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by Nicole Veneto, Tyrell James, and Cole Netscape
A critical and comedic look at the bleak landscape of the modern IP-driven Hollywood franchise blockbuster. Hosted by Tyrell "Discourse Stu" James, Nicole Veneto, and Cole Netscape. Audio production by Miguel Tahni. Art by Kly, Zoey Woolley and Johanna Hermeer.
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- Yesterday5 min
[TEASER] Smallville Season 2 with Cole and Seqarts
A sample from our latest patrons-exclusive TVChat, wherein Cole and our long time friend and recurring guest Seqarts continue their retrospective on the 2000s superhero-monster-of-the-week-teen-melodrama Smallville. Support us on Patreon if you'd like to hear the rest and other exclusive episodes!
- 1 weeks ago2h 58m
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, or The Third Greatest Animated Film Ever Made
...According to letterboxd, anyway, but your pals at Marvelous! aren't quite so sanguine. From Phil Lord's tyrannical rule of production to the tedium of infinite spiders-men and the so-facile-it-might-be-accidental queer representation - we dig into all the things that keep this (sometimes good) film from achieving the greatness its reputation implies. For this episode we relied especially on the following articles: Spider-Verse Artists Say Working on the Sequel Was ‘Death by a Thousand Paper Cuts’ by Chris Lee Get Real! Relatability on Demand by Matt Purets, Alisha Hines, and Yalda T. Uhls Laborious Aesthetics: Visible and Invisible Labor in the Spider-Verse franchise by Jordan Schonig An extra special thanks to our $10 Executive Producers: JetChiclete, GalaxyPeaBrain, squishward, JayJeffrey, Walt Lewellyn of The Black Casebook, Tropical Doves, jprestonpoole, Lohik, bernventers, Owen2 and Ronnie Gardocki. If you can, please lend some support to these organizations: Gaza Funds PCRF (Palestinian Children's Relief Fund) MAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians) National Networks of Abortion Funds Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota If you enjoy the show please consider: Subscribing to our Patreon, where you can enjoy exclusive episodes and other material, like our retrospective on the rest of the Fast and Furious series. Giving us a positive rating and review on your platform of choice. It really does help!
- 3 weeks ago1h 49m
Fast X, or The Wheels Come Off
After concluding our long patreon-exclusive retrospective on the series, we arrive at last back in 2023 with Fast X, the bloated, messy, chaotic beginning of the end for the 'Fast Family'. Along the way we discuss Justin Lin's sudden exit, too much bluescreen, Vatican pinball, Jason Momoa as an evil gay guy, sticking Michelle Rodriguez in a concrete room for most of the movie, alternate storylines, Vin Diesel's social media carnival barking, giant ego and allegations -- it all comes to a big, bald head here with the penultimate installment of this strange, misshapen, yet often lovable mutant of a movie series. Note: We relied heavily on the books Fast and Furious Franchising by Dan Hassler-Forest and Welcome to the Family by Barry Hertz to inform our research and discussion of this series. An extra special thanks to our $10 Executive Producers: JetChiclete, Isaac, squishward, Walt Lewellyn of The Black Casebook, Tropical Doves, jprestonpoole, Lohik, bernventers, and Owen2. If you can, please lend some support to these organizations: Gaza Funds PCRF (Palestinian Children's Relief Fund) MAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians) National Networks of Abortion Funds Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota If you enjoy the show please consider: Subscribing to our Patreon, where you can enjoy exclusive episodes and other material, like our retrospective on the rest of the Fast and Furious series. Giving us a positive rating and review on your platform of choice. It really does help!
- Jun 26, 20262h 31m
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3, or Troll's Remorse
Cole's back and they've learned the secret of the orient: not being that mad anymore. An extra special thanks to our $10 Executive Producers: JetChiclete, Isaac, squishward, Walt Lewellyn of The Black Casebook, Tropical Doves, jprestonpoole, Lohik, bernventers, and Owen2. If you can, please lend some support to these organizations: Gaza Funds PCRF (Palestinian Children's Relief Fund) MAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians) National Networks of Abortion Funds Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota If you enjoy the show please consider: Subscribing to our Patreon, where you can enjoy exclusive subscriber only episodes.
- Jun 18, 20266 min
[TEASER] Oh... Canada. (feat. Remember Shuffle)
Fellow Canucks Ben and Jordano from Remember Shuffle join Stu and a hopelessly outnumbered Nicole for a lively and in-depth discussion about Blackberry, and the seething neurotic resentment that comes from living in the Great White North. Subscribe to the Patreon to hear the full episode and more! And while your at it, please support the Shuffle Bois.
- Jun 12, 20261h 45m
Air, or Soleless
Cole was too busy watching actual basketball, so Nicole and Stu are left to fend for themselves in alien territory as we enter the worlds of shoes and sports with the Affleck/Damon brand-biopic. Is it a fleeting microgenre, or are products the new comic books? We discuss what makes the film hollow and irritating, the limits of slipping 'subversive' messages into hyper-corporate movies, the odd way it handles Michael Jordan as a figure, it's success with xillennials, endless 80s nostalgia, and how the film doubles as a pitch for Affleck and Damon's revenue-sharing based studio 'Artists Equity'. An extra special thanks to our $10 Executive Producers: JetChiclete, Isaac, squishward, Walt Lewellyn of The Black Casebook, Tropical Doves, jprestonpoole, Lohik, bernventers, and Owen2. If you can, please lend some support to these organizations: Gaza Funds PCRF (Palestinian Children's Relief Fund) MAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians) National Networks of Abortion Funds Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota If you enjoy the show please consider: Subscribing to our Patreon, where you can enjoy exclusive subscriber only episodes.
- Jun 8, 20264 min
[TEASER] They Got Him
Before we (Nicole and Cole) fulfill their contractually obligated second Patreon Raffle pick on Trần Anh Hùng's under-appreciated neo-noir I Come With the Rain, we pay our respect to Stu, who at the time caught the hantavirus from that cruise. Remember when that happened? Support us on Patreon to hear the full episode and much more!
- Jun 5, 20264 min
[TEASER] Unidentified Traumatic Object (feat. Jane Altoids)
An excerpt from our conversation with Jane Altoids about Gregg Araki's Mysterious Skin, adapted from the novel by Scott Heims. Support us on Patreon to hear the full episode and much more!
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A critical and comedic look at the bleak landscape of the modern IP-driven Hollywood franchise blockbuster. Hosted by Tyrell "Discourse Stu" James, Nicole Veneto, and Cole Netscape. Audio production by Miguel Tahni. Art by Kly, Zoey Woolley and Johanna Hermeer.
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