Days of Future Podcast: Examining the X-Men

Finally, at long last, Trev & Joe give their thoughts on Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Then, remembering this is an X-Men podcast, the guys turn their attention to the trailer for X-Men: Danger Room Protocols, a new upcoming fan-made animated web series. Then, they discuss the latest Deadpool trailer, and take a look at the recently unveiled pre-production artwork for the X-Force movie. Joe also g...

Trev & Joe ring in the New Year with the return of a special guest, AND an eagerly anticipated episode, as the guys once again sit down with Jelli of the Second Run Podcast, and provide a running commentary for Brett Ratner's 2006 opus, X-Men: The Last Stand, the final film in the original X-Men film trilogy. The film's highs and lows are discussed, in what we hope is a more fair commentary than m...

It's the Christmas season, and Santa has brought Trev & Joe a very special guest for their latest episode: Jelli, from the Second Run Podcast. Together, the guys discuss the recently released first official trailer for X-Men: Apocalypse. Then, they take a look at two classic X-Men Christmas stories - "Demon," from Uncanny X-Men #143, and "Have Yourself a Morlock Little X-Mas," from the animated se...

In this episode, Trev & Joe discuss how they feel about cosmic X-Men stories versus the more traditional earth-bound stories, and why recent real-world events in particular lead them to prefer one over the other. Also, they attempt to recast the original Star Wars trilogy with X-Men characters, and find they simply cannot agree on who should play Luke Skywalker. Plus, thoughts on recent rumors tha...

In this super-sized episode, Trev & Joe are joined by a special guest and real-life girl, Christina Himmelspach (@stinaspach), in order to finally give the show some female perspective. The three provide, for its 21st anniversary, a full in-depth breakdown of the four-part adaptation of The Dark Phoenix Saga from the '90s X-Men: Animated Series, discussing its highs, lows, and weird decisions. Als...

In this episode, Trev & Joe take a break from comics and movies and take a look at a couple X-Men related games. First, Joe reviews the Days of Future Past mobile game, before both guys recount their recent misadventure playing the Uncanny X-Men Alert Adventure Game, a 1992 board game more memorable for the figurines it contains than the game-play itself. Plus, "Ghoul Pools" are discussed, Joe det...

In this episode, Trev & Joe struggle to figure out what exactly a Days of Future Podcast Halloween Special even is. Scary X-Men stories, X-Men related costumes, and trick or treating mutants are all discussed, before finally the guys just give up and talk about the big news everyone really wants to hear about: Bryan Cranston's public declaration he wants to play Mr. Sinister, and the announcement...

In this episode, Joe provides a full review of the original runs of Excalibur and X-Factor, which he finished mere minutes before recording! He then ranks all of the ongoing X-Men titles in the year 1998, where he currently resides in his Big X-Men Catch-Up. Plus, Trev & Joe discuss the new rumors about the potentially worrisome reason Rupert Wyatt quit the Gambit movie. Meanwhile, during all of t...

Following an unplanned hiatus, Trev & Joe are finally back. After an apology and explanation of the "missing episode," the guys dive into the latest X-news: the Gambit movie loses its director, new pictures from X-Men: Apocalypse hit the web, and mutants and Inhumans go to war in the comic books. Also, the guys debut a brand new segment, Actor X-Change, in which they attempt to assign X-characters...

In this episode, Trev X-amines this summer's gigantic Secret Wars crossover, valiantly attempting to summarize the story-line, as well as letting X-fans know which particular mutant-related titles within the event they should be checking out. But first, Joe is shocked by how little he cares about Colossus during his big X-men catch-up, and "Magneto as hero" versus "Magneto as villain" is discussed...

At last, it's here. After months of teases and threats, the guys have finally made it official, debuting a brand-new spin-off podcast-within-a-podcast, Chatting Tatum! Not surprisingly, this installment's topic of discussion is the recent controversy regarding Channing almost leaving the Gambit movie. How did the guys take the news, and how do they feel about Tatum in its aftermath? But first - Tr...

In this special after-hours episode of Days of Future Podcast, Trev watches and reviews "X-Men XXX: An Axel Braun Parody." With its comic accurate costumes and impressive team roster, is it possible this porn parody is more true to the source material than the Fox movies? And, more importantly, DO the X-Men use their mutant powers while getting it on? These questions and more are answered, as Trev...

In the most timely episode yet, Trev & Joe take a look at all the X-Men movie news to come out of the 20th Century Fox panel at this past weekend's San Diego Comic Con. What do the guys think of the incredibly well-received Deadpool trailer? Do they believe Hugh Jackman is really done playing Wolverine? How excited are they to see Storm's mohawk in X-Men: Apocalypse? All this and, perhaps most imp...

