After Lunch

Michael May, Rob Graham, and Friends discuss TV, movies, comics, games, and anything else they happen to think of.

323 | Ultimate TV Themes Sweet 16 11/18/2024

323 | Ultimate TV Themes Sweet 16 After a few episodes determining the best TV themes from various genres, Michael and Rob are joined by Jacob and KC from to discuss the top four from each category and decide which is the Ultimate TV Theme Song of All Time. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/33958187

322 | Fast & Furious (2009) 11/15/2024

322 | Fast & Furious (2009) Michael, Rob, and Pax watch the fourth Fast and Furious movie. It's a prequel to the third one, but it also starts putting the disparate first three movies together to move the series towards what it's going to become. It's crazy, it's exciting, but is it good? And what about its own prequel, Los Bandoleros, directed and co-written by Vin Diesel? /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/33909297

321 | Die Another Day (2002) 11/11/2024

321 | Die Another Day (2002) Michael, Rob, and Karen finish the Brosnan Bond films with the most hated Bond film of them all. Or is it? It's Die Another Day co-starring Halle Berry, Rosamund Pike, Toby Stephens, a ton of references to earlier Bond films, and that song by Madonna. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/33862672

320 | After Midnight – Vampire Movies 11/08/2024

320 | After Midnight – Vampire Movies Michael and Jess talk about a couple of vampire movies from Mike Mignola's list of favorite horror movies. After revisiting The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967), which we'd both previously seen and disliked, we try Neil Jordan's Byzantium (2012), starring Saoirse Ronan and Gemma Arterton, to see if we like it any better. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/33766712

319 | After Dinner Lounge – The Title is a Warning 11/04/2024

319 | After Dinner Lounge – The Title is a Warning Pax, Rob, and Michael finish this month's lounge talking about Scream: The TV Series, Universal’s Dracula and Frankenstein movies, Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person, Friday the 13th with Gourley And Rust, The Witch (2015), Salem's Lot (2024), and more. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/33758567

318 | After Dinner Lounge – Do You Use Collapachop? 10/28/2024

318 | After Dinner Lounge – Do You Use Collapachop? Pax, Rob, and Michael talk about haunted apartments, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, layoffs, Holmes/Poirot, taking breaks from comics, Lone Women by Victor LaValle, Hangsaman by Shirley Jackson, and cetera. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/33626202

317 | Witches Spooky 16 10/21/2024

317 | Witches Spooky 16 Michael and Rob welcome back Joanna from Bloody Popcorn and Becky Tyler to talk about our favorite pop culture witches. And of course also to put them into brackets and vote on them until we decide on the ultimate witch of all time. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/33542717

316 | After Midnight – Ghost Stories 2 10/18/2024

316 | After Midnight – Ghost Stories 2 Michael and Jess continue watching Mike Mignola's 20 Horror Movies That He Can't Live Without. This time it's all ghost stories with The Innocents (1961), The Haunting (1963), and The Others (2001). If you especially like movies about ghosts, this makes a phantasmic follow up to Episode 286 where Michael, Jess, and their friend Darla discussed three other ghost movies: Poltergeist (1982), The Orphanage (2007), and The Woman in Black (2012). /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/33495907

315 | The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) 10/14/2024

315 | The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) Michael, Rob, and Pax continue drifting the Fast and the Furious drift with the third drift: Tokyo Drift. It's time to drift goodbye to Brian and drift hello with Sean, Han, and Twinkie. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/33432752

314 | The World Is Not Enough (1999) 10/07/2024

314 | The World Is Not Enough (1999) After a fun exercise in which they create their own one-off Bond films, Michael, Rob, and Karen discuss the tone, the villains, and the Christmas Jones of Pierce Brosnan's third Bond film (and Desmond Llewelyn's last), The World Is Not Enough. Also starring Sophie Marceau, Denise Richards, and Robert Carlyle, and directed by Michael Apted. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/33342952

313 | After Dinner Lounge – Khan-text 10/04/2024

313 | After Dinner Lounge – Khan-text Michael, Rob, and Pax talk about the Scream movies, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Agatha All Along, Sherlock Holmes live theater, Alien: Romulus, relistening to yourself on podcasts, Yellowjackets, Omen movies, and more. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/33254137

