Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker & Fandom Gatekeeping! - Episode 208 - 1/4/2020

Comedian Michael Brown and certified geek Richard McBain join to talk about what we thought of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Did J.J. Abrams pull it off and tie everything together? How is it doing at the box office? We respond to a completely devastatingly ignant tweet trying to gatekeep Star Wars fandom. The Star Wars fanfare still gives Mike goosebumps. Podcast version of the live Shane Plays Geek Talk radio show from 1/4/2020 Shane Plays airs on Saturdays at 1 PM Central on 101.1 FM The Answer in Little Rock. It can also be heard online at http://1011fmtheanswer.com. Call in at 501-823-0965 or tweet @ShanePlays during the show! Like what you hear? Support Shane Plays Geek Talk on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/shaneplays Shane Plays Geek Talk is carried on Krypton Radio! Krypton Radio is SciFi for your Wifi. http://kryptonradio.com/ Listen to the Shane Plays Geek Talk podcast on YouTube, SoundCloud, iTunes, Google Play Music, Podbean, Stitcher (and other fine, fine podcast directories) after the live show. Hey, you! Yeah, you! Buy cool stuff, support Shane Plays Geek Talk with these affiliate links! Humble Bundle https://www.humblebundle.com?partner=shaneplays DriveThruRPG.com https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?affiliate_id=488512 SHOW NOTES Podcast Zinger is from from "Welcome To Eltingville" Pilot Topic Notes: Ed Powell's ignant "Star Wars Fan" tweet https://twitter.com/DrEdPowell/status/1212622645214273536 Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker on Box Office Mojo https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3305145857/?ref_=bo_hm_rd 'Rise of Skywalker' Still Box Office Gold with $11M; 'The Grudge' Opens to $5.4M | Collider https://collider.com/rise-of-skywalker-friday-box-office-the-grudge/ 'The Grudge' Scares Up $1.8 Million from Thursday Previews - Box Office Mojo https://www.boxofficemojo.com/article/ed3396338692/?ref_=bo_hm_hp My Star Wars movie rankings: V, IV, III, VI, VIII, VII, IX, R1, II, I, S - What's yours? What George Lucas' Star Wars: Episode 7, 8 and 9 would have looked like https://www.polygon.com/2019/12/10/21005059/george-lucas-star-wars-sequel-trilogy-plot-characters Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_Arcade_Adventures:_On_the_Rain-Slick_Precipice_of_Darkness Dungeons and Desktops: The History of Computer Role-Playing Games 2nd Edition Shane's book! Co-authored with Matt Barton of Matt Chat https://www.amazon.com/Dungeons-Desktops-History-Computer-Role-Playing/dp/1138574643/