The Silmarillion is not a novel. It's barely even a story, at least as you're used to. This may be one reason that many struggle with Tolkien's lifelong passion project. Craig, with the help of guest Kip Rasmussen, tries once again to throw Ryan headlong into Middle-earth. Mellon, goheno nin! thelegendariumpodcast.com
Finishing our sci-fi series by bringing it into the 21st Century, the guys discuss Ernest Cline's Ready Player One.
We've solved the Case of the Missing Episode! We read and discussed Starship Troopers in February, and we got in way over our heads in that discussion. But we give it a good shot anyway.
Todd, Ryan and Kenn give their impressions of the new Avengers movie right after seeing it!
The Legendarium Brain Trust squees in delight at some of the Star Wars Celebration announcements, we review the trailer for The Force Awakens, and preview Avengers: Age of Ultron.
A midweek featuring the full crew (we'll count Ryan even though he just up and leaves halfway through) talking mostly about Daredevil. Todd also reviews the Star Wars Battle Pod arcade game.
Craig and Ryan, along with Todd and Kenn, discuss the '80 classic novel Sphere, by Michael Crichton. They try to figure out just what genre it belongs in, and try to convince Ryan that it was a good book. He seems ... underwhelmed.
The guys are back on the Star Wars trail, talking Episode 7 rumors, spin-off casting, and the Rebels season 1 finale.
After an extended absence, Craig returns with several new panelists for a discussion on the horror genre. The panelists do their best (which, it turns out, is pretty darn good) to convince us that horror has more to offer than just guts and ghosts.
In this episode we talk about what we expect out of good films, make some Oscar predictions, (which Craig couldn't possibly care less about) and we briefly make book suggestions.
Craig reviews "Kingsman" in 3 minutes. The verdict: it was good...until it was bad. Very very bad.
A bit of Geek news and some Television to get excited for!
In this episode the Legendarium Brain Trust discusses the nine short stories that comprise Isaac Asimov's book I, Robot. Included are discussions on the three laws of robotics and an in-episode wager that leaves one of the crew a shade more grey than before.
Craig reviews Jupiter Ascending in 3 minutes. He is not very kind.
Surprise one and all it's a special new episode of the Legendarium Podcast. This episode we cover our weekly dose of geek news and speculation and talk about some interesting casting options after we review Salt Lake Comic Con's FanX.
We continue our Heroes of Sci-Fi series by tackling 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne. We talk undersea politics and the value of a name.
A brief biography and incredibly "accurate" discussion of the life of H.G. Wells. Music: "Hyperfun" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
There are too many of you Brandon Sanderson fans out there for us to just let this one go. Craig sits down with Rilee, a reader new to Sanderson, who actually prefers his debut, Elantris, to the revered Mistborn titles. She and Craig run through some themes, characters, and (of course) the magic system in trying to explain why.
The Legendarium crew talks a bit of nerd news and then begins the "Heroes of Science Fiction" series by reviewing H.G. Wells classic Novel (or novella by Craig's definition) The Time Machine.
Craig and Ryan tackle their first game of Dungeons and Dragons and they are natural....ly poor at figuring it out at the start. Join the Legendarium crew at HaJoMaJe games for the abbreviated adventure into never winter and the quest for the best 401k option available to adventurers.
Returning from holiday hiatus. The Legendarium crew talks about what made 2014 a great year for us fantasy fans and what we have to look forward to in the coming year.
The Legendarium brain trust is divided on the new hobbit film and they campaign to bring you to their side of the fight. Whose army do you join?
Before we were the Legendarium we had another name, another story, and now it's time to let the world know the origin story of our podcast. This special edition episode is the release of our first podcast recording, which was a review of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug . Just in time to prepare yourselves for the release of The Hobbit:The Battle of The Five Armies.
Join Craig, Ryan and Todd as they talk the Hobbit and prepare for the final chapter cinematic release.
Topics include a future series of podcasts (3:45), new trailers (7:10), and nerdy gift ideas (32:40). We also thank and alienate our surprising Swedish listener base in one foul breath.
We reach the end of the Hero of Ages and come to see the completion of prophecy. Happy endings abound......or do they? (Cue dramatic music) Plenty of punchin' for those who love it and plenty of everything else brings us to the end of our mistborn trilogy series.
All that "Wait until book 3" talk starts to pay off.
Craig reviews Christopher Nolan's "Interstellar" in 3 minutes. Ryan coughs up a hairball.
Our special guests, Sara and Christa, walk us back through middle earth to talk about the women of the Lord of the Rings.
Craig and Ryan, along with Todd and Kenn, discuss the recently premiered Star Wars Rebels cartoon. Todd thinks WAY too much about blaster rifles. Kenn made significant sacrifices just to be involved in this cast. Ryan challenges the panel to some Star Wars trivia.
