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Black History Month Replay – The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
The Black History Month Replay continues! This time, I chose a more recent outing, editing together the two episodes Kelen Conley came on to discuss Disney+'s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier series.
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Black History Month Replay – Black Panther
For Black History Month, we usually spotlight black superhero movies, but I didn't do as well planning for this year. So instead, I've decided to give you two episodes a week. Throughout February, you'll hear a new episode as well as Black History Month Replay, when I spotlight a few of my personal favorite episodes we've recorded on black superheroes.
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Episode #133 – Ms. Marvel
Professor Sy Islam is back for a discussion of another MCU TV series. In this episode, we focus on Ms. Marvel, discussing the importance of this character for representation, how she's served to bring new, young fans into Marvel, the changes from the comics, expanding people's knowledge of history and culture through stories like these, and so much more.
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Episode #131 – The Punisher (2004)
The Punisher has had a number of false starts in adaptations and in this episode, we discuss the 2004 attempt starring Tom Jane and John Travolta. Anthony Desiato of the Digging For Kryptonite podcast returns to the show to talk about a character quite different from his usual fare and there's a lot of good to be found in this film, but also plenty to criticize.
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Episode #127 – Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
We're back with the second part of our Fantastic Double Feature! Kelen Conley is here again, and this week we're revisiting Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, which is the best FF movie to date...although that's not saying much. We discuss the things that really work in this movie, how Doom is still the greatest weakness, and why the Galactus cloud actually made sense (for the time).
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Episode #126 – Fantastic Four (2005)
Kelen "B-Hyphen" Conley returns for another double feature. And this time out, we're looking back on the Tim Story Fantastic Four films that introduced Chris Evans to most Marvel fans. There's a lot more good in this movie than people remember, even if it is hampered by some poor writing and at least one very spectacular miscast.
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Episode #117 – Once Upon a Deadpool
Will Short of the Days Past Tooncast returns and this time, Perry's making him watch Once Upon a Deadpool when he knows almost nothing about the character and hasn't even seen the Deadpool or Deadpool 2. We discuss Ryan Reynolds' interactions, the smart way Fox got everyone to pay for the same movie twice, and the great intercuts with Fred Savage.
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Episode #115 – Ant-Man
This week, Perry is joined by video editor and writer Eddie Thomson of Why We Watch to discuss 2015's Ant-Man! We discuss the long road this movie took to getting made, from Edgar Wright's long involvement in the project, switching over to Adam McKay and eventually landing in the hands of Peyton Reed. We also talk about how the heist film aspect helps set this apart from the rest of the MCU and why not every movie needs to end in some world-ending threat.
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Episode #114 – Captain America (1990)
In this episode, writer Geoffrey Golden joins Perry to discuss the 1990 Captain America film, starring (believe it or not) the son of JD Salinger. What two ideas did the MCU take from this movie? Listen to find out!
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Episode #113 – Spider-Man 2
You don't get to the MCU without first going through Spider-Man 2. In this episode, Derick McDuff of the Underrated podcast joins to have a look back at what is still considered one of the best superhero movies ever. We talk about what still holds up really well, like Peter Parker balancing his personal life with his web-slinging, the standout performances from Molina and Franco, and some things that don't hold up, like the treatment of Mary Jane. Also, we discuss some of the tropes this film helped cement that still appear in superhero movies to this day.
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