Wally and Rowls have a candid conversation about the push from executives to require writers to develop simple, less complex scripts to keep a distracted audience engaged. 

Notes:

Jameela Jamil on The Romesh Ranganathan Show discussing second screen viewing:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQJIBowiCv6/?igsh=M2ZnZTl3bGlucHF5

PC Magazine article on second screen viewing:

Netflix Is Telling Writers to Dumb Down Shows Since Viewers Are on Their Phones

Rowls is joined by special guest Hattori Hanzo to review the third installment of the Tron series, Tron: Ares.

Synopsis:

Tron: Ares follows a highly sophisticated Program, Ares, who is sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission, marking humankind’s first encounter with A.I. beings.

The soundtrack: 

https://open.spotify.com/album/47pjW3XDPW99NShtkeewxl?si=mmnY8n6-Tb-MSiemOCCkaA

Trailer:

https://youtu.be/yMVNJzdvLi4?si=hyhe8N_nO6OILNg1

Rowls and Wally review season 2 of Peacemaker and the trajectory of DC Studios.

Synopsis:

Chris `Peacemaker' Smith is a mercenary who believes he is pursuing freedom and peace when he is really just killing people. What makes him who he is? How was his life? Who are his friends?

Trailer:

https://youtu.be/Co-f2F4P_UE?si=y6yWkzlIluhTN3VR

Rowls and special guest Van Everette, host of The Scenario Radio Show, do a “Watcher” level deep dive on the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

The Old Guard reviews The Fantastic Four: First Steps, the first movie of Marvel Studio's Phase 6.

Synopsis:

Forced to balance their roles as heroes with the strength of their family bond, the Fantastic Four must defend Earth from a ravenous space god called Galactus and his enigmatic Herald, Silver Surfer.

Trailer:

https://youtu.be/pAsmrKyMqaA?si=gJaCzMt_iWoiw-sr

Wally & Rowls review the official kickoff of the new DC Extended Universe, James Gunn’s Superman.

Synopsis:
Superman must reconcile his alien Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing as reporter Clark Kent. As the embodiment of truth, justice and the human way he soon finds himself in a world that views these as old-fashioned.

Trailer:

https://youtu.be/Ox8ZLF6cGM0?si=EGSZ6Z1gJLm3LYen

Wally and Rowls review the new Marvel Studios show Ironheart on Disney+.

Synopsis:
Genius teenage inventor Riri Williams creates the most advanced suit of armor since Iron Man.

Trailer:

https://youtu.be/fsQgc9pCyDU?si=C4cjg9IeZuPOnyso

Rowls goes on a solo mission to review the final installment of the Mission Impossible 30 year franchise.

Synopsis:
Directed by Christopher McQuarrie

Ethan Hunt and the IMF team race against time to find the Entity, a rogue artificial intelligence that can destroy mankind.

Trailer:

https://youtu.be/fsQgc9pCyDU?si=C4cjg9IeZuPOnyso

Wally and Rowls are joined by our friend Van Everette, host of The Scenario Radio Show to review Marvel’s Thunderbolts*.

Synopsis:
Directed by Jake Schreier

After finding themselves ensnared in a death trap, an unconventional team of antiheroes must go on a dangerous mission that will force them to confront the darkest corners of their pasts.

Trailer:

https://youtu.be/Oe61Le-kmow?si=vzSx8uTSnzD-QyVh

Wally and Rowls are joined by our friend Van Everette, host of the Scenario Radio Show to review season two of Andor.

Synopsis:
In an era filled with danger, deception, and intrigue, Cassian Andor embarks on a path that is destined to turn him into a Rebel hero.

Watch it on Disney+

Trailer:

https://youtu.be/AE4wxt70aUM?si=4DFKQXzt91ZRYJN5

Episode Note: Van mentioned a book during our podcast - “We Refuse” by Kelly Carter Jackson

You can find it here on Amazon.