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The Weekly Planet

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The Weekly Planet covers all things movies, TV shows and comics. Often considered the first and worst podcast on the Planet Broadcasting Network.

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Episodes

Predators - Caravan Of Garbage

After one sequel in 1990 and two lackluster Alien VS Predator movies Predators took the franchise back to its roots in 2010. We get the return of a rag tag group of lunatics, a jungle setting, a muddy showdown but also some additional elements that elevate this movie beyond what had been done in previous sequels. It's just a shame we never got an actual follow up to what is considered by many to be a movie that I, Mr Sunday Movies, like very much. Thanks for watching our Caravan Of Garbage revie...

Nov 07, 202528 min

599 Frankenstein 2025 & IT: Welcome To Derry

It's still the spookiest time of year! We've got new big movie with Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein plus the first couple eps of Stephen King's IT prequel series, Welcome To Derry. There's also more clues for potential Superman villains appearing in Man of Tomorrow, Disney dropping Doctor Who, a Minions movie leak and a new sci-fi film starring Keanu Reeves revealed. Plus trailers for Scream 7, Stranger Things Season 5 and also our all-time favourite segment, One Company Buying Another Company...

Nov 03, 20251 hr 36 min

Predator 2 - Caravan Of Garbage

With the massive success of the first film and massive amounts of franchise potential a sequel to the original Predator, Predator 2 released in 1990 was inevitable. Despite lacking some key elements from the first, Arnold Schwarzenegger and a jungle it does mix things up with the inclusion of Danny Glover, an LA in the midst of a heat/crime wave and a new and even more dangerous Predator. It's a fun ride if you arn't expecting exactly the same thing and also like Gary Busey. Thanks for watching ...

Oct 30, 202527 min

598 Cancelled Kylo Ren Movie & Gen V Season 2

The hosts navigate a week of corporate upheaval, discussing Warner Bros. Discovery's official sale, the low price of James Bond creative rights, and Bob Iger's decision to scrap a planned Kylo Ren Star Wars film. They also cover David Fincher's rejected Star Wars pitch and a new Transformers/GI Joe animated series before concluding with a comprehensive, spoiler-filled review of Gen V Season 2, touching on its character arcs and future implications for The Boys universe.

Oct 27, 20251 hr 37 min

Predator - Caravan Of Garbage

Over the next four weeks we'll be tackling the first four movies in the Predator franchise, starting with the 1987 original starring Arnold Schwarzenegger...PREDATOR IS THE ABSOLUTE PEAK OF 80S ACTION AND SCI-FI. THE PERFECT STORM OF DIRECTION, WRITING, CAST, CREATURE DESIGN, MUSCLES, MUD, FUN, LASERS, EXPLOSIONS, BEING INVISIBLE AND MORE. Thanks for watching our Caravan Of Garbage review SUBSCRIBE HERE ►► http://goo.gl/pQ39jN Help support the show and get early episodes ► https://bigsandwich.co...

Oct 23, 202523 min

597 The Mattel Cinematic Universe & Why Tron: Ares Bombed

It’s a big news week at The Weekly Planet hq! We’re getting into the reasons behind the bombing of Tron: Ares, trailers for Wonder Man, Invincible Season 4 and Send Help, Sigourney Weaver returning to the Alien and an update on all things Mattel and movies! Plus we talk the passing of two legends, Diane Keaton and Drew Struzan. Thanks for listening! New bonus book club episode and it's Predator vs Wolverine! Entire back catalogue also available now with let's play videos, exclusive pods, Q&A...

Oct 20, 20251 hr 28 min

596 Tron: Ares & Peacemaker S2 Finale!

Big movie alert! It’s about that time again, when Disney dusts off the Tron series in the hope of striking box office gold! We talk that plus the ending of Peacemaker Season 2 and its links to the DCU, The Smashing Machine losing money, budget cuts for the Fast & Furious franchise, Amazon do a bizarre thing with James Bond, Predator: Badlands gets a PG13 rating plus trailers for Plubibus, The Witcher Season 4 and Mercy. Thanks for listening! New bonus alert! New episode of James & Maso's...

