Since the dawn of mankind and the use of language and art to convey meaning through story, there has been a tension between the intent of the creator to tell the story they long to tell, the desire of the audience to hear more about the characters with whom they fall in love, and the corporate interest to continue meeting the fans’ desires for fun and profit. Sometimes, everybody wins. But when creators are gone or exhausted and the fans demand more, the temptation for corporate interests to just “fill in the blanks” and not worry about the consequences is just too great.

And it kills the very things we love.

This podcast is a unique entry in the short life of ROADTRIPPIN’. Rob is busy at CinemaCon and so I have been left to my own devices to construct 40-50 minutes of what I hope is mildly entertaining and fairly informing audioscape.

There’s more of me here than any of us probably desire, and for that, I apologize. But Rob assures me he’ll have some time to record an episode for Thursday and then will be back in so-Cal on Friday, so I ask for your indulgence.

I’ve written a bit more on this subject on our website: postgeeksingularity.com ... just look for Jar Jar’s picture and the ROADTRIPPIN’ highway sign and you’ll know you’re at the right place. Come on by and read some more, if this subject interests you.

And if it doesn’t (and I can’t really blame you), feel free to shoot us a suggestion of a different topic by sending us an email.

Just click on the "Contact Us" button in the main navigation of our website at postgeeksingularity.com and you'll be able to send us a message to let us know how we're doing and what's on your mind.

We look forward to hearing from you.

I invite you to listen in on my weekday conversations with my friend and business partner, Robert Meyer Burnett, as we talk about the things we love: great movies, inspiring television programming, nostalgic genre entertainment, and pop culture.

This episode streamed on April 27, 2022.