Binary System Podcast #376 - Good Omens, Mandalorian, and the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special

<p>Original broadcast date August 31, 2023. The original podcast post is here: https://pixelatedgeek.com/2023/08/binary-system-podcast-376-good-omens-mandalorian-and-the-guardians-of-the-galaxy-holiday-special/</p> <p>With no Night Vale or Lore Olympus this week (T-minus 73 days till the next free episode of Lore Olympus YES WE&#39;RE OBSESSED WE&#39;RE NOT SORRY) we actually took the time to catch up on our backlog of nerd content instead of rewatching <a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/81435684" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Arcane</a> and th<a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/TheTRYChannel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">e Try Channel</a>. </p> <p>(...okay we caught up on nerd content <em>in addition </em>to rewatching Arcane and the Try Channel, what can we say we&#39;re obsessed.)</p> <p>Spoiler warnings ahoy for the second episode of <em>Good Omens</em> Season 2, because we&#39;ve got to break down all the ways why Jon Hamm is having the best time, why even priests hate the Book of Job, and why Crowley and Aziraphale&#39;s dynamic is <em>freaking adorable.</em></p> <p>After that Kathryn goes over <em>Mandalorian</em> season three episodes three (masterful world building on Coruscant) and four (aerial jetpack rescue missions eeeeee!) and Elizabeth recaps the <em>Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special </em>(.......okay it&#39;s <em>very</em> silly but sometimes that works.)</p> <p>This week&#39;s outro is a clip from <a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/cxr-atk/cxr-atk-2/mirror/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mirror</a> by CXR ATK.</p> <p>Correction: The space dog in the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special is Cosmo the Spacedog, a long-standing Marvel character, usually male but for this version she&#39;s voiced brilliantly by Maria Bakalova. In the MCU she&#39;s previously shown up in end-credit and background scenes before the Holiday Special.</p> <p>You can find Hugh&#39;s review of the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special <a href="https://pixelatedgeek.com/2022/11/review-the-guardians-