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Welcome to The SciFi Podcast, a wretched hive of scum and villainy a podcast focused on in-depth discussion of all things Science Fiction. The SciFi Podcast features three hosts—Mattroid, Solo, and Station!—and frequent guests. Each episode we look at a science fiction theme or franchise and take the discussion where no show has gone before.
On this episode of The SciFi Podcast, SpaceWolf returns for a Considering the Sequels style show to discuss the entire second phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe including a feature review of Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) with special guest Wildman Willis Wheeler, as well as a feature review of Ant-Man (2015)! We’ll also be bringing you more MCU mini-reviews of Iron Man 3 (2013) and Thor: The Dark World (2013) and Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) and Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and our Top 3 MCU film lists.
Theme music courtesy of I Hear Sirens, featuring Matt on bass and Liz on keyboard. Hear more of I Hear Sirens ethereal, instrumental, post-rock at BandCamp. Podcast production and art by SpaceWolf who can be found podcasting at Movie Stream Cast and Horror Movie Podcast. You can also follow him on Twitter @IcarusArts.
Show notes after the jump.
Minimalist MCU Poster by “Mr. Saxon” via Deviant Art
SHOW NOTES:
I. Introduction
— Marvel Cinematic Universe, Phase 2
REVIEWS [WITH TIME STAMPS]:
II. [ 00:00:46 ] Mini Review: IRON MAN 3 (2013)
Mattroid: 8 ( Buy it, must own! )
Station: 6.5 ( Buy it )
Solo: 8 ( No recommendation, but will buy it from a $5 bargain bin )
III. [ 00:13:25 ] Mini Review: THOR: THE DARK WORLD (2013)
Mattroid: 7 ( Buy it, must own for fans )
Solo: 4 ( No recommendation, but will never, ever, ever buy it )
Station: 4 ( Buy it and seek therapy )
IV. [ 00:45:29 ] Mini Review: CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER (2014)
Solo: 8 ( No recommendation, but will buy it on a $10 rack )
Mattroid: 9.5 ( Buy it, must own! )
Station: 7 ( Buy it, must own! )
SpaceWolf: 7.5 ( Buy it )
V. [ 01:09:00 ] Mini Review: GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (2014)
Solo: 10 ( No recommendation )
SpaceWolf: 8.5 ( Buy it )
Mattroid: 9 (Buy it, must own! )
Station: 8.5 ( Buy it )
VI. [ 01:25:47 ] Feature Review: AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON (2015)
Mattroid: 8.5 ( Buy it )
Willis Wheeler: 9.5 (Buy it)
SpaceWolf: 8 ( Buy it )
Station: 8 ( Buy it )
Solo: 7.5 ( No recommendation, but will stream it on Netflix if it’s on Netflix )
VII. [ 2:21:57 ] Feature Review: ANT-MAN (2015)
Station: 3 ( Low priority rental, see it once )
Solo: 9 ( Don’t actually take someone else’s kids anywhere without parental permission )
SpaceWolf: 7 ( Rent it )
Mattroid: 5.5 ( Rent it )
—Brain’s take on the physics of Ant-Man
—Find Brain’s writings on the physics of Ant-Man in text: here
VIII. [03:07:14] SEGMENTS
—This week: “The Excessive Machine” with Wildman Willis Wheeler
Our Top 3 Marvel Cinematic Universe Movies (through Phase 2)
and our most anticipated elements of MCU Phase 3.
—Find TSFP hosts’ (and guests’) Top 3 MCU film lists in text: here
IX. Mini Reviews: AGENTS OF SHEILD (2013) and DAREDEVIL (2015)
—Brief, impromptu discussion of the two of the four Marvel Cinematic Universe television series ABC’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Netflix’s Daredevil with Wildman Willis Wheeler.
X. OUTRO
—Wrap up and plugs
LINKS FOR THIS EPISODE:
REMEMBER TO CHECK OUT BRAIN’S “The Physics of Ant-Man or The Science of Small” via his new Brain Blog.
