VOK 797 – Shogun (2024 TV)

Michal/Inkasrain and Bina007 discuss the stunning miniseries with James Clavell lore-master Matt/Blu3arm0r. Spoiler-filled throughout. Aftershow begins at 1hr9m.

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VoK 760: Yellowjackets Season 2

Meat’s back on the menu, girls!

Join Michal/inkasrain, Glen/dagos_rivers, Matt (it’s his real name), and Adam/drownedsnow in a free-wheeling review and discussion of Showtime’s delectable survivalist/cult drama, Yellowjackets. How does the second season compare to the groundbreaking first? Is the past or present timeline pulling ahead? Are the latest shocking developments satisfying, or leaving us, y’know, hungry for more? (Oh, and what’s up with the mystery episode 10?)

Plus in the after show, we muse on the state of the entertainment industry in 2023, as well as some like, video game stuff or whatever.

Music: “No Return” by Anna Waronker and Craig Wedren

Edited by Michal

If you enjoyed, here is our Season 1 of YellowJackets review

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VOK 754 – Mandalorian End of Season 3 Chat

Mandalorian is back and so is House Manwoody with an end of season chat about the seasons themes, story, and characters. What do we think of Duchess Lizzo? Who will ride the Mythosaur? These and other questions will be discussed in the two hour Arquitens-class light cruiser, that is this episode of Vassals of Kingsgrave.

Note: In the episode we mention a panel hosted by our own Michal(inkasrain) about Jewish history and Mandalorian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdtLu6piohM&t=17s

Hosts: Benjamin (Kingjucio), Michal (Inkasrain), Patrick (Ser Patrick the Tall), Adam(Drownedsnow), Casey(Blueeyedqueen).

Post credit theme: The Mandalorian

All credit goes to the Danish National Symphony Orchestra and DR

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8CK2ClEIug

Spoilers: This episode covers all episodes of The Mandalorian plus material from Star Wars: Clone wars, Rebels, Andor, and The Aftermath books.

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VoK 731: DragonCast – “The Black Queen” House of the Dragon (S01E10 Review)

The Dragons discuss episode 10, the season 1 finale, of HBO’s House of the Dragon series “The Black Queen”. Fly you fools!

Hosts: Adam (drownedsnow), Bing (Shoeshiner), Casey (blue-eyed-queen), David (davidhhh), Michal (inkasrain), Katie (Lady Griffin), Stephanie (gsdg), Ben (King Jucio), and Matt (Blu3arm0r).

Spoilers: This episode could cover anything from George R R Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire as well as all aired episodes of Game of Thrones and various related media.

Aftershow at 2:27:10 featuring #greg and birthday Casey!

Editor: Adam

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VoK 730 – Wolfcast – House of the Dragon s1e10 review

Join Sara (DrBlood), Elle (Nettles), Michael (Khal Wadege) and Zander (The Lord Baron) as they discuss the season finale of House of the Dragon. The birthing bed (3m); the council (14m); the power grab (24m); dragons (35m); Storms End (46m); season chat (1hr5m); after show (1hr16m).

Spoilers: This episode covers all published works in George R R Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire as well as all aired episodes of House of the Dragon.

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VoK 729 – FlashVOK – House of the Dragon s1e10 quick take

Join Bina, Jeff and Jock for their quick take on the final episode of season one of the House of the Dragon. Stay tuned for a special song from the Podcast Bard at 38 mins in!

Spoilers: This episode covers all published works in George R R Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire as well as all aired episodes of House of the Dragon.

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VoK 728 – Rings of Power S1E8 review

Join Alix (Aiwendil), Eddie (Teddard), Marie (Nymeria), Michael (Khal Wadege) and Zach (Alias) as they discuss the final episode of season one of Rings of Power. Lemoncake ratings to start then Harfoot & Stranger chat at c4m; events Numenorian (13m); Eregion (21m); Halbrand (32m); and flotsam and jetsam (43m).

Spoilers for Tolkien’s published works and the Peter Jackson movies.

