Earth Station MCU

Oy. Some days the audio gods are kind, and some days they are not. And sometimes you leave the pop filter off the mic, and it sounds like you're recording in a wind tunnel. Mea cupla, Marvel Universe. Fortunately, there's a lot of fun stuff to talk about, including "Guardians" casting, James Gunn sightings in Atlanta, Anthony Mackie's on-air slip-up, Ward's fate on Agents of SHIELD, and ...how much longer is it until Daredevil is back?

We also review the double episode of Agent Carter, including "The Life of the Party" and "Monsters". The costuming is gorgeous, Dottie is up to her old tricks, and Whitney reaches full-blown super-villain status. Was this a bust or best episode ever? Tune in to find out!

Let's pour one out for Jen's deceased computer...and celebrate the return of ESMCU! In this episode, John and Jen talk about the future of Agent Carter, MCU ads at the Super Bowl, and a monumental feat of Lego engineering. This week's adventure with Agent Carter and the SSR crew had slapstick, a heist (making the Leverage-style title appropriate), and the addition of Rose and Samberly to the SSR team, as well as an end to the Sousa/Violet 'ship. On a scale of one to five Pink Monstrosities, how would you rate this episode?

On this week's episode of Earth Station MCU, John and Jen talk "Agent Carter" ratings, comments on Hulk and comedy from the "Ragnorok" director, and the future of Trish on "Jessica Jones."  John geeks out over Lego Avengers, Jen squees over getting to see the cast of "Gotham", and "Smoke and Mirrors" is evaluated on a scale of one to five Bernards. 

One of the hallmarks of Agent Carter's first season was its willingness to look at gender issues during its period setting, and this season continues the trend, while adding another issue: race.  This week's episode both explicitly and implicitly addresses the erasure of African-Americans from the stories of the time period, but this is not the first time race has been an issue in the MCU, whether in front of the camera or behind. The "whitewashing" of the Ancient One in Doctor Strange has alternately been praised and criticized, while rumors of an Asian Iron Fist bring up some of the racist stereotyping that would probably offend modern audiences, but was seen as acceptable for the times in which they were written. Also in this episode, John and Jen discuss the similarities between the Doctor Who and Marvel communities when it comes to their willingness to jump on a story, no matter how tenuous the source, and cause it to blow up the internets, and the love/hate relationship fans have with material produced 30 or more years ago. All this, as well as possible spoilers in the Doctor Strange Lego set, "Marvel's Most Wanted" casting, and some of the many Easter eggs in this week's episode, "Better Angels."

To borrow a phrase from our sister podcast, Earth Station Who, we're going to get timey-wimey here -- due to technical difficulties, Episode 33 is delayed. But we didn't want to wait any longer to get you Episode 34, so here it is!  Agent Carter, Edwin Jarvis and the SSR gang are back, with villains old and new. John and Jen speculate on Hela in Ragnorok, casting news for Doctor Strange, and the return of Ray Wise's Roxxon Oil character, who is clearly up to no good. How will this season tie in to Agents of SHIELD and to Doctor Strange?  Where have we seen that symbol on the pins before? All this, and Bernard the flamingo!

John and Jen are back with the final two Agents of SHIELD episodes of 2015!  What will these events mean for the team going forward into the back end of Season 3? What's the deal with Ward? And how do you pronounce "Maveth" anyway?  All this and news about Doctor Strange, Iron Fist, Ant Man and the Wasp, Luke Cage, and oh yeah, there's some trailer that came out recently. Perhaps you've seen it?Cate Blanchett in Thorhttp://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/cate-blanchett-joining-thor-3-847912Showrunner for Iron Fisthttp://mcuexchange.com/rumor-scott-buck-tapped-as-showrunner-for-iron-fist/Writers for Ant Man and the Wasphttp://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/markcassidycbm/news/?a=127833Defenders in Infinity Warhttp://screenrant.com/avengers-infinity-war-netflix-defenders-complications/?utm_source=SR-FB-Putm_medium=Social-Distributionutm_campaign=SR-FB-PAgent Carter Trailer:http://comicbook.com/2015/11/18/agent-carter-season-2-trailer-released/Civil War Trailerhttp://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/captain-america-civil-war-trailer-breakdown/Easter Eggs in CA:CW Trailerhttp://www.capesonfilm.com/2015/11/captain-america-civil-war-easter-eggs.htmlAaand another one, just for kickshttps://mcuexchange.com/breaking-down-the-captain-america-civil-war-trailer/Luke Cage News:http://www.denofgeek.us/tv/luke-cage/248839/marvels-luke-cage-netflix-series-news-set-photos-casting-plot-details

ESMCU is back, with a double episode covering both "Chaos Theory and "Many Heads, One Tale!" Jessica Jones is out, and as much as John and Jen want to geek out about it, there's news, SHIELD, and much more to cover. More casting news (and rumors) about Ragnorok and Doctor Strange, a release date for the new season of Agent Carter, and did Bradley Cooper accidentally spill who Starlord's dad is?!  All this, Lash, Ward, and more on this episode of Earth Station MCU!

John and Jen are back to discuss the latest in MCU news, including Thor: Ragnorok, Ant-Man and Wasp, and Iron Fist. And who are the "Devils" we know, anyway?  Ward and his Hydra goons, sure....but is Lash someone we already know too? All this, and the conclusion of Dubsmash Wars on this week's Earth Station MCU!

Inhumans is cancelled! Oh wait -- no it's not. Fantastic Four is coming back to Marvel! Um... psyche!  Hulk is going to be in Thor: Ragnorok! Or is he? It's getting hard to sort out facts from rumors, but Earth Station MCU has you covered. This week Jen is joined by Mr. Mike Gordon from Earth Station One as we discuss all the latest rumors and facts from NYCC and beyond, as well as this week's Agents of SHIELD episode, "A Wanted (Inhu)man".

Jessica Jones, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Black Panther, Thor: Ragnorok, three as yet untitled movies being added to the schedule.... it's been a busy couple of days on the MCU news front! John and Jen sort out the rumors from the facts, and then tackle "The Purpose in the Machine," the second episode of Agents of SHIELD for this season. All this, and the latest in Dubsmash Wars too!