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[Originally posted at Bucks County Beacon - the film is now available on Hulu or buy the disc on Gruv.com]Few directors come out with such an important and stunning film with their debut as Christian Swegal has with Sovereign. It’s truly a risky movie – taking a beloved actor such as Nick Offerman (Parks and Recreation) and making him into a conspiracy-addled gun-toting cop-killer.But there’s so much more to Sovereign.The film follows Jerry Kane and his son Joe on an unfortunately now all too familiar descent from believing in right-wing conspiracies to a shoot out with police. The film portrays a real life incident from 2010 that ended in tragedy, but it also offers insights into today’s political realities.Swegal, who wrote and directed the film, truly went down the rabbit hole while researching for it – watching videos of the real life Sovereign Citizen salesman Jerry Kane, talking to the police that took him in, and reading academic papers that were written on the killings.Sovereign is one of the best films I’ve seen this year, serving award-worthy performances by Offerman, Jacob Tremblay and Martha Plimpton. Director and writer Swegal begs the audience for empathy for the people that go down the truly lonely road of being a sovereign citizen – but his film doesn’t for a moment forgive them. This isn’t a film that platforms or gives the sovereign citizen movement a pass – if anything it’s a damning portrayal of the conspiracy addled desperate lives of the people that fall into this grift (and that’s what it is).The film, now in theaters and streaming, while placed purposely outside of the Trump years in 2010 shows that the January 6th mindset didn’t start with the president and certainly won’t end with him either.WATCH the interview: Emerald City Video is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.INTERVIEW (edited for clarity and length)Zach: What drew you to make a film about sovereign citizens?Christian: Without getting into too much detail, I had a family member who, because of a mental health problem, became really heavily involved in anti-government, you know, anti-everything. Kind of QAnon-ish. And so in trying to understand that, I started researching these topics and researching a lot of the jargon I had heard led me to sovereign citizen stuff. And then in researching the sovereign citizen movement, I came across this case [of Jerry Kane]. Immediately the father/son story at the center of it between Jerry and Joe Kane and the idea of doing a coming of age film, really from the perspective of a teenager growing up in this environment, it felt really compelling to me.It felt almost like a documentary. Talk to me a little bit about what kind of research you did.So I think the personal experience was really the thing that let me kind of understand the human aspect of it and maybe some of the motivation and the drive behind reaching towards some of these things. Jerry Kane had been going around the country giving these lectures with his debt reduction seminars. I was able to get video of a lot of those, there’s a lot of his language that’s actually in those speeches that are in the film. There was also some great academic research, PhD thesis papers written on this case as a study in extremism.So there was quite a bit of research of police records I was able to get access to. And then on the police side of the story, the Dennis Quaid storyline, [all of] the names have been changed and has been fictionalized. We had contact with some of the police that were involved in this early on. Their sort of initial hesitation was they were nervous that Hollywood was coming to town to make a hit piece on police or something, and they didn’t want to be in it. And I think as soon as we explained that that’s not what we were doing [that] we were trying to be very objective and not editorialize with this film. We had full support of the police in Arkansas, and [with] the families were really just trying to respect their privacy, to the degree that we could while telling the story.The film doesn’t judge, but it also certainly doesn’t forgive. What do you think that people really hope to get from this film if they’re watching it beyond just a compelling story?Well, I think a lot my favorite films of the 70s really ask questions rather than try to try to deliver a main thesis or an answer. The movie is kind of the start of the conversation rather than the end of the conversation. I think it’s a lot more of an active viewing process. I think the question is what was the message of this? Broadly speaking, the message is empathy and trying to mirror as accurately as we can, something real that’s happening in the world.Let’s set this movie in a part of the country that really exists and try to reflect it as accurately as possible. And then let’s try to tell the story about the people at center of this and understand their motivations as clearly as possible. I don’t think it’s a political message as much as a human message to say, these are complex systems at work.You can sort of see these systems at work in our country and in the movie, hopefully accurately reflected. And, I think putting our dukes down to a degree or trying to be empathetic is a starting point for a conversation. So that’s sort of the main message. But in terms of obvious there’s themes of gun culture, masculinity, fathers and sons.This is a movie about how we teach men [to] have this sort of a drive towards authoritarianism in a way, on both sides of this spectrum, whether it’s the establishment or the anti-establishment. It’s about feeling that you have a lot of men, I think, in this country that feel very disempowered.That’s not just men. There’s a lot of people that feel disempowered.You could have placed this in modern day, obviously the story is based on a real incident, but was that just never a conversation?I think there were a number of reasons for us thinking that that was the best choice. I think one that was accuracy. The other is it felt near enough in time that it didn’t feel super period in a way. You know, there was still the internet, it’s not that the world wasn’t so different. 2016 was such a sort of a fork in the road.It’s interesting because it is right after the 2009 financial crisis.Yeah, exactly. That was another big reason.The desperation in all of those people and those American Legion wood-paneled rooms during Jerry’s talks – normally you might have a narrator if this was a documentary stating something on statistics … but you don’t need it.You can see right off the bat why these people are listening to this. The insanity about, “pounds, ounces and dollar bills.” When you step back from sovereign citizen talk, it’s lunacy.Yeah, absolutely. I think what I found in my personal experience and also in the research was that many of the people drawn to these types of movements, the answers they arrive at are like you said, pretty crazy. I don’t understand another way to say it, and in some cases, really crazy. It is actually some sort of psychosis. But you know, I think they’re arriving at the wrong answers. But if you trace back the grievance that, or the injury they felt is really valid.People who were denied insurance coverage that they were due, or filed their taxes wrong and then they were hit with a wave of penalties that put them underwater. I think without a responsible and compassionate official response to that, you leave a vacuum where a guy like Jerry Kane steps in and has a message of empowerment, [it] makes people feel that they can have courage and fight back. And that’s really seductive and dangerous.Casting Nick Offerman is almost a risk because he’s typecast in an opposite way at this point. He did Parks and Rec and Last of Us where he had an arc. He’s so beloved. He also has recently spoken out specifically saying that his character in Parks and Rec is not the MAGA right-wing some have come to think of it.Nick is nothing like that in real life.What was that like, working with him and convincing him to take this role?Christian: My experience with him is that he’s a person who cares deeply about people. He really is not a judgmental person. He really cares about putting art out into the world that he feels can make a difference. He’s incredibly empathetic.I have a suspicion for why he’s drawn to those types of roles. But in terms of my interest in art, our team’s interest in casting him, it’s funny, I’ve now gone in and discovered Parks and Rec and I love the show, but that actually wasn’t my introduction to him. It was sort of a benefit, weirdly. We cast him before he was in The Last of Us, and that was just a really happy surprise that happened for us. I’d seen him in Devs, that series of Alex Garlands, and I thought he was brilliant in that. I just felt like Nick has this incredible everyman quality to him.He has that traditional, masculine, rough way about him, but he also has a beautiful sensitivity. And those two things are opposite, really. We knew that this character had to play a loving father. We had to believe the love there and then. He also had to be dangerous. And, that’s a really unique quality, I think, to find in an actor. And I think Nick really, really embodies that and pulls this role off.Thanks for reading Emerald City Video! This post is public so feel free to share it.You can buy the DVD at Gruv. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit russburlingame.substack.com/subscribe

