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It’s time for the sequel to the X-Men. Some say this was great. Some say this was terrible. All we know for sure is that this was a movie and the X-Men are in it! X2: X-Men United!  Follow. Subscribe. Rate. Review. Thumbs up. And give us all the Stars! Show notes. In the comics, Nightcrawler is the child of Mystique and was given up by his mother. He was informally adopted by a Romani queen and wa...

 We go back in time 23 years to talk about the first X-men movie! Learn all about the mutants and how they deal with a world that hates them for being different!  Follow. Subscribe. Rate. Review. Thumbs up. And give us all the Stars! Show notes. Professor X ! Magneto !  Cyclops !  Jean Grey !  Wolverine !  Storm !  Rogue !  Mystique !  Sabertooth ! Toad !  Lot’s of interesting things about the fil...

We talk about Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and get into some comic book lore about Rocket Raccoon, Adam Warlock, and the High Evolutionary. Follow. Subscribe. Rate. Review. Thumbs up. And give us all the Stars! Show notes. Rocket Raccoon is the heart of this movie and the new leader of the Guardians in the MCU. He has one of the best tactical minds in the galaxy. Adam Warlock has been a member o...

We talk about the season finale of the Mandalorian and it resolved a lot of things from the season except for the title of the previous episode. Who are The Spies? Follow. Subscribe. Rate. Review. Thumbs up. And give us all the Stars! Show notes. None this episode. News you can abuse!  Jonathan Majors has been dropped by his management and from other things as well. What’s up next? THE X-MEN!  Whe...

We talk about the latest episode of the Mandalorian, which finally pushes the storyline to a place that makes since and is interesting. Plus, a new Ahsoka trailer and a brand new The Marvels trailer came out yesterday, but you guys probably don’t care about that.  Follow. Subscribe. Rate. Review. Thumbs up. And give us all the Stars! Show notes. The gave Grogu a mech, which is both crazy and hilar...

We talk about the latest episode of The Mandalorian, which has way, way, way too many guest stars. Oh, and we talk about the new Secret Invasion trailer.  Follow. Subscribe. Rate. Review. Thumbs up. And give us all the Stars! Show notes. Jack Black! Christopher Lloyd! Lizzo!  The Nick Fury diagonally cut toast internet hypothesis. Lots of “Attack of the Clones” love, plus other weirdness.  News yo...

We talk about the latest Mandalorian episode and speculate about what is to come in the remaining three episodes of the show. Will there be a twist ending? Maybe! Follow. Subscribe. Rate. Review. Thumbs up. And give us all the Stars! Show notes. This is the week of cameos for former Mandalorian directors . Dave Filoni, Rick Famuyiwa, and Deborah Chow had cameos in this episode.  The origin of the...

Jarvis gives us the rundown on The Mandalorian - The Foundling and reveals some insight from recently watching the Mando-relevant episodes of The Book of Boba Fett. Also, Mike has mic problems. Follow. Subscribe. Rate. Review. Thumbs up. And give us all the Stars! Show notes. The voice of Jar Jar Binks is redeemed! News you can abuse!  It’s a slow news week. What’s up next? Episode 5 of The Mandal...

We talk about The Mandalorian – The Convert this week and it turns out Jarvis is the convert! He’s finally looking forward to the next show. Follow. Subscribe. Rate. Review. Thumbs up. And give us all the Stars! Show notes. Who is Dr. Penn Pershing ? Who is Elia Kane ? News you can abuse!  All Marvel shows on Disney+ are up in the air. Secret Invasion is maybe coming out at the end of May and Loki...

We both liked the second episode much better than the first. Listen in to hear what else we thought about The Mandalorian – The Mines of Mandalore. Follow. Subscribe. Rate. Review. Thumbs up. And give us all the Stars! Show notes. The Mythosaur goes all the way back to the original Star Wars trilogy as an armor sigil on Boba Fett. What’s up next? Episode 3 of The Mandalorian Where to find us. Mast...

The Mandalorian is what we’re watching and talking about now and it’s a whole new universe for us! Follow. Subscribe. Rate. Review. Thumbs up. And give us all the Stars! What’s up next? Episode 2 of The Mandalorian Where to find us. Mastodon https://mastodon.social/@SuperSideshow Instagram https://www.instagram.com/super_sideshow/ YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/SuperSideshow/ Reddit https://www...

The first big MCU movie of the year just came out and, man, it was a movie! Hear Jarvis and Mike go over the good, the back and the quantum of the movie that starts the Multiverse Saga! Show notes… Kang has a long and storied history in the comics. MODOK was created by AIM and then violently took over the organization. Jentorra is associated with Hulk in the comics instead of Ant-Man or King. News...

