We said we were taking the week off, but that's only because we forgot San Diego Comic-Con was this weekend. And look at us now, convening to do an emergency podcast on a Saturday night because Marvel announced some fairly major stuff. In this special episode we talk about Robert Downey Jr as Dr. Doom! The trailer for The Penguin ! Creature Commandoes ! Harrison Ford being grumpy! And more more more. Next week: we'll begin covering Batman: The Caped Crusader . We touch on Deadpool and Wolverine ...
Jul 28, 2024•1 hr 26 min
This week we talk about the big big news that hit over the weekend. No, not Joe Biden - my Western shirts! Also: some small amounts of news and lots of speculation about the Hall of Justice. As for The Boys: did season 4 stick the landing? Was there too much wheel spinning this season? And why, exactly, is everyone not dead at the end? We may find out the answer to that one... in like two years, when the show comes back for its final season. Thanks for listening! We're taking next week off but w...
Jul 22, 2024•1 hr 22 min
This week The Boys both delights and disappoints in ways that are very specifically on-brand for The Boys . It's weird that this show can be so good and so frustrating at the exact same time! In the intro we talk about the latest comic book movie news, including a controversy surrounding Captain America: Brave New World that will likely lose us subscribers. Also: we react to the trailers for that film and Agatha All Along , and we don't agree! If you don't care about any of that stuff skip right...
Jul 15, 2024•2 hr 2 min
Holy whips and chains, Tek Knight! This week's episode of The Boys brings us into that universe's version of the Batcave, and it's as pervy as you might expect. But is the episode any good? That's the big question. Also: some news, including whether or not Kevin Feige is playing favorites. If you don't care about that, skip to 33:57. This week's music is the Velvet Underground. Thanks for listening!
Jul 08, 2024•1 hr 44 min
You want Superman news? We got Superman news - tons of pics from the Cleveland set of James Gunn's Superman have hit the web, and we have thoughts on them! Also some other news from the world of comics and movies, including the reveal that Marvel intends on returning to Hall H at Comic-Con this year in a big way. What could they be bringing? On The Boys we have three storylines that feel consequential in their own way, and we get Simon Pegg delivering a performance so good that I have to eat my ...
Jul 01, 2024•1 hr 37 min
Here's a free listen to another one of our podcasts, The Bad Batch, where we talk Star Wars. This week's episode of The Acolyte was such a big deal that we thought folks who aren't normally subscribed might want to listen, and that maybe this would incentivize you to come join us at the Patreon! It's as simple as going to www.patreon.com/cinemasangha and subscribing for only $1 a month. A dollar! Please be aware: we go heavy spoilers early so if you aren't watching The Acolyte but might some day...
Jun 27, 2024•1 hr 34 min
It's dark this season on The Boys, and our heroes are cruising for a bruising. Especially Starlight, who is cruising to put a bruising on Firecracker. And Homelander goes to Carvel! That's can't be ominous, can it? This week Derek is tired! There's Superman news (but we recorded before today's set pics appeared). And I don't do so well at trivia. Thanks for listening! Come join us on the Patreon !...
Jun 24, 2024•2 hr 1 min
Welcome back to Marvelvision! As we wait for new Marvel stuff to make its way to us we are branching out a bit to cover season four of the hit Amazon Prime show The Boys . This show is based on a comic book that both of deeply dislike, but we have very much enjoyed the series to date, and the fourth season appears to continue a good - if slightly repetitive - streak. The first three episodes are The Department of Dirty Tricks , Life Among the Septics and We'll Keep the Red Flag Flying Here , and...
Jun 17, 2024•2 hr 37 min
Derek is off on vacation this week so I took to the mic solo to talk about some movies I have seen recently. I go into The Fall Guy and Challengers , featuring some spoilers about Challengers , and along the way touch on Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and Tangerine , among other stuff. Derek is returning to the United States right now so we will be back with regularly scheduled programming soon; our next episode of any podcast will be for our Star Wars show, The Bad Batch, where we'll cover the two par...
May 31, 2024•46 min
This week it's the big finale of season one of X-Men '97 and you better believe we have a fight about Iron Man and Captain America's cameos in the episode. A big one! We also talk about how this show might be the best Marvel Comics adaptation ever, our guesses about next season and we weigh on whether or not everyone should kiss. That all happens at 50:35. Before that it's all sorts of news, including the official title of the Agatha show, Scott Snyder visits the Superman set and more. Derek is ...
