Media Montage Podcast 68: Noah (2014) Film and Comics

You got your Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi in my Biblical Epic! 

No, you got your Biblical Epic in my Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi!

This week Bruce and Larry visit Noah, the 2014 film by Darren Aronofsky, starring Russell Crowe, Anthony Perkins, Jennifer Connelly and Ray Winstone. 

We also look at the graphic novel that was concurrently created from the original screenplay. 

The wickedness of man, miracles and fallen angels inhabit the strange antediluvian earth of the story. We explore the sci-fi nature of the story, the bits and pieces added for dramatic effect, and the symbolism present throughout the tale. The flood is upon us in Episode 68 of the Media Montage Podcast!

Our Previous discussions about the Flood:

MMP 44: Advanced Ancient Civilization

MMP 46: The Apocalypse in Pop Culture

Our Comics:

Magna Comica:  magnacomica.thecomicseries.com

Brain Teaser Comics:  Brainteasercomics.com

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Media Montage Podcast 67: Nexus - God Con

Nexus is an independent comic book from the minds of Mike Baron and Steve ‘The Dude’ Rude. It stars Horatio Hellpop as the great and powerful Nexus, a man tasked by the alien Merk with hunting down and executing the galaxy’s worst mass murderers from his base on the planet Ylum.  In Nexus: God Con, Horatio and his lovely partner Sundra Peale deal with the arrival of all the One True Gods in the Universe to their cozy little world. 

Bruce and Larry take a look at this Nexus miniseries, its approach to controversial religious topics including Horatio’s crisis of faith, and confrontations with his (and the reader’s) conceptions of God.  Religious stories can be a touchy subject, especially when some of your main characters are Jesus, Mohammed, the Buddha, Yahweh, and the embodiment of Evil.  

Are our hosts blasphemers, infidels, or true believers? …And does Bruce really know anything about Buddhism? Find out in Episode 67 of the Media Montage Podcast!

Our Comics:

Magna Comica:  magnacomica.thecomicseries.com

Brain Teaser Comics:  Brainteasercomics.com

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Media Montage Podcast 66: Grab Bag - Turtles, Fables, Avatar & More

This week Bruce and Larry take a bit of a breather and discuss a veritable grab bag of media releases they’ve been enjoying. We have recommendations of what to enjoy and what to avoid. We talk expectations, disappointments and more. 

Larry recommends the Fables: A Wolf Among Us video game, The Weirding Willows and Lumberjanes comics.

Bruce recommends rewatching Avatar: The Last Airbender and the current season of The Legend of Korra, and yes, even the new Ninja Turtles movie.

We also briefly tackle:

• Wes Anderson movies 
• What makes us leave comic book titles 
• The ‘slow burn’ in long form stories, and when there is and is not an ultimate payoff to that burn
• How lowering expectations can make for a better movie going experience
• …and some of the things we have planned going in to year two of the Media Montage Podcast!

Our Comics:

Magna Comica:  magnacomica.thecomicseries.com

Brain Teaser Comics:  Brainteasercomics.com

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Media Montage Podcast 65: Guardians of the Galaxy (2014 Film)

This week Bruce and Larry take a combative look at Peter Quill, Gamora, Drax, Rocket, and Groot as they guard the galaxy from the threat of Ronan the Accuser. 

The Guardians of the Galaxy are here, and another Marvel Cinematic Universe film is upon us! 

How does GOTG build on the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Is it a worthy entry in the annals of space opera? 

Do Larry and Bruce see eye to eye on this movie? (Hint: One of them loved it, the other? Not so much…)

They debate the merits of GOTG as an action comedy, a space opera, a comic book movie, and what exactly happened with Yondu? Find out in Episode 65 of the Media Montage Podcast as we celebrate the first anniversary of our show!

Our Comics:

Magna Comica:  magnacomica.thecomicseries.com

Brain Teaser Comics:  Brainteasercomics.com

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Media Montage Podcast 64: Guardians of the Galaxy - Earth Shall Overcome

Another Marvel Cinematic Universe film is upon us!

The Guardians of the Galaxy are here, and this week Bruce and Larry visit the origins of the Guardians by taking a look at Guardians of the Galaxy: Earth Shall Overcome.

This volume reprints the first appearances of the Guardians in 1968. Do these stories hold up? What characters from these early stories will make their way into the film?  Find out the answers to these burning questions in Episode 64 of the Media Montage Podcast!

Our Comics:
Magna Comica:  magnacomica.thecomicseries.com
Brain Teaser Comics:  Brainteasercomics.com

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