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Two geeks separated by an ocean discuss the latest news in comics, film, TV, video games, and all things nerdy!
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Sunday Apr 18, 2021
Sunday Apr 18, 2021
Stephen Fox is back this week to help us get through this episode! After a few minutes of catching up, we kick off with news including Luther being criticized for not be Black enough; a live action Gundam series coming to Netflix with Jordan Voght-Roberts and Brian K. Vaughn attached; Skybound anthology series coming from Image Comics will bring Clementine in from Telltale's Walking Dead video game series; and Castlevania season 4 gets a new poster and a release day of May 13th! Then we head into a difference kind of monsterverse with Pacific Rim: The Black and CW's re-imagined take on the 1972 series of the same name, Kung Fu.
Tracklist:
0:46 - Catching up on what the three of us are up to
10:06 - Luther series accused of not being authentic enough
17:17 - Live action Gundam movie coming to Netflix with Jordan Voght-Roberts and Brian K. Vaughn attached
19:17 - Skybound miniseries announced for anthology run that involves most of their characters from across books
26:31 - Castlevania season 4 poster released -- It will be the final season and it airs on Netflix May 13th
28:27 - Pacific Rim: The Black review
51:36 - Kung Fu review
1:19:08 - Mark's recommendation: The Batman #107, from DC Comics
1:22:56 - Jasmin's recommendation: Snow White with the Red Hair, streaming on Funimation
1:25:34 - Stephen's recommendation: Upgrade, streaming on Amazon Prime
Sunday Apr 11, 2021
Sunday Apr 11, 2021
At just under 90 minutes, we managed to pack a lot into this episode! After an absurd number of outtakes, we kick off the episode talking about other podcasts we're listening to. In news, we cover the new Sony/Netflix "pay one window" deal; Into the Spider-Verse 2 casting rumors; Chris Terrio's comments about Whedon's Justice League; and the slate of films Paramount has pushed back. Then we dive into the centuries sprawling second season of A Discovery of Witches before expressing our disappointment in Godzilla vs Kong. Be sure to let us know what you think!
Tracklist:
1:10 - What other podcasts we're listening to
3:23 - Netflix and Sony sign new exclusive deal where Sony's films will hit Netflix immediately after theatrical release and home video release
8:20 - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2 rumored to be bringing in 90s cartoon Spidey
10:42 - Chris Terrio, screenwriter for Justice League, speaks out about how he wished he could have had his name removed from the theatrical version
17:39 - Paramount moves 10 films, pushing nearly all of them back even further
25:31 - A Discovery of Witches Season 2 review
59:27 - Godzilla vs Kong review
1:22:18 - Mark's Recommendation: Geiger #1 from Image Comics
1:24:16 - Jasmin's Recommendation: Two Moons from Image Comics
Sunday Apr 04, 2021
Sunday Apr 04, 2021
Long one this week as we dive head first into Zack Snyder's Justice League! We cover a bit of a news at the beginning including MLB getting political over Georgia's new voting laws, and a bunch of DC info like New Gods and The Trench getting axed, The Batman being set on Earth-2, and the voice cast announced for animated Batman: The Long Halloween.
Tracklist:
1:07 - New Gods (Ava DuVernay) and The Trench (James Wan) have been cancelled by WB
2:58 - MLB pulls All-Star game and draft out of the state of Georgia based on disapproval of new voting laws
5:08 - The Batman, starring Robert Pattinson, is set to take place on Earth-2
7:35 - Batman: The Long Halloween reveals animated voice cast
8:45 - Zack Snyder's Justice League review
1:42:52 - Mark's Recommendation - The Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode 3
1:43:30 - Jasmin's Recommendation - Invincible on Amazon Prime
Monday Mar 29, 2021
Monday Mar 29, 2021
We try to get better about letting you know what's going on in our lives, so we spend a bit of time talkin about our "geek caves" this week. Then we get into some Disney release date changes, a new National Treasure series coming to Disney+, and Marvel's big break from Diamond distributors and on to Penguin/Random House. Next we review the first three episodes of Amazon's Invincible before we finish the month off with Pilot Season: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers - The Day of the Dumpster.
Tracklist:
0:55 - What do our "geek caves" look like
10:04 - How did Mark and Jasmin even meet?!
12:01 - Marvel moves away from Diamond distributing to Penguin/Random House
16:17 - New National Treasure series set for Disney +
19:23 - Black Widow, Cruella, and Luca have new release dates from Disney
23:51 - Invincible review
48:38 - Pilot Season: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers - The Day of the Dumpster - Pilot review
1:11:45 - Mark's Recommendation: Witchblood #1 from Vault Comics
1:13:17 - Jasmin's Recommendation: Kentucky Kaiju
Tuesday Mar 23, 2021
Tuesday Mar 23, 2021
Lots of fun this week as our news dissolved into us chatting about all sorts of unrelated franchise topics! BZRKR, a Keanu Reeves and Matt Kindt comic, is being adapted for film and an anime over at Netflix with Keanu attached; Hawkeye has already produced a spinoff series as Native American hero Echo gets her own Disney+ series as well; Batwoman has officially recast Kate Kane. Then we get into the meat and potatoes as we tackle the first episode of The Falcon and The Winter Soldier and bring our monster-verse film watching to a close with Godzilla: King of the Monsters.
