In the wake of a massive, very real controversy about a non-binary character in X-Men, the Q-Force recruits special guest Peter to help us move beyond the basic level into 102 territory. Deep lore. How do the Sentinels relate to recent Oscar nominee The Zone of Interest? Listen in and find out… … More …But Are the X-Men ACTUALLY Political?
The epic two-part saga concludes with an epic runtime, but what else can you expect when it’s finally time to dish about Spider-Man and Godzilla? Also, Barbie, Chill Kill, Blue Beetle, Killers of the Flower Moon, blaxploitation, and the worst anime of all time! What do you think? How did 2023’s entertainment stack up to previous years? … More Year End Review 2023 Part II
Taking an unorthodox approach this year, the QNA hosts are counting down 2023 entertainment from January to June. Ninja killers, zombie dramas, and grasshoppers on motorcycles, it’s been a year of surprises and high points. Low points, too! Was there a Thor: Love and Thunder of 2023? (Ancient astronaut theorists say “yes.”) … More Year End Review 2023 Part I
This week the guys take on the epic quest of determining why video games movies are always perceived as bad! Is it oversimplification? Which has the better track record, fighting game movies or horror movies? Is it all Uwe Boll’s fault? Press Start to find out!
This week Don and Stella discuss the topic of interracial relationships, with special guest Shai. Taking inspiration from Dr. Umar yelling about movies for children, is there any reason left to think about mixed-race coupling in the 21st century?
This week, Donovan and Harrison follow up on a question that’s been brewing over their coverage of police procedurals, which suck and are terrible forever and evermore amen, which is: well, if it doesn’t look like that, then what does it look like? … More How Do You Fight Crime?
This week Don has a hankering for a spankering, returning to the topic of when liberal media gets it wrong…or do they? What follows are old anxieties, discoveries of a new kind of storytelling genre and working to go with the flow.
This has been a long time coming. Almost thirteen years! Blue Bloods is a CBS juggernaut that’s developed a reputation for being your grandfather’s favorite show. It’s also perfectly symbolic of everything that’s wrong with the broader police procedural genre — when it’s lucid enough to even be coherent. It may not have the on-screen violence of its neighbors, but the racism and sexism and cultural relativism is so pernicious, quietly inflecting every moment of every last godforsaken episode. … More Why is ‘Blue Bloods’ Still on TV?
It’s grating to be back! For our first episode of the new millennium, we’re taking a retrospective look at what once were new ideas and trying — sometimes failing — not to simply prove we’re not basic or whatever, or that we automatically go along with what everybody’s saying. No, we’re above that. Above being above. So, below, in a sense. That’s basically what this episode is about. Trigger warnings, cancel culture, defund the police, and more! … More How Do You Disagree with the Mainstream?
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