Riverbend, a 1989 action-drama film starring the inimitable Steve James, has been more or less out of circulation for decades. The film, which got an official release on VHS but has never been officially released on a higher-resolution format, came out in 1989 via Paramount’s Prism label. Now, ReelBlack Renaissance’s Michael Dennis, working with producer Valerie Vance, has rediscovered and restored the film.Riverbend’s 6K restoration, overseen by Dennis and Vance, will finally get a Blu-ray release in 2026, and you can pre-order the first pressing of the new, feature-rich disc here.In this episode of the Emerald City Video Podcast, Russ and Zach discuss the film and its restoration, and after that brief conversation, spoke with Dennis and Vance about the movie and its legacy.If you’re interested in film history and restoration, please support ReelBlack. Anybody who buys a copy of the Riverbend Blu-ray, or donated $10 or more to ReelBlack, in the next 90 days can send me their receipt and I’ll happily send you a free PDF copy of Best Movie Ever: An Oral History of Deborah Kaplan & Harry Elfont’s Josie and the Pussycats (or, if you already have that, another ECV Analog book).Check out all that ReelBlack does at their website: https://www.reelblack.com/riverbend-restoredIf you’re in Santa Monica, California on October 14th, and would like to attend the premiere you can buy tickets herehttps://www.americancinematheque.com/now-showing/riverbend-10-14-25/And on their YouTubeYou can support the podcast and ECV Analog at…PatreonKofiYou can find some of Russ’s writing at...Comic Book ClubComics BeatYou can find me on social media at...FacebookBlueskyMastodonInstagramTikTokYouTubeOther great comics folks to support:* Comic Book Club* Comics Beat* Word Balloon* Comic Book Couples CounselingOther recent stories to check out from Russ Burlingame:* Josie and the Pussycats Directors Return to Feature Films With “Guys With No Friends”* The Etymology of the Post-Crisis Superman* Bruce Springsteen Just Announced A Box Set That Will Recontextualize His Whole Legacy* Cleveland Guardians Announce Superman Night In the StadiumBuy ECV Analog Books:* Best Movie Ever: An Oral History of Deborah Kaplan & Harry Elfont’s Josie and the Pussycats* Getting the Fin Right: The Collected Savage Dragon Interviews vol. 1 (with Gavin Higginbotham)* A Legend In His Own Time: A Fast-Forward Guide to the Greatest Hero You’ve Never Heard Of (with Kevin Allen) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit russburlingame.substack.com/subscribe

Russ and Zach chat about a wide range of subjects from TV shows, to reprised rock albums to new streaming movies. Show Notes:“John Candy: I LIKE ME”John Candy: I Like Me, a new documentary film directed by Colin Hanks and from producer Ryan Reynolds, is streaming on Prime Video October 10. Featuring a new recording by Cynthia Erivo. From director Colin Hanks and lifelong John Candy fan Ryan Reynolds comes John Candy: I Like Me, an exploration of the life of the Canadian comedic icon. This John Candy film documents his on- and off-camera existence, featuring never-before-seen home videos, intimate access to his family, and candid recollections from collaborators to paint a bigger picture of one of the brightest stars of the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s. It’s the story of a son, husband, father, friend, and professional driven to bring joy to audiences and loved ones while battling personal ghosts and Hollywood pressures.Eenie Meanie - Trailer: [Zach HIGHLY RECOMMENDS] A reformed teenage getaway driver is dragged back into her unsavory past when a former employer offers her a chance to save the life of her chronically unreliable ex-boyfriend.Brice Springsteen is releasing an album of music long thought lost, the electric version of NEBRASKA: Russ wrote about John Fogerty’s Swiftian retake of his career work. https://emeraldcityvideo.net/2025/08/22/john-fogerty-aims-to-rewrite-his-history-with-a-taylor-swift-twist/Alien: Earth - Zach says it’s fantastic. Loads of camp, feels like the original Alien films.Emerald City Video is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit russburlingame.substack.com/subscribe

This episode we do a no spoilers chat about James Gunn’s new Superman. Both Russ and I dug this Supes that speaks to a new generation and to a kinder, goofier Superman. We chat, of course about the discourse around the release of the film, how Superman IS an undocumented immigrant and how Dean Cain continues to be a desperate idiot. Russ: 9/10Zach: 9/10Show notes: Putting the “Man” Back In Superman by Kevin Allen"https://emeraldcityvideonet.wordpress.com/2025/07/10/putting-the-man-back-in-superman/Dean Cain Continues to be an idiot.https://variety.com/2025/film/news/dean-cain-superman-woke-maga-backlash-immigrant-1236451732/Giant Concrete Arrowsdreamsmithphotos.com/arrow/All Star Superman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-Star_SupermanJames Gunn and Zach Snyder cameo from Rick and MortyEmerald City Video is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit russburlingame.substack.com/subscribe

