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Mark and Michael take a look at the eighteenth episode of Battlestar Galactica (1978), "Murder on the Rising Star." From IMDB's description, "Starbuck is framed for murder of a sports rival. Apollo suspects Baltar but Adama agrees to charge Starbuck and try him for murder until Apollo can come up with some proof that he didn't do it." No, you didn't black out for two months and miss 8 episodes of Deja Reviewed. NBC.com, for some reason, refuses to show episode 10, and we hadn't yet realized that Tubi has BSG on it. We improvised and jumped ahead based on a listener suggestion to try an episode with the characters playing Triad. If you'd like to watch the episode prior to listening to our breakdown, it can be found here (NOT an NBC.com link). Here are some things we mention during the episode: This week’s episode is essentially Law & Order: BSG. Of note: the original Law & Order ran for 20 seasons from 1990 through 2010. The spinoff series, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, started in 1999 and is still going. Law & Order: Organized Crime just launched. We definitely don't need this much Law & Order, frankly. Follow-up notes on our Justice League episode from two episodes prior: Now that Mark has sat through BOTH versions of Justice League, he confirms that the four-hour-plus Zach Snyder’s Justice League is significantly better than the original. He will not, however commit to recommending either. If you’re interested in the role of a director and how having--or not having--a “vision” makes a difference, he thinks watching the two and comparing them is invaluable. Both are currently streaming on HBO Max. Danny Elfman’s score from the Whedon Justice League was axed, much to Michael's dismay. If you’re in the mood for some Elfman scores, we recommend 1989’s Batman score or 1994’s Edward Scissorhands score.  Also, if you didn’t know, he wrote the theme music for The Simpsons. Mark thought Snyder’s version was going to go more The Dark Knight Returns version of Batman. Turns out, he was wrong, but the original Frank Miller graphic novel is still HIGHLY recommended as one of the seminal takes on Batman. Want more on Tenet and how/why you can’t hear the dialogue? Mark, who studies film sound professionally and has written extensively on it, gave his take on the Tenet sound mix on Twitter back when the movie came out. There’s probably a happy medium in filmmaking between “too complicated for your own good” (Tenet) and “didn’t anyone who had taken elementary school-level science look at this script before they made it?” (Chain Reaction, The Saint) How many ways are there to arrange 6 notecards? 6!, or 6x5x4x3x2x1, which equals 720. MICHAEL'S NOTE: No, I didn't do the math in my head, but I did know this equation in the episode without looking it up. We couldn’t figure out the rules of Triad just from the episode. However, someone at the Battlestar Wiki has done their homework. More love for Futurama, this time in the context of sports: In “Time Keeps On Slippin’,” the Planet Express crew and Farnsworth’s “super mutants” hold a big lead against the Globetrotters with two minutes left in a basketball game, but Fry somehow manages to make them lose anyway. "A Leela of Her Own” introduces the game of “blernsball,” which is similar to baseball except the ball is on an elastic band that keeps it always in play. We talked about Minority Report several times last season in the context of Philip K. Dick and The Twilight Zone, but Michael pulls a great deep cut here referencing the movie’s “orgy of evidence.” Voice immodulation syndrome is a real thing, at least according to Will Ferrell’s recurring SNL character Jacob Silj. Shout out to Lyman Ward, a.k.a. Karibdis but better known as Ferris Bueller’s dad. MARK'S NOTE: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is in Mark’s top ten favorite movies of all time. MICHAEL'S NOTE: I'm from Chicago and ostensibly a Cubs fan, and even I think that's an insane choice for a top-ten. “The Expanse” book series by James S.A. Corey (8 novels thus far starting with 2011’s Leviathan Wakes, and the 9th, Leviathan Falls, due later this year) is, as Mark thought, now a TV series – but he was wrong about it being on Netflix. It’s on Amazon Prime, with the first three seasons originally airing on Syfy and the two since (plus season 6, currently in production) being made as Prime originals. We’re going on a post-season hiatus, but will be back for Season 3 of Deja Reviewed. If you have ideas on a TV show or movie that was later rebooted that you'd like to hear us tackle, send us a message! If you'd like to follow us on social media or send us a message, check us out at our website, and you can also send us a voicemail or text. If you're enjoying Deja Reviewed, it'd really help us out if you subscribe and give us a rating wherever you're listening. Thank you, as always, for listening!

