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Add comment February 8th, 2010 02:24pm Billy Kulpa
I thought some of you might enjoy hearing what Lost’s writers have to say about the final season of the show. Their podcast is a little short, but really interesting. I believe they post once a week:
4 comments February 3rd, 2010 10:39am Billy Kulpa
Welcome back to the Register Star Podcast. We missed you! Chris Soprych, the Movie Man Will Pfiefer and I are all happy to be back to recap the final season of Lost.
***SPOILER ALERTS!!!***
The season premiere (titled “LAX” “LA X”) was a blast, so to speak, picking up moments after Juliet detonates the atomic bomb in the season five finale. The cast is back on Oceanic 815 before the plane goes down, just as Faraday said they would be. Jack and Locke are agreeable. Charlie, Boone and the other killed-off characters are still alive. And we get to see the island sitting at the bottom of the ocean.
Weird.
Not everything is as it seems, however. There’s a second post-detonation timeline going, one where the cast is still stuck on the island in the wake of Jacob’s death
We’re looking for a reader to be a local expert on the final season of the show. We’d like to have that expert be part of at least one podcast. If you’re interested, send an e-mail to podcast@rrstar.com or lglowinski@rrstar.com
Add comment January 20th, 2010 10:06am Billy Kulpa
Mana Kintorso - “Queen of the Neighborhood”
Emily Hurd - “Make a Bed”
1 comment December 4th, 2009 10:28am Billy Kulpa
The Winnebago County Sheriff’s Department has released the audio recordings of 911 emergency phone calls the night of June 19, when ethanol tankers on a Canadian National Railway train derailed in southeast Rockford and exploded.
The Sheriff’s Department provided audio of 37 individual phone calls. Click the play buttons below to listen to audio of some selected calls, or right-click and select “save” to download the files.
All times of recordings are approximate. Some phone calls contain explicit language.
8:32 p.m. Sgt. Aaron Booker receives confirmation call from Canadian National Railway about washed out train track on Mulford Road.
8:37 p.m. Winnebago County receives first 911 call about derailment.
8:37 p.m. Woman reports seeing explosion from her window.
8:40 p.m. Woman reports seeing what she believes to be a plane crash.
8:40 p.m. Woman reports seeing a huge ball of fire, then a Winnebago County 911 dispatcher tells a Boone County 911 dispatcher that they’ve received “about 900 reports” about the derailment.
8:43 p.m. Man mistakenly reports seeing an explosion at Rockford salvage yard from the highway.
3 comments November 10th, 2009 11:08am Billy Kulpa
And just like that, season three of Mad Men is in the books.
After last week’s slightly disappointing episode, it’s safe to say the season three finale (”Shut the door. Have a seat.”) blew the podcast away. As the Movie Man says on the recording, Mad Men is typically a show about subtleties. That’s not the case this week, with the end of both the Draper marriage and Sterling Cooper.
That’s all I’m going to say in the text. You’ll have to listen to the podcast for the rest. But as Will says, this episode might have been the most satisfying season finale he’s ever seen.
Add comment November 2nd, 2009 12:25pm Billy Kulpa
A bit of a disappointing episode this week (titled “The Grown-Ups”) by Man Men standards as we answer the question: “Where were you when Kennedy was shot?”
We see Harry and Pete were discussing Pete’s future with Sterling Cooper (more on that later) when the news broke, which makes sense because Harry’s job requires a television at all times. Duck was in a hotel room waiting for Peggy to show up for a mid-afternoon hook-up. Don was arguing with Mr. Pryce about hiring an expensive replacement for Sal (who Don brutally fired a few episode’s before).
Every other character was busy leading their daily life. Especially Roger, whose daughter’s wedding wasn’t going to stopped for anything.
I don’t think anyone on the podcast thought this was a bad episode. It’s just a bit of a letdown after such a terrific show the previous week. “The Grown-Ups” had some nice touches, such as every ringing phone in Sterling Cooper shutting down in unison once the lines overloaded. And Jane’s line about never getting to vote for the handsome Kennedy was especially spot-on (the voting age was 21 at the time - Jane still was only 20).
But the Kennedy assassination has been covered to death and it’s not all that interesting to spend 30 minutes watching characters watch their televisions. Once news of the assassination broke, it was tough to find a character doing anything else.