Oct 13, 20251 hr 49 min

Tron: Legacy - Caravan Of Garbage

The trontent (Tron content) train trontinues (Tron continues) on Tron week! This time we're looking at the culmination off all good things Tron in 2010's Tron: Legacy. Jeff Bridges returns to the duel roles of Kevin Flynn and Clu in a far more visually appealing and dynamic legacy sequel to the 1982 original. And it has all the Tron stuff including light cycle battles, throwing a frisbee, running about and also Tron the guy called Tron. Thanks for watching our Caravan Of Garbage review SUBSCRIBE...

Oct 10, 202529 min

Tron - Caravan Of Garbage

It's that time again. When Disney decides it's time to wring more money out of the Tron franchise with the release of Tron: Ares. So to celebrate (🫠) we're releasing two Caravan Of Garbages this week with this, original classic Tron 1982 and then Tron: Legacy. And boy does original Tron have a lot going on. Jeff Bridges. Ground breaking special effects. Computers. Glowing Pyjamas. Thanks for watching our Caravan Of Garbage review SUBSCRIBE HERE ►► http://goo.gl/pQ39jN Help support the show and ...

Oct 07, 202527 min

595 New AI Actor Controversy & The Smashing Machine

This week we discuss The Smashing Machine where The Rock takes a straight shot at doing a series role with a big time Hollywood transformation and all! Plus we get into all the news of the week including The Simpsons 2 official release date, how much money Indiana Jones & the Dial of Destiny really lost, a trailer for Frankenstein, the return of Brendan Fraser and Rachael Weisz in a new The Mummy movie and Hollywood's first AI actor and how it’s awful. Thanks for listening New Movie Commenta...

Oct 05, 20251 hr 32 min

The Mummy 2017 - Caravan Of Garbage

Like The Mummy 2017, everything we've been covering up to this point has lead us here. The Dark Universe has had its fair share of failures but none quite as spectacular as the 2017 reboot/sequel/franchise launching Tom Cruise vehicle The Mummy. With Universal pumping nearly 200 million dollars into the budget including a brand new logo and the reveal of it's upcoming film slate in a hilarious promo photo featuring the likes of Javier Bardem and Johnny Depp this outing was nothing but an unmitig...

Oct 02, 202529 min

594 One Battle After Another & Stan Lee Returns!

Fantastic news! There's a new movie and it's good. We review One Battle After Another, the latest from director Paul Thomas Anderson. Plus we discuss the Superman sequel man of steel (lowercase) and its connection to Peacemaker Season 2 and the wider DCU, Stan Lee's return in AI form, trailers for Avatar: Fire & Ash, Wolverine PS5 and The Mandalorian VS Groglet, a Bard Wire reboot and Mad Max might return but on television. Thanks for listening New episode of We Got 'We Got This Covered' Cov...

Sep 29, 20251 hr 38 min

Dracula Untold - Caravan Of Garbage

We've all been having the best time revisiting different failures within the Dark Universe. This week it's Dracula Untold, a thinly veiled attempt to turn Dracula into a comic book action hero. Which is weird because Dracula already exists in both the Marvel and DC Universes. Anyhoo Luke Evans stars as Vlad The Impaler, a kind and gentle family man who just wants to forget the time he literally impalled 1000 people. BUT THEN an man from his past returns to get all the boys and Vlad's like "NO WA...

Sep 25, 202525 min

593 The Batman 2 Villain Speculation & Gen V Season 2

Welcome back to podcasting, The Weekly Planet podcasting. This week we’re talking the return of Gen V with a look at the first three episodes of Season 2. Plus we talk the passing of Robert Redford, potential villains for The Batman Part II, Tron: Ares opening weekend, a Rambo prequel update, the first look at Liam Hemsworth in The Witcher Season 4, a trailer for the Anaconda 2025 reboot and more! Thanks for listening New TRON comics bonus book club episode out now!! Plus entire back-catalogue o...

Sep 21, 20251 hr 29 min

The Wolfman - Caravan Of Garbage

In 2010 Universal took another step towards rebooting the Dark Universe with a straight shot at a remake of the 1941 classic The Wolf Man starring Lon Chaney Jr. This time starring Benecio del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt and Hugo Weaving and with the late addition direction of Joe Johnston it does manage to capture some of the magic of a classic monster movie. But also it's not that good even though Mason liked it. Thanks for watching our Caravan Of Garbage review! SUBSCRIBE HERE ►► http:...

