The X-Men Files

We combat our mutual Sunday afternoon fatigue, while the X-Men combat a couple of dragons. We talk about the 80's, legislated homophobia and cultural xenophobia. Thank heaven for a bit of escape into the magical world of comics!

Back from hiatus, we're still looking for our groove. Talking about X-Men was pretty nice, though. We also touch on the work of John Carpenter and, um, other stuff. My brain still isn't all there, folks. Check back next week.

It's our fiftieth episode! Time for celebration and we celebrate by discussing ... statutory rape? Ew. OK, I guess that's all in aid of building up to some sort of point. No? Well, enjoy the episode anyway and thanks for listening. On to the next fifty!

The week, we talk WandaVision, with Mike, one of Brian's oldest friends. He's on board, but Brian isn't so sure. We also talk about the Disney entertainment hegemon, what critics don't seem to get about the MCU and Herman Wouk's "The Winds of War". It's a treat!

This one gets a little raunchy. It takes no more than a few minutes to use a crass euphemism for some forms of cancer and it's only downhill from there. We giggle, espouse our love for the TV show Patriot, Rob Schrab, Lincoln Center and (mostly for Brian) vulgar humor. You've been warned.

As Dan Harmon taught us, any undefeatable character is a villain. We watch all of the X-Men get defeated in an imaginary sense, and then we watch Colossus get actually defeated. Brian thought there would be more talk about Lincoln Center, but alas.

Cyke and Madelyne love to get down, Inessa likes politics, heroes can never retire and Brian rambles on and on and on.

Once again Brian didn't write a recap and we all suffer as a result. Despite that, Inessa's mood improves by the end of the episode!

This is one is mostly talk and very little action. It's space opera! It's soap opera! It's both! Along the way, we get a window into Brian's sad pathetic life as a lonely comic book reader. But he's feeling great now! (mostly) We also talk about why Joss Whedon feels like the unkindest cut of all.

One of the best issues of the X-Men is also one of the most awkward. Rogue tries to kiss Wolverine, Wolverine eventually kisses Rogue, Lilandra wants to kill Madelyn, Kitty wants to kill Ororo, Ororo doesn't mind getting killed ... this one is all over the place.