Two Bards, One Mic – Episode 98: Waiting Is The Bardest Part

Direct link: http://twobards.com/podcasts/TwoBards_98_20150531.mp3 


Intro music by Randall Marsh
Description: Weeks in Review, SIFF, Friends Join Us

+ Silicon Valley (IMDB) 
+ Halt and Catch Fire (IMDB)

6:02. Weeks in Review
+ Scott's Headshot (Facebook)
+ Puts the "M" in Boron (Facebook)
+ Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF)
+ West of Redemption (IMDB)
+ The Hollow One (IMDB)
+ Worst Laid Plans (IMDB)
+ GenCon
+ The Gamers: Dorkness Rising Definitive Blu-Ray Edition (Kickstarter)
+ Anime Oasis (web)
+ Kung Fury (web)
+ Clinically Inane (web)

Questions.
45:30. Rob MacLennan. No Bardcast for this week, but for next week how about a little game of make your own anti-hero? Name the genre, abilities, and personality traits. 

Guests: Brian Lewis and Tiffani Pike Schmidt join in.

53:15. Paula Moran. What are some of the best and worst last minute projects you've worked on? 

59:20. Chad Jones. Beau turned me onto this podcast. I'm listening to #96 and just running around my house yelling "HALLELOO!" over and over again. You can't hear me, so have this post. 

1:03:05. Rob MacLennan. As I rewatch episodes of "Captain Scarlet" I realize that the '60s were pretty weird when it came to children's programming, at least in any country remotely related to The Empire. Do you have a favourite "Supermarionation" show, or is that even a thing for you? If the Supermarionation thing doesn't work (neither of you are old enough to have seen the originals in first run), then maybe we could just expand it to just any Gerry and Sylvia Anderson properties? 

1:08:48. Rob MacLennan. I usually limit myself to two questions a week, but what the hell ;) Are we going to get to see the big chunk of missing Leo storyline from The Gamers: Hands of Fate sometime soon? No, I'm not talking about the card flopper background.
+ Dangerous Games: How to Play by Matt Forbeck (web)

Patreon support for this podcast provided by...
Amanda Cook, Brad Roberts, Bradley Swan, DigbyDavis LLC, Donald Evans, Gordon Duke, James Herbert, Jenifer Rifenbery, Laura Adams, Lesley Sedlak, Lotta Djerf, Matthew Hunt, Mike Ott, Paula Moran, Rival Guy, Rob MacLennan, Tim Martin, Todd McKenny, Tom Brophy, Tom Stewart, Trampas Johnson, Zombie Orpheus Entertainment.

Neil deGrasse Tyson, if you're listening....
+ Neil deGrasse Tyson: Web | Facebook | StarTalk Radio
+ Cosmos [IMDB] -- on Netflix!

Two Bards, One Mic – Episode 97: 5K > 1080p

Direct link: http://twobards.com/podcasts/TwoBards_97_20150517.mp3 


Intro music by Randall Marsh
Description: Weeks in Review, Teaser for Fury Road, BluRay Madness, 5K Endorphines, Questions and Answers

1:34. Weeks in Review.
+ Tarantual tea party (imgur)
+ Mad Max: Fury Road (IMDB)
+ The Story of Film: An Odyssey (IMDB)
+ Anime Oasis Shine (May 22-25, Boise, ID)
+ SIFF (May 14 - June 7, Seattle, WA)
+ Burien Film Office
+ Alec Clayton (blogspot)
+ West of Redeption @ SIFF (siff.net)
+ Kickstarter for Dorkness Rising on Blu-Ray (link when live)

Questions.
23:19. Paula Moran. Have you played the new Mortal Kombat and do you think the level of violence goes too far, not far enough or is just right and if you have played it do you have any favorite moves or fatalities?
+ Mortal Kombat X (wiki)
+ The Flash (IMDB)

29:01. Laura Adams. Post (Facebook)
+ The Knowne Wolrd Bardcast

32:11. Rob MacLennan. If you could flush all of your current scholastic knowledge in exchange for perfect knowledge in a single subject, at least as good as we currently have it, would you and what would you choose?

36:04. Justin Everett. How did the pork wellington from episode 93 turn out? would you have a modified version of the recipe you could share?
+ Alton Brown's Pork Wellington (Food Network)

38:51. Donald Evans. Post (Facebook)

40:13. Thomas Brophy. If you could change 1 main thing about how the film industry is in Seattle what would it be? 

Patreon support for this podcast provided by...
Amanda Cook, Brad Roberts, Bradley Swan, DigbyDavis LLC, Donald Evans, Gordon Duke, James Herbert, Jenifer Rifenbery, Laura Adams, Lesley Sedlak, Lotta Djerf, Matthew Hunt, Mike Ott, Paula Moran, Rival Guy, Rob MacLennan, Tim Martin, Todd McKenny, Tom Brophy, Tom Stewart, Trampas Johnson, Zombie Orpheus Entertainment.

Neil deGrasse Tyson, if you're listening....
+ Neil deGrasse Tyson: Web | Facebook | StarTalk Radio
+ Cosmos [IMDB] -- on Netflix!

Two Bards, One Mic – Episode 96: Mountain of a Tyler Hill

Direct link: http://twobards.com/podcasts/TwoBards_96_20150510.mp3 


Intro music by Randall Marsh
Description: Tyler J Hill as our Guest, Part 2 of the Constructive Criticisms of Seattle Film Community, Questions and Answers

Guest: Tyler J. Hill (IMDB)
+ Glitch (IMDB | YouTube)
+ Men of Blood (Amazon)
+ Two Bards, One Mic ep.94

Recap of Hierarchy of Needs for Good Independent Film
#1 Writing
#2 Acting

02:35. On script editing and Tyler's writing process.

