Days of Future Podcast: Examining the X-Men

Finally breaking our COVID-19 quarantine silence, in this episode we return to briefly catch-up on how we're both handling the ongoing lockdown. Thankfully, we also remembered this is meant to be an X-Men podcast, so conversation eventually turns to the newly announced NEW MUTANTS release date (again!) and whether we think it will actually happen this time, Rob Liefeld's comments about Disney sleeping on DEADPOOL 3, and the return of weekly physical comic book releases. Plus a brief discussion of which X-Men characters would best be suited to a weekly Disney+ series. All this, and more, in one of our most casual, freewheeling episodes ever (and you know that's saying something).

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Trev & Joe check in with their personal quarantine updates, before discussing the current perilous state of the comic book industry, and finally revealing the listener-determined winner of this year's Mutant March Madness tournament of Best Mutant Powers.

Then, in one of the craziest things to ever happen on our show, an inter-dimensional rift opens, sucking us all inside and depositing listeners in an alternate world where NEW MUTANTS mania is running wild after the wildly successful release of the SECOND New Mutants movie. That's right, get ready to experience "NEWS Mutants," the podcast about all things New Mutants, as these alternate versions of Trev & Joe review "New Mutants: War Children," a one-shot published last year which saw the return of celebrated creative team Chris Claremont & Bill Sienkiewicz (thanfully, this issue exists in OUR world, too, so everyone should hopefully still find this review helpful).

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The actual March Madness might not have happened this year, but we've got your back, with the return of our annual Mutant March Madness tournament. This year, we're pitting 64 mutant abilities against each other, in a battle to determine the best power of them all. Included are powers from the comics AND X-Men cinematic universe. Determining factors include how cool the power looks, how handy it would be in combat, and how much you'd like to have it in "real life." And if we still can't decide after those questions, then it's down to "which power would be the most advantageous in a game of basketball?" What IS the greatest mutant power of them all? Listen to our spirited discussion here, and then discover how YOU can have a hand in the final determination!

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As the world hunkers down into a pandemic-created quarantine, we've decided to spend this valuable time diving into one of the strangest pieces of X-Men history, the April 1983 one-shot "Obnoxio the Clown vs. The X-Men." This issue saw the mascot of the then recently-cancelled Marvel humor magazine "Crazy" invited to the X-Mansion to perform for Kitty Pryde's birthday. Unfortunately, he just so happens to arrive at the same time a bizarre villain named Eye-Scream is planning an attack on the X-Men....and (allegedly) wacky hijinks ensue. We discuss both the one-shot and the history of the Obnoxio character in general, in order to decipher why this issue even happened, and why Obnoxio is mostly forgotten about today.

Plus, we of course have to talk about the recent coronavirus cancellation of THE NEW MUTANTS' upcoming release. Is this movie truly cursed?

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Why the heck was one of the new Dawn of X titles called "Fallen Angels," you ask? Well, it turns out the name (and name only) is, apparently a reference to a New Mutants spin-off mini-series by Jo Duffy and Kerry Gammill from 1987. In this totally bonkers eight-issue miniseries, Sunspot (Bobby da Costa) runs away from his New Mutant teammates, with alien buddy Warlock in tow, and soon the two find themselves mixed up with a bizarre team of young, super-powered street criminals, led by a former X-Villain. Along for the ride are Multiple Man and Siryn, who are sent by Magneto and Moira MacTaggert to locate the wayward New Mutants, but soon also find themselves part of this new ragtag group. It's an absolutely wild series that highlights all that was great (and confusing) about comic books in the late '80s, and we're here to talk all about it.

But first, we check in with how we're feeling about the initial wave of Dawn of X books now that the second wave is beginning to hit, and we also spend arguably a bit too much time talking about the filmographies of Kelsey Grammar and Tom Arnold. All this, and more, so give it a listen.

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In what feels like the saga that never ends, we are once again being promised (threatened with?) an upcoming release of Josh Boone's THE NEW MUTANTS. In this episode, we take a look at the recently released new trailer, and discuss our thoughts on both the trailer and the upcoming release in general. Are we still excited to see the movie? What do we think are the best-case scenarios for the film, and its impact on the MCU? Do we even really believe the movie is coming out??

Plus, we take a look at Patrick Stewart's recent statements about a supposed X-Men related meeting with Kevin Feige, and also share our take on the potential role Scarlet Witch will play in introducing mutants into the MCU. All this, and more!

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After a bit of a holiday break, we're back to talk all things...Star Wars? That's right, instead of our usual off-topic tangents (and on the perhaps foolish belief that you all like just listening to us talk about ANY nerdy stuff), we've decided to dedicate an entire episode to our thoughts on STAR WARS EPISODE IX: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER and Disney+'s THE MANDALORIAN. It's a very interesting time for Star Wars, with a fan-base divided and general confusion and disagreements about where the franchise should go next. How did we feel about the new movie, and the much-hyped new streaming series? And how do we feel about Star Wars in general these days? All this and more, answered within.

Don't worry, we'll be back to discussing X-Men (including a look at the new NEW MUTANTS trailer) very soon. So please pardon this temporary diversion.

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It's Christmas time, that time of the year when we celebrate a jolly old man with a white beard...that's right, Chris Claremont! On this episode, we're taking a look at director Patrick Meaney's documentary "Chris Claremont's X-Men," now available on Amazon Prime. The doc takes an in-depth look at Claremont's long original run on the X-Men books, honoring his legacy and mourning a business model that evolved beyond him. We share our thoughts on the movie, as well as offer our own takes on Claremont and his undeniable place in X-Men history.

Plus, a look at the crazy roster of the newly announced "Hellions" book, and our usual, trademark, totally-on-topic talk of The Simpsons, Star Wars, and more.

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It's Thanksgiving, and a reunited Trev & Joe are thankful for "Dawn of X," the start of the Jonathan Hickman overseen, post-HoxPox relaunch of the X-Men comic line. And so, in this episode, we share our thoughts on the first issues of the brand new X-Men, Marauders, Excalibur, New Mutants, X-Force, and Fallen Angels titles. What do we think of each individual book, and how do these initial issues have us feeling about the new direction in general?

Plus, talk of the JASON BOURNE movies, CORKY ROMANO, the classic ABC sitcom DINOSAURS, the "Snyder cut," preferred Thanksgiving meal entrees, Baby Yoda, and so much more!

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Disney+ has arrived, and while everyone is busy obsessing over THE MANDALORIAN (and fretting over "Maclunkey"), let's not forget that means we suddenly have access to a wide variety of animated X-Men fare. On this episode, we discuss the three X-Men animated series that are available on the service - the classic '90s X-MEN: THE ANIMATED SERIES, the high-school based X-MEN: EVOLUTION, and the surprisingly mature, one-season wonder, WOLVERINE & THE X-MEN.

Plus, we check in with some quick thoughts on the first issues that have so far been released in the "Dawn of X" event (before a deeper dive next episode), and Joe takes Trevor to task for abandoning him to a harsh November snowstorm in Michigan. All this, and more!

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