Explore every episode of the podcast Talking SMAC: Superheroes, Movies, Animation & Comics

Return to the grid and escape the grid! Alex & Justin take on the Programs and review Tron Ares

Daft Punk vs NIN! They also touch on John Candy documentary: I like me, and 2025 lega-quel-boots Final Destination: Bloodlines, M3gan 2.0, and The Naked Gun

Please remember to check out the Casting Views podcast, join our Discord and check out our merch store! 

• Introduction (0:12)
• Casting Views promo (3:13) 
• Can we get a Dan white noise machine? (3:46)
• Tron franchise experiences and thoughts (4:33)
• Tron Ares thoughts: NIN! & music as a vibe (13:23)
• The story is the story & needing Bruce Campbell (22:07)
• John Candy: I like me (29:03)
• Spoiler talk (30:54)
• Our heroes are aging (33:50)
• Must See or Pass (41:41)
• Quick catch-up: Final Destination Bloodlines, M3gan 2.0 & The Naked Gun
• Wrap up and goodbyes (50:23)

The Nostalgiathon closes out with Josh and Alex celebrating the 35th anniversary of the first live-action adaptation of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

• Intro/Josh's big announcement (0:00)
• 2 Blokes from Blighty promo (3:05)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) conversation (3:57)
• Social media plugs, goodbyes and a special message (1:04:34)

Please remember to check out the 2 Blokes from Blighty podcast, join our Discord and check out our merch store! 

Josh and Alex hail a cab to save the day and watch the divisive 'Die Hard with a Vengeance'

• Intro (0:00)
• Super Familiar with the Wilsons promo (2:19)
• Die Hard with a Vengeance discussion (2:48)
• Social media plugs and goodbyes (54:33)

Please remember to check out the Super Familiar with the Wilsons podcast, join our Discord and check out our merch store! 

It's time to uphold the law and watch 'Judge Dredd'

• Intro/preamble (0:00)
• Sugar Coated Murder podcast (6:42)
• Judge Dredd (1995) conversation (7:19)
• Goodbyes and social media plugs (1:04:28)

Please remember to check out the Sugar Coated Murder podcast, and don't forget to join our Discord and check out our merch store! 

It's time to roll the dice and play the game! Josh and Alex get absorbed into the original 'Jumanji', starring Robin Williams. 

• Intro (0:00)
• No On 15! Allcast promo (2:13)
• Luis and Wembembo need to tell us how to feel about the Street Fighter movie cast (3:23)
• Josh loses his train of thought to tell a story about accents (6:55)
• Titanic movie tie-ins with back-to-back movies (8:43)
• Diving into Jumanji (11:27)
• Does Joe Johnston hate kids? (12:07)
• What are the rules of the game world? (16:44)
• Jumanji timestamps
• David Alan Greer carries the funny for Jumanji (25:00)
• Alan’s story is his father’s emotional arc (26.50)
• The characters are ancillary to the chaos of the game (29:49)
• The gun shop owner got what they deserved (33:27)
• The movie does a great job of not exposition too much (36:49)
• How the game presents itself (40:06)
• The game feels like a bigger threat in Jumanji (45:52)
• The ending is an odd duck (48:09)
• Where does Jumanji rank in Joe Johnston’s filmography? (50:49)
• Spoiler for next week's Nostalgiathon movie (1:00:28)
• Buyer's remorse with the streaming era (1:03:21)
• Paramount/Skydance trying to buy Warner Bros?! How?! Why?! (1:04:50)
• Social media plugs and goodbyes (1:18:54)

Please remember to check out the No On 15! Allcast, join our Discord and check out our merch store! 

Josh and Alex revisit the high-octane, action-packed, Ang Lee directed... 'Sense and Sensibility'..?

Okay. This is different. Let's see what they have in store for us this week. 

• Intro (0:00)
• The Movie Wire promo (3:09)
• Sense and Sensibility discussion (3:25)
• Directed by Ang Lee, but doesn't feel like an Ang Lee movie (6:58)
• Emma Thompson's script/plot of the movie (9:49)
• Jane Austen making high-class seem approachable (11:20)
• Josh's biggest issue with Jane Austen stories (17:09)
• Josh's first exposure to the film (18:30)
• God bless Kate Winslet (22:01)
• Hugh Laurie steals the show (26:57)
• Ang Lee nails the posh humor of the script (28:46)
• Jena Malone is not in this movie (31:10)
• Alex's take on the emotional resolution of the story (31:57)
• The Alan Rickman "problem" (36:53)
• Three Amigos tangent (37:35)
• 1995 is a problematic year for award winners not named Emma Thompson (40:53)
• Final thoughts on the film (43:42)
• The "British" invasion of Talking SMAC begins (50:29)
• Goodbyes and social media plugs (52:17)

Please remember to check out the Movie Wire podcast, join our Discord and check out our merch store! 

The nostalgia train is rolling along. This week, Josh and Alex rediscover the first appearance of Pierce Brosnan as James Bond in 'GoldenEye' (not the video game, but it is referenced several times in the episode.)

