Gathering around a virtual campfire talking about what we love
Episodes
Monday Nov 06, 2023
Monday Nov 06, 2023
October is over but, as always, contained lots of news and trailers to discuss. Craig and Natalie cover history's relevance in the modern day, Christmas horror and whether Craig is now a Swiftie.
Craig McKenzie can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the We Made This podcast network. Natalie Lyons Ballantine can be found on this site, upcycling trash to jewellery on Etsy under DisasterFashion and TattyBoJangs. She can also be found sharing foraging findings on Instagram.
Show Notes
TV Reviews
- Craig’s reviews of WandaVision
- Craig’s reviews of The Falcon and The Winter Soldier
- Craig’s reviews of Hawkeye
- Craig’s reviews of Loki season 1
Movie Reviews
- Craig's review of Totally Killer
- Craig’s review of The Flash
- Craig’s review of Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania
- Craig’s review of Begin Again
- Craig’s review of Sing Street
- Craig's review of Wonder Woman 1984
- Craig’s review of Shazam: Fury of the Gods
- Craig’s review of Bumblebee
- Craig's review of Kingsman: The Secret Service
- Craig's review of Kingsman: The Golden Circle
- Craig's review of The Greatest Showman
- Craig’s review of Pokémon: Detective Pikachu
- Graeme’s review of Happy Death Day
- Craig’s review of Happy Death Day 2U
- Craig’s review of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- Craig’s review of Baywatch
- Craig’s review of Paddington
- Craig’s review of Paddington 2
- Craig’s review of Moana
- Craig’s review of Tomb Raider
Podcasts
- Craig's interview with Kelly Hu
- Craig's interview with Rick Morales
- Craig's interview with Wes Mack
- WandaVision
- The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
- Loki season 1
- Hawkeye
- Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania
- Bumblebee
- Pokémon: Detective Pikachu
- Pacific Rim
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – first podcast and second podcast
- Craig's interview with Greg Weisman
- Our 2022 Christmas special - the Christmas Movie Writer's Room
Trailers
- The Beekeeper
- Argyll
- The Iron Claw
- Priscilla
- Wonka
- Orphan Black: Echoes
- Wish
- Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
- Good Burger 2
- Eileen
- Anyone But You
- Napoleon
- Leave the World Behind
- Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft
- Lisa Frankenstein
- The Colour Purple
- Candy Cane Lane
- It’s a Wonderful Knife
- Silent Night
- Dashing Through the Snow
News
- Spider-Man: Freshman Year cast
- Marvel changing approach to TV shows
- Showrunner and directors appointed for Daredevil
- DC actors carrying over into James Gunn’s rebooted universe
- A Halloween cinematic universe in the works
- Snow White first look
- Ben Wheatley’s Generation Z update
- Suits spinoff in the works
- Conception
- James McAvoy’s directorial debut
- The next Kings Man movie
- Matthew Vaughn teases Kick-Ass reboot
- The Rocketeer
- Live-action Gargoyles in the works
- The Boy and the Heron English dub cast
Music
- Niall Stenson’s cover of the “Marvel Music“ and his YouTube channel
- 331ERock's cover of the "Gargoyles theme" and his YouTube channel
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Sunday Nov 05, 2023
Sunday Nov 05, 2023
Recently Craig had the pleasure of talking to actor, director, producer, musician and more, Wes Mack. The conversation covers making a pandemic album, juggling creative impulses and appreciating what you do.
Show Notes
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Thursday Oct 19, 2023
Thursday Oct 19, 2023
Recently, Craig had the pleasure of talking to Rick Morales, producer of Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match. Their conversation covers Mortal Kombat lore, expanding the storytelling and 80s vibes.
Show Notes
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Tuesday Oct 17, 2023
Tuesday Oct 17, 2023
Recently, Craig had the pleasure of talking to Kelly Hu, the voice of Ashrah in Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match. Their conversation covers Mortal Kombat lore, understanding the character and playing badasses.
Show Notes
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Monday Oct 09, 2023
Monday Oct 09, 2023
It's time for us to podcast about Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2. We discuss mixed-race representation, the return of the cliffhanger and singing Star Trek.
Craig McKenzie can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the We Made This podcast network. Isa S-A can be found on Twitter, Instagram or YouTube where she shares her projects and tutorial videos.