Mark and Michael take a look at the ninth episode of Battlestar Galactica (1978), "The Gun on Ice Planet Zero: Part 2." From IMDB's description, "Apollo and Starbuck lead a group of convicts on a possible suicide mission to destroy the cannon, which is located on an icy planet." If you'd like to watch the episode prior to listening to our breakdown, it can be found here. Here are some things we mention during the episode: Regardless of what crazy term Michael tries to come up with for him (MICHAEL'S NOTE: "Darling" is a crazy term? I feel for Mark's wife.), yes, Donald P. Bellisario IS the creator of Quantum Leap as well as a ton of other hit TV shows: Magnum P.I., JAG, NCIS, Airwolf. Props to him for doing all that PLUS writing on BSG. Also, he created a lot of shows with initialisms in their titles. The debate continues: did BSG rip off Star Wars more or vice-versa? Lucas seemed to have "borrowed" a LOT of scenes from the sequels that we're seeing in BSG. Following up on last week’s review of Justice League (2017), initial reviews of Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021) are generally very positive. Michael is finally getting around to going through the MCU, and doing it in chronological/thematic (rather than release) order. Want to do the same? With few people going to the theaters, the good people at AMC apparently have more time on their hands and put together this guide, which actually came out just BEFORE everything shut down last spring so maybe they were getting a jump on what people should watch when stuck at home (MICHAEL'S NOTE: Pretty sure they "borrowed" a lot of this like they're George Lucas from this Reddit poster.). Next up in the MCU is the long-awaited Black Widow solo movie, currently scheduled for a May 7th release (after being pushed back from summer 2020 due to the pandemic). Also The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, the MCU’s 2nd TV miniseries since being acquired by Disney, is currently “airing” on Disney+ with the first two episodes now out and two left to go. "Surprise” actors in Captain America: The First Avenger like Hugo Weaving (Lord of the Rings, The Matrix) and Tommy Lee Jones (all sorts of movies, least notably one of the lesser Batman films mentioned in last week’s show notes, Batman Forever) Now that Disney is determined to oversaturate the market, lots more actors are showing up in the Star Wars universe as they’re making more movies and TV shows. Breaking Bad’s “Gus" (Giancarlo Esposito) got an Emmy nomination playing Moff Gideon in The Mandalorian, and one of Michael's favorite standup comedians, Bill Burr, played Migs Mayfield in the same Star Wars series. Mark is incorrect about there being 30 “headliner” actors by the time of Avengers: Infinity War. It’s actually 27 actors listed on the poster in the credits block. Which is still ridiculous. Jurassic Park comes up a few times. While the movie is a classic, if you never read the original book by Michael Crichton, give it a read. Like many books adapted into movies, there’s a lot more detail and interesting subplots that were excised to chop it down to a two hour movie. German rocket scientist Werner von Braun was so consumed with pushing rocketry technology forward that he kept doing so regardless of what uses it was put to. There’s actually an old Tom Lehrer song about him that actually captures this attitude pretty well. Futurama demonstrates how to avoid a space blockade. We're darned if we can remember which episode it’s in. Let us know if you remember! The end of this episode is basically the ending of Return of the Jedi (which--again--came out AFTER this, George, you thief) just not done as well. The NBC app and website has foiled us again. It doesn't appear possible to watch our next planned episode, "The Magnificent Warriors." We'll try to figure it out, or you can dig out that old boxed set that you have to watch it prior to next week's episode. If our plans have to change due to NBC being garbage, we'll let you know! If you'd like to follow us on social media or send us a message, check us out at our website, and you can also send us a voicemail or text. If you're enjoying Deja Reviewed, it'd really help us out if you subscribe and give us a rating wherever you're listening. Thank you, as always, for listening!

