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    The gang continues their month long journey into the king of monsters with Toho's Japanese epic reimagining of the nuclear monstrosity, Shin Godzilla. Guest Danny Lopez returns to dissect all the amazing details of this incredible resurgence. They first discuss E3 2019, Mega Man 11, speed running games, the newest season of Stitcher's Wolverine Series, the HBO mini series Chernobyl and the weekly poll.

(2:24)
Chris
E3 Conference

(12:50)
Danny
Mega Man 11

(21:35)
Brian
Wolverine: The Lost Trail episode 1 (Stitcher podcast)

(25:45)
Christian
Chernobyl (HBO Series)

(30:30)
Weekly Poll:
Godzilla (2014) vs. Shin Godzilla Design

(38:50)
Shin Godzilla (2016) 

• Directed by Hideaki Anno (Chief Director) & Shinji Higuchi
• Written by Hideaki Anno (Neon Genesis Evangelion) 
• Music by Shirō Sagisu
• Budget $15 million 
• Grossed $77.9 million
• Among other accolades, it won 7 Japan Academy Prizes (the equivalent to an Oscar) out of the 11 it was nominated for in 2016. Wins include: Picture of the Year, Director of the Year, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Lighting Direction, Best Sound Recording, Best Film Editing.

Fun stuff

• Twelve Minutes Trailer
• The History and Evolution of Godzilla 
• Up from the depths Shin Godzilla commentary
• Amarillo by Morning by Midnight Satire

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    The gang is still destroying skyscrapers, smashing tanks and clompin' around as their Godzilla themed month continues. This week, they're talking about one of Danny's favorite entities in the series, Godzilla Vs. Biollante.

Chris
Aladdin (2019) (Movie)
Good Omens (Amazon Prime TV Show) 

Danny
Final Fantasy XIV (Video Game)
Azure Striker Gunvolt (Nintendo Switch)

Brian
The Umbrella Academy (Netflix TV show)
Thumbs Issue 1 (Comic)

Christian
Manchester by the Sea (movie on prime video)
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (movie on Netflix)

Weekly Poll:
Godzilla (1998) vs Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)

Godzilla vs Biollante (1989) 

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    The gang is back for a whole month of monsters! They start things off with special Guest Danny Lopez talking about Godzilla: King of the Monsters. They first discuss their quick hits for the week, cover the weekly Facebook poll and then stomp into the main topic.

Quick Hits

Chris

• Batman: Last Knight on Earth by Scott Snyder & Greg Capullo (Comic Miniseries)
• Always Be My Maybe (Netflix Original Movie)
• Detective Pikachu (Movie)

 Danny

• Brooklyn Nine-Nine (TV Show)
• 2 Broke Girls (TV Show)

Brian

• Hit Girl in Hollywood (comic) written by Kevin Smith
• When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? by Billie Eilish

Christian

• World of Warcraft and the upcoming Classic release 

Weekly Poll

Back to the Future Part II vs. Part III

Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) 

• Directed by Michael Dougherty
• Written by Michael Dougherty & Zach Shields
• Music by Bear McCreary
• $170 million budget
•  $179 million worldwide gross (as of the recording)

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   The gang goes Back to the Future to talk about the 1985 classic, Back to the Future. They first discuss what they've been consuming, jump into the weekly poll and go headfirst into the main topic.

  Quick Hits

(1:00)
Chris
Baby, Don’t Hurt Me: Stories and Scars from Saturday Night Live by Chris Kattan (Audiobook)

(6:08)
Brian
Fortune and Glory: A True Hollywood Comic Book Story by Brian Michael Bendis
Time Beavers by Timothy Truman

(12:51)
Christian
Raising Kratos (Documentary on Youtube)
Chernobyl (HBO Miniseries)

(19:30)
     Weekly Poll
Would you travel back in time to change your past?

(29:00)
     Back to the Future Discussion

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    The gang is traveling back to cherish every moment with the 2013 Richard Curtis film, About Time. Chris and Christian talk about the season finale of Game of Thrones. They discuss what else they've been consuming and then dive into the main topic, while Christian tries to stop thinking about Margot Robie's temptations.

Chris
Spider-Man: Life Story Issue #3 (Comic)
Game of Thrones Series Finale (TV Show)
Brian
Between the World and Me written and read by Ta-Nehisi Coates (audiobook)
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

 Facebook Weekly Poll
Bill & Ted vs. Marty McFly

About Time (2013)

• Directed by Richard Curtis (Love Actually) (Co-Creator of Mr. Bean and Blackadder)
• Written by Richard Curtis (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Bridget Jones Diary, War Horse, Pirate Radio)
• $12 million budget
• Grossed $87.1 million

     The gang travels back to 1995 to discuss Terry Gilliam's most successful film 12 Monkeys. They first jump into what they've been consuming, cover the weekly poll and then talk about a mentally ill time traveler.

