Behind The Scenes - Dragons Of Night

Let's kick off our talks about tropes with a discussion of Magical Orphans. Why do so many heroes have dead parents? Let's explore. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/projectshadow/message

Let's talk about Netflix's Love Death + Robots, with a focus on some of the shorts. If you want a deeper breakdown on a particular episode let me know. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/projectshadow/message

What was the writers' room thinking?  This is an episode without a point or a purpose. It just happens. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/projectshadow/message

Let's talk about how we lie to ourselves to overwork and burn out while thinking we are doing the right thing, and some methods to help us. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/projectshadow/message

Have you missed my rants? I haven't done one in a while... well not since Star Trek Discovery murdered with tropes. Now DC has a cut and paste paint by numbers trailer for the Joker movie, and it gave me feels. Not the good ones. The bad ones. The WTF you doing DC ones that we have all come to know and love. Enjoy. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/projectshadow/message

Crucify My Love is out on Amazon and my new podcast Mask of the Gods has launched! Join me for the launch on today's podcast. Get your copy of Crucify My Love from Amazon. https://amzn.to/2TPS6cq Check out Mask of the Gods https://anchor.fm/maskofthegods: --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/projectshadow/message

Tools for map making, methods for creating fictional states, and magic systems. Get your copy of Crucify My Love from Amazon <a href="https://amzn.to/2TPS6cq">https://amzn.to/2TPS6cq</a> --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/projectshadow/message

Perpetual Infinity was a good episode of Star Trek Discovery, but why don't they let the characters be as smart as they are. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/projectshadow/message

How to develop the scifi or fantasy story with internal consistency. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/projectshadow/message

Writers need to learn to take time to celebrate what we love about our own work. If we aren't fans of our own work, how can we expect other people to to be. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/projectshadow/message

Let's revel in a movie built on nostalgic degeneracy as we talk about The Dirt on Netflix. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/projectshadow/message

What happens to creators and fandoms when everything is locked behind separate paywalls? Let's talk about it. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/projectshadow/message

How did Star Trek Discovery pull off its twist within a twist with in a twist and will it eventually pay off? The Red Angel leave us with more questions than answers, and that might not be a good thing. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/projectshadow/message

Let's talk about the community we could build together. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/projectshadow/message

Charlie discusses Disney's ownership of Fox's IP and the concepts of monopoly and cultural hegemony, and whether or not those ideas even matter, then focuses on the real problem, the number of hours in a day. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/projectshadow/message

Charlie tries to explain why anyone who hasn't seen The Order on Netflix, should watch it. It is a strange journey through a stranger series that almost has to be seen to be believed. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/projectshadow/message

Charlie discusses the nature of the various show shaped vacuums that we are looking for something to fill. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/projectshadow/message

Charlie discusses the episode Project Daedalus of Star Trek Discovery touching on the topic of Airium, the New Humans, and what is possible going to happen next. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/projectshadow/message

Why does the The Federation, The Empire, or the Union exist? Charlie discusses interstellar governance in sci-fi. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/projectshadow/message

Charlie discusses representation and what it means and how the lack of it affects the characters and stories we write. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/projectshadow/message