Do you really, do you really wanna taste it? The Infinity Podcast does! This week: Scott and Rachel break down the first three episodes of James Gunn’s PEACEMAKER, going deep on how it’s the antithesis of THE BOYS, why Rancors are Star Wars’ pit bulls, and how John Cena fighting The Fiend got him ready to play Chris Smith. Plus: praise for Eagly and anime dance sequences on… PEACEMAKER: CYBORG SPACE CHILDREN
How is Rocco gonna eat that cookie?! That’s what The Infinity Podcast wants to know! This week: Scott and Rachel examine audacity through the lens of The Book of Boba Fett, AEW and (yes) Sesame Street, going deep on whether Jon Faverau’s show is the best version of itself yet, why blading can be a litmus test, and the awesome neutral of big choices. Plus: the Monthly Trade returns on THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT & ELMO: JARED LETO FEAST DAY!
Happy New Year from The Infinity Podcast! This week: Scott and Rachel ring out 2021 by discussing The Book of Boba Fett and The Matrix Resurrections, going deep on cinephile fan service, if Boba Fett owes one to Parks & Rec, and how Agent Smith’s evolving as a villain. Plus 2022 Pop Culture resolutions on THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS & BOBA FETT: WE BREACHIN!
Ho, Ho, Holy sh*t bro it’s the final Infinity Podcast of 2021! This week: Scott and Rachel rank the best comic book and Marvel movies of the year, but not before tackling the season finale of Hawkeye and going deep on how Princess Bride is its influence, why Jack is a series MVP, and how stories can fail and succeed simultaneously. Plus: praise for Paul Bettany and Natalie Holt on HAWKEYE & 2021 MARVEL: BROMICRON!
Are we in a band? No, we're in The Infinity Podcast! This week -- Scott and Rachel talk Jon Watts' epic movie "SPIDER MAN: NO WAY HOME" and "HAWKEYE" episode 5, going deep on how the latter honors Natasha, wether the former did J. Jonah dirty, and why NO WAY HOME gets what's good about Marc Webb's Spider Man movies then the actual Marc Webb Spider Man movies. It's all here and more on "SPIDER MAN: NO WAY HOME!: HOT SAUCE, YESSSSS!"
You gotta keep it cool on The Infinity Podcast! This week: Scott and Rachel discuss Hawkeye’s fourth episode and Spielberg’s West Side Story, going deep on cultural burnout, why Kate and Clint are family, and having to open the IMDB Reliquary for the first time ever. It’s all here and more on HAWKEYE AND WEST SIDE STORY: WHAT’S HER NAME!
The Infinity Podcast is headed back across the Spider Verse! This week: Scott and Rachel break down a slew of new trailers and Hawkeye episode three, going deep on why “Echoes” is actually great television, the parallels between movie producing and DM’ing, and how Jared Leto’s become an inverse Chris Pratt. Plus: the Monthly Trade and Animal Kingdom on “HAWKEYE, SPIDER VERSE, and PEACEKEEPER: Rich Truffles!”
"Bro it’s the new Infinity Podcast bro!" This week: Scott and Rachel break down the first two episodes of Disney Plus’ HAWKEYE, going deep on whether RODGERS THE MUSICAL should exist in real life, if Swordsman solves Marvel’s mediocre villain problem, and what crossover the series has with Ridley Scott’s HOUSE OF GUCCI. It’s all here on HAWKEYE: KATE BISHOP IS GUY, BRO!
The Dragon has been reborn and brings another Infinity Podcast! This week: Scott and Rachel take on the trifecta of Marvel’s HIT MONKEY, COWBOY BEBOP, and THE WHEEL OF TIME, going deep on how fridging actually works, the weight of gravity in live-action anime ports, and how Hit-Monkey already bucks most MCU trends. Plus Delroy Lindo in Blade on HIT MONKEY, COWBOY BEBOP AND THE WHEEL OF TIME: (The Rosario Dawson Effect)
It’s time for some cowboy sh*t on The Infinity Podcast! This week: Rachel and Scott break down the underwhelming Disney Plus day presentations, Taylor’s Version of RED, and AEW’s Full Gear, exploring how Sony’s No Way Home is Marvel’s forbidden door, why wrestling stories are non -binary, and how the ten minute “All Too Well” breaks new ground for women everywhere. It’s all that and more on: NEW MARVEL & FULL GEAR (Scott and Rachel’s Version)
Turns out our family history is…complicated on The Infinity Podcast! This week: Scott and Rachel dig deep on Chloe Zhao’s ETERNALS, exploring what the MCU expects from movie star performances, whether this is the world’s most expensive pro-choice blockbuster, and how it might be the first genuine tragedy the MCU’s allowed on screen. Plus: takes on Morbius and Vin’s letter to The Rock, on “ETERNALS: MILLION DOLLAR GRIND HOUSE!"