312 | After Dinner Lounge – Cool Jerk 09/30/2024

312 | After Dinner Lounge – Cool Jerk Michael, Rob, and Pax talk about rescuing princesses, refrigerator delivery, Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey, comfort media, Mary and the Birth of Frankenstein by Anne Eekhout, Pax's revisiting early Nerd Lunch, Kill Creek by Scott Thomas, and so much more. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/33246192

311 | Drama and Miscellaneous TV Themes Sweet 16 09/23/2024

311 | Drama and Miscellaneous TV Themes Sweet 16 Michael and Rob welcome back Carlin Trammel from last week and also John Vanover to nominate and vote on TV themes from dramas or any other genres that didn't fall into one of the previous categories we've covered. It's an especially eclectic hodge podge of musical styles this episode (making it particularly difficult to vote) in our road to determine the greatest TV theme song of all time. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/33153912

310 | Action and Mystery TV Themes Sweet 16 09/16/2024

310 | Action and Mystery TV Themes Sweet 16 These TV themes Sweet 16s aren't getting any easier. This time, Michael and Rob are joined by Paxton Holley and Carlin Trammel to agonize over, nominate, and vote on our favorite opening themes from action and mystery shows. It may be an impossible mission, but we'll open a bottle of magnum and try to become the greatest American heroes as we reveal the unsolved mystery of the best action/mystery theme ever. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/33054997

309 | Rod La Rocque as The Shadow 09/13/2024

309 | Rod La Rocque as The Shadow Michael and Rob travel back to the late 1930s for the first screen adaptations of the pulp hero The Shadow. The Shadow Strikes (1937) and International Crime (1938) both star Rod La Rocque as the Shadow, or at least Lamont Cranston. Or Granston. We'll get into it. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/32966927

308 | Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) 09/09/2024

308 | Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) After largely agreeing about GoldenEye, Michael, Rob, and Karen are divided once again. We differ about the enjoyability of Tomorrow Never Dies, Pierce Brosnan's second turn as James Bond with Jonathan Pryce as an over-the-top villain, Michelle Yeoh as a butt-kicking rival agent, Teri Hatcher as the never-before-revealed love of Bond's life, and a heart-breaking tale of two theme songs. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/32957607

307 | After Dinner Lounge – Doctor Octavian 09/06/2024

307 | After Dinner Lounge – Doctor Octavian Michael, Rob, and Pax stay up late talking about The Alienist, Avenue 5, Presumed Innocent, Sugar, The Six Million Dollar Man, Batman: Caped Crusader, Cleopatra movies, The Cat from Outer Space, Zardoz, Murder on the Orient Express movies, the Time Bandits TV series, Mayor of Kingstown, Deadpool & Wolverine, Knox Goes Away, Under Paris, generation gaps, The Man from Atlantis, Sealab 2020, Borderlands, Jackpot!, Guitar Hero, and more. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/32857147

306 | After Dinner Lounge – Relax Your Eyes 09/02/2024

306 | After Dinner Lounge – Relax Your Eyes After a quick conversation with Evan about ancient history, Michael, Rob, and Pax discuss Jedi gloves, Tomb Raider, Star Trek video games, salsa, Masterpiece by Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev, DC's Dark Knights of Steel event, a Ghostbusters oral history, Starter Villain by John Scalzi, Charlesgate Confidential by Scott Von Doviak, Sisters of the Neversea by Cynthia Leitich Smith, Ensign Flandry by Poul Anderson, The Space Between by Corinna Bechko and Danny Luckert, Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie, when to quit a book or TV series, and more. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/32847792

305 | After Midnight – Black Sunday and The Witch 08/26/2024

305 | After Midnight – Black Sunday and The Witch Michael and Jess talk about a couple of Mike Mignola's favorite movies about witches: Black Sunday (1960) and The Witch (2015). Plus Spirit Halloween, Maxine Minx, remakes, and strangely enough: Tarzan. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/32726662

304 | Jetpack Tiger – A Rebuttal of Animation as a TV Themes Category 08/23/2024

304 | Jetpack Tiger – A Rebuttal of Animation as a TV Themes Category The Return of Jetpack Tiger! In response to our episode on the Cartoons and Kids TV Show Themes Sweet 16, Dashiell and Carlin Trammel critique the decision to include the medium of animation as a separate category that competes with live action genres like sitcoms and action shows. Should animated shows be included with live action shows of similar genres? /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/32650207