This week we took a brief hiatus from Battlestar Galactica, as Mark forces Michael to watch the 2017 DC superhero team-up movie, Justice League. We'll be back on track next week with the conclusion of “The Gun on Ice Planet Zero," which can be viewed here. Justice League's original director Zack Snyder left the film before it was completed, and Joss Whedon was brought in to finish the film. Whedon apparently changed quite a bit, and the film that hit theaters was very different from what Snyder had imagined, leading to social media calls among Synder fans to #ReleaseTheSnyderCut. This week, HBO Max is doing just that, with Synder’s completed 4-hour version hitting the streaming service on March 18th. So, we (read: Mark) thought this was a great opportunity for Deja Reviewed to take its first stab at a rebooted movie. Enjoy, then you can decide if a different-but-still-a-lot-of-the-same-stuff 4 hour version of Justice League is worth your time. The 2017 cut of the film can be viewed behind a paywall here. Michael heartily apologizes to Gal Gadot, as her last name is pronounced guh-dowt. Call me, Gal, for a more comprehensive apology. Here is her being adorable and pronouncing it. Zack Synder was basically given the reins to the entire DC superhero film line (what Warner Brothers dubbed the “DC Expanded Universe” or “DCEU” to compete with the wildly successful “Marvel Cinematic Universe” or “MCU”). He directed the first two films in this iteration of the DC world, Man of Steel and Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice (which also introduced Wonder Woman), plus sharing writing and producing credits on Wonder Woman (directed by Patty Jenkins) which came out in summer 2017, just a few months ahead of Whedon’s Justice League. Joss Whedon is probably best known in fandom as the creator of the TV shows Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Firefly, but had plenty of experience in the superhero realm, helming the well-received first big MCU team-up film The Avengers, and also its less-well-liked sequel Avengers: Age of Ultron. More recently, he’s been the focus of allegations of creating toxic work environments from the present (including on Justice League) dating back to the Buffy sets. Not being versed in all the details of this still-unfolding story we don’t spend much time on this aspect of Whedon, but obviously it’s going to be relevant context to Whedon’s place in the industry going forward. For what it's worth, Snyder never joined in the public bashing of the way Whedon altered his vision for the film and claims he’s never actually seen Whedon’s finished version. As Michael notes, the core MacGuffin of Justice League--collecting the three “Motherboxes”--seems eerily similar to that of the MCU’s first ~20 films, which were about supervillain Thanos collecting the six Infinity Stones. This plotline came to a head in the massive two-part all-MCU-team-up films Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame, the latter of which was the highest-grossing film in history for a while. Just this month, Avatar reclaimed that title after a brief re-release in China, which raises the question of which Michael thinks is WORSE to be the all-time highest-grosser, given his past comments about Avatar. (MICHAEL'S NOTE: I don't care about any of this.) Michael kind of liked Synder’s 2004 Dawn of the Dead remake, which is being followed by the upcoming Army of the Dead. The best evidence of directors having unique styles came from last season, when we looked at the first season of the original The Twilight Zone. We learned to identify certain directors by their visual styles, even working within the same structure of TZ. And we had our favorites, such as John Brahm. For the record, Joss Whedon was NOT the creator of Veronica Mars, which according to IMDB was Rob Thomas. We assume this is NOT the same Rob Thomas from Matchbox Twenty, though figuring that out conclusively would take more research than we’re willing to put in. Of Snyder’s previous films, we both liked 300 and split on Watchmen. Mass Effect is one of Michael's favorite video game series, and he thinks casting Henry Cavill as Commander Shepherd (or really casting him as anything) is a terrible idea. Mindhunter is an excellent series on Netflix that stars Holt McCallany, who’s the robber Batman uses as bait to attract a parademon at the beginning of JL. Michael heartily recommends author Caleb Carr for historical fiction that's entertaining and tricks you into thinking you're learning something. Michael again wants to recommend Life on Mars (the show, he’s not recommending actually going and living on Mars). The BBC version is far superior, but he also didn't hate the ABC version (except for the ending). Mark recommends Frank Miller’s “The Dark Knight Returns”, whose older retired Batman was what he thought Ben Affleck was going for. Whether that was true or not, this remains an excellent graphic novel and one of the seminal reimaginings of Batman. Marvel vs. DC in terms of laying the cinematic foundations, the evidence prior to their “team-up” films: MCU: 5 movies between 2008 and 2011 (Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Thor, and Captain America: The First Avenger) before The Avengers in 2012. So of the original Avengers, 4 had their own movies, and the other two (Hawkeye and Black Widow) were both introduced in the prior films, Hawkeye in Thor and Black Widow (more substantially) in Iron Man 2 DCEU: 4 movies between 2013 and 2017 (Man of Steel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad, and Wonder Woman) before Justice League in 2017. However Aquaman, Flash, and Cyborg were only introduced in an email attachment in BvS prior to this film, and Suicide Squad was essentially independent from the other films/characters with no Justice League overlap (save a brief Batman cameo). So fewer films, with fewer of the heroes introduced, prior to their team-up, relative to the MCU Michael criticizes the contemporary action style of extreme close shots and quick cutting where you can’t tell what the hell is going on, and ties it to Doug Liman’s The Bourne Identity, but this technique is actually perhaps most linked with that film’s sequels, The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum, both directed by Paul Greengrass. Film and music scholar Claudia Vernallis has referred to this style, specifically using The Bourne Supremacy as its archetype, as “The New Cut-Up Cinema” in a variety of writings, including her book Unruly Media. Mark also writes some about this style, tying it to particular stylistic uses of surround sound in Beyond Dolby (Stereo) and other works. Since we refer to them a few times, a quick list of prior modern-era live-action Batman movies: Batman: The Movie (1966) with Adam West as Batman, a spinoff of the popular campy TV show Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992), both directed by Tim Burton and starring Michael Keaton Batman Forever (1995) and Batman & Robin (1997), both directed by Joel Schumacher (turning the camp up to 11), starring Val Kilmer and George Clooney, respectively, as the titular hero. Though Batman was recast in each and the style dramatically changed when Burton was replaced with Schumacher, they are technically part of the same continuity as the 1989/1992 films, with several of the same actors in all four films, including those playing Alfred and Commissioner Gordon. Harvey Dent / Two-Face was famously recast from Billy Dee Williams to Tommy Lee Jones, with the producers apparently only insisting whoever played the role had a three letter middle name ending in “ee." Side note, Batman & Robin remains the only movie that has caused Michael to physically walk out of a theater. The “Dark Knight Trilogy” (Batman Begins (2005), The Dark Knight (2008), The Dark Knight Rises (2012)), all starring Christian Bale and directed by Christopher Nolan, who had a hand in tapping Zach Snyder to take over the DCEU. The Dark Knight is widely considered one of the best superhero films of all time (Michael's Note: It's not.), and its exclusion from the Best Picture race in that year’s Oscars was a big factor behind the Academy expanding the Best Picture category to be able to include more than five films per year. The Batman (2022), directed by Matt Reeves and starring Robert Pattison For some reason we end up discussing roller coasters, including Batman: The Ride at Six Flags Great America (Gurnee, Illinois) and The Raptor at Cedar Point (Sandusky, Ohio) (both good) and Superman: The Ride (also Six Flags Great America) (bad). Superman (1978), demonstrating just how dumb a superhero plot can be. Spinning the world around backwards would be disastrous, and definitely would NOT magically make the past twenty-four hours undo itself and turn back time. Jerry Seinfeld, we love you, but seriously, what's with the love of Superman, the least-interesting superhero? Michael does NOT like Amber Heard, but probably likes her more than Johnny Depp does. There was ANOTHER Superman movie between the Christopher Reeve versions and the current DCEU Henry Cavill versions: Superman Returns (2006). This just goes to prove our point that that one was not so much good or bad as just not memorable in any way. Lois Lane is supposed to be a strong character. See, well, every prior iteration. Here? Not so much. If you're looking for more dark, brooding superheroes, but done better and packing more emotional punch, check out Logan, the R-rated finale to Hugh Jackman’s long run as X-Men hero Wolverine. Just to round out the superhero movie primers since Michael has a love affair with this hero, the modern-era live-action Spiderman movies: Spider-Man (2002), Spider-Man 2 (2004), and Spider-Man 3 (2007), all starring Tobey Maguire and helmed by Sam Raimi. The first one is good, second one really good, third one terrible on the basis of the dancing alone. The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) rebooted the series with Andrew Garfield in the lead and Marc Webb as director. A third film in this series was planned but scrapped. One reason the series was rebooted so soon after Spider-Man 3 was that Sony was contractually obligated to put out a new Spider-Man movie every so many years or the character’s lucrative film rights would return to Marvel. Same thing happened here, with Sony needing to relaunch the character once they knew the third Garfield/Webb film was a no-go. Luckily the lawyers were able to work out a deal with Marvel to bring Spidey into the MCU under Kevin Feige’s leadership, but with Sony maintaining ownership and profits from the new version. Thus came... Tom Holland in the MCU spider-suit, first cameoing in Captain America: Civil War (2016) before getting his own solo films in Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), and the upcoming Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), all directed by Jon Watts. Holland’s Spidey also showed up, of course, in Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019), with some fans complaining that his death in Infinity War lost some emotional impact since Sony’s previous announcement of Far From Home made it clear the hero was not “permanently” dead. If you'd like to follow us on social media or send us a message, check us out at our website, and you can also send us a voicemail or text. 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Mark and Michael take a look at the eighth episode of Battlestar Galactica (1978), "The Gun on Ice Planet Zero: Part 1." From IMDB's description, "Baltar attempts to lure Galactica into range of a gigantic pulsar cannon. Adama becomes aware of the trap and sends in a team of commandos to destroy it." If you'd like to watch the episode prior to listening to our breakdown, it can be found here. Here are some things we mention during the episode: Michael waxes reminiscent on the onscreen trope of people having their minibar with ice bucket and hard liquor ready to go when they come home. This shows up ALL over the place throughout TV and movies, but for a very recent example, check out this year’s Golden Globe-winner for Best Actor (Get Out’s Daniel Kaluuya), Judas and the Black Messiah. There’s a great scene at the home of FBI agent Roy Mitchell that makes use of this trope in an effective way to highlight the difference in lifestyle between Mitchell and his informant. Michael and Mark both agree that The Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones were great onscreen adaptations from fantasy novels, though Michael has not read the original LOTR books after starting and stopping The Hobbit several times (Mark argues the writing style/level of LOTR is quite different from that of The Hobbit). Both also agree George R.R. Martin could stand to edit his books down some. Another strong book series adapted to very good films is the Millennium series of books about Lisbeth Salander (i.e., The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo). Author Stieg Larsson does a great job with everything EXCEPT coming up with names. I mean, does EVERYONE AND THEIR PHONE have to be named Ericsson? BTW what happened to Nokia? The classic standup bit from Armageddon is that wouldn’t you think it’d be easier to teach astronauts how to drill than to teach drillers how to be astronauts? The “we need these convicts/criminals/bad guys to help us in this mission” plot device is one with a long history and use in a lot more movies/shows than we reference. A few of those mentioned in here include Suicide Squad (the comic is supposedly good, but don’t bother with the movie; also they’re making a NEW movie version just a couple years after the last that apparently is neither a sequel NOR a full-on reboot), The Rock (Michael Bay’s best film by far, and extra cool for biochemistry majors), and The Dirty Dozen (a classic). Mark talks about Interstellar and acts like he has a soul. The Lion King musical Return to Oz The Dark Crystal Terminator 2: Judgment Day We're doing something a little different next episode. In our own cliffhanger, we're postponing our viewing of "The Gun on Ice Planet Zero: Part 2" so Mark can force Michael to watch the "old" Justice League in advance of the Zack Snyder reboot. If you'd like to watch it in advance of our next episode, unfortunately it requires a paid subscription, but I hear HBO has some other pretty good stuff on it, too, even if Justice League is awful. If you'd like to follow us on social media or send us a message, check us out at our website, and you can also send us a voicemail or text. If you're enjoying Deja Reviewed, it'd really help us out if you subscribe and give us a rating wherever you're listening. Thank you, as always, for listening!

