B4TD047: House of the Dragon S1E04 – “She Can Fix Him”

Susan Holly Kelly, John, and Matt continue to explore House of the Dragon S1E04 “King of the Narrow Sea”. Games are played like 3 words, Brothelmates of the Week, and Seven Hellz, as well as covering your submissions and feedback too!

If you want to send feedback get it to us by Tuesdays at 5pm Pacific time to ensure it gets included in the Thursday cast, but if you don’t make that deadline we’ll share yours the next week anyway! Send tweets to @b4thedragonpod, email mattsaudioblog@gmail.com, comment on our web posts (mattsaudioblog.com) or on our YT videos (search for Before the Dragon Podcast there, subscribe, like vids, and comment)!

John also does a podcast about Horror genre films, so be sure to check out The Wicked Wild Podcast (thewickedwild.com)!

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Time Stamps:
00:00:00 – Spoiler Alert and Intro
00:01:10 – Tiny Wheel of Topics: The Meddling Hand!
00:11:05 – Tiny Wheel of Topics: Maester Conspiracy Meltdown
00:18:52 – Tiny Wheel of Topics: Daem-ON or Daem-OFF?
00:30:33 – Tiny Wheel of Topics: Tapestries!
00:35:56 – Three Words
00:41:03 – Brothelmates (Best Coupling)
00:46:40 – Seven Hellz Game (now drawing TWO names per week)
01:00:21 – Feedback 01:04:16 – Closing Thoughts

B4TD046: House of the Dragon S1E04 – Are You YAYnyra or NAYnyra?

Susan, Holly, Kelly, and John join Matt to discuss S1E04 of House of the Dragon. You also get issue 4 of Scene from a Westerosi movie. Figure out what actual movie our Westerosi movie scene is based on, and submit as many of the 5 that you can to be eligible to win free official HBO House of the Dragon or Game of Thrones (your choice) Merchandise from the podcast! How do you submit? Tweet your guesses (or any feedback, 3 word descriptions, or best couplings) to @b4thedragonpod, send emails to mattsaudioblog@gmail.com, comment on our website posts (mattsaudioblog.com) or on our YouTube videos (search for Before the Dragon Podcast on YT, subscribe, like, and comment on our videos).

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Time Stamps:
00:00:00 – Spoiler Alert and Intro
00:02:11 – Episode Ratings
00:09:20 – Music Analysis Intro
00:10:04 – Music Analysis – Rethinking the Dragon Connection Theme
00:22:06 – Tiny Wheel of Topics: The Eustace/Mushroom Compromise and a new show canon
00:43:23 – Tiny Wheel of Topics: The Westerosi Hatfields and Mccoys
00:50:29 – Tiny Wheel of Topics: Alicent’s Awful Assignment
00:59:56 – Tiny Wheel of Topics: Why White Worm? WHY????
01:08:05 – Tiny Wheel of Topics: Dagger Prophecy
01:14:03 – Tiny Wheel of Topics: YAYnyra or NAYnyra (Rhaenyr-YAH, or Rhaenyr-NAH?)
01:24:10 – Westerosi Movie Scene 4

B4TD045: House of the Dragon – Book Reader Centric Sigil Surfing

Spoiler Alert! We wanted to give you heads up that book knowledge does bleed into this presentation heavily, and may be considered spoilers by some! Otherwise, Kelly gives you a tour of all the sigils that came courting for Rhaenyra’s hand at Storm’s End! Tweet the podcast @b4thedraggonpod, send emails to mattsaudioblog@gmail.com, leave comments at the web page (mattsaudioblog.com) or in our YouTube videos (search for “Before the Dragon Podcast” there).

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B4TD044: House of the Dragon S1E04 Initial Reaction

Matt gives his initial reaction to House of the Dragon S1E04 King of the Narrow Sea. Tweet @b4thedragonpod, email mattsaudioblog.com, leave comments on the web posts (mattsaudioblog.com), or on the YouTube videos (search for Before the Dragon Podcast there).

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BB043: The Lord of the Rings – Rings of Power S1E03

Matt is once again joined by YouTuber PriscilaTV, this time to discuss S1E03 of Amazon Prime’s Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power “Adar”! They recap and discuss the episode, play the “what’s worse game”, cover some feedback, and Matt gives a full musical breakdown of the theme for Numenor.