• Intro (0:00)
• I Have Some Notes promo (3:04)
• GoldenEye discussion (3:35)
• Social media plugs and goodbyes (1:12:05)

Please remember to check out I Have Some Notes, join our Discord and check out our merch store! 

Josh and Alex continue their trip back to the 90s for Nostalgiathon. This week, they discuss the divisive Joel Schumacher film; Batman Forever

• Intro (0:00)
• Gaming Views promo (2:55)
• Batman Forever Discussion (3:29)
• Tommy Lee Jones Cannot Sanction Jim Carrey's Buffoonery
• Goodbyes and social media plugs (57:26)

Please remember to check out Gaming Views, join our Discord and check out our merch store! 

Josh and Alex talk over 'The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers - The Movie' for you to enjoy!

• Game Club Pod Promo (0:00)
• Intro & The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers - The Movie Commentary (0:55)
• Social media plugs and goodbyes (1:42:25)

Please remember to check out the Game Club Pod podcast, join our Discord and check out our merch store! 

Josh sits down with the co-writers for the upcoming Kickstarter project; Nebulon: Knight of Justice - James Santana and Hunter Van Lierop. 

If you are able, please help out the Kickstarter when it goes live on September 1st at 12pm EDT, and don't forget to join our Discord and check out our merch store!

Josh and Matt (the true star of the show,) discuss the movies, shows, games and other nerd things they're doing away from the pod

• Intro (0:00)
• Cultworthy Promo (3:58)
• Shrinking (4:38)
• Balatro (14:53)
  • Check out the Game Club Pod's Balatro Episode
• Clair Obscur Expedition 33 (19:48)
  • If you've finished COE33, check out our review episode HERE
• Apothecary Diaries  & My Dress Up Darling season 2 (29:02)
• Donkey Kong Bananza/Switch 2/Mario Kart World (40:10)
• Star Trek Strange New Worlds season 3 (57:44)
• Social Media Plugs & Good byes (1:07:53)

Please remember to check out the Cultworthy podcast, join our Discord and check out our merch store! 

The Marvel train keeps rolling. Have they set up Avengers: Doomsday in a satisfactory way? Does Fantastic Four: First Steps stand well enough on its own? Or has Marvel truly lost its way and we're watching their reign of box office dominance come crashing down?

• Intro (0:00)
• Ain't nobody got time for banter. Casting Views promo (2:05)
• We've got a little time for banter. Alex's car story (2:48)
• Fantastic Four non-spoiler thoughts (4:53)
• Talking SMAC rating (13:54)
• Fantastic Four: First Steps spoiler discussion (15:19)
• Are we hyped for Avengers: Doomsday? (57:50)
• Social media plugs and goodbye (1:01:10)

Please remember to check out the Casting Views podcast, join our Discord and check out our merch store! 

Josh and Alex are joined by returning guest Gary H. Lee - the Head of Cinematography Layout at Sony Pictures Animation  for K-Pop Demon Hunters - to discuss the making of the phenomenon that is K-Pop Demon Hunters, exclusively on Netflix. 

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The DCU launches its first theatrically released entry. Has James Gunn captured the Superman magic we've been longing for? Or has Gunn missed the mark? 

• Intro/Josh's grown up purchases (0:00)
• Josh's war with Comcast update (3:53)
• 2 Blokes from Blighty promo (5:55)
• The sass is strong with Matt (star of the show) and Alex (6:51)
• Non-spoiler Superman thoughts (8:35)
• Is Superman a Must-See or Pass? (19:19)
• Spoiler review of Superman (20:58)
• Socials and goodbyes (1:23:52)

Please remember to check out the 2 Blokes from Blighty podcast, join our Discord and check out our merch store! 

*Sigh* It's another Jurassic Park/World movie. Does it recapture the magic of the first movie? Does it hit the action movie highs of Jurassic World? Or is it just another gash in the legacy that is the original film? Josh and Alex debate. 

• Intro/Alex Re-writes history (0:00)
• Josh's deal with the devil (aka Comcast) (2:30)
• Super Familiar with the Wilsons promo (9:51)
• Jurassic World Rebirth full spoilers (10:19)
• Social Media Plugs and Goodbyes (1:18:40)

Please remember to check out the Super Familiar with the Wilsons podcast, join our Discord and check out our merch store! 

Josh and Alex discuss their favorite movies that help them relive that summer blockbuster feeling

• Intro (0:00)
• John Stamos and the Beach Boys (2:19)
• Sugar Coated Murder Promo (4:29)
• M3GAN 2.0 blind review (5:25)
• Feels-Like-Summer Movies honorable mentions (6:02)
• Jaws (7:27)
• What About Bob? (9:11)
• Armageddon (11:23)
• Happy Gilmore (15:02)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (17:15)
• Jurassic Park (20:22)
• Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (24:19)
• The Sandlot (28:59)
• The Crow (36:32)
• The Rocketeer (40:01)
• National Treasure (51:38)
• Spider-Man 2 (59:23)
• Independence Day (1:09:27)
• Social media plugs and goodbyes (1:21:27)
• Post credits shenanigans (1:23:32)

Please remember to check out the Sugar Coated Murder podcast, and don't forget to join our Discord and check out our merch store! 

