Running on Rooftops: The Comic Book Adaptation Podcast: Recent Episodes
Running on Rooftops
This a podcast where comics, their adaptations, and all things superheroes are discussed by fans like you. From page to screen, we run in between, analyzing and reviewing your favorite comic book media. If any comic book property has been adapted to another medium, Darryl and Phil will be there to cover it.
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00:00 - Intro
00:21 - Is this the End of Running on Rooftops?
08:14 - Episode 111, a nice odd number
15:15 - Top 5 Episode Titles. Oh, the vanity
22:45 - Darryl's favorite RoR Episode
25:51 - Phil's Favorite RoR Episode
30:22 - Is this the end of the episode? No, it's not.
36:29- The Outro that is our Intro. You'll get it
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Darryl and Phil review Avengers: Endgame, the Marvel movie eleven years in the making. We discuss all the highly anticipated plot points in this surprisingly this love letter to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. After a quick spoiler-free discussion, we talk about the main cast and how their stories resolve. We then look into the future of the MCU, given what we know, about upcoming movies and Disney+. How much satisfaction and joy could two people get coming from watching the movie? Listen and find out!
Time Codes * 00:00:00 - Intro * 00:00:53 - What Avengers: Endgame means to the MCU * 00:03:55 - Spoiler-Free Review and Ratings * 00:11:01 - Show Support * 00:12:15 - Spoiler Space * 00:13:09 - Joyful Moments * 00:25:00 - Time Travel * 00:36:38 - Character Development * 00:55:39 - A-Force Future? * 00:56:58 - Passing of the Gauntlet * 00:00:00 - Not My Thanos * 01:01:42 - AVENGERS... Assemble. * 01:02:31 - The Future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe * 01:13:07 - Outro
Ratings Avengers: Endgame
- Darryl: A
- Phil: A+
References * Age of Anderson (Avengers: Age of Ultron Review) - ROR 7 * Infinite Podcast (Avengers: Infinity War) - UROR #13 * Civil War Review (Captain America: Civil War) -IROR #31 * The first Marvel TV to Movie crossover character
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New Show. New Schedule. New naming scheme. Welcome to the first episode of Season 5 of Running on Rooftops! We are catching up to all* the Marvel and DC movies we missed since we last recorded, as well as review the newest addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain Marvel.
New Schedule Similar to our plans for last season, we are aiming for 2 episodes a month. The goal is to release one movie-related episode a month. When we started Running on Rooftops in 2015, the landscape of comic book TV shows was quite different. Four years later, there's over 3 times the amount of shows available on multiple platforms, and it has gotten too difficult to keep up with everything.
We still like podcasting and while there are too many shows, there relatively fewer movies. By focusing on movie reviews, we can deliver more content with less stress. For the second episode of the month, anything goes! We looked back at all the different types of podcasts we've produced since 2015, and asked ourselves "What have we most enjoyed doing?" With this in mind, we are going to try doing more sprints, reviews, interviews, and more.
Movie Catch Up Want to hear our opinion on all the comic book movies that came out since Avengers: Infinity War? Too bad! We forgot about Deadpool 2! Phil and Darryl give their opinions on Ant-Man and the Wasp, Venom, Spider-Man: Enter the Spiderverse and Aquaman.
Captain Marvel We welcome Captain Marvel to the MCU with a review of the Marvel's 21st new movie. How do we feel about the first Marvel movie of 2019? Does this movie party like it's 1995? Listen and find out!
Time Codes * 00:00:48 - Where we have been, and where we are going * 00:04:46 - Massive Movie Recap * 00:04:49 - Ant-Man and The Wasp * 00:10:55 - Venom * 00:15:00 - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse * 00:23:19 - Aqua-Man * 00:30:15 - Spoiler-Free Captain Marvel Review * 00:39:49 - Spoiler-Space * 00:55:08 - Outro
Ratings Captain Marvel
- Darryl: B-
- Phil: B-
References * Wakanda Forever! - UROR #10 (Black Panther) * Infinite Podcast (Avengers: Infinity War) - UROR #13
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Phil sprints through the biggest movie in the world, Avengers: Infinity War. He shares all his initial reactions in part one of our coverage of the movie. He also asks the question we are all wondering, What is up with Thanos and bubbles? Phil also predicts what will happen in the next two Marvel movies, Ant-Man & the Wasp, and Captain Marvel, as well as predicting what will happen in the next Avengers movie. Let us know what you all think of the movie.
* 00:00- Intro
- 00:51- Part one
- 01:35 - Spoiler-free review
- 06:01- Ratings
- 11:25 - Spoiler space
- 13:09 - Thanos
- 19:39 - Heroes Dilmena
- 25:24 - Phil predicts what Avengers 4 will be like
- 30:46 - Before Avengers 4
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35:12 - Outro
Ratings Avengers: Infinity War * Phil (Pure Movie Score): A- * Phil (Marvel Movie Score): A
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Darryl and Phil discuss the monumental 1000th issue of Action Comics. We discuss the issue 80 years in the making by going over our favorite stories and covers in this momentous anthology issue. We also talk about the differences between the digital and print issues as well the future of Superman under famed Marvel creator Brian Michael Bendis. * 00:00-Intro * 00:51- What is the 1000th issue? * 03:41 - The significance of Action Comics #1000 * 11:28- The future of action comics with Brian Michael Bendis * 16:25- Favorite variant cover * 21:36- Favorite stories * 36:17- Bendis and the truth * 49:06- Action Comics #1000 is too good to rate * 50:06- Outro
References * Variant Covers * Brian Michael Bendis Joins DC Comics
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Jessica Jones is back! Darryl gives his spoiler-free thoughts on Jessica Jones Season 2. This season has a fairly slow beginning. Jessica is dealing with the aftermath of killing Killgrave, and it's known by the public that she's the one that's responsible for it. This is largely thanks to Trish, who is using her talk show to highlight powered heroes and starting to investigate the people who gave Jessica powers. Also investigating is Malcolm, who is now sober, and is working closely with Jessica and picking her up off the floor each morning. Hogarth has her own arc that runs parallel to main cast's this season. Killgrave leaves a large hole to fill in the cast. In the first season, when he wasn't on the screen, you would be asking "Where's Killgrave?" or "Is this person mind controlled"? It really picks up when the main antagonists are brought forward. Then the questions you ask are, "How did this person get to this point"? and "what does this mean for Jessica"? Some characters make really frustrating choices throughout this season. There where many times where I would say "Why would you do that?" or Why would you trust this person?" It shows how toxic some people can be. In addition, while there isn't any mind control, many of the villains are very emotionally manipulative. People try to get what they want by any means, and they are often very horrible to each other. They don't have to be mind controllers to be terrible people. One of the secondary antagonists ends up slightly more sympathetic than some of the main characters. Only slightly though. When it comes to the ending, you know nothing is going to end well for Jessica. How it all resolves is unexpected, but makes you really want a season 3. Overall, Jessica Jones Season 2 is a good follow up to the first season. I ultimately didn't love it as much as season 1, but it was more consistent than other Marvel Netflix seasons. Time Codes * 00:00:54 - Intro * 00:02:02 - The slow start * 00:06:12 - Frustrating choices * 00:07:33 - Murder watch * 00:08:47 - Final Thoughts
Ratings Jessica Jones Season 2 * Darryl: B
References * A Bullet, A Hand, and A Noose (Gotham, Agents of Shield, and Jessica Jones finales) - IROR #13 * Two Years in the Making (The Defenders First Look) - TAROR #38
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We are joined by Maxine and Mark Moore for a rousing discussion on Black Panther. We give our spoiler-free impressions of the latest Marvel Studios film, which continues their streak of great superhero movies. We then have a long conversation about the characters, the influence of the movie on the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and the cultural impact this movie will have. Where does Samuel L. Jackson fit in this movie? Is the last Infinity Stone is tied into the Vibranium mound? How many opinions were changed over the course of the episode? Listen and find out! Interested in following our guests? Mark - Twitter, Instagram, Website Maxine - Twitter, Instagram, Website Time Codes * 00:00 - Intro * 00:48 - Introduction of Guests * 02:31 - Spoiler Free Review * 29:14 - Spoiler Space * 30:35 - Queen Ramonda * 31:36 - No Nick Fury? * 36:02 - Prince N'Jobu * 37:28 - Killmonger * 44:44 - M'Baku * 46:55 - Shuri and T'Challa * 50:16 - MCU Going Forward * 1:02:15 - Behind the Scenes of the Movie * 1:04:54 - Audience Reactions * 1:07:07 - Powerful/ Unpowerful Performances * 1:14:33 - Box Office * 1:18:00 - Effect on Culture * 1:23:35 - Outro
Ratings Black Panther * Darryl: A * Phil: A- * Maxine: A * Mark: A-
References * #NinjaFatigue (Daredevil Season 2) -IROR #39 * Shuri's Black Panther Suit * All records broken by Black Panther
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We review the first half of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 5. The Agents are in Space, and they have a whole nother group of issues they have to fix. We review our overall impressions of this half of the season, discuss time travel, theorize how this season ties into Avengers: Infinity War, and speculate on the show's future. While they are dealing with a futuristic dystopia, it's still the quality show we've learned to love over 4 seasons. * 00:00 - Intro * 00:48 - Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 5 So Far * 07:39 - Got Better with each Episode * 11:05 - Fitz and Simmons <3 * 12:35 - Mack * 14:56 - Yo-Yo and Time Travel * 19:02 - What will happen next for Marvel at Large? * 23:34 - Will S.H.I.E.L.D. survive the Season? * 32:53 - Ratings * 36:32 - Question of the Week * 38:57 - Outro
Ratings Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 5 * Darryl: A * Phil: A-
References * Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. on Rotten Tomatoes * Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 4 Review
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Black Lightning Phil and Darryl are back together, and charged up for the newest show from the CW! We review Black Lightning, a comic book superhero from DC Comics that doesn't take place in the Arrow universe. Unexpectedly, this show really benefits from this. How could this be? Listen and find out! The next podcast episode will be the week of Feb. 5. Enjoy the next 2 weeks!