303 | Cartoons and Kids TV Show Themes Sweet 16 08/19/2024

303 | Cartoons and Kids TV Show Themes Sweet 16 Michael and Rob welcome Ben Graham, Kay, and Pax to talk about the greatest cartoon and kids show theme songs of all time. Only sixteen tunes can go in the brackets, but there are honorable mentions galore. Even so, we've undoubtedly left out some great ones, so let us know your favorites! /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/32623197

302 | 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) 08/12/2024

302 | 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) Michael, Rob, and Pax ditch Dom and Mia for Roman, Tej, Monica, and Suki. And talk about whether or not that was a good move. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/32526627

301 | GoldenEye (1995) 08/05/2024

301 | GoldenEye (1995) Michael, Rob, and Karen watch Pierce Brosnan's introduction as James Bond and talk about how well GoldenEye rebooted and reinvigorated the series after a few years' break post-Licence to Kill. Directed by Martin Campbell, the movie also features Sean Bean, Izabella Scorupco, Famke Janssen, Joe Don Baker, Robbie Coltrane, Alan Cumming, and introduces Judi Dench as the new M. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/32426692

300 | After Dinner Lounge – Corporation Defamation 08/02/2024

300 | After Dinner Lounge – Corporation Defamation Michael, Rob, and Pax talk about Marvel’s Indiana Jones comics, DC/Marvel crossovers, Marvel novels, Deadpool and Wolverine pre-work, movies about the Greek Empire and the rise of Rome, the Despicable Me movies, Tár, the Ti West/Mia Goth Maxine movies, Clone Wars, Kimba the White Lion, Marvel’s Blood Hunt event and other comics, Ernest Hemingway, favorite movie props, IF, the final season of Star Trek: Discovery, Season 3 of Bridgerton, Delicious in Dungeon, John Lennon's supergroup The Dirty Mac, and ever so much more. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/32395437

299 | After Dinner Lounge – Like a Vergence 07/29/2024

299 | After Dinner Lounge – Like a Vergence Michael, Rob, Pax, and Evan talk about snakes, TV shows and documentaries about politicians, Lawmen: Bass Reeves, sequel novels to Star Trek TOS episodes, Classic Nerd Lunch, Furiosa, Brats, the Beverly Hills Cop movies, Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1, The Boys, Cobra Kai, X-Men cartoons, Ripley, space cat novels, Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? and other stuff by Agatha Christie, The Acolyte, and much much more. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/32322642

298 | TV Sitcom Themes Sweet 16 07/22/2024

298 | TV Sitcom Themes Sweet 16 Michael and Rob welcome Jeeg and Mike Westfall to help nominate 16 favorite TV sitcom theme songs, then vote on them until we determine the single greatest TV sitcom theme of all time. This was crazy hard with some impossible decisions, so let us know what we forgot and which themes should have advanced further in the tournament. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/32229167

297 | The American Ring Movies 07/19/2024

297 | The American Ring Movies Michael and Jess discuss their love for Samara Morgan in Gore Verbinski's 2002 US remake of Ringu (1998). They also talk about whether the sequels are any good: the short film Rings (2005), The Ring Two (2005), and the feature-length Rings (2017). /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/32193127

296 | Licence to Kill (1989) 07/15/2024

296 | Licence to Kill (1989) Michael, Rob, and Karen wrap up 1980s James Bond as well as Timothy Dalton's too short time on the series with Licence to Kill. It's one of Rob's favorites, but not so much one of Michael's. And it's Karen's first time seeing it. So there's a lot to unpack as always. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/32130207

295 | Paramount Superman Cartoons 07/08/2024

295 | Paramount Superman Cartoons Michael, Rob, and Pax are going to kill time between Fast and Furious episodes by watching some old superhero stuff. We're starting with the wildly influential Superman cartoons released by Paramount in the early 1940s. The first nine were produced by Fleischer Studios and their fingerprints are also all over the eight that followed by a renamed studio under different leadership. Because of that, all seventeen are usually referred to as the Fleischer Superman cartoons and we talk about the whole set: what worked, what didn't, and what went on to inspire not just future cartoons, but even the comics themselves. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/32032342

294 | I Read Movies: The Shadow 07/03/2024

294 | I Read Movies: The Shadow We continue our celebration of The Shadow's 30th anniversary with this special podcast crossover episode! Paxton Holley brings his I Read Movies podcast to After Lunch for a special look at James Luceno's Shadow novelization, based on the screenplay by David Koepp. /episode/index/show/nerdlunch/id/31951392

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