblin Invasion graphic novel. Written by Martin Powell, with art by Thomas Boatwright and Diana Leto, the hardcover is the perfect all ages story for the season. Fun stuff!!!

Next week, the ESO the Countdown to Halloween continues as we profile a director most associated with the holiday, John Carpenter. Plus, the usual assortment of Rants & Raves, Khan Report, interviews, The Geek Seat, Shout Outs, and so much more!

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ESO Dragon Con 2013: SeaQuest DSV 20th Anniversary Panel

“The twenty-first century. Mankind has colonized the last unexplored region on Earth… the ocean. As captain of the seaQuest and its crew, we are its guardians. For beneath the surface… lies the future.”

Earth Station One’s Bobby Nash and Good To Be Geek’s Jessa Phillips moderated a fan discussion panel celebrating the 20th anniversary of seaQuest DSV at the 2013 Dragon Con convention. This panel was part of the fantastic American Science Fiction Classics Track.

ESO Dragon Con 2013 - SeaQuest DSV 20th Anniversary Panel

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ESO Podcast - Episode 183

On this episode, the ESO crew kicks off the Countdown to Halloween with a look at the apocalyptic series from Robert Kirkman. From the comics to TV, novels, toys, and games, it seems everyone’s favorite undead series will never die. Mike, Mike, the award-winning author Bobby Nash, and special guests Deadpool Speaks (from the Chimichanga Talk podcast) and good friend of the station Jim “Spiff” Griffin grab some bats and go walker huntin’! Plus the Audio Comics crew of Lance Roger Axt, Elaine Lee, and Carrington MacDuffie join us to discuss the recent release of “Battle for L.A.” and find themselves battling in The Geek Seat! And Nicholas Ahlhelm talks about his Lightweight project. All this, along with the usual Rants, Raves, Khan Report, and Shout Outs!

Earth Station One Episode 183: Finally, The Walking Dead

Table of Contents
0:00:00 Intro / Welcome
0:06:22 Rants & Raves
0:28:20 Interview & Geek Seat w/ the Audio Comics crew of Lance Roger Axt, Elaine Lee, and Carrington MacDuffie
1:11:21 The Walking Dead
2:11:46 2 Minutes w/ Dr Geek
2:13:35 The ESO Khan Report
2:21:21 Kickstarter w/ Nick Ahlhelm
2:26:30 ESO Shout Outs & Show Close

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This week's Countdown to Halloween Rave goes to The Simpsons. This year, the opening of the Treehouse of Horror XXIV designed by director Guillermo del Toro was one of the best ever! The developers of The Simpsons: Tapped Out game have also been doing a spook-tacular job with haunting my virtual Springfield. If you haven't already downloaded this app, now's the perfect time! And feel free to add me to your Origin friend list. My username is newlegendmike.

And my Shout Out goes out to a local artist who honored Russ Stamm, Jr and myself with a painted version of the cover to Invisible Scarlet O'Neil #1. Trevor Hawkins presented it to me at Dragon Con and I was blown away!

Next week, the ESO crew continues the Countdown to Halloween with a look at one of my favorite series of all time, The X-Files. Plus, the usual assortment of Rants & Raves, Khan Report, interviews, The Geek Seat, Shout Outs, and so much more!

ESO wants to hear from you! Drop us a line at www.esopodcast.com, the ESO Facebook Group, email us at esopodcast@gmail.com, or call us at 404-963-9057 with your comments. We just might air your comments on the show!

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ESW Podcast - Episode 51

The Doctor explores what it means to be human in one of our favorite stories in the 50 year history of the franchise. Mike, Mike, Jen, and the Phantom Troublemaker record “The Podcast of Impossible Things” and try to avoid Family members and menacing scarecrows. We also review the ninth episode of The Doctors Revisited, and chat about the latest news and fandom.

Earth Station Who Episode 51: Human Nature/Family of Blood

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ESO Podcast - Episode 182

We are being watched. Good thing Earth Station One is an audio podcast! Mike, Mike, the award-winning author Bobby Nash, and Jack Kammerer Jr. take on The Machine and all the characters it surveys. We also have our own Fangasm when Molly McIsaac spends some time in The Geek Seat. Plus, rants and raves on the much-anticipated first episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., a special Khan report of AWA from Ravyn, and the usual Shout Outs!