Zach here - and this is a rare new release shelf discussion this episode on Danny Boyle’s latest entry into the 28 [INSERT DATE HERE] LATER franchise. Russ liked this film a lot more than I did, but we both thought it was kind of all over the place. That said, thanks to its controversial ending both of us have committed to seeing the next entry in theaters. This was a car trip episode so we don’t have video as usual, so if you’re a Youtube-watcher, we’re sorry. We’ll be back on camera in a couple days, unless you subscribe to our onlyfans then we’re on there every night. Kidding… for now. UNEDITED Premiere auto-transcript: 00:00:00:00 - 00:00:08:11Speaker 1But this is.00:00:08:14 - 00:00:13:00Speaker 2Hello and welcome to the Emerald City Video podcast. I'm Russ and this is Zach.00:00:13:01 - 00:00:14:06Speaker 1Hello.00:00:14:08 - 00:00:33:14Speaker 2And, we're going old school. There's no video this time. We are doing a quick new release wall in the car as we drive back from a movie theater. Yeah. Tonight we saw, 28 years later, the, long gestating sequel to 28 days. And then 28 weeks later.00:00:33:19 - 00:00:34:19Speaker 1Yes,00:00:34:20 - 00:00:55:12Speaker 2For which you needed to see absolutely nothing. Yeah, I don't really. I mean, I guess if you saw 28 Days Later it would explain the rage virus, but honestly, other than the zombies being kind of fast for the most part. Yeah. So what's your what's your first thoughts?00:00:55:14 - 00:01:04:22Speaker 1I figure what we'll do is we'll do, like, a little bit, and then go into spoiler territory because there's some weird, weird stuff.00:01:05:01 - 00:01:05:19Speaker 2Yeah.00:01:05:21 - 00:01:08:16Speaker 1Which not surprising, like it's a zombie film.00:01:08:18 - 00:01:25:22Speaker 2And it's Danny Boyle. I do feel like part of me is like, you know, everything he's done has been increasingly weirder and more experimental since 28 days later. So there's bits in here that I wasn't in love with, but I'm like, I guess it makes sense because, like, he's going to be more interested in that than doing what he.00:01:26:00 - 00:01:48:01Speaker 1Yeah, that's my kind of thing. I mean, like, obviously the premise, not the premise of the film itself, but the premise of like him doing this trilogy, it's a little like, you know, there's a handful of auteur directors, you know, like boyhood, like there's like that have like odd that have, you know, I don't know about an asterisk or like a concept in there, like we're going to go through with it.00:01:48:02 - 00:01:56:17Speaker 1Yeah. Obviously this was shot, on, the, the iPhone, like the previous one, was kind of always shot on the, like whatever. There was the most consumer.00:01:56:18 - 00:01:56:22Speaker 2Yeah.00:01:56:23 - 00:02:00:18Speaker 1Kind of thing. It was shot on like what was it. It wasn't high. It was.00:02:00:20 - 00:02:17:11Speaker 2No. The first, the first one was shot on like a mini DV. Yeah. Or a DV tape. It was, it was shot in like four ADP. Yeah. And shot digitally, which at the time was still not the norm. Yeah.00:02:17:13 - 00:02:18:12Speaker 1Especially, like.00:02:18:12 - 00:02:18:17Speaker 2Much.00:02:18:17 - 00:02:29:16Speaker 1Cheaper. Yeah. Yeah. Especially shot with like, more at least on the, the end of consumer cameras. Obviously this was shot on I forget which iPhone but like like it.00:02:29:16 - 00:02:35:02Speaker 2Was a 15 Pro max. But also if you saw the insane this is where they have this.00:02:35:02 - 00:02:56:08Speaker 1Yeah. Ridiculous rig on it. So I yeah I was going to add like it's shot an iPhone with an asterisk. It's an and I know it's like kind of like all those iPhone ads would be like shot on an iPhone. Yeah. Shot an iPhone with special specialty lenses that are probably worth more than most people's cars. And also shot by a professional cinematographer who knows very specifically what they're doing.00:02:56:08 - 00:03:23:20Speaker 1Except. Yeah, yeah. But, you know, obviously, you know, I would hope people always understand that those caveats when they see ads for cell phones and s**t like that. Yeah. But, but yeah. No, I mean, so I dug the premise of, of the film, you know, there I think no spoilers here. Like they're caught on it. They're, they're basically kind of sequestered on an island, safe from, the, the zombie hordes, which are still around.00:03:23:22 - 00:03:36:16Speaker 1There's the different kind of levels of zombies. And now there's kind of a, there's an alpha zombie, as they call it. I had yeah.00:03:36:18 - 00:03:56:17Speaker 2I'm so I'm put off by the, like, various zombie subspecies and stuff. It just it felt like it took, George George Romero, like, 25 years to get to that point. Yeah. And then once he did, it was all downhill from there. I.00:03:56:19 - 00:04:18:18Speaker 1I'm a little bit more okay with it. Maybe not the alpha thing. And we can get into it probably. I don't know about the spoilers. I don't know if that's Euler's or not. We've already talked about a little bit, but I think it's. I think it's implied a little bit in the trailers. Yeah. But like since this is a virus, like very specifically a virus and a virus is going to have an effect, you know, we're going concepts here, guys.00:04:18:20 - 00:04:21:08Speaker 1You know, like let's follow through on the zombie.00:04:21:12 - 00:04:48:14Speaker 2Well, I will say, I was watching an interview. Brandon Davis talked to Danny Boyle, the other day. And so at the end of the first movie you saw, all of the runners were, like, emaciated and dying off in the winter and stuff like that. And so Boyle from, like First Principles wanted to introduce the slug zombies like those.00:04:48:14 - 00:05:06:13Speaker 2Yeah, there's these big fat zombies crawl along the ground, and the premise is that they've evolved in such a way that they don't burn all those calories. Yeah, and they like, they eat, you know, worms and whatever animals they can get their hands on and like, they're they're still a threat to humans, especially because they're like 400 pounds.00:05:06:13 - 00:05:06:20Speaker 1Yeah.00:05:07:02 - 00:05:08:07Speaker 2But like.00:05:08:09 - 00:05:10:10Speaker 1They are they're quiet to their.00:05:10:10 - 00:05:28:05Speaker 2Yeah, they're kind of the opposite of what you think of as the 20 at 28 Days Later. Zombies. Yeah. And like I like that premise. I guess I just felt like the like the, the alpha zombies are a little bit too close to like what Romero did in land of the dead. Yeah. Where the zombies had their own, like, mini society.00:05:28:11 - 00:05:32:08Speaker 2And it's like we're they're not zombies anymore. They're more like cavemen.00:05:32:09 - 00:05:55:08Speaker 1Yeah, yeah. I mean, the, like, the level, I tried about which zombie it wasn't let it out that I'm thinking of, but there's another zombie kind of thing that like, there are certain zombies that have, like a little bit more intelligence, right? More kind of thing going on. And like, that is okay, these guys are f*****g I mean, let's just go spy a little bit.00:05:55:08 - 00:06:08:03Speaker 2Yeah. I'm going to say it's like spoilers all the way through. Nothing super plot sensitive, but that we will like before we spoil anything that's going to ruin the ending for you. I will say something.00:06:08:05 - 00:06:27:20Speaker 1Like the the fact that these alpha that, basically are, I suppose, you know, basically can kill one, kill a zombie with like one arrow shot in this kind of world. And that's a little flexible, as long as it's kind of near, vaguely near the heart or the throat or the head. Yeah. It's not like the separate that, you know, the standard kind of zombie thing.00:06:27:22 - 00:06:50:15Speaker 1Which is, I mean, it's, it's like, if it would kill you, then it kind of kills, you know, and, the fact that these guys are like, they're like, oh, it takes like six shots to take them out. They're enormous, including their genitals, which that the swinging, the big swinging dick. Yeah. That's right. Holy s**t. So a little distracting.00:06:50:17 - 00:06:52:05Speaker 1Jesus.00:06:52:07 - 00:06:57:03Speaker 2Way more, way more penis in this movie than any of the other zombie movies I've ever seen.00:06:57:03 - 00:07:17:18Speaker 1Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, a little a little too, too much sound mean. But it's I've coined the term but, but anyway. But it is and it's, they're not necessarily, you know, like an alpha in the way that we think of alpha is that, you know, they're oh, they're controlling of like women or the controlling of things.00:07:17:20 - 00:07:28:00Speaker 1I thought that there was going to be some sort of play with, like very serious spoilers here, with the baby that like, oh, this was his baby.00:07:28:02 - 00:07:31:05Speaker 2And I still think that's on the table the way that he pursued it.00:07:31:11 - 00:07:42:15Speaker 1And but, I also like that's what am I thinking of that that's a, that's a f*****g plot in the film and what it is, I mean, film or like a zombie as, like I.00:07:42:17 - 00:08:09:02Speaker 2I, I assume that it's got to have been touched on before. All right. So we're just going to drop the veneer of not doing spoilers because snow at one point in the film, there's a zombie who has a baby like we'd seen like a nine months pregnant zombie. Yeah. And it's unclear whether this is a person who got infected post-pregnancy or whether this is maybe, an infected who got, knocked up by another infected.00:08:09:04 - 00:08:10:15Speaker 2Yeah. And so we.00:08:10:15 - 00:08:20:01Speaker 1Have I mean, this asks the question to have, like, nonconsensual can can I can a zombie can get away or whether it was maybe a human and whatever, I don't know.00:08:20:03 - 00:08:37:17Speaker 2That's the big reason that I feel like it's probably not Samson's baby, Samson being the alpha zombie. That's what one of the characters named him. Because he has long hair. Yeah. Like I assume it's f*****g guy. Yeah, but I assume he's

Russ and Zach mock MAX/HBONOW/HBOMAX or whatever it’s calling itself nowadays for changes that likely cost the fledgling company millions of dollars in costs. Truly David Zaslav is a corporate genius. He also added that “no consumer today is saying they want more content, but better content." Yes, David, we’ve been telling you that ever since you spammed the HBO app with 40,000 home-remodeling and 4th tier reality shows. From THR:Added chairman and CEO of HBO and Max Content Casey Bloys: “With the course we are on and strong momentum we are enjoying, we believe HBO Max far better represents our current consumer proposition. And it clearly states our implicit promise to deliver content that is recognized as unique and, to steal a line we always said at HBO, worth paying for.”Thirty minutes into Wednesday’s Warner Bros. Discovery upfront, Bloys revealed the name change to media buyers. The news was met with laughter, light applause and exactly one whistle. Bloys did follow with a solid joke: “I know you’re all shocked, but the good news is I have a drawer full of stationery from the last time around.”James Gunn had a great bit in this video he made discussing Superman.SINNERS is a huge success becoming the largest grossing original film since Pixar’s COCO. While I don’t think that COCO counts as a wholly original piece of film in the way that SINNERS is as it’s a Pixar film first… but that’s just me. If you can see SINNERS at the biggest screen possible, if it’s on an IMAX screen in your area - THAT is the way to see it - Zach saw it that way and it was a life changing experience. From Slashfilm:In its fourth weekend in theaters, "Sinners" added another $22 million domestically, marking just a 34% drop. That was good enough for the number two spot, with "Thunderbolts*" winning its second weekend with $33 million. More importantly, Warner Bros. and Coogler's blockbuster collaboration has now made $215.3 million domestically to go with $68.9 million internationally for a running global total of $284.2 million. That domestic number is of grave importance, as this is the first original movie that has managed to cross the $200 million mark since 2017.One of the top “controversies” I’ve seen wandering around the internet in the last month was the “censorship” of ROBIN HOOD (2010) on Amazon Prime. People on reddit and some Amazon forums were claiming that Amazon was censoring the opening text screens of the Ridley Scott film that talk about tyranny. Amazon last time ECV checked hadn’t addressed it to our confusion. This has been an issue in the past with movies like EMPIRE OF THE STATE. Some people claim it’s due to Chinese censorship but frankly Zach and Russ are guessing it’s some Ai slopification getting rid of the on screentext to add to the captions. Who knows? Someone at Amazon does, but they ain’t talking. Guess it’s just one more reason to just get the movie on Blu-ray.10 days ago when I filmed the video below, the text had already returned. Our final story is a heart-warming one that I happened in April but Zach only caught this month. It’s an great story of David Letterman traveling to Maine to be on the last show local Bangor, Maine late night show… just watch this local news report. There’s a affiliate link in this post to Amazon that if you click, we might get some support from. Otherwise - SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter?Emerald City Video is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit russburlingame.substack.com/subscribe