Josh and Alex are joined by the Lovely Dan from Casting Views and Gaming Views to discuss the sleeper hit game; Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

*SPOILERS AHEAD*

• Intro (0:00)
• Alex, meet The Lovely Dan. The Lovely Dan, meet Alex (2:27)
• No On 15! Allcast promo (7:15)
• Alex's mistake in the Blockbuster Fantasy Draft resurfaces (8:28)
• Clair Obscur Expedition 33 talk begins (9:40)
• How did Alex learn about the game? (12:02)
• Expedition 33 has very French storytelling (13:41)
• How did The Lovely Dan learn about the game? (14:59)
• Expedition 33's realism in their animation (16:22)
• Back to the misery and balance of action and humor within the game (18:43)
• What difficulty did we play the game on? (22:18)
• The music. (29:03)
• Praising the cast and crew (31:18)
• Who was our core party group and how did we build our characters? (33:40)
• Josh breaks down the story (badly) (42:48)
• *Trigger warning* Endings and the overall theme of the game (1:06:40)
• Josh's lack of experience with French media (1:19:11)
• Josh has a revelation about some world building in the game (1:22:23)
• Is Expedition 33 a Must-Play or a Pass? (1:23:21)
• The Expeditoin 33 Waifu Tier List (1:28:05)
• Goodbyes and social media plugs (1:32:57)

Please remember to check out the No On 15! Allcast, join our Discord and check out our merch store! 

Josh & Alex review the latest entry in the Predator franchise; the animated feature Predator: Killer of Killers

• Intro (0:00)
• Father's Day for Josh (0:54)
• Sports: Steelers, Banana ball, playoff hockey (1:34)
• How to Train Your Dragon (8:34)
• The Movie Wire podcast promo (11:21)
• Our 2025 Box Office predictions are terrible, allegedly (11:37)
• Predator: Killer of Killers review (16:30)
• The Shield: VIKINGS! (18:20)
• The Shield: Samurai! (26:50)
• Predator concept of honor is... off (32:14)
• The Bullet: WW2 Dogfights! (38:02)
• The finale: (41:58)
• A lot of allegedly (50:50)
• Terrible impressions (55:40)
• SMAC-ratings (1:01:01)
• Wrap up (1:05:44)

Please remember to check out the Movie Wire podcast, join our Discord and check out our merch store! 

Alex & Justin from The Movie Wire discuss From The World of John Wick: Ballerina

• (0:01) Intro
• (3:05) Ballerina first impressions
• (7:43) Gaming Views promo
• (8:22) Non-spoiler review
• (20:09) SMAC rating
• (23:18) Spoiler discussion w/ things only Alex observes
• (48:16) Wrap up

Don't forget to support Dan & Dan at Gaming Views!

Join our Discord and check out our merch store! 

Ricki and Josh take you on a journey of their thoughts for the soon-to-be-adapted, smash hit novel Fourth Wing, by Rebecca Yarros.

Join in on the conversation with Josh and Ricki on the Talking BAK discord subchannel and follow Ricki on Tome

Josh is joined by Gregg Beever; 1/3 of the I Have Some Notes crew, to review and discuss the themes from season 2 of the Star Wars spin-off series from Tony Gilroy; Andor

*SPOILERS AHEAD!

• Intro and chit chat with Gregg (0:00)
• Game Club Pod promo (6:02)
• Josh challenges the Game Club pod (6:46)
• Andor season 2 discussion begins (8:18)
• Andor introduces the BBY system to general audiences (10:49)
• How did we feel about the four 3-episode arcs for the season? (12:30)
• Favorite moments in the first 3 episodes (21:50)
• The Ghorman occupation (26:40)
• The Syrill and Dedra relationship (28:06)
• So much great acting (34:08)
• Did Bix and Cassian need to be in a romantic relationship? (36:13)
• Star Wars canon is always subject to change (42:58)
• The Emperor's presence and lack thereof (44:09)
•  The Bail Organa recast (44:09)
• Andor season 2 shows us how bad the Empire truly was prior to A New Hope (51:12)
• Fandoms and corporations promoting the bad guys is kinda gross (56:44)
• Can Star Wars expand beyond the Skywalker space opera stuff? (1:00:01)
• A quick dissection of the sequel trilogy (1:03:06)
• Give us the thing we didn't know we wanted (1:08:17)
• Goodbyes & social media plugs (1:14:08)

Please remember to check out the Game Club Pod podcast, join our Discord and check out our merch store! 

Josh pulled a Stitchion Impossible and did a double feature of Lilo & Stitch, as well as Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (Alex only saw the later.)

• Intro (0:00)
• Lilo & Stitch (6:15)
• Cultworthy promo (24:58)
• Alex is mad and then we go down a bad Smurfs rabbit hole (25:40)
• Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (32:54)
• Goodbyes and social media plugs (1:04:56)

Please remember to check out the Cultworthy podcast, join our Discord and check out our merch store! 

