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Empty Seats is a film, comic book, and video game review podcast that discusses science fiction, fantasy, horror, and super hero content. Eric is a millennial and Tom a generation X'r, together they take a unique look at how science fiction media impacts them.
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NBA Bubble Playoff Talk and Lovecraft Country Ep 2 and 3
Empty Seats is a weekly podcast where we talk professional basketball and review shows and movies.
Lovecraft Country Ep 2 and 3 review (30 Minutes - spoilers) -
NBA Playoff Talk and Lovecraft Country Episode One Discussion
Empty Seats is a show that talks NBA basketball, reviews movies and shows, and talks video games.
Lovecraft Country
Created by Misha Greene, and produced by JJ Abrams, and Jordan Peele production
Today we will discuss the first episode titled, Sundown.
(15:10 spoilers)
Lovecraft Country
2020 HBO Drama-Horror series adapted from a 2016 novel of the same name by author Matt Ruff. The story is about a young African American who travels across the U.S. in the 1950’s in search of his missing father
Starring
Jonathan Majors- Atticus Freeman
Jurnee Smollett- Letita ‘Leti’ Lewis
Courtney B. Vance- Uncle George Freeman
Michael Kenneth WIlliams- Montrose Freeman
First episode was a pretty solid opener. It did a good job of establishing the tone of 1950's America before going to H.P. Lovecraft on us. I really felt like this pilot episode was meant to be a LOTR Fellowship of the Ring type episode where Jonathan is Frodo and he leaves the safety of the shire, Chicago, to embark on a dangerous quest to fulfill his destiny. The beauty of this episode is that it transplants trolls, goblins, and Balrog’s for Jim Crow segregation and racism. Our heroes have to be quick, smart, and lucky in order to escape and make it to the safety of Lothlorien (Ardham, or that big mansion at the end of the episode). Really though I enjoyed the beginning because it becomes so crazy so quickly with War of the Worlds type dreams while fighting in the Korean War. Also, his conversation with the woman on the road about the Princess from Mars AKA JOhn Carter, is basically him. -
Who are the greatest NBA players of all time?
Empty Seats is a weekly podcast that normally talks movies and TV show; however, this week with the start of the NBA season looming we discuss our greatest NBA players of all time
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HBO's Watchman 2019 Series
Empty Seats is a weekly podcast where we review TV shows, movies, video games, comic books, and talk sports
Watchman TV series HBO
Directors: Nicole Kassell 3 episodes
Stephen Williams 2 episodes
Step Green 1 ep
Adrij Parekh 1 ep
David Semel 1
Frederick E.O. Toye 1ep
Writers:
Cord Jefferson
Jeff Jensen
Claire Kiechel
Damon Lindelof (Lost) - creator
Alan Moore (wrote the original comic book but distanced himself from this project)
Stacy Osei-Kuffour
Nick Cuse
Actors:
Regina King as Angela Abar/sister night
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Cal Abar and MM
Tom Mison/ Mr. Phillips/ Game Warden
Sara Vickers as Ms. Crookshanks
Jeremy Irons as Adrian Veidt
Andrew Howard as Red Scare
Louis Gossett Jr. as Will Reeves
Jean Smart as Lauri Blake
Tim Blake Nelson as Wade Tillman/Looking Glass
James Wolk as Joe Keene
Hon Chau as Lady Trieu
Don Johnson as Judd Crawford
This is a show that tries to be complex in its portrayal of systemic racism and interpersonal violence against people of color. However, at times it doesn’t know if it wants to simply reenact racism by leaning into stereotypes and fears held in American society for decades or expose the false beliefs the behaviors reveal. Optically, it presses the shame button multiple places in the story, white man versus black man, white woman versus black woman (competing affections for the same black man - hits the “why did this fine and blessed black man pick a white woman and the competition that ensues). God as a black man. Etc. Ultimately, It didn’t strike an empathic cord, it was visually explicit, but the story narrative lacked the edginess of the visual effects. At one point I wondered if I was watching a porn video. Regina King and Hon Chau save the story with their portrayal of believable and amazing female characters. I’m not sure that even their heroics save this story from being an exploitive, manipulative, mess.
Watchman TV series is about systemic racism in that it depicts white supremacists and racists in different era’s committing racist acts on multiple levels. -
Quarantine Watch
Empty Seats is a weekly podcast where we discuss science fiction and fantasy shows and movies, as well as, video game, comic books, and sports.
Hello everyone! Today we wanted to change up our usual format and take a break from dedicating a whole episode or series of episodes to one show or movie. Instead, we are starting our new segment, “Quarantine Watch”. A simple premise where Tom and I reveal what movies or shows we have been watching in order to stave off our descent into an isolation induced depression and psychosis.
Eric’s topics
Underwater- Janurary 10th, 2020
Director- William Eubank,
Starring- Kristin Stewart, Vincent Cassel (Serac), TJ Miller, and John Gallagher Jr. (Liam Dempsey)
The Dead Don’t Die- June 14th, 2019
Director- Jim Jarmusch
Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tom Waits, Chloe Sevigny, Steve Buscemi, Danny Glover, Tilda Swinton, Selena Gomez, Caleb Landry Jones, and a bunch more.
Rick and Morty: Season 4, 2nd half
Creator: Dan Harmon
After Life - Nefflix Original; Ricky Gervias. Its a British comedy that follows a man after the death of his wife of 20 years due to cancer.
Homecoming - Amazon Prime. Julia Roberts, etc.
War - DC animated movie prompts the question: why can’t the live action movies be this good? -
Last Dance
Empty Seats is a weekly podcast where we talk about the shows we love to watch. Most weeks those shows involve fantasy, science fiction, or horror topics. However, this week we talk about the ESPN documentary Last Dance.
The Last Dance
Direct by: Jason Hehir
A 10-part Docuseries covering the Chicago Bulls last championship season and the career of Michael Jordan, widely accepted as the best NBA (if not all of sports) player of all time. AKA the G.O.A.T.
What makes a good documentary?
First lets discuss how we feel about the documentary as a documentary. Did we like it, was it informative, and was it paced well.
Did you like the jumping back and forth between timelines, or how each episode would focus on one of Jordan’s teammates.
Is this a Bulls dynasty doc? Or a Michael Jordan Doc? Is there a difference?
What was the goal of this Doc? Did it accomplish this goal?
Why did they wait so long? Does this change how we would have viewed this if it came out say, 10 years ago.
What about how it was from Jordan’s perspective?
Now on to the actual content.
Set the stage: when were you when..the Bulls won their first title? Jordan Came back 1996..and came back..2001 (standing ovation at the United Center when he played his first game as a Wizard)
Was there a favorite part for you in the Documentary? (Tom: the reminder of what the GOAT looks like; first championships, behind the scenes humanizing, seeing basketball again)
How about is insanely competitive drive? Do we think that shaped..(yes, is separates him from other great players imo)
Was Scottie Shafted? Was it intentional?
How many players did Isaiah Thomas hate, for real. Or is it the other way around?
Jerry Krause had a nice run - looking at the players he brought in. How did you feel about the way he was portrayed?
Finally, Jordan or Lebron? Or does Lebron not belong in this conversation yet.
John Michael Wozniak- Curly haired security guard that beat Michael. And security guards forming his entourage.