DID A SUPERHERO MOVIE SNEAK INTO OUR NETFLIX QUEUES THIS SUMMER AFTER ALL??

Sorry-not-sorry for the all-caps. Maybe we got a little excited or maybe all the sticky candy residue finally built up to an unsustainable level and caused the button to be stuck until we agreed to pause our writing of this episode description and finally clean it off. You pick whichever explanation you want to believe.

Annnyyyywaaayyy... we watched Netflix's THE OLD GUARD to help fill the "Summer Superhero Blockbuster" void in our lives. We dive REAL DEEP into the validity of its concept and come to different conclusions on its values.

Elsewhere, we talk about young adults discovering Phil Collins and re-launching him to the top of the charts thanks to their YouTube reaction video.

Oh, oh, and, AND... we also discuss the fate of the 2020 fall college football season in the wake of breaking news that several major NCAA conferences are canceling/postponing their fall football schedules due to the myriad complications caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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What are the best movie scenes to ever find themselves inside a superhero flick?

In the absence of new superhero summer blockbusters being released in theaters over the course of the summer of 2020, Fanboy and Know-It-All dug through the archives to review the best superhero movie scenes of all-time so that they could rank them in numerical order for you.

Elsewhere, Fanboy puts Know-It-All on blast with a rapid-fire round of twenty superhero-related questions.

Oh, prompted by news that Christopher Nolan's TENET will (likely) release in theaters internationally prior to dropping in the U.S., our intrepid duo discuss the future of movie theaters in the United States and abroad in the wake of the global COVID-19 pandemic.

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KING GEORGE IS ON DISNEY+

In, y'know, the filmed version of the "Hamilton" Broadway show.

We may not all be able to pack into a crowded theater in New York City, but many of us are finally getting our chance to see the Broadway phenomenon that is Lin-Manuel Miranda's "Hamilton" musical. Fanboy and Know-It-All have soaked it in (THREE TIMES BETWEEN US) and have some takes to dish out.

Elsewhere, inspired by watching "Hamilton" (THREE TIMES BETWEEN US), the intrepid duo decides to rank out a list of the best film adaptations of Broadway shows. Thankfully they don't sing... too much.

Also, what's the deal with Taco Bell's new literary magazine?

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Will Ferrell is a very funny fellow, right? Right??

Netflix's "Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga" starring Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams is tearing up the (Netflix) charts even though it has received decidedly polarized (polarizing?) reviews from critics and users alike. Fanboy and Know-It-All, as you've come to expect by now (we hope), are on the case.

Elsewhere, as the COVID-19 sports gap continues to fester, Fanboy and Know-It-All throw together a definitive ranking of obscure sporting competitions that you should definitely start getting caught up on via YouTube. (Except for the one that hasn't been played in thousands of years and involves slaughtering the losing team in a fit of unexplainable victorious genocide.)

As per usual, it's a rip-roaring time.

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Storytelling has a powerful way of opening eyes and invading hearts. In this episode, Fanboy and Know-It-All talk about the pieces of popular culture that impacted and expanded their perspectives on the realities of racism in the United States.

Elsewhere, Fanboy forced Know-It-All to watch Lawrence of Arabia in all of its Just-Shy-of-Four-Hours glory (self-indulgence?). Thoughts and arguments ensue.

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We may not be getting our traditional summer blockbusters, but Amazon Prime has released a smart, understated sci-fi flick that feels as fresh as it does nostalgic.

Elsewhere, our intrepid duo takes on another "Hurts So Good" assignment in the form of M. Night Shyamalan's live action take on "Avatar: The Last Airbender."

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2020 is likely to be a year mostly devoid of the prototypical "summer blockbuster" films many have enjoyed for years. With that in mind, Fanboy and Know-It-All are opening a timebox to the past by drawing a year from an Indiana Jones (replica) fedora and breaking down the Box Office Top 10 from this week of that year.

Elsewhere, the dynamic duo introduces a new game they made up called "IMDboss" wherein they compete against one another to guess movies based only on lines from IMDb user reviews.

Whoever said losing one's sanity couldn't be fun??

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What is the best TV theme song?

Studies show there's a theme song for almost every TV show. But which ones are the best? We decided to rank them and create our mutual Top 10--but there was very little mutuality in our arguing. So there's that.

Elsewhere, Fanboy and Know-It-All break down NBC's special COVID-19-themed "A Parks and Recreation Special."

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CW "superstars" and real-life cousins united to make a dystopian superhero movie called "Code 8" and it's on Netflix now. But is it any good? Plus, we rank a list of some of the top virtual vacation destinations to liven up your COVID-19 quarantine. Also, what's the deal with Quibi anyway?

Links to some of our virtual vacation destinations:

https://parade.com/1018029/alexandra-hurtado/virtual-disney-rides/ and

https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/giants-causeway/features/take-a-virtual-tour-of-the-giants-causeway and

https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/photosmultimedia/virtualtour.htm and

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6vQQit2ZU8&list=PLBIsvuObDf1u8ZWxvqldTOEihVzWXH7AB&index=2 and

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news-features/son-doong-cave/2/#s=pano37

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Tigers and rednecks and North Korean Monster Movies, OMGOSH!!

Joined by Tim Nester, co-host of the Current Gen podcast, Fanboy and Know-It-All rank the best video games to play during the COVID-19 pandemic quarantine (or any quarantine, really) and dig into a North Korean monster movie from 1985 which was made by a kidnapped South Korean director shortly before he and his ex-wife made a daring escape from under the thumb of the oppressive North Korean regime.

Oh, yeah, and the so-called "Tiger King" gets more air time than he deserves.

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