Hear what the Dragonfly Ripple kids thought about the new Star Wars movie. And get a Jetpack Tiger with more Last Jedi thoughts. Do the kids love this movie? Are they satisfied with it as a sequel to The Force Awakens? What about the reveals and surprises? BEWARE! Spoilers galore in this fun episode.
Just as we prep the next generation of nerd, Star Wars has kicked off the introduction of their next generation with the new movie, Star Wars, Episode VII: The Force Awakens. Carlin and Michael hold back on their thoughts and get reaction from the kids about their take on the new film's characters, plots, and settings. Plus, a new Jetpack Tiger dives into the new Star Wars film, too. WARNING: Do not listen if you haven't seen the movie yet and want to remain spoiler-free.
There's nothing like watching some bad movies to make you thankful for the good ones. In this episode, Michael and Carlin introduce the kids to some turkeys...aka some bad movies. After talking about the general practice of watching movies that are "so bad, they're good" David gets into his thoughts about the 1986 Howard the Duck film and Annaliese talks about her experience watching the 1998 Avengers film. Plus, a new JetPack Tiger segment is all about vintage Star Wars action figures.
In the new episode of Dragonfly Ripple, the podcast crew talk about a whole bunch of Star Wars. First, Carlin and Michael spend a few minutes talking about their philosophies on planning a "curriculum" for their children and their nerd interests. After that, Michael and David discuss some Star Wars animation including both version of Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels. After a Jetpack Tiger all about the Lego video games, Carlin and Annaliese talk about her first experience with the complete original Star Wars trilogy.
In this episode of Dragonfly Ripple: Bringing Up the Next Generation of Nerd, Michael and Carlin talk to the kids about Westerns…with a twist (or "twisterns" but we're not sold on that name). Carlin and Annaliese watched through the 1993-94 Bruce Campbell series on FOX, The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. And Michael and David delved into the 1960s TV series (and 1990s Will Smith movie) The Wild, Wild West. Both shows are Westerns, but feature sci-fi, spy and steampunk elements.
The opening chat sets up our fourth episode by talking a bit about the order we present the Star Wars films to our children. Plus, in Jetpack Tiger, we talk about the Star Wars Clone Wars cartoon.