Chris

What We Do in the Shadows (FX TV Show)
Patrick Explains Men in Black (And Why It’s Great) (Youtube) 

Brian
Supreme Blue Rose by Warren Ellis and Drawn by Tula Lotay 

Christian
Ramy (Hulu Series)
The Console Wars by Blake J. Harris

Weekly Poll
TARDIS vs. The DeLorean

12 Monkeys (1995)

• Directed by Terry Gilliam
• Written by David and Janet Peoples 
• $29.5 million budget
• Starring Bruce Willis, Brad Pitt and Madeleine Stowe

Charlie Rose Interview with Terry Gilliam
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qtzmrh43NJM

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Episode 32: Primer
     The Popoholic's team is traveling through time! Brian and Christian come together to discuss the 2004 indie-hit Primer. They first discuss what they've been consuming and dive into the intricate, ambitious Primer. 

What We’ve Been Consuming

(2:20)
Brian
Jerusalem Book 1 “the boroughs” (Alan Moore)

(10:00)
 Christian
Cities Skylines (Video Game Console/PC/Mac)
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (Netflix Movie)

(23:30)
Weekly Poll
Infinity War V Endgame

(26:40)
Primer (2004)
Directed, written and starring Shane Carruth

The moment is finally here! Avengers: Endgame is finally upon us as the MCU extravaganza is brought to a close! The gang briefly covers their weekly poll and gives some non-spoiler hot-takes on the movie. The main show is a breakdown of the epic, emotional, hysterical and surprising Avengers: Endgame. 

Weekly Poll

Loki vs. Thanos

Spoiler Free Discussion

Spoiler Discussion

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     The gang is prepping for Avengers: Endgame by finishing up the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the second half of phase 3 in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. They are joined by special guest, Victor Paugh, of the Go Folk Yourself Podcast. They first discuss what they've been consuming, cover the weekly poll and dive into the main topic.

(2:35)
Victor
Katana Zero (Game)
A.P. Bio (Show)

(5:35)
Brian
Dumbo (Tim burton)

(9:00)
Chris 

X-Men: Grand Design by Ed Piskor (2018) (Comic)
Spider-Man: Life Story by Chip Zdarsky and Mark Bagley (2019) (Comic)

(14:23)
Christian
High Maintenance Season 3 (HBO Show)
Game of Thrones Season 8 (HBO Show)

(21:25)
Weekly Poll
Toby McGuire vs. Tom Holland
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(27:00)

• Black Panther (February 16, 2018) 
  • Directed by Ryan Coogler 
  • Written by Ryan Cooler & Joe Robert Cole 
  • Grossed $1.347 billion 

(47:30)

• Ant-Man and the Wasp (July 6, 2018) 
  • Directed by Peyton Reed 
  • Written by Chris McKenna, Erik Sommers, Paul Rudd, Andrew Barrer, and Gabriel Ferrari 
  • Grossed $622.7 million 

(1:08:25)

• Captain Marvel (March 8, 2019) 
  • Directed by Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck 
  • Written by Anna Boded, Ryan Fleck, Geneva Robertson-Dworet 
  • Grossed $1.067 billion 

(1:28:45)

• Avengers: Infinity War (April 27, 2018) 
  • Directed by Anthony & Joe Russo 
  • Written by Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely 
  • Grossed $2.048 billion 

(1:55:28)
What the MCU means for us and pop-culture as a whole?
Our top 5 MCU movies

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    The gang is back talking about the MCU. This week is the first 5 films in the third phase of the MCU with special guest, Marcus Griggs. They first discuss what they've been consuming, dive into the weekly poll (vote on facebook) and move into the main topic

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(03:05)
Marcus
Castlevania (Netflix Series)
Love, Death and Robots (Netflix Series)

(05:52)
Brian
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

(10:50)
Chris
Shazam! (Movie)
Justice League vs. the Fatal Five (Animated Movie)

(15:07)
Christian
Triple Frontier (Netflix Movie)
Free Solo (Hulu Documentary)

(19:52)
Weekly Poll
The Winter Soldier vs. Guardians of the Galaxy

Phase 3 (Part 1)

(27:42)

• Captain America: Civil War (May 6, 2016)      
  • Directed by Anthony & Joe Russo 
  • Written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely
  • Grossed $1.153 billion 

(47:40)

• Doctor Strange (November 4, 2016) 
  • Directed by Scott Derrickson 
  • Written by Jon Spaihts, Scott Derrickson, and C. Robert Cargill 
  • Grossed $677.7 million 

(1:06:45)

• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (May 5, 2017) 
  • Directed by James Gunn 
  • Written by James Gunn 
  • Grossed $863.8 million 

(1:24:59)

• Spider-Man: Homecoming (July 7, 2017) 
  • Directed by Jon Watts 
  • Written by Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley, Jon Watts, Christopher Ford, Chris McKenna, and Erik Sommers 
  • Grossed $880.2 millionI about the spider homecoming king great concert at Champion 

(1:47:28)

• Thor: Ragnarok (November 3, 2017) 
  • Directed by Taika Waititi 
  • Written by Eric Pearson, Craig Kyle, and Christopher Yost 
  • Grossed $854 million 

The Best Comic Book Movie Of All Time: https://youtu.be/uyxvMxE8Hyg

Kevin Feige Interview with Rotten Tomatoes about Phase 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipMG1YtoRgI 

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