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Ms. Marvel Musings: Episode 2 Jun 19, 2022

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Ms Marvel Musings is back! Join host Tonya and Ria and special guest JAC for episode two of the truly cosmic Ms Marvel. Does the second episode hold up to the promise of the first? Listen and find out.

Follow JAC:

Twitter: @IAmJACsMusings

Website: https://iamjacsmusings.wordpress.com/

Follow Tonya:

Twitter: @mstonyatodd

Website: http://www.mstonyatodd.com/

Follow Ria:

Twitter @FemmeOnFilmPod

Ria @riacarrogan

Star Wars: Spoiler-Free Book Review – Brotherhood By Mike Chen; That Business On Cato Neimoidia – A Clone Wars Era Novel Jun 18, 2022

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WHAT WAS THAT BUSINESS ON CATO NEIMOIDIA? It’s time for another spoiler-free book review and this one is about the recently released Brotherhood by Mike Chen! Set in the first few weeks of the Clone Wars (just after Ep II: Attack Of The Clones) this story delves into the shift in Anakin & Obi-Wan’s relationship once Anakin is promoted from padawan to jedi while also dealing with crisis on Cato Neimoidia (as mentioned in Revenge Of The Sith) plus this book introduces a Clone Wars character, shows what Padmé & Anakin are like when aware from prying eyes as well as much more!

In more detail, Mike begins by confirming where he book sits in the timeline and provides some background information to the book before providing his spoiler-free thoughts on the book. Mike then gives his thoughts on the themes & characters which features some minor spoilers, Mike then finishes his review by providing more-detailed thoughts on the book and confirms the general plot.

Brotherhood was released May 10th 2022. Mike Chen also wrote the short story Disturbance from A Certain Point Of View (Empire Strikes Back) and the non-Star-Wars book Light Years From Home.

Mike interviewed authors & High Republic architects; Claudia Gray in December of 2020 and Cavan Scott in April 2022 which can be found on this feed or on GCC’s YouTube (YouTube has Cavan & Mike’s conversation with video)!

Mike & members of Comics In Motion are doing a weekly Obi-Wan Kenobi discussion show, each discussion being released a day or two after the episodes drop so make sure you check those out on CiM’s feed or on Mike’s YouTube channel!

In the previous release of SWCIC (ep 98), Mike embarked on the first volume of Edge Of Balance; the first original canon Star Wars manga! This volume introduces us to Jedi Knight Lily Tora-Asi, her old Wookiee master; Arkoff, two excitable younglings and Lily’s padawan Keerin! These jedi must face adapting to settling on a new world, but a mysterious force is causing disruption on Banchii! Listen to find out about this, the connections the manga has to the rest of Star Wars, information on Togrutas & Imroosians and more!

To listen to one of Mike’s Patreon episodes for free, check out the first in Mike & Megan’s Tom Hanks rewatch here: https://bit.ly/TomHanks1

To hear Mike’s exclusive canon book reviews on Last Shot, Dark Disciple & A New Dawn, plus the Legends books Shatterpoint, Darth Bane & Darth Plagueis as well as the movie & TV “Afterthoughts” episodes, support the show at http://patreon.com/genuinechitchat

Please subscribe to Mike’s YouTube channel to see video versions of his conversations, playlists filled with episode of GCC & SWCIC and more: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClQvgois9knDkFvjqcpoQtw

Mike appeared on Indie Comics Spotlight, discussing Cavan Scott’s Shadow Service with Tony, listen on the feed of Comics In Motion! https://pod.fo/e/1259e4

Mike returned to Star Wars Timeline to talk about Villains in each of the SW trilogies here: https://youtu.be/V7382WWkSP0 - they also discuss accents in the Star Wars universe; the original trilogy here: https://youtu.be/1X0PyXkQZGg & the prequel trilogy here: https://youtu.be/3L4qWeYOzhw

Outro read by BZ The Voice: http://www.bzthevoice.com

Intro theme arranged by Mike Burton, backing music by Eric Matyas at www.soundimage.org

Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi Part V (& The Current State Of Star Wars) Discussion With Ben, Dave & Mike Jun 16, 2022

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WITH ONLY ONE EPISODE TO GO, WHAT DO WE THINK OF KENOBI & THE STAR WARS TV SHOWS? Mike and members of the extended Comics In Motion family are bringing you 5 discussion episodes on the Obi-Wan Kenobi series and for the fourth instalment, we have Ben of Star Wars Timeline, Dave Horrocks & Mike discussing the fifth & penultimate episode of the series, which leads onto tangents about the wider Star Wars TV series era we are in and how it compares to the movies!

