Jeremiah and Thad are back with a special guest, filmmaker Dustin Blakeman! This episode is nominally Halloween-themed as the three talk about horror as a genre, their favorite horror films and which horror movies you should absolutely avoid.

Gretchen, Julia, and Kylie welcome Griffin with open arms and a Wawa burrito to discuss the ups and downs of fandom engagement and autumnal beverages.

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Episode Breakdown:

• 0:00 – Fandom news 10/10/17
• 14:15 – Riding the fandom ebbs and flows
• 34:30 – GoT vs. Prequels, character arcs
• 49:30 – What trope is your pumpkin spice?

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• Unabashed Book Snobbery “Dornish Headcanon Hour”
• Why We Shouldn’t Sexualize Fusion on Steven Universe
• Star Wars Rewatch: The Phantom Critic
• Jon Snow Season 6 retrospective
• Tyrion Lannister Season 6 retrospective
• Jon and Dany’s tepid boat scene sunk the season
• Game of Thrones Sexism & Season 6 Part 3: Empowerment
• The Adorkable Misogyny of The Bing Bang Theory
• The Complicity of Geek Masculinity on the Big Bang Theory
• Iron Man 2: Legacy of a Jerk
• A Zutara Shipper’s Lament
• About that D.E…Oh No

In this episode of Beneath the Screen of the Ultra-Critics, Jeremiah and Thad talk about how modern audiences are watching movies through a flawed lens. Also discussed are Buster Keaton, Yoda, post-modernism, The Seventh Seal, and sincerity.