In 2001, producer Avi Arad and Marvel Studios brought the world "Mutant X," a sci-fi television series VERY LOOSELY connected to the X-Men comics (due to legal issues). Despite its tangential-at-best connection to the X-Universe, Trev and Joe have decided to give the show its day, by watching and reporting on both the pilot and the 66th and final episode (we'll leave it to some other X-Men podcast...

Back in the summer of 1996, after years of teases, the X-traitor was finally revealed, in one of the biggest crossover events in X-Men history....ONSLAUGHT! Now, 19 years later, in this super-sized episode, Trev & Joe are ready to discuss this moment, even at the cost of their own sanity. Listen as the guys bravely attempt to summarize and analyze one of the craziest events in X-history, as well a...

This week, Trev & Joe discuss Marvel's alleged plans to permanently send all mutants to outer space following this summer's big Secret Wars event. Interesting move, or potential franchise destroyer? Plus, the guys struggle to answer a listener question about what as-yet unexplored powers they would like to see added to the X-books, confirming how hard it really is to write comics. Also, some discu...

In the second Fan Commentary episode, Trev & Joe provide a running commentary for Bryan Singer's 2003 sequel, the very loose "God Loves, Man Kills" adaptation, X2: X-MEN UNITED. Babyface Wolverine, inexplicably scarred Nightcrawler, accent-less Storm, and useless-as-all-hell Cyclops - all are discussed, as we revisit this much beloved entry in the franchise and see if it still holds up today.  NOT...

This week, Trev & Joe review Avengers: Age of Ultron, specifically focusing (or at least TRYING to specifically focus) on Aaron Taylor-Johnson's portrayal of Quicksilver. How accurate is it to the comics, and how does it stack up against Evan Peters' Quicksilver, from X-Men: Days of Future Past? But first, the guys discuss the recent big reveal regarding Iceman in the comics, Olivia Munn's casting...

This week, Trev & Joe discuss mutant powers = which powers would they consider necessary to form an effective X-Men team, and which powers would be most and least desirable in real life? But first, discussion of the addition of Jubilee to the upcoming X-Men: Apocalypse, and Hugh Jackman's time as Wolverine beginning to wind down. Also, the guys answer some listener-submitted X-tra Stupid Questions...

Back in 1995, comic fans were treated to one of the biggest events in X-Men history, Age of Apocalypse. In this week's super-sized episode, Trev & Joe celebrate the mega-event's twentieth anniversary by taking a look back at various titles that made up the story, and share their own personal lists for Best & Worst Characters, Best & Worst Costume Redesigns, Coolest Covers, and Favorite Moments. Bu...

Did you know Bryan Singer's "X-Men" was NOT the first X-Universe movie? Perhaps rightfully forgotten, Marvel's Merry Mutants made their live-action debut back in 1996, in the FOX TV movie "Generation X," an adaptation of the then mega-popular comic series about the younger generation of future X-Men. We watched it, so you don't have to, and this week we have an in-depth discussion about this unsuc...

In this special episode, Trev & Joe provide a running audio commentary for Bryan Singer's X-Men (2000), X-amining the film's highlights and lowlights. Wolverine's hair, Rogue's re-invention, Storm's questionable accent, and Magneto's clacking balls...all this and more are discussed, incuding the casting decisions that could have been, and how the movie holds up to today's glut of superhero films....

In this mini-episode, Trev & Joe discuss some of the recent casting news regarding X-Men: Apocalypse and Deadpool, giving their opinions on the actors officially cast, and speculating on the characters mentioned in the leaked Deadpool casting sheet. But first, a brief (and completely off-topic) rememberance of the 2010 Conan/Leno Late Night War, and opinions on which X-Man would make the best Satu...

In this episode, Trev and Joe make a blatant grab for higher ratings by taking an in-depth look at the most popular X-character of all time, Wolverine, and examining (or X-amining) the differences between his comic and film incarnations. But first, some discussion about Rose Byrne returning to the role of Moira MacTaggert in X-Men: Apocalypse, and the recent announcement that writer Brian Michael...

In the first Days of Future Podcast Mini-Episode, Trev and Joe take a look at the failed 1989 animated X-Men pilot, Pryde of the X-Men. Stan Lee's mutant racism, Australian Wolverine's inexplicable anger, and the shocking connection between X-Men and Rugrats...it's all discussed here!