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Hot Wheels: World Race, or "Getting Off Track" (feat. AnimeSerbia) | Marvelous! Or the Death of Cinema

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Marvelous! Or The Death Of Cinema Podcast @marvelousdeath.bsky.social · 12d

New supporters-only pod is live! In this breezy tangent-heavy episode, Cole and guest @animeserbia expose Stu to nuclear levels of zoomer autism with a made for TV CGI Hot Wheels movie. Also: A deep dive into the Tom Hanks dynasty.

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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, or "Death at a (Wakandan) Funeral" | Marvelous! Or, the Death of Cinema

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Netscape @netscape.bsky.social · 19d

What if Charlie Kirk was Jamaican and he was like

“Dey shot me pon di neck”

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Marvelous! Or The Death Of Cinema Podcast @marvelousdeath.bsky.social · 19d

Back on the grind as we return to the MCU with Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, an origin film for Ironheart and Namor: The Sub-Mariner. We had a great discussion ranging from murkovision to the film's soft, contradictory politics.

Please give it a listen!
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Pulp month comes to a close and we get back to business as the gang discusses Black Panther 2: Wakanda Forever. Disney and Ryan Coogler's brief Eulogy for Chadwick Boseman and the over-two-hour postsc...

Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt, or Whores of Babylon | Marvelous! Or the Death of Cinema

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Marvelous! Or The Death Of Cinema Podcast @marvelousdeath.bsky.social · 26d

New on Patreon: To commemorate it's 15th anniversary, and recent revival, Stu and Nicole discuss shared personal favorite anime Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt. Tune in for sex, comedy, moe, unruly women, vulgar feminism and more!

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Dick Tracy, or the Color of Pomegranates | Marvelous! Or, the Death of Cinema

Marvelous! Or The Death Of Cinema Podcast @marvelousdeath.bsky.social · Sep 5

Last entry in our Pulp Month series on Dick Tracy (plus Dick Tracy Special and Dick Tracy Special: Tracy Zooms In), wherein aging Hollywood actor Warren Beatty thinks he IS Dick Tracy.

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In our final Pulp Month outing before we return for duty back at the IP slop mines, we watched the Warren Beatty vanity/autistic-passion project Dick Tracy, yet another attempt by Disney to play catch...

The Phantom (1996), or The Ghost Who Pods | Marvelous! Or, the Death of Cinema

Marvelous! Or The Death Of Cinema Podcast @marvelousdeath.bsky.social · Aug 15

New Patreon Exclusive episode on 1996's 'The Phantom' is now live. Come for the Billy Zane, stay for the history:

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RRR, or "The British Really Where That Evil" | Marvelous! Or, the Death of Cinema

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Marvelous! Or The Death Of Cinema Podcast @marvelousdeath.bsky.social · Aug 12

Coming up Thursday, exclusively on patreon.com/marvelousdeath

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Marvelous! Or The Death Of Cinema Podcast @marvelousdeath.bsky.social · Aug 8

Our episode on the breakthrough Indian blockbuster 'RRR' is now live! Listen as three hapless (North) Americans try their best to understand the film, culture and politics one of the biggest and most diverse countries on the planet.

Listen here:
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We return to our 'International Blockbusters' series with a conversation about S.S. Rajamouli's breakout Telugu-language historical action romance. As complete outsiders to the world's largest and mos...

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, or Gaping Orifices | Marvelous! Or, the Death of Cinema

Marvelous! Or The Death Of Cinema Podcast @marvelousdeath.bsky.social · Jun 27

Multiverse of Midness! Our discussion on the Sam Raimi helmed MCU sequel is now live.

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Finally, some fucking mid. Even late-period Sam Raimi (more the guy who made Oz the Great and Powerful than Evil Dead or Spider-Man 2) manages to pick the bar up from the depths of hell to make someth...

Bloodshot, or Jim Shooters (feat. Graham) | Marvelous! Or, the Death of Cinema

Marvelous! Or The Death Of Cinema Podcast @marvelousdeath.bsky.social · May 30

Did you know Valiant Comics tried to have their own MCU and it lasted for one movie because of rights issues and releasing it the weekend COVID started shutting down theaters? Well here's Bloodshot with Graham (@EddieMcstriplin).

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Today we tackle yet another incipient cinematic universe that never made it past one movie because half the character rights went to another studio before release and then had its opening weekend just...