We celebrate 200 episodes of Talking SMAC with a special live recording at our favorite hometown nerd shop: Cataclysm Games and Collectibles!

• Intro (0:00)
• Let's meet Doug from Cataclysm Games & Collectibles! (1:32)
• Hemanstarfox joins the group! (5:14)
• Kicking things off with an AMA question (6:20)
• Rocket Racoon vs Legolas (7:01)
• Marvel Rivals tangent about Jeff the Landshark (8:29)
• Back to Rocket Racoon vs Legolas (10:50)
• Lara Croft vs Aloy - One Bow, One Shot battle (15:20)
• AMA: Joey Fitz question (19:06)
• Goku vs Omni Man (23:49)*
• Homer Simpson vs Fred Flintston vs Peter Griffin (27:00)
• Dennis Nedry (Jurassic Park) vs Boris Grishenko (GoldenEye) - Hacker off (28:18)
• Engineer-Xeno Hybrid from Alien Romulus vs Human-Xeno Hybrid from Alien Resurrection (32:42)
• AMA: Slade question (36:11)
• The Rookie vs Malcolm Reynolds vs Rick Castle vs Guy Gardner - Nathan Fillion character fight (43:10)
• Xenomorph vs The Death Angel from A Quiet Place (45:27)
• Stuart Little vs Remy (52:40)
• Purrgil vs Chitauri Leviathans (Space Whale battle) (55:46)
• Batman (from Batman Begins) vs V (V for Vendetta movie) (1:04:28)
• Heel John Cena vs Ruthless Aggression Era John Cena (1:10:21)
• Did Hemanstarfox lied about his backstory?! (1:13:26)
• Goodbyes and social media plugs (1:15:38)

Please join our Discord and check out our merch store!

Special thank yous to Ricki for running our mixer for the live recording. 

Also, special shoutouts to our friends who have supported us and teamed up with us throughout the years:

• Luis, Scotti, Matt and Bepbo (Talking SMAC OGs who helped kick off the podcast)
• Derek, the creator of our original logo
• Dan at Casting Views
• Antonio at The Cultworthy
• Joey, Tim & Alex at the Game Club Pod
• Justin at the Movie Wire
• Cesar at the No on 15 All-Cast
• Karen and Ann at the Sugar Coated Murder
• Josh and Amanda at Super Familiar with The Wilsons
• Liam, Scott and Gregg at I Have Some Notes
• Slade at Driveway Studios

We truly could not have made it this far without your support and friendship. Thank you all, so much! 

*Omni Man vs Thanos was suggested in Episode 150, Goku vs Invincible was suggested in episode 74

Josh and Alex bring dream pitches for projects they'd love to bring to life if they had the means

• Intro (0:00)
• Casting Views Promo (7:13)
• *Pitch Meeting disclaimer (8:05)
• Josh forgot a big nitpick from last week’s review (10:25)
• Alex pitches a ‘House of Leaves’ adaptation (11:37)
• Josh has questions about Alex's pitch (24:58)
• Casting options? (27:50)
• Josh pitches his 'Inheritance Cycle' adaptation (32:36)
• Who would Josh want to animate his series? (42:39)
• Josh pitches his showrunner if it's not him (46:16)
• Josh lays out his dream casting (46:58)
• Social media plugs and good byes (1:07:16)

Please remember to check out the Casting Views podcast, join our Discord and check out our merch store! 

The MCU machine churns on. Now it's time to see what Marvel's reinterpretation of the Thunderbolts team looks like within their connected universe. 

• Intro (0:00)
• 2 Blokes from Blighty promo (7:28)
• The trailers in front of Thunderbolts* are all over the place (9:19)
• I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025) looks dumb for all the wrong reasons (10:04)
• Back to the trailers (13:14)
• Non-spoiler 'Thunderbolts*' time! (15:08)
• Josh's issues with US Agent (24:31)
• Non-spoiler resolution (26:20)
• Is 'Thunderbolts*' a Must-See or Pass? (27:40)
• Spoiler Discussion (31:42)
• Jeremy Renner's revelation about why no Hawkeye season 2 (1:10:48)
• Goodbyes and social media plugs (1:17:45)

Please remember to check out the 2 Blokes from Blighty podcast, join our Discord and check out our merch store! 

Josh and Alex talk about the stuff they're doing away from the pod!

• Intro (0:00)
• WrestleMania 41 thoughts (4:17)
• Alex Hates Movie Runtimes (11:35)
• Super Familiar with the Wilsons Promo (26:01)
• What'cha doin? (26:29)
• Until Dawn movie (27:25)
• Inheritance Cycle (37:01)
• Path of Exile 2 (43:47)
• Frieren: Beyond Journeys End (50:22)
• Ghosts season 4 (58:05)
• Goodbyes (1:10:34)

Please remember to check out the Super Familiar with the Wilsons podcast, join our Discord and check out our merch store! 

Josh & Alex have had a lot of stuff they wanted to cover for the pod, so we're gonna blitz review five of them! 

