Media Montage Podcast 99 - Marvel 2099

What do we do for a 99th episode? 

We visit the retro-future of Marvel's 2099 line of comics. We go back to 1992 as Marvel traveled to the future with a new Spider-Man, a new Doom, a new Punisher, and a new Hulk. We look at the cyberpunk future of the Marvel Universe in the year 2099.  

How did the 2099 line reflect the era of early the 1990s comics world in every conceivable way? Were the comics actually any good? What cause the end of 2099 as an imprint? 

Claws, foil covers, and grim and gritty stories in Episode 99 of the Media Montage Podcast!

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Media Montage Podcast 71: NIck Fury Agent of SHIELD (1998)

Agents of SHIELD Season 2 will be premiering soon so Larry and Bruce travel back in time to visit the first live action SHIELD movie, 1998’s Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD starring none other than the Hoff! 

David Hasselhoff and Lisa Rinna star in this made for TV movie that served as a failed pilot for a potential series.  High camp, a questionable plot by the villains, and cigars that get chewed as much as the scenery. 

This all leads to a discussion about the evolution of Marvel’s live action from the 70s to today in Episode 71 of the Media Montage Podcast!

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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!

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Media Montage Podcast 56: The Ages of Comics - Gold, Silver, Bronze and Beyond

Gold! Silver! Bronze! No, not the Olympics, but rather the Ages of Comics…This week Bruce and Larry take a look at, and try to make sense of the historical periods of comic books.

When do these Ages begin and end? What criteria should be used to explore a break from one Age to another? Should we use the term Copper, Dark, Obsidian or something else for some of the more recent periods?

We try to make sense of it all in Episode 56 of the Media Montage Podcast!

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Media Montage Podcast 53: X-Men Days of Future Past - The Comics

We begin our 3 week exploration of the seminal Days of Future Past storyline from Uncanny X-Men 141 and 142, soon to be adapted into the fifth X-Men film. This week Bruce and Larry look at the original comic story, and its impact on the X-Men comics that followed.  The iconic John Byrne art, and Chris Claremont writing are explored, as well as a passionate appreciation of lettering and inking from Bruce! Days of Future Past-The Comics on episode 53 of the Media Montage Podcast!

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Media Montage 45: Roger Corman's Fantastic Four (1994)

2015 will bring us a reboot of the Fantastic Four film franchise, but Bruce and Larry travel back to 1994 to take a look at the first, doomed live action Fantastic Four movie.

Is it as bad as legend says?

We look at the film on its own merits and come to some surprising conclusions. 

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Media Montage 24: The 1996 Generation X Movie

The X-Men celebrate their 50th anniversary this month! In honor of this milestone, Bruce and Larry take a look at the first live action X-Men adaptations. It's Fox's 1996, made for TV adaptation of Marvel Comic's Generation X with Matt Frewer and Finolaa Hughes! It's Mutantastic! It's Freweriffic! It's a Spandexapalooza!

Media Montage 20: Superheroes - A Never Ending Battle

Larry and Bruce discuss the much lauded PBS documentary Superheroes: A Never Ending Battle. What did we like, what didn't we like? Find out our take on their take of the history of superheroes!

Media Montage 5: Happy Birthday Jack!

Jack Kirby's Birthday!

Bruce and Larry discuss comics legend Jack 'the King' Kirby on the eve of his 96th birthday.

Larry and I did some tribute art in honor of Jack's birthday and all the great inspiration he's given us:

Larry's Big Barda

Larry's OMAC

Larry's Orion

Larry's The Silver Surfer

Bruce's Devil Dinosaur and Moon Boy

  

And another Devil Dinosaur and Moon Boy with a strange visitor from another Universe: