Become the Teapot

Ian and Iain return to Gotham City to witness to the origin of The Dark Knight. This episode they discuss Batman Begins (2005) and Batman: Year One by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli.

Lessons learned: Don't lock Alfred in the fridge, Batman is an old sea pirate, Batman Begins is not a Taken sequel and Bruce Wayne's parents were killed!!!

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Ian and Iain shamble into the world of The Walking Dead as they compare Season 1 to Volume 1: Days Gone Bye. They discuss page to screen transitions, butt monkeys and their unanimous love for Glenn.

Lessons learned: Lost didn't go anywhere, Iain will be gone in the first wave, there are no zombie horses and everything said in this podcast is a certified fact (unless it's said by Iain).

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Ian and Iain are joined by their girlfriends for their very first Valentine's Day special. Hayley and Kaite discuss their experience with comics, favourite comic book couples and give their first impressions on WandaVision.

Lessons learned: Beano, Dandy & Manga = comics, Groot is a strong sexy character, "Magic" is the best power and this is the longest conversation we've had in years.

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Ian and Iain bring X-Month to a close by watching X-Men: The Last Stand (2006). But it's not all bad news! We're also reading the seminal Dark Phoenix Saga (Uncanny X-Men 129 - 137) by Chris Claremont and John Byrne.

Lessons learned: Death is the ultimate sideline, Magneto hates landmarks, The Lawnmower Man wasn't a superhero and Cyclops is more interesting than Wolverine.

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Ian and Iain continue Giant-Size January by comparing X2 (2003) to its comic book inspiration; X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills. The second episode of X-Month brings unexpected agreements, terrible eggs and Part 2 of "What would MCYou do?".

Lessons learned: Tobacco is whacko, a hat and trench coat is a better disguise than a baseball cap and sunglasses, Stryker isn't as committed to graphic design as Lex Luthor and comics have always been political.

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Ian and Iain kick X-Month off where it all began on the big screen for Marvel's merry mutants, X-Men (2000) and Iain gets a crash course in X-History as they read X-Men: Grand Design by Ed Piskor.

Also introducing a new segment for Giant-Size January; "What would MCYou do?".

Lessons learned: X-Men was written by Solid Snake, Tom Cruise was not cast as Wolverine, Magnetism is basically magic and the Podcar is coming.

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Ian and Iain roundup all the latest Marvel news from Disney Investor Day in our first (and possibly only) bonus episode! Oh, and also some DC stuff.

Lessons learned: QuANTuMANia is the best title, it's HBO MAX not HBO+, "only time will tell" and we don't know the words to Auld Lang Syne.

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Ian and Iain get side-tracked in festive mirth as we attempt to discuss Iron Man 3 (2011) and Iron Man: Extremis in our first ever Christmas episode. Plus the return of listener favourite segment "The CCQ".

Lessons learned: Every kid wants a Killian toy, the kids in Jurassic Park are irritating,  no one was clamouring for a Coldblood-7 film and "Shane Black Christmas" is its own genre.

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Ian and Iain may have finally found a comic book film that Iain doesn't like, but can Ryan Reynolds' raw charisma save an entire movie? 
 
No. 
 
Lessons learned: Nothing happens in Casablanca, Batman is grumpy,  NFL SuperPro is better than Team America and Hal Jordan definitely killed three men. 
 
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Ian and Iain discuss Fantastic Four in episode V. Just after discussing V for Vendetta in episode 4. Don't let anyone tell you we're not professionals.

Lessons learned: Iain likes bad films, clouds are scary, people who talk about themselves in the third person are dicks and the Silver Surfer is like a Teletubby.

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