This week: We discuss the politics of both reality TV and comic book movies. The gang complains about Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice for over an hour. It's a whole thing.
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Show Notes
- 3:15 - Jeremih - "Birthday Sex"
- 3:18 - Three Dog Night - "Jeremiah was a Bullfrog"
- 4:00 - LexCorp
- 4:02 - The Daily Planet
- 4:12 - Metropolis
- 4:13 - Gotham
- 4:43 - Not $100,000/Woof
- 5:02 - Lex "1337" Luthor)
- 5:05 - Justice League
- 5:25 - Convergence)
- 5:26 - Divergence
- 5:31 - Batman
- 5:34 - Superman
- 5:36 - Wonder Woman
- 5:40 - The Bachelor
- 6:08 - Drag Me to Hell
- 6:23 - Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
- 6:32 - "Waka Waka Waka"
- 6:48 - Ben Affleck
- 7:06 - Clash Royale
- 7:27 - Clash of Clans
- 7:29 - Clash of Clans People
- 8:00 - "RTS" = Real-time Strategy Game
- 8:12 - Tower Defense
- 8:23 - Hearthstone
- 8:28 - Mana)
- 10:03 - LYNE
- 10:23 - Editor's Note: The "strips of paper" game is called Strata)
- 11:13 - Threes
- 12:50 - NYT Crossword Puzzle App
- 13:32 - The Walking Dead
- 14:37 - Griffin Mcelroy
- 14:41 - Rose Buddies
- 16:29 - Survivor
- 16:32 - American Idol
- 16:34 - So You Think You Can Dance?
- 16:52 - The Bachelorette
- 17:58 - Radiolab
- 19:04 - Project: Runway
SKIP to 31:03 to avoid spoilers for The Bachelor Season 20
- 20:10 - "Drunkest Bachelor Contestant" on SNL
- 20:24 - Lace Morris
- 21:01 - Ben Higgins, the Bachelor
- 24:32 - Olivia Caridi
- 29:27 - James "Sawyer" Ford from Lost
- 30:36 - US Weekly
- 31:03 - Burning Love
- 31:17 - Ken Marino
- 31:20 - Dan "That Football Player" Marino
- 31:30 - Kristen Bell
- 31:48 - Michael Ian Black
- 31:52 - Editor's Note: There are 3 seasons of Burning Love
- 32:33 - Lauren B
- 33:32 - Beauty and the Geek
- 33:35 - The Swan
- 33:54 - Joe Millionaire
- 34:35 - Editor's Note: Yes, Beauty and the Geek was produced by Ashton Kutcher
- 36:19 - House of Cards
- 37:39 - Will Conway
- 37:58 - 11.22.63
- 38:12 - Editor's Note: We all watched 5 and 6 at the same time.
- 38:45 - Editor's Note (from Wikipedia): Shanghaiing or crimping is the practice of kidnapping people to serve as sailors by coercive techniques such as trickery, intimidation, or violence. Those engaged in this form of kidnapping were known as crimps. The related term press gang refers specifically to impressment practices in Great Britain's Royal Navy.[1]
- 38:56 - Shanghai Noon
- 39:00 - Jackie Chan
- 39:01 - Owen Wilson
- 39:03 - Chris Tucker
- 39:08 - Rush Hour
- 39:14 - Shanghai Knights
- 39:19 - "War" scene from Rush Hour
- 39:24 - Headbob scene in Rush Hour
- 39:44 - "Goosfraba" from Anger Management
- 39:55 - "Serenity Now" from Seinfeld
- 39:35 - "Woosa" from Bad Boys 2
- 40:14 - Hyperion)
- 40:14 - Hyperion #1
- 40:55 - Hyperion and Thor being bros
- 41:01 - International Iron Man
- 41:14 - Spidey
- 41:21 - The Amazing Spider-Man
- 41:43 - Radioactive Spider-Gwen
- 41:51 - Gwen Stacy)
- 42:00 - Spider-Man: Miles Morales
- 42:31 - Howard Stark)
- 42:44 - HYDRA)
- 43:14 - Better Call Saul
- 43:29 - Tom Clancy's The Division
- 44:20 - Michael Schultz & Elliot Dahl
- 45:00 - Editor's Note: Enemies are called "looters" in the Division
- 46:00 - > STOP listening to avoid spoilers for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
- 46:18 - Editor's Note: We meant Joe Chill, Joe Cool is Snoopy.
- 46:29 - Watchmen's opening credits montage
- 47:22 - George McFly punching Biff Tannen
- 47:52 - Man of Steel
- 48:16 - Terraforming
- 48:22 - Kryptonians
- 48:34 - Superman destroying the World Engine
- 48:48 - General Zod vs Superman
- 50:09 - Jeep Renegade: Dawn of Justice Special Edition
- 51:40 - Dream Sequences: Rising out of the cave, Demon in the Mausoleum, Superman SS/Desert, The Flash, and Pa Kent
- 52:35 - Marvel: 1872
- 52:42 - Mad Max: Fury Road
- 53:35 - Crisis on Infinite Earths
- 54:01 - The Flash time traveling
- 54:34 - Ultraman
- 54:49 - Samuel L. Jackson in the Iron Man stinger
- 55:12 - Aquaman)
- 55:21 - King Triton
- 55:25 - Cyborg)
- 55:26 - Wonder Woman)
- 56:20 - Editor's Note: Bryn was way off. BvS: DoJ made $170 million opening weekend
- 58:29 - Jesse Eisenberg
- 58:53 - Heath Ledger's The Joker
- 58:56 - Josh's video from the Vicarious chat
- 59:14 - Mark Zuckerberg
- 1:00:09 - Lionel Luthor)
- 1:00:09 - Lex Luthor, Jr.)
