WEBVTT 00:00:15.760 --> 00:00:18.800 Welcome to Fandom Shmandom, the fandom podcast 00:00:18.800 --> 00:00:21.879 that covers everything you love and more. I'm 00:00:21.879 --> 00:00:25.620 Sierra Obermark. And I'm Sam Williams. Today's 00:00:25.620 --> 00:00:29.359 episode, we will explain what is all this? Who 00:00:29.359 --> 00:00:32.859 are we? What is the point of life? What are you 00:00:32.859 --> 00:00:35.020 going to do today? Should you brush your teeth 00:00:35.020 --> 00:00:37.700 tonight? The answer is yes. It's our introduction 00:00:37.700 --> 00:00:42.000 episode into who the heck we even are, which 00:00:42.000 --> 00:00:44.820 I believe, Sierra, you have the answers. Yes, 00:00:44.820 --> 00:00:49.159 I have that answer. Sam and I are totally entrenched 00:00:49.159 --> 00:00:52.439 in fandoms of all sorts. We discovered our mutual 00:00:52.439 --> 00:00:55.140 nerdiness back in college. We've been friends 00:00:55.140 --> 00:00:57.740 for officially way too long, everyone. Way too 00:00:57.740 --> 00:01:01.899 long. It is official. We have been orbiting around 00:01:01.899 --> 00:01:05.159 this idea for years, and finally here we are. 00:01:05.260 --> 00:01:08.400 So we're a couple of fun -loving, silly, performing 00:01:08.400 --> 00:01:11.739 arts, writer, artist goofballs, and we think... 00:01:11.980 --> 00:01:14.680 We're really hilarious. And so hopefully you 00:01:14.680 --> 00:01:19.079 think we're just a small amount of funny compared 00:01:19.079 --> 00:01:22.280 to the amount of funny we think that we are. 00:01:22.319 --> 00:01:24.319 Because we're going to have a good time making 00:01:24.319 --> 00:01:27.519 this podcast. So hopefully everybody has a great 00:01:27.519 --> 00:01:30.900 time listening to us make this podcast. If you 00:01:30.900 --> 00:01:33.299 think we're just as funny as even an ounce that 00:01:33.299 --> 00:01:35.280 we think we're funny, you'll have a good time. 00:01:36.000 --> 00:01:40.239 Exactly. It's well worth it. somewhat promise. 00:01:41.299 --> 00:01:44.900 Listen, together, we have had this idea for this 00:01:44.900 --> 00:01:47.500 podcast after so much time spent yelling at each 00:01:47.500 --> 00:01:49.980 other, caps locks texting, whether we're in college 00:01:49.980 --> 00:01:53.439 or video chatting or whatever. And, you know, 00:01:53.459 --> 00:01:55.359 we've been talking about what Spider -Man suits 00:01:55.359 --> 00:01:57.859 are the best in the video games, who to romance 00:01:57.859 --> 00:02:00.079 in Dragon Age, why Hermione and Ron should or 00:02:00.079 --> 00:02:02.280 should not have ended up together, and what forms 00:02:02.280 --> 00:02:05.620 of media is the best for Star Wars. That's just 00:02:05.620 --> 00:02:08.080 to name a few. There's a lot of fandoms we love. 00:02:08.180 --> 00:02:13.039 The list is endless yes we love all things nerd 00:02:13.039 --> 00:02:17.860 geek book film show game etc etc and most of 00:02:17.860 --> 00:02:20.120 all we love to talk about it and fight about 00:02:20.120 --> 00:02:23.500 it with people who also care about all these 00:02:23.500 --> 00:02:26.960 things yes yes indeed so here's how it's gonna 00:02:26.960 --> 00:02:32.060 work uh for our season one um so drum roll please 00:02:34.329 --> 00:02:38.530 so glad you didn't captain holt me on that that 00:02:38.530 --> 00:02:41.270 that's a fandom shout out to brooklyn nine nine 00:02:41.270 --> 00:02:45.710 for all you plebeians out there go watch go watch 00:02:45.710 --> 00:02:47.610 that clip on youtube i'm sure it's there captain 00:02:47.610 --> 00:02:50.469 it's so good anyways yes um we're gonna be doing 00:02:50.469 --> 00:02:54.289 stranger things which is coming up very quick 00:02:54.289 --> 00:02:57.780 uh next month During Thanksgiving time and then 00:02:57.780 --> 00:02:59.419 during Christmas and then during New Year's because 00:02:59.419 --> 00:03:04.219 they decided the holidays are ours. So that's 00:03:04.219 --> 00:03:05.740 what we're going to be doing. Now, here's the 00:03:05.740 --> 00:03:08.740 deal. We're going to be releasing seasons of 00:03:08.740 --> 00:03:12.360 this podcast and mini seasons of this podcast. 