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Revolution 2×22 Declaration of Independence First Impressions
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The Revolution series finale entitled, “Declaration of Independence” aired on May 21, 2014 and here are my initial thoughts on “Declaration of Independence.”
It was a good episode and would have made a fantastic season finale. The episode looked like it would give us some resolution, but then the development in the last few minutes changed all of that and left us with almost no resolution.
Bass has been a very interesting character all season just when we thought we couldn’t trust him and he’s back to his old ways, he goes and does some noble things in this episode.
Season 3 would have featured the fictional town Bradbury, Idaho and I can’t help but wonder if many of the stories would have been based on some of the fantastic literary works of Ray Bradbury. Read More…
48- Trying to Avoid Bad Parking Spots
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I grew up in a very middle class home. We didn’t lack for anything we needed, but we didn’t have many extras. I think having 3 teenage boys was tough on my parents. I don’t even want to know what our grocery bill was each month.
I don’t know if it was because we couldn’t afford it, or if my dad wanted to teach me a lesson, but I didn’t get a car for my 16th birthday or high school graduation. If I wanted a car, it was entirely up to me to save up the necessary money and then buy it myself. I know that my parents definitely couldn’t afford to buy me one, so I never felt cheated in any way. But my dad is the kind of guy who appreciates hard work, and even if we could have afforded it, I wouldn’t be surprised if he did make the same decision in order for me to better appreciate the car and responsibility that comes with owning one.
Since we lived in a very small town, there weren’t a lot of job opportunities. Most kids worked on their family farm or other family business. There were a couple of jobs to be found at the local grocery store and a few jobs to be found at the McDonalds out on the turnpike. There were bigger towns nearby that offered more job opportunities, but without a car, those were not feasible options for me.
I applied at the grocery store and at McDonalds. After several months of consistently filling out applications, I finally got hired on as a burger flipper at McDonalds making $4.25/hour. I was 17 years old, it was the most money I’d ever seen, and my dream of owning a car would be a reality soon. Read More…
47- You Want Change With That?
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Tomorrow will be the end of an era. On Wednesday, May 21, 2014, the final episode of Revolution will air on NBC. Once it ends and we record our podcasts on Thursday night, it will mark the first time since we started podcasting in 2008 that Golden Spiral Media will not have a podcast about a currently airing TV show. Yes, we’ll still have our LOST podcast, and Triplecast is coming back in the next couple of weeks, but it’s a distinction that’s worth noting.
It’s worth noting because we have tried very hard to avoid this situation. When we weren’t sure if Fringe would get a fifth season, we made the decision early to find a show that we could get excited about and start covering it. We didn’t want there to be a lapse in our shows and take the risk of losing the audience we’d spent four years (at that point) building.
It turned out that Fringe did get a fifth season, albeit a shortened one, so for several months, we had two shows that we were covering. When the show runner for Fringe announced he had a new show called Almost Human, we immediately got on board with that too. That meant that this TV season we covered Revolution and Almost Human.
While we get to choose the shows that we will podcast about, we certainly have no influence on deciding when or if those shows will be canceled. Despite doubling down our efforts and doing all we could to make sure we always had a show to look forward to, FOX cancelled Almost Human and NBC cancelled Revolution, and both of our podcasts got cancelled right along with them.
A year ago I would have been in a quiet panic. I’m the type of person who has to have everything planned out with as much advance as possible. I’m also a bit of a control freak, although I’d like to think I’ve come a long way in that area. Read More…
TRP 241-The Revolution Podcast Episode 241-Feedback For Memorial Day
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In episode 241 of The Revolution Podcast we share the listener feedback we received for the penultimate episode of NBC’s Revolution entitled, “Memorial Day” which aired on May 14, 2014. We hear some great thoughts and theories about how the show might end and which portions of the story will have some sort of closure. We also hear thoughts about the necklace that Truman gave Marion, the relationship growth between Charlie and Miles, the flawed plans of the Patriots, and Miles’ new attitude.
We also hear thoughts about the use of the word evolution in the opening title sequence of the show and how that makes more sense now than ever before. We hear listener thoughts on how the book “American Gods” ties in to the show and a cool theory about Truman and the nanites. Read More…
46- Dinner With That Guy From Charles in Charge
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Some of you that are in your 40’s or older may remember a show named 8 is Enough and a character named Tommy Bradford. If you’re a bit younger than that then you may remember a show called Charles in Charge and a character named Buddy Lembeck, the goofy best friend of Scott Baio’s character, Charles. Both of these characters were played by a guy named Willie Aames.
I never really watched 8 is Enough. I saw a few reruns when I was a kid, but it never really interested me that much. However, I did watch Charles in Charge. That was a funny show to me. When I started working at the bookstore in the mid 90’s, we started carrying a new video series named Bibleman. Imagine my surprise when I learned that Bibleman was portrayed by none other than Buddy Lembeck himself, Willie Aames. Go ahead and think about that for a minute.
Okay, now I don’t know if you’ve ever seen an episode of Bibleman or what you just imagined in your mind, but it wasn’t as bad as you may think. It was a live action super hero style show where Bibleman would try to help kids learn how to handle various life issues and solve character defining moments by looking to see what the Bible taught.
The early episodes were pretty cheesy, but as Bibleman grew in popularity and they got a bigger budget, the show got much better. The costumes were better, the special effects were better, the lighting was better, and the whole production was pretty decent. It was still a cheesy kids show, but it wasn’t any worse than anything else you’d see on PBS.
By the time I was living in Lubbock and training to be a store manager, Bibleman was at the peak of its popularity. Church kids were crazy about him. Read More…
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