Echorift | Pop Culture Interceptor (yes, A Fast Car From A Dark Future)

Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis help us ring in the day after Christmas with Looper (2012), and we tell what seems to be the conclusion of Transpektor Bower's Christmas Ghost Psychosis. Be sure to check out our comic, Hurry The Rabbitoid Knight: Prelude to Epilogue! 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 56: A Little Short-Sighted 00:34 - Intro01:20 - A Christmas Miracle with Transpektor Bowers06:18 - A Billy Squire Christmas08:48 - Intro to Looper (2012)12:15 - Closing the Loop13:53 - The Rainmaker from The Future16:04 - Young Joe vs. Old Joe19:48 - Who You are Meant to Root For21:11 - Memories of Youth23:40 - Thoughtful Film, not Meant for Sc

In our last episode before Christmas, we talk about Brian Posehn, Gerry Duggan, and Rick Remender's The Last Christmas from Image Comics along with Holiday Wars by Scott King and Michael Odom.  We also discuss a bizarre Christmas party, Santa stories, and Welcome to the Jungle. 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 55: Everybody Has A Santa Story to Tell 00:35 - Intro01:08 - Christmas Partying / Party Crasher03:37 - Playing Similes06:17 - Welcome to the Jungle06:57 - Letters: Favorite Christmas Comics - Uncanny X-Men #230 and #14310:47 - When Shows/Comics Embrace Christmas11:52 - The Story of Tom18:08 - The Last Christmas (Brian Posehn, Gerry Dugga

It's Christmas and we have a new Tolkien Movie! The Hobbit: The Unexpected Journey is ON!  That, and we talk about Transpektor Bowers continued descent into madness. Be sure to check out our comic, Hurry The Rabbitoid Knight: Prelude to Epilogue! 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 54: The Ho-Ho-Hobbit 00:40 - Intro01:30 - No More Transpektor Bowers in the Waiting Room06:10 - A Tolkien Film for Christmas!06:31 - Memories of The Lord of the Rings, 9/11/2001, etc.11:06 - Intro to The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey12:37 - Warning: We're not Lord of the Rings Guys16:53 - The Dwarves19:04 - Bilbo and Martin Freeman21:27 - Liked seeing Sylvester McCoy/Do

Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely bring us Earth 2 from DC Comics and Don and Mike discuss the graphic novel on their ride home from Christmas shopping at the mall. Lots of fast food talk and a few callers, too! Be sure to check out our comic, Hurry The Rabbitoid Knight: Prelude to Epilogue! 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!  from Don's 1997 Chrysler Sebring Convertible. Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Download Episode 53: The Other Earth 2 00:40 - Brought to you from Don's 1997 Chrysler Sebring Convertible01:50 - McRib is Back, Heading Home03:30 - Caller Repairman05:00 - Give Radio Free Echo Rift a Christmas Present06:03 - Titus from @ComicBookShopDE must be in on the Echo Rift07:58 - Intro

We're Christmas shopping and recording from a 1997 Chrysler Sebring Convertible and taking an in depth look into two classic Christmas Movies: Die Hard and Lethal Weapon. Join us! Be sure to check out our comic, Hurry The Rabbitoid Knight: Prelude to Epilogue! 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!  from Don's 1997 Chrysler Sebring Convertible. Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Download Episode 52: Car Talk Begins 00:34 - From Don's 1997 Chrysler Sebring Convertible01:11 - Invading the King of Prussia Mall01:42 - Transpector Bowers has become a Problem03:29 - Why is Mike in the Backseat?04:57 - Defining Two Awesome Holiday Films06:00 - Lethal Weapon and Die Hard are Seminal Character Films06:36 - Jeb

Digging in to Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips' Fatale Vol 1: Death Chases Us from Image Comics! A mysterious package, corrupt cops, adultry and murder meet bloody sacrifice, magic, cultists, and Nazi Lovecraftian Horrors! That and we take calls and talk about our graphic novel giveaways in December! Be sure to check out our comic, Hurry The Rabbitoid Knight: Prelude to Epilogue! 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 51: Death Chases 00:34: Intro01:12: Caroling02:16: We're Giving Away Graphic Novels!03:30: Caller: We should do more indie books (What?)06:55: Email: Noir Movies10:11: Caller: Dragnet Connections to Fatale?11:12: Image Comics: Ed Brubaker