- 1:01:16 - Bryan Cranston/Lex Luthor casting rumor
- 1:01:43 - Walter White)
- 1:02:31 - David S. Goyer
- 1:03:50 - Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
- 1:05:12 - Mercy Graves)
- 1:05:22 - Harley Quinn)
- 1:09:38 - Badman
- 1:09:47 - Batman: World's Greatest Detective
- 1:09:48 - Editor's Note: Batman's first and primary comic book is called Detective Comics
- 1:10:19 - Dick Grayson)
- 1:10:24 - Jason Todd)
- 1:10:34 - Nightwing
- 1:10:40 - Lazarus Pit
- 1:10:42 - Ra's al Ghul)
- 1:12:02 - Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns
- 1:12:02 - Editor's Note: Bryn hasn't read DC comics in a long time and confused Batman's mech suit with Lex Luthor's who was actually holding the Kryptonite spear. Also, it wasn't in The Dark Knight Returns. Bryn probably shouldn't drink and talk comics anymore
- 1:13:30 - Lois Lane)
- 1:14:35 - Batman: Arkham Knight
- 1:15:48 - Joker kills Robin ((Jason Todd))
- 1:17:54 - Doomsday)
- 1:18:06 - The Lasso of Truth
- 1:18:34 - Justice League: Doom
- 1:18:36 - Justice League (TV Show)
- 1:18:48 - Batman: The Animated Series
- 1:19:00 - Mercy Graves vs Harley Quinn
- 1:19:15 - Vandal Savage
- 1:19:21 - Mirror Master
- 1:20:20 - How does Superman shave?
- 1:21:00 - Gotham vs Metropolis
- 1:21:14 - Gotham shot in Chicago
- 1:21:26 - Metropolis shot in Toronto)
- 1:22:30 - Amy Adams
- 1:22:50 - Editor's Note: Zack Snyder is such an asshole, he also killed Jimmy Olsen for fun
- 1:25:58 - Jeremy Irons
- 1:25:59 - Alfred Pennyworth)
- 1:26:39 - Thomas Wayne)
- 1:27:01 - Michael Caine saying "tangerine"
- 1:28:20 - "You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain."
- 1:29:56 - Cyborg)
- 1:30:05 - Weird Cube/"Mother Box"
- 1:30:10 - Cyborg's father, Dr. Silas Stone)
- 1:30:36 - Baneling
- 1:31:02 - Tesseract
- 1:31:21 - Flash Thompson / Venom
- 1:31:33 - Venom: Space Knight
- 1:31:41 - Barry Allen / The Flash)
- 1:32:32 - Jason Momoa
- 1:33:24 - Khal Drogo
- 1:34:09 - Doomsday's backstory
- 1:34:50 - Ogres from LOTR
- 1:35:28 - The Death of Superman
- 1:37:12 - Sucker Punch
- 1:37:31 - Jeremy Goldberg
- 1:37:32 - Gabriel Valdivia
- 1:38:44 - Kevin Conroy
- 1:39:14 - Christopher Nolan
- 1:39:19 - Lawrence Kasdan
- 1:39:21 - George Lucas
- 1:39:39 - Henry Cavill
- 1:41:20 - Batman's "bandage" suit
- 1:41:35 - Batman's exo-suit
- 1:46:03 - The Incredible Hulk
- 1:46:56 - Gene Hackman
- 1:47:09 - Bizarro
- 1:47:35 - Editor's Note: By Gorilla Grodd), Bryn meant Solomon Grundy)
- 1:49:17 - Thor: The Dark World
- 1:49:47 - Avengers: Age of Ultron
- 1:50:40 - Iron Man
- 1:50:42 - Guardians of the Galaxy
- 1:50:48 - Captain America: Civil War
- 1:50:50 - Captain America: The Winter Soldier
- 1:50:52 - X-Men
- 1:50:58 - X2
- 1:50:58 - Spider-Man 2
- 1:51:00 - Spider-Man
- 1:51:12 - Thor
- 1:52:03 - Ant-Man
- 1:52:22 - The Dark Knight Trilogy
- 1:53:12 - Batman Beyond
- 1:53:20 - Terry McGinnis)
- 1:53:42 - Joss Whedon
- 1:55:03 - Suicide Squad
- 1:55:31 - Deadshot
- 1:55:40 - Hancock
- 1:55:46 - Suicide Squad Trailer with Bohemian Rhapsody
- 1:56:59 - Mistah J
- 1:57:16 - Dr. Harleen Quinzel)
- 1:57:35 - ACE Chemicals
- 1:58:07 - Killer Croc, El Diablo, Slipknot), Rick Flagg (Jack Flag is from Marvel, whoops), Katana, ARGUS), Amanda Waller, and The Enchantress)
- 1:59:23 - Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
- 1:59:25 - American Ultra
- 1:59:32 - The Social Network
- 1:59:34 - Zombieland
- 1:59:35 - Adventureland
- 2:00:28 - Simon Cowell
- 2:00:40 - Charlie Cowell from The Music Man
- 2:03:57 - Skrillex's "Bangarang"
- 2:04:22 - Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites
- 2:04:27 - Tobey Maguire dancing in Spider-Man 3
- 2:04:30 - Sandman)
- 2:07:27 - Dr. Freeze / Victor Fries)
- 2:07:36 - Nora Fries)
- 2:09:35 - Kid Flash
- 2:10:32 - Superboy
- 2:10:32 - Soulja Boy Tell'em
- 2:10:50 - Iron Giant
- 2:10:52 - Inception