- 00:00 - Intro
- 01:04 - Both Hosts together again and it feels so good!
- 02:12 - Black Lightning Episode 1 Review
- 09:05 - Black Lightning/ Jefferson Pierce
- 16:06 - Gambi
- 22:20 - Anissa & Jennifer
- 31:22 - Tobias and fighting the Baddies
- 34:41 - Looking Forward to the Rest of the Season
- 38:48 - Ratings
- 43:25 - Outro
Ratings Black Lightning - S1.E1 The Resurrection * Darryl: A * Phil: A-
References * IMBD * Geek History Lesson on Black Lightning
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Welcome to 2018! Phil is back on track and ready for action with a review of Runaways Season 1. He then goes to his best movies, TV shows, and comics of 2017. There were some microphone issues this week, but we should be back to normal when we review the new theCW superhero show: Black Lightning! * 00:00:- Intro * 00:53- Phil is back * 02:34- Marvel's Runaways Season 1 Review * 16:00- Ratings * 16:48- Best of 2017 * 23:50- Outro
Ratings Marvel's Runaways Season 1 * Phil: A
References * Snikt! One Last Time (Logan) TAROR #22 * What A Wondrous Podcast! (Wonder Woman) TAROR #33 * Well.. Some of it was Real (Legion Season 1) TAROR #27 * So Many Arrows! (Arrow Season 5 Recap) TAROR #30
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Merry Christmas! In honor of the holiday where friends and family come together, Darryl reviews Marvel's Runaways, Hulu's new teen drama in which a group of teens finds out their parents are horrible supervillains. He covers his overall thoughts on the show, and the interesting adaptation choices Marvel chose to add. This show focuses on a group of former childhood friends that drifted apart after one of their group died, Alex, one of the teens, tries to get the group back together when their parents have an annual meeting for their Charity. The teens see their parents do something horrible and... Runaway from home, while developing special abilities and tools they didn't know they had. This definitely feels like a teen show. When Gert was talking about her club, I just realized how long it's been since I thought about homeroom. I enjoy the characters so far and I'm excited to see where they end up. If teen shows are not your thing, it's fair if you do not want to try it, but I would give it a chance. I would compare it to a PG-13 rated Marvel Netflix show. Adaptation wise, Marvel is setting things up to make more narrative sense. The biggest changes so far seem to be with Chase, Karolina, and Molly. Chase was a lot more of a slacker, compared to the preppy lacrosse player he seems to be. Molly was originally the child of two mutants, but now she just seems to have powers. What really happened to Molly's parents? I feel as if they have to show up sometime. Church of the Ghibborim seems like a fair change for the Dean family from their original roles as movie stars. It feels like They seem to be more integral to the plot when in comparison to their comic book counterparts, we will have to see. I hope you enjoy the episode and the holidays. I hope that there are no human sacrifices when your family gets together. * 00:00:00 Intro * 00:00:58 - Marvel's Runaways * 00:09:52 - Adaptation Talk * 00:18:07 - Farewell and Merry Christmas
Ratings Marvel's Runaways Season 1, Episode 1- Reunion * Darryl: A-
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Running on Rooftops Episode 100! We are going to take a look at the Tv show that influenced most of the shows that cover, as well as the show that is referenced almost every podcast episode: Smallville. 0:07:15 - Bad * The show has not aged well - Some of the choices in music and effects are fairly cheezy in retrospect. * Bad Character Writing - A lot of this comes from how long Smallville ran, but many of the characters felt poorly used. Lana remained on the show for far too long. Jor-El and his overpowered shenanigans got very tiresome. Pete Ross was done a disservice. Finally, never forget "Henry James Olson". * Smallville Season 8 - The number of missteps in this season almost made Darryl drop watching Smallville entirely
0:18:11 - Good * The acting wasn't as bad in retrospect - Michael Rosenbaum was overall one of the better actors. His portrayal of Lex was a delight to see for seven seasons. John Glover's Lionel Luther was a fantastic villain for most of his time on the show. The Kents were way better parents than in the Man of Steel. Finally, Tom Wellings' Clark was a little stiff at times, but he did work as the character and an actor. One highlight was when he played Lionel in Clark's body. Another point to him is that his Clark wasn't as mopey as the Barry or Oliver could have been in similar situations.
- The redemption of the show in season 9 - After the disappointment that was Season 8, Smallville did a complete turnaround in Season 9. The writers trimmed some fat from early seasons, focused more on stories in Metropolis, While not perfect, Smallville season 9 was the best we could have hoped for live action superheroes at the time.
- The team-up episodes - Starting with the introduction of Bart Allen(Impulse), the team-up episodes with various DC superheroes were a delight. Some highlights were Impulse, Zatanna, Speedy and the Justice Society of America. By the end of season 9, you can see Clark grow into a leader and a symbol of hope viewers hoped to see from the beginning
00:26:33 - Take-Aways * Not being afraid to commit to the comics - Smallville was afraid to commit to being a comic book show for half of its run. The Arrowverse starts with their heroes almost fully formed. If Arrow started back in 2003, it would have taken place years before he went on the island, with his home filled with various arrows in the background of each episode. * The lost art of the Opening Theme song - A Strong opening theme song can get viewers primed and excited for the upcoming show. While cheezy, the opening theme song for Smallville still gets me a bit exciting. You can't really say much for the themes for the current run of comic TV * Fingers crossed they don't drag the current shows for too long
00:32:12 - Thanks to everyone for 100 episodes! Thanks to everyone that is subscribed to the show! Even if this your first episode, I hope you say for another 100. Also Thanks to everyone who has been on the show in the last 99 episodes. Hope you all enjoyed being on, and let's keep on running! References * A classic example Smallville not fully committing * A classic example of some decent Smallville acting
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Phil delivers a stripped down version of the podcast this week, as he ranks the last two weeks of DC shows on theCW. Then he gives his impression on the first few episodes of The Gifted. Sorry for all the technical difficulties, but stay subscribed for our 100th episode next week.
- 00:00:20 - Phil's Technical Difficulties
- 00:01:47 - Rankings for theCW Premieres
- 00.00.0 - Rankings for theCW shows for the week of 10/15/17
- 00:11:35 - The Gifted
- 00:15:30 - Question of the Week
- 00:16:48 - Outro
Question of the Week
- Which one of the Legends powers would you want to have?
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The Fall 2017 season kicked off on theCW last week and Darryl is here to give his opinion on who came back the best. Darryl ranks the 4 returning shows (not counting Riverdale) Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow, The Flash, Supergirl.
- 00:00:00 - Intro
- 00:01:21 - #4
- 00:02:49 - #3
- 00:04:45 - #2
- 00:06:15 - #1
- 00:08:30 - Outro
Ratings 1. Supergirl 2. The Flash 3. Arrow 4. Legends of Tomorrow
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Darryl is running solo this episode as he reviews the new Marvel TV Show "The Gifted"
The Strucker Family What surprised me the most I'm not hating the kids. Lauren is a good elder sibling, Andy was not the worst. It's also nice that the family isn't completely dysfunctional. The parents were a little less interesting. The mom is a bit stereotypical, but the Dad's dynamic as a former part of the mutant-hunting division, now trying to save his mutant kids has potential.
Mutant Underground I'm a bit surprised that Blink is used as our introduction to the Mutant Underground, but not as surprising after the fact. She was a character in the X-Men Mega Event "Age Of Apocalypse" where she was a fairly green character. However, I know her the most from the long-running Exiles comic (One of my favorite comics series BTW), where she ended up leading the team. Polaris is in an interesting position, both in her adaptation and her position in the story She may be the most high profile character from the comics, but she may also be the character with the most interesting arc at the outset of the series. The other Underground characters do not stand out too much. Thunderbird is their sensor. This is fine, but I have no feelings about Marco, the laser leader man. I'm excited to see where this family drama goes. I was honestly expecting to dislike the show, but I'm interested to see what happens next. Also, Stan Lee had a cameo!
QOTD Who is your favorite Marvel mutant?
Next week: We cover the return of the CW shows.
