Episode 3: Star Trek: Beyond Trailer & Star Wars: The Force Awakens Score

The month’s humongous sci-fi premiere has arrived with the big-screen debut of the Star Trek: Beyond trailer, and Glenn & Scott are ON IT. What is there to look forward to, or not, in Star Trek (X)III? Other topics covered include the balance of action and ideas in Star Trek movies, Kirk’s characterization, the new uniforms, and the Hater Brigade.

Following that, the hosts give their thoughts on John Williams’ new score to Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Where does it lie on the spectrum between the trilogy and prequel scores? Does every Williams action score from the last fifteen years sound the same? How do the new themes measure up? The actual movie might come up as well.

A blanket SPOILER WARNING applies to all topics of discussion.

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Musical selections:

• “Trekking Down the Narada” from Star Trek by Michael Giacchino
• “End Credits” from Star Trek by Michael Giacchino
• “The Jedi Steps” from Star Wars: The Force Awakens by John Williams
• “Rey’s Theme” from Star Wars: The Force Awakens by John Williams

Purchase the music excerpted in this episode:

• Star Trek, original score by Michael Giacchino
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens, original score by John Williams

Episode 2: PTBN’s Holiday Tournament Spectacular

This installment of The Glenn Butler Podcast Hour Spectacular sees Glenn & Scott Butler welcome Steve Wille to a discussion of another Spectacular, PTBN’s Holiday Tournament Spectacular, coming to The Place to Be at the stroke of midnight as Thanksgiving turns to Black Friday and the holiday season blasts off. The three men run down all four regions of the tournament and break down 128 different holiday movies, TV episodes, songs, albums, foods, and experiences…and, we like to think, learn a little bit about each other in the process. After all, isn’t that what the holidays are all about?

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Musical selections come from 8-Bit Jesus by Doctor Octoroc:

• “We Three Konami”
• “The Legend of Noel”
• “Super Jingle Bros.”
• “Have Yourself a Final Little Fantasy”

Purchase the album 8-Bit Jesus by Doctor Octoroc.

Episode 1: The Hunger Games

The Glenn Butler Podcast Hour Spectacular kicks off when the now-titular Glenn Butler welcomes his brother Scott to the land of podcasts and welcomes listeners to a deep dive into The Hunger Games series. They discuss the hugely successful film franchise along the following criteria: 1. Did Glenn understand the story despite never reading any of the books, or did the movies leave out too many details in favor of flash and explosions? 2. Was Scott satisfied that the books and the movies are telling the same story, or was it garbled beyond recognition in the transition from novel to screenplay? Other topics covered include the construction of competing mythologies, the mechanisms of soft vs. hard population control, Capitol Couture, personal agency, a Love Triangle of Doom, depictions of trauma, whether it’s possible to depict war without ennobling it, and pairs of actors that Glenn can’t tell apart.

A BLANKET SPOILER WARNING for the new movie applies to the last section. Each section has spoilers for the movie & book being covered as well as the previous entries.

Chapters:

• 0:00:23 – Intro
• 0:08:30 – The Hunger Games
• 1:14:26 – Catching Fire
• 2:11:56 – Mockingjay Part 1
• 2:56:03 – Mockingjay Part 2

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Musical selections:

• “Horn of Plenty” by Arcade Fire, from The Hunger Games
• “I Need You” by James Newton Howard, from Catching Fire
• “The Hanging Tree” by Jeremiah Fraites, Wesley Schultz, Suzanne Collins, and James Newton Howard, performed by Jennifer Lawrence, from Mockingjay Part 1
• “Air Raid Drill” by James Newton Howard, from Mockingjay Part 1
• “Returning Home” by James Newton Howard, from The Hunger Games

Buy the music excerpted in this episode:

• The Hunger Games, original score by James Newton Howard
• The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, original score by James Newton Howard
• The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1, original score by James Newton Howard
• The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2, original score by James Newton Howard