Talk From Superheroes

All good things come to an end, be it the holidays of trilogies. We're concluding our original Star Wars Trilogy holiday weekend talking about Return of The Jedi with out guests Allison O'Toole  (writer, editor), Dave Atkinson   (stand-up comic, host of Big Gross Movies ), and Joel Buxton  (writer, Second City, stand-up comic ). This episode brought to you by TeePublic . Check out www. TeePublic.c...

Our Star Wars holiday weekend continues. We're back with our second episode of the original Star Wars Trilogy talking about The Empire Strikes Back with our guests Craig Fay  ( stand-up comic ), Kat Angus  (writer for Buzzfeed ), and Luke Gordon Field  (writer for The Beaverton ). We invent the new hit CW show Dagobah's swamp, talk about Anakin's potential as a droid builder, and if Lando is trust...

Happy Holidays! Our gift to you is a very special Star Wars weekend. This is the first of our three part series covering the original Star Wars Trilogy. We're talking about A New Hope with our guests Jocelyn Geddie (improviser, writer, performer), Ian MacIntyre (writer, comedian, actor), and Brian Crosby (videographer, digital strategist, writer). We're talking sassy droids, baby pilots, and one o...

Andrew and Diana talk about the release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. This is a new chapter of the Star Wars saga, kicking off a series of stand alone stories. Does this movie set the tone properly, do we care about this team, what heroes work and what villains don't, plus Andrew and Diana write a much larger role for Jimmy Smits. This episode brought to you by TeePublic . Check out www. TeePub...

Andrew and Diana are talking about Invasion, the DC TV crossover event. We're breaking down how Supergirl wasn't really a part of it, the episodes we loved, and why the team should never be tasked with protecting the president. This episode brought to you by TeePublic . Check out www. TeePublic.com  and discover your next favourite Tee. Psst... they also have nerdy hoodies, sweaters, baseball tees...

This week Andrew and Diana are talking about the animated feature Hulk: Where Monsters Dwell and we're using the term "animated" loosely. How much of this movie was just a JPEG image with words, what version of Jasper Sitwell is this, and what is the real backstory of Warwolf? This episode brought to you by TeePublic . Check out www. TeePublic.com  and discover your next favourite Tee. Psst... the...

Guest Nigel Downer  (Second City, Twist Your Dickens ) joins Andrew and Diana to talk about the winner of this month's Twitter poll episode. We asked you to vote for forgotten sequels and you chose Iron Man 2. We talk about the villains, did Whiplash actually win, did Tony really enforce world peace, and was that his bird??? This episode brought to you by TeePublic . Check out www. TeePublic.com  ...

Andrew and Diana are joined once more by guest Jocelyn Geddie  (Writer, Comedian) to talk about the Batman '66 style animated feature Batman: Return Of The Caped Crusaders. The big question on everyone's minds this episode is does being animated make Batman and Robin more in love? Will Aunt Harriott ever admit she knows their secret, and how long has Batman wanted to drive away and leave Robin? Th...

Andrew and Diana are joined by guest Miles Baker ( Page and Panel , Toronto Comic Arts Festival ) to talk about the 2007 animated feature Doctor Strange. Does Strange even like to do surgery, who are these people, and is this movie for kids? This episode brought to you by TeePublic . Check out www. TeePublic.com  and discover your next favourite Tee. Psst... they also have nerdy hoodies, sweaters,...

Put on your cloaks of levitation because we're about to take off and talk about Doctor Strange. Andrew and Diana are gonna break down the visual beauty, can marvel get romance right, and haven't we already seen this character's story in the MCU. Plus, which word does Benny's attempt at an American accent screw up the most! This episode brought to you by TeePublic . Check out www. TeePublic.com  an...

This spooky Halloween episode is this month's fan vote special. You decided on Twitter that we'd watch Constantine . Andrew and Diana have the wonderful Allison O'Toole (Editor: The Pitiful Human-Lizard) on to talk about this Constantine vs the comic book version, plus we chat about whisper acting, and clothing that Shia LaBeouf can or can't pull off. This episode brought to you by TeePublic . Che...

Season 4 of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has come and it's picked up a man who sold his soul to the devil. Andrew and Diana have maybe too much fun talking about the arrival of Ghost Rider to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, while breaking down how the show has changed over the years, the roller coaster that is Sky/Daisy/Quake and WHAT THE HELL EVER HAPPENED TO PATTON OSWALT!? This episode brought to you...

