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It was recently discovered that our updates involving new episodes of the Robot-Kraken Podcast have not been posting to the site. Never fear: the pod is alive and well, and available as always on itunes and stitcher and direct downloads at deeplydapper.com, in addition to posts here. If you haven’t refreshed the pod in Apple Podcasts, please do, so you can receive all the latest goodies. We’ll get the site updated shortly!

Robot-Kraken Podcast Ep 49 Now Available – Blind Meanies and Hospital Streamies

 

 

Robot-Kraken Episode 049 – November 2018 “Blind Meanies and Hospital Streamies“

Your regular host Thom ‘Third Rail Design Lab’ Chiaramonte is joined by guest host Blake ‘Begin Again’ Simmons to review and discuss Daredevil Season 03, as well as current entertainment news of the day.

ROBOT KRAKEN is a MONTHLY podcast by two indie artists, Kristopher McClanahan of Deeply Dapper and Thom Chiaramonte of the Third Rail Design Lab. We get together and talk about comics, movies, working the table at comic cons, life in this nerdy wonderland, and whatever mumblings from the deep we come across. You can find out more about us, contact us or follow along our journey at robot-kraken.com

iTunes – http://bit.ly/RoboApple

Stream & Download – http://bit.ly/RoboDapper

 

Show notes:

Sucking the Monkey
  • Thom: Newsroom Shootout (Grapefruit juice, Campari, Vodka)
  • Blake: IV drip, something like that
Red Sky Roundup (formerly Robots Root)
  • Stan lee
  • Pedro and Gina Carano on The Mandalorian
  • Loki and Falcon and Bucky, Oh My
  • Avatar 80
  • Alien: awakening
  • Game of Thrones April 2019; Prequel w/ Naomi Watts
Robot Reviews
Daredevil S03: This is strong meat
Scalpy scribbles:
  • Daredevil cell phones scene
  • Bullseye vacuuming
  • Karen has a huge keys sign on front door
  • I used to have two children Ray
  • Devil and angel on his shoulder
  • Sensing electrical for hidden room
  • Rosary attack
  • No stalling in pacing
  • Stay frosty!
  • Kingpin jacket
Red Tentacle:
  • Thom: prison break and newspaper attacks
  • Blake- Bullseye realized and newspaper scene
Black Octopus:
  • Thom: Father Latham switch
  • Blake- predictable Kingpin lawyers

Monkey-Jacket Musings:

  • Thom:
    • Karen Page – Emma Stone
    • Bullseye – Pedro Pascal
    • Matt Murdock- Ben Foster
    • Bonus- Foggy Nelson- Mel Rodriguez
  • Blake:
    • Foggy Nelson- Caleb Landry Jones
    • Karen Page – Julia Garner
    • Matt Murdock – John Brent Hal
Planned Plundering:
  • Thom: Black Hammer by Jeff Lemire and Dean Ormston; Kingdom
  • Blake: Fortitude
Rum-Fueled Recommendations:
Thom: House of Cards “Bearable though Terrible”; Game Night; Not Hocus Pocus
Blake: Ozark S02; Hereditary, Sorry to Bother You, Tag
Please enjoy, hell yes!

Robot-Kraken Episode 048 – Late-October 2018 “Mimic Bears and Awkward Stares“

Robot-Kraken Episode 048 – Late- October 2018 “Mimic Bears and Awkward Stares“

Your regular host Thom ‘Third Rail Design Lab’ Chiaramonte is joined by guest host Blake ‘Begin Again’ Simmons to review and discuss Annihilation, as well as current entertainment news of the day.

ROBOT KRAKEN is a MONTHLY podcast by two indie artists, Kristopher McClanahan of Deeply Dapper and Thom Chiaramonte of the Third Rail Design Lab. We get together and talk about comics, movies, working the table at comic cons, life in this nerdy wonderland, and whatever mumblings from the deep we come across. You can find out more about us, contact us or follow along our journey at robot-kraken.com

iTunes – http://bit.ly/RoboApple

Stream & Download – http://bit.ly/RoboDapper 

Specific Episode Link for downloads

And Lo, the Details!~

Sucking the Monkey: What we consumed during the thing…

  • Blake: Lime LeCroix and Butterfield Station Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Thom: Kraken Rum and Coke (flat, unacceptable)

Red Sky Roundup: News of the moment – for more detail, see Robot’s Root on robot-kraken.com!

