This week is a little different in the realm of “Shows What You Know”, as Jim and Jakob watch the latest pilot offerings from Amazon to give some thoughts and play studio executive and choose whether to greenlight any of these shows to series. There are three shows that Amazon is giving you the chance…
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This episode we GET DOWN with Netflix’s new original series from auteur Baz Luhrmann, aptly titled “The Get Down”. Does the show hit the mark? Is this just the “Glee version” of the birth of hip hop? Does it live up to the rumored over budget troubles? Is Netflix tapping into our wants and controlling…
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We’re back to discuss the last five episodes of the first season of Outcast! Have our opinions changed since the first five? Is the show delivering the required shivers and shakes and spooooky music? What’s different from the comic, and how do things look for a comic reader (Jim) compared to a non-comic-reader (Jakob)? Better listen to…
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Another love letter takes shape as we delve into the wonderful world of Steven Universe, full of magical dances and gemstone bellybuttons! DON’T TUNE OUT YET, I CONVINCED JIM AND I’LL CONVINCE YOU TOO. This time we’re just talking about season 1, and there’s no hard spoilers; you should be okay to listen to all of this…
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We did it! Season 1 of Preacher is now in the books and we are back to finish our discussion on the remaining episodes. Did they stick the landing? Is there hope for season 2? Can we stop bringing up Breaking Bad? Can Jakob survive through classic car week in Sweden? All this and more…
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Season one of Mr. Robot is snatching Emmy nominations left and right, but is it snatching our hearts? Are we sick of re-packaged nihilistic rants or are we rushing to our laptops to order fsociety T-shirts for only 19.99 including shipping? Will Jakob ever do an entire show with just one accent? ONLY ONE WAY TO…
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We are back with a new episode, continuing our love letter to the new Netflix show, Stranger Things! This podcast episode finishes out the first season, covering episodes 5-8 and our thoughts on the show as a whole and where we would like to see it go from here. Love is in the air when…
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Here it is! A new episode of Shows What You Know! This is one that is not to be missed as we get into the latest Netflix show that is sweeping the Internet, Stranger Things! In this podcast episode we focus on the first 4 episodes. This show is one of the main reasons…
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Ok, now full disclosure I have never watched Star Wars Rebels, I also never watched the Clone Wars show despite hearing good things and loving Star Wars. What put me off was the prequel time frame the shows covered and the animation style. I was done caring about the time frame before A New Hope and…
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In our first Outcast episode I mentioned my crusade against one word titles, and it wouldn’t be much of a crusade if I kept quiet about it. No one has ever made a successful crusade without blogging, as I always say! It started with this video where I give the whole concept a good walloping…
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