Well, so far so good.

The Celluloid Heroes Podcast launched last month, January 2025 with two episodes – a Prologue Episode in which I lay out the intentions of this podcast:

And the official first episode, detailing my experience seeing Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey at the Ontario Place Cinesphere in 1982.

Thanks to all of you who liked, listened, and followed the show. Slow and steady wins the race and in the end that’s all that matters to me: that people listen.

And on that note I am pleased to announce that listening is going to become a lot easier as The Celluloid Heroes Podcast is now a part of The Longbox Crusade Podcast Network:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/longbox-crusade/id1118783510

Thanks to Pat, Jarrod, and all the rest at the LBC for inviting Celluloid Heroes and myself to join the team. Through the LBC link you’ll be able to listen to Celluloid Heroes on Apple, YouTube, as well as Spotify. The LBC Network has a wide array of pop culture podcasts spanning the worlds of movies, comic books, and television and I encourage you to check out their other shows

So with that all out of the way, Episode Two of Celluloid Heroes is now live on Spotify, with Apple and Youtube feeds – available through the Longbox Network – arriving February 24th:

And yes, it’s about Star Wars.

If there’s a ground Zero for GenXers and Sci-Fi fantasy fans born after 1970, it has to be George Lucas’s first trip to a galaxy long ago and far far away. But did you know that at its heart Star Wars is a story of coming of age in your suburb, small-town, or relatively tiny neighborhood corner of the world, on teh rpecipice of a much larger place, and how Luke Skywalker’s journey mirrors the journey many of us have or will take in our lives?

You didn’t? Well after listening you will have a much better idea of what I’m speaking. And hey, here’s some video clips to set the scene.

The Original Pre-release Star Wars Trailer:

A compilation of commercials advertising the first wave of Star Wars Action Figures:

Just for fun, a preview of 1978’s legendarily awful Star Wars Holiday Special:

And a preview of next month’s episode:

Wait a second – Battlestar Galactica? A TV show? You said this was all about movies, Brad!

Well, you’re right – I did say this was a podcast about movies. About the theatrical moviegoing experience. And you’d be correct that Galactica does not fit this mold … but for the fact I first saw Battlestar Galactica in a movie theater months before its TV premiere.

But you’ll have to tune in next month for that story.