Time Codes * 00:00 -Intro * 01:40 - The Gifted Review * 05:10 - Mutant Underground * 05:33 - Blink Character Background * 06:43 - Polaris * 08:26 - The other characters * 10:25 - Final Thoughts * 11:05 -Question of the Week
Ratings The Gifted - Episode 1 Season 1 - eXposed
- Darryl: B+
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Welcome to Season 4! Welcome to Season 4 of Running on Rooftops. If this is your first episode, Darryl and Phil are two guys that enjoy comic books and the media they are adapted to. We will be here every week to rate and review comic book tv shows and movies. There's a lot of new events ahead that we will cover this year, like Gifted, the Justice League movie and the CW four-way crossover "Crisis on Earth X". We are a spoiler-filled podcast, meaning we like to discuss the source materials for the shows we cover. So be warned, and feel free to skip around. In this episode, we cover the two-part premiere of the new ABC Series Marvel's Inhumans, and the first 2 episodes of Gotham season 4 Marvel's Inhumans This show raises a lot of questions. The biggest question being: why should we care about the Inhuman Royal Family? Something just seems off about the show, but I can see them trying to build to something epic. Overall, it does not quite meet the expectations for a show that premiered in IMAX theatres. Gotham It is hard to deny how cool it was to see both Selena and Bruce fighting in the streets, and seeing Bruce's costume evolve was a highlight. For the villains, Penguins crime licenses are amazingly stupid but straight out of a comic book. As for Scarecrow. He's really off looking, and scythe doesn't look sharp, but it's a good, not so high-level villain to face. In addition, the mob element was a highlight of season 1, so it's great to see Falcone may return Sadly, Barbara's return is tiring and the lack of spine for the cops was frustrating. It feels like the GCPD goes from corrupt to clean every few seasons, but it's a good place for Jim to come in as the commissioner he needs to be. Next Time We cover Fox's new show in the X-Men universe "The Gifted" QOTW What Inhuman Power would you want to have after Terrigenesis have? Time Codes * 00:00 - Intro * 00:55 - Season 4 * 05:03 - Behold! The Inhumans * 31:37 - Ratings * 34:14 - Question of the Week! * 38:19 - Gotham * 01:01:37 - Ratings * 01:03:49 - Outro
Ratings Gotham * Darryl: B * Phil: B
Inhumans Behold... The Inhumans Inhumans: Season 1, Episode 1 * Darryl: C * Phil: D+
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Darryl and guest host Joe take a first look take our first look at Netflix mini series: The Defenders. This is the series we've been waiting for since this podcast started, and it does not disappoint. We give our spoiler free impressions on the first three episodes of The Defenders, then we discuss the four main characters and villains in Spoiler Space. How satisfying were the fights? Which characters worked surprisingly well together? Listen and find out! This episode was recorded the premiere weekend of the show, (8/19/2017) so forgive any outdated comments! Check out our coverage on the other members of the Defenders:
- Daredevil - #NinjaFatigue (Daredevil Season 2) -IROR #39
- Jessica Jones -AKA Phil needs to watch more Jessica Jones (Jessica Jones): IROR #10
- Luke Cage - Sweet Christmas Day (International Podcast Day 2016, Luke Cage Episode 1) : TAROR #2
- Iron Fist - Wait, What's your Name? (Iron Fist Spoiler Free Early Thoughts) : TAROR #24
Time Codes * 00:00 - Intro * 11:58 - Episode one concerns * Spoiler Space * 15:00 - Alexandra * 20:18 - Electra * 27:51 - Luke Cage and Iron Fist * 34:31 - Daredevil and Jessica Jones * 45:00 - Final Thoughts and Ratings * 54:25 - Outro
Ratings The Defenders: Episodes 1 -3 * Darryl: A * Joe: A+
References * Follow Joe on Instagram: joedumpster21 * The Defender's IMDB
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Spider-Man: Homecoming Darryl and Phil review Spider-Man: Homecoming, the joint release from Marvel and Sony. We reflect on the past few iterations of Spider-Man movies, talk about a basketful of Easter eggs, and gush about Tom Holland and Micheal Keaton. Spider-Man is finally in the Marvel Cinematic Universe everyone. Let's Celebrate! This episode is also our final episode in our Totally Awesome season. Thanks for sticking with us for another season. There may be a few episodes here or there this summer, but be ready for new, regular episodes near the end of September 2017.
Time Codes * 00:00 - Intro * 00:53 - Where Have we Been? * 03;00 - Spoiler Free Review * 31:40 - Ratings * 33:43 - Spoiler Space * 34:25 - Donald Glover * 35:27 - One of Our Favorite Moments/ Twists * 41:30 - Ned * 47:09 - Tony and Happy * 55:18 - One of Our Least Favorite Moments * 01:10:20 - Outro
Ratings Spider-Man: Homecoming * Darryl: B+ * Phil: B+
References Spider-Man Homecoming on IMDB The broken timeline on SlashFilm http://www.cbr.com/roll-call-putting-names-to-17-new-faces-in-spider-man-homecoming/
Phil Sprints through the season 3 finale of iZombie. Was it bigger? Badder? Zombier? Listen to find out.
Time Codes * 00:00 - Intro * 00:56 - Phil is back * 01:12 - Season finale Review * 11:20 - Ratings * 12:40 - Outro
Ratings Finale * Phil: A-
Season 3 * Phil: A-
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Gotham Season 3 Review Let's get started by talking about the season three finale of Gotham, Heavy Dirty Soul. Not sure if it's a reference to something but things got pretty heavy, things got pretty dirty and weren't terribly soulful. This finale was pretty effective in wrapping up all the various plots from this past season. We had all of Al Tetch's blood coming into fruition in the whole virus plot. All of Nygma's as well as the Penguin's various plots came to an end. Finally, we have all of the Court of Owl stuff wrapped up in the previous episode, as well as the League of Shadows being introduced.
Quality Content in the Finale Ra's Al Ghul was pretty good. He seemed like a pretty spot on depiction. Not a fan of the whole prophecy angle for Batman coming about or Bruce's special destiny or whatever. I do think it's a pretty spot-on looking Ra's. The whole Tabitha and Selina starting to work together thing was a good choice. Another positive thing would be the end of the whole Penguin and Riddler storyline. Penguin's gambit at the end did kind of remind me of how invested I was in his story in the first season. The very last scene where Bruce is dressed up as a vigilante was kind of surprising. I had a feeling that he's kind of almost old enough to start doing something like that. The moment did have kind of shades of Smallville season nine where Clark wore that dark outfit for almost pretty much the same thing as what Bruce is wearing except he didn't wear a mask
Elements that were not so good Alfred getting stabbed is always a bad time. In general Bruce's treatment of Alfred throughout the last few episodes could be better. Which to be fair, he has been brainwashed, but he did stab Alfred and then as soon as Alfred woke up from his healing coma or whatever, he just asks him, "Oh no, Alfred. What should I do?" And not, "Alfred, how are you? I'm sorry. The whole Jim turning evil and Lee going bad as well with the virus seemed like too much. Hopefully, after this season, Jim becomes a decent cop and not tortured, dark, evil cop Jim. I couldn't care about the whole Butch, Tabitha subplot because I really just stopped caring about Barbara, I know she was important, but I forgot she had some importance.
Gotham Season 3's improvements While the season finale had its issues, the Gotham Season 3 may have been the strongest season yet. The last scene in the first mid-season finale where Jim has to shoot Mario when Lee doesn't know that Mario's about to kill her was really powerful and really quality filmmaking. Also, Jerome's return was great. I wasn't really excited about it at first, but it was executed fantastically. They were really good episodes and it feels like the Joker's actually arrived in the show. I don't know if that's one of the motivations for Bruce to actually start being a vigilante in this next season, but it was a good turning point for both him and Jerome. Anyway, I think Gotham has improved, but I do think that ever since they started the whole rebranding from Mad City to Heroes Rise, the quality kind of started to fall, ironically. It's been improving and it's been enjoyable. Most of the season has been a really good time, but I just think if they got their act together in the last half, It would have been a really great season.
Time Codes * 00:00 - Intro * 04:22 - Good Stuff in the finale Gotham Season 3 * 09:02 - Bad Stuff in the finale Gotham Season 3 * 15:02 Gotham Season 3's improvements * 21:54 - Outro
Ratings Gotham Season 3 Finale HeavyDirtySoul * Darryl: C+
Gotham Season 3 * Darryl: B-
References * Previous Gotham Finale reviews: + A Sprint to Transference! (Gotham Season 2 Finale) -IROR #35 + Agents of Gotham (Season Finale Part 1) - ROR 8
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Awesome-Con 2017 Recap Overall, it was a lot of fun. It took almost an hour to get into the vendor hall and it was super overwhelming at first. I got a chance to see Phil Lamar! The voice of John Stewart in the DCAU Justice League cartoon, Samurai Jack, Hermes from Futurama, among others.
I got a chance to see Super Art Fight. A really fun art live art competition. They have shows and tour every once and a while so check them out at www.superartfight.com I didn't get any autographs, but I did get a sweet Doctor Who journal, in which I might try to get as many Doctor Who autographs as possible? I also tried Sci-Fi Speed Dating. Turns out its just speed dating at a convention, but not much Sci-Fi. It was kinda fun. Overall, if you go, go with a game plan. I didn't see as many panels or autographs that I wanted You may want to go on multiple days if you want to experience the whole convention. If you go on a single day, make sure you go when there's a lot of people you want to see. Also, bring snacks and Vitamin C so you don't get sick.
Time Codes * 00:00 - Intro * 00:57 - Awesome-Con Recap * 00:43 - Outro
Ratings Awesome Con 2017 * Darryl: A good time with friends
References * http://awesome-con.com/ * http://www.superartfight.com/ * http://www.superartfight.com/podcast/
We review the Wonder Woman movie! This a very solid, action packed, origin story movie set in World War 1 that hits some familiar beats, but is a marked improvement for the DCEU. We love how Diana develops in strength and character in the movie and becomes the symbol of love and peace we all know and love. Phil also gives Darryl a quick quiz on what attributes the main DC superheroes embody. Does DC break their critical slump? As superhero period pieces go, how does Wonder Woman stack up to Captain America: The First Avenger? How does Mick Foley Factor into this? Listen and find out! *FYI Small Logan Spoiler
Time Codes * 00:00 - Intro * 00:55 - We're talking about Wonder Woman * 03:26 - Spoiler Free Review * 16:36 - Ratings * 21:41 - Spoiler Space * 22:05 - Wonder Woman v. Captain America * 25:22 - One Word Descriptions of DC Characters * 34:10 - Funny Moments * 36:15 - Wonder Woman 2? * 38:39 - The Amazons * 43:31 - Action Scenes * 46:49 - Ares * 50:53 - Steve * 57:20 - Diana * 1:04:44 - Final Thoughts * 1:05:43 - Outro
Ratings Wonder Woman * Darryl: A- * Phil: A-
References * Wonder Woman IMDB * Wonder Woman's Opening Weekend * Setting for Wonder Woman's sequel
Supergirl, Flash, Arrow Finales On the second episode of the week, Phil sprints through last week's finales: Supergirl, Flash, and Arrow. He talks about Supergirl's awesome fight with the Man of Steel, how Barry sucks at executing plans in an effective manner, and Slade's return is glorious. Listen, rate, review, share!