• Intro (0:22)
• Sugar Coated Murder Promo (4:10)
• Accents and good dialects in movies (4:33)
• Sinners (8:14)
• I May Be a Guild Receptionist, but I’ll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out On Time (19:46)
• Solo Leveling (25:31)
• The Pitt (33:18)
• Has Alex watched Wicked yet?! (44:34)
• Daredevil: Born Again (45:13)
• Tangent: Superman Behind-the-Scenes (46:25)
• Back to Daredevil: Born Again (52:12)
• Star Wars Celebration 2025 Discussion (1:04:25)
• Good byes and social plugs (1:10:08)

Please remember to check out the Sugar Coated Murder podcast, and don't forget to join our Discord and check out our merch store! 

Josh and Alex are joined by the incredible Hemanstarfox to preview the upcoming WrestleMania event from WWE pitting the heel John Cena against the American Nightmare, Cody Rhodes for the Undisputed WWE championship as the main event for the two-night wrestling extravaganza! 

• Intro (0:00)
• Hemanstarfox is in the house! (0:54)
• How'd we find ourselves enjoying pro wrestling? (6:00)
• No On 15! Allcast promo (20:25)
• Hemanstarfox's take on WrestleMania 41's significance to the pro wrestling industry (24:36)
• The specter of John Cena over Cody Rhodes (32:47)
• Does the WWE have an age problem with their superstars? (36:08)
• Matches that could steal the show at WrestleMania 41 (41:41)
• The biggest storylines heading into WrestleMania 41 (46:21)
• Jey Uso vs Gunther and the rise of Jey Uso into the main event picture (57:04)
• Josh doesn't understand the structure of the championships in WWE (1:01:00)
• The Anoa'i family could walk away from WrestleMania in great shape (1:02:21)
• The Women's Championship Triple Threat Match (1:05:26) 
• WWE Women's Tag Team Championship Match (1:09:00)
• Cody Rhodes defends the Universal Championship against a heel John Cena (1:12:22)
• Social plugs and goodbyes (1:31:19)

Please remember to check out the No On 15! Allcast, join our Discord and check out our merch store! 

Josh & Alex are joined by the dynamic duo from the Balcony; Antonio & Justin from Back 2 the Balcony (and The Cultworthy and The Movie Wire) to talk about their impressions of the documentary centered around the creation of A Goofy Movie; Not Just a Goof

You can find Back 2 the Balcony on YouTube here

You can listen to the Movie Wire and The Cultworthy 

You can find the episode of The Cultworthy where a very tired Josh reviews A Goofy Movie with Antonio in a much more in-depth manner here

Please, join our Discord and check out our merch store! 

Josh is joined by Matt to discuss the implications of the Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse and upcoming MCU Spider-Man movie news announced during CinemaCon. They also discuss the Switch 2 announcement. 

• Intro (0:00)
• 'Beyond the Spider-Verse' has a release date! (1:30)
• The next MCU Spider-Man movie has a title and release date! (7:46)
• The Movie Wire promo (14:57)
• The biggest thing to remember with any new system announcement (16:10)
• The Switch 2 Announcement (17:37)
• Mario Kart World details and thoughts (20:11)
• Donkey Kong Bananza (24:56)
• Switch 2 Editions of games (27:23)
• Confusion surrounding game prices (33:16)
• Current events affecting pre-orders in the US (39:59)
• Matt's positive takeaways from the Switch 2 Direct (42:07)
• Metroid Prime 4 takeaways (51:14)
• We googled the name, don't worry: The Duskbloods (58:42)
• Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment (59:35)
• Additional announcements we missed (1:05:05)
• Goodbyes and social media plugs (1:12:23)

Please remember to check out the Movie Wire podcast, join our Discord and check out our merch store! 

Alex and Justin examine the Russo brothers' filmography post-Avengers Endgame to try to figure out if they're true auteurs, or if they just fit really well into the MCU machine.

• Intro/Josh and the blustery day (0:00)
• The Popeye slasher film that Justin's already seen (0:53)
• The Russo brothers pre-MCU filmography (3:46)
• Game Club Pod promo (9:34)
• Justin's take on the Russo's MCU entries so far (11:05)
• Post-Marvel Russo bros projects (13:51)
• The Russo's blank check return to the MCU (26:07)
• Do the Russo's really only work within the MCU structure of film-making? (28:14)
• Goodbyes and social plugs (45:08)

Please remember to check out the Game Club Pod podcast, join our Discord and check out our merch store! 

Marvel showed off some chairs with names on them. We discuss and speculate on the upcoming tentpole movie for Marvel Studios.

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With the release of the Happy Gilmore 2 trailer, Josh and Alex look into some notable comedy legasequels that failed to capture the spirit and humor of their predecessors.