You can find Ben’s YouTube here: https://youtube.com/starwarstimeline- Twitter: @SWT_Channel (https://twitter.com/SWT_Channel) - SWT’s Facebook Group: https://facebook.com/groups/starwarstimeline

You can find Dave on Twitter @SeattleDojos or listen to him on Comics In Motion’s TV & Movies show as well as on the VHS Strikes Back: https://linktr.ee/vhsstrikesbackand Chris & Dave’s Reality TV Cast: https://anchor.fm/cdrealitycast

And you can find all of Mike’s podcast shows & his social media details here: https://linktr.ee/GenuineChitChat

Mike has appeared on Star Wars Timeline numerous times; recently to talk about Villains in each of the SW trilogies here: https://youtu.be/V7382WWkSP0- they also discuss accents in the Star Wars universe; the original trilogy here: https://youtu.be/1X0PyXkQZGg& the prequel trilogy here: https://youtu.be/3L4qWeYOzhw

Mike appeared on Indie Comics Spotlight, discussing Cavan Scott’s Shadow Service with Tony, listen on this feed; of Comics In Motion! https://pod.fo/e/1259e4

To listen to one of Mike’s Patreon episodes for free, check out the first in Mike & Megan’s Tom Hanks rewatch here: https://bit.ly/TomHanks1

Email us at comicsinmotionpodcast@gmail.com or follow us on social media @comicsinmotionp

For more Star Wars content, check out Mike’s show Star Wars: Comics In Canon every Saturday on the feed of Comics In Motion or on his YouTube channel, plus check out his conversations on Genuine Chit-Chat with Star-Wars-related individuals including Cavan Scott, Claudia Gray, Paolo Villanelli, Dominic Pace and other non-Star-Wars guests!

Last week, Mike’s episode 98 of Star Wars: Comics In Canon was the first canon Star Wars manga; The Edge Of Balance; set in the High Republic volume 1 introduces us to Jedi Knight Lily Tora-Asi, her old Wookiee master; Arkoff, two excitable younglings and Lily’s padawan Keerin! These jedi must face adapting to settling on a new world, but a mysterious force is causing disruption on Banchii – find out about this and much more!

Mike, Megan, Ria & JAC discussed all 9 episodes of Star Wars Visions: https://pod.fo/e/f9b4b

Disney Discussions: Sequels No One Asked For: Lion King II: Simba’s Pride, Bambi II, Aladdin II: Return Of Jafar and Mulan II With Megan, Mike, Ria Carrogan & Spider-Dan Jun 12, 2022

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THE DISNEY DISCUSSIONS PODCAST SERIES CONTINUES! Mike, Megan, Ria Carrogan & Spider-Dan return for another episode in their Disney Discussions series and this time the gang are tackling four sequels no one asked for! Lion King II: Simba’s Pride, Bambi II, Aladdin II: Return Of Jafar and Mulan II are the movies being discussed so our four hosts can question why these were made, how the characters change and most importantly; are they even worth watching?

If you missed it, go back and listen to their first episode of Disney Discussions; on ep 155 of Genuine Chit-Chat!

In this episode, the four podcast-pals discuss Bambi II, Lion King II: Simba’s Pride, Aladdin II: Return Of Jafar and Mulan II, questioning if there was any point to the sequels, if they’re worth watching, how the characters, animation & music is different, they then decide which of the four movies are the best (or really, the worst) and, along with a huge variety of perspectives, funny moments & absolute nonsense, they then give a preview on what’s to come in the next episode of Disney Discussions!