May 17, 2024•2 hr 4 min
OK, so Batman can't kill the Joker... but could he lobotomize him? This week we argue about the philosophy of justice and what is too far for a superhero to go. It's tied deeply into the episode, as Magneto decides to say eff you to humanity and Bastion is perhaps getting away with mass murder. Plus: Ralph Ineson is Galactus! This is great casting. And we talk about the first look at the new Superman costume and much, much more.
May 10, 2024•2 hr 10 min
Derek says nobody reads these. Is he right? Let's find out! This week: how is it possible that the follow-up series to a mediocre nostalgia bait 90s cartoon is the best X-Men adaptation ever? It's nuts! This first part of a three parter is the kind of stuff most shows hold for season finales! Meanwhile: who is Paul Walker Hauser playing in Fantastic Four ? And was 2019 actually forty years ago? Come join our Patreon!
May 03, 2024•1 hr 47 min
Gambit is dead. Real dead! Getting buried and everything. And Rogue is on a rampage - can Captain America stop her? Are Jubilee and Sunspot in their own TV show? And why did the X-Men wait a whole week before going to Genosha? All this and more on the latest X-Men '97 ! Also: is Zack Snyder in his Kevin Smith era? And is it surprising that two middle aged white nerds would find themselves sidetracked with Kevin Smith talk for far too long? Thanks for listening! Join the Patreon to support the sh...
Apr 26, 2024•2 hr 7 min
To space, my X-Men! We finally catch up with Professor X, who has been walking around and boning down in the Shi'ar Imperium. Meanwhile, Storm has to confront her greatest fears to save Forge, even though it's his fault she has no powers. Do you like X-Men cosmic stories? If so, you're in luck. If not, you're Derek. And there's Marvel news, including a Captain America: Brave New World toy leak that may or may not reflect the actual film. Plus: what does that asterisk mean in the Thunderbolts* ti...
Apr 19, 2024•1 hr 41 min
This week things go nuts ! This is the big episode towards which everything has been building, and it has everything you want in an X-Men story: romance! betrayal! intrigue! violence! tragedy! It's got it all! Plus: a bunch of news from CinemaCon. What's up with the asterisk in the Thunderbolts title? How about that new Superman logo? And what's up with Beau DeMayo? Double plus: Derek has a theory that ruins my whole day! Thanks for listening! See you next week as we discover the ramifications o...
Apr 12, 2024•1 hr 45 min
This week: can we trust James Gunn? Does anyone want a movie where Superman fights Evil Superman? And will the Human Torch really have those little lines on him when he flames on? Plus: I have an amazing experience at the bank. It's better than it sounds. On X-Men '97 : Jubilee gets sucked into a video game by Mojo while Storm chills out at Forge's cabin... but something just ain't right. Was this a waste of an episode? You'll have to listen to find out what we think! Thanks for listening....
Apr 05, 2024•1 hr 48 min
This week the X-Men cartoon sorta adapts the crossover event Inferno , and jams it all into about 40 minutes. Is it too rushed? Yes. Does it still mostly rule? Yes. In the news segment we have thoughts about Spider-Man 4 and the rumored directors. Plus: we talk more about bringing an It's Always Sunny attitude to Fantastic Four . Thanks for listening and see you next week!
Mar 29, 2024•1 hr 35 min
First up, a programming note: we will be swapping the days we release our podcasts. We are going to release Marvelvision on Fridays and move The Bad Batch to Mondays. So expect another episode of Marvelvision this week. On this episode: wait, the new X-Men cartoon is good ? Like, really good ? How did this happen? What miracle has occurred? And in the intro: some small news, and I tried smelling salts. Wowza. They're not just in old movies, they're real, and they pack a punch. Thanks for listeni...
Mar 25, 2024•1 hr 51 min
As we get ready for X-Men 97 starting next week we take an episode to just catch up with the news, including the latest on Blade , Eternals sequels and the eternal production of Thunderbolts . Plus: they finished Wonder Man ?!? Next week it's all nostalgia all the time as the continuation of the 90s X-Men cartoon hits Disney+. We'll be covering the first two episodes. See you there!
Mar 18, 2024•1 hr 12 min
This week we're talking about the 96th annual Academy Awards, the first Oscars Derek has watched in over a decade! And he picked a good one to return to, as the night had surprisingly deserving winners, big fun moments and also Godzilla. Find out our thoughts on who deserved what they won and which losers should have been winners. Hear us discuss "I'm Just Ken" and also get into an argument about celluloid! This one has it all. By the way, join our Patreon at the $5 or above level to get our len...
