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It’s MARVEL MONTH at Reviews in Twos! This month we’re reviewing “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” first released in 2014. In this episode, we talk about Steve’s moral compass, the role of technology in society, Bucky and Steve’s bond, parallels between movies, and much more!
Guest: Sheila Lin
Host: Nora Kalkman
Instagram: @reviewsin2s
Buy Me A Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/reviewsin2s
More Info: bio.link/reviewsin2s
Movies, characters, and other things mentioned:
- Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU): began with the movie “Iron Man” starring Robert Downey Jr. in 2008, movies and series are based on the Marvel Comics.
- The Avengers (2012)
- Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
- Captain America: Civil War (2016)
- Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
- Avengers: Endgame (2019)
- Steve Rogers/Captain America/“Cap”: selected to become a Super Soldier during World War Two, was frozen for around 80 years after saving several cities from being bombed, joins The Avengers in the 21st century (once he’s unfrozen)
- Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow/”Nat”: former KJB operative, master assassin, recruited to work for S.H.I.E.L.D., now part of The Avengers and close friend to Steve.
- Sam Wilson/The Falcon (now Captain America): formerly part of the U.S. air force, is a Counselor for veterans when he meets Steve. Sam reveals he has a “jetpack with wings” and offers to help Steve in his quest, and is called “The Falcon”. Chosen by Steve to succeed him as Captain America in “Endgame” (2019).
- Bucky Barnes/The Winter Soldier: Steve’s best friend growing up, member of Captain America’s WW2 squad, fell off a train during a mission, thought dead, brainwashed by Hydra, turned into The Winter Soldier, now has a metal arm.
- S.H.I.E.L.D.: organization dealing with supernatural/super-human/alien threats to Earth.
- Peggy Carter: An amazing woman. Was part of the U.S. army and involved in the Super Soldier programme, where she met Steve and they fell in love. became a founding member of S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Lemurian Star (“the ship”): pirate ship that Cap & friends are sent to rescue agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. who were being held hostage. The special USB/hard-drive given to Steve by Fury held information that Natasha downloaded while on this ship and Fury couldn’t access (suspicious).
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013-2020): series, after incorporating the events of this movie in their second season, the series broke off from the official MCU but is still inspired by the Marvel Comics.
- Helicarrier: giant airship, meant to be used as weapon against people who S.H.I.E.L.D consider threats, later intended to be used against people Hydra considers as threats.
- Nick Fury: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., the person who assembled the original Avengers.
- Hydra: “the science division” of the Nazis, main antagonists for Captain America & Co. during WW2. Now, hiding and working within S.H.I.E.L.D. like a parasite.
- Arnim Zola: super smart science dude working for Hydra, recruited by S.H.I.E.L.D. after the war, has his brain stored on multiple hard-drives, still loyal to Hydra.
- Dr. Abraham Erskine (“the doctor”): German scientist and doctor who created the Super Soldier Serum, played by Stanley Tucci, appears in Captain America: The First Avenger (2011).
- Socovia Accords: as a result of the events of Avengers: Age of Ultron, the Avengers are forced to sign a contract with the UN, barring them from responding to threats without the governments permission.
- STRIKE team: S.H.I.E.L.D.’s equivalent of a SWAT team.
- Brock Rumlow: works with Steve, turns out to be Hydra, tries to kill Sam, becomes "Crossbones", bad person.
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It’s MARVEL MONTH at Reviews in Twos! This month we’re reviewing “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” first released in 2014. In this first episode, we talk about being in the Marvel fandom, the events of “Captain America: The First Avenger” (2011), and mainly discuss the plot of the movie.
Guest: Sheila Lin
Host: Nora Kalkman
Instagram: @reviewsin2s
Buy Me A Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/reviewsin2s
Movies, characters, and other things mentioned:
- Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU): began with the movie “Iron Man” starring Robert Downey Jr. in 2008, movies and series are based on the Marvel Comics.
- Steve Rogers / Captain America / “Cap” / “The First Avenger”: selected to become a Super Soldier during World War Two, was frozen for around 80 years after saving several cities from being bombed, joins The Avengers in the 21st century (once he’s unfrozen)
- Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow: former KJB operative, master assassin, recruited to work for S.H.I.E.L.D., now part of The Avengers and close friend to Steve.