Wildman Willis Wheeler’s links:
—Willis Wheeler on TV’s Toy Hunter
—Willis on the Terror Troop horror podcast
—Willis on Two-Drink Minimum Commentaries
—Willis on No F’n Way Commentaries Podcast
—The Wildman’s YouTube Channel
—Follow Willis on Twitter: @NastyWillDC
—Contact Willis on Facebook
SpaceWolf’s links:
—Listen to Josh review online streaming flicks on Movie Stream Cast
—Listen to Josh dig deep on horror-themed episodes of Horror Movie Podcast
—Follow Josh on Twitter: @IcarusArts
—Follow MSC on Twitter: @MovieStreamCast
—Like MSC on Facebook
Mattroid’s links:
—Read Matt’s writing for The Daily Herald newspaper as “Gary the Unicorn” on topics like FanX at heraldextra.com
—Watch Matt’s Gary the Unicorn comedy sketches about things like alien abduction on YouTube
—Listen to Matt discuss sci-fi / horror movies on the topics like “When Science Goes to Far” on Horror Movie Podcast
Station’s links:
—Liz says to subscribe to The SciFi Podcast on iTunes and Stitcher
Solo’s links:
—William says to listen to him on Movie Stream Cast and Movie Podcast Weekly
REMEMBER TO CHECK OUT BIZARRO ANDY HOWELL’S: “The Science of the Avengers Part 1” and “The Science of The Avengers Part 2” via Ain’t It Cool News
AND CHECK OUT MORE OF BIZARRO ANDY’S “The Science of …” articles
COMING UP NEXT WEEK on TSFP:
Join us next week for our review of Terminator: Genysis (2015) and a themed discussion on time travel with special guest and legit physicist, The Brain! And read Brain’s Brain Blog on “The Physics of Ant-Man” if you haven’t yet.
Attn: show notes nerds (you know who you are). You’ll notice dead links in the show notes for The Brain’s “Physics of Ant-Man” article and your hosts’ “Top 3 MCU Films” … I will be posting both as blogs on Monday and update those links at that time.
*ahem* Dino *ahem*
Hey Josh, there are a couple of missing links in the show notes.
Just sayin’…
Thank you for pointing that out.
Happy to help, buddy. 😉
Btw, the movie artwork on both this post and the MCU Phase 1 post… very cool.
Gee. Thanks, friend. Just a little cut and paste, but I’m very happy with all of TSFP artwork, so far. The TV episode being the outlier, but that was a hard one to come up with a concept that wasn’t ridiculously time-intensive. It frees me up to have a host who isn’t battling me at every turn. Mattroid is very gracious.
In Josh We Trust
‘Lo there, Sci-Fi fans! I’m Darrell Drake, and I’m here with Mattroid’s blessings, though not necessarily his endorsement. I come to you today as a humble author in dire need of support. I’m running a Kickstarter for my fourth book, A Star-Reckoner’s Lot. It’s a historical fantasy to which I’ve devoted the last three years of my life—poured my heart into it. The Kickstarter is currently at 20% funding with 18 days to go, but that only means I’m working harder to ensure it’s success. It’s a finished novel; it just needs your help reaching a state that’s production-worthy. So I’d be supremely grateful if you’d give it a gander. And if you’re interested, pledge. Whether you pledge or not, I’m asking that you share the URL with communities you’re a part of. It’d go a long way in getting this campaign to the finish line. If you’d like to get in touch, you’re more than welcome to contact me at darrellkdrake@gmail.com. Thank you for your time! I’ll leave a shortened blurb, too. (Oh, the core magic system in the novel is based on equal parts astronomy and cosmology, which I’ve explained here for anyone interested: http://imgur.com/a/nhwHV.)
Thanks and best,
Darrell
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/darrelldrake/a-star-reckoners-lot
❀ Ashtadukht is a star-reckoner. The worst there’s ever been.