• Intro (0:00)
• March Madness tidings be upon thee (0:31)
•  Episode 200 live recording confirmed at Cataclysm Games & Collectibles! (5:56)
• Josh is on the 'Goon' episode of I Have Some Notes! (7:12)
• Casting Views promo (7:51)
• Support our friend, Cat Stark, and buy her books! (9:25)
• Happy Gilmore 2 feelings and forecast (10:28)
• Dumb & Dumber To (18:50)
• Coming 2 America (21:16)
• Zoolander 2 (26:02)
• American Reunion (32:25)
• Anchorman 2 (33:58)
• Meet the Parents/Josh doesn't like Ben Stiller (35:58)
• Talking SMAC's get-rich-quick scheme! (40:53)
• Spaceballs 2 is coming (42:28)
• Josh's rivalry with Charlie Berens (56:00)
• A good comedy legasequel; Bill & Ted Face the Music (59:15)
• Goodbyes and social media plugs (1:04:42)

Please remember to check out the Casting Views podcast, join our Discord and check out our merch store! 

Josh and Alex celebrate International Women's day by talking about the lastest game from the award-winning Hazelight Studios; Split Fiction

• Intro/"Lousy Smarch weather" (0:00)
• Josh clarifies his Mickey 17 review (2:34)
• Director's Cuts/Streaming services and subscriptions w/ads (4:24)
• Josh is on the 'Goon' episode of I Have Some Notes! (13:07)
• Happy belated International Women's Day and strong women in entertainment! (13:57)
• Cultworthy promo (30:38)
• Split Fiction review (30:55)
• Goodbyes and social media plugs (58:57)

Please remember to check out the Cultworthy podcast, join our Discord and check out our merch store! 

Josh & Alex are back again to discuss the newest Bong Joon Ho allegory for class warfare; Mickey 17, starring Robert Pattinson!

• Intro/stories about Daylight Savings Time (0:00)
•  Exciting news for the upcoming 200th episode! (5:48)
• Josh saw his buddy CJ & wrestling talk (8:56)
• Check out Josh on the Game Club Pod twitch channel playing Split Fiction (17:18)
• 2 Blokes from Blighty promo (20:46)
• Mickey 17 non-spoiler review (21:38)
• Is Mickey 17 a must-see or a pass? (33:46)
• Spoiler review (40:34)
• Talking SMAC's new clickbait endeavor (55:07)
• Social media plugs and goodbyes! (1:01:35)

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Josh, Alex & Justin draft their top blockbuster prospects for 2025 in the hopes of winning the first-ever Talking SMAC Blockbuster Fantasy Draft

• Intro(0:00)
• The 007 franchise sale (2:30)
• Sugar Coated Murder promo (22:08)
• THE BLOCKBUSTER FANTASY DRAFT Rules (23:10)
• Round 1 (26:10)
• Round 2 (33:18)
• Round 3 (42:21)
• Round 4 (54:42)
• Draft Recap (1:03:21)
• Social Plugs and Goodbyes (1:04:43)

Did you catch all of Alex's James Bond references?

• "No Time to Die" (0:00:42)
• "Goldeneye" (26:18)
• "A View to a Kill" (39:51)
• "Skyfall" (44:00)
• "For (Josh's) Eyes Only" (59:33) 
• "You Only Live Twice" (1:01:10)
• "Thunderball" (1:03:16)
• "Quantum of Solace" (1:05:08)
• "Goldfinger" (1:05:29)
• "Live and Let Die" (1:06:35)
• "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1:07:06)

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Josh & Alex had the privilege to speak with writer, Kelli Fitzpatrick about her new book Captain Marvel: Carol Danvers Declassified, as well as Kelli's love of Star Trek and Tabletop RPGs and more! 

• Intro (0:00)
• Kelli Fitzpatrick, what'cha doin'? (0:57)
• How did Kelli come to write this book? (3:35)
• Keeping the book on point with Carol's adventures and not skewing into fan fiction (5:52)
• The framing device of the book; Ripley Ryan aka Star (8:36)
• Did Kelli get to go to the Marvel archives? (10:00)
• What was Kelli's process in keeping the continuity straight? (11:37)
• Capturing the voices of our interview subjects (14:52)
• Alex gets Carol Danvers now (17:30)
• Josh learned something new about Carol Danvers (22:39)
• How the book makes a Superman-like character relatable (25:46)
• Let's learn more about Kelli! (28:55)
• Maybe the most important question of the night (31:45)
• Kelli's role in the Star Trek Adventures TTRPG (36:00)
• Kelli's favorite convention(s) to attend (39:37)
• Back on topic with Carol Danvers' time with Alpha Flight (42:57)
• Kelli's favorite look for Carol (44:00)
• Creating social media posts for the book (46:54)
• Carol's journey and resilient history with abuse (49:02)
• One final Trek question (52:04)
• Josh anoints Kelli into the Captain Marvel/Carol Danvers "Writers who understand Carol Danvers" club (53:48)
• Was there something in Carol's history that surprised Kelli? (55:23)
• Alex learns about age gaps (56:22)
• Kelli's take on Carol's position in Marvel's Civil War II (57:34)
• Social media plugs and good byes (59:09)

Captain Marvel: Carol Danvers Declassified releases on March 4, 2025. You can order the book by clicking here

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After years of delays, strikes and rewrites, we finally get to see Sam Wilson in action on the big screen as Captain America in Captain America: Brave New World.