13:06. On constructive criticism.
+ Avatar (IMDB)
+ FernGully (IMDB)
+ Dances with Wolves (IMDB)
+ Overton window (wiki)
+ Don't ask Avengers star Robert Downey Jr. to be in your low budget indie film (Entertainment Weekly)
+ Independent Film vs. Indie Film, according to Strong Bad (homestarrunner)

33:46. #2 Acting
(Happy Birthday Brian Lewis and Taylor Buhrman, and everyone else who recently had a birthday, and Happy Mother's Day!)
+ Left Behind (IMDB)
+ Meisner technique (wiki) 

53:11 Q. Why can actors not say no to stuff that they know is bad?

1:13:43. On the Seattle Film Community
+ Seattle Freeze (wiki)
+ Dead People (facebook)

1:38:35. On continuing the discussion


Questions.

1:44:48. Amanda Cook. I'm still working my way through past podcasts, so you may have answered this already, but 1) who were your favorite fantasy/sci-fi authors as kids? And 2) who do you like to read now?
+ Jane Yolen (web), J.R.R. Tolkien (tolkien society), Stephen R. Donaldson (web), Terry Brooks (web), Clive Cussler (web),Michael Crichton (web), David Eddings (Eddings Chronicles), Raymond E. Feist (web), Isaac Asimov (web), Philip K. Dick (wiki), Ray Bradbury (web),  Maureen McHugh (web)
+ Patrick Rothfuss (web), China Mieville (wiki), George R.R. Martin (web)


1:54:36. Dennis Nichol. What would you if, one morning upon leaving your homes, there were 50 ducks hanging on or around your front doorstep?

1:55:35. Rob MacLennan. What is your favourite indie project that you did not work on, yourself? As an aside I'm still working on "The Tobin Project" but ears have turned out to be a bigger challenge than I expected. I *will* figure it out though
+ Glitch (YouTube), Scrapper (IMDB), Transolar Galactica (web)

2:01:05. Rob MacLennan. Do you have any interest in seeing the documentary "The Death of Superman Lives: What Happened?"
+ The Death of Superman Lives: What Happened? (IMDB)
+ 6 Days to Air: The Making of South Park (IMDB)
+ I Know That Voice (IMDB)
+ In a World... (IMDB)
+ That Guy... Who Was in That Thing (IMDB)

2:02:53. Seth Davis. Don and Ben announced that the JQ3 kickstarter will launch on Jan 18, 2016. Strong Like Bull, are you excited or meh?

+ What's going on with JourneyQuest3... (YouTube)

2:05:47. Seth Davis. In that same broadcast, Don and Ben also responded to some trolls that were sabotaging their current kickstarter. Have you had to deal with trolls, and if so what has been your best strategy for defusing them?
+ Feminist Frequency (Kickstarter)
+ Pilot Season (Kickstarter)


Patreon support for this podcast provided by...
Amanda Cook, Brad Roberts, Bradley Swan, DigbyDavis LLC, Donald Evans, Gordon Duke, James Herbert, Jenifer Rifenbery, Laura Adams, Lesley Sedlak, Lotta Djerf, Matthew Hunt, Mike Ott, Paula Moran, Rival Guy, Rob MacLennan, Tim Martin, Todd McKenny, Tom Brophy, Tom Stewart, Trampas Johnson, Zombie Orpheus Entertainment.


Neil deGrasse Tyson, if you're listening....
+ Neil deGrasse Tyson: Web | Facebook | StarTalk Radio
+ Cosmos [IMDB] -- on Netflix!

Two Bards, One Mic – Episode 95: It's Raining Bards

Direct link: http://twobards.com/podcasts/TwoBards_95_20150505.mp3 


Intro music by Randall Marsh
Description: Weeks in Review, Avengers, Controversial topics, Questions, Thank Yous

Keep on the Barderlands

01:00 Weeks in Review
+ Z Nation (IMDB)
+ Avengers: Age of Ultron (IMDB)
+ The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (IMDB)
+ Gargoyles (IMDB)
+ Kirby Krackle "One of the Guys" (aka It's Clobbering Time) (YouTube)
+ Stardust (IMDB)
+ Fantastic Four (IMDB)
+ Stung (IMDB)
+ Drag Becomes Him (web)

Questions
48:50. Tom Brophy. In case you haven't seen this yet. http://entertainthis.usatoday.com/…/watch-jon-stewart-and-…/

49:23. Rob MacLennan. From the online discussion this week: Who is your favourite female superhero or supervillain?

56:21. Thomas Brophy. Would you consider making a film from a story you told on a podcast story like Kevin Smith did with Tusk?
+ Tusk (IMDB)
[Scott's link redacted] 

Patreon support for this podcast provided by...
Amanda Cook, Brad Roberts, Bradley Swan, DigbyDavis LLC, Donald Evans, Gordon Duke, James Herbert, Jenifer Rifenbery, Laura Adams, Lesley Sedlak, Lotta Djerf, Matthew Hunt, Mike Ott, Paula Moran, Rival Guy, Rob MacLennan, Tim Martin, Todd McKenny, Tom Brophy, Tom Stewart, Trampas Johnson, Zombie Orpheus Entertainment.

Neil deGrasse Tyson, if you're listening....
+ Neil deGrasse Tyson: Web | Facebook | StarTalk Radio
+ Cosmos [IMDB] -- on Netflix!