After taking on Kick Ass and proving his worth with X-Men First Class, it would seem director Matthew Vaughn was primed for a career directing Marvel properties. But for reasons that are still unclear, Vaughn left X-Men Days of Future Past, and reunited with writer Mark Millar to come up with their own comic book called Kingsman.

Before long, Vaughn had another property to take on and in 2015, he directed and released the feature (now) comic book film Kingsman: The Secret Service.

Join Matt, Garrett, and Adam as they look at the film which has almost zero stars, yet grossed over $400 million and spawned a certified franchise. What do they feel about it, specifically Samuel L Jackson as main villain Valentine? This, and many more questions are answered in the podcast below.

And come back next week as the boys continue their look at miscellaneous Marvel properties by reviewing the Kingsman sequel, 2017’s Kingsman The Golden Circle.

Time to take a quick detour into yet another movie that most don't associate with Marvel. Despite being part of Disney theatrical animated features, Big Hero 6 does indeed come from the comic world. To what extent is discussed on the show. Following up Disney's Frozen was no small feat either. How did this colorful futuristic superhero tale fare for our three hosts?

Listen in and come back next week as we go back to Matthew Vaughn with the first entry into Kingsman.

While a sequel to Kick-Ass wasn't the unlikeliest occurrence, losing director Matthew Vaughn did create some concern. They also lost Nicolas Cage but gained an actor of similar stature in Jim Carrey. What they didn't plan on was for the later to walk back his involvement as the movie was about to come out. Did he have a point or was this sequel just as good as the original?

Come back next week as we review 2014's Big Hero 6, which is indeed a Marvel adaptation!

After a few weeks of Marvel that the boys would love to forget, one thing is for sure about Kick Ass. It’s at least competent filmmaking.

Or is it? Join Matt, Garrett, and Adam as they dive into director Matthew Vaughn’s controversial 2010 1st entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Does the gang think the controversy is warranted? Does Kick Ass still hold up?

Just download the show and listen you cunts.

As the boys continue tredging through their Miscellaneous Marvel characters, this week they have run into a doozy. Man Thing is a character who hung out with Howard The Duck in the comics. But other than that, there’s not much identification with him apart from being a side show character made up right around the time DC’s Swamp Thing made its first appearance.

So who better to bring it to the screen other than the one man who was sued by Children of the Corn’s creator Stephen King. That’s right, the boys already covered filmmaker Brett Leonard when they reviewed The Lawnmower Man last year. And here they’re doing it again, as Leonard brought an origin story with him, along with a horror aesthetic, and the chick from 2007’s Transformers.

As Garrett, Adam, and Matt already covered the SciFi channel original Children of the Corn remake from 2009, will they still have any venom left for this other SciFi original, which was originally supposed to go to theaters. And oh yeah, was produced by future Marvel powerhouse producer himself Kevin Feige.

Full Moon Entertainment and comic book films are two subjects that fit together like a round peg in a square hole. After all, Full Moon was known for schlocky horror properties like the killer doll series Puppet Master, the vampire series Subspecies, and many others. So why the hell would studio head Charles Band try taking on the Marvel property Doctor Strange only to switch gears (and the name) in the midst of production. And the main question, was this ever intended to be Doctor Strange to begin with?

Dig in with Matt, Adam, and Garrett as they review one of the Three Men and a Retrospective Podcast’s most bizarre ‘Marvel’ entries, the 1992 Jeffrey Combs (Re-Animator) starring film Doctor Mordrid.

For years, the three of us have been asked when we were going to start covering Marvel films. After all, we did the two big DC characters over the span of a couple years. Why, in the years that we’ve been together, and Marvel has gone from being on top of the world to being just another Disney acquisition, have we not also dived right into the Marvel page to screen adaptations?

Well, we get into all of this on this very podcast. But let’s just preface this show by saying, we have tried in the past, only to know we were going to get debunked. After all, we can’t just do Marvel proper. As the other podcasters have found out while covering Stephen King, Garrett needs to do it ALL.

Which brings us to this week’s show. Listen to the boys discuss these exact reasons, as well as why they are starting with 1986’s Howard The Duck, and then, oh yeah, reviewing what is widely considered one of the worst films of all time. Do Garrett, Adam, and Matt agree?

Keep coming back, as their journey moves on next week, and let’s just say the prospect of these movies getting better doesn’t look too good.

Well, we were going to get to it eventually. When Transformers One was released in the fall of 2024, we at Percolated Media were up to our eyes in Stephen King and Beetlejuice retrospectives. Garrett and Matt wanted to wait until the schedule was in between retros before finally reviewing the latest fighting robots film, this one directed by Josh Cooley (Toy Story 4).

They weren’t the only ones who stayed away from the film while it was in theaters. Despite being amongst the best reviewed of the entire franchise, Transformers One underperformed at the box office. Was it deserved?

Join Matt and Garrett as they once again bring Garrett’s fiancé (and only noted fan of the entire Transformers film franchise that they know) Jen to the third podcast seat, and the three of them review the Chris Hemsworth led film that details the origins of the relationship between Optimus Prime and Megatron. And if you listened last week, you know to be sure to come back next week, as Matt and Garrett are set to bring Adam back to finally get to their deep dive into Marvel productions. Where are they going to start? With Howard The Duck!

By the time 1998 rolled around, everyone involved in the Lethal Weapon franchise were on to other things. Most notably star Mel Gibson, whose directorial effort Braveheart had won multiple Oscars three years before. You’d think it would have taken an almost perfect script to reunite everyone for a fourth and final(?) installment of the bread and butter franchise that set up their careers. I said, you’d THINK the script would have to be perfect. Welllll……

Join Garrett, Matt, and Adam as they review Lethal Weapon 4, and Garrett & Adam recount when they saw it in theaters in May of 1998. Also stay tuned until the end, as Garrett talks about what he thought of the 2016 Fox TV show. Then, the boys talk about what’s next for the network. One, is a continuation of an old series Matt would like to see go away. The other? A series that is ten years in the making. Listen below to find out what it is!

After Lethal Weapon 2 came out and became the third highest grossing film of that year, producers wanted more. So Jeffrey Boam, along with his buddy Robert Mark Kamen (The Karate Kid) once again churned out a script, director Richard Donner came aboard, and everything was one big happy shoot! Of course, this isn’t the whole story. So download the show below to find out how Lethal Weapon 3 REALLY happened.

Plus, what does Princess Leia have to do with it? How hard was it to get Joe Pesci signed on immediately after winning his Oscar? Why was Rene Russo brought in? Find out as Garrett, Adam, and Matt break all this down, as well as give their thoughts on one of 1992’s biggest action films.

Also, come back next week as we close this series out and announce our next long form retro that will only rival Stephen King as far as length. Hint, it’s something we’ve been asked to do since we started ten years ago!