- Sam Wilson / The Falcon / (now Captain America): formerly part of the U.S. air force, is a Counselor for veterans when he meets Steve. Sam reveals he has a “jetpack with wings” and offers to help Steve in his quest, and is called “The Falcon”. Chosen by Steve to succeed him as Captain America in “Endgame” (2019).
- Bucky Barnes / the Winter Soldier / Sergeant James Buchanan Barnes: Steve’s best friend growing up, member of the “Howling Commandoes” (Captain America’s WW2 squad), fell off a train during a mission, thought dead, brainwashed by Hydra, turned into the Winter Soldier, now has a metal arm.
- Howard Stark: Tony Stark (Iron Man’s) dad, Steve’s smart friend, CEO of Stark Industries, founding member of S.H.I.E.L.D., also made Captain America’s trade-mark shield.
- S.H.I.E.L.D.: organization dealing with supernatural / super-human / alien threats to Earth.
- The Tesseract: a blue cube that houses the “space” infinity stone, sought by Red Skull in “Captain America the First Avenger” (2011) as a power source, used by Loki in Avengers(2012) to open a portal over New York, later sought after by Thanos.
- Peggy Carter: An amazing woman. Originally from Britain, Peggy joined a special division of the U.S. army formed to take down Hydra and was involved in the Super Soldier programme, where she met Steve and they fell in love. After World War Two, Peggy became a founding member of S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Lemurian Star: pirate ship that Cap & friends are sent to rescue agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. who were being held hostage. The special USB / Hard-drive given to Steve by Fury held information that Natasha downloaded while on this ship.
- Quinjet: plane-like vehicle used by S.H.I.E.L.D., basically a jet with advanced technology.
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013-2020): a series based on the Marvel comics, incorporating some events from the movies, including CATWS.
- Helicarrier: giant airship, meant to be used as weapon against people who S.H.I.E.L.D consider threats, later intended to be used against people who Hydra considers to be threats.
- Nick Fury / Nickolas J. Fury / Fury: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., the person who assembled the original Avengers.
- Hydra: “the science division” of the Nazi’s created in World War Two, initially headed by Red Skull and Arnim Zola, and main antagonists for Captain America & Co. during the war. Now, hiding and working within S.H.I.E.L.D. like a parasite.
- Arnim Zola: super smart science dude working for Hydra, recruited by S.H.I.E.L.D. after the war, has his brain stored on multiple hard-drive at the original S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, fosters Hydra within S.H.I.E.L.D., aiding and abetting them. -
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Will Cumbia is back! Inspired by our conversation when reviewing the Eurovision Movie, we now expand on the ideas we mentioned and talk about the use of accents throughout “mainstream” movies and shows.
Episode breakdown:
First, we explain a bit of our positionality and clarify how we’ll be using the term “accents” before chatting about the three different uses of accents I’ve observed in movies and series. Then, we talk about examples (see below), the role of accents in portraying stereotypes, diversity in grammatic structures, accents changing over space and time, and much more! We close by discussing why this is an important subject to discuss, and mention two VERY SPECIAL announcements at the very end :)
Join the Conversation!
Instagram: @reviewsin2s
E-mail: [email protected]
Support: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/reviewsin2s
Host: Nora Kalkman
Guest: Will Cumbia
Actors & media mentioned:
- Gal Gadot as Dianna Prince/Wonder Woman in Wonder Woman (2017) & more DC movies.
- The Hemsworth brothers: Chris, Liam, and Luke (Australian),
Saoirse Ronan (Irish), Margot Robbie (Australian), Karen Gillan (Scottish), KJ Appa (Australian), Hugh Jackman (Australian), etc.- Dan Stephens as Alexander Lemtov in Eurovision: The Story of Fire Saga (2020 movie)
- Priscilla Barnes as Magda from Jane the Virgin (2014-2019 series)
- Toby Jones as Arnim Zola in Captain America: The First Avenger & other Marvel movies
- Hugo Weaving and Ross Marquand as Red Skull in Captain America: The First Avenger, Endgame, and Infinity War (movies)
- JoJo Rabbit(2019 movie): Taika Waititi (Director and Actor), Scarlett Johansson as Rosie
- Pitch Perfect 2(2015 movie)
- The Chosen(2019- series)
- Charlotte Hope as Catherine of Aragon in The Spanish Princess (2019-2020 series)
- Helen Mirren as Maria Altmann in The Woman in Gold (2015 movie)
- Alexander Dreymon as Uhtred Son of Uhtred in The Last Kingdom (2015- series)
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Join us as we finish our review of the fantasy novel "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss, published in 2007. We discuss World Building, Writing Style, and Use of Medium, while debating about the amount of metaphor usage, discussing crooked noses and perfect ears, and gushing over the writing.