Mark and Michael take a look at the seventh episode of Battlestar Galactica (1978), "The Long Patrol." From IMDB's unnecessarily-long description, "Starbuck's unplanned double-date with Cassiopeia and Athena on the recently-reopened luxury liner Rising Star is interrupted when the Galactica picks up long-range transmission traffic indicting human life in a distant solar system on the other side of a vast asteroid dust field. Starbuck is recalled to duty to pilot the Starchaser, an up-powered reconnaissance viper denuded of weaponry and bearing a voice-activated computer - Computer, Oral Response Activated, known simply as CORA - that can handle the vast increase in performance in the new viper. Starbuck is enthralled by the new viper, but less enthusiastic about CORA, who bears a personality that grates on Starbucks nerves. Starbuck picks up two star-craft from hundreds of years vintage and in the process he is double-crossed and knocked unconscious by a smuggler of liquor. Starbuck later finds himself incarcerated on Proteus, a prison planetoid that is a surviving body from hundreds of such penal facilities scattered through the stars by the Colonies during the Cylon War, facilities that made munitions and liquor for the war effort. Proteus is now manned by the distant antecedents of its original guards and prisoners and continues to make ambrosia for Colonial warriors, even though hundreds of years worth of ambrosia have never left the planet - and the planet may not even survive, as a Cylon patrol that has detected Starbuck's now-stolen viper has spotted the planetoid while the stolen viper is being pursued by Apollo and Boomer." If you'd like to watch the episode prior to listening to our breakdown, it can be found here. Here are some things we mention during the episode: Before we get to that, though, the episode image of Starbuck that Michael pulled is straight up Luke Skywalker in Return of the Jedi, feeding into his theory that Star Wars actually ripped off BSG WAY more than the other way around. You're a hack, George Lucas. Correction from our episode ("Lost Planet of the Gods: Part 2"): In Raiders of the Lost Ark, the place where the sun shines through the crystal to reveal the location of the Ark is the MAP ROOM, not the Well of Souls (which is where the Ark is). So the hosts are not as dumb as they appeared. It just took them a while to realize that. Though given that Michael claims Raiders of the Lost Ark is his favorite movie, he REALLY should know better. (MICHAEL'S NOTE: Sorry, but it's difficult to listen to EVERY word that Mark says. I mean, come on. Are you???) The Last Starfighter. Turns out that movie DOES also use the name “Centauri” (which BSG introduces here as a new unit of time, apparently tired of using “centons” for everything from a second to a year). However, it’s not the name of the planet, it’s the name of a character in the movie. (MICHAEL'S NOTE: The Last Starfighter is awesome, and may be one of my most nostalgic movies.) Star Trek. The “thing that they work for,” as Mark so ineloquently puts it, is THE FEDERATION. Honestly between the Well of Souls fiasco and not being able to remember this basic Star Trek fact, both the hosts should lose any geek cred they may have had. (MICHAEL'S NOTE: Last night, I texted my high school friends with a Simpsons reference that The Crown reminded me of. So, no, we shouldn't.) BSG takes a turn for the sitcom-y, with parallels to both Three’s Company (every episode) and the Friends episode “The One with the Two Parties". Dirk Benedict as Starbuck is finally coming together and getting some of the charming slimeball vibe we came to know and love from Benedict as Face in The A-Team. Unprompted, Michael brings up The Last Jedi. AGAIN. (MICHAEL'S NOTE: I mean, it was definitely prompted, and you'd think Mark would stop begging me to link to it in the show notes. Stop trying to make link happen.) Mark’s sci-fi book recommendation, The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu. It’s the first book of a trilogy, and after you finish it you’ll definitely want to continue into The Dark Forest and Death’s End. (MICHAEL'S NOTE: Remember earlier in these notes when Mark tried to claim he's not as big a geek as it appears?) Mrs. Doubtfire has another dinner scene with one character jumping between two different roles that can’t find out about each other. (MICHAEL'S NOTE: This movie is THIRTY YEARS OLD, AND WE'RE ALL A MILLION YEARS OLD!) If you'd like to follow us on social media or send us a message, check us out at our website, and you can also send us a voicemail or text. If you're enjoying Deja Reviewed, it'd really help us out if you subscribe and give us a rating wherever you're listening. Thank you, as always, for listening!

