Across the Omniverse

So what do you even want out of a show called  What If...?  ? This is a driving element of this episode of Marvelvision as we debate what a show with this name and comic book legacy should be delivering.  The latest episode of  What If...?  delivers a T'Challa focused story that also ends up being Chadwick Boseman's final (maybe? Could he be in more episodes?) performance as the Wakandan...

Behold the multiverse! The latest Marvel TV show goes in very unexpected directions, both in terms of plot and style. It's the first animated show from Marvel Studios, and it's a show based on the wonderful comic book What If...? , which looked at important points in Marvel history and wondered what would happen if they went a little bit differently. But does it work? While Uatu the Watc...

Want to hear us talk about Black Widow ? The only place you can is on our podcast Watch Men, a monthly deep dive into superhero movies. The latest episode is about Black Widow , next month's is The Suicide Squad and after that we'll be doing Shang-Chi , The Eternals and the next Spider-Man. It's available to subscribers at the $5 and above level at www.patreon.com/cinemasangha . We...

Want to hear us talk about Black Widow ? Subscribe at the $5 or above level at www.patreon.com/CinemaSangha and listen to us talk about it for two hours and forty minutes! Here it is: the season finale of Loki , an episode that brings in a character who is at once very unexpected and also very expected. But is this the beginning of a new era for the MCU or the embodiment of all the complaints peop...

This one is a day late, but with good reason: Derek was literally in the dark! A blackout took him out of commission for a couple of days. Sorry about the delay. But better late than never? And even late we have a lot to talk about with this episode of Loki , including a laundry list of Easter Eggs, why the Void is so Loki-centric and whether or not other Marvel characters should have cameo'd...

Listen to The Bad Batch, our weekly  Star Wars  TV show podcast! Subscribe at $1 a month! For $5 a month you get Watch Men, our monthly superhero deep dive podcast. The latest episode is about  Darkman , and in a couple of weeks we'll be talking  Black Widow .  Just when you think you have a handle on  Loki  the show goes and switches it up on you. This episode made us yell out loud at least...

So here we are, recording this episode when suddenly a  Shang-Chi  trailer drops! We talk about that in the news segment up front, along with some other less than stellar Marvel news. Skip to about 25:00 if you don't want to hear that! Then it's on to the show! This episode of  Loki  is character-centric, and it may also be a  Borderlands  mission, depending on how you look at it. But wh...

Do you need a hero? Because we got one on  Loki  this week.  On this latest episode of Marvelvision we talk about some Marvel news, including the way that Anthony Mackie put his foot right in his mouth when asked about a possible romantic relationship between The Falcon and The Winter Soldier. There's a reason he's an actor and not a writer of these shows.  If you don't care about n...

It's a new show!  Loki  has debuted and... it rules? Owen Wilson rules, Eugene Cordero rules, the premise rules, Tom Hiddleston rules. Wait, this does not mean you need to skip this episode of Marvelvision! In fact this is why you should listen, so you can hear us pick apart everything that makes this the best episode of a Marvel TV show so far, from the relatively small Easter Eggs ( is this...

It's a wrap on season one of MODOK ! This week there's some news, including photos of Mark Ruffalo in his Hulk costume on the set of She-Hulk (RIP the career of the lady who shared them to her Facebook). Click here if you want to see those pics yourself . We also leave the MCU briefly to talk about the failure of Jupiter's Legacy and about the weird metrics of streaming TV. Then it&...

Surprise, we're back! After a couple of weeks away Marvelvision has returned. But no, it's not because Loki is debuting earlier than expected, it's because we're covering the first season of the stop motion comedy series MODOK , which is not set in the MCU but is full of deep, deep nerd cuts. The first 22:26 minutes of this episode are all about the news, including The Eternals...

With  The Falcon and the Winter Soldier  all done we do a wrap-up of the series, as well as talk about the  Assembled  making-of doc that dropped on Disney+ last week. COVID, earthquakes and cut storylines make up the meat of that discussion.  But before that: Marvel dropped a Phase Four trailer that included some intriguing new info.  Black Panther 2  is officially called  Black Panther: Wakanda...