Sep 18, 202522 min

592 New Doctor Doom First Look & The Long Walk

Stephen King adaptations are back and bigger than ever with The Long Walk, a movie about a long walk but if you don’t walk good enough Mark Hamill will kill you. We also talk the most current and best news including our first look at Doctor Doom from Avengers: Let’s Pay Robert Downey Jr Fifty Million Dollars, kudos for David Zslav (normal man), a price increase for HBO Max, sequels for Jurassic World Rebirth (understandable) and the Last Witch Hunter (nonsense), trailers for Wake Up Dead Man and...

Sep 15, 20251 hr 31 min

Van Helsing - Caravan Of Garbage

In 2004 Universal attempted the impossible, recreate the success of The Mummy reboot from 1999 using the classic monsters of old. At it turns out that was impossible and would continue to be so until The Invisible Man in 2020. Over the next four weeks we're going to take a look at a series of movies that each tried to start their own Dark Universe incorporating classic movie monsters. This week it's Van Helsing starring Hugh Jackman and Kate Beckinsale which pits Gabriel Van Hesling against a re...

Sep 11, 202521 min

591 Man Of Tomorrow & Best Actors Who Pivoted

The important thing in the world has happened. The Rock doesn't have as many muscles and now he's serious and has glasses. And in celebration of that we talk the greatest pivots in Hollywood history. Plus we talk an annoucement of the next DCU Superman movie, the Lara Croft TV show movies forward, a Call of Duty movie, 007 First Light James Bond gameplay, Alien: Romulus sequel loses it's director director, release dates for the Bluey movie and the Street Fighter film, trailers ahoy for 28 Days L...

Sep 08, 20252 hr 11 min

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters - Caravan Of Garbage

To the surprise of most, Percy Jackson 2010 actually got a sequel in 2013's in Sea of Monsters. Sure the originally director didn't come back or a bunch of the original actors including horse Pierce Brosnan but the core trio of Percy, Percy's friend and Percy's another friend. This time they're on a quest for the Golden Fleece which they're going to use to heal a tree that makes a forcefield that used to be a girl. And Luke's back if you remember him! Thanks for watching our Caravan Of Garbage r...

Sep 04, 202521 min

590 Caught Stealing & Kpop Demon Hunters vs Red Notice

You're not going to believe this but there might be a bigger movie in the world than Red Notice. We get into the success of Kpop Demon Hunters plus a look at Darren Aronofsky's Caught Stealing, our first look at Star Wars: Starfighter, a delay for Mortal Kombat II, ratings for Peacemaker Season 2, Disney trying to lure in Gen Z males, Alan Ritchson on joining the DCU and more! Thanks for listening New ep of We Got 'We Got This Covered' Covered out now with James & Maso! Plus entire back-cata...

Sep 01, 20251 hr 17 min

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief - Caravan Of Garbage

In the midst of Harry Potter fever every studio was looking for their own potential young adult franchise to bring to the big screen. In 2010 20th Century Fox settled on Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson series, beginning with Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. They even brought on board Christopher Columbus, the director of the first two Harry Potter movies. Sadly the magic wasn't replicated and what we got was a muddled half hearted attempt of an adaptation that fell short in a...

Aug 28, 202524 min

589 Peacemaker Season 2 & The Naked Gun

This podcast has returned along with Peacemaker who has returned for a second season and The Naked Gun has returned for another The Naked Gun. We also talk the news of the week which means Alan Cumming spilling some Avengers: Doomsday confusion, Mahershala Ali being replaced as Blade in Marvel What If, Ian McKellen returning as Gandal in that Gollum movie, Jason Bourne finds a familiar home, trailers for Fallout Season 2 and Lego Batman Game Trailer, James Gunn on the future of the Superman Saga...