Russ and Zach discuss the latest Superman trailer from director James Gunn. Both of us love the latest release from Gunn, and delve into the nuances of the latest trailer… meanwhile reddit digs into the specifics of why Snyder would of done it different and better. But, frankly, who gives a s**t about Snyders cult?Tune into the latest from the ECV Podcast.Zach’s favorite scene from the trailer, when Krypto beats the s**t out of Lex Luthors goons.We both were lusting after Lois’ audio recorder. Russ had many thoughts on the character sitting down in the Superman cube scenes/ From the trailer: DC Studios heads Peter Safran and Gunn are producing the film, which Gunn directs from his own screenplay, based on characters from DC, Superman created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The film stars David Corenswet (“Twisters,” “Hollywood”) in the dual role of Superman/Clark Kent, Rachel Brosnahan (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”) as Lois Lane and Nicholas Hoult (the “X-Men” movies, “Juror #2”) as Lex Luthor. The film also stars Edi Gathegi (“For All Mankind”), Anthony Carrigan (“Barry,” “Gotham”), Nathan Fillion (the “Guardians of the Galaxy” films, “The Suicide Squad”), Isabela Merced (“Alien Romulus”), Skyler Gisondo (“Licorice Pizza,” “Booksmart”), Sara Sampaio (“At Midnight”), María Gabriela de Faría (“The Moodys”), Wendell Pierce (“Selma,” “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan”), Alan Tudyk (“Andor”), Pruitt Taylor Vince (“Bird Box”) and Neva Howell (“Greedy People”). “Superman” is executive produced by Nikolas Korda, Chantal Nong Vo and Lars Winther. Behind the camera, Gunn is joined by frequent collaborators, including director of photography Henry Braham, production designer Beth Mickle, costume designer Judianna Makovsky and composer John Murphy, along with composer David Fleming (“The Last of Us”) and editors William Hoy (“The Batman”) and Craig Alpert (“Deadpool 2,” “Blue Beetle”). DC Studios Presents a Troll Court Entertainment/The Safran Company Production, A James Gunn Film, “Superman,” which will be in theaters and IMAX® nationwide on July 11, 2025, and internationally beginning 9 July 2025, distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.Thanks for reading Emerald City Video! This post is public so feel free to share it. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit russburlingame.substack.com/subscribe

Emerald City Video is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.I feel like we say this every time we publish a podcast but, damn, it’s been a while. We promise we’re going to try and post more regularly. Russ discussed his complicated watch of A Complete Unknown because sometimes knowing too much about a thing can kind of ruin it. In that same vein I talked about how Amazon Prime’s G20 bothered him as so much of the easy technical stuff about Secret Service wasn’t right. This lead into our main discussion which jumped off of the Wall Street Journal article titled, “Hollywood Is Cranking Out Original Movies. Audiences Aren’t Showing Up.” Finally we chatted about how theaters could embrace the insanity of more “interactive” movie screenings like what is happening with Minecraft. They did it with sing-a-long screenings of Wicked, why not with Jack Black’s nightmare? [Note from Zach, I’m an old man and I hate everything about Minecraft but f’n hell if it gets people to go to movie theaters… let’s figure out a way to let the kids get their kicks. I should also note that we had this discussion before Sinners opened. We’ll be revisiting that next week.] Part of the discussion was the Variety story that covered Alamo Drafthouse’s decision to not do the “Second Screen Experience” for the M3GAN rerelease. Both Russ and and I both dream of having an Alamo Drafthouse near us… but Syracuse and Norfolk likely aren’t on their list. Next week we should have some new content for you as we’ll be doing another one of our ‘Drive Home’ reviews from the theater… likely for Sinners (which I’ve already seen and am ready to see it another 17 times). This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit russburlingame.substack.com/subscribe

Well, 2024 is now officially in the rear-view mirror, and with a very exciting 2025 planned, we here at ECV can’t wait to get our hands dirty. That said, it felt like it was worth taking a little time out to look back on the year that was, and break down some of our favorites, some of our best…and just some of the movies that never really got talked about during episodes of the Emerald City Video Podcast in 2024.Neither Russ nor Zach saw as many movies, or especially as many great movies, as they would have liked this year — but the upside is, that gives us a really weird, eclectic list of favorites that kicked off enough conversation and tangents that there’s a whole second part to this…which is actually the first part. Forty or so minutes of the two of us just…immediately launching into a series of tangents from which there was no recovery at the start of the episode. So, yeah, this one here is actually the second draft. That first conversation will go up a little later as an exclusive for subscribers.In the meantime…2024 according to ECV:Since I’ve been very bad about doing this before now, here’s a batch of links to my existing books, which presumably make great holiday gifts if you are lucky enough to know somebody in one of these niche fandoms:Best Movie Ever: An Oral History of Deborah Kaplan & Harry Elfont’s Josie and the Pussycatshttps://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/best-movie-ever-russ-burlingame/1140177148?ean=9798988311720https://www.booksamillion.com/p/Best-Movie-Ever/Russ-Burlingame/9798988311720?id=9340900023696https://bookshop.org/book/9798988311720The Gold Exchange: The Unofficial Booster Gold Companionhttps://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-gold-exchange-russ-burlingame/1143464630?ean=9798988311737https://bookshop.org/book/9798988311737https://www.booksamillion.com/p/Gold-Exchange/Russ-Burlingame/9798988311737?id=9340900023696A Legend In His Own Time: A Fast-Forward Guide to the Greatest Hero You’ve Never Heard Of (with Kevin Allen)https://a.co/d/29phYM0Getting the Fin Right: The Collected Savage Dragon Interviews vol. 1 (with Gavin Higginbotham)https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/getting-the-fin-right-russ-burlingame/1146574344?ean=9798988311744 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit russburlingame.substack.com/subscribe

