Running on Rooftops: The Comic Book Adaptation Podcast

Sad news everyone. After running for nearly 5 years, we are pulling the plug on Running on Rooftops. Darryl and Phil take a run down memory lane, reminiscing about our favorite episode titles and podcasts. We also come clean about things going on behind the scenes.

Thank you for listening, no matter how long you've been The Podcast is shutting down, but it's not the end of content. Please stay subscribed to the feed and our Facebook groups for updates on our next projects

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00:00 - Intro 00:21 - Is this the End of Running on Rooftops? 08:14 - Episode 111, a nice odd number 15:15 - Top 5 Episode Titles. Oh, the vanity 22:45 - Darryl's favorite RoR Episode 25:51 - Phil's Favorite RoR Episode 30:22 - Is this the end of the episode? No, it's not. 36:29- The Outro that is our Intro. You'll get it 39:23 - Zack Snyder edits the podcast? He has a personal cut? Support The Show!

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Darryl and Phil review Avengers: Endgame, the Marvel movie eleven years in the making. We discuss all the highly anticipated plot points in this surprisingly this love letter to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. After a quick spoiler-free discussion, we talk about the main cast and how their stories resolve. We then look into the future of the MCU, given what we know, about upcoming movies and Disney+. How much satisfaction and joy could two people get coming from watching the movie? Listen and find out!

Time Codes

• 00:00:00 - Intro
• 00:00:53 - What Avengers: Endgame means to the MCU
• 00:03:55 - Spoiler-Free Review and Ratings
• 00:11:01 - Show Support
• 00:12:15 - Spoiler Space
• 00:13:09 - Joyful Moments
• 00:25:00 - Time Travel
• 00:36:38 - Character Development
• 00:55:39 - A-Force Future?
• 00:56:58 - Passing of the Gauntlet
• 00:00:00 - Not My Thanos
• 01:01:42 - AVENGERS... Assemble.
• 01:02:31 - The Future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
• 01:13:07 - Outro

Ratings

Avengers: Endgame

• Darryl: A
• Phil: A+

References

• Age of Anderson (Avengers: Age of Ultron Review) - ROR 7
• Infinite Podcast (Avengers: Infinity War) - UROR #13
• Civil War Review (Captain America: Civil War) -IROR #31
• The first Marvel TV to Movie crossover character

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New Show. New Schedule. New naming scheme.

Welcome to the first episode of Season 5 of Running on Rooftops! We are catching up to all* the Marvel and DC movies we missed since we last recorded, as well as review the newest addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain Marvel.

New Schedule

Similar to our plans for last season, we are aiming for 2 episodes a month. The goal is to release one movie-related episode a month. When we started Running on Rooftops in 2015, the landscape of comic book TV shows was quite different. Four years later, there's over 3 times the amount of shows available on multiple platforms, and it has gotten too difficult to keep up with everything.

We still like podcasting and while there are too many shows, there relatively fewer movies. By focusing on movie reviews, we can deliver more content with less stress. For the second episode of the month, anything goes! We looked back at all the different types of podcasts we've produced since 2015, and asked ourselves "What have we most enjoyed doing?" With this in mind, we are going to try doing more sprints, reviews, interviews, and more.

Movie Catch Up

Want to hear our opinion on all the comic book movies that came out since Avengers: Infinity War? Too bad! We forgot about Deadpool 2! Phil and Darryl give their opinions on Ant-Man and the Wasp, Venom, Spider-Man: Enter the Spiderverse and Aquaman.

Captain Marvel

We welcome Captain Marvel to the MCU with a review of the Marvel's 21st new movie. How do we feel about the first Marvel movie of 2019? Does this movie party like it's 1995? Listen and find out!