Space Jam: A New Legacy, or Goo Filled Lebron | Marvelous! Or, the Death of Cinema

Marvelous! Or The Death Of Cinema Podcast @marvelousdeath.bsky.social · May 16

Come for critique of the most synthetic corporate product yet conceived by late hollywood, stay for gooey lebron and convo about the failed former-space jam tie in game 'multiversus' - in which Jason Vorhees can murder Steven Universe

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Hell holds no surprises for us. A special thanks to our $10 Executive Producers: Isaac, Porridge Fist, Walt Lewellyn of The Black Casebook, Tropical Doves, Jim, jprestonpoole, Sam, Lohik, bernventers,...

The Pitt Crew | Marvelous! Or, the Death of Cinema

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Marvelous! Or The Death Of Cinema Podcast @marvelousdeath.bsky.social · May 9

Now up on our Patreon, with Nicole away Cole and Stu indulge themselves with a two and a half hour discussion of the hit medical drama The Pitt. Why? Because we liked it and it's an example of Just Well Made TV. For just $3, you can find out what makes Stu cry!

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Action Double Feature: The Raid (2011) and John Wick (2014) | Marvelous! Or, the Death of Cinema

Marvelous! Or The Death Of Cinema Podcast @marvelousdeath.bsky.social · Apr 25

Now live on our Patreon, an action double feature as we discuss two films that helped revitalize the action genre in the 2010s: The Raid (2011) and John Wick (2014). We had a lot of fun on this one and a wide ranging discussion on the genre, style, tone and Keanu.

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The Matrix: Resurrections, or "Assigned Morpheus At Birth" (feat. Violet) | Marvelous! Or, the Death of Cinema

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Marvelous! Or The Death Of Cinema Podcast @marvelousdeath.bsky.social · Apr 18

On our latest episode @viol3t.bsky.social joins us in a wide ranging and divergent discussion of the ill-fated, but deeply loved late sequel The Matrix: Resurrections.

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Divergent opinions on this episode as friend of the show Violet (@paradeofviolets) joins us to discuss this peculiar and belated fourth outing in the iconic turn of the millennium action sci-fi series...

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Marvelous! Or The Death Of Cinema Podcast @marvelousdeath.bsky.social · Apr 17

It's been a tough year for all of us. As a result it might not always come across, but we're incredibly grateful to all our fans and supporters!

It really does feel good that people value what we have to say, and your support makes a big difference in our lives! Thank you! ❤️

The Suicide Squad (2021), or "Project Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water" | Marvelous! Or, the Death of Cinema

Marvelous! Or The Death Of Cinema Podcast @marvelousdeath.bsky.social · Apr 4

In a rare Cole and Stu solo episode we pick apart James Gunns' canonically ambiguous sequel/reboot 'The Suicide Squad'! We discuss the Guardians rehash, 'rubber edge', and the continued mis-use of quality source material and silver age monsters.

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Nicole is still on vacation so enjoy a groundbreaking 'Marvelous!' first time event: A Stu and Cole solo episode. Free to hate-it up we talk about the enigma that is James Gunn, his Guardians rehash p...

Ghostbusters: Afterlife, or "Ghost Dad" | Marvelous! Or, the Death of Cinema

Marvelous! Or The Death Of Cinema Podcast @marvelousdeath.bsky.social · Mar 21

This weeks public feed episode on Ghostbusters: Afterlife is now live. If you've ever wanted to take a pick-axe to GenX Movie Guy Nostalgia, this is the episode for you.

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Hey there, do you remember the 80s? We don't. We weren't even alive then. But somebody does, and they want to make sure you remember it to, remember it the way they did, as babies. In this episode we ...

Shang-Chi, or the Castle of Simu Liu (feat. Seqarts) | Marvelous! Or, the Death of Cinema

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Marvelous! Or The Death Of Cinema Podcast @marvelousdeath.bsky.social · Dec 13

Shang Chi, strap in for a shockingly astute conversation on AZN Masculinity, mulan syndrome and pandering marvelousdeath.podbean.com/e/shang-chi-...

Friend of the show/Discord moderator of the year/Asian correspondent Seqarts returns to guide us through a discussion of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings that takes us on a journey through Ma...

Free Guy, or NPC Home Cinema | Marvelous! Or, the Death of Cinema

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Marvelous! Or The Death Of Cinema Podcast @marvelousdeath.bsky.social · Dec 12

Tonight, we agonize over the disappointing Shang-Chi. Our wokest episode yet.

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Marvelous! Or The Death Of Cinema Podcast @marvelousdeath.bsky.social · Nov 29

Come join the Marvelous Gang as we Cousin Walk through Free Guy, the story of Ryan “Kunta Kinte” Reynolds journey to America. marvelousdeath.podbean.com/e/free-guy-o...

Ryan and Reynolds and Taika Waitit? In a Shawn Levy movie? How could we lose! Easily, it turns out. Join us on a journey with the least imaginative minds into the least interesting virtual world since...