Marvelous! Or, the Death of Cinema

Nope, or "American Spectacle"

We're eating good again on the pod this week with Jordan Peele's spectacular, horrifying, and impeccably made third film, Nope, a modern masterpiece in its own right and (in)arguably one of the best blockbusters of the last twenty years. It's about bad miracles, filmmaking spectacle, the legacy and erasure of the black cowboy, aliens, UFOs, Travis the Chimp, how much Jordan Peele loves anime, and the exploitative relationship between people of color and American entertainment, all of which coalesce beautifully into something that transcends the sum of its parts and influences. Plus, Cole offers an alternative — and really, the definitive — reading on Nope's ending.
(And rest in peace Jim Shooter.)
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Production by Miguel Tahni. Main Art by Zoe Woolley. Follow @MarvelousDeath for updates. 

[TEASER] Mamoru Oshii's 'The Red Spectacles'

A sample from our discussion of Mamoru Oshii's (Ghost in the Shell, Patlabor) surreal first live action film, and the first entry in the multimedia alternate-history 'Kerberos' series. If you like what you hear, subscribe to our Patreon for exclusive episodes, commentary tracks and Discord community events at patreon.com/marvelousdeath. 

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, or "Gaping Orifices"

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 something we can at least trip and stumble on. We literally remember nothing about the first Doctor Strange, so this is a marked improvement even if it's marred by another bad screenplay from one of Dan Harmon's writers. And hey, Elizabeth Olsen is having fun for the first time in five movies? Was this movie worth its $500 million price tag? Probably not. Is it one of the better recent Marvel movies we've had to sit through? Despite everything, yes.
Plus, we derail the episode for a live reaction to Zohran Mamdani winning the NYC democratic mayoral primary.
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[TEASER] Raimi's Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2

Not even ten minutes into our Raimi Spider-Man (maybe we'll do the third one eventually I don't know) double feature episode and Cole goes old head about sixties cartoons and an X-Men reference in a Wings song.
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The Batman, or "The Big One"

It's finally here. 
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Production by Miguel Tahni. Main Art by Zoe Woolley. Episode Art By @kingchefyaoi. Follow @MarvelousDeath for updates. 

Bloodshot, or "Jim Shooters" (feat. Graham)

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 as every theater in America was closing due to COVID. It's Bloodshot starring Vin Diesel (who's terrible in it by the way), the first and last entry in the Valiant Cinematic Universe and a movie that seemingly fell out of a portal from 2009 after your high school drug dealer tripped and fell while trying to put the copy he owns into the DVD player. Kinda like if RoboCop and Total Recall did the fusion dance and it came out with a significantly lower IQ. We talk about the movie for maybe 15 minutes before Cole and returning guest/comic artist extraordinaire Graham (@EddieMcstriplin) talk about this really tall guy named Jim Shooter who once had an effigy of himself burned because Marvel employees were mad at him or something.
Buy Graham's comic CYMK ULTRA on Etsy.
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[TEASER] Michael Mann's Collateral (Patreon Raffle #11)

Thanks to Patron raffle winner Glenn Shook, the gang enjoys an opportunity to talk about the 2004 Michael Mann thriller 'Collateral'.Would you like the chance to select an episode? If you want to hear more, or get a chance to select an episode, subscribe at patreon.com/marvelousdeath! Active patrons are automatically entered for each raffle, which is drawn quarterly.

Space Jam: A New Legacy, or Goo Filled Lebron

Hell holds no surprises for us.
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Fundraisers related to Los Angeles 2025 fires
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