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Happy Star Wars Day to all who celebrate. This year's celebration moves into the animated side of the universe with 2008's Star Wars: The Clone Wars. The conversation covers introducing Ahsoka, the start of Tattooine being the centre of the galaxy and Ziro the Hutt.
Craig can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the We Made This podcast network. Angus Ballantine can be found on this very site and over on SoundCloud. Andrew’s work can be found on this site and on the Starburst website.
Show Notes
Reviews
Craig’s review of Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens
Craig’s review of Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi
Craig’s review of Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker
Craig’s review of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Craig’s Review of Solo: A Star Wars Story
Craig’s reviews of Star Wars: Rebels
Podcasts
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi
Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens
Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi – first podcast and second podcast
Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – first podcast and second podcast
Solo: A Star Wars Story
The Mandalorian season 2
Star Wars: The Clone Wars final season
Obi Wan Kenobi
The Ewok Movies
Predator
Misc
Music
Ian Wright’s cover of the “Star Wars theme” and his YouTube channel
331ERock’s cover of the “Star Wars End Credits Theme” and his YouTube channel
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Alien Day -4/26 or April 26th- is once again upon us and Kneel Before Pod celebrates by moving into the Predator franchise with 1987's Predator. The conversation covers its quotability, its deceptive depth and where it sits in movie history.
Angus Ballantine can be found on this very site and over on SoundCloud. Craig can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the We Made This podcast network
Show Notes
Reviews
Craig’s review of Alien: Covenant
Craig’s review of Prey
Podcasts
Our previous Alien Day coverage
Jingle All The Way
Misc
Jean Claude Van Damme and the original Predator suit
Music
Legolambs' "Predator The Musical" and their YouTube channel
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39 years to go until the big day and Kneel Before Pod continues our annual coverage of Star Trek to celebrate. This year we cover Star Trek: The Motion Picture. The conversation covers Star Trek making the jump to the big screen, the potential loss of this sort of storytelling and pacing.
Craig McKenzie can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the We Made This podcast network. Angus Ballantine can be found on this very site and over on SoundCloud.
Show Notes
Reviews
Craig's reviews of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Craig's review of Arrival
Podcasts
Star Trek (2009)
Star Trek Into Darkness
Star Trek Beyond
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Star Trek: Generations
Star Trek: First Contact
Star Trek: Insurrection
Star Trek: Nemesis
Misc
The Star Trek Into Darkness honest trailer
The Star Trek Into Darkness How It Should Have Ended
Music
Captain_Meatshield’s cover of the “First Contact” and “Star Trek: The Next Generation“ theme and his YouTube channel
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March 2024 is behind us and as usual, Kneel Before Pod covers the news and trailers contained within. The conversation covers quantity over quality, guaranteed hits and awards paydays.
Craig McKenzie can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the We Made This podcast network. Kat Kourbetti can be found on Twitter and elsewhere under here. Bo Nicholson's projects can be found on his Linktree. Izaak Stoakes can be found on his Twitter.
Show Notes
TV Reviews
Andrew's reviews of Titans
Movie Reviews
Craig's review of The Burning Season
Craig's review of Upgraded
Graeme’s review of Ghostbusters (2016)
Craig’s review of Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Craig’s review of Guardians of the Galaxy
Craig’s review of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2
Craig’s review of Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania
Craig’s review of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Craig’s review of The Marvels
Craig’s review of Venom
Craig’s review of Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Craig’s review of Morbius
Craig's review of Madame Web
Craig's review of Wonder Woman
Craig’s review of Wonder Woman 1984
Craig’s review of The Suicide Squad
Craig’s review of The Batman
Craig’s review of The Flash
Craig’s review of Luck
Craig’s review of Tetris
Craig’s review of Mad Max: Fury Road
Craig’s review of Paddington
Craig’s review of Paddington 2
Craig’s review of John Wick
Craig’s review of John Wick: Chapter 2
Craig’s review of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
Craig’s review of Top Gun: Maverick
Craig's review of Inside Out
Craig's review of Soul
Craig's review of Alien: Covenant
Craig's review of Blade Runner 2049
Craig's review of It Follows
Craig's review of Don't Breathe
Craig's review of Dunkirk
Podcasts
Craig's interview with The Burning Season cast and crew
Doctor Who 60th anniversary...and Christmas Specials
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
The Marvels
Venom
Madame Web
The Suicide Squad
The Batman
The Flash
Our Alien Day coverage
Jingle All The Way
Christmas Movie Writer's Room 2023
Misc
Miniminuteman
Worldcon
The Full Lid - Alasdair Stewart
The Functional Nerds podcast
Camestros Felapton
The "I'm Just Ken" Oscars performance
Arnie, Danny Devito and Michael Keaton at the Oscars
Trailers
Girls State
Arcadian
The Crow
I Saw The TV Glow
The Watched
The Strangers: Chapter 1
The Idea Of You
The Greatest Hits
The Wild Robot
Sugar
Sing Sing
Atlas
Fallout
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver
The Acolyte
Inside Out 2
Kaos
You Shall Not Sleep Tonight
Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice
Alien: Romulus
The Penguin
Doctor Who
News
Marvel to take less risks and focus on guaranteed hits (rumour)
Venom 3 gets a title
Superman: Legacy title change
Wendell Pierce cast as Perry White in Superman
Live action Teen Titans movie in the works
Oscar winners
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron back in development
David Dastmalchian cast in Murderbot
Ming-Na Wen cast in Karate Kid
Joshua Jackson cast in Karate Kid
A Freaky Friday sequel in development
The Twilight reboot will be animated
Unfrosted: The Pop Tart Story
Christopher Nolan rumoured to direct a remake of The Prisoner
Arnie cast in The Man With The Bag
House of Guinness
Ari Aster’s Eddington cast
The Unknown
Popeye live action movie in development
Among Us animated series cast
Neve Campbell back for Scream 7
Poohniverse horror crossover announced
Music
Niall Stenson’s cover of the “Marvel Music“, the “Superman Theme” and his YouTube channel
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X-Men '97's release on Disney+ is imminent so we revisit the first three episodes of the 90s X-Men cartoon. The conversation covers our thoughts on the revival, themes in the original show and whether it still holds up.
Craig can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the We Made This podcast network. Andrew’s work can be found on this site and on the Starburst website.
Show Notes
Reviews
Craig's review of Logan
Craig's review of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Podcasts
Logan
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Craig's interview with John Semper Jr.
Misc
The Japanese intro
Music
Dave Deville's cover of the "X-Men theme" and his YouTube channel
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Recently, Craig had the opportunity to talk to writer/actor Jonas Chernick, actor Sara Canning, actor Christian Meer and director Sean Garrity about their new film The Burning Season which recently enjoyed its international premiere at the 2024 Glasgow Film Festival. The conversation covers writing and playing potentially unlikeable characters, telling a story in reverse and the joy of filming outdoors.
Show Notes
Jonas' IMDb
Jonas' website
Jonas' Twitter
Sara's IMDb
Sara's Twitter
Sara's Instagram
Christian's IMDb
Sean's IMDb
Craig's previous interview with Jonas
The referenced story of artist Tom Thomson's death
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