Tracklist:
1:02 - BZRKR comic, with Keanu Reeves, gets Netflix film and anime adaption
4:22 - Echo, a Native American superhero, is getting her own spin off series from the Hawkeye Disney+ series
7:05 - Batwoman has officially recast Kate Kane, after Ruby Rose's exit, they have added Wallis Day
13:00 - Random tangent that covers a bazillion different things
19:26 - The Falcon and The Winter Solider review
51:56 - Godzilla: King of the Monsters review
1:15:21 - Mark's recommendation - Marvel's Netflix Series (Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, The Defenders)
1:21:38 - Jasmin's recommendation - Fruits Basket Season 3
Sunday Mar 14, 2021
Sunday Mar 14, 2021
A bit of sad news to start the week as actor Cliff Simon passed away -- best known for his role as Ba'al on Stargate: SG1. Camrus Johnson, who plays Luke Fox on Batwoman, will be writing for the character of Luke Fox for DC comics! In Netflix news, casting announcements for both an adaptation of a Philippine graphic novel, Trese, and the Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness animated series'; first look images and release date for Yasuke have been announced as well. We're back to our March Monster Movie Month as we continue with the next film in our series, Kong: Skull Island; and we're heading back to Zamunda for Coming 2 America!
Tracklist:
1:46 - Actor Cliff Simon has passed away aged 58
3:50 - Trese, Philippine graphic novel, announced as new Netflix Anime series from a Jakarta and Singapore based studio
6:11 - Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness voice cast announced for Netflix series
7:47 - Camrus Johnson, Luke Fox in Batwoman series, set to write a Luke Fox story for DC Comics
9:57 - Yasuke, an original Netflix anime about the only documented Black Samurai, released stills and a stream date
17:20 - Coming 2 America review
49:36 - Kong Skull Island review
01:14:09 - Mark's Recommendation: Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver
01:18:08 - Jasmin's Recommendation: Blade Runner: Origins from Titan Comics
Sunday Mar 07, 2021
Sunday Mar 07, 2021
It's always a fun time when Stephen Fox joins us on the podcast! This week we do a bit of WandaVision recap, talk about SDCC going virtual for the second year in a row, and talk about some Seuss books that haven't aged well. Then we get into our reviews of the first two episodes of Superman & Lois on The CW and we kick off our March Monster Movie Month with Godzilla (2014)! For the first time in a long while, each of us had a comic to recommend this week.
Tracklist:
1:03 - WandaVision recap
11:41 - Quiet Place 2 moves up release date by 4 months
12:00 - SDCC going virtual only in July for second year in a row, but may have smaller in-person event in November
12:35 - Dr. Seuss books pulled from circulation for racist implications
18:54 - Superman & Lois review
52:50 - Godzilla (2014) review
01:21:35 - Mark's recommendation: Nocterra #1 comic
01:26:33 - Jasmin's recommendation: Marvel Voices Legacy #1
01:28:00 - Stephen's recommendation: Jupiter's Legacy
Sunday Feb 28, 2021
Sunday Feb 28, 2021
We skipped news this week because last week's review of Black Cotton really got us thinking about how the societal role reversal could be done differently. For episode 38, we're taking a look at the BBC/Peacock series Noughts + Crosses which also explores a "what if" scenario about the roles of the majority and minority being flipped. We review Bitter Root vol 1 from Image Comics as well. As for this month's Pilot Season, we're revisiting Dear White People on Netflix. There are lots of things to unpack in this episode, so please give it a listen and leave a comment!
Tracklist:
1:07 - Catching up on the week
3:36 - Noughts + Crosses review
50:50 - Pilot Season: Dear White People S01E01 review
01:14:27 - Bitter Root Vol 1 review
01:32:13 - Mark's recommendation: Shadowman from Valiant Comics
01:34:11 - Jasmin's recommendation: Powerman and Iron Fist (2011) from Marvel Comics
Monday Feb 22, 2021
Monday Feb 22, 2021
Originally published in 2013 by Top Shelf, an imprint of IDW Publishing, March is a trilogy that spans Congressman John Lewis’s lifelong fight for civil rights and the role he played in the Civil Rights movement in the United States. Book 1 covers Lewis’s youth from his childhood spent fighting to be able to go to school, up to his university days where he met Dr. Martin Luther King and began to organize sit ins at counters around the downtown area of his town. March is a multi-award winning series including being a New York Times bestseller, a Washington Post bestseller, a National Book Award winner, a Coretta Scott King Book Award winner, a Robert F. Kennedy Book Award winner, and an Eisner winner. We are joined this week by retired librarian and American Library Association Lifetime Achievement award winner Deborah Taylor. Please listen as we discuss the importance of graphic novels as a medium to tell non-fiction stories and we talk about how the late John Lewis always found a way to get into good trouble.
Sunday Feb 21, 2021
Sunday Feb 21, 2021
The cold snap in Texas won't stop us! Jasmin's working on borrowed Internet to get things done this week as we guested on Pop Culture Philosophers Live with Robbie! Be sure to check that out on YouTube and give it a thumbs up! This week, there's Star Girl news, we talk the Mortal Kombat trailer, Super Girl has been cast for the Flash film, and Wednesday Addams is getting a live action series on Netflix. Then we have a serious conversation about Black Cotton #1 before wrapping up our Castlevania rewatch with season 3.
Tracklist:
00:50 - Recap of the week: our appearance on Pop Culture Philosophers and Jasmin's trying times in the Texas freeze
13:47 - John Wesley Shipp will guest star on Star Girl
19:53 - Mortal Kombat trailer
24:49 - Sasha Calle cast as Super Girl in Flash film
27:15 - Wednesday Addams gets live action Netflix series, with Tim Burton set to direct
28:31 - Black Cotton #1 review
55:32 - Castlevania Season 3 review
1:28:42 - Mark's recommendation: Nice White Parents podcast
1:30:08 - Jasmin's recommendation: Cannon Busters anime on Netflix