Mar 11, 2024•1 hr 20 min
This week we're doing something a little different. We're pulling an episode of Watch Men out from behind the paywall and letting you get a listen to it - free! The episode is about The Marvels , a much-maligned MCU film that we quite liked and that is now on Disney+ and finally picking up some appreciation. What better time to get this back in front of your ear canals? But don't worry - if you've already heard this we have a solid hours of news and putzing around, so you've got plenty to listen...
Mar 04, 2024•3 hr 25 min
The Dynamic Duo is born... and right off the bat there's something a little odd about their relationship. Now, we're not taking Wertham's side on this one but it is really strange for a rich guy to simply abscond with a recently orphaned little boy. It's Detective Comics #38, the first appearance of Robin the Boy Wonder, the multi-murdering sidekick to the Dark Knight Detective. And there are backup stories galore, a few of which contain racism! Before that: the news! The Fantastic Four are cast...
Feb 19, 2024•2 hr 27 min
When Captain America throws his mighty shield.... well, he's not throwing his shield yet, but he's already got a 9 year old sidekick who sleeps in bed with him? Yes, this is just one of the revelations coming out of Captain America Comics #1, where Joe Simon and Jack Kirby introduce the Star-Spangled Avenger and his nemesis The Red Skull. And there are backup stories, and get this - they're first appearances of major Marvel mythological concepts as well! Pretty impressive for 1941. Next week: De...
Feb 12, 2024•2 hr 20 min
Comics are for kids. We all know that. But don't kids deserve a little bit more respect? This is the question that hangs over the two stories in The Flash #110, which sees the introduction of Wally West, aka Kid Flash, aka a future Flash. Before we get to the origin of this scarlet speedster we got ourselves some news, including pondering about whether they'll keep Israeli superhero Sabra in the new Captain America , which seems like it's going to do a complete reshoot in the coming months. Next...
Feb 05, 2024•1 hr 38 min
“Whosoever holds this hammer, if he be worthy, shall possess the power of Thor.” We all know the Mighty Thor today, thanks to the MCU and of course his appearance with the Incredible Hulk on TV, but how did he start? The latest entry in our Secret Origins series has shown us that many of the most famous comic book characters were born with their fundamental DNA intact. Not so much with the Mighty Thor. In fact, in his first appearance Thor is visually recognizable... but that's about it! And may...
Jan 29, 2024•1 hr 32 min
The finale of Echo is here, and the show was better than we expected - but how much better? We do not agree on this particular point, but we do find ourselves in agreement on a lot of elements that we actually did like quite a bit. And then there is the news - a lot going on in the world of comic book movies, including the groundbreaking news that Superman will have a sense of humor in the upcoming James Gunn film, and if you think that sent a certain segment of fandom into a rage spiral... well...
Jan 22, 2024•2 hr 8 min•Season 16Ep. 2
This week I finally come clean about my serious case of John Krasinski Derangement Syndrome, and we speculate about Pedro Pascal's schedule. Then it's on to the first three episodes of Echo , which showed up on Disney+ and Hulu this week. The whole series was released at once, but we're splitting it up because it would be a very, very long episode indeed if we did it all. The big takeaway? Neither of us hated this show the way we expected we would. Maybe the most shocking thing - we both agree t...
Jan 15, 2024•2 hr 14 min•Season 16Ep. 1
You asked, we answer. This week we interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to bring you a special Q&A episode. We asked your for your questions and you came through - so much so that we couldn't answer everyone! The questions range from the silly to the sublime, and if you listen you can find out why I would marry the Red Skull, who Derek's least favorite Flash is and whether we ever intend to do more podcasts on different subjects. Next week we will be talking about the first two or t...
Jan 09, 2024•1 hr 45 min•Season 15Ep. 2
This week we are talking about all the episodes of What If...? season two all at once. That's partially because Disney+ dropped em one day after another and partially because I had COVID and we couldn't do this in two parts like we intended. Was this a bad season? One of us thinks so! Was this a 'whatever' season with a few good eps and one great episode? One of us thinks so! Is What If...? wasting the entire concept by just doing rehashes and being afraid of killing any characters? Everybody ag...
Jan 01, 2024•2 hr 6 min•Season 15Ep. 1
Trigger warning: someone farts on mic this episode. And if that's not bad enough, my mic was not set properly for the intro of the episode. But don't worry, the bad sound quality only lasts fifty minutes . We talk about all kinds of news and stuff, and also there's a recorded fart, but it sounds very bad. So if you don't want to suffer through it skip to 50:19. When we get to All-Star #8 we are faced with a stultifying Justice Society of America book-length epic before diving into Introducing Wo...
Dec 18, 2023•1 hr 58 min•Season 14Ep. 6