Time Codes * 00:00 - Intro * 00:53 - 2nd Episode of the week * 01:30 - Supergirl * 09:52 - Flash * 22:54 - Arrow * 34:47 - Outro
Ratings Supergirl * Finale: A- * Season 2: B+
Flash * Finale (First 58 Minutes): A * Season 3: B+
Arrow * Finale: A+ * Season 5: A
Legends of Tomorrow and Marvel's Agents of Shield Finales Darryl is joined by special guest Joe, to discuss and review Marvel's Agents of SHIELD Season 4 and Legends of Tomorrow Season 2. We get into YouTube spoilers, gush over character development, media and the connections between the different Marvel media and discuss the meaning of sentience. Listen and enjoy!
Time Codes * 00:00 - Intro * 00:00 - Meet Joe * 07:00 - Legends of Tomorrow Season 2 * 17:45 - The development of Sara Lance * 21:07 - Final moments of Legends Season 2 * 24:17 - Captain Cold * 27:50 - Legends Season 2 Rank * 32:48 - Marvel's Agents of Shield Season 4 * 34:35 - Mallory Jensen * 40:41 - May * 45:32 - FitzSimmons * 50:29 - Phil Coulson's Deal * 54:00 - Quake and Ghost Rider * 1:01:16 - Is The Russian M.O.D.O.K? * 1:03:49 - Mack, Holden and the Framework * 1:16:41 - Looking ahead to season 5 + Inhumans * 1:19:55 - Ratings for Agents of SHIELD
Ratings Legends of Tomorrow Season 2 Episode 16: Aruba * Darryl: B+ * Joe: B
Legends of Tomorrow Season 2 * Darryl: B+ * Joe: B
Marvel's Agents of SHIELD Season 4 Episode 23: World's End * Darryl: A * Joe: A+
Marvel's Agents of SHIELD Season 4 * Darryl: A+ * Joe: A
Arrow Season 5 Recap Phil does a fun Arrow Season 5 recap to get us all up to speed for the finale. How many impressions does Phil go through? How many times does Darryl crack up? Listen and find out!
Time Codes * 00:00 - Intro * 00:58 - We're Back! * 01:45 - How this episode will go * 04:17 Beginning of the Recap * 34:05 - Mid Season Finale * 56:24 - A Message to you Listeners * 57:12 - Back to the Recap * 1:00:22 - Prometheus tortures Green Arrow * 1:14:05 - Penultimate Episode * 1:28:03 - Outro
References List of Arrow Episodes Lord Mesa Bakery Interview Go Go 80's X-Men! (X-Men) -IROR# 34
We review the first four episodes of the last pod of Marvel's Agents of SHIELD: Marvel's Agents of Hydra. What character is better off evil? Will the Framework last past the season finale? How do you pronounce Iain De Caestecker? Listen and find out (Except for the pronunciation part, we really aren't sure)!
Time Codes * 00:00 - Intro * 01:32 - Agents of Shield inside the Framework * 06:04 - The Patriot * 08:54 - Madame Hydra * 11:48 - The Scientist * 14:47 - Agent Triplett * 17:41 - Traitor Grant Ward * 18:29 - The Girl that Lived (Hope MacKenzie) * 20:33 - Theories of what will Happen Next * 24:57 - Final Thoughts * 27:57 - Outro
Ratings Marvel's Agent's of Hydra - First Half * Darryl: A * Phil: A
In this episode, Darryl sprints through the start of iZombie Season 3. This isn't a summary or a strict review, but more of an overview of his impressions of the early season. It's a look at where the characters are, and what we are looking forward to in the future. Time Codes * 00:00 - Intro * 02:14 - Outro * 09:33 - Conclusion * 10:29 - Next Time
Ratings iZombie Season 3 * Darryl: Just watch it
References * Last Season's Early iZombie Sprint * iZombie Season 2 Review
We review the mind-bending first season of FX's Legion (FOX). This hit show was very engaging and visually beautiful, but it had a few places where it fell flat. Have a listen to hear our opinion Time Codes * 00:00 - Intro * 00:49 - Overview of Episode * 02:08 - Initial Thoughts * 07:13 - Comparison to Legion in the Comics * 10:01 - Shadow King * 12:00 - Oliver Byrd/ Jemaine Clement * 14:17 - Expectations v. Reality * 15:30 - Syd and David's Relationship * 18:44 - Kerry and Cary * 19:27 - The Other Mutants * 23:20 - David and Lenny * 26:53 - D3 * 27:52 - End Credit Scene * 29:37 - Final Thoughts * 37:24 - Ratings * 39:42 - Outro
Ratings Legion Season 1 * Darryl: A- * Phil: A
Legion Season 1: Episode 8 * Darryl: A * Phil: A
References * IMDB
We review Saban's Power Rangers! Your hosts are two lifelong fans of the franchise, there was a lot riding on this film for us. It turned out better than expected and flashed us back to our childhoods. Listen to find out our full thoughts! Time Codes * 00:00 - Intro * 00:53 - Power Rangers Spoiler Free Review * 18:34 - Ratings * 19:45 - Spoiler Space * 19:57 - The Big Death * 21:26 - Billy (Blue Ranger) * 26:54 - Call Backs/ Easter Eggs * 28:12 - The Battle Scene * 30:20 - Favorite Moments * 34:50 - Possible Plot Lines Going Forward * 39:09 - Random Thoughts * 49:03 - Discussion Questions * 55:16 - Outro
Ratings Saban's Power Rangers * Darryl: B+ * Phil: B
References * Saban's Power Rangers' IMDB Page * Darryl's Favorite Super Heroes * No Pink Spandex * Why That Kiss From the Power Rangers Trailer Was Cut From the Film * The Original Green Ranger Accidentally Got Himself Kicked Out of the Power Rangers Premiere
In this sprint, Darryl reviews the Flash and Supergirl crossover episode: Duet. Do the songs reach a sharp point, or do they fall flat? Is the musical melodic or malefic? Listen and find out!!!
Time Codes * 00:00 - Intro * 00:52 - Flash/Supergirl Musical Review * 10:30 - Outro
Ratings The Flash - Duet * Darryl: B
We give a spoiler-free review of the first four episodes of Iron Fist, the latest Marvel TV series on Netflix. This was a lot slower start to the four Netflix seasons we have seen so far. At the same time, it's the show with the biggest hill to climb. We are not too in love with the show and the main character, but if they pull off that we think they are, it may be a great show by the end. [caption id="attachment_801" align="alignnone" width="198"] Power Man and Iron Fist #1 2016[/caption] How does it stack up to Daredevil, Jessica Jones, and Luke Cage? Who do we agree are the more interesting characters than Danny Rand? Listen and find out! Time Codes * 00:00 - Intro * 00:51 - Who is Iron Fist? * 10:14 - Initial Thoughts * 19:53 - Phil's Thoughts on the Acting * 23:14 - Discussion Questions * 30:47 - Darryl's Thoughts on the Acting * 35:18 - Ratings * 36:44 - Final Thoughts * 40:46 - Next Week * 43:29 - Outro
Ratings Iron Fist Season 1: Episodes 1-4 * Darryl: C * Phil: C
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This week Phil sprints through is weekly rankings for last week's episodes of Supergirl, Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, and Legion. Which show came in first this week? Which show came in last? Which show started out towards the bottom but by the end of the episode rose to the top? Start running to find out! 00:00 - Intro 00:55 - Weekly Rankings 02:16 - #4 07:07 - #3 12:01 - #2 16:56 - #1 24:07 - Outro
In this episode, we review Logan! This was easily one of the best X-Men movies in recent memory. Did our collective hearts break for the relationships developed between Logan and Laura? Is this movie worth being Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart's final supposed chapter in the X-Men universe. Yes. Yes it is. Listen and hear our reasons why. P.S. How is Logan and Yu-Gi-Oh connected? You won't want to miss this reveal.
Time Codes * 00:00 - Intro * 00:52 - Spoiler Free Review * 13:57 - Spoiler Free Review * 18:51 - Spoiler Space * 19:10 - Logan/ X-24 * 30:33 - Professor X * 37:01 - The Munson Family * 41:22 - Caliban * 44:15 - The Bad Guys * 45:52 - Laura * 51:53 - Deadpool Scene * 54:25 - Outro
Ratings Logan * Darryl: A * Phil: A
References * Logan on IMDB * Deadpool 2 Teaser
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Running on Rooftops celebrated our second anniversary this year, and to celebrate we are doing a number of interviews on the idea of fandom. We will be conducting a few interviews with some people in the online comic book community about doing geeky things and what being a fan means to them. These interviews will go over what they do, why they do it, and how they've grown from the experience. Lord Mesa Interview We had the pleasure of interviewing Lord Mesa, a fantastic and prolific artist who's work has been seen all over the web. You may have seen him post his reactions to the previous night's CW show, or saw him at Hero's and Villians Fan Fest, but we had the chance to talk to him about being a fan. We talk about his art, his stylistic inspirations, and a bit of advice for any artist listening. We also talk about how being a fan opened him up to opportunities to meet stars and give back to the community. Have a look at his Instagram, have a listen to the show! Time Codes * 00:00 - Intro * 00:53 - Pre-Interview * 02:51 - Lord Mesa's Intro * 09:04 - Inspirations for your art * 20:18 - Favorite Fandoms right now * 27:54 - What have you gained from your art * 39:07 - Favorite Projects * 42:58 - What are you excited for this year * 56:21 - Advice for Young Artists * 01:06:21 - Post Interview * 01:09:22 - Outro
References * Lord Mesa on Twitter * Lord Mesa on Instagram * Lord Mesa's Merch (Coloring Book) * Heroes and Villians Fan Fest
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Running on Rooftops celebrated our second anniversary this year, and to celebrate we are doing a number of interviews on the idea of fandom. We will be conducting a few interviews with some people in the online comic book community about doing geeky things and what being a fan means to them. These interviews will go over what they do, why they do it, and how they've grown from the experience.