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VoK 727 – Wolfcast – House of the Dragon s1e9 review – The Angry Pigeon

Wolfcast is back for episode 9 of HBO’s House of the Dragon series “The Green Council”. We wil in this episode bring you nuanced conversations, openness towards kinks and fetishes, and fun reflections on Westerosi society’s objectification of women, more specifically Queen Alicent.

Hosts: David (davidhhh), Bina (Bina007), Michael (Khal Wadege), Elle (Nettles), Jock (Munrojock2), Patrick (Ser Patrick the Tall), Sara(Dr Blood), Marie(Nymeria).

Spoilers: This episode covers all published works in George R R Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire as well as all aired episodes of House of the Dragon.

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VoK 726: DragonCast – “The Green Council” House of the Dragon (S01E9 Review)

The Dragons discuss episode 9 of HBO’s House of the Dragon series “The Green Council”. The king is dead, long live the king.

Hosts: Adam (drownedsnow), Bing (Shoeshiner), Katie (Lady Griffin), Stephanie (gsdg), and Matt (Blu3arm0r).

Spoilers: This episode could cover anything from George R R Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire as well as all aired episodes of Game of Thrones and various related media.

Aftershow 1:09:00

Editor: Adam

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VoK 725: DragonCast – “The Lord of the Tides” House of the Dragon (S01E8 Review)

The Dragons discuss episode 8 of HBO’s House of the Dragon series “The Lord of the Tides”.

Hosts: Casey (Blue-eyed-queen), Bing (Shoeshiner), Adam (drownedsnow), Katie (Lady Griffin), Stephanie (gsdg), Matt (Blu3arm0r), and Benjamin (King Jucio).

Spoilers: This episode could cover anything from George R R Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire as well as all aired episodes of Game of Thrones and various related media.

Editor: Casey

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VoK 724: Rings of Power S1E6&7 review – Middle-Earth Geography Fail

Join Adam (drownedsnow), Brett (White Raven) and Marie (Nymeria) as they review episodes 6 and 7 of the first season of the Rings of Power. They discuss the battle for the Southlands, and how strong their plot armor has to be for them to survive the volcanic creation of Mordor; the Harfoots dealings with Gandalf (sorry, The Stranger) and the weird beings following him; and how amazing Elrond and Durin are.

Spoilers for Tolkien’s published works and the Peter Jackson movies.

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VoK 723 – Wolfcast – House of the Dragon s1e8 review – Essence of Wolfcast

Join Bina(007), Marie (Nymeria) and (Ser) Patrick (The Tall) for a small but perfectly formed all-curator edition of Wolfcast. We open with our lemon cake ratings (2m) before getting into whether Corlys is dead and the premise for getting the gang back together (6m); the ghoulishness of Viserys, House Hightower’s assent and the handmaid’s tale (9m); the succession ruling in the Red Keep and Vaemond’s reaction (13m); the copacetic dinner (18m); the prophecy and what makes for a meaningful change from the books (25m); odds and ends (37m); and after show (41m).

Spoilers for all published works by George R R Martin including Fire and Blood but not for Game of Thrones beyond the books.

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VoK 722: WolfCast – “Driftmark” House of the Dragon (S01E7 Review)

Wolfcast is back for episode 7 of HBO’s House of the Dragon series “Driftmark”. So much happens in this episode that you’ve got to keep both eyes on it.

Hosts: David (davidhhh), Bina (Bina007), Michael (Khal Wadege), Elle (Nettles), Jock (Munrojock2), Patrick (Ser Patrick the Tall).

Spoilers: This episode covers all published works in George R R Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire as well as all aired episodes of House of the Dragon.

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VoK 721: DragonCast – “Driftmark” House of the Dragon (S01E7 Review)

The Dragons discuss episode 7 of HBO’s House of the Dragon series “Driftmark”.

Hosts: Casey (Blue-eyed-queen), Michal (inkasrain), Adam (drownedsnow), Stephanie (gsdg), Bing (Shoeshiner), Katie (Lady Griffin), Benjamin (King Jucio), and Matt (Blu3arm0r) .

