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The "Lost" Empire Strikes Back documentary and Bryan Singer's Jack the Giant Slayer Podcast: DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Miro | RSS References The Lost Empire Strikes Back Documentary was released by StarWarsArchives.com Documentary By: Michel Parbot Jack the Giant Slayer (2013) by Bryan Singer Directed By: Bryan Singer Starring: Nicholos Hoult, Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci  Ask questions or share your feedback Leave us a voicemail 856.208.RIFT Email letters@echorift.com Tweet us @EchoRift Please connect with us Subscribe, rate, and review us on iTunes Follow @EchoRift on Twitter Follow Don Garvey on Twitter | Google+ Follow Mike Connelly on Twitter | Google+ Related Episodes In Episode 042 we discuss Star Wars Episode VII Announcement Episode 047: Doctor Who Series 7A Review If you enjoy the Radio Free Echo Rift podcast, you will enjoy other Echo Rift Productions: Echo Rift Comics: Featuring Hurry the Rabbitoid Knight Kids on Comics Podcast: A fourth grader and his dad talk about comics M

Thor chases Gorr the God Butcher across the millennia!  Thor God of Thunder Vol 1 by Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic Podcast: DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Miro | RSS The Radio Free Echo Rift podcast is your twice weekly resource for comics, movies, TV, and book reviews.   This pirate pop-culture podcast is brought to you from deep beneath the city of Philadelphia!  We have thirty minutes to record each episode - if we were ever caught, we'd be atomized for sure! Timestamps 00:28 - Thor God of Thunder Vol. 1: The God Butcher / Thor as a Character 04:35 - Jason Aaron, Esad Ribic / Thor is Hunting a God Killer / Three Thors 10:12 - Killing Gods / Thor Vulnerable 16:00 - Thor Goes to the Library / Clever Storytelling 19:28 - Getting into Gorr the God Butcher / The Best Comic Fight Scene Ever? 25:35 - Thor's Challenge / The Dialog is Amazing 28:23 - Outro References Thor God of Thunder #1-5 is published by Marvel Entertainment and is also available from ComiXology Written by: Jason Aaron Art by: Esad Ribic Colors

Join us on the greatest manhunt in history as we talk about Zero Dark Thirty Podcast: DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Miro | RSS The Radio Free Echo Rift podcast is your twice weekly resource for comics, movies, TV, and book reviews.   This pirate pop-culture podcast is brought to you from deep beneath the city of Philadelphia!  We have thirty minutes to record each episode - if we were ever caught, we'd be atomized for sure! Timestamps 00:28 - Waited to see Zero Dark Thirty (Politics) 03:53 - The News of UBL's Death and Reaction 06:58 - Mark Boal, The Battle of Tora Bora, Changing the Screenplay 12:13 - Feeling like a voyeur in the CIA / No Apologies 15:51 - The Character of Maya and Her Story Arc 18:49 - The Mythology around the CIA 22:01 - Kathryn Bigelow's Swagger 26:34 - The Soldiers / "I didn't want you guys" / The Raid 28:57 - Outro References Zero Dark Thirty by Kathryn Bigelow starring Jessica Chastain Written by: Mark Boal Directed by: Kathryn Bigelow Also Starring: Joel Edgerton, Chris Pratt

Terry Moore's Rachel Rising and Larry Hama's Justified Story Podcast: DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Miro | RSS Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode, If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Timestamps 00:30 - Intro 01:52 - Letter: Supergods by Grant Morrison and the Marvel Comics the Untold Story by Sean Howe 04:11 - Where was Mike all weekend? 05:38 - Don was at The Comic Book Shop and has a great Larry Hama/Justified story to tell 14:10 - Abstract Studios - Terry Moore 15:12 - Rachel Rising Begins - Initial reaction, beautiful artwork 21:01 - The magic of great writing and colorful characters 25:12 - A supernatural story - witches and the angel of death 29:58 - Outro Bibliography Rachel Rising is published by Abstract Studios and is also available from ComiXology Written by: Terry Moore Art by: Terry Moore Larry Hama is the author of GI Joe, Wolverine,