Arrow (on The CW) tells the story rich kid Oliver Queen's return to civilization after being stranded on a tropical island for five years. Oliver puts on a hood and uses his archery skills to go on a murderous rampage across Starling City, crossing off the names on his father's enemies list in the name of social justice. Be sure to check out our comic, Hurry The Rabbitoid Knight: Prelude to Epilogue! 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 50: Five Years A Go-Go 00:34 - It's Cold Beneath Philadelphia02:15 - Graphic Novel Giveaway in December02:56 - Caller - Doctor Who Dramatic Episode06:48 - Letter - Creative Non-Fiction?08:59 - The CW's Arrow: Birth

After reading Swamp Thing for Episode 33 we felt compelled to delve into DC Comics Animal Man, and boy were we shocked.  Join us as we dig into the Red, the Green, and the Rot. Plus, a listener letter gets us talking about double-ship comics, and a mini-rant on the cost of comics and comic piracy! Be sure to check out our comic, Hurry The Rabbitoid Knight: Prelude to Epilogue! 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 Episode 49: Call It Animal Man 00:34 - Intro (Return to Manhood!)01:18 - Mike's Thanksgiving and his Egg Nog contest02:10 - Don confuses audiences with talk of Gobblers, Wawa, and Shorti's03:19 - Letters: Double Shipping Comics06:43 - Comi

Many people claim that Suzanne Collins stole the idea for The Hunger Games from a Japanese Book/Movie titled Battle Royale by author Toushun Takami. In this third installment of Girl Talk the girls get together and and compare the two stories. Plus, we answer reader mail about Doctor Who and Regenerations. Past Hunger Games episodes include Episode 08: Girl Talk and Episode 26: Girl Talk Rises Be sure to check out our comic, Hurry The Rabbitoid Knight: Prelude to Epilogue! 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 48: Girl Talk Royale 00:34 - Intro01:14 - Listener mail: Doctor Who Regenerations?05:34 - Girl Talk Returns!06:30 - Battle Royale Overview (F

We finally get to one of our favorite things: Doctor Who! Discussing Series 7.1, being a Doctor Who fan, the coming and going of Doctors and Companions, and provide the Radio Free Echo Rift guide to giving Doctor Who a try. All that, plus we talk about Bentley Little's novel, The Haunted. Be sure to check out our comic, Hurry The Rabbitoid Knight: Prelude to Epilogue! 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 47: Asylum of The Doctor 00:34 - Intro01:24 - Novel: Bentley Little's The Haunted06:51 - Introduction to Doctor Who - Classic Series vs. New Series08:26 - Explaining the different Doctors09:55 - Being the Doctor has become an Enormous Problem11:02

Will we give thanks for Marvel Now? Bendis/Immonen All New X-Men #1, Aaron/Ribic Thor God of Thunder #1 and Fraction/Bagley Fantastic Four #1 PLUS a look Popular Mechanics idea of the future! Be sure to check out our comic, Hurry The Rabbitoid Knight: Prelude to Epilogue! 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 46: NOW! 00:34: Intro01:25: Popular Mechanics Future05:46: All New X-Men #1 Brian Michael Bendis/ Stuart Immonen07:14: All New X-Men Premise - Cyclops is Bent09:15: X-Men - If we knew what we'd become…10:32: X-Men - Playing on Cliches11:36: Immonen's art and Garcia's colors16:50: Thor God of Thunder #1 Jason Aaron/Esad Ribic/Dean White18:22: Wa