Ria’s Twitter & Instagram: @RiaCarrogan – Ria’s show; Femme On Film is found on the feed of Comics In Motion, along with the shows Pop Guerrillas & Indie Comics Spotlight here: https://anchor.fm/comics-in-motion-podcast

For any Ms Marvel lovers; Ria is also hosting a weekly discussion show about the new series on Disney+! Listen on this feed to hear her's, Tonya Todd's & a range of guest's opinions on this incredibly important superhero!

You can find Spider-Dan’s podcast, patreon & further information on his websites https://spiderdanandthesecretbores.comor follow him on social media: Twitter: @Dan_Bores – Instagram: @Spiderdansecretbores

Find Megan on Instagram: @GrittsGetsFit & hear her on Mike’s Patreon, where he releases at least 1 episode of his & Megan’s “Afterthoughts” a week, plus there are unsplit full-length episodes of GCC and more, so if you want to support the show and get more content, check it out at http://patreon.com/genuinechitchat - Check out the first in Mike & Megan’s Tom Hanks rewatch completely for free here: https://bit.ly/TomHanks1

And you can find all of Mike’s podcast shows & his social media details here: https://linktr.ee/GenuineChitChat

Mike also appeared on Indie Comics Spotlight, discussing Cavan Scott’s Shadow Service with Tony, listen on the feed of Comics In Motion! https://pod.fo/e/1259e4

For any Star Wars fars; make sure you tune into the Obi-Wan Kenobi discussion show where Mike & various guests discussed each episode of the new series (Megan & Ria have both appeared), you can listen on Mike’s YouTube channel, or on the feed of Comics In Motion!

Email us at comicsinmotionpodcast@gmail.com or follow us on social media @comicsinmotionp

Also Mike, Megan, Ria & JAC discussed all 9 episodes of Star Wars Visions here: https://pod.fo/e/f9b4b

Ms. Marvel Musings: Episode 1 Jun 12, 2022

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COSMIC! Ms Marvel is here! Join Ria and guests over the next six weeks as they talk about each new Ms Marvel episode. This week, Ria, Alyson and Tonya discuss the first episode of this epic show and why representation matters.

Follow Alyson at:

Website: https://www.alysonshelton.com/

Alyson's comic, Reburn: https://www.reburncomic.com/

Reburn kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/reburncomic/reburn-issues-3-4

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/byalysonshelton/

Follow Tonya at:

Twitter: @mstonyatodd

Website: http://www.mstonyatodd.com/

Listen to Ria's Femme on Film episodes with Tonya and Alyson via Comics in Motion, available via all the usual podcatchers. Follow Femme on Film on Twitter @FemmeOnFilmPod and Ria @riacarrogan

Star Wars: Comics In Canon - Ep 98: Original Star Wars Manga; The Edge Of Balance (Volume 1) Jun 11, 2022

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THE FIRST ORIGINAL STAR WARS MANGA, SET IN THE HIGH REPUBLIC! In ep 98 of SWCIC, Mike embarks on the first volume of Edge Of Balance; the first canon Star Wars manga (that isn’t an adaptation of other media)! This volume introduces us to Jedi Knight Lily Tora-Asi, her old Wookiee master; Arkoff, two excitable younglings and Lily’s padawan Keerin! These jedi must face adapting to settling on a new world, but a mysterious force is causing disruption on Banchii – is it Nihil? Drengir? Or something else entirely? Listen to find out about this, the connections this manga has to the rest of The High Republic, additional information on Togrutas & Imroosians and much more!

Edge Of Balance Volume 1 was released September 7th 2021, it was written by Shima Shinya & Justina Ireland with artwork by Mizuki Sakakibara. The bonus chapter; The Banchiians was solely written by Shima Shinyu with storyboarding by Mizuki Sakakibara and artwork by Nezu Usugumo.

Mike tackled all three volumes of High Republic Adventures comics in episodes 86, 90 & 93 of SWCIC, all High Republic comics (by Cavan Scott) in episodes 84, 88 & ep 92, and The Eye Of The Storm comics in ep 94.

