More (And Less!) Than Meets The Eye – Episode 10: MTMTE Issues 45-55

The end is in sight as we discuss the final issues of More Than Meets The Eye ahead of its revamp. Don’t let that knowledge take the drama out of the crew’s impending death though! Love Triangles, Big Returns, Long Term Continuity and Cute Animals with Dark Pasts… truly this episode has it all!

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Pantheon Plus – Franchise Rankings: Rocky & Creed

In the month of August, Jerome and Brian are going to be ranking some of their favorite franchises. This week, it’s Rocky and Creed!

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More (And Less!) Than Meets the Eye – Episode 8: MTMTE Issues 34-44

In which we discuss The Ethics of Withholding Medical Treatment, The Ethics of Killing Baby Robot Hitler, The Ethics of Charisma Parasites, The Ethics of Dated Sitcoms, and the Ethics of War (As Expressed Through Flowers)

Plus Ben tries to break Matt by mentioning too many characters from books we aren’t reading, and it works better than he could have imagined at the time!

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More (And Less!) Than Meets the Eye – Episode 7: Transformers: Age of Extinction

Time to dust off one of our favourite debates on this podcast network: Is it worse to be Boring or Bad?

Michael Bay submits his evidence to the latest hearing, Age of Extinction, which literally has another movie tacked onto the back of it. Hard to believe a movie could be Bad OR Boring when it features Dinobots, Bounty Hunters and Stanley Tucci, but here we are!

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Exploring Digital Purgatory! An Introduction

In my time at Enter the Reel World, I’ve spent a lot of time talking about superheroes and superhero cinema. I’ve reviewed over 100 movies across the landscape, everything from the most recent MCU blockbusters going all the way back to the 1966 Batman. There is an entire industry surrounding rumors, news, reviews, and theories at this point relating to superhero projects. Without question, they drive a lot of online discourse for better or worse. Even now, Matt Waters and Mike Thomas are hanging out with different corners of the DC animated universe. Continue reading Exploring Digital Purgatory! An Introduction

There’s Always Another Podcast: Episode 2

Jerome and Kevin continue their journey through AMC’s Halt and Catch Fire with Episode 2 of There’s Always Another Podcast.

Jerome and Kevin discuss the show morphing from a showcase for Lee Pace into an ensemble cast in its second season, both with success, some growing pains, and a notably weak addition to the cast. Jerome even retcons a Season 1 blunder! 

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Jerome’s Top 50 of 2020: Docuseries and Documentaries

Discussing 2020 as a terrible year is almost a cliché at this point. If it’s possible for opinions to be subjective, then saying 2020 was bad would be a truth. However, there were some excellent examples of visual media. Hopefully, these projects have served as a distraction to those who have needed it, but they should never make us forget the realities of what it means to be a citizen of the world. Many of these top 50 do so in subtle and not so subtle ways. Today, I’ll focus on some documentaries and docu series. Tomorrow will be television shows. Thursday I’ll end with movies.

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