Pre-Review: Preface & summary of book
Part 1: Discussing character
Part 2: Character, Plot, and World Building
Part 3: World Building, Writing Style, Use of Medium
Editor’s note:
Since recording, I've found out that there is a pronunciation guide available in the “deluxe special edition” version of the book, and several YouTube videos on the channel “The Eolian” where Rothfuss goes through some pronunciations, but it’s done as an FAQ so it's very hard to find specific pronunciations. I do stand by my 9.5, because I believe things like a pronunciation guide should be accessible to all readers ;)
Links:
The Eolian YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyGXfjMVCT_GDa2NprHzCDA
Description of the deluxe edition of the book: https://www.patrickrothfuss.com/content/books.asp
Guest: Sara Falk
Host: Nora Kalkman
Instagram: @reviewsin2s
E-mail: [email protected]
Characters:
Kvothe/Kote (main character), Denna (Kvothe's love interest), Chandrian (evil group of people, killers of Kvothe’s family, Kvothe’s obsession), Chronicler (writing Kvothe's auto-biography and author of “The Mating Habits of a Common Draccus”), Bast (Kvothe's student), Auri (Kvothe's friend), Fela (Kvothe’s University friend), Devi (money lender), Wilem and Simmon (Kvothe’s best friends), Deoch (co-owner and “bouncer” at the Eolian), Skarpi (storyteller), Masters (professors), Stanchion (co-owner and music manager of the Eolian).
Places:
Imre (the artistic city next to the University), Trebon (the town where the tragic wedding happened), the Eolian (esteemed music/bar place), Tarbean (city where Kvothe lived before going to the University).
Other:
Tinker Tanner (song), Sympathy (form of “magic”), Sygaldry (form of “magic”), Alchemy (form of “magic”), The Lay of Sir Savien Traliard (song), The Mating Habits of a Common Draccus (book), the Edema Ruh (Kvothe’s people group, often Troupers), Siaru (language), Scrael (spider monsters).
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Join us as we continue our review of the fantasy novel "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss, published in 2007. We continue our discussion on characters, talking about how female characters are incorporated into the story, masculinity, and best friends. We also start talking about plot, introduce the category of Setting & World Building, and much more!
Pre-Review: Prefacing the book and summarizing the story.
Part 1: Discussing character
Part 2: Character, Plot, and World Building
Editor’s note:
Minute 9:15-9:30 – To clarify on my comment: I do not appreciate that women don’t have a lot of options in this setting, however I appreciate that Rothfuss addressed the reality of the options for women in this type of society.
Guest: Sara Falk
Host: Nora Kalkman
Instagram: @reviewsin2s
E-mail: [email protected]
Characters:
Kvothe/Kote (the main character), Denna (Kvothe's love interest), Chandrian (evil group of people, killers of Kvothe’s family, Kvothe’s obsession), Chronicler (writing Kvothe's auto-biography and author of “The Mating Habits of a Common Draccus”), Bast (Kvothe's student), Auri (Kvothe's friend), Fela (Kvothe’s University friend), Devi (money lender), Wilem and Simmon (Kvothe’s best friends), Deoch (co-owner of and “bouncer” at the Eolian), Skarpi (storyteller).
Places:
Imre (the artistic city next to the University), Trebon (the town where the tragic wedding happened), the Eolian (esteemed music/bar place), Tarbean (city where Kvothe lived before going to the University).
Other:
The Lay of Sir Savien Traliard [a.k.a.: what I call "The Tale of Sir Savien" in this episode] (song), The Mating Habits of a Common Draccus (book), the Edema Ruh (Kvothe’s people group, often Troupers), Siaru (language), scrael (spider monsters).
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A little update on what's been going on (a.k.a.: why there haven't been any episodes published in so long) and some future plans for this podcast. Don't worry, this isn't over yet ;)
Host: Nora Kalkman
Instagram: @reviewsin2s
Send a mail! [email protected]
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Join us as we begin our review of the fantasy novel "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss, published in 2007. We discuss the drama of the main character, the presence of female characters in the story, and much more!
Pre-Review: Prefacing the book and summarizing the story.
