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Last weeks podcast was shut down due to illness. My illness. Man, I know there have been times I felt worse but last week ranks in the top 10. I tried to watch shows and write scripts but I couldn’t concentrate head pounding all that stuff. Now since I am partially back, I plan on doing an open podcast meaning let’s talk about anything.

There are things that as comic book fans we all like to do and it all begins with the statement What If?

What if this happened instead of that? The initial episode of What If? On Disney plus is not bad considering I have a natural disdain for Marvel Animation over the years. You can pretty much tell that from how I really never talk about them. Except for “Into the Spiderverse” but that was really Sony Animation so it kinda doesn’t count.

The Suicide Squad hit theaters and HBO Max this weekend and many things has happened leading up to this. It got review bombed there was a massive marketing push so I went to its defense before even seeing it. Then I watched the movie:

Old school shows are making as comeback we get to relive or see an update or continuation of shows we enjoyed as kids but after seeing the response to and the reimagining of many of these properties are we right for the criticism or are we painting a rose-colored picture of our past.

Now don’t get me wrong I had a great childhood but it wasn’t perfect. Neither were the shows I watched as a kid. So many wouldn’t fly in today’s world and it really shows the individual prejudices we accepted. Nostalgia clouds our perception our memories are some what brighter than what they really were.

Cartoons in the '80s were filled with magical ponies, robots in disguise, and a lot of things that definitely wouldn't make it onto air today!

Are we kids again? Anyone else looking back and wondering how great our childhood really was? The simplistic battle of good vs evil or is it? This has been getting review bombed all over the place did Kevin Smith make a mistake or hit it out of the park?

5 Episodes written/produced by Kevin Smith of Clerks and Jay and Silent Bob fame. For those who are not super versed in who Kevin Smith is. He is a filmmaker, actor, comedian, comic book writer, author, and podcaster. “I wish I can add a few of those tiles to my tagline”

The Last 2 episodes of Loki left many people scratching their heads and I get it. If you don’t read comics, you felt that the story left you in Limbo. Well, hell yeah Limbo is the place it did leave you let me explain all of it to you and where this seems to lead us for our Phase 4 MCU journey.

Ladies and gentlemen. Peoples. I present to you the Original Kang’s of comic books. No not Bernie Mac and Steve Harvey but the man behind the TVA and the time twisting journey of the Loki series on Disney Plus.

Online there have been mixed reviews about this film and I will have to say some people will not like my take on it. So finally, after a global pandemic, three Captain America films, three Iron Man films, three Thor Films, four Avengers Films, and throw in one Hulk film for good measure. We now have only one Original MCU Avenger without their own Motion Picture (sorry Hawkeye).

Synopsis: Natasha Romanoff aka Black Widow confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises. Pursued by a force that will stop at nothing to bring her down, Natasha must deal with her history as a spy and the broken relationships left in her wake long before she became an Avenger. Scarlett Johansson reprises her role as Natasha/Black Widow, Florence Pugh stars as Yelena, David Harbour portrays Alexei/The Red Guardian, and Rachel Weisz is Melina. The feature film is directed by Cate Shortland and produced by Kevin Feige, “Black Widow”—the first film in Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Two Episode recap/opinions for the price of one: Loki has reached the turning point and I have a few questions along with a few I told you so moments and a surprise that wasn’t really a surprise. We get more than fire works on the 4th of July.

Batman: The Long Halloween Part one tells the story Inspired by the iconic mid-1990s DC story from Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale, Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One begins as a brutal murder on Halloween prompts Gotham’s young vigilante, the Batman, to form a pact with the city’s only two uncorrupt lawmen (Police Captain James Gordan and District Attorney Harvey Dent) in order to take down The Roman, head of the notorious and powerful Falcone Crime Family. But when more deaths occur on Thanksgiving and Christmas, it becomes clear that, instead of ordinary gang violence, they’re also dealing with a serial killer – the identity of whom, with each conflicting clue, grows harder to discern. Few cases have ever tested the wits of the World’s Greatest Detective like the mystery behind the Holiday Killer.

Episode 2 of the Loki series shows the crap hitting the fan real fast but it opens more questions than answers. Let’s bring some of this to your attention and hear what you have to say or hope to see as we move forward. There are some great fan theories and some utterly ridiculous things out there but with all Marvel Entertainment there is a twist.

There are only Six (6) count them Six (6) episodes of the 1stand hopefully not last season of Loki so things are expected to move very quickly and it has everyone scrambling with their theories of what does it mean for the next big event when it comes to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).