Interview with CoffeeNCosplay
We had the pleasure of talking with Jenny, also known as CoffeeNCosplay. She is a cosplayer on the west coast, a big fan Cloak and Dagger, and a delight to talk to. We talk about cosplaying, the new Cloak and Dagger series, making costumes and how she's grown as a person. Have a listen!
Time Codes * 00:00 - Intro * 00:52 - New Interview Episodes * 01:39 - Two Year Anniversary * 03:20 - Pre-Interview * 05:08 - CoffeeNCosplay Interview * 33:55 - Post-Interview * 36:03 - Next Interview * 36:27 - Outro
References
- CoffeeNCosplay on Facebook
- @Dagger_Marvel
- Emerald City Comic Con
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Phil sprints through the first episode of the new FX show, Legion, based on the Marvel Comics character. How does it hold up compared to the other broadcast channel shows? Listen and find out if this podcast is even real or not. 00:00 - Intro 00:55 - Happy Birthday Darryl!! 01:15 - Initial Thoughts 02:07 - Basic Knowledge on Legion 03:30 - Brief Plot review 04:10 - What did I think of the First Episode 07:54 - Rating 08:40 - Outro Phil's Rating: Solid A
We have Batman filled episode for you all this week. We discuss the series premiere of Powerless, the new DC Comics sitcom on NBC. There are a lot of great comics references packed in a half hour, but does it stack up as a comedy? We actually give it two different ratings based on the quality of the references. Afterwards, we discuss the winter finale of Gotham Season 3: The Gentle Art of Making Enemies. This may have been the best Gotham has ever been. Listen and find out what we thought! Time Codes * 00:00 - Intro * 00:56 - Pilot Episode of Powerless * 14:43 - Rankings * 21:34 - Gotham Winter Finale * 44:57 - Rankings * 48:21 - Outro
Ratings Powerless Season 1 Episode 1: Wayne or Lose (as a Comic Book Fan) * Darryl: C+ * Phil: B-
Powerless Season 1 Episode 1: (as a Sitcom) * Phil: C+ * Darryl: C
Gotham Season 3 Episode 14: Mad City: The Gentle Art of Making Enemies * Darryl: A- * Phil: A
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We review the pilot for Riverdale, a TV show based on a property both hosts are not terribly familiar with. Listen as we review a show surprised us both in multiple ways. Who got sucked into the plot? Which one of us was shocked by how not terrible Veronica was? Who floors who with a Smallville reference? Listen and find out! Also, It's our 2nd Anniversary! No matter how long you've been listening to the show, thank you for spending time with us every week. We are planning something new to celebrate, so make sure you're subscribed! Time Codes * 00:00 - Intro * 00:58 - Riverdale Pilot * 01:55 - Our Archie History * 05:35 - Initial Thoughts of the Pilot * 14:30 - Parts we liked * 29:30 - Parts we did not like * 36:03 - Possible CW Hero/ Archie Crossover? Hmm... * 39:15 - Final Thoughts of the Pilot * 43;52 - Outro
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For this sprint, Darryl gives a spoiler-free review of Justice League/Power Rangers #1, an unexpected bit of synergy between two superhero movies releasing this year that works surprisingly well. Speaking of movies, Darryl provides his thoughts on the final trailer for Saban's Power Rangers. * 00:01:05 - Intro * 00:02:48 - Justice League/Power Rangers #1 Review * 00:11:42 - Saban's Power Rangers Trailer Thoughts * 00:15:25 - Conclusion
Ratings Justice League/Power Rangers #1 * Darryl: B
References * Justice League/Power Rangers Preview * Power Rangers Trailer
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Darryl and Phil are back together to review the first regular show to come back for the winter: Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Time Codes * 00:00 - Intro * 00:53 - Agents of Shield is back/ We still miss Agent Carter * 09:26 - First thing we liked * 15:10 - Second thing we liked * 21:04 - Third thing we liked * 28:44 - Fourth thing we liked * 31:13 - First thing we didn't like * 37:39 - Second thing we didn't like * 38:59 - Rankings * 41:52 - Outro
Stuff we did like: 1. We liked how Mace was much more proactive in this episode, he really wanted to help Daisy and Simmons, and didn’t care about the consequences from the senator were going to be. 2. Coulson and Mac speak so much truth. I’m so happy they are actually to wipe the mind of the robot that’s seen the unthinkable evil of the Darkhold. Also, all of Mac's references were a delight. 3. The Radcliffe twist was very well done. 4. Slingshot, both her character and the web series are a delightful addition to the series.
Stuff we didn’t like: * The whole Senator Nadeer brother plot was very silly, almost too silly * I wish Daisy kept the heavy eye shadow. It was a nice look
Ratings Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - Season 4, Episode 9: Broken Promises * Darryl - A- * Phil - B+
References * Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Slingshot * A.I.M in the MCU
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Phil starts the year off sprinting through the on going Marvel comic, Steve Rogers: Captain America. He looks at all 8 current issues and talks about why it is such a thriller of a comic. Why is he a Hydra agent now? Who is he playing? Where will the new year take him? Listen to find out! 00:00 - Intro 00:54 - Happy New Year! 01:50 - Captain America Review 15:54 - Outro
Darryl and Phil close out the year reviewing the final Winter finales of 2016, The Flash, Arrow, and Legends of Tomorrow. This week they use their ranking formula as they discuss which one was the best. Want to know who is alive? Want to know who will die? Want to know the exact age of Al Capone? Listen to find out! Let start running! [Time Codes] 00:00 - Intro 00:58 - Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays 02:19 - #3 Legends of Tomorrow 20:25 - Legends of Tomorrow's Ratings 21:24 - #2 The Flash 33:27 - The Flash's Ratings 35:41 - #1 Arrow 47:23 - Arrow's Ratings 50:45 - Outro Ratings Arrow - What We Leave Behind * Darryl - A * Phil - A
The Flash - The Present * Darryl - A * Phil -A
Legends of Tomorrow - The Chicago Way * Darryl - B- * Phil - B-
Rankings 1. Arrow 2. Flash 3. Legends of Tomorrow
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Darryl and Phil are back from a week off discussing two winter finales from earlier this month, Gotham and Agents of Shield. What did they like about them? What did they not like about them? Why are objects falling in lakes making them upset? Who became a robot?!?! Listen to find out! 00:00 - Intro 00:47 - Where have we been? 02:51 - We are talking about Gotham and Shield 04:54 - What we liked about Gotham 17:41 - What we didn't like about Gotham 24:56 - Gotham's Ratings 26:26 - What we liked about Shield 38:17 - What we didn't like about Shield 43:11 - Shield's Ratings 44:39 - Outro Ratings: Gotham * Darryl - B+ * Phil - A-
Agents of Shield * Darryl - B+ * Phil - B+
The Invasion! crossover is over! The unprecedented 4 part crossover between Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow was a rousing success. Darryl and Phil give their opinions about the massive event and give four great things we appreciated in the crossover. In addition, we talk the four things that weren't so good about Invasion!. No shows are perfect, and these episodes are no exception. However, it's been an overwhelmingly good crossover that we've been happy to follow all week.
Time Codes 00:00 - Intro
00:57 - Back from Break
03:30 - Spoiler Free Review
19:36 - Spoiler Space
19:46 - Supergirl
26:05 - Favorite #1
31:55 - Favorite #2
40:37 - Favorite #3
47:24 - Favorite #4
50:31 - Least #1
54:24 - Least #2
57:40 - Least #3
1:01:06 - Least #4
1:03:59 - Final Thoughts
1:06:05 - Wrap Up
1:06:37 - Outro
Four Good things about the Invasion! crossover 1. Supergirl in Arrowverse brings a lot of joy to everything: Also. Mick's reactions to Supergirl were pretty funny. 2. Three fantastic action sequences: The fight under mind control, Arrow team vs all the past Arrow Villains, All Heroes Versus all Dai Dominators were all fantastic. 3. Arrow 100th Episode: This episode and the end of the crossover, gave a fantastic tribute to all that the show has done. 4. Everytime Diggle gets awkward brings joy to our hearts. It's not a crossover unless John Diggle gets awkward.
Four Not so Good things about the crossover 1. How quickly Cisco was up to time traveling when he has been mad at Barry for that very reason. We know he's a geek, but come on. 2. Forced conflicts with Supergirl: Mad Dog made more sense, but Oliver's seemed out of character 3. Slade’s absence from the Arrow episode feels like there's a gap when he's missing from the lineup: He could have at least given a voice over. 4. Citizen Steel’s outfit: It's just not very good outside of the CGI effect. It could have been better, but it could have been worse.
References * Invasion! provides the highest ratings for their shows in history. * Arrow's Season 5 finale will return back to the beginning
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Phil sprints through the weekly rankings for the past week. These rankings are reminiscent of earlier weeks the fall, listen to find where he put each of the five shows (Supergirl, Gotham, Flash, Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow). 00:00 - Intro 00:54 - Shows I'm Sprinting through 01:50 - #5 07:00 -#4 11:49 - #3 14:07 - #2 19:48 - #1 26:19 - Outro
Young Justice season 3 is in production! We are so hyped,we dedicated a whole episode to it. Darryl and Phil discuss the Young Justice Season 3 Announcement. To celebrate the return of this fantastic cartoon that was cruelly cut short, we give a SPOILER FREE review of seasons 1 and 2. We discuss what we loved, the struggles with air dates, and what we look forward to for the new season. We tried to be as spoiler free as possible, so out and watch it if you can. DVD's are available, and it's on Netflix. Watch one episode a week, and after 46 weeks you'll be that much closer to season 3 :D Ratings Young Justice Season 1 * Darryl: A+ * Phil: A+
Young Justice Season 2 * Darryl: A- * Phil: A
References * Young Justice Season 3 Announcement! * Greg Weisman's and Brandon Vietti thank fans * IMDB Page
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Doctor Strange! Master of the mystic arts! Such a stellar movie can't be handled by two mere mortals! Darryl and Phil are joined by fan of the podcast Alex to discuss the final Marvel movie of 2016. Open your eyes, ears and minds for this magical movie meditation.
