Across the Omniverse

Have you been wanting to get to know Vic better? This episode is for you, as it explores Oz's sidekick's past, including where he was when The Riddler flooded Gotham City. Meanwhile, as always, Oz is thinking on his feet but he also seems to keep getting himself into deeper and deeper trouble. Is there a faction in Gotham City he  won't  piss off? Before that we have news and update...

It's a 70s spectacular... but no coke. I guess that was Kevin Feige's hard rule, as per  Deadpool and Wolverine . On  Agatha All Along  this week we have the next trial, and it includes rocking out and a cool demon. Plus: gay stuff!  Before that we learn that Derek has made a shocking decision, and we talk about the newly announced  Dynamic Duo  animated movie coming from DC. If that&apo...

Oz has really stepped in it and this week things just keep getting more difficult. The Penguin keeps ramping up the complications in a way that reminds us of Breaking Bad , but thankfully not quite that nerve-wracking. We talk about some news and some new movies, including The Apprentice and Megalopolis , and if you don't want to hear all that just skip right to 26:59. Also: our Watch Men epi...

Good news everyone - Marvel listened to Derek's complaints last week and over the past seven days totally fixed  Agatha All Along  to his liking. This week's episode is clever, spooky, fun, and best of all, episodic. There's a whole story in here! Before that: news! Including who is playing Hal Jordan, what Marvel movie Jordan Peele might direct and the tuna fish sandwich I had for...

So, heads up: we had some technical difficulty with this episode. This required a lot of stitching things together, which I'm not exactly the best at, and as a result you may find the episode to have a certain delightfully herky jerky feel to it.  We begin our coverage of  The Penguin , the spin-off from  The Batman , and boy oh boy do we like this one. A bunch. A mob show set in the Gotham o...

It's a fight! This week we throw down over  Agatha All Along , the latest MCU show on Disney+. A spin-off of  Wandavision , this show forces us to ponder just what an episode  is , and also gives us a very good song. But like I said, there's a tussle in there.  Before that we have a little bit of news, the ants are back, and a trivia question stumps both your hosts. Don't care about...

This week we're diving back into the first appearance of Agatha Harkness, whose new show  Agatha All Along  debuts on Disney+ in the coming days. We'll be covering that show, so it made sense to look back at where it all started.  And it started kinda weird! This comic is at the end of the historic Lee/Kirby run, and it's a light and odd story that finds The Thing in full Lou Costel...

This week and next we prepare for September's new comic book shows,  The Penguin  and  Agatha All Along . Up first: the first appearance of The Penguin in an early Batman adventure that shows just how much Bats was not a grim avenger of the night for very long at all. That starts at 1:02. Yes, one hour and two minutes.  But if you skip to there you'll miss all the news that hit this week...

We wrap up the first season of Caped Crusader with a Two-Face two-parter, and it's a doozy. Stick around until the very end to hear us talk about where this show stacks up in the history of adapted Batmen and our relationships with Batman adaptations over the years.  Before that: Derek goes to a concert! The Thing is seen on the set of Fantastic Four ! This week's trivia is really, reall...

We're back from our trip, which means it's back to Gotham as we get to the penultimate episode of our series on the newest Batman cartoon,  Batman: The Caped Crusader . This one gives us an  LA Confidential -tinged cop story  and  a vampire tale filled with special guest stars who go unremarked upon in the show. Sneaky! We don't have as much intro this week as usual, but our theme s...

This week the Faraci boys did something we rarely do - we got together! We took a family road trip to visit the home of Jerry Siegel, where Superman was created. And we went with our father and our sister. This episode was recorded by a single mic on the dining room table of a rented AirBnB, and our father Joe joins (Ariel declined). This one is all-intro, no meat, but the real ones have been wait...

On this week's  Batman: The Caped Crusader  episodes we get the introduction of a classic Batvillain. That's right, King Tut! Also, Harley Quinn and a Scooby Doo episode that blows open the boundaries of what this show can be. Before that we have some news and chat, including information about why upcoming episodes of our podcasts will be delayed (like this one was) and why you might see...

Have you heard there's a new Batman cartoon and it's about crime, and also Jim Gordon's old beat is heavily featured? This will make a lot more sense after you listen to this episode of Marvelvision, where we talk about two more episodes of  Batman: The Caped Crusader , specifically  Kiss of the Catwoman  and  Night of the Hunters . Spoiler: we like 'em A LOT.  Before that, it&...

Amazon has dumped 10 episodes of the new Bruce Timm Batman cartoon all at once, but we're going to be taking these two by two over the next few weeks. Let's be upfront: your hosts were not very psyched about this show in advance and then we watched it and are forced to eat our words. Not unlike how RFK Jr was trying to eat some bear. We don't mean to get political, but the news righ...

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...

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,...

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...

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 Velve...

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 c...

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 onl...

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!...

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...

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; o...

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 al...

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 th...