00:03:12.460 --> 00:03:16.379 So this first season is going to be Stranger 00:03:16.379 --> 00:03:18.639 Things. We'll cover... Stranger Things, and then 00:03:18.639 --> 00:03:20.780 we'll have another season. But it's not necessarily 00:03:20.780 --> 00:03:24.080 a week -to -week thing. It will be in lead -up 00:03:24.080 --> 00:03:26.379 to something big coming up in the fandom. Obviously, 00:03:26.460 --> 00:03:30.680 Stranger Things Season 5 is a huge deal. We were 00:03:30.680 --> 00:03:32.620 actually working on something completely different 00:03:32.620 --> 00:03:36.240 when we saw the announcement of when Stranger 00:03:36.240 --> 00:03:38.219 Things is going to come out, Season 5, and realized 00:03:38.219 --> 00:03:40.960 we had the time to prep for it. So here we are, 00:03:41.039 --> 00:03:44.699 existing now. There's going to be two iterations 00:03:44.699 --> 00:03:47.439 of what a season could look like. So a season 00:03:47.439 --> 00:03:50.460 might look like a prep pod, or a season might 00:03:50.460 --> 00:03:53.800 look like a deep dive. Stranger Things is going 00:03:53.800 --> 00:03:57.580 to be a prep pod. So we'll focus on the medium 00:03:57.580 --> 00:04:00.759 at hand for a prep pod, in this case, a TV show. 00:04:00.860 --> 00:04:02.819 So we're going to be going over everything to 00:04:02.819 --> 00:04:07.479 do with the TV show elements of Stranger Things, 00:04:07.520 --> 00:04:10.780 which is the main bulk. of what we know and love. 00:04:10.879 --> 00:04:13.379 And we're going to build our podcast season with 00:04:13.379 --> 00:04:16.819 the idea of prepping you, preparing you for season 00:04:16.819 --> 00:04:20.220 five. So we'll focus here on the core material 00:04:20.220 --> 00:04:23.980 presented to us in the main medium. Again, in 00:04:23.980 --> 00:04:27.079 this case, TV shows. And when we do deep dive 00:04:27.079 --> 00:04:30.759 pods, pod seasons, it'll be a little bit different. 00:04:30.819 --> 00:04:33.959 So we'll still be leading up to something, a 00:04:33.959 --> 00:04:37.470 big release in the fandom. something exciting 00:04:37.470 --> 00:04:39.689 that's happening, but there's going to be a lot 00:04:39.689 --> 00:04:42.350 more content within these types of, the other 00:04:42.350 --> 00:04:45.230 types of seasons. We'll do main material in the 00:04:45.230 --> 00:04:48.709 main medium, but also everything else. So if 00:04:48.709 --> 00:04:51.230 we're doing a movie fandom like Star Wars, we'll 00:04:51.230 --> 00:04:53.350 go over the movies, of course, but then we'll 00:04:53.350 --> 00:04:57.029 also get TV episodes, some books, some comics, 00:04:57.230 --> 00:05:01.529 individual podcast episodes on characters or 00:05:02.540 --> 00:05:05.439 time periods or whatever the case may be. So 00:05:05.439 --> 00:05:08.860 just a lot more information that'll be packed 00:05:08.860 --> 00:05:12.060 into a season. Just honestly, purely because 00:05:12.060 --> 00:05:16.459 there's so much out there for some types of fandoms. 00:05:16.459 --> 00:05:18.860 There's just way too much not to try to cover 00:05:18.860 --> 00:05:22.680 bits and pieces of all of the different media. 00:05:23.000 --> 00:05:26.069 Yeah, absolutely. So again, For Stranger Things, 00:05:26.250 --> 00:05:28.709 we'll be doing a prep pod, so we'll be focusing 00:05:28.709 --> 00:05:31.230 on the TV show. We'll be bringing in some extra 00:05:31.230 --> 00:05:33.050 stuff, but it won't be like dedicated episodes. 00:05:33.870 --> 00:05:36.629 Like we aren't doing a straight 11 episodes. 00:05:36.709 --> 00:05:38.990 Like in Star Wars, if we were doing that, we 00:05:38.990 --> 00:05:40.850 would do something like a straight Qui -Gon Jinn 00:05:40.850 --> 00:05:42.889 episode or Obi -Wan episode, something like that, 00:05:42.910 --> 00:05:46.110 if we were doing a deep dive for that. So the 00:05:46.110 --> 00:05:49.470 prep pod will be like this for Stranger Things. 