Bonus Ep. - The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (with Ashley Esqueda and Siddhant Adlakha)

Decoding TV

David Chen

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4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 December 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Happy holidays, all! In this Decoding TV bonus episode, David Chen is joined by Ashley Esqueda and Siddhant Adlakha to discuss The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special. What is it like to see Marvel superheroes participating in everyday Earth rituals? Does the special rely too much on your real-life knowledge of [REDACTED]? And how important is it to watch this Special before the next Guardians of the Galaxy movie? Listen to hear our thoughts!

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Decoding TV. A podcast about television. I am David Chen and we have
0:05.3	a special treat for you today. A discussion about the Guardians of the Galaxy holiday special. I'm
0:09.9	here with two awesome guests. She is a pop culture host and author of the Art of Psychonauts 2.
0:16.8	Ashley Eskeva, welcome back to Decoding TV. Oh, thank you for having me. I'm just glad I get to
0:22.7	talk about another special presentation from the Marvels. Yes, Marvels special presentation.
0:29.2	Joining us also, he has been my regular partner in crime since the last summer on Decoding TV. He's
0:33.6	a film critic at IGN. His work can also be seen at the New York Times and Vulture. Sit on at Laka.
0:39.8	How are you doing, man? Good, good. Thank you for having me. I'm in a very Christmassy mood.
0:45.3	All right. Well, let's get to it. We are here to talk about the Guardians of the Galaxy holiday
0:49.9	special, which is available on Disney Plus. Let's hear a clip from the trailer for the show.
0:59.2	I just saw him the calendar that right now on Earth, it's almost Christmas time.
1:03.5	We don't have time for trivialities like Christmas, but Peter so sad about Gamora being gone.
1:11.9	Maybe if we go to Earth, they're really wonderful Christmas games. They would make him happy.
1:21.2	That was from the trailer for the Guardians of the Galaxy holiday special. I should point out,
1:25.5	we are going to spoil this holiday special starting now. If you haven't watched it yet,
1:31.4	you may not want to listen to this. Sit on. You have something to say. It seems like.
1:34.8	I would just like to point out, for those only listening to this and not watching it on video,
1:39.1	that Ashley and I were nodding along to the jingly tunes of this trailer in a very fun manner,
1:45.3	while David was just being his grumpy, grinchy self. Thank you for providing people that
1:54.3	visual aid in their head. Sit on. Appreciate that. The Guardians of the Galaxy holiday special.
2:01.9	Here is the extremely vague marketing summary of the plot on IMDB. Star Lord,
2:08.3	Drax, Rocket, Mantis, and Groot engage in some spirited shenanigans in an all-new original
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