Mark and Michael take a look at the sixth episode of Battlestar Galactica (1978), "The Lost Warrior." From IMDB's description, "Apollo crashes on the Wild West like planet Equellus after being pursued by four Cylon fighters. Taken in by a widow named Vella and her son Puppis, Apollo takes on crime boss La Certa and Red-Eye, a Cylon centurion turned formidable gunfighter who killed Vella's husband Martin." If you'd like to watch the episode prior to listening to our breakdown, it can be found here. Here are some things we mention during the episode: Michael turns his vitriol from The Last Jedi to Gilmore Girls, despite not having sat down and watched the show, which Mark argues is actually good. (Ed.: Mark is wrong, and Michael has watched enough of that show to know that it's not good.) Michael brings up The Last Jedi YET AGAIN, but I'm sick of linking to it. Duel, a/k/a the only time worrying about fuel consumption actually worked in a movie plot (Back to the Future also works, when running out of plutonium) Avatar and its predictable plot Robocop and heavy costumes (a/k/a "How much do you think a Cylon Centurion weighs, and could a horse actually support one riding on its back?") Die Hard and Reginald VelJohnson (a/k/a Family Matters’s Carl Winslow) Shane, which Mark and Michael both somehow think this episode is a lot like, despite not being able to remember what happens in Shane Unforgiven, which isn’t particularly relevant but a damn good film Dukes of Hazzard’s Boss Hog, who looks suspiciously like the main villain from this episode “You’ll shoot your eye out!” from the Christmas classic A Christmas Story. We never find out if Puppus ever is warned about shooting his own eye out with the Numo. Western tropes like Clint Eastwood’s Man with No Name, Spaghetti Westerns, and The Mandalorian, apparently? If you'd like to follow us on social media or send us a message, check us out at our website, and you can also send us a voicemail or text. If you're enjoying Deja Reviewed, it'd really help us out if you subscribe and give us a rating wherever you're listening. Thank you, as always, for listening!

