EPISODE 195: 2008’s Box Office Countdown (10–6) – Iron, Espionage, Penguins, and Robots (ft. Robert Yaniz Jr. & DW Lundberg)

Episode Description:

This batch has it all: MCU beginnings, Pixar magic, Bond reboot blues, and a certain talking lion who just can't catch a break.

Films Discussed:

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (6) – The animals are back and... still trying to get home.

Quantum of Solace (7) – Bond is brooding, brutal, and possibly bored.

Iron Man (8) – The movie that launched a universe (and Robert Downey Jr. into legend).

WALL·E (9) – A near-silent ode to love, loneliness, and environmental collapse.

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (10) – Slightly darker, slightly edgier, but did anyone notice?

IN THIS EPISODE:

Was Quantum of Solace an artistic casualty of the 2008 writers' strike?

How Iron Man became a bigger gamble than anyone remembers.

Why WALL·E might be Pixar’s boldest and most bittersweet gamble.

Robert, DW, and Jason try to answer the eternal question: "Who actually watched Prince Caspian?"

From Armored Avengers to existential robots, the back half of 2008’s top 10 is more influential than you might think.