The X-Men | Ep #87

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Join us in the Danger Room as we explore Professor Charles Xavier's dream of a world where all Earth's children, both mutant and human, might live together in harmony. Want a piece of fruit?    

 

Show Notes: 

01:40 X-Men Animated Series theme / Nickelodeon GUTS theme
02:50 See also: Marvel Cinematic Universe | Ep #23
03:10 Origins of the X-Men
04:05 X-Men #1 cover
08:20 Jack Kirby
21:25 Interlude: Jacues Montagne: "X-Men"
22:35 Giant-Size X-Men #1
25:20 Jim Lee's X-Men
26:46 X-Men the Animated Series
30:20 Australian Wolverine | "Pryde of the X-Men" pilot
31:55 Interlude: X-Men "It's Today!"
36:42 Age of Apocalypse 
42:05 Joe Madureira
43:01 Frank Quietly
45:20 Wolverine costume at Islands of Adventure
50:20 Wolverine and the X-Men


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The X-Men | Episode #87

Part-Time Jobs (Part 2) | Ep #72

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We're back to work this week with another round of reflections on our part-time employment past.  

 

Show Notes: 

02:30 How I launched 3 consoles (and found true love) at Babbage's store no. 9
04:10 FuncoLand

07:30 GamePro / Game Informer
10:20 F-Zero
12:40 Interlude: Ozma: "Game Over"
25:50 Three Stooges NES game
26:55 FuncoLand commercial
27:35 The king of cleaning kits
28:00 Interlude: Homegrown: "Get a Job"
29:25 The rebound effect
32:30 Borders
35:20 Unwritten Law
45:35 Interlude: Blink-182: "Dumpweed"
46:40 Empire Records music selection veto
47:44 Mike Ness: Cheating at Solitaire
49:00 Wal-Mart
51:15 Papa Johns (see also: Pizza | Ep #2)
54:16 The part-time work wish list
57:36 Comic City (see also: Comic Books | Ep #66)
58:06 Comic Book Men
1:00:16 The Borg sphere

See also: Part-Time Jobs (Part 1) | Ep #71



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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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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: 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