Mark and Michael take a look at part two of another lengthy episode of Battlestar Galactica (1978), "Lost Planet of the Gods." From IMDB's description, "After traversing a large void in space, the Galactica and the refugee fleet discover the home planet of their species, Kobol." If you'd like to watch the episode prior to listening to our breakdown, it can be found here. Here are some things we mention during the episode: Quantum Leap NSTV – Northwestern Sketch Television – and the “Bakula” sketch mentioned is actually available on YouTube! Scream Harrison Ford pointing The Last Jedi (yet again – and it’s Michael who brings it up every time, despite claiming he hates it. I think there’s something going on here) Flash Gordon Tatooine The Mandalorian Lost Raiders of the Lost Ark (aka, Michael's favorite movie) MacGyver looks for the Holy Grail in “Legend of the Holy Rose” Who’s the heartless bastard (probably Mark) related to the end scene? You decide: more or less tear-jerking than the end of Terminator 2: Judgment Day? Avatar, on the other hand is NOT tear-jerking, nor even that good. Titanic (the movie, not the boat, though the movie is about the boat) 24 Love Actually (Mark highly recommends) – and “Sam,” the kid in that movie (stepson to Liam Neeson) goes on to play a major character in The Queen’s Gambit, a great very recent show (which makes it notable since we mostly talk about older TV) The innovative rumored/planned release strategy for the upcoming BSG reboot Breaking Bad Wandavision (Mark’s kids are finally experiencing what it was like when you’re really into a show but it only comes out once per week and then you have to WAIT for the next episode) House of Cards (you can find a link yourself, but don't bother; the star we won't name is a creepy, disgusting person who doesn't deserve a link; instead, here's a link to the superior. original BBC version!) Gilmore Girls (Michael will die on the "this show is absolutely terrible" hill) Survivor If you'd like to follow us on social media or send us a message, check us out at our website, and you can also send us a voicemail or text. If you're enjoying Deja Reviewed, it'd really help us out if you subscribe and give us a rating wherever you're listening. Thank you, as always, for listening!

Mark and Michael take a look at part one of another lengthy episode of Battlestar Galactica (1978), "Lost Planet of the Gods." From IMDB's description, "When a large number of Colonial Warriors come down with a serious infection, Apollo and Starbuck must train a number of female shuttle pilots to fly Vipers for combat duty." If you'd like to watch the episode prior to listening to our breakdown, it can be found here. Here are some things we mention during the episode: Independence Day Michael and Mark worked on a movie together back in 2010, check out the trailer for How NOT to Quit Your Day Job As Michael notes later in the episode, the character from the BSG reboot he describes early on but can’t think of her name is actually a conflation of bits of a couple different characters, a combination of Anastasia “Dee” Duala (who marries Apollo and later commits suicide) and Cally, the mechanic who ends up marrying Chief (and who fits the physical description Michael gives when initially trying to remember the character name). Mark was supposed to edit the correction in right after they initially discuss it but ran out of time to do so. Designated Survivor, which despite being a “meh” show that Michael hasn’t seen at all and Mark only watched the first few episodes of, has now come up two episodes in a row. Top Gun has great plane shots, but you can’t always tell where they all are in relation to each other. The Matrix (because of course), this time for high-speed camera moves and for Joe Pantoliano selling out humanity. Another Snidely Whiplash mention. We'll make him trend harder than The Weeknd. Cheers, The Simpsons, and sitcom relationships where every episode ends back where you began (or there’s VERY slow progression). If you'd like to follow us on social media or send us a message, check us out at our website, and you can also send us a voicemail or text. If you're enjoying Deja Reviewed, it'd really help us out if you subscribe and give us a rating wherever you're listening. Thank you, as always, for listening!

Mark and Michael take a look at part three of the feature-length movie that introduced the world to Battlestar Galactica (1978), "Saga of a Star World." From IMDB's description, "After the Twelve Colonies of Mankind were destroyed in a sneak attack by the Cylon tyranny, the last Battlestar Galactica leads a makeshift fugitive fleet on a desperate search for the legendary planet Earth." If you'd like to watch the episode prior to listening to our breakdown, it can be found here. Here are some things we mention during the episode: The Last Jedi and The Matrix (because Mike can’t get through an episode without bringing up his favorite films) Tom Cruise vigorously enforcing COVID protocols on new Mission: Impossible set A sort-of-retracted New Yorker story about Japanese-families-for-hire Our definitive list of shows that were good from the jump: Battlestar Galactica (2004) Lost Breaking Bad Futurama Our definitive list of shows that took awhile to find their groove: Schitt’s Creek (Michael 100% disagrees with it being on this list; it's hilarious from the jump, but Mark did the show notes) Friends Parks and Recreation 30 Rock (and it’s Jane Krakowski, not Jane Krasinski. We think Mike was merging The Office’s John Krasinski with her to create one unstoppable aughts sitcom star.) Fringe Our definitive list of villains who don’t think they’re heroes: Snidely Whiplash Our definitive list of villains who think they’re heroes: General Francis X. Hummel (Ed Harris) in The Rock The Galactic Empire (or do they?) The Twilight Zone (especially episode “People are Alike All Over” mentioned at the end though we couldn’t recall the name) If you'd like to follow us on social media or send us a message, check us out at our website, and you can also send us a voicemail or text. If you're enjoying Deja Reviewed, it'd really help us out if you subscribe and give us a rating wherever you're listening. Thank you, as always, for listening!

It's just Mark and Michael as they take a look at part two of the feature-length movie that introduced the world to Battlestar Galactica (1978), "Saga of a Star World." From IMDB's description, "After the Twelve Colonies of Mankind were destroyed in a sneak attack by the Cylon tyranny, the last Battlestar Galactica leads a makeshift fugitive fleet on a desperate search for the legendary planet Earth." If you'd like to watch the episode prior to listening to our breakdown, it can be found here. If you'd like to follow us on social media or send us a message, check us out at our website, and you can also send us a voicemail or text. If you're enjoying Deja Reviewed, it'd really help us out if you subscribe and give us a rating wherever you're listening. Thank you, as always, for listening!