Fear is the mind-killer on The Infinity Podcast! This week: Scott and Rachel explore the crossover between Denis Villeneuve’s DUNE and comic-book movies. Was DUNE really unadaptable? Do boundaries make for better world building? And why does Paul and his quest for desert power work better in a day one theater / streaming release than the MCU’s latest efforts? Plus Brendan Fraser and Bill Murray on, DENIS VILLENEUVE’S DUNE: BRENDAN FRASER IS BACK!
It’s Mailbag time on The Infinity Podcast! This week: Rachel and Scott answer your burning questions about what Patrick is up to, which AEW star should have a comic book, and accidentally deep dive 2010’s and 20’s horror movies in the process. It’s all here and more on MAILBAG ‘21: WAWA FOREVER!
Enter the FanDome with the INFINITY PODCAST! This week: Scott and Rachel break down all the latest DC content, debating whether THE BATMAN needs more heat, iconography vs. IP, and how Netflix’s Squid Game can be a lens for fandom. Plus the new AQUAMAN: KING OF ATLANTIS on DC FANDOME AND THE BATMAN: SQUID GAMES!
Let there be carnage…and the Infinity Podcast! This week — Rachel and Scott get spoiler-filled on VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE and WHAT IF’s season finale, going deep on Tom Hardy’s erotic monologuing, sandbox building versus storytelling, and whether the Agatha Harkness show can avoid being JOEY. It’s VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE — GET IN THE FRANCHISE!
Let there be carnage on this week’s Infinity Podcast! This week: Scott and Rachel revisit both Venom and this week’s Venom: Let There Be Carnage, going spoiler free on how the Venom films are like Ghostbusters, why The Watcher didn’t need a big bad, and why franchises struggle with endgames. It’s that and more on VENOM & LET THERE BE CARNAGE: TREY BONK!
In a galaxy far far away there came a new INFINITY PODCAST! This week: Rachel and Scott deep dive a glut of boundary-breaking content, exploring the Confucian theories of STAR WARS: VISIONS, why the latest WHAT IF has Andrew W.K vibes, and how DOOM PATROL does superhero mourning right. Plus: AEW and acting warm ups on…STAR WARS: VISIONS, WHAT IF, and DOOM PATROL: Party Is A Spectrum!
Bro seriously bro — it’s a new INFINITY PODCAST! This week: Scott and Rachel discuss the new Hawkeye trailer in a special Renner Report, the latest What If, and FX’s Y: The Last Man, going deep on Matt Fraction in the MCU, giving Matt Weingert more credit, and how many more times Tony Stark will die. It’s all happening on HAWKEYE TRAILER & Y: THE LAST MAN — BRO!
Business just picked up…on the Infinity Podcast! This week: we’re looking at the intersections between AEW and the MC / DCU, exploring such questions as: should Marvel embrace deeper physical performance? Can Marvel teach pro wrestling how to promo? And would comic book movie fandom be better if it embraced the “mark” mentality? Plus: the latest WHAT IF…on: THE MCU — ALL OUT!
If you aim at nothing, you hit nothing — unlike THE INFINITY PODCAST! This week: Scott and Rachel cover both SHANG CHI and the latest WHAT IF…?, going deep on why the MCU is in its Drake phrase, tender masculinity, and why Wong is Phase Four at its best. Plus: the parallels between Marvel and All Elite Wrestling, on…SHANG CHI AND WHAT IF ARE…ALL ELITE!
"What just happened…?” The latest Infinity Podcast! This week: Scott and Rachel are breaking down the Spider Man No Way Home trailer and Marvel’s third ‘WHAT IF…?” exploring how the Ted Lasso and Dr. Strange discourses are similar, why Sad Peter Parker is good Peter Parker, and how Hulk’s latest appearance is deeply transgressive. Plus HBO MAX’s Black Canary on…SPIDER MAN NO WAY HOME TRAILER: TRUE STORY ABOUT CANDY!
