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The Incomparable Mothership is the flagship of the Incomparable podcast network. It’s all about geeky media we love, including movies, books, TV, and more, featuring a rotating panel of guests and hosted by Jason Snell and friends.
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Swept up in the Deadpool of It All
You just can’t kill us, unless we’re wearing something on our necks that means you can. We’re back to cover 2018’s “Deadpool 2,” which bring you… more Deadpool. Not necessarily a bad thing, but should it have tried to elevate its game? Does its ending completely invalidate the story? And what’s the serious plot element at the center of the ridiculous meta superhero action?...
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The Real Villain is Trauma
With a third movie on the way, it’s time for us to tackle an R-rated “X-Men” spinoff, everyone’s favorite glutton for punishment, 2016’s “Deadpool.” Did it pass the test of skeptical first-time viewers? Does its balance of humor and ultraviolence work? And why did we find this deeply unserious movie strangely affecting?...
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Don't Let Books Make You Cry
We begin our walk through the 2024 nominees for Best Novel from the Hugo and Nebula Awards. First up: “Starter Villain” by John Scalzi, “Translation State” by Ann Leckie, and “Witch King” by Martha Wells....
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You Can't Protect People From "Doctor Who"
Put on your mouse ears and step into the TARDIS! We’re discussing the return (rebirth? regeneration?) of “Doctor Who” in 2024, this time on Disney+ (and the BBC). It’s a new era with an old showrunner. How did the 2023 specials hit us, where should curious viewers start watching, and what are our hopes for the coming season?...
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Weird Guy in the Meat Locker
Why does discussing the overlooked 1991 classic “Dead Again” feel like we’re living a past life? Maybe it’s the shock of seeing young Sir Kenneth Branagh (attempting a weird American accent) and Dame Emma Thompson. Maybe it’s Sir Derek Jacobi making us wonder if that stutter is an “I, Claudius” reference. Maybe it’s the whole romantic fantasy thing, with a Hitchcockian past intruding on a 1990s present....
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Arguably the Saddest Record
It’s time to celebrate the music of the first decade of this century via our 2000s album draft! From opera to show tunes, we’ve got several musical styles covered—and those are just Andy’s picks! Why do James’s picks leave us cold? What is Erika’s favorite Beat Saber band? Why does Kelly use karaoke as therapy? How does Shelly tactically use remixes? And why did Brian insist on editing this episode?...
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Very entertaining
Lustig, manchmal sehr informativ
Interesting despite all the wokeness
Informative, well-produced podcast with comprehensive discussions about geek/popular culture. Albeit sometimes cringe-inducingly woke, politically correct and full of virtue signalling, it‘s worth a listen.
Highly recommended exemplary Geek Podcast
The Incomparable is such a good geek podcast with a varied range of subject matters. It is not only well produced but most of all funny, educational, interesting. Every episode leaves you with a warm and fuzzy feeling inside and a positive outlook on life.
The “Incomparables” are host Jason Snell and a sympathetic, changing cast of Dan Moren, Erika Ensign, Serenity Caldwell, John Siracusa and many others.
There is the book club which never fails to make me fall in love with a book, and there is the subset of the baffling apocalyptic book club. There are the “draft” episodes where the team picks their favorite computer, robot or other weird stuff. There is the comic book club, where the Incomparables dissect and recommend Marvel, DC and independent titles. My current favorite is “Rocket Surgery” a Super-Geek Gameshow-like series.
But some of the best episodes don’t fit the mold. The year-ending episodes are an exercise in geekery and paradoxes that are capable of putting your brain through the proverbial blender. The epic reviews of the Star Wars movies (the great ones and the bad ones including the Holiday special ) are worth listening to multiple times. As a “Doctor Who” fan the reviews of the christmas specials are among my favorite episodes.
My recommendation: Listen to the current episode and perhaps one other one from the past. If you share delight for science fiction, computers, movies, comic books and humor, then you will most probably get hooked. Then I envy you for discovering one of the best podcasts out there completely freshly. You are in for quite a ride!