Supergirl is back and it's on the CW! This week on the podcast we're talking about the premiere of Supergirl, can we notice the network change (we can), what has changed, what do we think of the new Superman, and did Cat Grant really have that resume the whole time (NO SHE DID NOT!). This episode brought to you by TeePublic . Check out www. TeePublic.com  and discover your next favorite Tee. Psst....

We finished the Netflix series Luke Cage and you'd better have too if you don't want spoilers. This week we're breaking down the whole series. How different the last half of the show felt from the first, Diamondback vs Cottonmouth as villains, what was Mariah's plan, and what's next for Luke Cage. SPOILER WARNING:  This episode contains MANY spoilers for the entire series of Luke Cage. TWO PARTER:...

He's finally arrived, this week is part one of two where Andrew and Diana talk about the new Netflix series Luke Cage, specifically episodes 1-7. Luke Cage may be bulletproof but is this show, are there too many storylines, how do the fight scenes compare to other Netflix series, and is Genghis Connie secretly immortal? SPOILER WARNING:  This episode contains MANY spoilers for episode 1-7 of Luke...

Closing out our month of unconventional comic book movies we let you decide with a twitter poll and you chose  Kick-Ass . Andrew and Diana have the very funny Ivan Decker (comedian) on to talk about better lead characters, does this movie have a theme, and what exactly is Nic Cage yelling. This episode brought to you by TeePublic . Check out www. TeePublic.com  and discover your next favourite Tee...

Continuing our month of unconventional comic book movies Andrew and Diana are talking about  V for Vendetta and the many failures of Evey, the inconsistency of V, the brilliance of some actors, and are there super powers?  This episode brought to you by TeePublic . Check out www. TeePublic.com  and discover your next favourite Tee. Psst... they also have nerdy hoodies, sweaters, baseball tees and...

Take a walk with me, just walk with me, take a walk with, come on, now make your neck work! This week the M.I.B. theme song is canon because Andrew and Diana are talking  Men In Black  with special guest Joel Buxton (writer, stand-up, sketch). Does this movie hold up, how amazing is Vincent D'Onofrio, practical vs CGI effects, and a title song we'll never forget. This episode brought to you by Tee...

It's the start of a new month and a new theme! September we're doing 4 episodes about unconventional comic book movies. No capes, no cowls, just comics. Kicking off the month Andrew and Diana are talking about  The Losers . What is Chris Evans's body shaped like, was Roque trying to kill or save the team, and how many heists can they jam in this thing?! This episode brought to you by TeePublic . C...

In this special bonus episode of Talk From Superheroes   Diana is LIVE   at FanExpo in Toronto. Coming to you from the convention floor Diana gets to chat with the voice of Mario Charles Martinet , Wonder Woman artist and writer David and Meredith Finch , the original voice of Ash on Pokemon Veronica Taylor , Jay himself Jason Mewes , and the legendary voice of Batman Kevin Conroy . This episode i...

This week we close out The Joker month with the movie you voted for, The Dark Knight.  In this extra large jumbo sized episode Andrew and Diana discuss why this is a Joker that never moved over to other media, if Two-Face is anything noteworthy, and how many damn side plots this movie has. Also, is Bruce Wayne the greatest buzz kill ever? Find out this week on the Talk From Superheroes Podcast! Wa...

Andrew is stepping into Diana's world with a Biff, Bang, Pow as we watch Batman: The Movie . Is this the greatest Rogues Gallery of villains ever assembled, are these the greatest bat-vehicles of all time, and are Batman and Robin the greatest comedy duo since Abbott and Costello? Is everything basically just great? We'll let you know on this week's episode. Want a box filled with $50 worth of ama...

Diana and Andrew have guest Nug Nahrgang  (from the Illusionoid podcast) sitting in as our first ever return guest! This week as part of Joker month we're talking about the return of Mark Hamill to the role in  Batman: The Killing Joke . Did a comic book from 1988 need to be made with no updating, should Hollywood even be trying to make Alan Moore comics into movies, and why is this two terrible m...

Continuing Joker month on Talk From Superheroes this week we're talking about the newest Joker, Jared Leto in  Suicide Squad . Is Jared Leto the Joker we deserve or the one we need... or is his casting the real joke? Plus, how many characters is too many characters, who is the lead of Suicide Squad, what actor stands out, and can DC ever tell a linear story? Want a box filled with $50 worth of ama...

August is Joker month on Talk From Superheroes! Every week we'll be talking about a different performance of the Joker and we're kicking it off with  Batman (1989) . Andrew and Diana discuss if Tim Burton understands Batman, why this is a Joker movie more than a Batman movie, and is this the best Batmobile ever created? (The answer to that last question is yes.) This episode brought to you by TeeP...