Time Codes

• 00:00:48 - Where we have been, and where we are going
• 00:04:46 - Massive Movie Recap
• 00:04:49 - Ant-Man and The Wasp
• 00:10:55 - Venom
• 00:15:00 - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
• 00:23:19 - Aqua-Man
• 00:30:15 - Spoiler-Free Captain Marvel Review
• 00:39:49 - Spoiler-Space
• 00:55:08 - Outro

Ratings

Captain Marvel

• Darryl: B-
• Phil: B-

References

• Wakanda Forever! - UROR #10 (Black Panther)
• Infinite Podcast (Avengers: Infinity War) - UROR #13

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Phil sprints through the biggest movie in the world, Avengers: Infinity War. He shares all his initial reactions in part one of our coverage of the movie. He also asks the question we are all wondering, What is up with Thanos and bubbles? Phil also predicts what will happen in the next two Marvel movies, Ant-Man & the Wasp, and Captain Marvel, as well as predicting what will happen in the next Avengers movie. Let us know what you all think of the movie.

• 00:00- Intro
• 00:51- Part one
• 01:35 - Spoiler-free review
• 06:01- Ratings
• 11:25 - Spoiler space
• 13:09 - Thanos
• 19:39 - Heroes Dilmena
• 25:24 - Phil predicts what Avengers 4 will be like
• 30:46 - Before Avengers 4
• 35:12 - Outro

Ratings Avengers: Infinity War

• Phil (Pure Movie Score): A-
• Phil (Marvel Movie Score): A

References

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Darryl and Phil discuss the monumental 1000th issue of Action Comics. We discuss the issue 80 years in the making by going over our favorite stories and covers in this momentous anthology issue. We also talk about the differences between the digital and print issues as well the future of Superman under famed Marvel creator Brian Michael Bendis.

• 00:00-Intro
• 00:51- What is the 1000th issue?
• 03:41 - The significance of Action Comics #1000
• 11:28- The future of action comics with Brian Michael Bendis
• 16:25- Favorite variant cover
• 21:36- Favorite stories
• 36:17- Bendis and the truth
• 49:06- Action Comics #1000 is too good to rate
• 50:06- Outro

References

• Variant Covers
• Brian Michael Bendis Joins DC Comics

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Jessica Jones is back! Darryl gives his spoiler-free thoughts on Jessica Jones Season 2. This season has a fairly slow beginning. Jessica is dealing with the aftermath of killing Killgrave, and it's known by the public that she's the one that's responsible for it. This is largely thanks to Trish, who is using her talk show to highlight powered heroes and starting to investigate the people who gave Jessica powers. Also investigating is Malcolm, who is now sober, and is working closely with Jessica and picking her up off the floor each morning. Hogarth has her own arc that runs parallel to main cast's this season. Killgrave leaves a large hole to fill in the cast. In the first season, when he wasn't on the screen, you would be asking "Where's Killgrave?" or "Is this person mind controlled"? It really picks up when the main antagonists are brought forward. Then the questions you ask are, "How did this person get to this point"? and "what does this mean for Jessica"? Some characters make really frustrating choices throughout this season. There where many times where I would say "Why would you do that?" or Why would you trust this person?" It shows how toxic some people can be. In addition, while there isn't any mind control, many of the villains are very emotionally manipulative. People try to get what they want by any means, and they are often very horrible to each other. They don't have to be mind controllers to be terrible people. One of the secondary antagonists ends up slightly more sympathetic than some of the main characters. Only slightly though. When it comes to the ending, you know nothing is going to end well for Jessica. How it all resolves is unexpected, but makes you really want a season 3. Overall, Jessica Jones Season 2 is a good follow up to the first season. I ultimately didn't love it as much as season 1, but it was more consistent than other Marvel Netflix seasons. Time Codes

• 00:00:54 - Intro
• 00:02:02 - The slow start
• 00:06:12 - Frustrating choices
• 00:07:33 - Murder watch
• 00:08:47 - Final Thoughts

Ratings Jessica Jones Season 2

• Darryl: B

References

• A Bullet, A Hand, and A Noose (Gotham, Agents of Shield, and Jessica Jones finales) - IROR #13
• Two Years in the Making (The Defenders First Look) - TAROR #38