Longtime listeners to the Emerald City Video Podcast will know that I’m a big proponent of physical media.It isn’t just nostalgia. I’m particularly a fan of DVD and Blu-ray, which are formats where there’s enough storage space on the media to provide fan with a ton of bonus content. For years, consumers could not only rent or own their favorite movies on disc, but also see trailers, bloopers, deleted scenes, analysis, and listen to audio commentary tracks.What’s a commentary track? For those who aren’t big time movie nerds, it’s very possible the concept is alien to you. The idea is, the filmmaker (or whoever) sits down to watch a movie and, while watching it, talks over the whole thing, providing stories, insights, and commentary on the project, its production, whatever. For many cinephiles, commentary tracks were the coolest bonus features available. I know when I was in college, VHS tapes were still cheaper than DVD, so it was often the commentary track that led me to decide when to splurge on a disc.All of this is to say that, in the coming year, I plan on recording a number of commentary tracks for films and TV shows, recruiting some of my work friends to talk about their art, and maybe even making some new friends along the way. First up, because it’s the holidays, is Kevin Shinick.Kevin is a brilliant writer, actor, and all-around nice guy. He’s written comics and worked on TV projects as diverse as MAD, Robot Chicken, and Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?. His hosting gig with Carmen serves as a jumping-off point for his upcoming project Host Mortem!, which you can and should follow on Kickstarter now.Described as “LA Confidential meets The In-Laws,” Host Mortem! centers on fictionalized versions of two real life game show hosts from the 1990s (Shinick and his collaborator Greg Lee) travel through time and attempt to solve a series of murders in the 1940s.Kevin is also the writer of Beebo Saves Christmas, an animated special from The CW that took the beloved “mascot” from DC’s Legends of Tomorrow and created an animated special for him. In the world of Legends, Beebo is a beloved toy with a multimedia history of appearing on TV and in video games. In real life, of course, he was just a parody of Tickle-Me Elmo, and didn’t really have any existing media to fall back on…at least until producers approached Shinick about making some!Shinick joined me for a commentary track on Beebo Saves Christmas, which you can listen to above. Hopefully this makes for a very happy Beebo Day…err…Odin Day…I mean Christmas!______Since I’ve been very bad about doing this before now, here’s a batch of links to my existing books, which presumably make great gifts if you are lucky enough to know somebody in one of these niche fandoms:Best Movie Ever: An Oral History of Deborah Kaplan & Harry Elfont’s Josie and the Pussycatshttps://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/best-movie-ever-russ-burlingame/1140177148?ean=9798988311720https://www.booksamillion.com/p/Best-Movie-Ever/Russ-Burlingame/9798988311720?id=9340900023696https://bookshop.org/book/9798988311720The Gold Exchange: The Unofficial Booster Gold Companionhttps://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-gold-exchange-russ-burlingame/1143464630?ean=9798988311737https://bookshop.org/book/9798988311737https://www.booksamillion.com/p/Gold-Exchange/Russ-Burlingame/9798988311737?id=9340900023696A Legend In His Own Time: A Fast-Forward Guide to the Greatest Hero You’ve Never Heard Of (with Kevin Allen)https://a.co/d/29phYM0Getting the Fin Right: The Collected Savage Dragon Interviews vol. 1 (with Gavin Higginbotham)https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/getting-the-fin-right-russ-burlingame/1146574344?ean=9798988311744 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit russburlingame.substack.com/subscribe

A brief review from Russ Burlingame:Werewolves is a ton of fun. It’s full of great performances, impressive creature effects, and great editing that really sells the sense of unease and dread that permeates the movie. Frank Grillo is one of those actors who is just…never bad. He looks a certain way, and that can sometimes lead to jokes — like the ones we made about him being a molecular biologist in this — but he’s also able to disappear into a role in a way that makes it convincing to anyone not already laughing at the premise.The rest of the cast is solid, with an especially human performance from Ilfenesh Hadera (which gives me incentive to finally check out Godfather of Harlem). Katrina Law, who tends to elevate everything she shows up in, also has a role in this one, and she’s great (if a little under-utilized, because she shares basically every scene with Grillo and he owns the screen).I was particularly impressed by director Steven C. Miller’s editing and some of the shot choices. We get into that in more depth in the episode, so I’ll leave it at that, but my 4-star review is about as high as I’m likely to give a werewolf movie.A brief review from Zach D Roberts: When I first saw this trailer a couple months ago on twitter, I was, to put it simply - PUMPED. The trailer was incredible and gahdamn, the film did not disappoint. One of my all time favorite horror films is Dog Soldiers, which if you haven’t seen it’s time to rectify that (PlutoTV and Peacock). Werewolves is 100% playing at that level. It’s indy film that doesn’t take itself totally serious but at the same time can be taken seriously. As Russ and I discuss in the podcast, the film has some incredible editing and camera work, especially during one of the opening attack scenes that has multiple werewolf changes and several brutal killings. At the same time cutting back to peoples homes who are being affected by werewolf attacks. Werewolves has a teasing use of the jumpscare. Regularly the camera and editing imply that the creature will be “right behind him” but it will in fact just crash through a wall or something just as ridiculous. As I keep coming back to, this film is a f**k load of fun. It doesn’t hurt that Director Steven C. Miller (Silent Night and Escape Plan 2) has serious action chops, working with Bruce Willis, Sly Stallone and many others… and it shows here. The star of the film, Frank Grillo, who also executive produces, looks like he’s having a ball in this film playing a scientist trying to solve the problem of the yearly werewolf and then shifting right over to mowing werewolves down with a Gatling gun mounted on the back of a pickup truck. For me this is a 5 out of 5. I wasn’t expecting art from a werewolf film but got some great cinematography, editing but most of all I had the most fun in a movie theatre I’ve had all year. Werewolves (2024) released December 6th, 2024Starring: Frank Grillo, Katrina Law, Ilfenesh Hadera, James Michael Cummings, and Lou Diamond Phillips.Directed by Steven C. MillerWritten by Matthew KennedyProduced by Myles Nestel, Craig Chapman, Steven C. Miller, James Michael CummingsImdb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15041836/reference/letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/film/werewolves-2024/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit russburlingame.substack.com/subscribe

