Comic Books | Ep #66

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Grab your bags and boards, True Believers. We're raiding the longboxes for a very special issue that'll be worth millions some day.   

 

Show Notes: 

00:40 The Todd McFarlane technique
01:45 John hates "annuals"
03:00 Our first books

03:51 X-Men the Animated Series
04:49 My Secret Identity
09:10 Comic shops
14:15 Interlude: X-Men the Animated Series Opening Theme
15:20 It's hard out there for a comic shop
17:51 The publisher/distributor/retailer rut
19:10 Diamond Comics Distributors
25:10 The digital promise
28:30 Interlude: "Tracer" (Chasing Amy)
29:20 Comics lexicon
31:20 The collecting phenomenon
33:44 Amazing Fantasy #15
41:20 Comic book people
45:15 Interlude: Tripod: "Hot Girl in the Comic Shop"
47:05 Epic crossovers
48:20 Onslaught
50:50 Age of Apocalypse
53:20 No Man's Land
56:40 "Other" publishers


See also:
Marvel Cinematic Universe | Ep #23
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Ep #37
DC Cinematic Universe: Superman | Ep #53
DC Cinematic Universe: Batman | Ep #54

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Comic Books | Ep #66

Addendums 04 | Eps 48-60

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We right our wrongs, answer your questions, address your criticisms, and eat your donuts.      

 

Show Notes: 

01:05 Every donution counts

03:50 Ep #48: Movie Theaters
05:00 The Chase-Park Plaza Cinema
05:45 MX Movies
17:40 Interlude: James Brown: "Mother Popcorn"

18:30 Wehrenberg Theatres
22:40 Cinedigm
26:55 Christmas Presents | Ep #52
30:00 Interlude: "Buddies"
30:20 DC Cinematic Universe: Superman (Ep #53) | Batman (Ep #54)
38:18 Suburbia | Ep #56
43:20 Breakfast | Ep #57
53:25 Interlude: Queen: "I Want It All"
54:25 Awards Shows | Ep #58
59:44 Movie Directors: The A-List | Ep #59
01:05 Frederico Fellini
01:02:40 Kathryn Bigelow
01:05:05 Digital Music | Ep #60

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Addendums 04 | Eps 48-60

DC Cinematic Universe: Batman | Ep #54

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You ever dance with the devil by the pale moonlight? Then join us as part two of our look at DC Comics' superhero movies fires up the bat signal. Oh, and Alfred? Give Knox a grand.  

 

Show Notes: 

01:15 Batman 

01:28 Mr. Mom Wayne

07:24 Batman Returns

11:07 Batman Forever
12:24 Batman and Robin
13:05 Interlude: Danny Elfman: "Descent Into Mystery" (Batman)
13:35 The well - Batman Begins
20:25 Interlude: The Interrogation (The Dark Knight)
21:25 Heath Ledger as the Joker

22:27 Batman: A Death in the Family

29:48 Interlude: Freestyle Bane 

31:15 The Dark Knight Rises

43:09 Batman begins (again)

See also: DC Cinematic Universe: Superman | Ep #53

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DC Cinematic Universe: Batman | Ep #54

DC Cinematic Universe: Superman | Ep #53

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Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, and able to throw giant cellophane insignias at Kryptonian ex-cons, part one of our epic talk on DC Comics' superhero movies tackles the cinematic treatment of the son of Jor-El. Kneel before Zod! 

 

Show Notes: 

01:05 See also: Marvel Cinematic Universe | Ep #23

02:30 Contradictions

03:05 Margot Kidder on Smallville

04:10 Bryan Singer's Superman wedge
07:15 The numbers: DC vs. Marvel
12:08 Superman: The Movie
12:44 Gene Hackman as Lex Luthor
16:50 The earth-spinning theory

19:50 Interlude: Goldfinger: "Superman"

20:55 The struggle with Super-stories

23:15 Superman II

28:10 Superman II Metropolis battle

28:55 Superman II Fortress of Solitude battle

34:07 Interlude: R.E.M.: "Superman"

35:00 The green crystal scam

37:55 Superman III

38:30 Mama Fratelli becomes a cyborg

39:50 Lex Luthor: "Land, land, land"

40:50 Superman Returns

48:10 Interlude: Spin Doctors: "Jimmy Olson's Blues"

49:15 Man of Steel

51:26 The Justice League
57:40 Green Lantern

 

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DC Cinematic Universe: Superman | Ep #53

Doomsday | Ep #14

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Enraptured with the rapture but not sure where to start? Stop worrying and learn to love the bomb (and various other doomsday scenarios) with our guide to Mayan calendars, mushroom clouds, and Moore's law. It's the end of the world as we know it, and we...eh, you know.

Show Notes:

01:34 Armageddonology
03:10 The Mayan calendar
05:20 The (jolly) red giant theory
09:52 Sword Interval
13:12 Timewave Zero

16:15 Interlude: Nancy Sinatra - "The End of the World"

17:25 Singularity

17:47 Moore's law

24:23 When do the zombies come in?

25:46 All-star doomsday scenario team-up

28:05 Interlude: Pennywise - "30 Seconds Till the End of the World"

28:55 Why 2K?

32:06 Nostradamus

33:55 The Nibiru high-five

38:40 The original holy-crap, end-of-the-world story

43:35 Interlude: REM - "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)"

44:46 Doomsday lit

50:13 End of the world flicks

55:17 Cthulu

57:34 The Kraken

Retraction
Via NASA.com's FAQ:
Q: Could phenomena occur where planets align in a way that impacts Earth?
A: There are no planetary alignments in the next few decades, Earth will not cross the galactic plane in 2012, and even if these alignments were to occur, their effects on the Earth would be negligible. Each December the Earth and sun align with the approximate center of the Milky Way Galaxy but that is an annual event of no consequence.

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Doomsday | Ep #14