Talking SMAC: Superheroes, Movies, Animation & Comics

207. Jurassic World: Rebirth

*Sigh* It's another Jurassic Park/World movie. Does it recapture the magic of the first movie? Does it hit the action movie highs of Jurassic World? Or is it just another gash in the legacy that is the original film? Josh and Alex debate. 
Intro/Alex Re-writes history (0:00)
Josh's deal with the devil (aka Comcast) (2:30)
Super Familiar with the Wilsons promo (9:51)
Jurassic World Rebirth full spoilers (10:19)
Social Media Plugs and Goodbyes (1:18:40)
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206. "Feels-Like-Summer" Movies

Josh and Alex discuss their favorite movies that help them relive that summer blockbuster feeling
Intro (0:00)
John Stamos and the Beach Boys (2:19)
Sugar Coated Murder Promo (4:29)
M3GAN 2.0 blind review (5:25)
Feels-Like-Summer Movies honorable mentions (6:02)
Jaws (7:27)
What About Bob? (9:11)
Armageddon (11:23)
Happy Gilmore (15:02)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (17:15)
Jurassic Park (20:22)
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (24:19)
The Sandlot (28:59)
The Crow (36:32)
The Rocketeer (40:01)
National Treasure (51:38)
Spider-Man 2 (59:23)
Independence Day (1:09:27)
Social media plugs and goodbyes (1:21:27)
Post credits shenanigans (1:23:32)
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205. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 w/The Lovely Dan

Josh and Alex are joined by the Lovely Dan from Casting Views and Gaming Views to discuss the sleeper hit game; Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
*SPOILERS AHEAD*
Intro (0:00)
Alex, meet The Lovely Dan. The Lovely Dan, meet Alex (2:27)
No On 15! Allcast promo (7:15)
Alex's mistake in the Blockbuster Fantasy Draft resurfaces (8:28)
Clair Obscur Expedition 33 talk begins (9:40)
How did Alex learn about the game? (12:02)
Expedition 33 has very French storytelling (13:41)
How did The Lovely Dan learn about the game? (14:59)
Expedition 33's realism in their animation (16:22)
Back to the misery and balance of action and humor within the game (18:43)
What difficulty did we play the game on? (22:18)
The music. (29:03)
Praising the cast and crew (31:18)
Who was our core party group and how did we build our characters? (33:40)
Josh breaks down the story (badly) (42:48)
*Trigger warning* Endings and the overall theme of the game (1:06:40)
Josh's lack of experience with French media (1:19:11)
Josh has a revelation about some world building in the game (1:22:23)
Is Expedition 33 a Must-Play or a Pass? (1:23:21)
The Expeditoin 33 Waifu Tier List (1:28:05)
Goodbyes and social media plugs (1:32:57)
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204. Predator: Killer of Killers

Josh & Alex review the latest entry in the Predator franchise; the animated feature Predator: Killer of Killers
Intro (0:00)
Father's Day for Josh (0:54)
Sports: Steelers, Banana ball, playoff hockey (1:34)
How to Train Your Dragon (8:34)
The Movie Wire podcast promo (11:21)
Our 2025 Box Office predictions are terrible, allegedly (11:37)
Predator: Killer of Killers review (16:30)
The Shield: VIKINGS! (18:20)
The Shield: Samurai! (26:50)
Predator concept of honor is... off (32:14)
The Bullet: WW2 Dogfights! (38:02)
The finale: (41:58)
A lot of allegedly (50:50)
Terrible impressions (55:40)
SMAC-ratings (1:01:01)
Wrap up (1:05:44)
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203. Ballerina w/ Justin Henson

Alex & Justin from The Movie Wire discuss From The World of John Wick: Ballerina
(0:01) Intro
(3:05) Ballerina first impressions
(7:43) Gaming Views promo
(8:22) Non-spoiler review
(20:09) SMAC rating
(23:18) Spoiler discussion w/ things only Alex observes
(48:16) Wrap up
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Talking BAK: Chapter 1 - Fourth Wing

Ricki and Josh take you on a journey of their thoughts for the soon-to-be-adapted, smash hit novel Fourth Wing, by Rebecca Yarros.
Join in on the conversation with Josh and Ricki on the Talking BAK discord subchannel and follow Ricki on Tome

202. Andor season 2 w/Gregg Beever

Josh is joined by Gregg Beever; 1/3 of the I Have Some Notes crew, to review and discuss the themes from season 2 of the Star Wars spin-off series from Tony Gilroy; Andor
*SPOILERS AHEAD!
Intro and chit chat with Gregg (0:00)
Game Club Pod promo (6:02)
Josh challenges the Game Club pod (6:46)
Andor season 2 discussion begins (8:18)
Andor introduces the BBY system to general audiences (10:49)
How did we feel about the four 3-episode arcs for the season? (12:30)
Favorite moments in the first 3 episodes (21:50)
The Ghorman occupation (26:40)
The Syrill and Dedra relationship (28:06)
So much great acting (34:08)
Did Bix and Cassian need to be in a romantic relationship? (36:13)
Star Wars canon is always subject to change (42:58)
The Emperor's presence and lack thereof (44:09)
 The Bail Organa recast (44:09)
Andor season 2 shows us how bad the Empire truly was prior to A New Hope (51:12)
Fandoms and corporations promoting the bad guys is kinda gross (56:44)
Can Star Wars expand beyond the Skywalker space opera stuff? (1:00:01)
A quick dissection of the sequel trilogy (1:03:06)
Give us the thing we didn't know we wanted (1:08:17)
Goodbyes & social media plugs (1:14:08)
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201. Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning & Lilo & Stitch

Josh pulled a Stitchion Impossible and did a double feature of Lilo & Stitch, as well as Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (Alex only saw the later.)
Intro (0:00)
Lilo & Stitch (6:15)
Cultworthy promo (24:58)
Alex is mad and then we go down a bad Smurfs rabbit hole (25:40)
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (32:54)
Goodbyes and social media plugs (1:04:56)
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