We watched Spider-Man 3 and talked about how different our takes on the movie are. Jay also reveals more lore about Sandman, Green Goblin, and Venom. News You can Abuse! The new Captain America starts filming soon. New Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 trailer is Live. Michael Keaton is Batman in the new The Flash movie –and so is Ben Affleck. What’s up next? Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania Where t...

We re-watched Spider-Man 2 and one thing is clear. This might be the best Spider-Man movie ever, and it is very close to being the best super-hero movie ever! Listen to find out why! Show notes… Spider-Man 2 has an extremely high Rotten Tomatoes score , and the reviews are very good. The filming of Spider-Man 2 was nuts , and there are some surprising details. Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy has a stro...

We are re-watching the Sam Raimi Spider-Man trilogy! Listen in as we talk about some cool things about the first movie you might not know about. (the audio issue has been fixed) Show notes… There are a lot of cool facts about the filming of the first movie. Some of it is absolutely wild. The most important thing about Spider-man is web swinging , and Raimi got that right from the jump. Spider-Man...

We ran a #TierMaker tier list on all 30 films of the #MCU and ended up with some shocking movies at the top and bottom of the tiers. Listen in to find out why we made each of our decisions along the way. Show notes… Marvel Cinematic Universe Tiermaker https://tiermaker.com/categories/marvel/mcu-films-phases-1---4-15563725 Mike’s tier list https://mastodon.social/@mikebrew/109735316259536358 Jay’s...

We ran a Bracket Fight on everything in the MCU and ended up with both of us picking the same movie as the best. Listen in to find out which movie won and why we made each of our decisions along the way. Show notes… Marvel Cinematic Universe Bracket What’s up next? We’re doing a tier list for phases 1-4 of the MCU movies! Where to find us. Mastodon https://mastodon.social/@SuperSideshow Instagram...

Jarvis has wanted to tell y’all about Kang for a long time. He’s been getting ready ever since we saw Kang appear as He Who Remains in the Loki series. Now he’s letting it all out so that you’re prepped for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania! Show notes… In the comics, Kang the Conqueror is a descendent of Reed Richards and has entanglements with many many characters in the Marvel universe. Rama Tu...

Join us as we discuss the best decisions the MCU made when making their very successful money making movies. Jarvis has a really good best best decision but Mike thinks he topped it. Show notes… Jarvis’s best are... Making amazing casting decisions like Chris Evans as Captain America and Tom Holland as Spider-Man. Making the tv shows a priority and connected to the MCU movies. Making Infinity War...

Join us as we discuss the worst decisions the MCU made when making their very successful money making movies. Two guys who know nothing about movie making criticize and complain. Because we know better. Show notes… Mike’s worst are… Creative differences with Edgar Wright Ego as the villain of Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 Release timing of Black Widow Picking Shuri as the next Black Panther Aeth...

Hear about Mantis and Starlord’s relationship from the comics and what Jarvis thinks of the new thick Groot we see in the Holiday Special! Show notes… The Guardians bought Knowhere from the Collector. This “sort of” happens in the comics. And it might set up something interesting for the next movie. Jarvis thinks Volume 3 might be inspired by the To Guard the Galaxy storyline from the comics. In t...

Mike and Jay do tier rankings of the Phase Four movies of the MCU! Their rankings are remarkably similar but there are big differences when it comes to Black Widow and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. This episode is our Thanksgiving gift to our listeners. 🍗 Show notes… Black Widow (2021) Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021) Eternals (2021) Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) Doctor Strange...

Lots of questions about Namor and the Talokanil are answered in this podcast about Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. We also talk about mutants, Ironheart, Midnight Angels, Val & Ross, as well as the mid-credits scene. Show notes… Namor: In the comics, he rules Atlantis. In the movie, it’s much different. He is the ruler of Talokan and the Talokanil. https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Namor_McKenzie...

Jay tells us why DC has not been able to achieve Marvel’s success with movies so far despite their early start with super hero movies. We also talk about what James Gunn can do to improve their performances. Talk with us on Twitter . Show notes… It all started with 1989’s Batman ! Warner Brothers views DC properties like cogs in a machine. Overall, DC heroes are different than Marvel heroes, which...

Listen along as we rank the TV series of the MCU from Marvel & Disney Plus! There are some definite suprises! Talk with us on Twitter . Show notes. WandaVision The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Loki What If…? Hawkeye Moon Knight Ms. Marvel She-Hulk: Attorney at Law News you can abuse! Marvel Studios’ Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania | Official Trailer Marvel Studios’ Special Presentation: The...