WEEK IN GEEK: Andrew watches the multifaceted musical/comedy documentary, Yacht Rock: The Dockumentary, while D. Bethel finds a new holiday-staple film in the esoteric but endearing animated film, Tokyo Godfathers, directed by the late Satoshi Kon.

KARATE KID AND THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS: Our hosts wrap up the episode by discussing the trailer and premise for the very bizarre upcoming film, Karate Kid: Legends, a film promising to stitch together the dominant realities that exist within the The Karate Kid franchise.

TOPICS:
(00:00) Intro - Introducing The Middle-Aged Man podcast
(03:55) Andrew learns a lot watching Yacht Rock: The Dockumentary
(19:42) D. Bethel finally watches Tokyo Godfathers, his first Satoshi Kon film
(29:46) Outro - What the heck is Karate Kid: Legends?
(35:45) Outtakes

RELEVANT EPISODES:

• "A Mighty Oak" (5 December 2014): Where D. Bethel discusses reading the unfinished Satoshi Kon manga, Opus. (Starts at 4:01).
• "Batting 100" (19 December 2014): D. Bethel dives deeper into Opus in one of his early segments called "Boasts of Bethel." (Starts at 7:29.)
  • "Mind in the Gutters––Satoshi Kon's Opus": Read a text version of this "Boast of Bethel" on Dan's Long John website.

RELEVANT LINKS:

• The trailer for Karate Kid: Legends.

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FEATURED MUSIC:

• "Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod
  • Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3652-disco-medusae
• "District Four" by Kevin McLeod
  • Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3662-district-four
• Tracks are licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

WEEK IN GEEK: This week, Andrew talks about the finale to the DC/WB show, Superman & Lois, and how it holds up not only as a finale for the show but as a finale for the entire DC/WB run of shows. D. Bethel, on the other hand, spends some time (digitally) in the North Sea on the very Scottish experiential horror game, Still Wakes the Deep.

TOPICS:

(00:00) Intro - Andrew ate too much beef
(02:27) Superman & Lois series finale
(24:17) Still Wakes the Deep in all its Scottishness
(40:07) Outro - Recasting characters in the Alan Wake universe
(45:00) Outtakes

RELEVANT EPISODES:

• "Chekhov's Mud Pit" (19 August 2022): Where our hosts talk about the cultural respect found in the most recent Predator film, Prey.

INFO:

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FEATURED MUSIC:

• "Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod
  • Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3652-disco-medusae
• "District Four" by Kevin McLeod
  • Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3662-district-four
• Tracks are licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

THE DEEPEST CUT: Our hosts do a quick mid-season check-in on the final season of Star Trek: Lower Decks.

SWEETS TO THE SWEET: In honor of the great Tony Todd who played memorable roles from Star Trek to the titular Candyman, our hosts reflect on a great actor gone too soon.

TOPICS:

(00:00) Intro - Star Trek: Lower Decks, Season 5 so far

(11:20) RIP Tony Todd

(19:29) Outro - Teacher Talk

(20:51) Outtakes

INFO:

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• Visit our website at forallintents.net and leave your thoughts as comments on the page for this episode.
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FEATURED MUSIC:

• "Disco Medusae" by Kevin McLeod
  • Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3652-disco-medusae
• "District Four" by Kevin McLeod
  • Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3662-district-four
• Tracks are licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/