The Podwits are a threesome once again! Reunited (and feelin’ so good), the boys are in top form as they turn their attention to the scandal now being called “Batwomangate,” the upcoming Robocop remake, how the release of Star Trek Into Darkness is scamming the public, and a few other topics besides. It’s a veritable palooza of […]
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Fangasm!
Posted: 14th September 2013 by Podwits Administrator in PodcastTags: Batwoman, J.H. Williams III, Kate Kane, Maggie Sawyer, Paul Verhoeven, Peter Weller, Robocop, Star Trek Into Darkness, Total Recall, W. Haden Blackman
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Side-Cast: Adventures in Time
Posted: 11th September 2013 by Podwits Administrator in Podcast, Side-CastsTags: 12 Monkeys, Army of Darkness, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austin Powers, Back To The Future, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Blade Runner, Bruce Willis, Cheers, Christopher Lloyd, Christopher Plummer, City on the Edge of Forever, Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, David Warner, Dead Ringers, Demolition Man, Disney, Donnie Darko, Forever Young, Groundhog Day, H.G. Wells, Harlan Ellison, Hot Tub Time Machine, James Cameron, Jeremy Irons, Joseph-Gordon Levitt, Jules Verne, la jetee, Lance Henriksen, Looper, Mad Max, Michael J. Fox, Moon, Mr. Boogedy, My Science Experiment, Oz the Great and Powerful, Peggy Sue Got Married, Planet of the Apes, Post Apocalyptic, Primer, Quantum Leap, Ray Bradbury, Richard Matheson, Robert Zemeckis, Rod Serling, Sam Raimi, Shelley Long, Side-Cast, Sidecast, Somewhere in Time, Star Trek, The Butterfly Effect, The Final Countdown, The Flight of the Navigator, The Jacket, The Seventh Seal, the terminator, The Time Machine, The Time Traveler's Wife, The Twilight Zone, Time After Time, Time Bandits, Time Travel, Time Trax, Timecop, Trancers
Dion and J. Blake are back for another exciting, hair-raising, and mind-blowing Side-Cast! This go around, the boys tackle the plot device known as time travel. They chat about their favorite films that revolve around going back or forth in time, the paradoxes some of the movies lay out, and highlight some screen gems that […]
Dude, Where’s My $#&*! Jetpack?!
Posted: 31st August 2013 by Podwits Administrator in PodcastTags: Amanda Bynes, Brad Bird, Cabin in the Woods, Charlie's Angels, Darrell Schweitzer, James Bond, Joss Whedon, Michael F. Flynn, Miley Cyrus, R.I.P.D, The Green Hornet, The Lone Ranger, Total Recall, VMAs
J and Brian try to figure out whatever happened to the tomorrow of yesterday — does today’s science fiction rely too much on the future as it was imagined in the 1940s and ’50s? Whoa, heavy stuff. Fortunately, they lighten it with nonsense about Miley Cyrus, movie remakes, and J’s long-overdue viewing of Cabin in the […]
Podwit ‘Roid Rage
Posted: 24th August 2013 by Podwits Administrator in Comic Books, Film, Podcast, TelevisionTags: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Angel, Batman, Ben Affleck, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Captain America, Darth Vader, Firefly, George Lucas, Henry Cavill, J Michael Straczynski, John Lennon, Joss Whedon, Liverpool, Miles Morales, Spider-Man, Star Wars, Superior Spider-Man, Superman, The Avengers, Ultimate Spider-Man
J. Marcus is back, he’s on steroids (due to injury), and Brian has to deal with his nerdy ‘Roid Rage! What is Marvel doing to the Ultimate Universe? Has Joss Whedon finally said something too terrible to contemplate? Can a musical genius be resurrected from the rotted tooth he left behind? And have you ever […]
The Day the Podwit Cried
Posted: 17th August 2013 by Podwits Administrator in PodcastTags: Alan Moore, Brian Michael Bendis, Cary Grant, Daredevil, Gerry Conway, Harry Shearer, His Girl Friday, Jerry Lewis, Kickstarter, Mark Millar, PBS, Ralph Bellamy, Robot Chicken, Samsung Galaxy 3, Sandman, Scooby Doo, Scooby Doo Mystery Incorporated, Spawn, Spike Lee, Superheroes: The Never Ending Battle, Superman, Supreme, Swamp Thing, The Day the Clown Cried, The Wire, Todd McFarlane
The Podwits are back and firing on all cylinders! Dion and Brian parry on Spike Lee’s new Kickstarter project, the most infamous Jerry Lewis movie you’ll never see, and just what the hell comic legends Todd McFarlane, Mark Millar and Gerry Conway actually meant when speaking about women in comics. Yep, it’s gonna be a doozy—come […]
It’s New Doctor Day!