- 00:00:00 - Intro
- 01:18 - Alex's Intro
- 02:41 - Spoiler Free Review
- 21:42 - Spoiler Free Ratings
- 27:11 - Spoiler Space
- 28:08 - Ancient One
- 35:36 - Mordo
- 40:51 - Wong
- 46:13 Kaecilius
- 55:09 Doctor Strange
- 1:02:01 - Infinity Stones/ Future
- 1:06:18 - Man on Bus
- 1:07:32 - Easter Eggs
- 1:09:22 - Dormammu
- 1:10:08 - Climax
- 1:11:49 - Thor End Credits
- 1:15:07 - Final Thoughts
- 1:19:18 - Outro
Doctor Strange Ratings * Darryl: B+ * Phil: A- * Alex: A
References * The man behind the Spellcasting * Ancient One Casting Controversy
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In this episode, we take rank the shows that aired during the week of 10/24/2016. We had a bigger split between the two hosts, so we have some interesting conversations. Between Gotham, Supergirl, Agents of Shield, Arrow, Flash, and Legends of Tomorrow, which show was supreme? Listen and find out. * 00:00 - Intro * 00:50 - Another Sprint Episode * 02:55 - #6 * 13:15 - #5 * 20:57 - #4 * 29:02 - #3 * 40:17 - #2 * 44:41 - #1 * 54:19 - Outro
Weekly Rankings Darryl 1. Gotham 2. Arrow 3. Flash 4. Agents of Shield 5. Supergirl 6. Legend
Phil 1. Arrow 2. Gotham 3. Legends of Tomorrow 4. Flash 5. Supergirl 6. Agents of Shield
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Darryl and Phil change things up this episode. No recaps, just rankings! We just rank the episodes that came out the week of 10/17/16. What show shocked us by how good it was? Did Legends of Tomorrow redeem itself from a lackluster premiere? Let us know what you think of the format and enjoy the show!
Rankings Phil
- Gotham
- Arrow
- Supergirl
- Legends of Tomorrow
- Agents of Shield
- Flash
Darryl
- Arrow
- Gotham
- Flash
- Legends of Tomorrow
- Supergirl
- Agents of Shield
References * Smallville on Hulu * DC Clothing Line
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Two new seasons take flight! We cover the final two premieres were's covering this fall: Supergirl and Legends of Tomorrow. We gush over the addition of the Man of Steel to Supergirl, and how much he isn't like the Superman in Man of Steel movie. In addition, time travel causes a lot of confusion. We have our full list of rankings for the Fall as well. Which show rises to new heights, and which one doesn't quite make it past sea level? Listen and find out! Ratings Supergirl Ep 201: The Adventures of Supergirl * Darryl - B+ * Phil - B+
Legends of Tomorrow Ep 201: Out of Time * Darryl - B- * Phil - C-
Rankings Darryl 1. Flash 2. Supergirl 3. Gotham 4. Arrow 5. Legends of Tomorrow 6. Agents of Shield
Phil 1. Flash 2. Supergirl 3. Gotham 4. Agents of Shield 5. Arrow 6. Legends of Tomorrow
References * Power Ranger's Time Force Opening
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Phil sprints through the premiers of the Flash and Arrow from this past week.
00:00 - Intro
00:52 - What Phil was up to
01:40 - Flash Review
17:53 - Rating
18:24 - Arrow Review
26:58 - Rating
27:45 - Weekly Rankings
29:09 - Outro
Phil's Ratings
Flash S3 E1: A-
Arrow S5 E1: A
Weekly Rankings
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Arrow
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Flash
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Phil's video link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP2G6UKRmwc
In this shockingly spoiler light episode, Darryl sprints through the Pilot of the Amazon produced "The Tick" Time Codes * 0:00:58 - Intro * 0:02:19 -Tick Pilot Discussion * 0:07:39 - Tick Review * 0:07:39 - Weekly Rankings * 0:08:30 - Conclusion
Ratings Amazon's The Tick 2016 Pilot * Darryl - B+
Rankings 1. Agents Of Shield 2. Gotham
References * Watch The Tick
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International Podcast day is a day to celebrate podcasters and podcast fans. As a podcaster, I want to extend my thanks to all of our listeners.As a podcast fan, however, I want to share some podcasts that I listen to, in addition to a quick review of the first episode of Luke Cage. Check out the survey here!
- 0:00 Intro
- 0.01.24 - Happy IDP!
- 0:07:26 - Podcast Recommendations
- 0:19:32 - Luke Cage Episode 1 - Moment of Truth
- 0:22.01 - Conclusion
Featured Podcasts * Spirit Blade Underground * Relevant Podcast * One Piece Podcast * Journey Into Misery * Scott Sigler * Podcaster’s Roundtable * Secret World Chronicle * Weekly Manga Recap
Ratings Luke Cage Episode 101: Darryl: B+
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Darryl and Phil are back and are even more totally awesome this time around than last season. The season kicks off with the reviews of Gotham season 3 and Agents of Shield season 4 premiers. What has Phil hissing like a vampire? What's up with that fire guys head? What is Darryl's all time favorite board game? Find all that out here!
00:00 - Intro
00:55 - Season 3 of Running on Rooftops
09:10 - Gotham Recap
25:36 - Gotham Review
43:40 - Shield Segue
55:45 - Shield Review
1:11:59 - Next Week
1:15:14 - Outro
Ratings Gotham: Episode 301 - Better to Reign in Hell
- Phil: B-
- Darryl: C+
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D: Episode 401 - The Ghost
- Phil: B+
- Darryl: A
Rankings Unanimous
- Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D
- Gotham
Darryl and Phil reflect on this past season of Running On Rooftops and what has made it so incredible. They give their top five lists from what has happened on the podcast this year, what has happened on TV, in the Comics, and in the movies. What were your favorite superhero memories this year?
00:00 - Intro
00:51 - End of Season 2
05:52 - Top 5 Podcast moments
06:17 - #1
08:30 - #2
11:18 - #3
14:05 - #4
16:30 - #5
19:05 - Phil's Top 5 TV Moments
32:29 - Darryl's Top 5 TV Moments
46:22 - Phil's Top top 5 Comic Moments
54:39 - Darryl's Top 5 Comic Moments
1:04:01 - Top 5 Movie Moments
1:04:21 - #1
1:05:41 - #2
1:07:10 - #3
1:08:45 - #4
1:10:16 - #5
1:11:38 - Next Season of Running on Rooftops
1:14:18 - Outro
We're talking about Suicide Squad! As usual for our movie reviews, we give our spoiler-free impressions, and give character discussions in Spoiler Space. However, there are a ton of characters in this movie that are a bit underutilized. We lumped them in on a single talking point, then went into detail about all the more important characters Is it a better showing from DC after Batman V Superman? Listen and find out!
00:00 - Intro
00:51 - Movie Comparisons
04:26 - Spoiler Free Review
18:47 - Suicide Squad History
25:04 - Ratings
28:00 - Spoiler Space
28:14 - Underused Characters
45:02 - Amanda Waller
52:50 - Rick Flag & Enchantress
1:02:45 - El Diablo
1:07:13 - Joker
1:16:55 - Harley Quinn
1:23:02 - Deadshot
1:38:15 - Outro
Ratings for Suicide Squad
- Darryl:B-
- Phil: C+
Thanks to the last two Marvel movies, it's hard to find anyone who doesn’t love The Vision. How can you not? He can lift Thor’s Hammer, fought against his father, Ultron and is voiced by Paul Bettany. The topic of love a is a major part of Vision’s current solo book, in which he makes a family of his own. This sprint is going to cover my impressions of the first arc of the series, in volume 1 of The Vision (2015 - )
Rating for The Vision (2015 - )
Darryl : A
Phil Sprints through DC Comics new animated movie, "The Killing Joke!" It's got action, blood, Mark Hamill, Kevin Conroy, and Bruce Timm! Everything you need for a good Batman story. But what did Phil think of the movie? Listen now!
00:00 - Intro
00:54 - History of the Story
03:12 - All the Pieces for a good movie
04:38 - Reaction
15:14 - The Writing
16:42 - Outro
On this episode, Darryl and Phil cover all the major TV and Movie announcements from San Diego Comic Con 2016. There was an overwhelming amount of info to cover, so strap in for a long one.
00:00 - Intro
00:51 - Comic Con
01:17 - Ghost Rider on SHIELD
08:52 - Iron Fist
16:31 - Luke Cage
23:04 - Defenders
25:07 - Legion
35:15 - DC TV
34:14 - Arrow
45:34 - Flash
53:49 - Capt. Marvel
58:58 - Doctor Strange
1:03:07 - Wonder Woman
1:09:35 - Justice League
1:20:38 - Outro
Phil and Darryl are back to on the podcast! We got together to discuss the second season finale for The Flash. Its been a little while, so we recap the episode for you before we talk about Speedsters, racers, the Black Flash, and Flashpoint.
00:00 - Intro
00:52 - The Return
04:13 - Episode Recap
16:55 - Comparing the Two Finales
25:37 - Zoom becoming the black Flash
28:55 - Jay Garrick and the Masked Man mystery.
44:44 - Flashpoint & Season 3
55:36 - Wally West
1:00:10 - Ratings
1:08:49 - Outro
Ratings for The Flash S2 Ep 23: The Race of His Life
- Phil: B
- Darryl: B-
Ratings for The Flash S2
- Phil: B
- Darryl: B
References
- Birth of the Black Racer
Phil is back! And he is ready to roll. Phil does a long sprint through DC comics' new event Rebirth and really dives into what Rebirth is about, what titles have come out so far and which ones he is liking so far.