We thought it was A Good Day to Die Hard, will you? Podcast: DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Miro | RSS Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode, If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Timestamps 00:30 - Intro 02:06 - Letter: More D&D Movie Recommendations and Krull discussion 07:29 - A Good Day to Die Hard (We Liked It) 12:42 - The Look of the Movie/Direction 15:19 - After a rocky start, the movie becomes a Die Hard movie 19:02 - Father and Son Story, Similarities to other Die Hard films 24:58 - Bruce Willis clearly loves to play John McClane 27:56 - "I had a really good day today" 29:11 - Outro Bibliography A Good Day to Die Hard (2013) Directed by: John Moore Written by: Skip Woods Starring: Bruce Willis, Jai Courtney, Sebastian Koch In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2006) with Jason Statham Krull with Ken Marshall and Lysette Anthony Supe

Reliving the weekend's Dungeons and Dragons campaign and talking IDW's Dungeons & Dragons Vol 1: Shadowplague Please Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room - the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Download Episode 71: Dungeons & Dragons 00:31 - Intro01:05 - Letter: Does DC Comics know WTF they're doing?04:46 - Letter: Getting into DnD, what about DnD Comics?05:52 - Dungeons & Dragons (IDW Publishing) Vol 1 Written by John Rodgers Art by Andrea DiVito08:21 - Playing DnD, getting the Gang back together. Dale (Dungeon Master), Jonesy (Warsteiner), Javon (Lucian), & Charlie (Deckland Greenshadow)10:20 - Planning the Event12:14 - The Dungeon Master, Characters14:52 - The Game Just Starts - Encoun

Dungeons & Dragons Week Begins! Memories of D&D + Conan the Destroyer (1984) and Conan the Barbarian (2011) Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room - the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Download Episode 70: Conan the Destroyer (1984) | Conan the Barbarian (2011) 00:30 - Intro01:21 - Letter - Hellblazer (Episode 69) and Sister Rita Redux05:45 - Letter - Dungeons and Dragons08:00 - Memories of Dungeons and Dragons09:14 - Christians and Dungeons and Dragons - Kids in Satan's Service11:41 - D&D Cartoon, Fantasy Movies in the 80's13:42 - The Quest to find a Dungeons and Dragons Movie14:31 - Discussing Conan the Barbarian (2011)17:15 - Conan the Destroyer (1984) as a D&D Archetype18:30 - The Plo

Blazing through Vertigo comics Hellblazer issues 1-4 and Mike tells the tale of Sister Rita Josepha. Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room - the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Download Episode 69: Hellblazer 00:30 - Intro01:22 - Sister Rita Josepha Does Not Approve of Hellblazer07:02 - Hellblazer (1988) Issue 1-2 by Jamie Delano, John Ridgway, Lovern Kindzierski09:40 - Old color style, crosshatching10:37 - Setup - Starving/Eating to Death13:07 - Constantine's Trip to Tangiers14:44 - Very ghastly story17:04 - Papa Midnight Freaks Us Out19:24 - Not a Superhero Comic, not even a Super Anti-Hero Comic20:30 - Taking out the Demon Mnemoth, John makes a hard decision22:58 - Hellblazer (1988) Issue 4 "Waiting

Discussing 30 Rock from the beginning to the end, plus the Super Bowl, and Mike's upstate adventures. Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room - the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Download Episode 68: Rocked 00:30 - Intro01:03 - Super Bowl Talk02:33 - Frankenstorm Sandy in the Catskills & White-out05:15 - Squirrel Cabin06:27 - 30 Rock ended this week07:44 - Tiny Fey's Biting Political Comedy09:53 - Looking back at early episodes - Tracy Jordan (Tracy Morgan)12:08 - Jenna (Jane Krakowski) becomes a maniac15:00 - One of the Best Character Shows - Dennis Duffy (Dean Winters), Colleen Donaghy (Elane Stritch)18:00 - Tina Fey grew up around here19:03 - Playing with Social Stereotypes22:18 - Kenneth Parcell

Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room - the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Download Episode 67: Crushing 00:30 - Intro01:15 - What the heck is the Kids on Comics podcast?03:35 - JJ Abrams becomes JJ Abrahams is the Father of All Star Wars08:29 - Celebrity Letter from Jerry Ordway12:05 - X-Men Season One by Dennis Hopeless and Jamie McKelvie12:50 - Vaulting Over Information?15:58 - Don's X-Men versus the Original X-Men18:35 - A Teenager Story21:35 - A story for New Readers?24:05 - Do we even like the character of Charles Xavier?28:00 - Can Xavier believably be friends with Magneto?29:00 - Tough Challenge - Don't Crush on Jean Gray29:28 - Outro Call-in number: 856-208-RIFT Letters: letters@echorift.com

Arnold Schwarzenegger returns to the big screen, what did Don and Mike think of The Last Stand? Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room - the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Download Episode 66: Where's Arnold? 00:30 - Intro01:20 - Mike's Not New Years Resolution04:13 - The Last Stand, Directed by Jae Woo Kim, written by Andrew Knauer05:30 - Was it Good?07:05 - Arnold Schwarzenneger's odd lack of presence08:34 - Throwing Cast at the movie: The Movie Stars (Schwarzenegger, Whitaker, Knoxville)09:24 - Reliable, Recognizable Actors (Peter Stormare, Luis Guzman)10:35 - Up and Comer Actors (Jaimie Alexander, Zach Gilford, Eduardo Noriega, Rodrigo Santoro)11:50 - Where's the backstory?13:22 - Everyone Else has

Ted picks out and reads his first comic EVER - DC Comics The Human Bomb!  We discuss why he picked the comic, and what we all thought about it, along with the ComiXology experience. Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room - the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Download Episode 65: Diffuse 00:30 Intro01:09 Ted from the A/V Department has NEVER read a comic before02:51 Where was Ted during the Christmas Party?05:00 Letter: Apparent DC Editorial Strife09:04 Ted used ComiXology to pick a comic for us09:45 The Human Bomb by Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray, Jerry Ordway10:56 We came to Quality Comics…11:42 Brief Intro to Michael Taylor and the Human Bomb12:51 September 11th and Taboos15:40 Ted's Reaction to his Fir

Ted joins us for a discussion of the Soundgarden show in Philadelphia 1/16/13 plus we spend time talking about BEER. Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room - the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Download Episode 64: Tough Customers 00:30 Intro01:30 Joined by Ted from the A/V Department, and his cart (Ted was previously on Episode 39: Season of the Witch)04:34 Ted is a Beer Guy, but not a Snob05:30 We saw Soundgarden at the Tower Theater, Live07:28 Concert Types: The Tough Customers10:27 Concert Types: The Couple11:58 Concert Types: Peter Jackson14:23 Caterwaul 2013 and Ben Shepherd (Bassist)16:05 Cornell (Rock God) gets Close20:30 NASCAR Style Drum Repair22:00 Audiences Today / Ben needs a Smoke27:28 Clea

Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale's Superman For All Seasons punches us in the face and warms our hearts, that, and we talk about licensed property comics. Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room - the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Download Episode 63: Turn Turn Turn 00:30 - Intro01:40 - Seeing Soundgarden and other Concert Experiences04:55 - Paul from Ancillary Characters asks about licensed property comics05:50 - Don: 80's Star Wars, Transformers, GI Joe, Today's Doctor Who, Transformers, Star Wars08:05 - Mike: Dark Horse Aliens, Now Terminator, The Thing09:56 - Does TMNT count as a licensed franchise?10:45 - Kid Mudfoot called11:58 - Superman For All Seasons (Jeph Loeb / Tim Sale) {Amazon | ComiXology}12:55 - T

The Death Note Fan Club starts here! Mike and Don introduce you to the amazing suspense manga/anime series Death Note as well as taking a call and talking about movies they never wanted to leave. Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room - the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Download Episode 62: Death Note Fan Club 00:30 - Intro01:37 - Ctcher Calls in from a Riot at the Outpost - Movies we didn't want to leave09:18 - Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata10:56 - Death Note Hardcover Manga Vol 1.12:15 - Mike's initial interest in Death Note13:18 - The Shinigami, Ryuk - the Grim Reaper and his Death Note15:36 - Light Yagami - finding the Death Note18:00 - Light proves the Death Note is Real19:16 - Rules

