Media Montage Podcast 135: TV Superhero Season Recap

We've already seen Batman, Superman, Iron Man and Captain America on the big screen this year, so this week we move to the small screen and take look back the at the spectacular superhero season that's winding down on television. 

DC's Arrow-verse has left us with lots of exciting teasers for next season while SHIELD's biggest nemesis seems to be the Nielson ratings.  What direction will the Flash and Legends of Tomorrow finales take the Arrow-verse?  Is Netflix the true future of Marvel's small screen offering?  Is Gotham still on?

We answer these questions and more in Episode 135 of the Media Montage Podcast!

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Media Montage Podcast 128: Superman Returns (2006)

Superman returned in 2006's Superman Returns...but he didn't return for long. With the 10th anniversary of this Bryan Singer film Bruce and Larry decided to examine this odd entry in the canon of superhero films.  

Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth, James Marsden, and Kevin Spacey star in this not-quite-a-sequel to the Richard Donner Superman films.  Superman has been gone for five years, and returns to a surprising new world. Heavily influenced by the earlier Superman films, this movie attempts to look back to the past, while trying to pave the way for a new series of films. This reboot attempt didn't lead to any new films, but instead we got Man of Steel in another reboot in 2013 and Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice, which comes out today. 

Why did Superman Returns fail to return in another sequel? What works with this film? What doesn't? How much nostalgia is too much? Which actor would have been better in a marquis role?  All that and more in episode 128 of the Media Montage Podcast!

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Media Montage 113: Superheroes Outside of Comics

Superheroes are everywhere these days, and they all came from comic books right? 

Wrong! Lots of superhero characters emerged from TV, Film and Animation, independent of the four color page. Hancock, Defendor, MANTIS and the Greatest American Hero all originated outside of comic books.  

Parody, homage and ripoffs of superhero concepts are discussed as well in Episode 113 of the Media Montage Podcast!

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Media Montage Podcast 109: San Diego Comic Con News and Notes

San Diego Comic Con is the big one. The Grand-Daddy of all the Comic Cons and always the source of tons of news, notes and controversy. Bruce and Larry take a look at some of the stories coming out of SDCC 2015. Movie and TV announcements, new comics and more in episode 109 of the Media Montage Podcast!

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Media Montage Podcast 92: The Filth

Who are we really?  Is this the only universe, or do other worlds exist above or below us in different planes of reality?  Can the world be prevented from becoming TOO weird?  

This week Bruce and Larry look at The Filth, a Vertigo series by Grant Morrison, Chris Weston and Gary Erskine from 2002.  We examine this very unusual story of Ned Slade and Gary Feely and try to find out what it means, or at least some of it.  

Parapersonas, Anti-People, iLife, and Status Q in Episode 92 of the Media Montage Podcast.

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Media Montage 55 - X-Men Days of Future Past: The Movie

We finish our 3 week exploration of the seminal Days of Future Past storyline from Uncanny X-Men 141 and 142 . This week, in Part III Bruce and Larry look the recently released X-Men: Days of Future Past live action film.
We look at what we liked, what we didn’t, what characters drove the film, and what characters were little more than props.
We argue about whether the X-Men film’s continuity may or may not matter, and Bruce and Larry have VERY different opinions of Days of Future Past-The Movie on episode 55 of the Media Montage Podcast!

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Media Montage 47 - Comics; The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

The state of comics today, as a medium, as an industry and as an art form are discussed.

Bruce and Larry look at how comics are sold; the good, the bad, and the ugly of retail and digital.

We get really passionate about comics for kids, adults and in between, all while Bruce finds it in his heart to vigorously defends Rob Liefeld!

The State of Comics: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly on Media Montage Podcast 47!

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Media Montage 19: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Bruce and Larry discuss Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., the spin-off television series for Marvel's Cinematic Universe. Do we love it? Hate it? Is Agent Coulson the Original Human Torch? Do we even talk about Skye?

The Media Montage Podcast Ep. 2: Our Formative Years Part Two - TV

This week Larry and Bruce discuss their early TV experiences, and the television they grew up with and how TV grew up with them. Syndication, afternoon cartoons, and prime time adventures.