https://ia601503.us.archive.org/20/items/ETGMonsters/ETG-Monsters.mp3 Chris and Dom close out 2017 with Vol. 2 Ep. 6, discussing the mythic monsters of film/comics/pop culture. Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. Please see the “Suggestion Box” post for that (or feel free to leave a c…

https://ia801508.us.archive.org/19/items/EtG205MythComics/EtG-205-MythComics.mp3 Thor, Wonder Woman, and other comics icons drawn from the various pantheons of human mythology and folklore! Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. Please see the “Suggestion Box” post for that (or feel free…

https://ia801507.us.archive.org/25/items/ETGAliens204/ETG-Aliens-204.mp3 Conclusion of our Science Fiction Tropes Quadrology features the most terrifying and blue-collar of futures, the Aliens Universe. Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. Please see the “Suggestion Box” post for that …

VBR MP3 download Welcome to Volume 2 of Elevating the Genre! This is where we follow theme months for a full year. This new format will allow Dom and Christopher to dig into things on a much deeper level and allow ideas to cross-over from episode to episode. October is Sci-Fi trope month and we wrap ourselves in our feelings, wonder who our papas a…

VBR MP3 download Welcome to Volume 2 of Elevating the Genre! This is where we follow theme months for a full year. This new format will allow Dom and Christopher to dig into things on a much deeper level and allow ideas to cross-over from episode to episode. October is Sci-Fi trope month and we cop-air-car glide from the utopianish vision of Star T…

VBR MP3 download Welcome to Volume 2 of Elevating the Genre! This is where we follow theme months for a full year. October is Sci-Fi trope month and we kick it off with the mother of all Sci-Fi IP’s: Star Trek (it’s in it’s 50th anniversary and the new show Discovery has dropped). This new format will allow Dom and Christopher to dig into things on…

VBR MP3 download Hey, you, yeah, you, yeah, you collector. Will you buy this cash-grab issue? Look! It’s a number 0, it’ll be worth something… some day… probably [not]. BUT, we are back, ladies and gentlemen! We’ve been gone, and now we are not. In fact, we are back with a BIG announcement pod-cast-wise. We are changing our format a bit and all the…

https://ia601500.us.archive.org/31/items/christophermorrison2_gmail_Ep35/Ep35.mp3 With great power comes a great podcast… okay, maybe over-stating it a bit. But Dom and Christopher DO talk an hour about everyone’s favorite web-slinger, Spider-Man! Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. P…

https://ia601500.us.archive.org/28/items/christophermorrison2_gmail_Ep34/Ep34.mp3 The second part of our duology of villains and anti-heroes is here! We break down your favorite poorly behaving/murderous/ineffectual/weak-ass heroes! We love ’em. So we heap the lurve on some groovy IPs. this guy is a hero??? Sorta… Please don’t forget we are always …

VBR MP3 download This week Morrison and Mah take you to the heart of darkness where the bad people live. It’s VILLAINS! Hooray! (And a small semantic debate about a version of that word.) And lots of bad guys… who doesn’t love a good villain (or talking about what makes a crappy one?) WE DO! Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to …

https://archive.org/download/christophermorrison2_gmail_Ep32/Ep32.mp3 Christopher and Dom delve into a pile of heroic nonsense that is Transformers the Animated Movie… and our deep, deep love for it. SUCH HEROIC NONSENSE Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. Please see the “Suggestion B…

https://ia601509.us.archive.org/16/items/christophermorrison2_gmail_Ep31/Ep31.mp3 Christopher and Dominic welcome the wonderful (see what we did there???) Kimi Balcomb! The glorious leader from goldenlass.net, Wonder Woman superfan, and cosplayer extraordinaire to discuss, well, WONDER WOMAN. Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to…

Christopher and Dominic take on all the Apocalypsessss, Apocalyptii, oh, you know. All of that. Pre-During-Post; The How; the story-telling effects; the good; the bad. You know, THE APOCALYPSE. https://ia601502.us.archive.org/4/items/christophermorrison2_gmail_Ep30/Ep30.mp3 Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us t…

https://ia601500.us.archive.org/4/items/christophermorrison2_gmail_Ep29/Ep29.mp3 If you call yourself a geek and don’t know that name, trust us, you owe her quite a debt of gratitude. She is the producer behind the classics: Terminator (and shares a co-writing credit on that one); T2; The Abyss; Tremors; The Hulk; The Walking Dead …and that’s just …

https://ia601503.us.archive.org/11/items/Episode28_201705/Episode28.mp3 This week we crack into another concept (thus killing it entirely): HUMOR! What is funny? And why is it funny? What is funny about various and different fantasy and sci-fi IPs. Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. …

