the falcon and the winter soldier

Zack and Stephen discuss and review the new Jordan Peele movie 'Nope,' plus dive into the new slate of Marvel movies and shows announced at SDCC.

Surprise! The Marvel comic book franchise most closely associated with the military-industrial complex doesn't handle the depiction of anarchy and anarchist characters very well. I was totally expecting Disney Plus and the MCU to handle these ideas with care.

**THIS EPISODE CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THE ENTIRE FIRST SEASON OF THE SHOW**

Sources:

1) Revolutionary Villains Are Turned Into Monsters so That We Don’t Support Them

2) 'Captain Marvel' Effect? Air Force Academy Sees Most Female Applicants in 5 Years

3) Documents Expose How Hollywood Promotes War on Behalf of the Pentagon, CIA and NSA 

Music:

Intro Song - Bangarang by AGROCULTURE

1) Elevator Music Lofi Background Music For Video by Lesfm

2)  VERGNUGUNGSPARK by  Gerhard Trede 

In the fourth episode of Marvelous Thoughts’ fourth season, the Marvel Chicks talk The Falcon and The Winter Soldier.

00:00:26 – Question of the Day – If we were to open a specialty shop, what would we sell?

00:03:30 – Amazon Reviewed (aka Name-That-Movie-Based-Off-A-Bad-Amazon-Review)

00:09:46 – Main Discussion

00:32:30 – Rating and Ranking

This is the 48th casting of the pod.

Double The Direct Podcast for ya this week.

Today's episode is a laid back edition catching up on the back half of this week's news, including the major shift from Star Wars' Obi-Wan Kenobi and updates surrounding the Ezra Miller situation.

That said, this episode is captained by Jared Leto's Morbius, for better or worse. We give our unfiltered thoughts on the latest installment in the Sony Cinematic Universe.

Thank you all so much for rocking with us. Be a friend, tell a friend!

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TIMECODES

2:02 - Moon Knight Clean-Up

6:04 - The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Changes

11:23 - Kenobi Changes Premiere Date

19:39 - The Ezra Miller Situation

28:15 - Morbius Review

Melbourne filmmaker Danny Cohen on Anonymous Club, his 16mm doc about Melbourne musician Courtney Barnett, an introspective,  introverted & reluctant world-famous rock-star. Plus, U.S. director Mimi Cave talks about her horror take on the meet-cute/rom-com in Fresh and Hollywood star Sebastian Stan on getting into character for his villainous role.

This week we're taking a look back at the year that was, and what Marvel's 2021 was all about. It turns out this was the biggest MCU year of all, with more hours of Marvel available than anybody could have imagined back when Robert Downey Jr first said "I am Iron Man."

With four films and five TV series, the MCU exploded outwards in 2021. New doors were opened, new characters introduced and new directions were explored. What worked? What didn't? And did DC even remotely try to keep up?

All of this and more this week on Marvelvision!

You asked, we answered. This week on Marvelvision your hosts take audience questions and try to give them our best answers. We had folks submitting via text and folks calling in, and that makes this a kind of fun and new type of episode for us. 

The questions range from ones about the Marvel Cinematic Universe to ones about comic books to ones about us, as individual people. We got so many questions we couldn't answer them all, but we truly appreciate everyone who sent in a question, and we appreciate everyone who listens!

Happy new year!

The best MCU Disney+ series ends its first season with a big fight, a big tree, and a big man. It's the big finale of Hawkeye and we go big talking about it. Also we go small: this episode I am locked in a closet recording, which leads to some nonsense like the mic being knocked over. Is it shaggy? You know it is.

Merry Christmas to everyone listening. We're going to be coming back next week with a wrap-up episode talking about all things MCU and live action superhero, and we'll be taking questions from subscribers over at the Patreon. If you're not subscribed, now is the time!

And while you're there, consider becoming a member at the $5 or above level so you can get access to Watch Men, our monthly superhero deep dive show. The latest episode sees us go almost four hours on Spider-Man: No Way Home!

What's the story with this show? Why is it so good? And why does it have to end next week? We're not ready to say goodbye... especially after the big reveal at the end of Ronin. Plus, this episode is going to do for box mac and cheese what The Avengers did for shawarma.

We have limited news this week, at least partially because we are diligently avoiding spoilers for Spider-Man: No Way Home and trying not to cover too many of the news breaks coming out of that junket out of respect for you guys. We will be doing an episode of Watch Men about this movie that will hit next week, and it will be spoilers out the web-shooters, so make sure you're signed up at the $5 or above levels at www.patreon.com/cinemasangha to get that episode!

See you here again next week for the finale of Hawkeye, and then it's going to be quiet on the MCU TV front for a minute. But don't fret - we will be back in January with Peacemaker. Yes, we're hopping universes! Deal with it!

This week on Marvelvision we ask the important questions, like: Is Vera Farmiga actually playing The Kingpin? Is Hawkeye the best Marvel TV show so far? Wait, does Kate have the dog with her at her mom's house? Was a scene or Kate learning to pick locks cut from episode one? What the hell is Letitia Wright thinking? And more!

