Episode 10: Hi, I'm the DC Universe

en-usDecember 29, 2022

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Prodigious Saps No. 10: "Hi, I'm the DC Universe" James Gunn DCU News | Green Lantern series? | Doom Patrol? | The Sandman Netflix Review | Jon Schnepp's "Death of Superman Lives" PLEASE NOTE: We totally screwed up Grant Morrison's non-binary pronouns in this episode. Sorry for that! We'll get it right next time. We love you, Grant. THIS WEEK on P-SAPS: the latest news concerning James Gunn's new DCU, Grant Morrison & DC Comics: should his work be adapted into film, Neil Gaiman's "The Sandman" Netflix series review, Jon Schnepp's "The Death of Superman Lives: What Happened?" and tons more. Also, Brendan shares some memories of the great man Mr. Schnepp himself. The Death of "Superman Lives", What Happened? https://thedeathofsupermanliveswhathappened.vhx.tv/ Grant Morrison, By James Gunn https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/grant-morrison Butcher Billy https://www.butcherbilly.com/ Doomed: The Untold Story of Roger Corman's The Fantastic Four https://youtu.be/OzhmBdqzuJI 00:00:00 — Intro 00:01:03 — James Gunn/DCU News 00:01:28 — James Gunn on HBO Max Green Lantern series 00:03:40 — James Gunn on Doom Patrol 00:05:05 — Should Grant Morrison's "Arkham Aslyum" be adapted into live action? 00:08:06 — James Gunn's "The Suicide Squad" 00:11:50 — Should Grant Morrison's "All-Star Superman" be adapted into live action? 00:12:59 — James Gunn's argument with Max Landis at Morrisoncon 00:16:15 — Grant Morrison & DC Comics 00:19:26 — Grant Morrison's WE3 00:19:53 — Captain Carrot 00:21:35 — Grant Morrison's Multiversity 00:22:03 — Amazing-Man 00:22:40 — Ambush Bug 00:23:36 — More about WE3 00:24:09 — Plague Dogs 00:24:42 — Brian K. Vaughan 00:25:24 — Brian K. Vaughan's Pride of Baghdad 00:26:49 — More on Captain Carrot 00:28:59 — DC's short-lived Swamp Thing Series 00:33:00 — ‘Green Lantern’ HBO Max Series 00:35:00 — Butcher Billy (the artist) 00:36:14 — Neil Gaiman's "The Sandman" 00:37:43 — Gaiman's "Death: the High Cost of LIving" 00:39:00 — “The Sandman” Netflix Series 00:39:19 — Casting in "The Sandman" 00:42:36 — Visuals in "The Sandman" 00:43:19 — Faithfulness of "The Sandman" adaptation 00:53:59 — Jenna Coleman as Constantine 00:58:10 — Patton Oswalt as Matthew the Raven 01:04:08 — Jon Schnepp's "The Death of Superman Lives: What Happened?" 01:08:11 — Memories of Jon Schnepp 01:12:06 — The Untold Story of Roger Corman's The Fantastic Four Powered by https://Chaptered.app Prodigious Saps: profusive nerdery from Chad Smalley of Blaggards and Brendan Jones of Tesla City Stories. https://linktr.ee/prodigioussaps RELATED LINKS: Blaggards https://blaggards.com/ SlapperCast: a weekly podcast/road diary from Blaggards: https://linktr.ee/slappercast Tesla City Stories https://www.teslacitystories.com Breakfast of the Gods https://www.indyplanet.com/breakfast-of-the-gods Campbell & Jones Meet the Monsters https://meetthemonsters.podbean.com/

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