This is, technically, our Halloween episode. Only we forgot that until after we’d finished recording. Still, Tony’s nauseated and William talks about monster movies, so that’s close, right? Enjoy!
QUESTIONS:
Why do you think vinyl still has a following? –Craig
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A note about Black Sails… given that it’s supposed to be a Treasure Island Prequel series, I’ve never gotten the impression that historical accuracy is a priority for them. That said, I think they do look to inject historical accuracy whenever and wherever they can, so there are interesting historical bits. In fact, it almost seems like they approach the subject like, “Let’s make it historically accurate except to keep the fantasy bits where the history gets boring.” And the result is fairly entertaining, even for me, a guy who prefers (and doesn’t find “boring”) actual history. Though, full disclosure, I don’t usually find pirates of any kind, historical or fantastic, very compelling.
In response to Tony’s nervousness about releasing his book to his editors; I give you https://www.reddit.com/r/MurderedByWords/ 😀
Black Sails: My wife started watching that what little I’ve caught, sort of over her shoulder, it looked ok but didn’t grab me. I had no idea it was intended to be a prequel to Treasure Island. That plus William’s recommendation; maybe I need to make an effort to actually watch it.
Mass Effect Andromeda: Waiting to play this was a good idea as they fixed a number of problems since the initial release though I was very sad that they’ve canceled any single-player DLC for it. 🙁
Prometheus: Nobody liked this piece of crap.
Stranger Things, Season 2: I really liked the first season but haven’t felt any desire to watch season 2, no idea why. Also, the “evil corp” having fake bodies of an entire town sounds like a great plot/story point for an RPG.
The Good Place: We watched first season on Netflix and it was great. If you’ve still not watched it; you should give it a shot.
Tony’s book: I’ve still not read it, but then I was never offered a copy.
GWN: I only have the vaguest of memories of these guys.
Vinyl: I’ve no opinion, my ears aren’t good enough to tell the difference between vinyl and any other format. On a good day, I can probably tell the difference between cassettes and CD.