Show Notes
TV Reviews
- Craig's reviews of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 1
- Craig's reviews of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2
- Craig's reviews of Star Trek: Prodigy season 1
- Craig’s reviews of Star Trek: Discovery
- Craig’s reviews of Star Trek: Picard season 1
- Craig’s reviews of Star Trek: Picard season 2
- Craig’s reviews of Star Trek: Picard season 3
- Craig's review of Doctor Who - "Rosa"
Movie Reviews
Podcasts
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 1
- Star Trek: Picard season 1
- Star Trek: Picard season 2
- Star Trek: Picard season 3
- Star Trek: Discovery season 1 – part 1 and part 2
- Star Trek: Discovery season 2 – part 1 and part 2
- Star Trek: Discovery season 3
- Star Trek: Discovery season 4
- Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
- Star Trek (2009)
- Star Trek Into Darkness
- Star Trek Beyond
Misc
Music
- L’Orchestra Cinematique’s cover of the “Star Trek: The Original Series theme” and their YouTube channel
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Monday Oct 02, 2023
Monday Oct 02, 2023
Another month is behind us and with it was a strangely small list of news and trailers for us to break down. We discuss TV reboots, Star Wars alterations and dreaming about Nicolas Cage.
Craig McKenzie can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the We Made This podcast network. Angus Ballantine can be found on this very site and over on SoundCloud. Izaak Stoakes can be found on his Twitter or on his website.
Show Notes
TV Reviews
Movie Reviews
- Craig's review of Godzilla
- Craig's review of Kong: Skull Island
- Craig's review of Godzilla Vs. Kong
- Craig's review of Shin Godzilla
- Craig's review of Aquaman
- Craig's review of The Suicide Squad
- Craig's review of Goosebumps
- Craig's review of Halloween
- Craig's review of Halloween Kills
- Craig's review of Solo: A Star Wars Story
- Craig's review of The New Mutants
- Craig's review of The Big Short
- Graeme's review of Happy Death Day
- Craig's review of Happy Death Day 2U
Podcasts
Trailers
- Godzilla Minus One
- Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
- Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
- The Bikeriders
- Ferrari
- The End We Start From
- Pain Hustlers
- The Boy and the Heron
- Thanksgiving
- Bodies
- In the Fire
- Five Nights at Freddy’s
- Goosebumps
- Totally Killer
- Pet Sematary: Bloodlines
- John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams
- Lessons in Chemistry
- Dream Scenario
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- Percy Jackson and the Olympians
- Frasier (2023)
- Kite Man: Hell Yeah
- The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
- Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
- Doctor Who 60th anniversary
News
- Shawn Levy says Deadpool 3 will honour the legacy of the Fox franchise
- Marc Webb to direct a Bermuda Triangle movie
- Murder, She Wrote film in the works
- The Office reboot in the works
- Stray movie adaptation in the works
- Donald Glover’s Lando is now a movie
Misc
- Craig's appearance on "Shipwrecked and Comatose" talking about Lara Croft Tomb Raider (2001)
- Craig''s appearance on "Shipwrecked and Comatose" talking about Lara Croft Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life (2003)
Music
- L'Orchestra Cinematique's cover of "The Fellowship theme" and their YouTube channel
- Niall Stenson’s cover of "March of the Resistance" and his YouTube channel
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Wednesday Sep 27, 2023
Wednesday Sep 27, 2023
Kneel Before Pod takes the recent Disney+ Marvel TV show Secret Invasion to task. The conversation covers thoughtless messaging, characterising Nick Fury and MCU consequences.
Aaron Billingham can be found on this very site. Craig McKenzie can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the We Made This podcast network.
Show Notes
TV Reviews
- Craig's reviews of Secret Invasion
- Craig's reviews of WandaVision
- Craig’s reviews of Loki
- Craig's reviews of Hawkeye
- Craig's reviews of Ms. Marvel
- Craig’s reviews of Moon Knight
Movie Reviews
- Craig’s review of The Flash
- Craig’s review of Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves
- Craig's review of Black Panther
- Craig's review of Black Widow
- Craig's review of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
- Craig’s review of Spider-Man: No Way Home
- Craig’s review of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
- Craig's review of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- Craig’s review of Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania
- Craig’s review of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Podcasts
- The animated "Secret Invasion" adaptation
- The Flash (Movie)
- Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves
- Black Panther
- WandaVision
- Black Widow
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
- Loki
- Hawkeye
- Spider-Man: No Way Home
- Ms. Marvel
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
- Moon Knight
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Misc
Music
- Niall Stenson’s cover of the "Captain America: The Winter Soldier Theme" and his YouTube channel
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Wednesday Sep 13, 2023
Wednesday Sep 13, 2023
The Flash finally released after many years of delays and alterations so we just had to talk about it. The conversation covers nostalgia, subjective enjoyment and babies in microwaves.
Craig McKenzie can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the We Made This podcast network. Aaron Billingham can be found on this very site.