Our most effusive thanks go out to special guest Derek Kompare, who joins Mark and Michael as they take a look at part one of the feature-length movie that introduced the world to Battlestar Galactica (1978), "Saga of a Star World." From IMDB's description, "After the Twelve Colonies of Mankind were destroyed in a sneak attack by the Cylon tyranny, the last Battlestar Galactica leads a makeshift fugitive fleet on a desperate search for the legendary planet Earth." Derek is chair and associate professor in the Division of Film and Media Arts at Southern Methodist University. His research interests focus on media formations, i.e., how particular media forms, technologies, and institutions coalesce, develop, and age. He has written articles on television history and form for several anthologies and journals, and is the author of Rerun Nation: How Repeats Invented American Television (Routledge, 2005), a study of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010), and co-editor of Making Media Work: Cultures of Management in the Entertainment Industries (NYU Press, 2014). At SMU, Kompare teaches courses on media industries, media theory, media history, media fandom, video games, and various genres. If you'd like to watch the episode prior to listening to our breakdown, it can be found here. Below are some of the things we reference in the episode: People are bad at multitasking, per NPR and LiveScience. Maybe that's why it took us months to release a new season? Parks & Recreation is currently streaming on Peacock with select seasons also available on Fubo. All episodes are available to buy on Vudu, Amazon, etc., which are all better options than trying to watch anything through NBC’s disaster of a streaming service. The A-Team starring Dirk “Starbuck” Benedict as “Face” is currently streaming free on The Roku Channel. A parsec is a unit of distance measuring approximately 3.26 light years. In Solo: A Star Wars Story we see how Han Solo famously made the Kessel run in "less than 12 parsecs" NOT meaning he flew faster than anyone else, but literally took a physically shorter and more dangerous path to make it. Star Wars. Perhaps you've heard of it? The original Droid phone Bill Murray as Nick the lounge singer singing Star Wars Please note that this episode was recorded prior to the deplorable terrorist acts perpetrated on January 6th, 2021 at our nation's capital. At about 31 minutes into this episode, there’s a pretty prescient comment on public access to the House/Senate. Had we known what was to come, this discussion could’ve gone VERY differently. If you've listened to Deja Reviewed before, you should already know our feelings on the despicable seditionists and traitors who perpetrated this act. If you don't, we just called them despicable seditionists and traitors, so you do now. If you'd like to follow us on social media or send us a message, check us out at our website, and you can also send us a voicemail or text. If you're enjoying Deja Reviewed, it'd really help us out if you subscribe and give us a rating wherever you're listening. Thank you, as always, for listening!

Mark and Michael are back for season two of Deja Reviewed! Which rebooted TV show or movie will they tackle this season? We know you've been waiting to find out, and it is the original Battlestar Galactica. God help them.

Mark and Michael wrap up the first season of The Twilight Zone (1959) and the first season of Deja Reviewed. They discuss some of their highs and lows as well as yours! Below are some of the things we reference in the episode: How Not to Quit Your Day Job Holmes and Yoyo Futurama Halloween (1978) Lost Battlestar Galactica The X-Files Fringe The Office (BBC; NBC) House of Cards (BBC; Netflix) Life on Mars (BBC; ABC) Ashes to Ashes The Simpsons If you'd like to follow us on social media or send us a message, check us out at our website, and you can also send us a voicemail or text. If you're enjoying Deja Reviewed, it'd really help us out if you subscribe and give us a rating wherever you're listening. Thank you, as always, for listening!

Mark and Michael take a look at the thirty-sixth episode of The Twilight Zone (1959), "A World of His Own." From IMDB's description, "A writer demonstrates he can control reality simply by dictating changes." If you'd like to watch the episode prior to listening to our breakdown, it can be found here. Don't forget to reach out with your thoughts on the first season prior to our wrap-up episode next week! Below are some of the things we reference in the episode: Love is Blind (show is terrible) Married at First Sight Palm Springs Stephen King The Dark Tower book series On Writing Trust Us, This Is All Made Up (I have no idea why I couldn't pull Pasquesi's name; I'M OLD) The Prestige "The Mission" from Amazing Stories If you'd like to follow us on social media or send us a message, check us out at our website, and you can also send us a voicemail or text. If you're enjoying Deja Reviewed, it'd really help us out if you subscribe and give us a rating wherever you're listening. Thank you, as always, for listening!

Mark and Michael take a look at the thirty-fifth episode of The Twilight Zone (1959), "The Mighty Casey." From IMDB's description, "A down-and-out baseball team's fortunes are lifted by a mysterious but seemingly unbeatable young player." If you'd like to watch the episode prior to listening to our breakdown, it can be found here. If you'd like to watch along with us, next week's episode is "A World of His Own." Below are some of the things we reference in the episode: Major League Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi Futurama The Rookie Oh, HERE'S that Major League quote I failed to reference accurately. Wrigley Field (Los Angeles) Homer Simpson being smart from "Homer Goes to College" Oh, here's that 2016 World Champion Cubs team Baseketball Murder in Wrigley Field Friday Night Lights (the TV show is best) Varsity Blues Bugs Bunny playing baseball Walter Johnson Any Given Sunday Invincible Ex Machina Terminator 2: Judgment Day Terminator: Dark Fate Battlestar Galactica (2004) Weekend Update: Smokery Farms Factually! with Adam Conover The Signal and the Noise: Why Most Predictions Fail - but Some Don't I, Robot The Natural If you'd like to follow us on social media or send us a message, check us out at our website, and you can also send us a voicemail or text. If you're enjoying Deja Reviewed, it'd really help us out if you subscribe and give us a rating wherever you're listening. Thank you, as always, for listening!

