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Michael Gordon

Michael Gordon

Writer, publisher, and podcaster in the Atlanta, GA area — co-host of the Earth Station One podcast and creator of the comic Tiki Zombie (New Legend Productions).

Sep 2, 2026

3:44
hit like that.
3:46
Man, it was beautiful.
3:48
Like the early 80s, late 70s, early 80s was just a magical time in my life going to the cinema and a bunch of other stuff too, music wise and everything else.
3:58
But really the movies that starting with Jaws and then Star Wars and then Indiana Jones and then I mean, everything that just happened one right after another.
4:09
It was a beautiful time to be a geek and to see all this wonderful stuff.
4:14
Because of Star Wars and because of Jaws and Close Encounters, I was well aware of Star George Lucas, I was well aware of Steven Spielberg.
4:26
We kept seeing these ads that said, from the makers of Star Wars, from the makers of Jaws and Close Encounters, these two people are going to come together to bring you the ultimate in adventure.

22 MINS LATER

26:59
famous movie action scenes to see if it can really be done or if it's a Hollywood thing like one of the early episodes was the diehard Bruce Willis swing out shoot the glass bust in through the glass you know could it be done honestly can't remember if he pulled that one off I feel like they probably did but they did one like this based off of good the bad and the ugly when they they'd actually hang right and then he'd snipe it with the bullet which is basically what she did for indy here on the quartering of what the horses would shoot the ropes and there and and spoiler alert and bad news like impossible for a bullet to break a rope because because the rope has too much give even when a when a bullet of that velocity is coming it still tends to bend and move and yeah But it was great in the book.
3:44
hit like that.
3:46
Man, it was beautiful.
3:48
Like the early 80s, late 70s, early 80s was just a magical time in my life going to the cinema and a bunch of other stuff too, music wise and everything else.
3:58
But really the movies that starting with Jaws and then Star Wars and then Indiana Jones and then I mean, everything that just happened one right after another.
4:09
It was a beautiful time to be a geek and to see all this wonderful stuff.
4:14
Because of Star Wars and because of Jaws and Close Encounters, I was well aware of Star George Lucas, I was well aware of Steven Spielberg.
4:26
We kept seeing these ads that said, from the makers of Star Wars, from the makers of Jaws and Close Encounters, these two people are going to come together to bring you the ultimate in adventure.

22 MINS LATER

26:59
famous movie action scenes to see if it can really be done or if it's a Hollywood thing like one of the early episodes was the diehard Bruce Willis swing out shoot the glass bust in through the glass you know could it be done honestly can't remember if he pulled that one off I feel like they probably did but they did one like this based off of good the bad and the ugly when they they'd actually hang right and then he'd snipe it with the bullet which is basically what she did for indy here on the quartering of what the horses would shoot the ropes and there and and spoiler alert and bad news like impossible for a bullet to break a rope because because the rope has too much give even when a when a bullet of that velocity is coming it still tends to bend and move and yeah But it was great in the book.

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