Snark Squad Pod

To celebrate a whole year of making this podcast, Mari and Nicole look back on all the many things they've discussed on this podcast, the things they loved that didn't quite make it into an episode, and answer some questions from Twitter.Find us on Twitter:Nicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squad

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In our 50th episode and last of 2018, we are discussing the 8 episode HBO adaptation of Elena Ferrante's novel My Brilliant Friend. We are joined once again by Max from Well Done Books, who discussed the book with us in episode 41.In anticipation of the upcoming HBO adaptation, this week we are discussing Elena Ferrante's novel My Brilliant Friend. Published in 2011, the book is the first of four Neapolitan Novels, and follows the deep but complicated friendship of two young women in Naples, Italy. Helping us dive into this story this week is Max from Well Done Books.Find us all on Twitter:Max: twitter.com/maxwdunnNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com

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This week we are doing another topical episode (voted on by our patrons!) and sharing our many feelings on spoilers, spoiler discourse, and whether identity constitutes a spoiler.A note that this episode contains spoilers! There are significant endgames spoilers for: The Sixth Sense, The Fault in Our Stars, the Divergent series and the Harry Potter series. There are mid-story spoilers for: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (S2) and Game of Thrones (S4). Questionable spoilers also exist for The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Ready Player One and Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe. Support the show on Patreon:www.patreon.com/snarksquadFind us all on Twitter:Sam: twitter.com/thoughtsontomesNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com

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This week we are joined by our cartoon pals, Sam Schultz and Ceri Riley to discuss the Netflix reboot of She-Ra! We had lots of thoughts about Adora & her friends, that sweet theme song, and animated horses.Support the show on Patreon:www.patreon.com/snarksquadFind us all on Twitter:Sam: twitter.com/slamschultzCeri: twitter.com/cerileyNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com

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We have reached the end-ish of our journey through George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series. Book 5 is not the last book, but it's the last book that's currently published. It's also the longest, and we had some feelings about that. But of course, what is dead may never die, so you'll hear from us again early next year with some more asoiaf content when we read the novellas.Support the show on Patreon:www.patreon.com/snarksquadFind us all on Twitter:Sam: twitter.com/democracydivaNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com

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Lisbeth Salander (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) recently to the big screen. Directed by Fede Álvarez and starring Claire Foy, this is an adaptation of the 4th book in the Millennium series, the first not written by Stieg Larsson. The tone of this movie was quite different from either its Swedish or David Fincher predecessors. Find out whether we think that's a good thing.Find us all on Twitter:Nick: twitter.com/ngjenkinsNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com

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Coming of age stories, chosen ones, and superpowers – it was kind of inevitable that we'd discuss Cloak & Dagger. This show narrowly lost a Twitter poll to be a podcast topic a month ago, so we dediced to do it anyway. We are joined once again by Ceri Riley for this latest teen TV show installment in the Marvel universe.Find us all on Twitter:Ceri: twitter.com/cerileyNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com

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We are resuming our journey through the MCU with the 6 movies of Phase 2 - Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers: Age of Ultron, and Ant-Man. We are joined again for this mostly-better-but-still-mixed-bag batch of movies by our dear friends Nick Jenkins and Rich Camillucci.Note: This episode was recorded prior to Stan Lee's death, so he is not mentioned except that we are, of course, discussing part of his legacy. Sending all our positive thoughts to Stan's family and, of course, his many, many fans.Find us all on Twitter:Nick: twitter.com/ngjenkinsRich: twitter.com/RichCamiNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com

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This Halloween Netflix brought Sabrina Spellman to a new generation, with a (loose) adaptation of Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's much spookier comics: The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. As voted on by our patrons on Patreon, we are discussing the 10 episode first season. Because the series is a cousin, of sorts, to Riverdale, we are joined by two of our dear Riverdale-watching friends, Taylor Behnke and Ceri Riley.Find us all on Twitter:Taylor: twitter.com/itsradishtimeCeri: twitter.com/cerileyNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com

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Happy Halloween! We're celebrating by revisiting an old staple of the blog: Buffy the Vampire Slayer. We gathered two friends of the site, Jenny Trout and Samantha Lane, to discuss the three Halloween episodes of the show – Season 2's "Halloween", Season 4's "Fear Itself", and the Season 6 episode "All The Way."Find us all on Twitter:Jenny: twitter.com/Jenny_TroutSam: twitter.com/thoughtsontomesNicole: twitter.com/sweeneysaysMarines: twitter.com/mynameismarinestwitter.com/snark_squadwww.snarksquad.com

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