  • Predator and the predator thereon
  • Captain Marvel Trailer
  • Bond 25
  • Taika Waititi and Bryce Dallas Howard onboard The Mandalorian

Robot Review: Annihilation

And yes, the score was Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow, not Johann Johansson. But still, I was close.

Planned Plundering:

  • Blake: Glass, Daredevil S03, Expanse
  • Thom: Blade Runner/ Blade Runner 2049 double-feature, Iron Fist S02, Preacher

 

Rum-Fueled Recommendations:

  • Blake: Hereditary, Tropic Thunder Director’s Cut
  • Thom: Mission Impossible, Iron Fist S02

 

Please enjoy, hell yes!

Also, you may imagine to yourself that we are applying ‘Born Again’ to Blake… you may even hallucinate and think he did it to himself. I promise you… it’s you, not us. It never happened.

Robot-Kraken Episode 47 Available Now! “A Predog’s Lunch”

Ep 47: A Predog’s Lunch – October 2018
Kris McClanahan and Thom Chiaramonte

Robot-Kraken Episode 047 – October 2018 “A Predog’s Lunch“

Your regular hosts Thom ‘Third Rail Design Lab’ Chiaramonte and Kris ‘Deeply Dapper’ McClanahan are joined by guest host Blake ‘Begin Again’ Simmons to review and discuss Predator, Predators, Baby Driver, Kingsman 2, plus we talk art and process as we head into fall.

Here’s your dossier of delightful details:

Part 01 – Your Art and Convention Roundup, waxed poetic by Thom and Kris!

Sucking the Monkey:

  • Kris: n/a
  • Thom: Modelo Chulada Espáciale

Art Process/Convention Roundup for late summer and early fall, 2018. Juan Snow nowhere to be found…

Planned Plundering:

  • Kris: Saga; Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero
  • Thom: Annihilation (second viewing); Deadly Class; Maniac

Rum-Fueled Recommendations:

  • Kris: Three Billboards
  • Thom: Clone Wars Series (gets better in S02)

Part 02 – A Predogs Lunch: Discussing Predator (and Predators), Baby Driver and Kingsman 2, for science! Thom, Kris, and Blake!

Sucking the Monkey:

  • Kris: Again, a whole lot of nothing
  • Thom: Gin and Squirt, then Silver City Brewery’s Fat Woody Scotch Ale
  • Blake- Whiskey of some form and in great quantities

Red Sky Roundup – News of the Moment:

  • The Mandalorian
  • Holmes and Watson
  • Venom
  • Dark phoenix
  • Isobella Rossellini’s surreal bedbug videos (!)
  • John Wick vs Rambo

Robot Reviews!

  • Predator vs. Predators
  • Baby Driver vs. Kingsman 2
  • Plus Robocop 2 and 3 and Drive

Monkey Jacket Musings: Fantasy Recasting for Jean Grey 

  • Blake: Anya Taylor Joy
  • Kris:  Anya Taylor Joy
  • Thom: Kate Mara

Planned Plundering:

  • Blake: The Expanse (bit of a reach), Captain Marvel, A Star is Born
  • Kris: Bad Times at the El Royale, Prospect
  • Thom: Bad Times at the El Royale, Prospect, Daredevil S03, Preacher, Legion

Rum-Fueled Recommendations:

  • Blake: Manifest, AHS: Apocalypse
  • Kris: Brutal by James Alderdice, Better Call Saul
  • Thom: Reamde, Iron Fist (maybe)

Plus: Waco Taco! Pascalmnanally! And: Who is Forrest Fishbone

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ROBOT KRAKEN is a MONTHLY podcast by two indie artists, Kristopher McClanahan of Deeply Dapper and Thom Chiaramonte of the Third Rail Design Lab. We get together and talk about comics, movies, working the table at comic cons, life in this nerdy wonderland, and whatever mumblings from the deep we come across. You can find out more about us, contact us or follow along our journey at robot-kraken.com

Please subscribe on iTunes, rate us 5 or more stars out of a possible 5, and review us! It’s the RK thing to do!

iTunes – http://bit.ly/RoboApple

Stream & Download – http://bit.ly/RoboDapper

Robot-Kraken Ep. 046 – Here Today, Oregone Tomorrow

 

Woohoo! A new episode of Robot-Kraken is now available!