Mark and Michael take a look at the thirty-fourth episode of The Twilight Zone (1959), "The After Hours." From IMDB's description, "A woman is treated badly by some odd salespeople on an otherwise empty department store floor." If you'd like to watch the episode prior to listening to our breakdown, it can be found here. If you'd like to watch along with us, next week's episode is "The Mighty Casey." Below are some of the things we reference in the episode: Ghostbusters Fight Club Home Alone Inception Seinfeld: "The Pie" Toy Story I Know What You Did Last Summer Condemned: Criminal Origins Fahrenheit 451 Mannequin Today's Special Learn how to collect thimbles The Last Temptation of Christ If you'd like to follow us on social media or send us a message, check us out at our website, and you can also send us a voicemail or text. If you're enjoying Deja Reviewed, it'd really help us out if you subscribe and give us a rating wherever you're listening. Thank you, as always, for listening!

Mark and Michael take a look at the thirty-third episode of The Twilight Zone (1959), "Mr. Bevis." From IMDB's description, "After losing his job, his car and his apartment on the same day, an eccentric loser gets a new life from his guardian angel, but there is a price to keeping it." If you'd like to watch the episode prior to listening to our breakdown, it can be found here. If you'd like to watch along with us, next week's episode is "The After Hours." Below are some of the things we reference in the episode: Hollywood Longmire Peter Weller Robocop Back to the Future 1984 Saving Private Ryan Adam Ruins Everything Factually! with Adam Conover Peace Officer Traffic Home Alone James Cameron Michael Bay Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey It's a Wonderful Life (yes, AGAIN; blame Serling) Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Ozark Mr. Robot If you'd like to follow us on social media or send us a message, check us out at our website, and you can also send us a voicemail or text. If you're enjoying Deja Reviewed, it'd really help us out if you subscribe and give us a rating wherever you're listening. Thank you, as always, for listening!

Mark and Michael take a look at the thirty-second episode of The Twilight Zone (1959), "A Passage for Trumpet." From IMDB's (inaccurate) description, "A suicidally despondent trumpet player finds himself in a bizarre world where he seems to be the only moving being, except for one helpful other musician." If you'd like to watch the episode prior to listening to our breakdown, it can be found here. If you'd like to watch along with us, next week's episode is "Mr. Bevis." Below are some of the things we reference in the episode: Moonfleet Maverick The Odd Couple 12 Angry Men; the other TZ actor we remembered from it was Jack Warden, who coincidentally played James A. Corry in "The Lonely," another episode we disagreed strongly on Quincy M.E. Check out Mark's film, All the Wrong Friends by renting it on Amazon! The Walking Dead On the Waterfront Raging Bull "The War of the Simpsons" What Dreams May Come Dogma If you'd like to follow us on social media or send us a message, check us out at our website, and you can also send us a voicemail or text. If you're enjoying Deja Reviewed, it'd really help us out if you subscribe and give us a rating wherever you're listening. Thank you, as always, for listening!

Mark and Michael take a look at the thirty-first episode of The Twilight Zone (1959), "The Chaser." From IMDB's description, "A young man obsessed with winning over an uninterested beauty gets more than he bargained for when he buys a love potion to gain her affection." If you'd like to watch the episode prior to listening to our breakdown, it can be found here. If you'd like to watch along with us, next week's episode is "A Passage for Trumpet." Below are some of the things we reference in the episode: Get Smart Joker Revenge of the Nerds Check out Mark's film, All the Wrong Friends by renting it on Amazon! Singin' in the Rain Shackleforth's use of "millennium" was likely a reference to the prophesied happy, perfect, 1,000-year reign of Christ, which clearly started in 2020. Millennium The Princess Bride "Footsteps Invisible" Blondie If you'd like to follow us on social media or send us a message, check us out at our website, and you can also send us a voicemail or text. If you're enjoying Deja Reviewed, it'd really help us out if you subscribe and give us a rating wherever you're listening. Thank you, as always, for listening!

Mark and Michael take a look at the thirtieth episode of The Twilight Zone (1959), "A Stop at Willoughby." From IMDB's description, "Tired of his miserable job and wife, a businessman starts dreaming on the train each night, about an old, idyllic town called Willoughby. Soon he has to know whether the town is real and fancies the thought of seeking refuge there." If you'd like to watch the episode prior to listening to our breakdown, it can be found here. If you'd like to watch along with us, next week's episode is "The Chaser." Below are some of the things we reference in the episode: "The One Where Joey Loses His Insurance" Douglas Sirk Mad Men Red Dead Redemption Check out Mark's film, All the Wrong Friends by renting it on Amazon! National Suicide Prevention Hotline (800) 273-8255 "Footsteps Invisible" If you'd like to follow us on social media or send us a message, check us out at our website, and you can also send us a voicemail or text. If you're enjoying Deja Reviewed, it'd really help us out if you subscribe and give us a rating wherever you're listening. Thank you, as always, for listening!