Caffeinated Comics on Radio Misfits

From Marvel Legends to Star Wars to Indiana Jones, Hasbro saves the best announcements for themselves. Jon, Steven and Elliott discuss how much more money action figures will take from them in 2023. Does the Marvel Legends treatment for Indy live up to expectations? Who wants an Avalanche figure? Why does an $80 Serpentor figure sell out in an hour? Plus, enough with the packaging changes. [EP299]

A 4th version of a C list Marvel character for $350? What could possibly go wrong? Jon and Steven discuss the latest Marvel Legends Ghost Rider offering, if a 6 inch scale car is worth the Hot Toys price point, how it’s already lost the Robbie Reyes stretch goal and what happen to Mephisto if 12,000 people don’t want the car.  [EP298]

James Gunn returns to the corner of the MCU he created! Elliott, Jon, Dave and Tom welcome writer Saurav Mohapatra to discuss what happens when a groundbreaking director makes a film that doesn’t surprise its audience, Gunn’s recurring theme of bad fathers and how the MCU is a step towards Peacemaker. Also, Marvel can afford a Beatle, adapting Kirby to real actors and cramming a ton of 80s action heroes into a movie that is not “The Expendables”. [EP297]

Disney focuses most of their announcements on Disney Plus but is the golden age of streaming already over? Jon and Steven discuss how HBO Max is ending the budget arms race for platforms, whether box office sales mean more than subscription numbers, and if one service will end up buying all the others. Plus, why old announcements are new announcements and become teasers for more announcements, and why the new Hasbro packaging for Marvel Legends has created total chaos.  [EP296]

He’s the King of Rock n’ Roll but where does the movie rank? Jon and Elliott discuss when they got into Elvis Presley, how his persona has lasted and why the biopic put Tom Hanks in a fat suit. Plus, She-Hulk twerks, Moon Knight puzzles and Spider-Man show us ten more minutes. [EP295]

Dr. Suzana Flores returns to discuss Benedict Cumberbatch’s entry into the MCU! Jon, Elliott, Dave and Dr. Flores discuss whether Strange’s character can offset the exit of Robert Downey Jr., the vocabulary of magic in the MCU and how letting go is the most important part of healing. Plus, is Sam Raimi’s movie a sequel or a reboot? [EP294]

The MCU reaches new heights by tearing itself apart! Jon, Elliott, Dave and Tom welcome Dr. Suzana Flores to discuss how superheroes process trauma, who the real bad guy is and what the story learned from the comics that inspired it. Plus, the examination of pain through “Untamed: The Psychology of Marvel’s Wolverine”! [EP293]

DC did something right! Jon, Elliott and Steven discuss why the Netflix version of Neil Gaiman’s groundbreaking comic “Sandman” could never be a movie, the extra helping of British in the casting and how the 30 year wait, “Good Omens”  and a COVID lockdown, helped the final product. Plus, lowering the barrier of Vertigo, the four pillars of British comic book writers and why a brooding emo girlfriend is good for your comic book collection. [EP292]

Why did Warner Brothers mothball a 90 million dollar movie? Jon and Elliott discuss the fallout from the WB Discovery merger, the de-escalation of HBO Max and the perceived quality of the straight-to-streaming DC movie. Plus, Spider-Man Day and remembering Nichelle Nichols, Alan Grant and Jon’s Aunt Peggy. [EP291]

The smallest superhero took the longest time to get a movie! Jon, Elliott and dave welcome Tom the mixologist and Mike Caplan, the owner of Mr. Wayne’s Pop Culture Collectibles to discuss Edgar wright’s protracted (and failed) attempt to get Scott Lang on the big screen, why Paul Rudd was the right actor at the right time and how Michael Douglas’ penchant for playing bastards in the 80’s informed his portrayal of Hank Pym, a character with a dark past.  [EP290]