While last week took the pace down a notch Saul is back in business with episode 5. Listen to Valley and Batch give their take on the week’s proceedings and try to figure out where they think the show should end. Download today.
Episode IV (natch) is a bit of a drag, but don’t let that stop you from tuning into our continuing coverage of Season 3 of Better Saul Call. Download now.
We’re three weeks in and only two episodes in, but that just gives us more to catch up on. Jimmy’s wearing Trump makeup, Kim has aged by half a decade and Chuck is a supreme douche. Top it all off with some more montages, some Mike scheming and Gus going full Hermanos and you get a solid episode of Better Saul Call. Join us for each and every episode as we go through this third season of what Jim Law describes as “filler”.
The boys are back in town…and talking some Better Call Saul, one of our favorite shows on TV these days. Moreno and Valley go over the finer points of the show with keen eyes discussing the cinematography and story of our favorite not-Breaking Bad characters. Hear how some of us hate our brothers, and how Mike would be great as a computer help desk employee, by downloading now.
And here you thought no more Star Wars nonsense from BingeMedia.net. HA! In what I hope to become the future avenue of (Working On A Title) Wednesday, I get together with long time listener Pete MC and we discuss some Star Wars. We get into our theater experiences, our spoiler filled feelings about the film, and even our thoughts on where it is going to go. We even get into the craziness that is it’s current box office domination. Well what are you waiting for, you know you want more Star Wars, so here it is.
Batch and I have heard all the theories, watched the scene a hundred times, and gathered all the hints and clues. Now it’s time to figure out exactly what went down with Glenn in that pivotal scene in last week’s episode of The Walking Dead. We throw our opinions at each other over a couple beers and try to come to some sort of conclusion. Dead? Under the garbage bin? In the sewer? Jesus? Science? Come tackle any and all scenarios before they drag it out next week and we end up leaving even angrier than before.
I should just call this what it really is, the first edition of “you know you’re fucking old when…”, but for now I’ll pretend this isn’t going to happen again in the near future and I’ll treat it as a one shot. For any of you who may have missed it, tickets for the new Star Wars film went on sale this past Monday, caused ticket site Fandango to crash in moments, and has already generated over 6 MILLION dollars in IMAX purchases alone, which is 6 times the previous record. So what’s the problem? Let’s start with the first problem, however minute you may find it to be.
The Release Date
The film’s release date is Friday December 18th. This has been known for months and marked on calendars around the globe. So why does the first showing happen to be 7pm Thursday December 17th. Weird, I thought those were two different days, maybe that’s just me. Nope, just checked, two different days. This leads us to problem two and the reason for this article.
Where have the Midnight Screenings gone?
The real ones. When the movie played at midnight. There was a time when I would have actually had to drive to the destination theater to purchase tickets at the box office for the 12:01 a.m. showing on December 18th for Star Wars The Force Awakens. That’s not all. I would then, the day of, have to get to the theater to stand in line no later than 9 p.m. for a good seat. You think that’s early? I would bet a million internet dollars that I wouldn’t be the first one there. Not anymore, now you can grab your phone, load an app, buy your ticket, and now, even pick your seat. There isn’t even just one showing. Here is a list of times at the theater we are attending.
28. Twenty eight available times to see Star Wars The Force Awakens between 7pm and 1am. Starting December 17th, the day before it is released. There used to be only one, and it would have been on the day it was released, at Midnight. I would get home at 3 a.m. only to wake at 6:30 in order to make a coffee run for the day’s fuel. Work, oh I would hurt so bad at work that day, but goddamnit it was worth it. Because a few short hours ago I was in line sitting with other rabid fans who have been drooling over the film since it was announced. We traded stories, admired costumes, talked about hopes and fears for the movie, it was something very special. Now, fuck, now I can catch the 7, be in bed by 11, and get a good night’s sleep to be super productive at work the next day. I ask you, where’s the fun in that?
So it is after this realization and acceptance that with this article I bid farewell to the Opening Day Midnight Screening. You were a very important part of my growing up as a film fan and I’m going to miss the fuck out of you. Thanks for the memories.
That’ll do it for this week. Be sure to tune in next week for another Binge GameCast and as always you can follow me on Twitter @jekupka. Until next time, I leave you with this…
In celebration of The Walking Dead‘s return to television, I decided to go ahead and read Life and Death, the newest volume from The Walking Dead comic series. Since the fifth season of the show, I’ve been a large advocate of the comic over the TV show. I’m not saying that show is awful, because it isn’t. When you hold the two next to each other though, it’s really hard to compare them on terms of identical traits. However, you take where each story has gone from essentially the same beginning. And of course, the book is a lot further along than the show, but I’m going to go ahead and assume that they will not end in the same places. The book can go to darker and grim places, where the show can’t necessarily touch. I have to say, that this volume ramped up the intensity yet again. We see Rick and the rest of our survivors still struggling in the aftermath of Negan’s rampage. However, Carl is now on the run searching for his new love. The girl he’s after, belongs to a cult of hunters who dress themselves as zombies to disguise themselves, and have questionable lifestyles. The culmination of the following events leaves the book in utter tragedy in its final pages. Not only is there one death, but there are multiple, and they are on display on the final few pages. The first two-page spread reels you back like Rick’s reaction in the book, and as you flip again you see more death and despair. Then, flip to your final page of the volume, and one of the major characters has met their untimely end. Much like the last few volumes, Life and Death drops a major hook at the end. It’s nearly impossible now for me to wait for more of this book. If only I felt the same way about the television show, though the premiere last weekend was pretty good. Walk on!
Also this week I checked out the first volume of Arkham Manor. I hadn’t heard of this book until a friend gave it to me to read. I gave it a shot of course because it’s Batman. It was a pretty decent book. Basically, Bats has taken it upon himself to bring the criminal element of Gotham into his home for shelter. The villains will no longer be able to escape nor will they be lost track of. Bruce Wayne has found a way to bring them into the house, but is this possible a dangerous situation that he is putting himself into. As the villains begin to run rampant, Batman finds new challenges in cornering the bad guys as its in his own home. He tries to keep his worlds separate, which this move in Arkham Manor symbolizes considerably, but it doesn’t go perfectly as usual. I at one point during this book thought that the story was going to go the way of Shutter Island, and I suppose it’s not too late. I liked the eerie backdrop of this book, as it gives it a little personality to differentiate it from the other Batman titles on the shelve. Overall it’s worth checking out, especially if you’re a fan of Batman villains. Also, Gerry Duggan who most recently wrote some Deadpool, takes a crack at it here.