We want to hear what you think! Tweet @bustblockbuster, send emails to mattsaudioblog@gmail.com or leave comments on the webpage (as well as finding all back episodes of the podcast and podcast app links): mattsaudioblog.com

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Time Stamps:
00:00:00 – Introductions
00:01:31 – Episode Ratings
00:14:42 – Music Analysis: Numenor Theme
00:26:03 – Recap and Discussion: Numenor
00:56:19 – What’s Worse (Round 1)
01:04:18 – Recap and Discussion: Harfoots
01:15:07 – Recap and Discussion: Arondir
01:22:52 – What’s Worse (Round 2)
01:29:48 – Feedback
01:34:15 – What is the context of a fire not being hot?
01:37:32 – Wrap up/Subscribe to PriscilaTV!

BT043: House of the Dragon S1E03 – CGI Oh De(E)r!

Susan, Kelly, John, and Matt continue to discuss House of the Dragon S1E03 “Second of his Name”. A “serious” discussion breaks out, then they continue to explore the Tiny Wheel of Topics, and get a surprise Top 5 list from Kelly! They also play the 3 word description game, nominate the best couplings for the episode (Brothelmates), and play Seven Hellz, where they now draw not one, but TWO names to be potentially punished by in the next episode.

Send us your feedback, 3 words, Brothelmates, or guesses at this week’s “Scene from a Westerosi Movie” (see previous episode) by tweeting @b4thedragonpod, sending emails to mattsaudioblog@gmail.com, leaving comments at the website (mattsaudioblog.com),or on our YouTube videos (search for Before the Dragon Podcast there, subscribe, like and comment)!

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“Three little words” and “L.O.V.E.” are performed by John Pizzerelli (https://www.johnpizzarelli.com/) –

Time Stamps: 00:00:00 – Spoiler Alert and Intro
00:00:50 – Serious Topic Time: CGI Oh Deer!
00:02:37 – Tiny Wheel of Topics: Otto will try ANYTHING!
00:13:26 – Tiny Wheel of Topics: Miguel Departs
00:22:26 – Tiny Wheel of Topics: More Deer! (The White Hart)
00:34:30 – Tiny Wheel of Topics: Crabfeeder Who?
00:40:38 – Tiny Wheel of Topics: Valaryon Cold Intro?
00:46:38 – Kelly’s Top 5 White-Blond Hair Styles of HotD
00:50:09 – Tiny Wheel of Topics: Sidecar Characters – Favorite Sceentime Fresh Faces
00:55:10 – Three Words
00:58:22 – Brothelmates (Best Coupling)
01:03:38 – Seven Hellz Game (now drawing TWO names per week)
01:10:11 – Feedback
01:12:47 – Final Thoughts (about CGI Deer – oh! And about the episode!)

B4TD042: House of the Dragon S1E03 – An Episode of Merlin on the BBC

Matt is joined by Stephanie (briefly), Susan, Kelly, and John to talk about S1E03 of House of the Dragon, “Second of His Name”. Matt also breaks down the music behind Dameon’s Feigned Surrender. We also unveil our 3rd of 5 Scenes from a Westeroisi movie (play in our contest and have a chance to win official HotD or GoT merch), celebrate September Name Days, and an important decision is made about the game everyone hates… Seven Hellz!

We want YOUR feedback so tweet to @b4thedragonpod, send emails to mattsaudioblog@gmail.com or comment on our web posts (mattsaudioblog.com) or YouTube videos (search for “Before the Dragon Podcast” and subscribe, like and comment)!

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00:00:00 – Spoiler Alert and Intro
00:00:49 – A Very Important Conversation, and nobody cares that we’re having it!
00:02:15 – Happy Name Day! (September Edition) 00:04:20 – S1E03 Ratings
00:11:03 – Musical Analysis – The Surrender Sequence
00:30:42 – Tiny Wheel of Topics: DaemON or DaemOFF is irrelevant
00:37:58 – Tiny Wheel of Topics: Dragon Counts(?) or Dragons Count!
00:44:13 – Tiny Wheel of Topics: Boar Blood! (Rhaenyra’s own hunt!)
00:50:22 – Tiny Wheel of Topics: Viserys thinks he’s John Lennon.
00:57:07 – Scenes from a Westerosi Movie (Scene 3)
01:00:48 – More Contest and Podcast Information

B4TD041: House of the Dragon S1E03 Initial Reaction

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Matt gives an initial reaction to S1E03 of House of the Dragon “Second of His Name”. Tweet to @b4thedragonpod, send emails to mattsaudioblog@gmail.com , comment at the website (and find podcast app links to subscribe and rate with) at mattsaudioblog.com or subscribe and comment on our YouTube channel videos by searching for “Before the Dragon Podcast” there!

