Podcasts by Elevating The Genre - Smart stuff in the genre world
A podcast about all things that make smart geeky stuff actually smart.
Further podcasts by Christopher Morrison and Dominic Mah
Podcast on the topic TV und Film
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Monsters of Myth&Movies! from 2017-12-15T20:58:34
Chris and Dom close out 2017 with Vol. 2 Ep. 6, discussing the mythic monsters of film/comics/pop culture. Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around a...
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Myths&Legends in Marvel&DC Comics from 2017-11-16T08:59:34
Thor, Wonder Woman, and other comics icons drawn from the various pantheons of human mythology and folklore! Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around...
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Alien, Aliens, ad Alienitum from 2017-10-29T20:06:03
Conclusion of our Science Fiction Tropes Quadrology features the most terrifying and blue-collar of futures, the Aliens Universe. Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you w...
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Vol.2 Ep.3: Star Warsing!!!!!! Yup, all things that the Star Wars gave us (and some it took away) from 2017-10-22T13:45:08
VBR MP3 download Welcome to Volume 2 of Elevating the Genre! This is where we follow theme months for a full year. This new format will allow Dom and Christopher ...
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Vol.2 Ep.2: Blade Runner and all things slo-sci-fi!!!! from 2017-10-15T09:25:45
VBR MP3 download Welcome to Volume 2 of Elevating the Genre! This is where we follow theme months for a full year. This new format will allow Dom and Christopher ...
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Episode 1; Vol 2: October is Sci-Fi Month! Starting with Star Trek!!!! from 2017-10-06T09:54:04
VBR MP3 download Welcome to Volume 2 of Elevating the Genre! This is where we follow theme months for a full year. October is Sci-Fi trope month and we kick it of...
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Episode 0; Vol. 2!!!! We’re baaaaack! from 2017-09-30T08:17:06
VBR MP3 download Hey, you, yeah, you, yeah, you collector. Will you buy this cash-grab issue? Look! It’s a number 0, it’ll be worth something… s...
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Episode 35: The Spider-Man!!!! from 2017-07-08T17:22:55
https://ia601500.us.archive.org/31/items/christophermorrison2_gmail_Ep35/Ep35.mp3 With great power comes a great podcast… okay, maybe over-stating it a bit. But Dom and Christopher DO talk an...
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Episode 34: Anti-Heroes!!! (we’re not against heroes, but, you know, well… just listen…) from 2017-06-29T16:39:55
https://ia601500.us.archive.org/28/items/christophermorrison2_gmail_Ep34/Ep34.mp3 The second part of our duology of villains and anti-heroes is here! We break down your favorite poorly behaving/mur...
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Episode 33: Villains and Villainy… umm, or Villainery, you know… BAD GUYS! from 2017-06-24T22:19:04
VBR MP3 download This week Morrison and Mah take you to the heart of darkness where the bad people live. It’s VILLAINS! Hooray! (And a small semantic debate...
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Episode 32: Transformers The Animated Movie!!! (the only GOOD Transformers movie) from 2017-06-18T19:06
https://archive.org/download/christophermorrison2_gmail_Ep32/Ep32.mp3 Christopher and Dom delve into a pile of heroic nonsense that is Transformers the Animated Movie… and our deep, deep love...
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Episode 31: Wonder Woman!!!! from 2017-06-09T10:55:48
https://ia601509.us.archive.org/16/items/christophermorrison2_gmail_Ep31/Ep31.mp3 Christopher and Dominic welcome the wonderful (see what we did there???) Kimi Balcomb! The glorious leader from gol...
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Episode 30: The Apocalypse!!! from 2017-05-27T11:55:42
Christopher and Dominic take on all the Apocalypsessss, Apocalyptii, oh, you know. All of that. Pre-During-Post; The How; the story-telling effects; the good; the bad. You know, THE APOCALYPSE. htt...
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Episode 29: Gale Anne Hurd! from 2017-05-20T20:57:58
https://ia601500.us.archive.org/4/items/christophermorrison2_gmail_Ep29/Ep29.mp3 If you call yourself a geek and don’t know that name, trust us, you owe her quite a debt of gratitude. She is ...
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Episode 28: Humor and the Geek! from 2017-05-11T18:32:58
https://ia601503.us.archive.org/11/items/Episode28_201705/Episode28.mp3 This week we crack into another concept (thus killing it entirely): HUMOR! What is funny? And why is it funny? What is funny ...
