Caffeinated Comics on Radio Misfits

There are nine nominees for Best Picture and Davis Miller has seen eight of them! He gives his thoughts on each choice with personal pros and cons. Is “La La Land” unstoppable? How can the Oscars stand the rise of streaming and the dominance of superheroes? Plus, Batman movies.

The latest Batman movie that isn’t really a Batman movie is here! Jon and Steven welcome 9 year old Ben to get a real kid’s perspective on the franchise. Is it a Lego movie or a Batman movie? A parody or an homage? Should Will Arnett get his own live action Batman movie? And does this Lego’s success darken the chances of Affleck’s attempt?

Peter Capaldi leaves Doctor Who! Ben Affleck quits directing Batman! Bryan Fuller is gone form Star Trek Discovery which begins shooting this week. Good thing Jon and Bill Monroe are lifelong friends or you couldn’t trust nobody.

With “Legion” and “Powerless” premiering this week, there are a LOT of comic book series on networks right now. Jon and Steven discuss whether Marvel’s focus on “Agents of SHIELD” places it behind DC’s interconnected “Flash”, “Arrow”, “Legends of Tomorrow” and”Supergirl” or whether the commitment of four hours a week keeps many DC’s fan away. Plus the standalone “Gotham”, AMC’s “Preacher” and whether “The Walking Dead” ever needed a spin-off. Plus, Jon’s stunned by “The Good Place”!

On the heels of a dour inauguration and an uplifting Women’s March, Jon and Steven discuss the warnings comic writers have tried to give us over the years. Lex Luthor as president. Norman Osborn as Iron Patriot. Spider-Man villains replaced by identical Spider-Man villains. It gets political immediately and stays that way. No apologies.