Jul 14, 2019
Movie Meltdown - Episode 494
This week the Super Series returns from "the blip" to discuss the end of the old phase/kick off of Marvel moving forward, as we cover Spider-Man: Far from Home. And as we come to terms with the fact that we are all just living in Grendel’s world, we also bring up… the second installment in comic book movies, string of illusions, Miles Morales, What if… comics, the green mist, Silver Surfer, the new Ben, Keanu Reeves, undercut the emotional connection, The Wizard of Oz, shared universes, Black Widow, Angelina Jolie, J. Jonah Jameson, Disney Plus shows, Fury’s character, The Elementals, Adam Warlock, Doug Jones, rewatchability, Red Sparrow, PS4 Marvel's Spider-Man, Peggy Carter, the new Osborn, we’re all just livin’ in Green Acres shadow, let’s show this awkward thing, human trapped in a dog’s body, Star Wars, The Eternals, Budapest, even dead you’re the hero, she’ll haunt me for the rest of my life, James Bond, sometimes the wrong movies get the money, Happy Hogan, rich with personality, Ned and Betty, J.K. Simmons, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, arguably the greatest comic book film trilogy ever, Spider-Pig, Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 3, eavesdropping at the mall, the fields of flowers, Galactus, special effects, Jon Favreau and use the force Spidey.
Spoiler Alert: Full spoiler’s for “Spider-Man: Far from Home”, so go watch the movie before you listen.
“...we kind of kept the first one relatively light and we're definitely gonna do that coming out of this super overwhelmingly emotional journey we just came from… so I feel like it was almost purposeful to be like, let’s make sure we don’t get bogged down with weird emotion versions of everything and just kind of have a fun high school road trip kind of movie… that also we work Spider-Man into.”