It's the finale of  The Falcon and the Winter Soldier  and it's an action extravaganza. Everything is getting wrapped up, the Power Broker is revealed and a new Captain America arrives on the scene.  So of course the episode begins with Devin sharing a macaroni and cheese recipe he really likes, and then there's a lot of Marvel Studios news - including the announcement of  Captain A...

Should Ed Brubaker make money from The Winter Soldier? Is Avi Arad off the Spider-Man movies? Why does Derek believe the US government owns Captain America's shield? And just what was up with Julia Louise-Dreyfuss in this episode? This week Marvelvision tackles  The Falcon and the Winter Soldier 's "Truth," the episode that opens with a guy getting his arm snapped but goes on t...

This week's episode of  The Falcon and the Winter Soldier  leaves little doubt about who is  not  worthy of the shield, It also convinces us who is the Evil Batman of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and that's none other than Zemo.  This week Derek watches  The New Mutants  (it's bad!), there's discussion about  Ms. Marvel  casting, we talk about how Steve Rogers is what America...

Your flight to Madripoor leaves now! This week was light on Marvel news, so Devin and Derek take a detour to talk about  Godzilla vs Kong  (but just for a minute) before jumping in to the main episode at 16:58. With  Power Broker  TFATWS  bring in the first element of the X-Men universe to the MCU. This episode also brings back Sharon Carter - and does her backstory prove Steve Rogers was a jerk? ...

If last week was a zero issue, this week's  The Falcon and the Winter Soldier  is definitely a #1. This week we get a characters in place, relationships established and situations outlined. We get more detail about the post-Blip world, we learn that John Walker might be kind of an okay guy after all and we get a better idea of just what the Flag-Smashers are all about.  And there's more!...

Sam Wilson and James Buchanan "Bucky" Barnes get to finally be leads in the latest Disney+ show which features more exploration of a post-Blip world and a look at the question of just who gets to wield Captain America's mighty shield. This episode we start out with some minor Marvel news - is Andrew Garfield in the new Spider-Man after all? - before moving into the meat of this new...

Wandavision  has ended! This episode we take a look at the whole series through the lens of  Assembled , the making-of doc released on Disney+ this week.  Before that we cover some Marvel news as well as the agita of buying a new couch, but if you don't want the latest news - which includes an investigation into whether or not Bucky Barnes would have read  The Hobbit  in 1937 -  skip straight...

And so it ends! The ninth and final (?) episode of Wandavision wraps up mysteries, finishes up Westview, and possibly opens the door to Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness . But is it any good? We go deep on the episode, digging into what works, what didn't and what really didn't. And then we have a big argument about the nature of consequences in the MCU (and comics in general)...

It's the episode that gives us some big time magic and it's coming to you a little bit early! If you don't want the intro skip all the way to 30 minutes, because we got a doozy tonight! We talk about some news, including this tweet that seems to give us our first non-spoiler look at The Eternals .  But most of this time is taken up talking about that beloved MCU franchise: Superman....

A quick note: our podcast host has been under a DDOS attack the last two days, which is why this is late. They may go down again, so if you see this in your feed... download it immediately ! We won't lie: this is another long one. If you want to skip the news and the banter and the Marvel joke book stuff, head right to 18:06. We won't blame you if you do. If you stick it out, though, you...

So Quicksilver is back: what does it mean? This week's  Wandavision  spends a lot of time grappling with questions about what is happening inside the Hex and why. The very fact that the show is asking the same questions we are is, Devin and Derek think, good news.  Also this episode: discussion of  Marvel's Behind the Mask , a new documentary that debuted on Disney+ this week about Marve...

This week's  Wandavision  was  huge , and as a result this week's Marvelvision is really big as well. And it's not just  Wandavision - this ep begins with a discussion of the latest trailer for  Falcon and the Winter Soldier , which aired during the Super Bowl. As for the main show (which begins at 25 minutes) there's a whole lot to talk about. There's a dog, there's...

The format breaks! This week  Wandavision  takes us outside the bubble to see what's going on in the real world and to begin answering the questions we have all had for the previous three episodes.  This episode offers  a lot  to talk about, so we kept the intro really short - if you jump to about 14:55 you'll get to the recap. But if you do jump there, you'll miss... well, not that...