Earth Station One Episode 182: Our Number's Up! ESO Reviews Person of Interest

Table of Contents
0:00:00 Intro / Welcome
0:06:56 Reviewing the first episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
0:27:02 Interview & Geek Seat w/ Molly McIsaac
0:51:11 Person of Interest
1:46:16 The ESO Khan Report w/ Ravyn
2:11:55 ESO Shout Outs & Show Close

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This week's Shout Out goes out two creators who very impressed me with tv series that ended this week. Wednesday saw the conclusion of the first series of Broadchurch by Chris Chibnall on BBC America. An intense conclusion to an overall gripping drama. Same can also be said of the series finale of AMC's Breaking Bad by Vince Gilligan. After five years and huge hype, I was very pleased to see the final chapter actually surpassed my expectations.

Next week, the ESO crew kicks off the Countdown to Halloween with a look at The Walking Dead. From comics to TV, to novels, toys, and games, there seems no end in sight for everyone’s favorite undead series. Join ESO and some special guests as review the history of the franchise and look ahead at what’s to come. Plus, the usual assortment of Rants & Raves, Khan Report, interviews, The Geek Seat, Shout Outs, and so much more!

ESO wants to hear from you! Drop us a line at www.esopodcast.com, the ESO Facebook Group, email us at esopodcast@gmail.com, or call us at 404-963-9057 with your comments. We just might air your comments on the show!

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ESO Dragon Con 2013 Khan Report - Episode 9

Dragon Con 2013 is behind us now, but the fond memories, con crud, and the numerous buckets o’ rum will live with us forever. Mike, Mike, the award-winning author Bobby Nash, Mary Lou Who, Nikki Rau-Baker, and rookie Ravyn, tell their tales of survival among the record-setting crowd. Though one can never be truly prepared for Dragon Con, our year-long review of tips, interviews, and news reports came in handy and we had one of the best cons ever! So much so that we’ll need the next few months to recover. We’ll be back in January for our first look at Dragon Con 2014!!!

ESO Dragon Con 2013 Khan Report - Episode 9

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My Favorite Monsters - The Rancor

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My Favorite Monsters

Rancor

The opening of Return of the Jedi is one of my favorite sequences in the entire saga. Luke returns to his home planet a much different man from the boy who left (far less whiney). He confidently enters Jabba's palace prepared for anything the Hutt may throw his way. And why not? He's a Jedi now and he has his friends backing his play. After Jabba threatens him, C-3PO tries to warn him that he's standing on a trap door, but he just gives the droid a look as if to say, "Don't worry, Goldenrod. I got this." And down he goes! We all know there's something big and nasty down there because earlier the big pimp-daddy slug tossed one of his gals down there. And the tough Gamorrean guard that follows Luke down the hole knows it, too. As soon as he hits the ground, he starts squealing like a lil' piggy. And I don't blame him one little bit!

It's a moment of great anticipation and Lucas and the ILM designers do not disappoint. The rancor is an absolute behemoth. Powerful legs, long arms, tough hide, and literally bone-crunching jaws. Out of all the creatures in the Star Wars Universe, this would be the one I would least want to share a room with (I bet it's breath smells like a wet abattoir). 

And it's a puppet!!! Originally it was going to be portrayed by an actor in a suit, but the early tests were not effective. So, a puppet was made and filmed in high-speed. The results were worthy of the legendary Ray Harryhausen himself. I find this arena battle much more thrilling and this creature much more threatening than the ones that later appear in Attack of the Clones. Perhaps it is due to the fact that the rancor was an actual fully realized creature model rather than a computer graphic, even if it was "just a puppet." It also makes a very cool toy and collectible.

Thanks to the mountainous expanded universe material, the rancor has an extensive bio and has appeared in numerous novels, games, and comics. I was always hoping to see one in the Clone Wars series, but they featured something called the "Jungle Rancor" that just wasn't the same.