173: The Shawshank Redemption

Merry Christmas! To celebrate this year, Kevonte and Lance and discuss 2004's A Christmas Carol: The Musical! It stars Kelsey Grammer as Scrooge plus a host of familar faces including The Flash's Jesse L. Martin. They talk the music by Alan Menken, the stacked cast, and why the story of A Christmas Carol is so timeless.BULLSEYE, OFF THE MARK, MISS, or FAILED THIS CITY?Lance: BULLSEYEKevonte: BULLSEYEArtwork by Tom Gehrke.PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/alwaysmallvilleTWITTER: https://twitter.com/donotfailourpodFACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/alwaysmallvilleEMAIL: [email protected]

Kevonte and Lance discuss the episodes Emerald Archer and Star City Slayer. They talk the in-universe documentary about the Green Arrow, its narrator, William coming back and leaving again, and the return of Stanley.BULLSEYE, OFF THE MARK, MISS, or FAILED THIS CITY?Lance: BULLSEYEKevonte: BULLSEYEArtwork by Tom Gehrke: https://tomsart.threadless.com/PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/alwaysmallvilleTWITTER: https://twitter.com/donotfailourpodFACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/alwaysmallvilleEMAIL: [email protected]

Kevonte and Lance discuss Stephen Amell and Emily Bett Rickards's most recent projects. They talk Stephen's short-lived Suits spinoff Suits LA, Emily starring role in Queen of the Ring, and what projects they'd like to see them do next.Suits LABULLSEYE, OFF THE MARK, MISS, or FAILED THIS CITY?Lance: MISSKevonte: MISSQueen of the RingBULLSEYE, OFF THE MARK, MISS, or FAILED THIS CITY?Lance: OFF THE MARKKevonte: OFF THE MARKArtwork by Tom Gehrke: https://tomsart.threadless.com/PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/alwaysmallvilleTWITTER: https://twitter.com/donotfailourpodFACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/alwaysmallvilleEMAIL: [email protected]

Lance and Kevonte discuss the mid-season finale of Arrow’s seventh season, "My Name Is Emiko Queen." They talk the reveal of Oliver's half-sister Emiko as the new Green Arrow, Oliver finding out his father had even more secrets, Diaz not being dead after all, and the internet's reaction to the episode at the time. BULLSEYE, OFF THE MARK, MISS, or FAILED THIS CITY?Lance: MISSKevonte: MISSArtwork by Tom Gehrke: https://tomsart.threadless.com/PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/alwaysmallvilleTWITTER: https://twitter.com/donotfailourpodFACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/alwaysmallvilleEMAIL: [email protected]

Kevonte and Lance discuss the Arrowverse's fifth (major) crossover, Elseworlds. They talk Oliver and Barry switching bodies (and lives), visiting Gotham to meet Batwoman, the obligatory Olicity crossover drama, and the tease of Crisis On Infinite Earths.BULLSEYE, OFF THE MARK, MISS, or FAILED THIS CITY?Lance: BULLSEYEKevonte: BULLSEYEArtwork by Tom Gehrke: https://tomsart.threadless.com/PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/alwaysmallvilleTWITTER: https://twitter.com/donotfailourpodFACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/alwaysmallvilleEMAIL: [email protected]

Lance and Kevonte discuss 1994's The Shawshank Redemption. They talk the cast, the time period, harsh realities of prison life, how Arrow took literally nothing from the movie other than a play off the title, and A Minecraft Movie.BULLSEYE, OFF THE MARK, MISS, or FAILED THIS CITY?Lance: BULLSEYEKevonte: BULLSEYEArtwork by Tom Gehrke: https://tomsart.threadless.com/PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/alwaysmallvilleTWITTER: https://twitter.com/donotfailourpodFACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/alwaysmallvilleEMAIL: [email protected]

Lance and Kevonte discuss the seventh episode of Arrow's seventh season, The Slabside Redemption. They talk the end of the Oliver in prison arc, Stanley revealing his true personality and intentions, the beginning of Bronze Tiger's redemption, and the end of MANY other recurring Arrow villains.BULLSEYE, OFF THE MARK, MISS, or FAILED THIS CITY?Lance: BULLSEYEKevonte: BULLSEYEArtwork by Tom Gehrke: https://tomsart.threadless.com/PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/alwaysmallvilleTWITTER: https://twitter.com/donotfailourpodFACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/alwaysmallvilleEMAIL: [email protected]

Kevonte and Lance discuss what everyone else has been up to in season 7 with Oliver in prison. They talk trouble on the homefront for Diggle, Felicity spiraling without Oliver, Curtis standing up for himself, and Earth-2 Laurel through the episodes Crossing Lines, Level Two, The Demon and Due Process.BULLSEYE, OFF THE MARK, MISS, or FAILED THIS CITY?Lance: BULLSEYEKevonte: BULLSEYEArtwork by Tom Gehrke: https://tomsart.threadless.com/PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/alwaysmallvilleTWITTER: https://twitter.com/donotfailourpodFACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/alwaysmallvilleEMAIL: [email protected]

Lance and Kevonte discuss Oliver's time in prison. They talk this season-long plotline through the episodes Crossing Lines, Level Two, The Demon and Due Process, returning villains, and Stephen Amell's strengths are an actor and his career outside Arrow.BULLSEYE, OFF THE MARK, MISS, or FAILED THIS CITY?Lance: BULLSEYEKevonte: BULLSEYEArtwork by Tom Gehrke: https://tomsart.threadless.com/PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/alwaysmallvilleTWITTER: https://twitter.com/donotfailourpodFACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/alwaysmallvilleEMAIL: [email protected]

Kevonte and Lance discuss The Longbow Hunters in The New 52. They talk Jeff Lemire's final run on Green Arrow in Volume 6, how Arrow would've been wise to borrow more from it, and this very different interpretation of The Longbow Hunters, The Dragon, and Emiko.BULLSEYE, OFF THE MARK, MISS, or FAILED THIS CITY?Lance: BULLSEYEKevonte: BULLSEYEArtwork by Tom Gehrke: https://tomsart.threadless.com/PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/alwaysmallvilleTWITTER: https://twitter.com/donotfailourpodFACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/alwaysmallvilleEMAIL: [email protected]