• Intro (0:00)
• Josh was on The Cultworthy to discuss the movie About Time (1:39)
• Corrections: Josh mixed up Hyperion and The Sentry (5:09)
• Bob is Bob in Top Gun: Maverick. But Bob is also Bob in Thunderbolts* (7:42)
• No on 15 All-Cast promo (11:25)
• *Spoiler Review* of Captain America: Brave New World (12:37)
• Carl Lumbly is a treasure! (13:41)
• Did Marvel Studios skip viewing Madame Web? (19:57)
• Joaquin Torres' Marvel Comics history (24:17)
• Thoughts on the overall movie before critical analysis (25:38)
• The movie's not great, but it has a good heart (28:56)
• What is the ripple effect within the MCU from this movie? (31:27)
• Giancarlo Esposito's in the movie?! (38:10)
• Where the movie's pretty thin and repetitive (40:49)
• Does Sam get his Captain America moment? (44:32)
• Can Secret Service shoot the Pres, even if he's a Hulk? (48:40)
• Alex has questions about the cast (49:25)
• Marvel's lack of post-credit scene payoffs (54:26)
• Josh reiterates his post-Endgame MCU failings (58:28)
• Social plugs and goodbyes (1:07:16)

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The commercial breaks in the Superb Owl offer us a chance to see what's coming down the pipeline for blockbusters. Join Josh as he watches the trailers in real-time and give his impressions. 

• Intro (0:00)
• Movie Wire Promo (2:27)
• Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2:42)
• Jurassic World: Rebirth (4:55)
• How to Train Your Dragon remake (12:35)
• Thunderbolts* (14:42)
• Fantastic Four: First Steps (20:02)
• Socials and goodbyes (25:49)

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Josh, Alex & Matt join up with Section 31 to take on the unenviable task of making sense of the Michelle Yeoh vehicle (star craft?) set in the Star Trek universe. 

• Intro (0:00)
• Game Club Pod promo (4:33)
• Why did we decide to review this movie? (It's Matt's fault) (5:38)
• Philippa Georgiou's Star Trek backstory shenanigans (7:35)
• Alex's feelings on Section 31 in the Star Trek universe (11:59)
• Let's talk the "movie" (18:18)
• Are we supposed to like Philippa Georgiou? (23:35)
• Josh doesn't know what Augments in Star Trek are (31:18)
• But Josh does know about Deltans! (36:27)
• Rachel Garrett's Star Trek heritage (40:56)
• The twist (spoilers!) (47:57)
• The guy who can change into anything only does it a few times (54:27)
• How much did (Cameo appearance) get paid? (1:03:38)
• What are the cutscenes about? (1:05:12)
• Is Section 31 a must-see or pass? (1:12:57)

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Josh, Alex & Matt do their favorite thing; talk about all the fun nerd things they're doing away from the pod!

• Intro! (0:00)
• Super Familiar w/the Wilsons promo (4:53)
• Josh can math (5:21)
• Josh speedruns his first batch of What'cha Doin's (6:31)
  • Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir season 6 (7:23)
  • Indiana Jones & the Great Circle (8:13)
  • That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (8:38)
• My Dress-Up Darling (13:28)
• Metaphor: ReFantazio (17:54)
• Alex loves (bad) competitive game shows! (24:21)
• Star Trek: Lower Decks season 5 (35:53)
• Severance season 2 (46:22)
• Star Wars: Skeleton Crew (56:30)
• What'cha Gonna Do? Nintendo Switch 2 announcement (1:11:47)
• Social media plugs and goodbyes! (1:17:23)

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Josh is joined by the star of the pod, Matt, along with the Lovely Dan from Casting Views to celebrate 15 years of Mass Effect 2

• Greetings, Commander (0:00)
• What is Casting Views? (2:52)
• How hyped were we for ME2 upon original release? (4:37)
• The story of Mass Effect 2 (11:47)
• Preferred ME2 classes and play styles (18:55)
• The main plot of the game and building your crew (25:33)
• Favorite ME2 crew member(s) (28:33)
• Mass Effect controversies (39:26)
• Bad romance endings? (42:05)
• Miranda the white whale? (46:05)
• The final mission (51:43)
• ME2 DLC (58:10)
• Social media plugs (1:11:54)

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Josh and Alex discuss Sony's announcements for the Ghost of Tsushima anime, Helldivers and Horizon: Zero Dawn movies, along with trying to figure out how Sony will not understand the assignment, and pitching their own version of what Sony will produce as a final product, along with some casting and directing choices. 

• Josh flubs introducing Alex (0:00)
• When the regional accent comes out in local commercials (1:44)
• How is Josh still healthy and alive?! (8:59)
• Josh and Alex share some jokes (11:33)
• Josh's favorite joke (12:36)
• Sony's new video game movie announcements (14:34)
• Ghost of Tsushima anime (17:24)
• Helldivers movie (26:26)
• Horizon: Zero Dawn movie (41:23)
• Social media plugs (1:03:22)

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Josh flies solo as Alex is out sick, but we're looking ahead to our most notable movies, TV shows, video games, comics and more heading into 2025.