In the previous two seasons of Mad Men, the finales were a bit of a let down after stunning set-ups the week before. Maybe we’ll get the opposite this year, especially with Betty’s telling Don she no longer loves him at the end of this episode. We see Roger get a little fed up with his bratty bride, calling Joan for solace at the end of the stressful wedding. And we have Pete and Trudy deciding it would be best for Pete to work for Duck.
As always, you can e-mail the show at podcast@rrstar.com or just comment on any of these posts.
*Production note
We use a two microphone system for these podcasts. Unfortunately, we had a connection problem with the microphone nearest to me and didn’t realize until the recording was over. As a result, my volume level is significantly lower than the Will and Sean. I’ll have this corrected in time for the finale.
Add comment October 26th, 2009 05:18pm Billy Kulpa
After Betty unlocked Don’s secret desk drawer last week, Mad Men fans were bracing for the worst. How could this possibly end well?
Somehow, Betty defies all expectations and plays the situation perfectly. She consults a lawyer. She arrives home early to get the jump on Don. And she confronts him so tactfully that he has no choice but to spill the beans about everything. And I mean everything.
All the while, Don’s mistress patiently waits outside in the car for her weekend getaway. Betty doesn’t know she’s there. Don does, but he appears to completely forget.
I can tell you without any hesitation that not a single viewer forgot about her for one minute. After three seasons of watching, it’s safe to say last night’s episode was my favorite of the series. I was on the edge of my seat most of the time. What do you think?
Highlights from the episode:
Only two episodes left!
Add comment October 19th, 2009 12:42pm Billy Kulpa
Lots to talk after this week’s episode of Mad Men, titled, “The Color Blue.”
After three seasons of wondering, Betty finally unlocks Don’s secret desk drawer. Inside are relic’s of his previous life, including the divorce certificate he needed from the previous Don Draper’s marriage in order to marry Betty the model all those years ago. Betty has all the pieces of Don’s double life right there in her hands, but she clearly doesn’t quite understand what it all means.
That being said, she is furious. She reacts with immediate (and lasting) anger and means to confront Don whenever he decides to come home later that night. Unfortunately for Betty, his affair with Sally’s former teacher means he doesn’t come home at all. She instead puts everything back as it was, leaving lots of setup for what’s sure to be a spectacular final three episodes of the season.
Elsewhere:
We’ll do the podcast right through the end of the season. All comments and e-mails (podcast@rrstar.com) are appreciated!
1 comment October 12th, 2009 01:01pm Billy Kulpa
Back to a three-man podcast this week now that Driscoll has returned from his vacation. And boy, not a moment too soon.
Although loved by The Movie Man, I had a hard time enjoying this week’s episode (titled “Wee Small Hours”). It managed to make me mad at every character on the show, with the exception of Sal and possibly Harry. They’re all out for themselves, summed up best in Betty’s line to baby Eugene: “I want what I want when I want it.”
The fact that not everybody gets what they want makes the episode very dark. Lee from Lucky Strike wants Sal, gets rebuffed and fires him. Harry doesn’t want to make the wrong call on the situation, does nothing, and still manages to screw everything up. Connie wants the moon. Betty wants an affair.
And there’s not a redeeming moment in the episode for me. Damn you for giving in, Suzanne Farrell.
Here’s some other highlights of this week’s podcast:
1 comment October 5th, 2009 12:23pm Billy Kulpa
Driscoll is on vacation this week, but we’re podcasting without him after taking last week off. And despite The Movie Man’s apparent amnesia for anything more than two days old, we manage to tackle episodes 7 (”Seven Twenty Three”) and 8 (”Souvenir”) in one convenient podcast.
You’ll notice a good 15-second pause after Will argues that Pete Campbell is a good guy early in the podcast. I’m thinking, “REALLY? Pete? A good guy? I’m not buying it.” However, I can’t come up with a good argument. I still can’t. So I’m asking listeners to help me out by responding to this question:
Is Pete Campbell a good guy, a bad guy or something else? Drop us a line at podcast@rrstar.com, or just comment on this post. We’ll talk about it in the next podcast.
Here’s some other highlights of this week’s podcast:
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