There's this funny thing that happens with TV shows. Because of the nature of human actors, TV shows are the one type of serialized media where a natural change to the series might be FORCED to occur because forces outside of the narrative require the change of the narrative. That is to say that in a comic book, the Spider-man can go on from issue to issue as long as Marvel wants him to be. If the writers decide to replace Peter Parker with Ben Reilly or Miles Morales that is for storyline reasons and they can change it back whenever they want. But on TV, actors die or move on to other roles. There are contract disputes. People age out of roles. There are budgetary considerations. There are any...
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e233. Is Under the Cherry Moon a bad movie?
Have you ever had a favorite movie, that you’ve loved since childhood and then all of a sudden as an adult you discover that other people don’t like that movie? In fact, it seems MOST people don’t like that movie. And then you question yourself. Is the movie any good? Have you been deluding yourself…
Excalibur #70: “Crime and Punishment”
Excalibur #70 “Crime and Punishment” Writing and pencils: Scott Lobdell and Richard Ashford Pencils: Ken Lashley Inks: Don Hudson, Rick Parker, Agop Gemdjian, and Danny Taverna Colours: Steve Buccellato Letterers: Lois Buhalis Editors: Bob Harras and Suzanne Gaffney Original publication date: October 1993 For the crime of podcasting about Excalibur for 126+ weeks, we’re being punished with reading one more issue about kissing Cerise goodbye……
Excalibur #69: “Blight and Fog”
Excalibur #69 “Blight & Fog” Writer: Evan Skolnik Pencils and colours: Steve Buccellato Inks: Don Hudson Letters: Chris Eliopoulos Editors: Bob Harras and Suzanne Gaffney Original publication date: September 1993 A sexy little number can’t save Excalibur #69, “Blight and Fog,” from living up to its title. But that doesn’t mean we can’t have fun…
e231. So, You Should Be Watching A League of Their Own
Way too often, when we talk about “pop culture” in 2022, we focus on superheroes, space cowboys with laser swords, and maybe a couple fantasy epics. And in fact, if you were to look at the top of the streaming charts this month, those are sort of the biggest things on the pop culture horizon…
Excalibur #68: “Facades”
Excalibur #68 “Facades” Writers: Scott Lobdell and Dan Slott Pencils and colours: Steve Buccellato Inks: Harry Candelario Letters: Chris Eliopoulos Editor: Suzanne Gaffney Original publication date: August 1993 After a brief sojourn lost in a temporal wave, we’re back and ready to talk you through Excalibur #68, “Facades”—a comic that maybe shoulda stayed lost in…
CFC: Will the Real Ariana Grande please stand up?
One of these people is Ariana Grande. The other is cosplayer Paige Niemann. Which is which? From Mav: The nice thing about having your own pop culture podcast is that sometimes something happens and you’re like “what the actual fuck” and you just want to be given the opportunity to work things out? Well, I…
e230. Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Ratings But Were Afraid to Ask
If you’re a fan of American television, you’ve no doubt heard of “Nielsen ratings” or just “the Ratings” as they’re often called. They’re the lifeblood by which TV shows live and die. The previous president of the United States was obsessed with them (and continues to be to this day). Perhaps you’ve gotten mad that…
CFC: Wait, people really think Under the Cherry Moon is a bad movie?
From Mav: This is a different kind of call for comments than we usually do, but it may become a semi-regular feature. I was listening to old episodes of the podcast How Did This Get Made? a couple weeks ago and I came across their episode on the 1986 Prince film Under the Cherry Moon.…
e229. She-Hulk: Sensational & Savage
It is pretty much impossible at this point to not have some MCU content in the current release. Between the films and the TV shows, they are a ubiquitous part of the cultural zeitgeist. So much so that we can’t really cover them all on our show anymore. However, some of them definitely seem worth…