Talking SMAC: Superheroes, Movies, Animation & Comics Talking SMAC: Superheroes, Movies, Animation & Comics

Josh is joined by the fabulous Joey from the Game Club Pod to discuss some big movie and TV trailers that were released this week, as well as some big announcements in the superhero genre.
Special Intro Music (00:00 - 1:36)
Intro/Josh & Joey Love Fest (1:36)
Joey plugs the Game Club Pod channel (3:31)
The Movie Wire promo (6:34)
Tangent 1: Dominic Littlewood bit from 2 Blokes from Blighty (7:00)
Wicked trailer (12:02)
Tangent 2: Influencers can f*ck right off (17:01)
Back to Wicked trailer (18:56)
Spider-Man: Noir Prime series announcement (23:29)
Tangent 3: Sony's tenuous relationship with Spider-Man (27:16)
A Quiet Place Day One trailer 2 (29:28)
Tangent 4: Josh's coping anime shows of 2024 (35:03)
House of the Dragon season 2 trailer 2 (37:16)
Tangent 5: Paddy Considine is a treasure (40:23)
Rings of Power season 2 trailer (42:35)
Twisters trailer 2 (45:47)
Talking SMACdowns Vol 5 Midnight Suns raffle (59:28)
Outro socials and call to action! (1:00:44)
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Josh is joined by the Lovely Dan from Casting Views to rank character portrayals in comic book-inspired movies, along with some other news from the week. 
Nintendo Announces Next Gen System Announcement Window (2:14)
David Corenswet Superman costume reveal (6:31)
I Hate It. Let's Watch It promo (11:43)
Comic Book Character Portrayal Tier List (12:28)
The Rules of the Game (12:54)
 Aaron Taylor Johnson as Quicksilver (13:41)
Adam West as Batman (15:18)
Alan Cumming as Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler (15:46)
Alfred Molina as Dr. Otto Octavious/Doc Ock (16:47)
Alicia Silverstone as Barbara Wilson/Batgirl (17:46)
Amy Adams as Lois Lane (19:05)
Andrew Garfield as The Amazing Spider-Man (19:55)
Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson/The Falcon/Captain America (20:59)
Arnold Schwarzenegger as Mr Freeze (21:45)
Ben Afleck as Bruce Wayne/Batman (23:26)
Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange (25:42)
Brie Larson as Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel (26:56)
Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa/Black Panther (28:33)
Chris Evans as Steve Rogers/Captain America (28:47)
Chris Evans as Johnny Storm/The Human Torch (29:03)
Chris O'Donnel as Dick Grayson/Robin (30:21)
Chris Pratt as Peter Quill/Star-Lord (30:55)
Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman (33:04)
Christopher Reeve as Clark Kent/Superman (34:21)
Cillian Murphy as Dr Johnathan Crane/Scarecrow (35:00)
Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill (35:19)
Colin Farrell as Bullseye (36:24)
Dane DeHaan as Harry Osborn (37:26)
Danny DeVito as Oswald Cobblepot/The Penguin (38:09)

Lightning Round (41:15)
Michael Clarke Duncan as Wilson Fisk/The Kingpin (41:25)
Heath Ledger as The Joker & Gary Oldman as Com. Jim Gordon (42:27)
Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow (42:50)
Jennifer Garner as Elektra (43:38)
Grant Gustin as Barry Alan/The Flash (44:37)
James McAvoy as Charles Xavier/Professor X (46:01)
Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn (47:53)
F-Tier Performances + Other Notables on the list (50:12)

Dan plugs Casting Views (54:09)
Enter to win a Steam copy of Marvel's Midnight Suns (55:18)
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Josh and Alex talk about some of the things from the 90s that still hold a special place in their hearts. 
Intro/Celebrating May the Fourth (0:00)
Cats owning Cats/Mr Potato Head Sells Out (3:30)
Game Club Pod Promo (4:24)
Josh's extended love for Game Club Pod (5:44)
90s Nostalgia Bait begins: The Star Wars Original Trilogy Special Edition (6:53)
Dinosaurs (18:32)
Did you know what TGIF really meant? (36:56)
Boy Meets World (39:33)
Tangent/Plug: Christy Carlson Romano interviews Maitland Ward
Tangent/Plug: I Hear Voices with Will Friedle and Christy Carlson Romano
Tangent/Plug: Pod Meets World

Batman Beyond (1:06:25)
First Wave (1:16:04)
Midnight Suns/Episode 150 drawing (1:22:22)
Thank you and Good Night (1:24:26)
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Josh, Alex & Matt follow up on the Fallout episode now that Alex has finished the season, along with other things they've been enjoying away from the pod. Including; Shogun, Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth and more!
Not a Sponsor, but Could Be... (1:16)
Fu*k My Whole Life Promo (5:09)
I Always Feel Like Sombody's Watchin' Me! (6:09)
Fallout series recap pt 2 *FULL SPOILERS* (7:36)
Halo series tangent (22:20)
Early-2000s and Multi-media storytelling (30:41)
Star Wars Forgotten Sequel (33:28) 
Dungeons & Dragons (35:47)

Hasbro's Failings w/Power Rangers and D&D brands (37:14)
Disney's fumbling of the Star Wars video game license (39:19)
Disney's fumbling of the Muppets IP (40:26)
Back to Fallout (45:10)
Shogun (51:39)
Knuckles (54:24)
Scooby Doo Tangent (1:00:11)
Studios licensing out their larger IPs (1:01:21)
The Sopranos (1:05:28)
Lucifer/Hannibal tangent (1:05:49)

Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth (1:06:47)
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Join the SMAC team as they treat themselves to a double feature with Spy x Family - Code: White and Rebel Moon - Part 2: The Scargiver
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intro (0:19)Spy x Family (1:52)Spy x Family Code: White soft spoilers review (5:19)Spy x Family musings/Q&A (10:56)Must see or Pass (14:32)Random anime discussion (14:54)My Dress Up Darling, Fruits Basket, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (19:23)Cultworthy ad break (22:57)Rebel Moon part 2: critical/audience reactions (23:17)Can Josh predict the movie? (25:38)Rebel Moon full spoilers (30:30)The good, the bad, and the ugly of rebel moon (41:47)Rebel Moon Q&A (47:00)Must see or Pass (50:56)Star Wars in an age of Rebel Moon (51:06)Winding down (1:04:40)
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Josh and Alex are joined by Talking SMAC semi-regular co-host, Matt, to review what they were able to watch of the new Amazon Prime series: Fallout. 
Preamble Rudeness (0:00)Fallout Game Experiences (3:35)Fallout Show Cast (11:16)No Spoilers review/Why binge this? (20:25)Story praise (33:01)Episode 2 Trigger warning (35:09)CX404 is a good dog (36:23)Hating super binge-ers (37:31)Continued non-spoiler review (41:10)Prop and world praise (52:50)Must Watch or Pass? (59:43)Matt has Alex predict episodes 5-8 (1:01:36)Matt's Final Thoughts: (1:05:43)
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