Robot-Kraken Episode 046 – September 2018 “Here Today, Oregon Tomorrow!“

Your regular host Thom ‘Third Rail Design Lab’ Chiaramonte and actual legit named cohost Kris “Deeply Dapper” McClanahan review and discuss the comic conventions of the last few months, including San Francisco Comic Con and Rose City Comic Con, along with current events and takeaways from the trailers and news coming out of this summer’s San Diego Comic Con coverage. It’s an all con episode! Plus, look for Episode 45, released in July, as you may not have received it in your feed thanks to issues with science. We talked about Deadpool 2, Han Solo, and Ant-Man and Wasp in that one, so take a look and a listen…

Update: Notes from the show… such as they are…

Sucking the Monkey, SFCC Segment:

  • Kris: Sex Panther Double Chocolate Porter
  • Thom: Briney Melon Gose

Sucking the Monkey, RCCC Segment:

  • Kris and Thom: Cucumber Sour and a bit of George Dickel Rye

Red Sky Roundup:

  • James Gunn
  • SDCC news
  • Godzilla: Kind of the Monsters trailer
  • Shazam trailer
  • Aquaman trailer
  • Glass trailer
  • Battle Angel Alita trailer 2
  • Deadly Class trailer
  • Disenchanted trailer
  • Stan Against Evil
  • The ongoing state of Marvel Netflix

Robot Reviews: San Francisco Comic Con, Rose City Comic Con

Planned Plundering:

  • Kris: Saga; Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero
  • Thom: Annihilation (second viewing); Deadly Class; Maniac

Rum-Fueled Recommendations:

  • Kris: Three Billboards
  • Thom: Clone Wars Series (gets better in S02)

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ROBOT KRAKEN is a MONTHLY podcast by two indie artists, Kristopher McClanahan of Deeply Dapper and Thom Chiaramonte of the Third Rail Design Lab. We get together and talk about comics, movies, working the table at comic cons, life in this nerdy wonderland, and whatever mumblings from the deep we come across. You can find out more about us, contact us or follow along our journey at robot-kraken.com

Here’s the direct link to the download, if you aren’t a streaming type…

Get the whole series here, and please do rate us 5 stars and review on itunes!

iTunes – http://bit.ly/RoboApple

Stream & Download – http://bit.ly/RoboDapper

Robot-Kraken Podcast Ep. 45 Now Available – When in Doubt, Goggins Out!

Robot-Kraken Episode 045 – July 2018 “When in Doubt, Goggins Out!“

Your regular host Thom ‘Third Rail Design Lab’ Chiaramonte and guest host Blake ‘Begin Again’ Simmons review and discuss Deadpool 2, Solo, Ant-Man and Wasp, current events and more!

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Show notes, for SCIENCE:

Sucking the Monkey Segment:

  • Blake: Chardonnay
  • Thom: Margarita

News:

  • Steve Ditko and Stan Lee
  • So Many Jokers
  • Neil Blomkamp and Robocop
  • Olivia Wilde
  • Sofia Boutella
  • Cara Gee
  • The Snapture
  • Doctor Doom on film

Monkey-Jacket Musing: What Characters Should Have a Solo Film Set Directly After the Snapture?

  • Blake: Jessica Jones and other street level heroes, Agents of Shield
  • Thom: Fantastic Four as a science-based alternative to supers

 

Review: Deadpool 2

Review: Solo

Review: Ant-Man and Wasp

(Red Tentacles and Black Octopuses… seem to have been lost to the cyber-seas)

 

Rum-Fueled Recommendations:

  • Blake: Cold souls
  • Thom: Luke cage

 

Planned plundering:

  • Blake: Annihilation
  • Thom: Night flyer

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Download this episode directly if you like!