Oh, karma…it’s another Infinity Podcast! This week: Scott and Rachel watch the second Disney Plus “WHAT IF…?,” going deep on if T’challa’s a prime number, the suddenly buff Collector, and if a surprise vocal cameo spoils the series actual endgame. Plus: takes on the newly dropped Eternals trailer and Shang Chi reactions, on: BOSEMAN, WHAT IF, and ETERNALS: FALL COLLECTION!
We are your guide to all these new worlds…on The Infinity Podcast! This week: Rachel and Scott break down Disney Plus’s first “WHAT IF…?,” going deep on how animated live action movies are, the pitfalls of voice acting, and how Kang is Phase Four’s dangerous white noise. Plus: takes on Venom: Let There Be Carnage’s delay, on…MARVEL’S WHAT IF: THE NATALIE DORMER OF IT ALL!
We’re some gd superheroes on this week’s Infinity Podcast! Rachel and Scott break down James Gunn’s “The Suicide Squad,” going deep on whether it works as radical text, shatters comics’ ‘illusion of change’ principles, and could have worked better as a mid-budget movie. Plus: the insanity of discussing box-office returns in 2021 on…THE SUICIDE SQUAD: BLONDU! Everything is a news remix by Dan Purcell (sorry for the messy audio)
One year hence… THE INFINITY PODCAST! But in the here and now, Rachel and Scott are breaking down The Green Knight in a summer movie catch up, examining how David Lowry’s film is video-game cinema, which old school myth should f*** next, and how Gawain reframes purity on film. Plus: a deep dive on Scarlett vs Disney, on…THE GREEN KNIGHT: CLIFFORD IS A BIOWEAPON!
A Ghost Waits within this week’s Infinity Podcast! Specifically: Scott and Rachel sit down with director Adam Stovall (A GHOST WAITS) to discuss 2013’s AMERICAN SPLENDOR and comic book creative process — how is Harvey Pekar like Ang Lee’s Hulk? Why is making movies like mountain climbing? And how do Ted Lasso and Space Jam 2 tackle toxic positivity? All this and more, on…TED LASSO & AMERICAN SPLENDOR: THE MOUNTAIN OF COCONUT WATER (w/ Adam Stovall)! Follow Adam https://twitter.com/adamstoval...
On The Infinity Podcast, we’re all villains here! This week: Scott and Rachel break down Loki’s season finale, going deep on why “be gay, do crime” is Loki’s thesis, why Season Two should pull a Killing Eve, and how “No Church In The Wild” explains the core of Michael Waldron’s writing. It’s all this and more, on: LOKI’S SEASON FINALE: HOT MARVEL VILLAINS!
Family…back together again on THE INFINITY PODCAST! This week: Scott and Rachel catch the smorgasbord that is Marvel’s Black Widow and Loki’s “Journey Into Mystery,” asking such burning questions as: has Marvel solved its music problems? Does Cait Shortland weaponize nostalgia? And should Richard E. Grant garner Disney Plus an Emmy? Plus WHAT IF?… takes on BLACK WIDOW & LOKI: FLORENCE PUGH FOR PRESIDENT! We stan an Alligator King!
Are you in Hel? No — you’re in The Infinity Podcast! On this week’s ep: Scott and Rachel break down Loki’s fourth stellar episode, going deep on Marvel’s six-hour problem, Wunmi Mosaku’s close-eyed acting, and Loki’s clear-eyed resolution of theme. Plus: a Grant Morrison heavy Monthly Trade on LOKI, EPISODE FOUR: MORRISON FOREVER! Happy Pride Plus! "This is a News" Remix by Dan Purcell "The Monthly Trade Song" by Rachel 'Quirky' Schenk
“You’re in our world, little brother…" the world of THE INFINITY PODCAST! This week: Rachel and Scott rev through F9 before gear shifting into LOKI’s third episode, exploring how Justin Lin’s film channels both BLUE BLOODS & D&D, why HOBBES & SHAW rips, and how the adventures on Lamentis-1 reinforce Sophie’s essential trans narrative. Plus: the Shang Chi trailer (eventually) on “LOKI & F9: THE NEWS IS AT THE END! Magnets!”