It’s been a while since we did an Emerald City Video Podcast, so get ready for a very casual and somewhat loopy conversation between Russ Burlingame and Zach Roberts.Riffing on my recent, popular post about the “Bluesky Echo Chamber,” we talked about that, our recent career changes, and a bunch more. It’s pretty casual, possibly a little tipsy, but gave us a chance to talk out some of the themes of the Bluesky post without being too serious. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit russburlingame.substack.com/subscribe

This episode of the Emerald City Video Podcast Russ and I catch up on some physical media news (which I think since I’ve been busy and haven’t edited might be a little old). Redbox, one of the few places people can rent films in America is going under. https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/21/24183454/redbox-universal-missed-payment-17-millionWhich is an even bigger issue as Indie Filmmakers aren’t getting paid back in dec 2023 by Redbox’s owner, Chicken Soup for the Soul. https://variety.com/2023/film/news/chicken-soup-for-the-soul-1091-pictures-lawsuits-payments-1235838558/Even the Producer of It Follows talked about ithttps://x.com/rebfive/status/1807086179692556393Also, while not “physical” news, Paramount god rid of Daily Show archive from the website.https://latenighter.com/news/paramount-axes-comedy-central-website-show-clips-library/Five Men Convicted of Operating Massive, Illegal Streaming Service That Allegedly Had More Content Than Netflix, Hulu, Vudu and Prime Video Combinedhttps://variety.com/2024/digital/news/five-men-convicted-jetflicks-illegal-streaming-service-1236044194/Sony won’t phase out bluray movies and games… just consumer burnables. https://www.tweaktown.com/news/99072/sony-wont-phase-out-blu-ray-movie-and-game-discs-only-ceasing-production-on-consumer-bd/index.htmlNot sure why you’d want to, but you can watch movies through an Atari. https://www.xda-developers.com/watch-movies-atari-2600/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3C7jz1UZ7YE7VVcFZlZWKuFv2XyQJTBnK0aDV7_arTml9iREQxzQw3Wa8_aem_KYYZtD1hUz9KnYEswGvwmAAnd finally, just a fun article about collecting movies, “From Criterion to Arrow: the cult of movie collecting.”https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/from-criterion-to-arrow-the-cult-of-movie-collecting/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit russburlingame.substack.com/subscribe

It's really more of a spiritual sequel... Are the kids getting into tapes because of Taylor Swift?What is “second screen” content?Will Killers of the Flower Moon ever get a physical release?Is there a need for movie takedown posts? Not critical reviews but social media that just s***s on other peoples work.What did you call your video tape player back in the day? VHS player? VCR? Tape Machine?Russ and Zach delve into these questions and of course, much much more in this special extended episode of the Emerald City Video Podcast. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit russburlingame.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode Russ Burlingame and Zach Roberts chat about the drawbacks of streaming media, the fact that directors are getting angry about how their films look on streaming apps, award-winning director of The Godfather not being able to find a home for his new film and so much more. Part two of this episode will be dropping this week, so listen up kids! Just some of the stories we’re chatting about, some of these we’ll get to in part 2:Killers flower moon no physical media release datehttps://www.joblo.com/is-killers-of-the-flower-moon-not-coming-to-blu-ray-after-all/Rewinder Cars!https://thenewswheel.com/videocassette-vehicles-remember-vhs-tape-rewinder-cars/Roku adding ads through HDMIhttps://www.lowpass.cc/p/roku-hdmi-ad-insertion-patentDid You See (and Hear) That? Why Home Viewing Can Be Dark and Inaudiblehttps://filmmakermagazine.com/125430-home-viewing-problems-audio-video-streaming/Filmmaker of Immaculate disappointed in color and lighting of different streaming outlets.https://x.com/michaelmohan/status/1795305441674875374?s=46&t=oCX7LFzPAI6SZTIz1OcNpwCoppola can’t find distributorhttps://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/megalopolis-francis-ford-coppola-challenges-distribution-1235867556/Can’t do this with digital media.https://www.facebook.com/share/r/wamjkjchtq11edw6/?mibextid=xCPwDsSeinfeld thinks movies aren’t culturally relevant anymorehttps://www.pajiba.com/film_reviews/jerry-seinfeld-says-the-movie-business-is-over-plugs-his-new-movie.phpYoung listeners are pressing play on cassette tapeshttps://thehustle.co/news/young-listeners-are-pressing-play-on-cassette-tapesThe Criterion Collection is sold to new owner, along with Janus Filmshttps://variety.com/2024/film/news/criterion-janus-films-sell-indian-paintbrush-steven-rales-1236011122/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit russburlingame.substack.com/subscribe