00:05:49.689 --> 00:05:52.870 Each season of Stranger Things, so they've done 00:05:52.870 --> 00:05:57.300 four, will be... Covered in three episodes. So 00:05:57.300 --> 00:05:59.420 we're going to have 12 episodes total on the 00:05:59.420 --> 00:06:02.160 four seasons. And then a 13th one. Lucky number 00:06:02.160 --> 00:06:07.199 13 for a horror themed sci -fi fantasy type show. 00:06:07.339 --> 00:06:10.160 Like Stranger Things. That 13th episode we'll 00:06:10.160 --> 00:06:11.720 be covering like, hey, what do we think is going 00:06:11.720 --> 00:06:15.480 to happen for season five? So season one, three 00:06:15.480 --> 00:06:17.480 episodes. Season two, three episodes, et cetera, 00:06:17.560 --> 00:06:20.319 et cetera. We should also note here, Stranger 00:06:20.319 --> 00:06:24.329 Things is rated 14 and up. And we'll be discussing 00:06:24.329 --> 00:06:26.949 everything that happens on the show. So please 00:06:26.949 --> 00:06:29.009 keep that under advisement if you're letting 00:06:29.009 --> 00:06:32.290 your kids listen to this podcast. Yes. Also, 00:06:32.310 --> 00:06:34.589 please take into consideration that we will be 00:06:34.589 --> 00:06:38.589 spoiling everything that happens in all of Stranger 00:06:38.589 --> 00:06:41.129 Things. So we'll be talking about season four 00:06:41.129 --> 00:06:44.509 of Stranger Things, even in our season one episodes, 00:06:44.850 --> 00:06:48.129 callbacks, things that are already dropped, whatever 00:06:48.129 --> 00:06:51.129 the case may be. So please don't listen yet if 00:06:51.129 --> 00:06:53.910 you haven't finished. But please do come back 00:06:53.910 --> 00:06:58.250 when you're done, because it will be great. It 00:06:58.250 --> 00:07:00.949 will be. It will be fantastic. That also goes 00:07:00.949 --> 00:07:04.069 for books and comics and even plays. We won't 00:07:04.069 --> 00:07:06.209 be doing a specific episode on the extracurricular 00:07:06.209 --> 00:07:09.029 stuff, but I've read a bunch of the books. Our 00:07:09.029 --> 00:07:12.050 expert, who we'll introduce in the first episode 00:07:12.050 --> 00:07:15.910 of Stranger Things for our podcast, will be talking 00:07:15.910 --> 00:07:18.870 about the books. Comics, I've read most of the 00:07:18.870 --> 00:07:21.800 comics at this point. I've seen the play. in 00:07:21.800 --> 00:07:24.620 london um so we'll definitely be talking about 00:07:24.620 --> 00:07:27.560 that because it's hugely implicated importance 00:07:27.560 --> 00:07:30.720 for season five um though we'll do our absolute 00:07:30.720 --> 00:07:32.480 best to let you know when some of the extra stuff 00:07:32.480 --> 00:07:35.680 is coming up yeah and that's it that's that's 00:07:35.680 --> 00:07:37.500 what we're doing that's what we're here for it's 00:07:37.500 --> 00:07:40.399 very exciting today's public service announcement 00:07:40.399 --> 00:07:43.879 is keep your nerd friends close you never know 00:07:43.879 --> 00:07:45.759 when a great creative project may be around the 00:07:45.759 --> 00:07:48.779 corner I like this. This is a great public service 00:07:48.779 --> 00:07:52.579 announcement. Thank you. Thank you, listener 00:07:52.579 --> 00:07:55.120 schmissiners, for listening to this intro to 00:07:55.120 --> 00:07:57.600 Fandom Schmandom. We hope you'll join us this 00:07:57.600 --> 00:08:00.699 season and all the seasons hereafter for fantastic 00:08:00.699 --> 00:08:03.199 fandom content. If you're excited to hear from 00:08:03.199 --> 00:08:05.800 us, please hit us up on our social media channels. 00:08:05.959 --> 00:08:09.800 You can find us on TikTok and Instagram at fandomschmandompod 00:08:09.800 --> 00:08:14.000 and on X at fandom underscore schmandom. And 00:08:14.000 --> 00:08:16.470 with that, we're out, y 'all. Don't forget to 00:08:16.470 --> 00:08:21.209 tip your waiters. Fairly well. Fandom Shmandum 00:08:21.209 --> 00:08:23.509 was created by Sam Williams and Ciara Obermark. 00:08:23.670 --> 00:08:26.550 The show is produced by Aurelia Lieb. The editor 00:08:26.550 --> 00:08:29.209 is Brittany Fisher. The music is by Jeremiah 00:08:29.209 --> 00:08:49.419 Alves. I just hit my microphone, so I'm going 00:08:49.419 --> 00:08:51.899 to restart that whole sentence. Sorry, Brittany. 00:08:53.059 --> 00:08:55.039 You'd think we'd be better at this after I've 00:08:55.039 --> 00:08:57.820 been podcasting for five years, but no. No.