006 - Weird Set of Mixed Metaphors

This week we do a lot of talking about barriers to entry  in approaching different media. Lots of non-spoiler conversation about comics, video games, books, movies, and television.

At ~1:23, Mandy mentions her blog post: Where to Start: Epic Fantasy 

Follow us on twitter: 

@TrivCrucial  (The show)

@Auhim (Michael) 

@Brown_Ajah (Mandy) 

005 - He Is His Own Grandfather

This week's episode is all about Time Travel. 

In it we talk about all these things: 

• The Two/Three Types of Time Travel
• Terminator & Terminator 2
• 12 Monkeys
• Looper
• Back to the Future
• Primer
• Doctor Who
• Chrono Trigger
• A Sound of Thunder
• The Time Machine
• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure / Bogus Journey
• Restaurant at the End of the Universe (barely)
• A Christmas Carol
• Quantum Leap
• Groundhog Day (in which we forget Bill Murray's name)
• Midnight in Paris
• Safety Not Guaranteed
• That one episode of Morning Edition
• The last 5 minutes of the first and only season of Heroes
• TGIF
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time
• Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?
• Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
• A bunch of Star Trek
• Futurama
• Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
• The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

And eventually we stop talking because the episode would have continued until the end of time .

Follow us on twitter: 

@TrivCrucial  (The show)

@Auhim (Michael) 

@Brown_Ajah (Mandy) 

004 - People Need To Be Saved

This week is a 2 hour discussion about Superman. This may seem a much more focused topic than our other episodes so far, but Superman as a character is a very broad subject.

This episode is a special treat, and Michael doesn't want to spoil any of it here. One thing: The episode is Man of Steel  spoiler safe until 1 hour, 11 minutes in, and it's made very clear  that the movie is about to be discussed. You're safe to listen that far if you still haven't watched the movie yet. 

Follow us on twitter: 

@TrivCrucial  (The show)

@Auhim (Michael) 

@Brown_Ajah (Mandy) 

003 - It's Not Cool For Spider-Man To Be Happy

This week, Mandy and Michael discuss continuity in stories: when it's done well, when it should not be attempted, and the costs of doing it poorly when you could have just not bothered with it at all.

Media covered in this topic: 

• Good continuity vs bad continuity
  
• Star Wars Extended Universe
• Ender's Game
• Isaac Asimov
• X-Men
• Superhero movies
• Superman
• The Dark Knight Returns
• DC Animated Universe
• Hawkeye
• Retcons
• Harry Potter
• Peter Parker's deal with the Devil
• Star Wars (Movies)

And probably a bit more scattered throughout. 

Follow us on twitter: 

@TrivCrucial  (The show)

@Auhim (Michael) 

@Brown_Ajah (Mandy) 

002 - Thor's A Big Baby And Needs To Learn To Chill

This week Mandy and Michael talk about sympathetic villains, by which they mean villains with which we can sympathize. 

It's a major topic for the pair, so brace yourselves for over 70 minutes of audio!

In this episode, the pair discuss: 

• Star Wars
• Thor
• More Star Wars
• Avatar: The Last Airbender
• Mass Effect
• Wheel of Time
• Dune

They also hit a few tangents and offshoots of conversation along the way.

Dive in, and pack your magic hammer!

Follow us on twitter: 

@TrivCrucial  (The show)

@Auhim (Michael) 

@Brown_Ajah (Mandy) 

001 - You're Going To Make Me Want To Talk About Thor

This is the premier, inaugural, introductory, and very first episode of Trivially Crucial. Consider this a meta-episode in which Michael and Mandy introduce themselves, the general ways in which they think about media, and discuss the importance of stories to normal life.

Also discussed:

• Objectivity vs subjectivity
• Not as much Thor as Mandy would like

Follow us on twitter: 

@TrivCrucial  (The show)

@Auhim (Michael) 

@Brown_Ajah (Mandy)