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We are joined by Maxine and Mark Moore for a rousing discussion on Black Panther. We give our spoiler-free impressions of the latest Marvel Studios film, which continues their streak of great superhero movies. We then have a long conversation about the characters, the influence of the movie on the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and the cultural impact this movie will have. Where does Samuel L. Jackson fit in this movie? Is the last Infinity Stone is tied into the Vibranium mound? How many opinions were changed over the course of the episode? Listen and find out! Interested in following our guests? Mark - Twitter, Instagram, Website Maxine - Twitter, Instagram, Website Time Codes

• 00:00 - Intro
• 00:48 - Introduction of Guests
• 02:31 - Spoiler Free Review
• 29:14 - Spoiler Space
• 30:35 - Queen Ramonda
• 31:36 - No Nick Fury?
• 36:02 - Prince N'Jobu
• 37:28 - Killmonger
• 44:44 - M'Baku
• 46:55 - Shuri and T'Challa
• 50:16 - MCU Going Forward
• 1:02:15 - Behind the Scenes of the Movie
• 1:04:54 - Audience Reactions
• 1:07:07 - Powerful/ Unpowerful Performances
• 1:14:33 - Box Office
• 1:18:00 - Effect on Culture
• 1:23:35 - Outro

Ratings Black Panther

• Darryl: A
• Phil: A-
• Maxine: A
• Mark: A-

References

• #NinjaFatigue (Daredevil Season 2) -IROR #39
• Shuri's Black Panther Suit
• All records broken by Black Panther

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We review the first half of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 5. The Agents are in Space, and they have a whole nother group of issues they have to fix. We review our overall impressions of this half of the season, discuss time travel, theorize how this season ties into Avengers: Infinity War, and speculate on the show's future. While they are dealing with a futuristic dystopia, it's still the quality show we've learned to love over 4 seasons.

• 00:00 - Intro
• 00:48 - Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 5 So Far
• 07:39 - Got Better with each Episode
• 11:05 - Fitz and Simmons <3
• 12:35 - Mack
• 14:56 - Yo-Yo and Time Travel
• 19:02 - What will happen next for Marvel at Large?
• 23:34 - Will S.H.I.E.L.D. survive the Season?
• 32:53 - Ratings
• 36:32 - Question of the Week
• 38:57 - Outro

Ratings Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 5

• Darryl: A
• Phil: A-

References

• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. on Rotten Tomatoes
• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 4 Review

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Black Lightning

Phil and Darryl are back together, and charged up for the newest show from the CW! We review Black Lightning, a comic book superhero from DC Comics that doesn't take place in the Arrow universe. Unexpectedly, this show really benefits from this. How could this be? Listen and find out! The next podcast episode will be the week of Feb. 5. Enjoy the next 2 weeks!

• 00:00 - Intro
• 01:04 - Both Hosts together again and it feels so good!
• 02:12 - Black Lightning Episode 1 Review
• 09:05 - Black Lightning/ Jefferson Pierce
• 16:06 - Gambi
• 22:20 - Anissa & Jennifer
• 31:22 - Tobias and fighting the Baddies
• 34:41 - Looking Forward to the Rest of the Season
• 38:48 - Ratings
• 43:25 - Outro

Ratings Black Lightning - S1.E1 The Resurrection

• Darryl: A
• Phil: A-

References

• IMBD
• Geek History Lesson on Black Lightning

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Welcome to 2018! Phil is back on track and ready for action with a review of Runaways Season 1. He then goes to his best movies, TV shows, and comics of 2017. There were some microphone issues this week, but we should be back to normal when we review the new theCW superhero show: Black Lightning!

• 00:00:- Intro
• 00:53- Phil is back
• 02:34- Marvel's Runaways Season 1 Review
• 16:00- Ratings
• 16:48- Best of 2017
• 23:50- Outro

Ratings Marvel's Runaways Season 1

• Phil: A

References

• *Snikt!* One Last Time (Logan) TAROR #22
• What A Wondrous Podcast! (Wonder Woman) TAROR #33
• Well.. Some of it was Real (Legion Season 1) TAROR #27
• So Many Arrows! (Arrow Season 5 Recap) TAROR #30

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