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“Dread it. Run from it. Destiny arrives all the same. And now, it's here. Or should I say... I am.” – Thanos Chris, Erik, and Zack (⁠⁠⁠Podcasters Assemble⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Effin Cultured⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠The Neat Cast⁠⁠⁠) assemble once again to *finally* finish off The Infinity Saga! MCU Phase 3 Movies (part two): Avengers: Infinity War (2018) Ant-

“Flame On!” - Johnny Storm, the Human Torch After dreading it for years, Chris and Erik are finally tackling their deep-seated trauma, and reviewing ALL 4 "Fantastic Four" movies!? (Spoilers: they're all garbage, despite the comics being so good...) As well as some speculation on what the MCU may end up doing with the FF in Phase 5 or 6... Movies Discussed: Fan

“Dormammu, I've come to bargain!” - Doctor Strange Zack returns once again - the 'Nick Fury of podcasting' himself: radio host extraordinaire (from ⁠⁠Podcasters Assemble⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Effin Cultured⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠The Neat Cast⁠⁠) for another epic CZ Team-Up with our heroes, Chris and Erik to finally tackle 'Phase Three' of the MCU! (Part 1 of 2) MC

“Hear me, X-Men! No longer am I the woman you knew! I am Fire and Life incarnate! Now and forever - I am PHOENIX!” This week, Chris and Erik are talking about the Chris Claremont / John Byrne era of X-Men comics history, delving into two of the most iconic storylines of all time: "The Dark Phoenix Saga" and "Days of Future Past"! ⁠Click here for our Esse

"Time has a pattern that it can't help reliving. Different people, different worlds, drawn to each other like magnets." - Barry Allen *SPOILERS AHEAD!* On the latest episode, Erik and his wife, Meg, do a back-to-back multi-versal comic book movie double feature, and review both "The Flash" *and* "Across the Spider-verse"! Note: We also give our &q

“There are worse things out tonight than vampires...” - Blade On today's episode, Chris and Erik talk all things Blade - the vampire slayer! We breakdown the original Blade trilogy (starring Wesley Snipes), talk about the character's Marvel comics origins (first appearing in 1973's "Tomb of Dracula" #10), and discuss what we hope to see in the MCU with Osc

“Get me Bullseye!” - The Kingpin On today's episode, Chris and Erik breakdown some of the early 2000's (pre-MCU) Marvel movies! Back when comic book movies had way lower standards... Movies Discussed: Ang Lee's "Hulk" (2003) Daredevil (2003) Elektra (2005) Ghost Rider (2007) Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011) (Episode edited by Chris Carroll) Che

“Behind this door, a dark entity. Evil, ancient, and hungry...” - Abe Sapien “Oh, well. Let me go in and say hi.” - HellBoy Erik and Chris get together to talk some "HellBoy"! Mike Mignola's comics from Dark Horse, the Guillermo del Toro duology starring Ron Perlman (and Doug Jones), the 2019 movie with David Harbour, the animated movies, the latest video ga

“Yeah, I Can Talk To Fish. So What? How Often Do You Need To Be Saved By A School Of Salmon?” - The Deep *Spoiler Alert!* Erik and Chris are joined by 'the boys', Jimmy and BJ, to talk about "The Boys" Seasons 1-3 (now on Amazon Prime), their favorite moments / characters, how it compares to the Garth Ennis comics from Dynamite, and what they hope to see going forward...&n

"Storytelling is always king, that's all that matters to us." - James Gunn  In light of the recent news that James Gunn (director of "Guardians of the Galaxy" and "The Suicide Squad") and Peter Safran are officially "rebooting" the *entire* DC film franchise (following "The Flash" and "Aquaman: The Lost Kingdom"), we decided to break down what each of us would do if we we