The crickets chirp into the summer night as the guys are joined by Stella (Batgirl to Oracle) to discuss recent — and forthcoming — adaptations, including Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, The Ghost in the Shell, and Street Fighter. Would “interpretation” be a better term? Is it a matter of time and place for certain stories? Is eroticism and death a good combination? … More What are the Needs of an Adaptation ROUND 3
With the passing of legendary actor Sam Neill, the guys are joined by Part of Your World’s Christian Honoré to discuss a major aspect of his legacy: being a genuinely good man. This week, we deconstruct that term as the lens through a visit to Jurassic Park, from one of our first movie heroes Dr. Alan Grant through to the badass excess of Jurassic World. … More Models of Masculinity: Jurassic Park?
It’s Criticism Time! This week the guys observe the discourse surrounding “bad comic book movies” and seek to expand thought, in between throwing rocks at their own favorite least-favorites.
After paying tribute to the late, great Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa and enduring our first Annual Amazon Shaming, Donovan and Harrison begin the long journey of recounting the story of their years as told in the movies, TV shows, and comics they enjoyed (and hated). The discussion of those revelatory works of media is interspersed with highlights and lowlights from 2025, including Superman, Sinners, 28 Years Later, Weapons, One Battle After Another, as well as small-screen terrors like Squid Game, The Last of Us, The Chair Company and more! Secrets are revealed, and the guys find themselves at loggerheads over the most unexpected film of the year… … More Year End Review 2025
In our third episode looking at fascism in media, we hone in the 1997 military/sci-fi flick Starship Troopers. Everyone fights, no one quits! Your cohosts Ace Harrison and Donovan Rico take apart the film as a work of propaganda and ask whether or not it’s entirely successful. … More What Did Starship Troopers Teach Us About Fascism?
This week the guys discuss how media and global education has failed in modern understanding of fascism, given…well, everything.
Josh returns to the show to talk about the next step in the Star Wars franchise, looking back on the last decade of the property after the Disney buyout. Is the Force really female? Or have the fans been betrayed repeatedly since Return of the Jedi? Is any of this important?!
Part one of… one?! It’s that time of year again, and Donovan and Harrison are back to recount their media highlights of 2024. … More Year End Review 2024
The boys are back! Donovan and Jesse return to play catch-up on the events since the last time they discussed Dragon Ball Super…sort of. Neither have seen the remainder of the DBS anime, but they have seen the most recent theatrical films! Here’s part one of the discussion, which focuses on most things they’ve missed, … More The Next Dimension: Dragon Ball Franchise Catch-Up and Super Broly Review (Part 1)
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