Jerome and Brian return to the superhero film genre for the first time since last spring. They evaluate DC’s best superhero theatrical release of 2020 and discuss the future of their film slate. I guess you could say it’s fantabulous.
Continue reading The Superhero Pantheon – Limited Edition: Birds of Prey
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!
Continue reading There’s Always Another Podcast: Episode 2
Beginning in 1992 as a 6-issue non-canon companion comic to cash in on the popularity of the show, The Batman Adventures quickly earned official status and ran for 36 issues, ending in 1995. There were also a litany of annuals, specials, one-shots and mini-series.
I read almost* all of the above so that you don’t have to and will now present my findings, including a ranking of every issue.
Continue reading The Matt Signal: The Batman Adventures Vol. 1
Plot summary: A mysterious masked figure is killing gangsters, but Batman is distracted by the return of his former fiancé, Andrea Beaumont. Perhaps the two are connected…
Continue reading The Matt Signal: Mask of the Phantasm
Jerome and Brian conclude their look at Bong Joon Ho’s filmography by discussing an underrated gem, Okja. Actors certainly make some choices in this movie. They end this month on a positive note before getting ready for a limited edition return to Superhero Pantheon next week.
Continue reading Pantheon Plus: OkjaThe Office was a weird fucking show! When it was great, it was really great! They accidentally concluded the natural narratives around the end of season 5, and they ran out of story. Then they did four more seasons. And it got really bleak! And it somehow became the most-watched show on Netflix for like a decade so everyone basically watched it. I don’t know. Weird fucking show! Here be the rankings of the seasons.
9. Season 8: OMG NO
At last the insanely long first season of Batman The Animated Series is over, and before we go any further I thought this would be a good point to reflect on where things sit after 65 episodes.
Continue reading The Matt Signal: BTAS Season 1 Findings
Plot summary: Season One concludes with some good old fashioned cultural appropriation, as Mad Hatter manipulates Gotham’s wealthy elite with some Central American figurines.
Continue reading The Matt Signal – Episode 65: The Worry Men
Jerome and Brian are back to continue looking at Bong Joon-Ho’s filmography, this time the 2009 Mother. Find out why this is one of the darker movies they’ve ever discussed on a podcast and why it’s one of the best.
Continue reading Pantheon Plus: Mother (2009)
Plot summary: Batman faces one of his greatest challenges to date… a ventriloquist’s dummy!
Continue reading The Matt Signal – Episode 64: Read My Lips
The Reel World 