Days of Marvel

This has been a fun listen as we lead up to the release of endgame. The many different points of view and generally frank but fair critical takes on the positive and negatives of each of the movies in the MCU makes for a lively and engaging podcast. My only complaint thus far is with the Civil War episode, where one of the three panelists has barely seen any of the movies leading up to what is clearly one of the bigger events in the MCU. Anyone who is subscribing to this podcast clearly is fairly well invested in the MCU and is looking for informed takes on the movies and the connections forged between them, not dismissal of characters and plot lines from someone who hasn’t seen all the movies plus some rather creepy Black Panther fetishism (Hint: objectification works both ways). I’m sure they’ll get back on track but this one episode was a real letdown. Otherwise, great podcast!

I really enjoyed listening to these podcasts. That said, since Marvel has continued releasing content either on the big screen or on Disney+ I really wish they would come back with new podcasts, as new material is released.

Pleeeeease.

I want this to be better. I wanted my rating to be better, but while some of these episodes are fantastic others fall completely flat. The Civil War episode in general stands out because Meghan even admits that she didn’t really watch any other movies leading up to this movie. Seriously? It made most of that episode so awkward because she didn’t even know that Don Cheadle plays Rhodey aka “War Machine”. Not to mention her and Preeti constantly just squealing about Spider-Man was so off putting. I’ve listened to all of them because I’ve already put in so much time, but I cringe every time Meghan is on a panel. The rankings system is bogus. Apparently whoever Syfy had filling out these rankings hadn’t seen all of the movies (shouldn’t that be a prerequisite?) because for as great a movie as Black Panther is, it’s not the best in the MCU. That’s just blatant lip service. And Karama saying she was gonna fight Dan if he didn’t agree with the Black Panther ranking (whether kidding or not) wasn’t awkward at all.