Month: February 2015

• News
• Podcast

Episode 335: Miles Morales Swings Into the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Other News

• February 27, 2015
• Tagged as: Alien, aliens, apocalypse, books, comics, Deadpool, fantasy, graphic novels, Indiana Jones, Miles Morales, movies, Neill Blomkamp, Nightcrawler, Peter Parker, sci-fi, Settlers of Catan, Spider-Man, Steven Spielberg, Supergirl, superheroes, television, The Man in the High Castle, x-men

Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono Sci-Fi News from the last 7 days featuring a story about the possibility of the first ever live-action Miles Morales

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• Philosophy
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Episode 334: The Dystopian Dilemma

• February 25, 2015
• Tagged as: 1984, books, Canticle for Leibowitz, Dystopian, fantasy, history's mysteries, hunger games, movies, Post-Apocalyptic, Red Dawn, sci-fi, the iliad, Tolkien, Ulysses

Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono In this episode, Ben analyzes how specific historical events have led to an interest in Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic fiction.

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Episode 333: Superhero Spotlight on the Unbeatable Squirrel Girl

• February 20, 2015
• Tagged as: comics, marvel, Review, sci-fi, squirrel girl, squirrels, superheroes

Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono In which we review “The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl” Issue #1, and Ben gives us his list of Top 5 things he loves about squirrels.

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• Sci-Fi
• Television

Missy’s Master-ful Exegesis of Genesis 3 (Doctor Who News)

• February 19, 2015
• Tagged as: Doctor Who, Easter, lent

Did you miss(y) her? The BBC has confirmed, via a deliciously clever video, that Michelle Gomez will be returning to Doctor Who as the Master in series 9. Request permission to squee? I doubt the…

• News
• Podcast

Episode 332: Spider-Man Swings Into the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Other News

• February 18, 2015
• Tagged as: assassins creed, battlebots, books, comics, constantine, dc comics, divine comedy, fantasy, gotham, graphic novels, heroes, Highlander, hunger games, legend of zelda, marvel, marvel cinematic universe, mockingbird, movies, New 52, passengers, professor x, sci-fi, Spider-Man, Stephen King, superheroes, television, video games, Wolverine

Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono Marvel and Sony have finally come to an agreement to share Spider-Man within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In the latest news episode, we discuss that announcement, along with…

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• Fantasy
• Sci-Fi

Nerdy Desserts (Shrove Tuesday 2015)

• February 17, 2015
• Tagged as: Christian Year, Doctor Who, lent, Narnia, Star Trek: The Next Generation, star wars

On the historic Christian calendar, today is Shrove Tuesday. The word “shrive” means “confess,” and so Shrove Tuesday is supposed to be an especially appropriate day for Christians to examine themselves and confess their sins,…

• Comics
• Sci-Fi

Comic Book Review: Darth Vader #1 (February 11, 2015; Marvel)

• February 12, 2015
• Tagged as: darth vader, star wars

As the more-machine-now-than-man himself once said, “Impressive. Most impressive.” The first issue of Marvel’s Sith Lord-centric miniseries—written by veteran British comics scribe Kieron Gillen, drawn by X-Men stalwart Salvador Larroca, and colored by Edgar Delgado—is one…

• Podcast
• Review

Episode 331: Jupiter Ascending Movie Review

• February 9, 2015
• Tagged as: channing tatum, fantasy, jupiter ascending, matrix, mila kunis, movies, sci-fi, sean bean, the wachowskis

Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono A sad and heated movie review of the disappointing film, “Jupiter Ascending”

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• Comics
• News
• Superheroes

Not One Member, But Many: Diversity in Superhero Comics and the Church (Comics News)

• February 6, 2015
• Tagged as: dc comics, marvel

Two major announcements from DC Comics and Marvel enter the arena. Only one will leave! Well, maybe both can stay. It does seem dueling news stories from comics’ Big Two seem to be the new…

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Episode 330: The Strange Case of Dr. Watson and Mr. Holmes

• February 5, 2015
• Tagged as: books, dr. Jekyll, fantasy, james moriarty, John Watson, Moriarty, mr. hyde, mycroft, mycroft holmes, Sherlock, Sherlock Holmes, television, Watson

Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono Is it possible that Watson and Holmes are one and the same?

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