Spoilers: This episode covers all published works in George R R Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire as well as all aired episodes of Game of Thrones and related media.

Editor: Casey

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VoK 720: Review of ‘Love, Victor’ (Hulu) and ‘Heartstopper’ (Netflix)

Glen (Dagos_Rivers), Marie (Nymeria) and David (DavidHHH) discuss and review both ‘Love Victor’ (and briefly the movie ‘Love, Simon’) and ‘Heartstopper’…and fall into the trap several times of comparing the two shows.

Credits:
Edited by Glen

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VoK 719: DragonCast – “The Princess and the Queen” (S01E6 Review)

The Dragons discuss episode 6 of HBO’s House of the Dragon series “The Princess and the Queen”. The show takes a major time jump forward and we have to lot to catch up on. Time to meet a whole bunch of new characters.

Hosts: Adam (drownedsnow), Stephanie (gsdg), Bing (Shoeshiner), Katie (Lady Griffin), Benjamin (King Jucio), and Matt (Blu3arm0r) .

Spoilers: This episode covers all published works in George R R Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire as well as all aired episodes of Game of Thrones and related media.

Editor: Adam

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VoK 718 – Wolfcast – House of the Dragon s1e6 review – Darth Hightower

Join the wolves Bina(007), David(HHH), Hannah (ShadowBaby), Jock (Munrojock2), Marie (Nymeria), Michael (Khal Wadege) and (Ser) Patrick (The Tall), as they review episode 6 of House of the Dragon, “The Princess and the Queen”. We open with a quick intro to the hosts, Marie and Patrick, and then give our lemon cake ratings (6m). We then discuss the choices of Laena (14m); the choices of Rhaenyra and Alicent (28m); the role of Cole and Alicent’s paranoia (38m); the Sith Lord that is Larys Strong (48m); whether or not we’re invested in the kids (57m) and the Lady Jane Grey analogy (1hr2m).

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VoK 717 – Rings of Power s1e5 review – The Mithril MacGuffin

Join Alix (Aiwendil), Bina007, Brett (Whiteraven), Marie (Nymeria) and Matt (Varley) as they discuss the lovely singing of the proto-hobbits (4m); the likely identity of Adar (7m); the Mithril MacGuffin (21m); and Numenor spending a whole episode deciding to go to war (30m). Spoilers for the Silmarillion.

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VoK 716 – Wolfcast – House of the Dragon s1e5 review – Dumb Kids

Join the wolves Bina(007), David(HHH), Elle (Nettles), Jock (Munrojock2), Marie (Nymeria), (Ser) Patrick (The Tall), Sara (Dr Blood) and Zander (The Lord Baron) as they review episode 5 of House of the Dragon, “We light the Way”. We open with our lemoncake ratings out of 5, and then discuss the momentous, if slightly confusing, events of the episode. Discussion includes the character development of Alicent and Criston, Viserys’s legacy, and how dumb all of these kids are. The aftershow starts at 1hr27m. Once again, we will not spoil the TV show as it moved ahead of the books. TW for sexual violence and suicide..

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VoK 715: DragonCast – “We Light the Way” House of the Dragon (S01E5 Review)

The Dragons discuss episode 5 of HBO’s House of the Dragon series “We Light the Way”. Love is in the air and a wedding is in the works. With the track record of weddings in this world I think we all know what that means. Will this wedding end up with it’s own unique name? Would the Dothraki consider it dull?

Wedding chat starts at 59:00

Hosts: Adam (drownedsnow), Bing (Shoeshiner), Casey (blue-eyed-queen), Katie (Lady Griffin), Stephanie (gsdg), Michal (Inkasrain), Benjamin (King Jucio), Hannah (Shadowbaby), and Matt (Blu3arm0r) .

Spoilers: This episode covers all published works in George R R Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire as well as all aired episodes of Game of Thrones and related media.

Editor: Adam

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