Joss Whedon and John Cassiday's 2004 epic Astonishing X-Men Vol 1: Gifted plus talk of Soundgarden, audio-books and Jeff Lemire. Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room - the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Download Episode 61: Fastball Special 00:30 - Intro!01:40 - Going to see Soundgarden03:22 - Letter: Audio-Book recommendations (Ender's Game, Harry Potter, Steve Martin, Star Wars)10:57 - Letter: Jeff Lemire, Essex County, Sweet Tooth, Underwater Welder13:18 - Letter: Help!14:08 - Don's Relationship with the X-Men15:56 - Astonishing X-Men Vol 1 Gifted (Joss Whedon / John Cassiday)17:17 - Cinematic Opening Sequence19:12 - The Team - Cyclops Gets the Band Back Together Again21:06 - Ord of the Breakworld

Discussing the Doctor Who 2012 Christmas Special: The Snowmen plus the All-Star Superman animated movie and some letters! Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room - the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Download Episode 60: All-Star Snowmen 00:30 - Intro01:21 - Voicemail Bunch of Questions about Indentured Servants05:09 - All-Star Superman Animated Movie - Fell Flat06:19 - Adaptations are difficult things08:07 - Series of stories that don't feel related11:13 - Anytime you're ready, present the Clear Visible Goal12:37 - Maybe if we had read All-Star Superman we'd have felt different13:26 - Doctor Who 2012 Christmas Special: The Snowmen15:25 - The Doctor is Alone and Kind of Bummed16:45 - Dr. Simeon and the Gr

Don and Mike go on the record and talk about the controversial changes Amazing Spider-Man #700 and the Dying Wish story-arc. We also read a letter, talk about best of 2012 stuff. Don't miss Don's appearance on the Ancillary Characters podcast tonight! Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room - the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Download Episode 59: Controversy 00:34 - Intro01:13 - Letter: Best of 2012 (check out http://hugetinymistake.wordpress.com/)04:20 - Don Appearing on Ancillary Characters Friday06:22 - Amazing Spider-Man #700 "Dying Wish" & Controversy07:00 - Starting with Amazing Spider-Man #600 and #62508:51 - It Begins: Amazing Spider-Man #698 and a Surprise10:50 - Dying Wish Part 1: Amazing

Two words: Quinten Tarantino. Two more words: Django Unchained. Listen. Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room - the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Download Episode 58: Unchained 00:34 - Intro - Happy New Year!01:43 - New Years Resolutions02:54 - No interest in seeing Django Unchained04:20 - We were wrong!05:39 - Django Unchained is a Great Western06:14 - Tarantino Marches to the Beat of his own drummer10:08 - Django is the myth of Broomhilda12:13 - Our Audience Experience - Challenging Taboos15:17 - Big Daddy the Plantation Owner (Don Johnson)17:45 - Tarantino continues to get Great Performances19:39 - Dr. Shultz (Chris Waltz)21:40 - The KKK Comedy Vignette22:48 - Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio)24:48

The first annual Radio Free Echo Rift Year in Review Show! The best in Movies, Comics, Books, and more plus a look toward what Don and Mike are anticipating in 2013! Radio Free Echo Rift is your the twice weekly Pirate Pop Culture Podcast brought to you from Deep Beneath the City of Philadelphia! We have thirty minutes to record each episode here in the confines of the Waiting Room - the only place our evil overlords, the Researchers, can’t monitor our activities. If we were ever caught, we’d be atomized for sure! Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Download Episode 57: 2012 Year in Review 00:37 - Intro - 2012 Year in Review!01:06 - Podcasting comes to Echo Rift03:05 - Movie Kickoff: The Avengers03:25 - Movie Disappointments: Prometheus04:30 - Movies/Other: The Hobbit, Dark Knight Rises05:16 - Movies You Missed: Dredd 3D06:43 - Movies Kicking off Other Things: Hunger Games10:57 - Comics Kickoff Don: All-New X-Men12:30 - Comics Mike: Swamp Thing, Animal Man, Morning Glories, Locke & Key, Severed14:24 - Comic