Mike’s High Republic book reviews are found on Comics In Motion’s feed and on Mike’s YouTube: Light Of The Jedi was released March 13th 2021, A Test Of Courage: August 14th 2021, Into The Dark: October 2nd 2021, The Rising Storm: November 13th 2021, Race To Crashpoint Tower: February 5th 2022 and Out Of The Shadows was released 19th March 2022. The Fallen Star review was released 23rd April 2022 and the last two books; Mission To Disaster & Midnight Horizon will be reviewed soon.

Mike & members of CiM are doing a weekly Obi-Wan Kenobi discussion show, each discussion being released a day or two after the episodes drop so make sure you check those out on CiM’s feed or on Mike’s YouTube channel!

Last week, in ep 97, Mike delved into the four comics set after War Of The Bounty Hunters, just before the Crimson Reign crossover event starts, where Beilert Valance is reconstructed by Vader, Luke travels to numerous Jedi-related planets, Vader locates Crimson Dawn agents within the Empire and Aphra searches for ancient artifacts with Sana Starros! Mike also provides info on Burnin Konn, Ilum, Lothal and other planets Luke travels to!

Mike appeared on Indie Comics Spotlight, discussing Cavan Scott’s Shadow Service with Tony, listen on the feed of Comics In Motion! https://pod.fo/e/1259e4

To listen to one of Mike’s Patreon episodes for free, check out the first in Mike & Megan’s Tom Hanks rewatch here: https://bit.ly/TomHanks1

Outro read by BZ The Voice: http://www.bzthevoice.com

Intro theme arranged by Mike Burton, backing music by Eric Matyas at www.soundimage.org

Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi Part IV Discussion With JAC, Mike & Tonya Jun 10, 2022

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WITH KENOBI PASSED THE HALFWAY POINT, HOW IS THE SHOW PROGRESSING? Mike along with members of the extended Comics In Motion family will be bringing you 5 discussion episodes on the Obi-Wan Kenobi series and for the third instalment, we have JAC, Mike & Tonya all discussing the fourth episode of the series, which certainly has a lot of elements to discuss! The trio discuss trailers, the first 3 episodes of the show, how the plot is unfolding, the characters, the acting and almost every other aspect, so this is one not to miss!

Tonya’s Site: http://mstonyatodd.com - @MsTonyaTodd on Twitter, IG & FB – Tonya’s IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8904672

Find @52LovePodcast on Twitter – Her show, the 52 Love Podcast on podcast apps: https://podfollow.com/1547390486 - YouTube: https://youtube.com/The52LovePodcast

Tonya appeared on the second episode of JAC’s show; Back To Filmography with Tony Farina, discussing Snatch!

JAC’s Twitter: @IAmJACsMusings – JAC has his own show called Back To The Filmography that airs on the feeds of Comics In Motion & The Pop Guerrillas (with 4 episodes of the Statham rewatch out thus far, the latest being Ghosts Of Mars with Max Byrne) plus he can also be found on episodes of the Pop Guerrillas, Seasons Greetings & Indie Comics Spotlight, all of which are found here: https://anchor.fm/comics-in-motion-podcast & https://anchor.fm/the-pop-guerrillas

Mike appeared on Indie Comics Spotlight, discussing Cavan Scott’s Shadow Service with Tony, listen on this feed; of Comics In Motion! https://pod.fo/e/1259e4

To listen to one of Mike’s Patreon episodes for free, check out the first in Mike & Megan’s Tom Hanks rewatch here: https://bit.ly/TomHanks1

And you can find all of Mike’s podcast shows & his social media details here: https://linktr.ee/GenuineChitChat

Email us at comicsinmotionpodcast@gmail.com or follow us on social media @comicsinmotionp

Mike's last episode of Star Wars: Comics In Canon was about four comics set after War Of The Bounty Hunters, but just before the Crimson Reign crossover event starts, where Beilert Valance is reconstructed by Vader, Luke travels to numerous Jedi-related planets, Vader locates Crimson Dawn agents within the Empire and Aphra searches for ancient artifacts with Sana Starros! Mike also provides info on Burnin Konn, Ilum, Lothal and other planets Luke travels to!