00:00 - Intro
00:50 - Phil's Return
01:50 - Rebirth's announcement
06:45 - DC Universe Rebirth release
12:30 - Batman Rebirth
18:02 - Green Arrow Rebirth
18:58 - Wonder Woman Rebirth
21:17 - Aquaman Rebirth
22:10 - Green Lanterns Rebirth
29:30 - Hal Jordan and the Green Lanterns Rebirth
29:45 - Titans Rebirth
30:25 - Superman Rebirth
31:30 - Flash Rebirth
32:45 - Justice League
34:15 - Wrap Up
35:00 - Outro
Darryl is joined by the fantastic duo of Maxine @SideHustleStory and Mark @MarkingTheEdit to discuss season 2 of Daredevil. Where does this season stack up to the other Netflix series? Who on the podcast got ninja fatigue over the season? How many times do we gush over different actors? Listen and find out!
If you all need some photography done in the D.C metro area (including cosplay photography) or video editing work, check out our guests at http://www.sidehustlestories.net/ and https://markingtheedit.com/
0:00:00 Pardon our Audio
0:01:18 Introducing our esteemed guest
0:02:38 What our Guests are interested in
0:09:00 Overall thoughts on Daredevil Season 2 and the Marvel Netflix series so far
0:23:11 Feelings about Matt, Foggy and Karen and where they end up
0:32:29 Elektra
0:42:12 Punisher
0:45:38 Costume Design
0:50:00 Action Scenes
0:58:13 Final Thoughts and Ratings
1:05:24 - Wrapping up
Daredevil Season 2 Ratings
- Darryl:B
- Maxine: B+
- Mark: B-
In this episode, Darryl gets a bit personal and talks about his 5(ish) favorite superheroes and what they mean to him. There are some you might expect, and at least one you may have never heard of. This isn't a ranking, so they are in no particular order.
1:10 - Intro and Explanation
2:15 - #1
3:45 - #2
5:30 - #3
6:43 - #4
7:40 - #5
Inspired by the last episode, Darryl tries to rank the villains of Arrow. Who will win this ranking between this band of villains? Malcolm Merlyn's Undertaking to Damien Dark's Genesis. I go through each of the villains with an arbitrary measure to listen and find out. Listen and find out who wins!
01:13 Intro
05:00 Quality of their Scheme
07:32 Success of their scheme
10:21 Impact on the main characters
13:49 Overall impression
19:05 Who Wins?
20:39 Conclusion
In this episode, Darryl sprints through the season 4 finale of Arrow. How does this season stack up to the previous season finales? How does this all relate to a popular Bruce Willis movie in the 90s (not Die Hard)? Listen to find out! So much catastrophic destruction, so little time!
Ratings
Arrow:Season 4 Ep. 23: Schism
- Darryl: B
Arrow: Season 4 Finale
- Darryl: B
Darryl runs through the season 2 finale of Gotham "Transference" and then gives his thoughts on the season as a whole.
2:26 - Gotham Season Finale Review
11:16 Gotham Season 2
Darryl's Rating
Gotham 2.23 - C
Gotham Season 2 - C
This week Darryl and Phil review the new movie, X-Men: Apocalypse. But make sure to stick around for the whole show because we have a special look at the movie's end credit scene after our end credits.
Grades:
Darryl: B
Phil: B
00:00 - Intro
00:53 - X-Men Movies Recap
07:32 - Spoiler Free Review
19:06 - Power Rangers: Apocalypse
20:26 - Spoiler Free Rankings
22:48 - Spoiler Space
29:48 - The Four Horsemen
31:20 - Weapon X
33:50 - Jubilee
34:55 - Costumes
36:28 - Jean Grey/ Cyclops
42:30 - Havok
44:08 - Beast
45:52 - Mystique
53:15 - Nightcrawler
55:17 - Quicksilver
59:48 - Magneto
01:09:45 - Professor X
01:17:23 - Apocalypse
01:27:25 - Outro
01:28:38 - End Credit Scene
Phil Sprints through last week's season finales, Agents of Shield, and Legends of Tomorrow. Where are both shows headed for the next season? Who died? Who lived? Listen in to find out. Next week will be our review of X-Men: Apocalypse.
00:00 - Intro
00:58 - Legends of Tomorrow
16:05 - Agents of Shield
31:37 - Outro
The Host fight over which show was best this past week. They go back an forth presenting their cases trying to convince the other that their rankings are the correct rankings? Who wins? Who concedes? Divided We Fall.
TimeCodes
00:00 - Intro
03:34 - Darryl's Rankings
04:09 - Phil's Rankings
4:54 - Gotham
12:06 - Legends of Tomorrow
25:08 - Agents of Shield
37:19 - Flash
42:34 - Arrow
49:40 - Outro
Rankings
Darryl
- Flash
- Legends
- Arrow
- Shield
- Gotham
Phil
- Arrow
- Flash
- Shield
- Legends
- Gotham
Final Rankings:
- Arrow
- Flash
- Shield
- Legends
- Gotham
Civil War was one of the best movies to come out this year! Why? Take a listen to our Spoiler Free and Spoiler Filled impressions!
00:00 - Intro
00:52 - Spoiler Free with Black Panther and Spider-man
21:14 - Spoiler Space
21:50 - RIP Peggy Carter/ Sharon Carter
25:19 - Antman
30:11 - Hawkeye
32:43 - War Machine
37:22 - Falcon
40:00 - Black Widow
42:57 - Vision and Scarlet Witch
44:30 - Captain America, Ironman, and Winter Soldier
51:40 - Zemo
55:00 - Outro
Ratings for Civil War
- Darryl: A+
- Phil: A+
The Supergirl finale has come and gone, almost like it's running away, so Phil sprints after the finale to give his thoughts on the finale and the first season as a whole.
00:00 - Intro
00:51 - Supergirl Season 1
01:54 - Supergirl Finale
18:20 - Looking Forward to Season 2
20:59 - Grading for Supergirl
22:52 - Weekly Rankings
28:45 - Outro
Phil's Grades
Supergirl Season 1 - C+
Supergirl Finale - B
Phil's Weekly Rankings
1.) Flash
2.) Agents of Shield
3.) Supergirl
4.) Gotham
5.) Legends of Tomorrow
We cover the iZombie Season 2 finale. We go over what we loved about the episode and about the series so far! Also, we rank the episodes that came out this week. So many people got eaten, and not just iZombie...
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00:00- Intro
00:49- iZombie Recap
24:25- iZombie Thoughts and Speculations
38:07- Weekly Rankings
50:28- Outro
iZombie Finale Grades
Darryl and Phil both give the finale a solid A!
Rankings
Darryl and Phil matched this week!
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iZombie
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Gotham
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Legends of Tomorrow
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Supergirl
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Agents of Shield
Phil is solo this week sprinting through this past week's episode of Arrow where the character in the grave is revealed. Major spoilers !!! Do not listen if you have not seen the episode!
00:00 - Intro
00:54 - What Happened/ What I was Thinking
09:35 - Ending Recap
21:30 - Laurel's character arc Recap
25:09 - Weekly Rankings
28:55 - Outro
Phil's Weekly Rankings
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Arrow
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iZombie
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Agents of Shield
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Legends of Tomorrow
Flash is all over the place! He's all over time and space, making some super new friends, visiting past enemies, and making us cover all the fun on this show. Also, iZombie is back! Well, the show has been back for a while, but we just haven't spoken about it since last year. Take a listen!
Survey!!!
00:00- Intro
01:00- Supergirl Recap
12:28- Supergirl Discussion
23:57- Flash Recap
35:11- Flash Discussion
48:50- iZombie Recap
57:40- iZombie Discussion
1:04:32- Darryl's Rankings
1:11:05- Phil's Rankings
1:21:18- Outro
Ratings
Flash
- Darryl: A
- Phil: B+
Supergirl:
- Darryl B+
- Phil A-
iZombie:
- Darryl B
- Phil B
Rankings
Darryl's
- Arro
- Supergirl
- Flash
- iZombie
- Aos
- Gotham
- LoT
Phil's
- Flash
- Arrow
- Supergirl
- Gotham
- LoT
- AoS
- iZombie
Batman V Superman! We discuss the good (Wonder Woman) and bad (Lex) of this movie with a special guest host! Spoiler free and Spoiler filled impressions within!
Survey Here!
00:00- Intro
01:12- Gerald Intro
03:53- Spoiler Free Grades
15:23- Spoiler Space
15:44- Batman
28:55- Superman
46:12- Wonder Woman
52:19- Lex Luthor
58:40- Alfred Pennyworth
1:01:28- David Goyer & Chris Terrio
1:05:21- JLA Cameos/ Foreshadowing to JLA Movie
1:20:55- Doomsday
1:33:00- Final Thoughts
1:34:01- Outro
Ratings
Gerald: B
Phil: C+
Darryl: B-
In this episode Darryl and Phil discuss the return of Agents of SHIELD and the most recent episode of Legends of Tomorrow. Find out what had both hosts going, "Ewwww!" this past week. Also what happens to the Inhumans when Inhumans hit theaters?
00:00 - Intro
00:54 - Agents of Shield's recap
15:30 - Agents of Shield review
29:25 - Legends of Tomorrow recap
39:10 - Legends of Tomorrow review
01:10:00 - Outro
Ratings
Agents of Shield S3 Ep 15: Bounce Back
- Darryl: B
- Phil: B+
Legends of Tomorrow Ep 8: Night of the Hawk
- Darryl C
- Phil C+
Rankings
Darryl's
- Agents of Shield
- Gotham
- Legends
Phil's
- Gotham
- Agents of Shield
- Legends
In this episode, we cover Agent Carter, Supergirl, and the return of Gotham! Also, a lot of mentions of Young Justice!
Ratings
Supergirl
- Darryl: B
- Phil: B
Gotham
- Darryl: B
- Phil: B+
Agent Carter
- Darryl: A-
- Phil: A-
Rankings
Darryl's
- Agent Carter
- Legends of Tomorrow
- Gotham
- Supergirl
Phil's
- Agent Carter
- Gotham
- Legends of Tomorrow
- Supergirl
We are back from our individual sprints! Darryl and Phil reconvine to cover this week's DC CW shows, most of which are on break till the end of March. Which show was Phil's GOAT? Will the phrase "Bow Bro's" be come a thing? (Darryl hopes so!) Listen and find out!