 

ROBOT KRAKEN is a MONTHLY podcast by two indie artists, Kristopher McClanahan of Deeply Dapper and Thom Chiaramonte of the Third Rail Design Lab. We get together and talk about comics, movies, working the table at comic cons, life in this nerdy wonderland, and whatever mumblings from the deep we come across. You can find out more about us, contact us or follow along our journey at robot-kraken.com

iTunes – http://bit.ly/RoboApple

Stream & Download – http://bit.ly/RoboDapper

Robot-Kraken Podcast Ep. 44 – ‘Things Got Strange’ Bonus Episode Now Available

 

Robot-Kraken Episode 044 – Late May 2018 “Things Got Strange“

Your regular host Thom ‘Third Rail Design Lab’ Chiaramonte and guest host Blake ‘Begin Again’ Simmons review and discuss Avengers: Infinity War, current events and more! This is a special bonus episode, because science.

ROBOT KRAKEN is a MONTHLY podcast by two indie artists, Kristopher McClanahan of Deeply Dapper and Thom Chiaramonte of the Third Rail Design Lab. We get together and talk about comics, movies, working the table at comic cons, life in this nerdy wonderland, and whatever mumblings from the deep we come across. You can find out more about us, contact us or follow along our journey at robot-kraken.com

iTunes – http://bit.ly/RoboApple
Stream & Download – http://bit.ly/RoboDapper

Details:

Sucking the Monkey Segment:

  • Blake: Belgian Blue Moon + Gold and Gold, Nikka Whisky
  • Thom: Cafe Latte, then Monkey Shoulder blended malt scotch whisky

Current Events: Han Solo, The Expanse, Streaming Content/Comcast, Eternals, Thundercats, Mission: Impossible

Planned Plundering Segment:

  • Blake: Deadpool 2, Ant-Man and Wasp, Legion
  • Thom: Westworld, Expanse, Legion

Rum-Fueled Recommendations Segment:

  • Blake: Barry, Killing Eve, Isle of Dogs
  • Thom: Deadpool 2, Han Solo

Run-Through Reconsideration: Black Panther 2

Woo Hoo! Robot-Kraken Podcast Ep. 043 is Live! “Pepper Nots”

Robot-Kraken Episode 043 – May 2018 “Pepper Nots!“

Your regular host Thom ‘Third Rail Design Lab’ Chiaramonte and guest host Blake ‘Begin Again’ Simmons review and discuss Legion Season 02, Episode 01 (“Chapter 9”) and Expanse Season 03 Episodes 01 – 02 (“Fight or Flight” and “IFF”), as well as the run-up to Avengers: Infinity War, second viewing comments on Thor: The Dark World and Guardians of the Galaxy 2, current events and more!

Listen now on iTunes, Stitcher, or download it directly!

If you subscribe to us on iTunes, PLEASE review and rate us, so we can break through the algorithm, which is being pretty algorithmy, if we’re being honest.

 

https://www.thirdraildesignlab.com/home/2018/5/9/robot-kraken-podcast-no-043-pepper-nots

Robot-Kraken Podcast Ep. 42: “Panthers and Ponds” Now Available on iTunes

 

Robot-Kraken Episode 042 – April 2018 “Panthers and Ponds”

Your regular host Thom ‘Third Rail Design Lab’ Chiaramonte and guest host Blake ‘Begin Again’ Simmons review and discuss Black Panther, current events, and more. Then, host Kris ‘Deeply Dapper’ McClanahan joins Thom to talk about their upcoming convention schedule and more current events, and then finally all three mix drinks, metaphors, and opinions about Jumanji!

ROBOT KRAKEN is a MONTHLY podcast by two indie artists, Kristopher McClanahan of Deeply Dapper and Thom Chiaramonte of the Third Rail Design Lab. We get together and talk about comics, movies, working the table at comic cons, life in this nerdy wonderland, and whatever mumblings from the deep we come across. You can find out more about us, contact us or follow along our journey at robot-kraken.com

iTunes – http://bit.ly/RoboApple
Stream & Download – http://bit.ly/RoboDapper

Episode Details:

Segment 1:

Sucking the Monkey

  • Thom: Boulevard Sour Ale in a skull glass for science. SCIENCE
  • Blake: bone dry and suffering from foreign invasion

Current Events:

  • Wonder Woman 2
  • Shazam!
  • The Rock Filmography
  • Expanse S03
  • Han Solo
  • Star Wars Rebels
  • Star Trek: Discovery

Robot’s Review: BLACK PANTHER!