Mike, Megan, Ria & JAC discussed all 9 episodes of Star Wars Visions: https://pod.fo/e/f9b4b

E4 - Back to the Filmography: Jason Statham - Ghosts of Mars Jun 06, 2022

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Travel Back to the Filmography with the show dedicated to watching every credited film from an actor’s complete Back catalogue from past debut through to present day in chronological order. Each episode, I am joined by an esteemed guest to watch and discuss the next entry from the focused Filmography and consider how it ranks amidst their career and whether we can trace any typecasting trends or topic traits or theatrical tics. For episode four, I’m joined by the introduction idol, the herald of hype, the Mandatory man of Comics in Motion, Max Byrne, to discuss the fourth appearance of The Stath in John Carpenter’s repurposed Snake Plissken threequel, Ghosts of Mars. We watch. You listen… and, hopefully, watch along too..? Back to the Filmography is presented to you by The Pop Guerrillas, a collective of hive minds who provide spoiler-free reviews of anything from pop culture in less time than a takes to listen to a song. Check out our reviews via Anchor and Spotify or your preferred podcatcher of choice. Max is the host of Mandatory Marvel & DC and Mandatory Music and CD. He can be contacted directly through twitter (@maxybyrne) whilst his music show can be contacted @MandatoryCD. You can follow and contact JAC through twitter (@IamJACsMusings) and read his diary of pop culture musings on wordpress (iamjacsmusings.wordpress.com) and film reviews on letterboxd (https://letterboxd.com/Iamjacsmusings/). The show can be contacted directly through twitter (@BacktotheFilmog) and please remember to use the #FollowtheFilmography and #Statholution in any and all interactions. Don’t forget to subscribe and, if you have the time, please leave a review of the show on your podcast provider of choice. The intro and outro music is Electronic Rock (King Around Here) by AlexGrohl from Pixabay. Until next time, be excellent to each other and make sure you take the time to treat yo’ self too. Yippee-ki-yay, movie lovers.

Star Wars: Comics In Canon - Ep 97: Crimson Reign Prelude; The Next Comic Crossover (Vader, Aphra, Luke & Valance) Jun 04, 2022

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AFTER WAR OF THE BOUNTY HUNTERS, CRIMSON DAWN EMERGES! In this episode of SWCIC, Mike embarks on four comics set after War Of The Bounty Hunters, but just before the Crimson Reign crossover event starts, where Beilert Valance is reconstructed by Vader, Luke travels to numerous Jedi-related planets, Vader locates Crimson Dawn agents within the Empire and Aphra searches for ancient artifacts with Sana Starros! Mike also provides info on Burnin Konn, Ilum, Lothal and other planets Luke travels to!

This story is set after Empire Strikes Back (& after the first runs of the Star Wars, Darth Vader & Doctor Aphra comics & WoBH) and the reading order is BH18>SW19>DV18>DA16.

BH17 was released 1st December 2021 and was written by Ethan Sacks with Ramon Bachs as artist and Bryan Valenza as colour artist. SW19 was released 8th December 2021 and was written by Charles Soule, with Mario Castiello as artist and Rachelle Rosenberg as colour artist. DV18 was released 1st December 2021, was written by Greg Pak with Leonard Kirk as artist and Alex Sinclair as colour artist. DA16 was released 17th November 2021, written by Alyssa Wong with Minkyu Jung as artist Rachelle Rosenberg as colour artist.

In case you missed Mike covering the War of The Bounty Hunters crossover, check episodes 60, 64, 68, 72, 77 & 84 of SWCIC. Also check episode 75 & 80 for vol 1 & 2!

Mike & members of the Comics In Motion family are doing a weekly Obi-Wan Kenobi discussion show, each discussion is released a day or two after the episodes drop so check those out on CiM’s feed or on Mike’s YouTube channel!

