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"Tolerance is Extinction Part 1" begins a 3-part finale for season 1 of X-Men '97. This episode has a ton of exposition and surprises, so there's a lot to discuss.

"Challengers" (1:36), the new sports drama film starring Zendaya about tennis, love triangles, and power dynamics hit theaters this past weekend. We also discuss a couple of limited series to potentially look out for during award season with the Japanese War Epic, "Shōgun" (19:25), and the dark comedy from Richard Gadd, "Baby Reindeer" (34:12). In this episode, we also conduct our second annual 2024 Summer Movie Draft (46:20), where we each pick movies of the summer that we think will be critically successful on letterboxd.

(Song: euphoria x Kendrick Lamar)

"Bright Eyes" is the name of this week's episode of X-Men '97, and there's a lot to discuss. We also have an announcement at the top of the episode, 2 Black Nerds have been invited to the American Black Film Festival as social critics! So ensure you continue to tune in with us on social media for more from the festival.

"Abigail" (1:18), the latest thriller/horror film about a vampire ballerina hit theaters this past weekend, and the newest movie from Guy Ritchie, "The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare" (19:12). Also in the anime world "Spy x Family Code: White" (31:57) had its theatrical release this past weekend. And in the TV realm, we have another popular video game adaption, this time from Amazon Prime with "Fallout" (39:57)

News of the Week (53:18) Quentin Tarintino, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Transformers One Trailer

(Song: symptom of life x WILLOW)

Episode 6 of "X-Men '97" dropped last week titled "Lifedeath Part 2". As usual, we give our spoiler-free thoughts and then break down the episode. But first, we talk about the long-awaited and newly dropped trailer for "Deadpool & Wolverine".

This week we discuss one of the first big-budget blockbuster films produced by A24, directed by Alex Garland "Civil War" (1:37). We also take the time to catch up (24:36) on some other things we've been watching such as "The Regime", "The Nun II", "Vacation Friends 2", "Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told" and more.

News of the Week: Supergirl, The Fantastic Four, The Matrix 5, Yasuke, Scary Movie, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Transformers and G.I. Joe, 28 Years Later, Jon Snow Games of Thrones. Jon Snow Game of Thrones Spinoff.

(Song: ACKNOWLEDGE ME x Doja Cat)

Wrestlemania XL (1:12:16) took place this past weekend and it was the biggest Wrestlemania of all time, so there's a lot to discuss. In the world of TV Invincible (1:21) season 2 has concluded and we talk about the finale along with some notes for part 2 of the season. In the movie world, "Monkey Man" (45:08) an action thriller with Dev Patel in the director chair hit theaters this past weekend, along with "The First Omen" (57:42) a prequel to the original "The Omen".

News of the Week (2:14:37) Trailers (Joker: Folie à Deux, MaXXXine)

(Song: Kingdom x Downstait (Cody Rhodes Theme))

2 more episodes of "X-Men '97" have hit Disney+ within the past couple of weeks. Episode 4 titled "Motendo/Lifedeath - Part 1" and Episode 5 titled "Remember It", in this podcast episode we do our normal spoiler-free thoughts and breakdown of the episodes.

Beyoncé is back with another album! But this time with some country music feels with "Cowboy Carter" (1:18). In the movie world, we checked out the new Monsterverse movie featuring the beloved Titans in "Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire" (28:27) and the new horror film starring Sydney Sweeney with "Immaculate" (48:44). Also, Jordan takes the time to review the new show from Benioff and Weiss (The showrunners of Game of Thrones) that his Netflix this past week, "3 Body Problem" (58:49)

News of the Week (1:11:18) — Trailers (Bad Boys, Kinds of Kind), Jurassic World, Pirates of the Caribbean

RIP Louis Gossett Jr. and Chance Perdomo.

(Song: SWEET ★ HONEY ★ BUCKIIN' x Beyoncé & Shaboozey)

Episode 3 of "X-Men '97" gets weird this week titled "Fire Made Flesh".

Spoiler-free thoughts (1:00)

Breakdown (6:49)