RPC Podcast #5: The Four Among Us Presents... A General Discussion
Welcome, one and all, to episode five of the Renegade Pop Culture podcast! We recorded this one about a week ago, so I apologize for taking so long to post it. Family emergencies and a stressful week are to blame for my tardiness. But enough of that! Let’s talk about Jared Leto’s cult, Tom King’s Batman run, the launch of Doom Eternal, and a little bit about PS5 tech specs!
Since this episode consists of a general discussion, we’ll forego the show notes this episode. I had a lot of fun discussing the topics with my buddies Josh, Mike, and Kristal! We took a good long look at Tom King’s Batman run and some of the themes he explored (and we talked about Kite Man, hell yeah!), as well as the curious case of Jared Leto and the “Echelon Cult,” also known as the fans of 30 Seconds to Mars. He’s an…interesting fellow, isn’t he?
Josh also delivered another epic rave about Knives Out, one of his favorite movies of the past year, as well as his Rian Johnson fandom. So, Last Jedi haters, here is your clarion call. Have at him! (I’m totally joking, of course. Let’s all be nice!)
It’s an Echelon Conspiracy, man!
We also talked a bit about the PlayStation 5 console specs and system architect Mark Cerny’s “reveal” lecture, which was mainly for developers and I believe was meant to be their Game Developer’s Conference speech before that event was cancelled due to the pandemic.
Another bit of recent news occurred when we found out that Rosario Dawson was cast as Ahsoka Tano in season two of The Mandalorian, which is pretty exciting, other than the controversy surrounding Dawson at the moment.
Finally, we also played a little “What If?” game as we discussed Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly’s Star Wars Episode IX: Duel of the Fates script. Personally, I think it would have a far more compelling vision for the end of the sequel trilogy, as Trevorrow and Connolly seemed to have more of a coherent plan for the characters and storyline than JJ Abrams ended up with. Still, Rise of Skywalker is what we have, and we have to live with it. And believe me, there were some good things in RoS that I really did like… but it could have been better. Much better.
Tom King’s Batman run was intense!