Show Notes
Reviews
- Craig's review of The Flash
- Craig’s reviews of The Flash season 9
- Craig's review of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
- Craig’s review of Spider-Man: No Way Home
- Craig’s review of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
- Craig’s review of Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania
- Craig’s review of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
- Craig's review of The New Mutants
- Craig’s review of Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice
- Craig’s review of Justice League
- Craig’s review of Zack Snyder’s Justice League
- Craig's review of Shazam!: Fury of the Gods
- Craig's review of The Batman
- Craig's review of Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves
- Craig's review of Bumblebee
Podcasts
- The Flash season 9
- Our Flashpoint retrospective
- Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves
- Craig's review of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
- Spider-Man: No Way Home
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
- Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
- Man of Steel
- Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice
- Justice League
- Zack Snyder’s Justice League
- The Batman
- Bumblebee
Music
- Niall Stenson’s cover of “The Flash theme”, The "Batman (1989) theme" and his YouTube channel
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Tuesday Sep 05, 2023
Tuesday Sep 05, 2023
August is over but it contained a wealth of trailers and news. The conversation covers fan entitlement/gatekeeping, unnecessary revivals and Snyder cuts, yes plural.
Craig can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the We Made This podcast network. Andrew’s work can be found on the Starburst website. Isa can be found on Twitter, Instagram or YouTube where she shares her projects and tutorial videos.
Show Notes
TV Reviews
- Craig’s reviews of Secret Invasion
- Craig’s review of The Flash season 9
- Craig’s reviews of Star Trek: Prodigy
- Craig's reviews of Star Trek: Picard
- Craig's reviews of Loki season 1
Movie Reviews
- Craig’s review of The Flash
- Craig’s review of Spider-Man: No Way Home
- Craig’s review of Thor: Love and Thunder
- Craig’s review of Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania
- Craig's review of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
- Craig's review of Begin Again
- Craig's review of Sing Street
- Craig’s review of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Craig’s review of TMNT: Out of the Shadows
- Craig’s review of John Wick
- Craig’s review of John Wick: Chapter 2
- Craig’s review of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
- Craig's review of Army of the Dead
- Craig’s review of Shazam: Fury of the Gods
- Graeme's review of Happy Death Day
- Craig's review of Happy Death Day 2U
- Andrew's review of Site 13
Podcasts
- The Flash season 9
- Loki season 1
- Spider-Man: No Way Home
- Thor: Love and Thunder
- Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
- Legion
- Star Trek: Picard season 1
- Star Trek: Picard season 2
- Star Trek: Picard season 3
- Craig's interview with Kevin and Dan Hageman
Trailers
- The Expend4bles
- Flora and Son
- The Lesson
- Saw X
- The Exorcist: Believer
- 57 Seconds
- Fair Play
- FOE
- Freelance
- Good Burger 2
- Scott Pilgrim
- The Balllad of Songbirds and Snakes - Welcome to The Academy
- All Fun and Games
- The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon
- John Wick: The Continental
- Rebel Moon
- Loki season 2
- Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 first look
News
- Agatha: Coven of Chaos Aubrey Plaza’s character possibly revealed
- Thor 5 - Taika Waititi’s plans
- Avengers: Secret Wars rumours
- Wonder Woman 3 in development
- Wonder Woman 3 not in development
- Donald Glover and his brother to write Lando Calrissian TV series
- Frasier first look
- The Franchise HBO
- The Wrecking Crew
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem sequel and TV series in the works
- Warrior Nun returning as movie trilogy
- Among Us animated series in the works
- Skincare
- Thirteen Ghosts series
- Ben Wheatley 6 hour horror series
- Talk To Me prequel has been shot
- Talk To Me sequel in the works
- Christopher Landon to direct Scream VII
- Totally Killer first look
- It Feeds
- Twilight Of The Dead to shoot this year
Misc
Music
- Niall Stenson’s cover of the “Marvel Music“, the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles theme” and his YouTube channel
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Thursday Aug 24, 2023
Thursday Aug 24, 2023
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse provided a seemingly endless list of topics to discuss and we attempted to discuss some of them. The conversation covers breathtaking animation, parental relationships and the canon!
Craig can be found on this very site and over on We Are Starfleet on the We Made This podcast network. Chris can also be found on a Sunday between 12 and 2pm GMT live on Black Diamond FM.
Show Notes
Reviews
- Craig's review of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
- Craig's review of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
- Craig's review of Spider-Man: No Way Home
- Craig's review of Morbius
- Craig's review of Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
- Craig's reviews of What If...?
Podcasts
Misc
- Developing the Spider-Punk animation style
- The LEGO Spider-Man inclusion
- The wheelchair-using Spider-Woman
Music
- Niall Stenson’s cover of the “60s Spider-Man theme from Spider-Man: Homecoming", "The Amazing Spider-Man theme" and his YouTube channel
If you enjoyed what you heard here then please do subscribe to Kneel Before Pod. If you have any feedback then we’d love to hear it. You can find us on Facebook and Twitter or make yourself known in the comments section below.