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Episode 27: Rey and Jyn and May the 4th Be With You AND Dr. Melissa Hillman!!! from 2017-05-06T08:28:41
https://ia601506.us.archive.org/25/items/christophermorrison2_gmail_Ep27/ep27.mp3 It’s Star Wars DAY! May the fourth be with you. And here we go on a deep dive on Jyn and Rey with Star Wars e...
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Episode 26: Guest Starring The Geek Show At Bindlestiff Studio from 2017-04-27T03:17:42
Special Guest this week while Chris labors on his feature film! Dom chats with The Geek Show, playing at Bindlestiff Studio in San Francisco for 1 more weekend only! (This Thurs-Sat Apr 27-29.) Tic...
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Episode 25: Cinematic Superpowers!!! from 2017-04-22T12:37:13
https://ia601506.us.archive.org/24/items/christophermorrison2_gmail_Ep26/Ep26.mp3 What makes an awesome cinematic superpower? Have no fear, Christopher and Dom have opinions! (Even though Christoph...
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Episode 24a: We are VR! (Solo Christopher Show) from 2017-04-08T17:26:52
VBR MP3 download Christopher’s goin’ solo! A short but sweet musing on what’s coming and a bit of a primer on VR and 360 degree filming! Not a r...
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Episode 24: Buffy is 20! EtG is 6 months! And your hosts are O-L-D! Plus Dr. Edmond Chang! from 2017-03-31T16:11:02
VBR MP3 download This week we are throwing down on Buffy’s 20th birthday! We also have an EtG first! A three-way co-host rumble extraordinaire! Dr. Edmond C...
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Episode 23: We Elevate Marvel’s Iron Fist (’cause it mostly sucks) from 2017-03-25T12:30:18
VBR MP3 download We got a new one for you! Dom and I are very upset with the Netflix version of Iron Fist… so… we ELEVATE IT! That’s right. Dom ...
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Episode 22: Doctor Who!!! from 2017-03-15T08:37:53
VBR MP3 download We gots a guest host, the incomparable Mr. Zay Amsbury! He’s all kinds of awesomely writerly, podcasterly, geeky dudeliness. We are honored...
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Episode X-21A: Logan Review from 2017-03-10T12:09:50
VBR MP3 download It’s a special episode from the Weapon Plus Program and Department K! Dom and Christopher head into the bleak, violent, wonderful world of ...
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Episode 21: Wolverine!!!! from 2017-03-02T13:32:03
VBR MP3 download This week Dom and Christopher chop up a little James Howlett; Logan; or as the world best knows him: WOLVERINE. Listen as Christopher tells you a...
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Episode 20: Space Battles!!! from 2017-02-23T11:43:07
[audio: VBR MP3 download ] Today we’re in space and in the dogfight of our lives!!! Christopher and Dom break down what makes a kick-ass space battle KICK-AS...
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Episode 19: How We Make Indie Films!! from 2017-02-17T13:07:27
VBR MP3 download Ladies and gentlemen! Christopher is back and he and Dom chop it up on all things about making indie features (Dom has shot two and Christopher j...
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Episode 18: Cross-Dressing Voices In Cartoons (w/ guest host Katie G) from 2017-02-06T07:00:19
https://archive.org/download/AKatieEtG/A-Katie-EtG.mp3 4th in our series of guest hosts is Katie G, here to discuss the trope of cartoon characters voiced by actors the opposite of the characters&#...
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Episode 17: HULK AS PUNY CULTURAL PHENOMENON from 2017-02-02T20:46:54
https://archive.org/download/EtGGregPakDomHulk/EtG-GregPak-Dom-Hulk.mp3 Our Guest Host today (Chris is still shooting a feature film) is Greg Pak, writer, filmmaker, and preeminent scribe of Marvel...
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Episode 16: Smartness&Super-Geniuses with MC Frontalot from 2017-01-30T04:57:45
Dom & guest host MC Frontalot (Damian Hess) discuss the meaning of “smartness” in geek culture and the trope of the super-genius in film, TV, and comic books. Touched upon: Watchmen...