Only a brave few storytellers still relate cautionary glimpses into the life of Ashtadukht, a woman of enormity. A woman who commanded the might of the constellations—if only just, and often unpredictably. They’ll stir the imagination with tales of her path to retribution. How, fraught with bereavement and a dogged illness, she criss-crossed Sasanian Iran in pursuit of creatures now believed mythical. Then, in hushed tones, what she wrought on that path. ❀
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Hello, everyone! We have posted links to Brain’s incredible paper on the physics of Ant-Man throughout the show notes and you can download the original paper (with the correct formatting and without the art and goofy commentary by us) directly from Brain at the bottom of that post.
Also, how awesome is physics? I say way awesome.
Here is a direct download link to my Ant-Man paper: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8yrKJYWC0IjbTAzdzlQaTVCMlU/view?usp=sharing
BOOM! Sorry about the confusion.
Everyone should definitely download this for your collection, but do join us over at the blog post so that we can discuss Brain’s brilliance.
It’s just schooling anyone can be a smart if they school and robots.
I dunno, there are some people who have schooled all of the school and sound like they have schooled none of the school. But on the surface, yeah, school, plus about 12 hours a day of high level math.
There is a distinction between intelligence and education. Brain has both.
And he’s really tall. So.
Is there a Pinky to this Brain of yours? ‘Cause that’s who I’d like to have a chat with!
We actually have a clip of Pinky himself mentioning how much he loves our podcast. It’ll be included soon.
I nominate Matt as Brain’s Pinky.
What is going on with the comment replies, Mattroid? Is everyone else seeing this the way I am or is it my browser? It’s posting ALL replies as new comments. Shannon, Matt and Jay style.
Still working on it; can’t say I know for sure what’s going on. But it’ll get solved, and new episodes shouldn’t have the problem.
As for the Pinky idea, I’ll have you know I’m Narf poit egad roight!!!
“It’s posting ALL replies as new comments. Shannon, Matt and Jay style.”
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Nice.
Is that a short joke?
Because short people are beautiful.
As a non-tall person, I thank you.
I say way WAY awesome…
Oh man, did I get super grumpy during the Age of Ultron review.
Well, to err is to be human… Right?
That was the ultra-fun, happy-time version. Only the four of us and Willis Wheeler will ever know the true horrors of where that recording went.
The people demand an outtakes special feature.
Episode 100!
Booo.
I think after this episode, I can finally say that I’m a Solo fan. His contributions to the conversation are always great, but when he’s passionate about something and his real emotions seep through, his comments are pure gold. I love it! His now trademark boo is hilarious. I honestly can’t get enough of it.
The “boo” is hilarious. Even when I’m on the receiving end its welcome.
He’s been killing it lately on the recordings we’ve been doing, and he’s editing two episodes so far that have turned out great. I’m a fan too.
But just to set the record straight, crushing a log of wood in your hands would be scary as *meep* in real life. If I were to laugh at such action, it’d be out of fear. I loved that scene by the way.
And if you could tear a log of wood apart with your bare hands, wouldn’t you just do that all the time?
I would.
Totally with you on this. I <3 Solo. (In an almost entirely not really weird or sort of non-creepy kind of way. Maybe.)
Hmmm… Matt, have you noticed that some of the replies are displayed as answer to the original post (like at the top of the page) vs. these last few posts where a reply posts as if it were a brand new post?
Yeah. I think it’s due to the “email notification of replies” plugin I put in. I’m going to disable it until I can find a better solution.
Thanks for your patience. Here, have some galactic credits for your troubles.
Credits are no good here.
I think Ant-Man would have been more compelling if Hank Pym had been the creator Ultron like he was SUPPOSED TO BE.
Conspiracy!
http://cartoonconspiracytheories.blogspot.com/2014/11/pinky-and-brain-conspiracy-theory.html
Random side note, but I’m totally with Station! on the unsullied quest. I, too, hate when people even tell me what they thought of a movie before I get to see it. I understand your plight.