BB042: Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power – S1E01-02

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Matt is once again joined by YouTuber PriscilaTV, this time to discuss S1E01 and S1E02 of Amazon Prime’s Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power! They recap and discuss both episodes, play the “what’s worse game”, and Matt gives a full musical breakdown of how a theme for Galadriel was utilized through variations.

We want to hear what you think! Tweet @bustblockbuster, send emails to mattsaudioblog@gmail.com or leave comments on the webpage (as well as finding all back episodes of the podcast and podcast app links): mattsaudioblog.com

Don’t forget that Bustin’s Blockbusters is part of Double P media. Tweet the bosses @DoublePHQ, comment on their Facebook page (facebook.com/DoublePHQ) and be sure to subscribe to their YT channel, where you will find these podcasts in video form at youtube.com/c/doublepmedia

And speaking of YouTube channels, be sure to subscribe to PriscilaTV (https://www.youtube.com/c/PriscilaTV1)

Time Stamps:

00:00:00 – Introduction
00:01:53 – Episode Ratings
00:09:09 – Podcast Information
00:11:39 – Music Introduction
00:12:38 – Musical Analysis: Galadriel’s Theme
00:29:23 – Episode 1 Recap and Breakdown: Elves
00:55:57 – Episode 1 Recap and Breakdown: Southlands
01:11:25 – Episode 1 Recap and Breakdown: Harfoots
01:21:01 – What’s Worse? Round 1
01:25:20 – Episode 2 Recap and Breakdown: Opening Credits
01:28:20 – Episode 2 Recap and Breakdown: Galadriel and Halbrand
01:41:43 – Episode 2 Recap and Breakdown: Celebrimbor, Elrond, and Dashing Dwarves
01:55:44 – Episode 2 Recap and Breakdown: Harfoots
02:06:13 – Episode 2 Recap and Breakdown: Southlands and Blades
02:11:55 – What’s Worse? Round 2
02:16:12 – Wrap Up

B4TD040: House of the Dragon S1E02 – “Cool” Cape Mysaria

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In this Part 2, Matt and Susan continue to pay their owed Seven Hellz punishments as the full panel continues the discussion regarding S1E02 of House of the Dragon, “The Rogue Prince”! .

We want your feedback regarding, 3 word descriptions, and best couplings of each and every episode! We also want you to listen to all of our 5 “Scenes from a Westerosi Movie ” (find the scene in Part 1 – “Every Chicken in the Room”) and submit your guesses for a chance to win some official House of the Dragon merchandise from the Warner Brothers store! How do you do that? You tweet to @b4thedragonpod, send emails to mattsaudioblog@gmail.com, or leave comments at the website (mattsaudioblog.com) or on our YouTube videos (search for “Before the Dragon Podcast”, find us, like, and subscribe)!

Some sounds used in this podcast are licensed to Matt via Artist IO (https://artlist.io/) and all licenses can be seen in this publicly shared Google Folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1to5jB5pXtiovOSAkrsaDRaReQQX9TfON?usp=sharing

Time Stamps:
00:00:00 – Spoiler Alert and Intro
00:00:50 – Tiny Wheel Topic: Mysaria’s Accent and Her “Cool” Cape
00:05:38 – Tiny Wheel Topic: A Kingsguard CV
00:15:29 – Tiny Wheel Topic: The Sets (and the Sept)
00:23:00 – SERIOUS TOPIC TIME: Dragon Counts?
00:26:12 – Tiny Wheel Topic: Carnivorous Crabs Oh My!
00:31:00 – Tiny Wheel Topic: Viserys and Maggots (More Maester Malpractice?)
00:36:07 – Tiny Wheel Topic: Back to Valyria (again?)
00:38:24 – Three Words
00:45:54 – Brothelmates of the Week (Best Coupling of the Episode)
00:50:59 – Seven Hellz Round 3!
00:56:27 – Feedback
01:02:51 – Final Thoughts