Red Tentacle/ Black Octopus? We…forgot… but for Thom, it would be:

  • Red Tentacle: KLAW, all the KLAW
  • Black Octopus: Changes to the BP costume, and the fact that Killmonger just wore a gold-tipped version, instead of, at minimum, a bad-ass all white version

Rum-Fueled Recommendations:

  • Thom: Jessica Jones S02
  • Blake: Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi; Fantastic Woman

Planned Plundering:

  • Thom: More Jessica Jones S02, Mute, Altered Carbon
  • Blake: Avengers Avengers Avengers

 

Segment 2:

Convention Schedule, Spring 2018:

  • Kris: Silicon Valley Comic Con – San Jose, Wizard World Portland, Cherry City Comic Con – Salem, San Francisco Comic Con – Oakland, Fandemic Con – Sacramento
  • Thom: San Francisco Comic Con – Oakland, Fandemic Con – Sacramento (SVCC conflict)

Segment 3:

Sucking the Monkey:

  • Kris: Wells Sticky Toffee Pudding Ale
  • Thom: Margarita with Azcul
  • Blake: La Croix Temple Moose

Current Events:

  • Westworld
  • Prospect
  • Cloak and Dagger
  • New Mutants
  • Dark Phoenix
  • Deadpool 2
  • Bumblebee

Robot’s Review: JUMANJI!

Red tentacle:

  • Kris: The Rock trying not to cry; bad guy
  • Blake: Hippo eating Jack Black
  • Thom: Opening reveal of each game character

Black Octopus:

  • Kris: The villain
  • Blake: “the scene with the helicopter, and the bag, and all that”
  • Thom: The villain, specifically adding a centipede under his skin, which no one cared about

Run-Fueled Recommendations:

  • Kris: Ritual, Everly (not good?), Wind River, Sneaky Pete
  • Blake: Detour
  • Thom: Jessica Jones, Isle of Dogs

Planned plundering:

  • Kris: Darwin Cooke’s Parker book adaptation
  • Blake: Tomb Raider (Bea Arthur optional)
  • Thom: Expanse S03, Santa Clarita Diet, Ready Player One

Bonus: Microreview of Enders Game!

Please enjoy!

Note: if iTunes is your bag, please review us and rate us (5 stars, no pressure) so we can move up in the Podcast algorithm. If iTunes is NOT your bag, you can use Stitcher or just download the episode directly here on Deeplydapper.com!

Robot-Kraken Podcast : Ep. 041 “Shooting High, Aiming Low” Available Now

 

Robot-Kraken Episode 041 – March 2018 “Shooting High and Aiming Low”

Your regular host Thom ‘Third Rail Design Lab’ Chiaramonte and guest host Blake ‘Begin Again’ Simmons review and discuss Justice League and Thor: Ragnarok.. and a bunch of other projects along the way. Later Thom and Kris file two nightly con reports from January’s Heroes and Villains Fanfest/ Walker Stalker Con in Portland, OR

Sucking The Monkey Segment:

  • Thom: Houndstooth (vodka, Italian grapefruit soda, grapefruit juice)
  • Blake: lemon lime gatorade with rose

Planned Plundering/ Rum-Fueled Recommendations:

  • Thom: Altered Carbon, Expanse s03, Punisher, all the books
  • Blake: Gifted, Ian Banks novels, Shape of Water

 

ROBOT KRAKEN is a MONTHLY podcast by two indie artists, Kristopher McClanahan of Deeply Dapper and Thom Chiaramonte of the Third Rail Design Lab. We get together and talk about comics, movies, working the table at comic cons, life in this nerdy wonderland, and whatever mumblings from the deep we come across. You can find out more about us, contact us or follow along our journey at robot-kraken.com

iTunes – http://bit.ly/RoboApple
Stream & Download – http://bit.ly/RoboDapper