A title as shocking as the podcast that comes with it! Ed Brubaker's Captain America The Winter Soldier Part 1 - but before that We tackle Cloud Atlas, Disney's Wreck-It Ralph, the wonderful Paperman animated short, and take a call. Be sure to check out our comic, Hurry The Rabbitoid Knight: Prelude to Epilogue! 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 45: American Superiority 00:35 - Intro01:12 - Mike saw the Wachowski's Cloud Atlas06:03 - Don saw Disney's Wreck-It Ralph07:32 - The Short in front of Wreck-It Ralph10:09 - Caller - Patriotic About Captain America16:18 - SHIELD, Organ of the United Nations17:40 - Marvel Captain America The Winter Soldier

A wandering (and uncharacteristically negative sounding) conversation about a wandering movie: Skyfall! Plus talk of the Great Allentown Comic Con, American Horror Story, and Nicola Tesla. Be sure to check out our comic, Hurry The Rabbitoid Knight: Prelude to Epilogue! 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 44: NOC NOC, Mr. Bond Episode 44: NOC NOC, Mr. Bond 00:35 - Intro01:24 - Great Allentown Comic Con - Dawn Griffin of Zorphbert & Fred, Charles Dowd of Lilith Dark, and Chris Flick of Capes and Babes02:35 - What's better, the intro music or the outro music?03:11 - There are no facts about Nicola Tesla04:10 - Letter American Horror Story on FX0

Cornucopia of Comics with Paperkeg The Flap's Dale_a! Comics include: Marvel Now! A+X #1 (Dan Slott / Ron Garney + Jeph Loeb / Dale Keown), Dark Horse and DC Comics Superman vs. Aliens (Dan Jurgens / Kevin Nowlan), 47 Ronin #1 (Mike Richardson / Stan Sakai), Image Comics Cyberforce #1 (Marc Silvestri / Matt Hawkins / Khoi Pham) Be sure to check out our comic, Hurry The Rabbitoid Knight: Prelude to Epilogue! 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 43: Like a Lifeless Hobo Episode 43: Like a Lifeless Hobo 00:36 - Intro01:22 - @Dale_a is back (Paperkeg and The Flap)03:05 - Paperkeg and The Flap talk04:08 - Voicemail - The Return of Kid Mudfoot08:06 - A+X

A full hour with our esteemed guest Dale_A from the Paperkeg and The Flap Podcasts!  We're talking hiatus, Disney Star Wars, and DC Comics' The Dark Knight Returns Part 1 animated feature PLUS we're debuting our new custom made intro and outro music thanks to Home At Last! Be sure to check out our comic, Hurry The Rabbitoid Knight: Prelude to Epilogue! 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 42: The Dark Knight Underscorea Episode 42: The Dark Knight Underscorea 00:35 - Intro 01:04 - Amazing New Music by Home At Last 01:38 - Introducing our special guest - Dale_A 08:47 - Caller - Phantasm Reaction 11:41 - Paperkeg Catch-up and The Flap 14:24 - Disney

A cornucopia of comics! Batman, Multiple Warheads, Classic Swamp Thing, Edison Rex, Aesop's Ark, and Gambit all coming your way! Be sure to check out our comic, Hurry The Rabbitoid Knight: Prelude to Epilogue! Radio Free Echo Rift is a pirate broadcast transmitted from a secret location deep beneath the city of Philadelphia. Don and Mike discuss comics, movies, and the comics that they make based on what they see in the mysterious Echo Rift. New Episodes every Wednesday and most Fridays. Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Download Episode 41: What Did It Episode 41: What Did It 00:36 - Intro01:08 - A Cornucopia of Comics01:38 - Thanking Fugazi and KMFDM - new RFER music coming!03:14 - Batman #13 Scott Snyder / Greg Capullo05:17 - Multiple Warheads #1 Brandon Graham11:16 - Swamp Thing #21 Alan Moore (from the 1980's)17:07 - Monkeybrain Edison Rex #2 and #3 Chris Roberson / Dennis Culver19:40 - Monkeybrain Aesop's Ark #2 and #3 J. Torres / Jennifer L. Meyer21:30 - Re Monekybrain: How do you remember to buy Digit