We have a bit of lengthy intro this week, complete with a sidetrack into the history of Malibu Comics and its Ultraverse (which actually is Marvel related, believe it or not) and plenty of news. If you're not feeling the intro, skip to 39:34 and get ready to go deep on the latest shenanigans of our favorite archer duo. 

Coming soon: the Watch Men episode about Spider-Man: No Way Home. It'll be available only to $5 and above subscribers at www.patreon.com/cinemasangha. What are you waiting for?

Spoiler alert: this week's Hawkeye is excellent. Really just a great time, and it offers a lot to discuss. Stuff like: wait, is that the Kingpin? Wow, why haven't any of the movies made Hawkeye's arrows this fun? And can you believe this one scene made Derek cry?

In the intro we have some Marvel news, some of it very big! Spider-Man stays in the MCU for three more films, which might be spoilery for No Way Home but honestly we didn't need that weight on our shoulders in 2021. If you don't care about news, skip to 24:00.

We have three more episodes of Hawkeye and we are very excited for them - here's hoping this show sticks the landing. 

We also have an episode of Watch Men coming up. That's our monthly superhero movie deep dive show where we go long on a new movie. December's episode will be Spider-Man: No Way Home. That's available only to subscribers at the $5 and above level, so head to www.patreon.com/cinemasangha to get in the loop! Go listen to our almost four hour long Eternals episode!

It's a new Marvel Cinematic Universe TV show! Hawkeye has debuted on Disney+ and we are here to tell you... it's pretty damn good! Is that a spoiler for our podcast?

This episode we talk about whether Kate Bishop is a Chevy Chase or a Bill Murray or both, we marvel at some of the best writing in the MCU TVverse, we try and figure out when the MCU is, we try and figure out how long it would take a firefighter to go from a fire to posting an Instagram story and we dive into a couple of Easter Eggs both obvious (is that a nod to Tigra?) but also really obscure (we actually had to look one up). 

Plus: our shortest news intro ever, because we just did a whole hour long episode all about the news. 

Hawkeye continues next week on this podcast; check out www.patreon.com/cinemasangha for our other podcast about superheroes, Watch Men. The last episode was almost four hours on Eternals! The next episode will be about Spider-Man: No Way Home! Get a subscription now and enjoy all the episodes!

We're between MCU shows so this week we deep back into ancient Marvel TV history with this spectacular superhero team-up TV movie that first aired in 1988. A reunion for the beloved The incredible Hulk series, The Incredible Hulk sees David Bruce Banner/The Hulk meet up with Thor and have little to no adventures and eventually become tangentially involved in some kind of heist thing.

This episode we cover a bunch of Marvel news (we've been on hiatus a minute), including the latest Black Panther 2 woes, Everybody Hates Chris (Pratt), Marvel movies at home in... IMAX?... and more. If you don't care about this stuff, skip to 44:45, where the Incredible Hulk Returns discussion starts.

By the way, in case you're wondering about our personal Incredible Hulk histories, here's a picture of Derek dressed as the Hulk for Halloween in the 80s.

If you like listening to us talk about Marvel stuff, consider joining the Patreon at the $5 or above level and get yourself access to Watch Men, our monthly superhero movie deep dive podcast. The latest episode is THREE HOURS AND FORTY FIVE MINUTES about Eternals. You get your money's worth.

Thanks for listening! See you again in a few weeks for Hawkeye. 

The newest member of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is here and the future is bright.

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings has finally been released in theaters and we have everything you need to know about the newest Avenger.

Marvel Studios' first origin story since 2019's Captain Marvel, and the first canonically linear origin story since 2016, Shang-Chi represents the future of the MCU.

Shang-Chi also introduces an entirely new corner of the universe and expands on what 24 movies before it has set up.

What were your favorite parts of Shang-Chi? And when do you expect to see him and his squad next? Let us know! @mattroembke @LiamTCrowley

PRODUCTION NOTE: The weekly episode of The Direct Podcast will be dropping on Sunday, 9/5. 

This week the Fan Girls are taking a deep dive into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Join us as we dish and spill the tea on Wandavison, Falcon and the Winter Soldier and what this means for the future of the MCU. It's going to be a Marvel-ous show!

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Today, we're arguing about whether or not Marvel knows how to make TV shows that can stand on their own power, or if they are content for their shows to always be tie-ins. Where does this approach leave 'Loki'? Then, we discuss the recent run of Pixar movies and how the coming-of-age 'Luca' fits into that legacy. Thank you for listening!

Hosted by Zack Miller and Stephen Williams

We're three shows deep into the Marvel Cinematic Universe's TV expansion, so Kevin, Kevin, and guest Daniel Brown take stock of what's working, what's not, and what this means for the future of the franchise.

What's the difference between a Falcon and an Eagle? How do you define a villain? Do Sayer and Kaylee ALWAYS finish their recording sessions with ice cream? Lets wrap this show up and get some answers!