Here is the Big Update promised, and as shocking as it is, the main purpose of it is to tell you that Cannon Cruisers is not actually done.
Surprise!
While the old Cannon Cruisers series ended with exactly 170 Cannon Films episodes and 130 Non-Cannon episodes, a combined count of 300 total, we then decided to use the opportunity to do something different. We will continue Cannon Cruisers in a new way. As a consequence of our decision, we decided to end the old series, wrapping it up in a neat little bow and combining the total episode counts into one.
We did this because we want to relaunch Cannon Cruisers as more of a general movie / entertainment focused podcast, though it will still heavily feature films from the same time period as the original series did. The main reason we decided to do this is because there isn't much left to cover Cannon Films-wise specifically that we haven't already gone over, but on the other hand there is still plenty from the era (and bordering it) we still want to go over. On top of that, there are also curveballs we'd like to cover that wouldn't really fit the old format at all.
In other words, welcome to Bonus Feature, the new Cannon Cruisers series! Expect more of the same, and more on top of it.
What will be happening is that essentially the first episode of Bonus Feature will go up in March. It will start the count over at #1 again (though it would technically by "#301" overall, it's just simpler to start the numbering from the beginning again) and will no longer be on a weekly basis. We will try for biweekly, but there is no hard schedule anymore. Same style of episodes, it just won't be as constant as it once was.
There are a few reasons for this change. For one, as I've written about elsewhere, and as I know Randy is also dealing with much right now, we want to keep the podcast more of a fun endeavor and less of a serious priority. We've recorded and released 300 episodes over more than half a decade, and we don't want to stop, but we also want to keep it as the light and fun escapism it is for both us and the listeners. Episodes will now come out on a looser schedule, but they will be as they always were otherwise. The only thing that will change is the spread of topics covered and the fact that the "season" format will disappear. Bonus Feature is what it says in the title, a Bonus, and will be treated as one ongoing project from now on.
I also wanted to warn readers of the blog that at some point in the near future the SoundCloud episodes will disappear. That is because we are switching services to something more user (and wallet) friendly, which means we will be reuploading old episodes elsewhere. I will update the old posts accordingly as the switch happens. That said, for those who want to hear the old episodes, there is still the Bitchute page which contains every episode (including the Gaiden episodes I recorded alone during the pandemic), and posted on my own Substack. So if you still want to listen to, or download, any old episode, you still have plenty of options.
That's all there really is to say. Cannon Cruisers isn't going anywhere, neither are we, but the podcast is being tweaked a bit in order to keep it fresh and fun for listeners and to keep it interesting for us. Here's hoping for another 300 episodes on the road ahead. We've got a lot planned.
Thank you for listening and we will see you in March for the first episode of Bonus Feature! It's going to be a good one!
Up Next: Bonus Feature #1!