https://ia601506.us.archive.org/25/items/christophermorrison2_gmail_Ep27/ep27.mp3 It’s Star Wars DAY! May the fourth be with you. And here we go on a deep dive on Jyn and Rey with Star Wars expert Melissa Hillman. Dr. Melissa Hillman is the awesome. Her awesome blog: https://bittergertrude.com The theater company Melissa ran for 20 seasons: http://…

https://archive.org/download/EtGGeekShowBindlestiff/EtG-GeekShow-Bindlestiff.mp3 Special Guest this week while Chris labors on his feature film! Dom chats with The Geek Show, playing at Bindlestiff Studio in San Francisco for 1 more weekend only! (This Thurs-Sat Apr 27-29.) Tickets here! A series of short sketches invoking everything from The Flash…

https://ia601506.us.archive.org/24/items/christophermorrison2_gmail_Ep26/Ep26.mp3 What makes an awesome cinematic superpower? Have no fear, Christopher and Dom have opinions! (Even though Christopher also has jet-lag!) We break down the powers that are good on screen, the powers that are crappy on screen, and the ones we wish they would hurry up an…

VBR MP3 download Christopher’s goin’ solo! A short but sweet musing on what’s coming and a bit of a primer on VR and 360 degree filming! Not a rant, a lot of love, and a whole BUNCH of speculation! Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. Please see the “Suggestion Box” post for that (or f…

VBR MP3 download This week we are throwing down on Buffy’s 20th birthday! We also have an EtG first! A three-way co-host rumble extraordinaire! Dr. Edmond Chang, a bona-fide visiting professor from the University of Oregon in the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies! He does for a living what Dom and I do on this podcast… he’s so cool. Please d…

VBR MP3 download We got a new one for you! Dom and I are very upset with the Netflix version of Iron Fist… so… we ELEVATE IT! That’s right. Dom and I walk through the problem spots of Iron Fist and remake the show so that, if aired, we would actually talk about it on our podcast. ‘Cause, ya know, we like good stuff. So step into the EtG alternate I…

VBR MP3 download We gots a guest host, the incomparable Mr. Zay Amsbury! He’s all kinds of awesomely writerly, podcasterly, geeky dudeliness. We are honored to have him on while Dom is off at his writing retreat doing his own awesomely, writerly things. GO DOM! Zay is here to discuss with Christopher all things Doctor Who: classic and new. Includin…

VBR MP3 download It’s a special episode from the Weapon Plus Program and Department K! Dom and Christopher head into the bleak, violent, wonderful world of Logan (and they LIKE it). As this is a wacky-special-collector’s-edition-one-off… some of our regular features are suspended. And SPOILERS, it’s ALL SPOILERS so don’t listen if you aren’t preppe…

VBR MP3 download This week Dom and Christopher chop up a little James Howlett; Logan; or as the world best knows him: WOLVERINE. Listen as Christopher tells you a story about how he fell in love with the universe; how Dom would kill Wolverine; which are our favorite costumes; and other such nonsense! Please don’t forget we are always open to sugges…

[audio: VBR MP3 download ] Today we’re in space and in the dogfight of our lives!!! Christopher and Dom break down what makes a kick-ass space battle KICK-ASS. And we chat about our favs of course. Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. Please see the “Suggestion Box” post for that (or f…

VBR MP3 download Ladies and gentlemen! Christopher is back and he and Dom chop it up on all things about making indie features (Dom has shot two and Christopher just finished principal on his first!) Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. Please see the “Suggestion Box” post for that (or…

https://archive.org/download/AKatieEtG/A-Katie-EtG.mp3 4th in our series of guest hosts is Katie G, here to discuss the trope of cartoon characters voiced by actors the opposite of the characters’ main gender, a.k.a. cross-dress voice acting, specifically in iconic cartoons from the 90’s up til now, even more specifically a lot about Tina from BOB’…

https://archive.org/download/EtGGregPakDomHulk/EtG-GregPak-Dom-Hulk.mp3 Our Guest Host today (Chris is still shooting a feature film) is Greg Pak, writer, filmmaker, and preeminent scribe of Marvel’s THE INCREDIBLE HULK. We discuss the Hulk’s relevance as a symbol of repressed/channeled rage and strength, with insider insights from Greg’s work as a…

https://archive.org/download/EtGFrontalotDomSmartnessSuperGeniuses/EtG-Frontalot-Dom-SmartnessSuperGeniuses.mp3 Dom & guest host MC Frontalot (Damian Hess) discuss the meaning of “smartness” in geek culture and the trope of the super-genius in film, TV, and comic books. Touched upon: Watchmen, Spider-Man, Star Trek, Scully of The X-Files, Asimov’s …

https://archive.org/download/EtGMusicalMomentsHPMendoza_201701/EtG-MusicalMoments-HPMendoza.mp3 Hey, it’s our first episode with a GUEST HOST because Chris is shooting a film, so Dom is joined by filmmaker/musical enthusiast/pop-proto-culture expert H.P. Mendoza to discuss the most elevating musical/song moments in geekdom, including banter about T…