Last week, in ep 95, Mike delved into the Trail Of Shadows; one of the last pieces of High Republic material from Phase 1, where Jedi investigator Emerick Caphtor & private investigator Sian Holt must work together to unravel the mystery of what the Nihil possess that is calcifying Jedi, which spirals out to a much larger conspiracy than either had ever imagined! As well as the story, Mike gives information on the Tarnab species, Doctor Uttersound & more.

Mike appeared on Indie Comics Spotlight, discussing Cavan Scott’s Shadow Service with Tony, listen on the feed of Comics In Motion! https://pod.fo/e/1259e4

To listen to a completely free Patreon Afterthoughts episode, check out the first in Mike & Megan’s Tom Hanks rewatch here: https://bit.ly/TomHanks1

Please subscribe to Mike’s YouTube channel as once we get 100 subscribers, we can change the YouTube channel link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClQvgois9knDkFvjqcpoQtw

Guest Spots:
Mike returned to Star Wars Timeline to talk about Villains in each of the SW trilogies here: https://youtu.be/V7382WWkSP0 - they also discuss accents in the Star Wars universe; the original trilogy here: https://youtu.be/1X0PyXkQZGg & the prequel trilogy here: https://youtu.be/3L4qWeYOzhw

Outro read by BZ The Voice: http://www.bzthevoice.com

Intro theme arranged by Mike Burton, backing music by Eric Matyas at www.soundimage.org

Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi Part III Discussion With Chris, Dave, Megan, Mike & Ria Jun 03, 2022

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A LOT OF STAR WARS TO TALK ABOUT WITH LAUGHTER, SPOILERS AND EXPLICIT LANGUAGE! Mike along with members of the extended Comics In Motion family will be bringing you 5 discussion episodes on the new Obi-Wan Kenobi series and for the second instalment, we have Chris, Dave, Megan, Mike & Ria all discussing the third episode of the series, where everyone has a great deal to say about the characters, the writing, predictions and more!

Ria’s Twitter: @RiaCarrogan – Ria has her own show called Femme On Film that airs on the feed of Comics In Motion (with 4 episodes out thus far, one recently with The Kids Are All Right with Alyson Shelton) plus she can also be found on Pop Guerrillas, Seasons Greetings & Indie Comics Spotlight (the recent episode being about Alyson Shelton’s comic Reburn), all of which are found here: https://anchor.fm/comics-in-motion-podcast

Guardian article about Hayden Christensen, mentioned by Ria: https://bit.ly/3aEgOuw

You can find Chris & Dave on Comics In Motion’s TV & Movies show as well as on the VHS Strikes Back: https://linktr.ee/vhsstrikesbackand Chris & Dave’s Reality TV Cast: https://anchor.fm/cdrealitycast

Their Twitter handles: @ChrisPhelps78 (https://twitter.com/ChrisPhelps78) - @SeattleDojos (https://twitter.com/seattledojos)

To hear Mike & Megan’s Afterthoughts show, Mike’s exclusive book reviews on Last Shot, Dark Disciple, A New Dawn, the Legends books Darth Bane, Shatterpoint & Darth Plagueis and unsplit full-length episodes of GCC, visit http://patreon.com/genuinechitchat

And you can find all of Mike’s podcast shows & his social media details here: https://linktr.ee/GenuineChitChat

To listen to a completely free Patreon Afterthoughts episode, check out the first in Mike & Megan’s Tom Hanks rewatch here: https://bit.ly/TomHanks1

Email us at comicsinmotionpodcast@gmail.com or follow us on social media @comicsinmotionp

Watch the video version on Mike’s YouTube channel & make sure you subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClQvgois9knDkFvjqcpoQtw

Mike's Star Wars Related Guest Spots:

Mike, Megan, Ria & JAC discussed all 9 episodes of Star Wars Visions: https://spoti.fi/3nGbE5o

Mike & Megan spoke with Alex & Mollie of Star Wars Explained, you can listen on this very feed or check out the video version on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/R2fr4-TdbQA

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