Ratings
Flash S2 Ep 15: King Shark
- Darryl C+
- Phil C+
Arrow S4 Ep 15: Taken
- Darryl A
- Phil A-
Legends of Tomorrow Ep 6: Star City 2046
- Darryl B+
- Phil A
Rankings
Darryl's
- Agent Carter
- Arrow
- iZombie
- Legends
- Flash
- Supergirl
Phil's
- Legends
- Arrow and iZombie Tie
- Arrow and iZombie Tie
- Flash
- Supergirl
References
- Grant Wilson actually exists
- Obligatory Smallville reference (P.S I totally forgot Toyman was still being evil in the second to last episode in the series)
In this episode, Darryl gives his quick, spoiler filled impressions on Deadpool, then in a new segment, goes through his top 5 episodes of the week.
Intro - 0:00
Deadpool Review (Spoliers) - 2:34
Top 5 for the week of 2/14/2016 - 14:24
Rankings :
- Agent Carter S2 Ep 6 - Life of the Party & Ep 7 - Monsters
- iZombie S2 Ep. 13 - The Whopper
- Flash S2 Ep 14 - Escape from Earth-2
- Arrow S4 Ep 14 - Code of Silence
- Legends Of Tomorrow S1:Ep 5 - Fail Safe
Why this order? Listen and find out!
Tune in next week when we cover Flash, Arrow, and Legends of Tomorrow! Let's keep on running!
Phil does a spoiler free sprint through the new Marvel Movie, Deadpool. Also, wish Darryl a Happy Birthday!
00:00 - Intro
00:55 - Happy Birthday Darryl
01:30 - Spoiler Free Deadpool Review
18:13 - Outro
Phil's rating: B+
In this episode, Darryl and Phil discuss the most recent episodes of Supergirl and Agent Carter. How many types of Bizzaros have there been? Is Agent Carter as strong as ever? Has Agent Carter been really obviously foreshadowing the fate of one of their characters? Listen and find out!
00:00- Intro
00:48- Deadpool and Valentines Day
03:20- Supergirl
27:52- Agent Carter
49:35- Preview of Deadpool next week
52:13- Outro
Report Card
Supergirl Season 1 Episode 11- Bizzaro
Darryl: A-
Phil: B+
Agent Carter Season 2 Episode 4
Darryl: A-
Phil: A-
Stop by next week to see our impressions of Deadpool!
It has been one year since we recorded our first episode. 35 episodes in one year! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts to all our listeners.
Darryl and Phil discuss the return from fall break for Flash and Arrow. Plus, part two of Legends of Tomorrow's pilot episode.
00:00 - Special Thank you/ Origin of the show
06:35 - Intro
07:40 - Flash's return (Potential Energy, and The Reverse-Flash Returns)
48:36 - Arrow's return (Blood Debts, and A.W.O.L.)
1:21:59 - Legends of Tomorrow (Pilot: Part two)
1:40:10 - Outro
Darryl and Phil discuss the premiere of Agent Carter season two, and the series premiere of Legends of Tomorrow. Also Our thoughts on the most recent episode of Supergirl where things start to get interesting.
00:00 - Intro
01:05 - Agent Carter Season Two
18:17 - Legends of Tomorrow Series Premier
39:30 - Supergirl episode Childish Things
55:30 - Outro
Agent Carter Grading:
Phil: B+
Darryl A
Legend of Tomorrow Grading
Phil: B
Darryl: B
Things Referenced:
- Thunderball, and his terrible costume
- Waverider, and his OK costume
Phil sprints through the Marvel event that just ended last week, "Secret Wars." He gives his initial opinion after finishing the final issue and then what he thought after re-reading the event.
00:00 - Intro
00:50 - Delays after delays
05:40 - Original Secret Wars (1985)
06:40 - Initial thoughts first time reading
15:30 - Re-reading the event
22:10 - Outro
Darryl and Phil discuss the first show to return from the fall finale break, Supergirl!
00:00- Intro
00:54- Supergirl returns!
02:35- Non is not in Superman the Animated Series (Phil got confused with Jax-Ur)
03:37- Starting where last episode ended
11:19- Jimmy vs. Max plotline
21:25- Cat knows! plotline
29:25- Who is the girl at the end?
35:40- Final thoughts
40:55- Next week
42:52- Outro
References:
- J. Jonah Jameson - The best part of the original Spiderman movies
Darryl and Phil return to fight off all of the new movie trailers released this past month. Will we make it? Listen and find out!
00:00- Call for help
00:27- Intro
01:19- Hosts regroup
02:07- Battle Plan
02:34- Deadpool Trailer
19:19- Batman v. Superman Trailer
43:11- Commercial Break
44:45- Captain America: Civil War Trailer
62:40- X-Men Apocalypse Trailer
77:26- Outro
All the trailers (and some TV trailers) that we covered this episode: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmvjaIuDSjaa0hjv3FIS7jDiyWLApVQoH
The last episode of the year. Darryl and Phil finish up talking about the fall finales earlier this month, iZombie, Supergirl, Flash, and Arrow.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! We will be back on 1/5/2016. That is, if we make it....
00:00 - Intro
00:55 - iZombie fall finale
33:53 - Supergirl spoiler free
51:58 - Spoiler Space
52:00 - Supergirl Spoilers
68:00 - Flash fall finale
91:05 - Arrow fall finale
113:29 - Outro
115:20 - ???
Report Card
First half of iZombie Season 2
- Phil: B
- Darryl: B
First half of Supergirl Season 1
- Phil: C+
- Darryl: B-
First half of The Flash Season 2
- Phil: B+
- Darryl: B+
First half of Arrow Season 4
- Phil: A-+ (The highest A- you can get without it being an A. Confused? Listen to the show)
- Darryl: A-
Topics referenced
- Seattle Real Life Superhero Movement
- Green Arrow: Year One
Darryl and Phil discuss the fall finales for Gotham season 2, Agents of Shield season 3, and all of season one of Jessica Jones.
00:00 - Intro
00:57 - Comparing season one fall finale and season two fall finale for Gotham
03:00 - Everything Gotham
43:50 - Agents of Shield episode "Maveth"
69:19 - Review of Season one of Jessica Jones
95:35 - Outro
Darryl and Phil discuss the second ever Flarrow crossover. The Flash is in its second season while the Arrow is in its fourth season.
00:00 - Intro
00:54 - First thoughts on the crossover
35:21 - Smallville, Dark Knight Returns III, Artists, and Comic book prices
41:50 - Back on topic
50:00 - How many characters have been considered dead at one point on Arrow?
51:53 - Final Thoughts
58:35 - Outro
We hope you had a Happy Thanksgiving/Last Thursday in November! In this Sprint, Darryl revisits the original Daredevil review from last season. Stay tuned for next week, when we cover this year's Arrow/Flash crossover.
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:59 About the Episode
00:01:44 Original Daredevil Review
00:17:33 Thoughts on Daredevil after seeing Jessica Jones
00:19:31 Outro
Transition effect was Reverse by Elucidator (reddit.com/u/CyanLights)
Darryl and Phil discuss Marvel's new Netflix series, Jessica Jones. Spoilers only up to the first episode!
00:00 - Intro
00:48 - First thoughts
06:27 - Brief herostory lesson (Trish Walker)
09:00 - Character breakdown
11:56 - Short Shield diversion
14:30 - Back to Jessica Jones
17:38 - Purple Man
22:50 - Final (spoiler free) thoughts
26:45 - Outro
Darryl and Phil talk about season three of Agents of Shield, what is working, and how bad it would become if time travel is introduced.
00:00- Pre-show Discussion
01:35- Intro
02:28- Shield Recap
08:28- Shield Discussion
21:44- Brief Heroes Reborn and time travel discussion
26:50- Back to Shield
33:30- Jessica Jones Preview
41:28- Outro
Darryl and Phil discuss recent episodes of Arrow and The Flash.
00:00- Intro
01:00- The Flash
31:53- Arrow
57:05- Short Supergirl
63:15- Outro
In this salvaged recording from a lost episode, Darryl provides Nkem with a brief history of comic books. This was a bit adlibbed, so don't cite this in any academic papers, but if you want to know a bit about how comics work, take a listen.
In this sprint ( What we're calling minisodes from now on), Darryl goes over the season so far (1-3) with iZombie season 2. How does it stack up to the remainder of the series so far? Listen and find out!
Phil and Darryl welcome guest host, Nkem, who is a fan of Gotham but not so much of anything other superhero media. The three hosts discuss everything Gotham season 1 and up to episode 3 of season 2.
Intro- 00:00
Nkem Intro- 00:53
Everything Gotham- 05:23
Smallville Diversion- 32:49
Back to Gotham- 37:27
Outro- 53:00
Darryl and Phil discuss the premieres of Arrow and Flash. And their final impressions of Vixen. The entire episode takes place in spoiler space, so be warned.
00:00 - Intro
04:00 - Arrow Season 4 Episode 1
33:45 - Darryl's transition
34:15 - The Flash Season 2 Episode 1
49:42 - Another Darryl transition
50:10 - Vixen Season 1
55:12 - Outro
Phil host a minisode solo this week. And he is breaking down episode one of Agents of Shield's third season.
Intro: 00:00
Plot Recap: 01:00
Review: 10:50
Outro: 18:15
Darryl and Phil discuss the premiere of Gotham season two and Heroes Reborn.
Intro- 00:00
Gotham Spoiler Free- 02:25
Heroes Reborn Spoiler Free- 14:20
Spoiler Space- 24:05
Gotham- 24:14
Heroes Reborn- 41:05
Outro- 48:05