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Episode 15: Great Musical/Song Moments In Geek Culture from 2017-01-09T08:17:43
Hey, it’s our first episode with a GUEST HOST because Chris is shooting a film, so Dom is joined by filmmaker/musical enthusiast/pop-proto-culture expert H.P. Mendoza to discuss the most elev...
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Episode 14: Our Top 9 of 2016 (and goodbye Ms. Fisher) from 2016-12-28T13:06:40
Ladies and gentlemen! Our top Elevated Genre properties/moments/things/stuff from 2016! Hey, it was a sucky year… but here’s the good stuff! (With some shit stuff in there too.) 😦 Plea...
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Episode 13: The Hidden Force: Asian Influence on Western Sci-Fi (and a bunch of Rogue One) from 2016-12-19T10:10:12
That’s right we unpack how Asia is at the core of your favorite sci-fi properties. And, naturally, we can’t resist telling you all what we think of Rogue One. Kurosawa! Lucas! Verne! We...
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Episode 12: Holy sidekicks, Robin! (Yeah, sidekicks and a lot of Robin) from 2016-12-08T10:53:23
All things sidekicks (and a bunch of Robin the Boy Wonder). We know you want one, we know you ARE one once in a while… let’s talk about ’em! Please don’t forget we are always open...
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Episode 11A: Remakes/Reboots/Requels from 2016-12-07T11:02:54
Due to massive tech issues we are very late and very not visual. But that doesn’t stop us from tackling a HUGE topic like Remakes/Reboots/Requels… why are there so many? why make them? what makes t...
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Episode 11: Remake/Reboots/Requels!!! from 2016-12-05T23:44:57
Due to massive tech issues we are very late and very not visual. But that doesn’t stop us from tackling a HUGE topic like Remakes/Reboots/Requels… why are there so many? why make them? ...
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Episode 10: WD Richter and Home for the Holidays (Happy Thanksgiving!) from 2016-11-23T10:53:20
We celebrate American Thanksgiving by bringing you the deep dive on writer/director WD Richter and his singular Thanksgiving movie (directed by Jodie Foster) Home for the Holidays! Please don’t for...
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Episode 9: Akira, Ghost in the Shell, and Miyazaki from 2016-11-18T11:47
PS: I’m no longer calling them the ‘alt-right’, fuck these people. They are Nazis. Period. That’s what they are, white-supremisits with a new name, so I’m not going to...
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Episode 8: Superheroes and Politics from 2016-11-12T22:14:37
This week, of all weeks, it’s Superheroes and Politics. We go over multiple properties and their political leanings and the political ideologies behind supers in general. Hey, it’s a bi...
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Episode 7: Frank Miller (mostly his early work) from 2016-11-03T10:16:38
Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. Please see the “Suggestion Box” post for that (or feel free to leave a comment below with some i...
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Episode 6: Sigourney Weaver and the Alien Franchise (and a lot of MCU Netflix speculation on her casting) from 2016-10-30T10:25:17
It’s the queen of sci-fi herself: the immortal Ms. Weaver. We cover a lot of ground in this one. Her work, casting stuff, some Dr. Strange magics in, what makes Aliens an acting clinic, and o...
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Episode 5: John Carpenter (and a whole lot of Big Trouble in Little China) from 2016-10-20T14:21:57
Episode 5 and it’s the man, the myth, the legend, film-maker John Carpenter! (Although you’ll find that Dom and I have an inordinate amount of love for Big Trouble most.) Please don’t f...
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Episode 4: Robotech from 2016-10-13T14:53:41
Episode 4 where we get all up into ROBOTECH! You’ll find Dom and I both very emotional about this one! Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around...
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Episode 3: Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and all things Douglas Adams from 2016-10-07T21:09:48
Episode 3 and all things Hitchhiker’s and the man himself, Douglas Adams! Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. Please see the “...
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Episode 2: MCU’s Netflix Shows from 2016-10-03T17:35:33
Episode 2 where we discuss all things MCU on Netflix (including shows that haven’t even dropped yet!) Next up some definitions to help you figure out what the hell this podcast is all about (...
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Episode 1: Chris Claremont’s Run On Uncanny X-Men from 2016-09-28T06:35:20
Here it is folks! The exciting Episode 1 where we discuss all things Chris Claremont’s run on the Uncanny X-Men! That’s right, there’s geekery galore as Christopher and Dom run am...
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