Part 1: Discussing character
Guest: Sara Falk
Host: Nora Kalkman
Instagram: @reviewsin2s
E-mail: [email protected]
Characters:
Kvothe/Kote (the main character), Denna (Kvothe's love interest), Chronicler (the person who is writing down Kvothe's auto-biography), Bast (Kvothe's student), Auri (Kvothe's friend).
Places:
Imre (the artistic city next to the University), Trebon (the town where the tragic wedding happened).
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Join us as we summarize "The Name of the Wind", a fantasy book by Patrick Rothfuss released in 2007, in preparation to review it. Enjoy!
Guest: Sara Falk
Host: Nora Kalkman
Intagram: @reviewsin2s
Conctact: [email protected]
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We continue our review of the movie "Shazam!" (2019) by evaluating it in different categories.
Part 1: Recap
Part 2: Remarks on the movie
Part 3: Reviewing the movie with a score out of 10
Guest:
Meredith Carter
@merelayne
Host:
Nora Kalkman
@reviewsin2s
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Join us as we continue our review of the movie "Shazam!" released in 2019. We chat about some things that we enjoyed, the DC universe, and some easter eggs as well!
Part 1: Recap
Part 2: Remarks on the movie
Part 3: Reviewing the movie with a score out of 10
"Everything GREAT About Shazam!" CinemaWins video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDfySdl6GPg
Guest:
Meredith Carter
@merelayne
Host:
Nora Kalkman
@reviewsin2s
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Join us as we recap Shazam! a movie released in 2019 about a teenage boy who is given the powers of a superhero and chat about some of the things that right off the bat stood out to us while watching.
Part 1: Recap
Part 2: Remarks on the movie
Part 3: Reviewing the movie with a score out of 10
"Everything GREAT About Shazam!" CinemaWins video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDfySdl6GPg
Guest:
Meredith Carter
@merelayne
Host:
Nora Kalkman
@reviewsin2s
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The last segment of our review on the movie Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, released in 2020.
Part 1:
A summary of the movie and what the real Eurovision Song Contest is.
Part 2:
Talking about specific themes/events in the movie.
Part 3:
We give our reviewing scores!
Guest:
Will Cumbia
https://willswanderings.wordpress.com/
Host:
Nora Kalkman
Instagram: @reviewsin2s
Email: [email protected]
Learn more about the real Eurovision Song Contest on the official website: eurovision.tv
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We continue our conversation on the movie Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, released in 2020.
Part 1:
A summary of the movie and what the real Eurovision Song Contest is.
Part 2:
Talking about specific themes/events in the movie.
Part 3:
We give our reviewing scores!
Guest:
Will Cumbia
Host:
Nora Kalkman
Instagram: @reviewsin2s
Email: [email protected]
Learn more about the real Eurovision Song Contest on the official website: eurovision.tv
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We review the movie Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, released in 2020.
Part 1:
A summary of the movie and what the real Eurovision Song Contest is.
Part 2:
Talking about specific themes/events in the movie.
Part 3:
We give our reviewing scores!
Guest:
Will Cumbia
Host:
Nora Kalkman
Instagram: @reviewsin2s
Email: [email protected]
Learn more about the real Eurovision Song Contest on the official website: eurovision.tv
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We've got new music for the podcast!
Here's some background on the new tune and how it came to the podcast. Also, announcing the next episode!
Host:
Nora Kalkman
Instagram: @reviewsin2s
Email: [email protected]
Music:
Sunshine Riff
Composed & Performed by Nora Kalkman
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Today we're continuing our conversation about the movie Shrek 2, released in 2004.
Part 1:
A summary of the movie and talking about specific themes/events that took place.
Part 2:
Talking about specific themes/events in the movie and giving a specific review.
Guest:
Areli Sanchez
Instagram: @areli.jizel
Podcast: Dear God, it's me
Host:
Nora Kalkman
Instagram: @reviewsin2s
Email: [email protected]
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Today we'll be talking about the movie Shrek 2, released in 2004.
Part 1:
A summary of the movie and talking about specific themes/events that took place.
Part 2:
Talking about specific themes/events in the movie and giving a specific review.
Guest:
Areli Sanchez
Instagram: @areli.jizel
Podcast: Dear God, it's me
Host:
Nora Kalkman
Instagram: @reviewsin2s
Email: [email protected]
Music and editing tools from Anchor.fm
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The aim of this podcast is to bring people together in conversation about the things we enjoy and share that joy with others, through nerding out about movies, books, and T.V shows.
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First episode launches Oct. 2, 2020
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