Are the kids getting into tapes because of Taylor Swift? What is “second screen” content?Will Killers of the Flower Moon ever get a physical release? Is there a need for movie takedown posts? Not critical reviews but social media that just s***s on other peoples work. What did you call your video tape player back in the day? VHS player? VCR? Tape Machine?Russ and Zach delve into these questions and of course, much much more in this special extended episode of the Emerald City Video Podcast. Emerald City Video is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit russburlingame.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode Russ Burlingame and I chat about the drawbacks of streaming media, the fact that directors are getting angry about how their films look on streaming apps, award-winning director of The Godfather not being able to find a home for his new film and so much more. Part two of this episode will be dropping this week, so listen up kids!Just some of the stories we’re chatting about, some of these we’ll get to in part 2: Killers flower moon no physical media release datehttps://www.joblo.com/is-killers-of-the-flower-moon-not-coming-to-blu-ray-after-all/Rewinder Cars!https://thenewswheel.com/videocassette-vehicles-remember-vhs-tape-rewinder-cars/Roku adding ads through HDMIhttps://www.lowpass.cc/p/roku-hdmi-ad-insertion-patentDid You See (and Hear) That? Why Home Viewing Can Be Dark and Inaudiblehttps://filmmakermagazine.com/125430-home-viewing-problems-audio-video-streaming/Filmmaker of Immaculate disappointed in color and lighting of different streaming outlets. https://x.com/michaelmohan/status/1795305441674875374?s=46&t=oCX7LFzPAI6SZTIz1OcNpwCoppola can’t find distributorhttps://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/megalopolis-francis-ford-coppola-challenges-distribution-1235867556/Can’t do this with digital media. https://www.facebook.com/share/r/wamjkjchtq11edw6/?mibextid=xCPwDsSeinfeld thinks movies aren’t culturally relevant anymorehttps://www.pajiba.com/film_reviews/jerry-seinfeld-says-the-movie-business-is-over-plugs-his-new-movie.phpYoung listeners are pressing play on cassette tapeshttps://thehustle.co/news/young-listeners-are-pressing-play-on-cassette-tapesThe Criterion Collection is sold to new owner, along with Janus Filmshttps://variety.com/2024/film/news/criterion-janus-films-sell-indian-paintbrush-steven-rales-1236011122/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit russburlingame.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode of the ECV podcast, Zach goes on several rants about sex in biographical movies, Russ talks about the likely consolidation of streaming services and we both hope that the end of Disney Movie Club means that we’ll see more physical media coming out. Zach recommends Anthony Hopkins’ One Life, it’s still in theaters some places but definitely worth a stream when it comes out. Zach does not recommend Joaquin Phoenix’s Napoleon which is tediously long and oddly boringly shot. It seems that Phoenix just stayed in his Joker character for most of the film. As always be back here by noon on the fifth day for more Emerald City Video Podcast. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit russburlingame.substack.com/subscribe

This episode of the ECV Podcast we hit play the news of the last month. Chatting about teens learning the difficulties of opening cd’s (at least they don’t have to deal with the old BJ’s long plastic security holders), thereally cool new Evil Dead VHS (yeah that’s right, VHS) and much much more. Listen here or watch over on YouTube.We’re going to start doing more physical media open boxings and discussions as we get them. Check out the one that Zach did over on his TikTok. Have any recommendations of what we should cover?Show Notes:Teens have problems opening CD’s ‘I shouldn’t feel this old’: Tween Swifties learn how to open ‘1989’ CDhttps://www.dailydot.com/irl/taylo r-swift-1989-cd-tween-swifties/WB shelves John Cena Movie - Coyote Vs ACMEhttps://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/john-cena-coyote-vs-acme-movie-shelved-1235643235/Wil E Coyote sends a message https://twitter.com/thecolbyday/status/1723026345607786859Creatives cancel meetings with WBhttps://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/coyote-vs-acme-wb-warners-canceled-reversal-shop-film-1235645372/Addendum to this: Brian Duffield in particular told his management he will no longer meet with WB - https://comicbook.com/movies/news/no-one-will-save-you-director-brian-duffield-says-he-wont-even-talk-to-warner-bros/And saved - https://comicbook.com/movies/news/coyote-vs-acme-reportedly-being-shopped-to-distributors-instead-of-shelved-after-internet-outrage/BTS Cast member videos https://imgur.com/gallery/LJf2nhqMusic: https://imgur.com/gallery/7sSh72sEvil Dead VHS releasehttps://collider.com/evil-dead-2-vhs-release-date-images/Netflix’s DVD.com short documentariesDisney+ and Hulu to combinehttps://www.theverge.com/2023/11/8/23952835/disney-plus-hulu-combined-app-q4-2023-earnings?recip_id=427800&lyt_id=427800‘Reinventing history’: Experts warn the end of physical media will give tech giants even greater control - Experts say a future ruled by streaming and digital content poses a serious threat of censorshiphttps://www.foxbusiness.com/media/reinventing-history-experts-warn-end-physical-media-tech-giants-greater-controlHoliday guide for Physical media collectorshttps://creepycatalog.com/black-friday-2023-online-sale-guide-for-physical-media-collectors/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit russburlingame.substack.com/subscribe

This episode of the ECV Podcast we hit play the news of the last month. Chatting about teens learning the difficulties of opening cd’s (at least they don’t have to deal with the old BJ’s long plastic security holders), thereally cool new Evil Dead VHS (yeah that’s right, VHS) and much much more. Listen here or watch over on YouTube. We’re going to start doing more physical media open boxings and discussions as we get them. Check out the one that Zach did over on his TikTok. Have any recommendations of what we should cover? Show Notes: Teens have problems opening CD’s ‘I shouldn’t feel this old’: Tween Swifties learn how to open ‘1989’ CDhttps://www.dailydot.com/irl/taylo r-swift-1989-cd-tween-swifties/WB shelves John Cena Movie - Coyote Vs ACMEhttps://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/john-cena-coyote-vs-acme-movie-shelved-1235643235/Wil E Coyote sends a message https://twitter.com/thecolbyday/status/1723026345607786859Creatives cancel meetings with WBhttps://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/coyote-vs-acme-wb-warners-canceled-reversal-shop-film-1235645372/Addendum to this: Brian Duffield in particular told his management he will no longer meet with WB - https://comicbook.com/movies/news/no-one-will-save-you-director-brian-duffield-says-he-wont-even-talk-to-warner-bros/And saved - https://comicbook.com/movies/news/coyote-vs-acme-reportedly-being-shopped-to-distributors-instead-of-shelved-after-internet-outrage/BTS Cast member videos https://imgur.com/gallery/LJf2nhqMusic: https://imgur.com/gallery/7sSh72sEvil Dead VHS releasehttps://collider.com/evil-dead-2-vhs-release-date-images/Netflix’s DVD.com short documentariesDisney+ and Hulu to combinehttps://www.theverge.com/2023/11/8/23952835/disney-plus-hulu-combined-app-q4-2023-earnings?recip_id=427800&lyt_id=427800‘Reinventing history’: Experts warn the end of physical media will give tech giants even greater control - Experts say a future ruled by streaming and digital content poses a serious threat of censorshiphttps://www.foxbusiness.com/media/reinventing-history-experts-warn-end-physical-media-tech-giants-greater-controlHoliday guide for Physical media collectorshttps://creepycatalog.com/black-friday-2023-online-sale-guide-for-physical-media-collectors/Thank you for reading Emerald City Video. This post is public so feel free to share it. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit russburlingame.substack.com/subscribe