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The Middle of Culture #28 - The Spirit of the Beehive
A discussion of the 1973 film, The Spirit of the Beehive
The Middle of Culture #27 - Logan
This week we land on the penultimate episode of our X-Men journey with Logan.
The Middle of Culture #26 - Tabletop Role Playing Games
This week both Eden and I felt a bit low energy, so we went with a topic that didn't require too much energy or effort to prepare for. And, perhaps a little surprising...
The Middle of Culture #25 - X-Men: Apocalypse
Folks, this has been a real roller coaster. There have been highs, and there have been lows, but this week, I am pretty sure we have hit the very lowest low so far. Jo...
The Middle of Culture #24 - Year End Wrap Up
It should have been another entry in our Winter of Excontent. But alas, life just kicked me hard. In the balls. So, we are just sort of free wheeling it this week, wit...
The Middle of Culture #23 - NaNoWriMo 2022
This episode was a little different. Generally, we talk about the media and entertainment we have been consuming. However, today we wanted to talk about our efforts at...
The Middle of Culture #22 - X-Men Days of Future Past
The Summer of X has become the Fall of X, or even the Winter, depending on where you live. This week we talk a bit about games, music and then dive into the latest X m...
The Middle of Culture #21 - Mechathon
As children of the 80s, the entertainment of that time has always been highly influential for both myself and Eden. One of those influences is that of giant robots. Ye...
The Middle of Culture #20 - The Wolverine
The Summer of X is now the Fall of X officially as temperatures cool off and we follow The Wolverine to Japan. Eden and I discuss what we are in to these days, and the...
The Middle of Culture #19 - Elf Quest and the Art of Reading Comics
Over the course of our lives, we all have opportunities to develop certain skills. Eden and I have both spent many years honing some of those skills. Yet they have, in...
The Middle of Culture #18 - X-Men First Class
Everyone is a fan of something. Or often many things. But do we define ourselves and our personalities by our fandoms? If so, perhaps we should find meaning in somethi...
The Middle of Culture #17 - Simulator Games
These days, you can find a video game for almost anything. A longstanding, but increasingly broad category of games are those that fall under the "simulation" genre. T...
The Middle of Culture #16 - X-Men Origins: Wolverine
This week the Summer of X returns with X-Men Origins: Wolverine. We remembered it wasn't a great movie. Critically it did worse than the previous installments in the s...
The Middle of Culture #15 - Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
War. War never changes. And neither does the world after an apocalypse! Or at least that is how it appears in much of post-apocalyptic fiction. That's on the docket th...
The Middle of Culture - Summer Update
Life sometimes gets in the way. And that happened to us this week. Between travel and being away from home we weren't able to put together and episode that would meet ...
The Middle of Culture #14 - X-Men: the Last Stand
A wet fart. I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed. Those two comments pretty much sum up our thoughts about X-Men: The Last Stand. Bad, but not bad enough to be fun, this...
The Middle of Culture #13 - A Bride’s Story
Eden loves it, Peter had never even heard of it. Given Eden's love of the book, the siblings decided to read (or re-read) A Bride's Story. Come with us as we discuss t...
The Middle of Culture #12 - X2 X-Men United
Some have suggested X2 is the best of the X-Men movies. Braeden and Peter decide to discuss that and put that to the test, watching this hot on the heels of revisiting...
The Middle of Culture #11 - Shall Machines Divide the Earth
Far flung humanity, a “winner-takes-all” battle with humans and AI teamed up, yet orchestrated by other AI, and lesbian sex all combine to make for a very interesting ...
The Middle of Culture #10 - X-MEN (2000)
Comic book movies have come a long way in the last few decades. Before the turn of the century, they were often not very good, nor taken seriously. There were exceptio...
The Middle of Culture #9 - MCU Bracketology
There are over 30 entries in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. We bracket them, stack them, let them duke it out, and end up with a singular victor. And the winner just m...
The Middle of Culture #8 - First Quarter 2022 Music
A discussion of the music so far in 2022 that has impressed, moved and impacted us.
The Middle of Culture #7 - Ghost in the Shell
Braeden loves it, Peter has never seen it. We discuss the classic 1995 film "Ghost in the Shell".
The Middle of Culture #6 - FPS Draft
We run through a list of FPS games and draft our 5 favorite each.
The Middle Of Culture #5 - Rush Bracket Mania
We pit all Rush live and studio albums against each other to find the final victor.
The Middle of Culture #4 - The Emperor’s Soul
We discuss the Hugo award winning novella The Emperor's Soul, by Brandon Sanderson.
The Middle Of Culture #3 - The Incal
A conversation on comics, The Incal in particular. We discuss the characters, the art, and even some of the tradition of French comics.