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Valerian and Laureline - Episode 1 (e)

2022-09-26
Chris Hamm, Chris Jacobsen, Travis Rowe

Wherein we chat about the first four story arcs of the comic Valerian and Laureline and we also discuss: recent travels and new kittens, the original format of the comic and how we would've coped having to read it weekly, time travel rules in this universe, specific reasons why Laureline is the best, presidential orbital escape plans, French kissing standards and things that happen off screen, and various Star Trek maneuvers.


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Things of note in this episode:

  • Intro Clip: New Skype feature?
  • "is this what it's like to be old?"
  • Travels and New Kittens
  • Original format of the comic
  • and how we might've cope with reading it weekly
  • Laureline is awesome
  • How exactly does time travel work in this universe?
  • Specific reasons that Laureline is awesome
  • Presidential orbital escape plans
  • French kissing standards
  • Things happening "off screen"
  • A solar system of a *thousand* planets?
  • Named Star Trek maneuvers
  • How an empire falls apart
  • Homework for next time: Watch Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets movie
  • "What Else Is Good?"
  • On Second Thoughts
  • After Credits: Off into the wilds of NC



An automatically generated transcript of this episode is available here