The Reactor Corps

Episode 22. The last episode of Wandavision dropped an exciting twist on us, and we're here to discuss our thoughts on the show so far and speculate about what the last few episodes have in store! How could this open the door to the multiverse and mutants? Does Mephisto play a part in this dark magic? What is the significance of casting an actor from the Fox side of the Marvel universe, and do we have yet to meet another shocking guest actor? What's the deal with the hexagons??

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Happy 5 year anniversary to us here at The Whatnauts. Kyle, Melissa, Ignacio, Gino, and Alan gather for an end-of-the-year party! We eat pizza, play trivia, discuss video games and movies of the year, give out Review Show awards, and tour through the history of The Whatnauts and talk about our podcasting goals for 2021. Thanks for being here and learning and growing with us, we're excited for the future!

Check out Melissa's 2020 Review Show playlist here.

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Episode 21. The Reactor Corps celebrates Life Day with the Disney+ Lego Star Wars Holiday Special! This fun romp sees Rey struggling to train Finn in the ways of the Force, until she finds a magic crystal that can open portals to the past. Looking to see how other Jedi mentors have taught their padawans, she travels to see Luke and Yoda, Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan, and even Vader and Palpatine. The timeline is a mess, can it all be fixed in time for a Life Day party on the Millennium Falcon?

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Episode 20. We're here to talk about season two of the Netflix original superhero show The Umbrella Academy, after we covered season one back on The Review Show episode 50.

The Hargreeves family has stopped one apocalypse in 2019, but to escape the damage, they had to jump through a mysterious portal. They all land in Dallas in the early 1960s, scattered around the timeline and unaware if the rest of their siblings have made it. It’s now 1963 and they all know the JFK assassination is on the way, but they don’t know how or if they should stop it. The family has to reunite and figure out their place in history or they could have another apocalypse on their hands.

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Episode 19. Almost twenty years after it was announced, we're finally watching Artemis Fowl! This new Disney+ movie is based on the young adult sci-fi/fantasy books by Eoin Colfer, which debuted when we were kids way back in 2001. Artemis is a twelve-year-old genius with a scientific mind, but when his rich father is kidnapped, he has to face that the culprit is someone he would never consider… a fairy? He realizes that his father has been using folk tales to prepare him to take on the family legacy as the only human protectors of the fairy world's secrets. A rogue fairy believes that his father possesses a stolen magical artifact, and Artemis has to team up with a cast of fantastical creatures to save his father and keep both worlds safe.

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Episode 18. Kyle, Ignacio, and Melissa are here to discuss the new animated movie Scoob, the latest adaption of the Scooby-Doo franchise that also serves as a potential springboard to a whole Hanna-Barbera cinematic universe. Scooby and Shaggy have been best friends through everything, each mystery and haunted house and giant sandwich, but their relationship is tested when they're attacked by villain Dick Dastardly and split up from the rest of the Mystery Inc. gang. They're rescued by their hero Blue Falcon, or at least their hero's inexperienced son trying to inherit the mantle, who needs their help finding the ancient artifacts of the three skulls of Cerebus before Dastardly can get to them. Dastardly has discovered that Scooby is descended from Alexander the Great's dog, and with this bloodline and these artifacts, he can open a portal the underworld. Jinkies, the gang can't let that happen!

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Episode 17. We are back with a brand new spoilercast, and Harley Quinn if freshly single. This episode, we discuss Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn, or as it was later renamed, Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey. This is a fun romp with lots of style to back it up. How does Harley's movie stack up to the other DC films?

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It's our 4th birthday! Wow. It feels like it's been forever. Whether you have stuck around with us since the beginning, or are a new listener, thank you so much. We could not do any of this without you. Melissa and Kyle have been chugging along, Mick and Ignacio have joined the crew, and we even started a new show, Crossplay. Here's to four more years!

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 Episode 16. The podcasters speak! With Kyle out of town, Melissa invites her friend and fellow movie buff Jacq onto the podcast to discuss Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker. Rey, Finn, and Poe traverse the galaxy in search of Sith artifacts that will help them track down the location of the mysteriously resurfaced Emperor Palpatine, with Kylo Ren and the First Order hot on their trail. Join us for a more detailed plot outline of the movie, our feelings on the character arcs, lots of fashion and hairstyle coverage, and not remembering the names of any planets.

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Episode 15. We watched El Camino, the Breaking Bad movie that was released on Netflix in October 2019. It was written, directed and produced by the original creator of Breaking Bad, Vince Gilligan. And the story picks up right where the show leaves off and follows Jesse as he tries to escape from his previous life.

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