https://archive.org/download/christophermorrison2_gmail_Ep14/Ep14.mp3 Ladies and gentlemen! Our top Elevated Genre properties/moments/things/stuff from 2016! Hey, it was a sucky year… but here’s the good stuff! (With some shit stuff in there too.) Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. P…

https://archive.org/download/christophermorrison2_gmail_Ep13/Ep13.mp3 That’s right we unpack how Asia is at the core of your favorite sci-fi properties. And, naturally, we can’t resist telling you all what we think of Rogue One. Kurosawa! Lucas! Verne! We gots it all! Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick…

https://archive.org/download/christophermorrison2_gmail_Ep12/Ep12.mp3 All things sidekicks (and a bunch of Robin the Boy Wonder). We know you want one, we know you ARE one once in a while… let’s talk about ’em! Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. Please see the “Suggestion Box” post f…

https://archive.org/download/Episode11MP3/Episode11-MP3.mp3 Due to massive tech issues we are very late and very not visual. But that doesn’t stop us from tackling a HUGE topic like Remakes/Reboots/Requels… why are there so many? why make them? what makes them good? and why do so many blow? Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to w…

https://archive.org/download/Episode11MP3/Episode11-MP3.mp3 Due to massive tech issues we are very late and very not visual. But that doesn’t stop us from tackling a HUGE topic like Remakes/Reboots/Requels… why are there so many? why make them? what makes them good? and why do so many blow? Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to w…

https://archive.org/download/christophermorrison2_gmail_Ep10/Ep10.mp3 We celebrate American Thanksgiving by bringing you the deep dive on writer/director WD Richter and his singular Thanksgiving movie (directed by Jodie Foster) Home for the Holidays! Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic…

https://archive.org/download/christophermorrison2_gmail_Ep9/Ep9.mp3 PS: I’m no longer calling them the ‘alt-right’, fuck these people. They are Nazis. Period. That’s what they are, white-supremisits with a new name, so I’m not going to use it any longer. Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a t…

https://archive.org/download/christophermorrison2_gmail_Ep8/Ep8.mp3 This week, of all weeks, it’s Superheroes and Politics. We go over multiple properties and their political leanings and the political ideologies behind supers in general. Hey, it’s a bit of an antidote to the shit-storm of the American election. Please don’t forget we are always op…

https://archive.org/download/christophermorrison2_gmail_Ep7/Ep7.mp3 Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. Please see the “Suggestion Box” post for that (or feel free to leave a comment below with some ideas.) https://elevatingthegenre.wordpress.com/2016/09/16/first-blog-post/ We do reco…

https://archive.org/download/christophermorrison2_gmail_Ep6/Ep6.mp3 It’s the queen of sci-fi herself: the immortal Ms. Weaver. We cover a lot of ground in this one. Her work, casting stuff, some Dr. Strange magics in, what makes Aliens an acting clinic, and other amazing things! Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want…

https://archive.org/download/christophermorrison2_gmail_Ep51/Ep5%201.mp3 Episode 5 and it’s the man, the myth, the legend, film-maker John Carpenter! (Although you’ll find that Dom and I have an inordinate amount of love for Big Trouble most.) Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. Pleas…

http://archive.org/download/christophermorrison2_gmail_Ep4_201610/Ep4.mp3 Episode 4 where we get all up into ROBOTECH! You’ll find Dom and I both very emotional about this one! Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. Please see the “Suggestion Box” post for that (or feel free to leave a c…

https://archive.org/download/christophermorrison2_gmail_Ep3/Ep3.mp3 Episode 3 and all things Hitchhiker’s and the man himself, Douglas Adams! Please don’t forget we are always open to suggestions to what you want us to kick around as a topic. Please see the “Suggestion Box” post for that (or feel free to leave a comment below with some ideas.) http…

https://archive.org/download/christophermorrison2_gmail_Ep2/Ep2.mp3 Episode 2 where we discuss all things MCU on Netflix (including shows that haven’t even dropped yet!) Next up some definitions to help you figure out what the hell this podcast is all about (however, I recommend you give a listen to our Episode 0 for a deeper understanding: https:/…

http://archive.org/download/Episode1_20160927/Episode1.mp3 Here it is folks! The exciting Episode 1 where we discuss all things Chris Claremont’s run on the Uncanny X-Men! That’s right, there’s geekery galore as Christopher and Dom run amok on your favorite mutants and their most profound creator/writer (and discuss other properties his run influen…

https://ia801502.us.archive.org/33/items/EGEp0/EGEp0.mp3 Welcome everyone! This is Episode 0. You can start here or return here to find out what Dom and I were REALLY thinking when we started this goofy thang! First up APOLOGIES for sound. It’s weird as all get out as this was our first attempt. And mostly, apologies to Mr. Mah himself as it’s his …