Posted: 10th August 2013 by Podwits Administrator in Doctor Who, PodcastTags: Clara Oswald, Jenny Flint, Madame Vastra, Peter Capaldi, Sliders, Strax
For fans of the venerable Doctor Who, celebrating its fiftieth anniversary this year, there’s no occasion quite so momentous as the introduction of a new Doctor—and Brian and J are no exceptions. Join them as they sink their conversational teeth into this week’s announcement of Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor, along with their thoughts on […]
The Podwits Paradox
Posted: 3rd August 2013 by Podwits Administrator in Cartoons, Comic Books, Film, Podcast, TelevisionTags: Batman, Bruce Timm, Christian Bale, DC Comics, Fantastic Four, Flashpoint, Fourth World, Jack Kirby, Joss Whedon, Justice League, Justice League Unlimited, Kevin Conroy, Marvel Comics, Paul Dini, Superior Spider-Man, Superman, The Avengers, The Dark Knight, The Flashpoint Paradox, The New 52, Ultimate Spider-Man, X-Men
This week the Podwits return to subjects very near and dear to their hearts — cartoons and comic books — as J. and Brian ponder whether this is, in fact, the end of an era for high-quality animated adaptations of great comic book stories. Which stories would YOU like to see in animated form? And […]
Hairy Palm
Posted: 27th July 2013 by Podwits Administrator in PodcastTags: Andrew Garfield, Batman, Comic Con, Joss Whedon, Justice League, Karen Gillan, Matt Smith, Orphan Black, Smallville, Squadron Supreme, Superman, Tatiana Maslany, Tom Hiddleston
Brian and J are not back from San Diego Comic-Con… mainly ’cause they didn’t go in the first place. But of course that won’t stop them from discussing it! Why do Doctor Who stars keep shaving their heads? Will the Superman/Batman movie suck? How good is Orphan Black, really? (Spoiler alert: Effing awesome.) And just what the heck is […]
Side Casts: Post-Apocalyptic Cinema
Posted: 24th July 2013 by Podwits Administrator in Podcast, Side-CastsTags: 12 Monkeys, 1990: The Bronx Warriors, 2019: After the Fall of New York, 9, After Earth, Battle Royale, Blade Runner, Book of Eli, Buster Keaton, Castlefreak, Charlie Chan, Children of Men, Christopher Lambert, Cyborg, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Deathrace 2000, Elysium, End Game, Ender's Game, Ernest Borgnine, Escape from New York, Firefly, Fortress, Fritz Lang, Fritz Lang's Metropolis, George Miller, I Am Legend, Italian Cinema, James Mason, Jeffery Combs, John Carpenter, Kevin Costner, Kurt Russell, la jetee, Logan's Run, Mad Max, Mel Gibson, Metropolis, Mind Warp, New Barbarians, Night of the Living Dead, Omega Man, Pacific Rim, Peter Weller, Planet of the Apes, Post Apocalyptic, Reign of Fire, Richard Matheson, Robocop, Robocop 2, Rod Serling, Side-Cast, Sidecast, Silent Films, Soylent Green, Star Trek, Stuart Gordon, Terminator, Terminator 2, The Day After Tomorrow, The Hughes Brothers, The Hunger Games, The Last Man on Earth, The Postman, The Purge, The Road, The Road Warrior, The Stand, The Thing, The Time Machine, The Walking Dead, The Warriors, This is the End, Time Travel, Total Recall, Trancers, Warner Oland, Waterworld, World War Z
Dion and contributor J. Blake are back for another edition of the Podwits’ Side Cast. This time they take on a very weighty topic in the lore of cinema, the Post-Apocalyptic film. Believe it or not, a lot more movies than you may think end up inhabiting this horror/sci-fi/fantasy genre, and you may be surprised what Dion […]
Nominated for Nothin’
Posted: 20th July 2013 by Podwits Administrator in PodcastTags: Brian K. Vaughn, Comixology, David Aja, Eisner Awards, Emmy Awards, Fantastic Four, Fiona Staples, G.I.Joe, Hawkeye, J.K. Rowling, Jack Kirby, Kingkiller Chronicles, Larry Hama, Netflix, Patrick Rothfuss, Robert Galbraith, Saga, Stan Lee, The Cuckoo's Calling, Thor, Thundarr the Barbarian
It’s Comic-Con weekend, and the Podwits AREN’T THERE! Nope, instead, Brian and Dion are podcasting from home, blabbing about Brian’s predictions for the Eisner Awards (see if he was right!), the new-platform “television” shows that got Emmy nominations, digital comics, and more, on a brand-new awards season episode of the Podwits podcast!