In the Cold Open #60, Robert Sickels and special guests Kalani Buchl and Tallulah Sickels have a spoiler heavy conversation about writer/director James Gunn’s new Superman film, his first as the Co-Chairman and CEO of DC Studios. They discuss his updating of Superman, Lois Lane, and Lex Luthor for our contemporary moment, his characteristic use of humor and color, the fine line he walks between respecting DC’s long history and his desire to do something new, its real life political and cultural parallels, the various reasons the film is doing boffo business in America while struggling in foreign markets, and, ultimately, if it’s the best Superman movie ever. Our intro for this edition is Noah and the Whale’s “5 Years Time” and our outro is Teddybears and Iggy Pop’s “Punkrocker,” both of which are on the Superman Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.

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