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POD is WAR & Peacemaker Review: Episode 4

WAR & Peace-maker continues to Episode 4! Who walks “The Choad Less Traveled”? Is it a long road? Dusty road? How would a duck put on a human costume?

Published

3 years ago

January 29, 2022

Andrew Balaz

Well since the Bandwagon Nerds are buried in other shows, the tumultuous triple triad decided this show’s title just goes too well with our show name. So as a cheap excuse for a literary reference, and to spread the good word of hair metal and John Cena, POD is WAR will be reviewing Peacemaker!

Show: Peacemaker
Streaming Service: HBO Max
IMDB: 8.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes: Critics – 94% / Audience – 84%

WAR & Peacemaker Review: The Choad Less Traveled

Adam: Y’know… we said hopefully there would be some depth to the next few episodes and my oh my, did episode four give us some depth so where do we begin? Well Peacemaker gives us a good point against Batman with the old neighbor for his Dad after getting some new helmets in the house, some tension between Vigilante and Peacemaker driving from the house to the jail that Peacemaker’s dad is at and some more plot thickening. Peacemaker says that he has to rely on his dad since her is family which is fair but Leota puts the idea in Vigilante’s head that maybe the world is better off without the White Dragon and Peacemaker can be at… well,… peace. Everyone actually gains some level of depth but Vigilante and Peacemaker have the most.

After being told that the world is better off without Peacemaker’s dad, Vigilante makes sure he goes into prison to confront the Dragon and tries to beat him up but, on the side story, Judomaster escapes his restraints because he is not dead. He managed to wake up at the HQ, beat up Economos and have a rematch with Peacemaker. They seem even for a long amount of time but, Leota actually shoots him with her gun and might have, possibly gotten her first kill… ever! Some quick banter back and forth with her and Peacemaker until it goes back to Vigilante, confronting Peacemaker’s Dad and his goons in prison with by far the greatest banter I have ever heard in my life that I require royalties from saying some of it in the past. He makes the mistake by telling him that the White Dragon is, “A Bad Dad” and he catches on, requiring that the detective speak to him and Vigilante is free to go and picked up from Harcourt that he might have made things worse. We get a big reveal at the end of the episode but why should I say? Go find out from yourself and go smoke with your Eagle and Butterfly Alien to remember your brother that you might have killed… possibly. I don’t know. Speaking of Brothers!!!!

Adam’s Rating: 4.8

PC Tunney: After a long week of living at the bottom of a pitcher or three of Margaritas…he forgot how to spell (yes even his own name). So as he recovers on reruns of Sesame Street to remember what letters look like, tune into the podcast for his thoughts!

PC Tunney Rating: 4.25

Andrew: Now my main concern after the first three episodes, was that this was going to be a dumb humor show with no nuance. My concerns were almost immediately absolved within the first few minutes of this episode. Peacemaker’s conversations with Vigilante alone add a ton of depth to both of them. Even if there’s passive aggressive tones about the torture scene, colorfully blunt ways to talk about Vigilante’s dad and a dumb duck in a human suit conversation, there’s a lot of layers.

Once Peacemaker makes a very salient point about being better than Batman to the nosy neighbor, he finds out his dad got arrested. We see both Vigilante and Peacemaker’s tones toward each other change. Family loyalty and being honest to their own code or word is important to both of them. Peacemaker has to immediately come to terms with his dad being a racist piece of crap, but he’s still his dad, and he loves him. So even though Leota tries to stop him from going to talk to his dad in jail, he feels obligated.

Leota and Vigilante get to talking, which gives Vigilante the idea to try and murder Peacemaker’s dad in jail. So he goes out of his way to get arrested and his scene challenging the Aryan Nation is a work of art. Granted his emotions get the best of him, and he says just enough to tip off Peacemaker’s dad that he’s working with Peacemaker.

This continues the concept that Peacemaker is trying to be a good person, regardless of the fact that everything is working against him. The bumbling meat head approach to most of the conversations start to actual add a wholesome sincerity to his perspective instead of just seeming ignorant and stupid. Such a fantastic way evolve characters without feeling forced or like a ham-fisted revelation arc.

Andrew’s Rating: 4.75/10

POD is WAR Consensus Rating on Peacemaker – The Choad Less Traveled: 4.6/5

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HPW Investigates: The Glowing Aura Phenomenon…

Riju, Sidon, Thunderbird, Donny B. Kool, Yunobo. Five stars of HPW have had powerful performances, but there’s something more to it… What is the reason behind this modern mystery? And could there be another?

Reviewing the timeline of events…

March 21st, the Triforce Tournament Bracket Finals

As the Gerudo Sisterhood was settling its grudge, Riju fought as hard as she could as the massive underdog against the Dame of the Dunes. Riju would survive heavy impact, begin to glow as she made her comeback, but Shabonne made sure she would lose the match. On that same night, we would see Sidon and Thunderbird each have their own moment where, after surviving heavy damage, they would begin to glow and make their comebacks. From there, Sidon and Thunderbird would win their way into the Triforce Tournament Finals at the Triforce Annivesary show.

April 1st, The Triforce Anniversary

Not only would we see Sidon & Thunderbird each bring out that same glowing energy, but Donny B. Kool would bring out that same phenomenon during the 21 Person Battle Royal. Donny held his own, but with that many opponents, winning was unlikely, and he was eliminated fifth-to-last.

May 1st, Wrestling Is Life

Yunobo won that 21 Person Battle Royal in April, and made his challenge for the HPW Death Mountain Championship. Igos du Ikana was as sharp as ever, but both men pushed each other to their limits. Yunobo powered through submissions and sharp strikes, bringing about the glowing aura, but Igos still won the match and retained the title.

So what might this all mean?

Five stars have been seen with glowing auras during the emotional heights of these matches. Or perhaps, the glowing auras are the results of these emotional heights? Could they be brought about by the “fighting spirit” within each one and in turn bring out new strength and energy? Each one of the five certainly seemed to “dig down deep” and fight like they were rising above mortal expectations.

Another detail that must be considered is the number of people who have presented this glowing aura phenomenon. Five people, with no connections between them: Riju the Gerudo; Sidon the Zora; Thunderbird the Ruto; Donny B. Kool the Gero; and Yunobo the Goron. Granted, they’re all young, and certainly leading this new generation forward. But the number itself is a point of focus. Needless to say that in Hyrule, three is the magic number, originating with the Triforce of legend. Therefore, multiples of three are also important. Five recorded phenomena, could this be a breaking of the norm? Or could there be a sixth?

Images flash on screen of the many faces on the HPW roster. Who could it be that enters the GAP?