Happy Halloween!  Horror month concludes with the most important horror movie ever made (to us) - 1979's PHANTASM! Plus another story from The Outpost. Be sure to check out our comic, Hurry The Rabbitoid Knight: Prelude to Epilogue! Radio Free Echo Rift is a pirate broadcast transmitted from a secret location deep beneath the city of Philadelphia. Don and Mike discuss comics, movies, and the comics that they make based on what they see in the mysterious Echo Rift. New Episodes every Wednesday and most Fridays. Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Download Episode 40: Phantasmic Episode 40: Phantasmic 00:34 - Intro01:17 - Steve Ogden's Headstones & Monuments02:59 - This Canadian Life07:50 - Introduction to Phantasm09:20 - Mike's Favorite thing about Phantasm10:54 - Intro to Phantasm12:55 - Phantasm and Death in America13:50 - Guerrilla Filmmaking at its finest14:29 - Phantasm as punk rock20:08 - Phantasm's legacy21:10 - Separation Anxiety23:03 - The Ball24:04 - The Tall Man walks down the street26:10 - No cow

How could we let horror month pass without discussing Halloween III: The Season of the Witch? Join us as we dissect the notorious 1983 horror classic(?) Be sure to check out our comic, Hurry The Rabbitoid Knight: Prelude to Epilogue! Radio Free Echo Rift is a pirate broadcast transmitted from a secret location deep beneath the city of Philadelphia. Don and Mike discuss comics, movies, and the comics that they make based on what they see in the mysterious Echo Rift. New Episodes every Wednesday and most Fridays. Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Download Episode 39: Season of the Witch Episode 39: Season of the Witch 00:35 - Intro01:08 - Do we have a name for the month yet?01:51 - Mike likes to set a mood… with mixed results04:11 - Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1983)06:02 - Remembering when Halloween III came out07:02 - Audience reaction10:03 - Halloween III is a Science Fiction movie10:55 - Doctor Tom Atkins and his Full Dance Card13:40 - The Girl Ellie Grumbridge14:35 - Silver Shamrock Masks17:10 - Co

Horror month winds down with a more conversational and laid back episode featuring callers, Halloween rants, and Scott Snyder/Scott Tuft/Atilla Futaki's Severed from Image Comics Be sure to check out our comic, Hurry The Rabbitoid Knight: Prelude to Epilogue! Radio Free Echo Rift is a pirate broadcast transmitted from a secret location deep beneath the city of Philadelphia. Don and Mike discuss comics, movies, and the comics that they make based on what they see in the mysterious Echo Rift. New Episodes every Wednesday and most Fridays. Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Download Episode 38: Electric Halloween Episode 38: Electric Halloween 00:36 - Intro01:26 - Don and Mike's Situation Recap02:30 - CornJob and Flight Risk03:10 - Rifters or Rifties?03:42 - Caller - Batman #1306:51 - Caller - Ethan from Ancillary Characters on Universal Movie Monsters/Hitchcock14:33 - Letter - Comics cancelled too early17:39 - Halloween Decorations19:12 - Don gets on his soapbox #rant21:21 - Scott Snyder/Scott Tuft/Atilla Futaki

It's horror month so we're talking about the Paranormal Activity franchise, its mythology, and specifically discuss the latest entry, Paranormal Activity 4. Be sure to check out our comic, Hurry The Rabbitoid Knight: Prelude to Epilogue! Radio Free Echo Rift is a pirate broadcast transmitted from a secret location deep beneath the city of Philadelphia. Don and Mike discuss comics, movies, and the comics that they make based on what they see in the mysterious Echo Rift. New Episodes every Wednesday and most Fridays. Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Download Episode 37 - Parallelnormal Activity Episode 37 - Parallelnormal Activity 00:36 - Intro01:10 - Iron Man 3 Trailer a/k/a Molecular Disintegration of my Brain03:27 - Voicemail - Allen from Ancillary Characters and Slenderman06:34 - Mike Creepy Job at Catholic Church10:39 - The Paranormal Activity Franchise - Why we love it13:11 - Paranormal Activity 1 (Katie and Micah)16:40 - Paranormal Activity 2 (Kristi and Dan)21:02 - Paranormal Activity 3 (Kristi and K