Author: Weltall

Posted on

Popcorn Pulse 107: Ice Scream

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Deep in the heart of every video rental store of the nineties there were a few VHS tapes that were ubiquitous. These were the movies that were not ordered by the owners. They simply appeared on the shelves complete with worn stickers and suggested rental prices that were incorrect. One such film is Ice Cream Man(1995).

Continue reading “Popcorn Pulse 107: Ice Scream”
Posted on

Manga Pulse 402: Street Captain

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

There’s something infinitely charming about the predictions of the future made in the distant past in science fiction. Particularly when they didn’t bother to cast that far ahead in the date of their fictional world. Take Blade Runner, for example, depicting Los Angeles as a dark, shadowy, dystopian world of flying cars and pyramids. When in reality that more accurately describes modern day Las Vegas.

Continue reading “Manga Pulse 402: Street Captain”
Posted on

Manga Pulse 400: Many Hundreds

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Shockingly, somehow, we’ve made if to four hundred episodes. Nearly eight hundred manga reviewed. Hundreds of emails read and dismissed. As it’s definitely a milestone you’d think we would have planned something special to celebrate it. If you’ve listened to us for any length of time then you know we barely remember to show up. So the episode number was a complete surprise to us.

Continue reading “Manga Pulse 400: Many Hundreds”
Posted on

Popcorn Pulse 104: Denzel Vu

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Wouldn’t it be crazy if everything was a simulation and we were all just programs in it? Not really as it wouldn’t change your day to day goings on. Thankfully that’s not the question asked by the nineties in Virtuosity(1995). Because there wasn’t a lot of room for movies in that era asking if we lived in reality or not and most of that space in pop culture was reserved for the Matrix with a small corner carved out for The Thirteenth Floor.

Continue reading “Popcorn Pulse 104: Denzel Vu”
Posted on

Manga Pulse 399: Jesus Ladies

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Weltall and Tim, once again, can never seem to agree on the varying pronunciation of the term for comics depending on the source. There may be an official and sanctioned way to pronounce the subtle differences between manga, manhwa, and manhua but looking them up would take something akin to effort. Even if they wanted to, you’ve come to expect far less and we can’t break with tradition now.

Continue reading “Manga Pulse 399: Jesus Ladies”