Aug 25, 20251 hr 14 min

Alien: Covenant - Caravan Of Garbage

If there's one this 2012's Prometheus needed, it's some explanations for what the hell just happened. And if there's one other thing it needed was to be exactly like the movies Alien and Aliens. The solution to both ended up being the 2017 sequel/prequel Alien: Covenant. Doing away with the previous lead character Elizabeth Shawit follows a new crew of expendable and stupid human beings who run afoul of Michael Fassbender's David along with the Xenomorph. Thanks for watching our Caravan Of Garba...

Aug 21, 202524 min

588 Alien: Earth

It's Monday again and that's bad. But podcasts are good and maybe that's even true for this one. This week we're talking the first two episodes of Noah Hawley's Alien: Earth, a prequel and continuation of the Alien franchise. Plus we talk Ryan Reynold's return as Deadpool in Avengers: Doomsday, Jeff Bezos' pick for the next Bond girl, Simon Kinberg's plan for the next Star Wars Trilogy, a first look at Vought Rising, James Gunn on the next Superman movie, Peacemaker Season 2's new red band trail...

Aug 18, 20251 hr 46 min

Prometheus - Caravan Of Garbage

The Alien franchise was flagging after the middling reception of the previous few entries including a crossover with the Predator franchise. In an effort to bring back both the prestige of Alien and Aliens plus the fan base Ridley Scott returned to the series with Prometheus. Set up as a prequel of sorts with echo's of future entries it assembled a steller cast, the help of Lost's Damon Lindelof and a huge budget. To this day it sits as an odd entry to failed to deliever on its promise but not w...

Aug 14, 202526 min

587 Weapons

Horror movies are having a hell of a run, this time with the release of Zach Cregger’s Weapons. Plus we talk all the latest on Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Matt Smith rejoining the Star Wars universe, Michael Bay back for Transformers and exiting a Will Smith movie, Tom Cruise’s next movie gets dropped by Warner Brothers, trailers for One Piece Season 2 and The Paper, an update on The Batman Part II and more! Thanks for listening New bonus let's play video out now and it's a horny cat game! Plus e...

Aug 10, 20251 hr 50 min

Oblivion - Caravan Of Garbage

It's our final entry in our 'That's a comic book movie?!?' series! And we're taking a look at an entry that's barely an entry, 2013's Oblivion. This is the first pairing of Tom Cruise and Joseph Kosinski who'd later reteam in the much more successful Top Gun: Maverick in 2022. Set in the apocalyptic future of 2077, there's a big triangle in the sky telling Tom Cruise what to do which you'd think would be fine but it might be bad actually. Thanks for watching our Caravan Of Garbage review SUBSCRI...

Aug 07, 202526 min

586 Together & The Future of New DCU/MCU

It's medium to small size movie week! We're talking Neon's latest horror entry, Together. Plus we discuss the Warner Bros Discovery split and the huge cost associated, the Superman 2025 mural reveal, Robert Downey Jr's Avengers payday, the lagging The Fantastic Four: First Steps box office, an update on MCU's Blade, Deadpool 4 and Black Panther 3, our first look at the Spider-Man: Brand New Day suit and Hulk and Scorpion joining the project, trailers for Avatar 3: Fire & Ash, Primal War and ...

Aug 04, 20251 hr 51 min

Bulletproof Monk - Caravan Of Garbage

It's time for another look at a comic book movie that you might not think is a comic book movie! We're tackling Bulletproof Monk from 2003, the Chow Yun-fat and Sean William Scott lead action comedy that we discover is completely servicable and forgettable as a movie about a magic scroll that gives you some magic. The fight scenes are okay! The cast chemistry is okay! And the story is okay! What more could you want from a movie nobody has seen or ever talked about. Thanks for watching our Carava...

Jul 31, 202526 min

585 The Fantastic Four: First Steps

It's big movie season and it's time for another big movie! The Fantastic Four: First Steps marks the fourth live action incarnation of the superhero family and there first appearance in the MCU. If you discount John Krasinski in Doctor Strange 2 and Chris Evans in Deadpool & Wolverine WHICH I DON'T. In addition to reviewing that we talk the news of the week including a new Judge Dredd movie, Netflix takes on Assassin's Creed and Captain Planet, trailers for Mortal Kombat 2, Tron: Ares, Preda...

Jul 28, 20251 hr 53 min
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