• Intro (0:00)
• Super Familiar with the Wilsons promo (0:38)
• 2025 Comics (1:06)
• 2025 Video Games (4:18)
• TV/Streaming shows (8:43)
• 2025 Movies (14:24)
• Game Club Pod thoughts on A Minecraft Movies (21:13)
• 2025 Moves cont'd (28:03)
• Social media plugs (35:58)

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Josh and Alex discuss their favorite and most disappointing movies, TV shows, games and performances of 2024 in our annual SMACademy Awards episode! 

• Happy New Year! (0:00)
• Sugar Coated Murder Promo (3:02)
• Best Movie (4:31)
• Best Animated Feature (10:25)
• Best TV/Streaming Show (15:22)
• Best Video Game (19:40)
• Favorite Comic (26:08)
• Favorite Live-Action Movie Character (29:32)
• Favorite Video Game Character (34:34)
• Favorite Live-Action TV Character (35:36)
• That was this year?! (40:38)
• Biggest Disappointment (43:14)
• Favorite episode of Talking SMAC (48:08)
• Listener Comments (53:51)
• Social media plugs (

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Josh took the family to see Disney’s Moana 2, Alex—who hasn’t seen the movie—asks Josh's thoughts on the animation, story, and music.

• The ravages of time (1:10)
• 2 Blokes from Blighty promo (3:49)
• The brilliance of Joey & Tim (4:40)
• What is time?! (5:31)
• Josh's tangents within tangents being! (6:45)
• Was the theatrical release the right call? (8:19)
• How was the animation? (9:14)
• Is Moana 2 a must-see or pass? (11:11)
• Spoiler talk: Alex asks the big questions (11:42)
• What role do the Kakamora play? (13:03)
• What's the plot of Moana 2? (14:03)
• Where's Tamatoa?! (16:22)
• Where does the movie's story seams break? (16:46)
• Are there any good songs in Moana 2? (20:00)
• The Rock does 'Hamilton' (21:47)
• Is there sequel bait for a Moana 3? (24:49)
• How does it compare to Inside Out 2 as an unplanned and unexpected sequel? (26:27)
• The biggest spoiler for Moana 2 (27:07)
• Moana's parents still got it! (30:18)
• Final thoughts (31:13)
• Let's plug the socials! (33:10)

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Josh, Alex and Matt discuss all the mysteries of the two biggest trailers of December. Are they hyped for a James Gunn Superman film? Do they like fast zombies? And what does Gremlins 2 have to do with this? Why does Alex bring up Planes, Trains & Automobiles?

• Sonic 3 vs Mufasa (1:20)
• Matt longs for a good parasocial relationship in his life (join the discord) (2:02)
• The Movie Wire Show podcast promo (6:59) 
• Ah Christmas. Such as The Star Wars Holiday Special (7:15) 
• 28 Years Later trailer + props to Boots by Kudyard Kipling as performer by Taylor Holmes (11:26) 
• Superman 2025 trailer + what does Superman mean to us (22:07) 
• Anthony Carrigan as Metamorpho (43:34) 
• Superman portrayals in other films and shows and Matt gives us homework (47:57) 
• Wrap up (1:04:57)

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Josh and Alex breakdown their thoughts on Kraven the Hunter, and what was Sony thinking about a Spider-man free movie universe with Venom, Carnage, Morbin' time, Madame Web as their only hope.

• (0:22) Alex's Kraven cameo revealed
• (2:51) No on 15 promo
• (4:17) Kraven: what were they thinking + 28 Years Later trailer
• (8:22) What does Avi Arad actually do
• (20:20) Has Sony made a good film in the last five years? a breakdown of no, no they have not
• (28:03) Apple + is great
• (31:35) Morbius and the 90s Spider-Man the Animated Series
• (43:25) Not understanding Spider-man's journey or motto
• (51:16) Smac-Rating on Kraven the Hunter
• (52:25) The unmade Sony Spider-verse movies
• (1:01:07) wrap up

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Josh and Alex's journey concludes. The Battle of the Five Armies closes out the Hobbit Trilogy and we will never have to talk about this again, right? Why did we do this to ourselves? 

• (1:38) War of the Rohirrim & animation styles
• (4:57) Gandalf was in the Desolation of Smaug, oh right.
• (7:22) I Hate It, Let's Watch it promo
• (8:12) Smaug smaugs the city and the good parts
• (9:50) Tonal whiplash, war flicks, and too much horror in The Hobbit
• (12:50) Josh hates the word 'Da' 
• (18:05) Drunk Galadriel
• (27:11) Thorin Oakenshield: Face-heel-face-heel-heel-face turn
• (34:00) The Hobbit is more hardcore than Lord of the Rings
• (41:04) Thranduil is a bad father
• (46:01) The good moments
• (54:11) final thoughts
• (1:01:00) Josh is proud of himself
• (1:04:39) Smac-rating and wrap up

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Josh and Alex are continuing their journey to "celebrate" the 10-year anniversary of the conclusion of the Hobbit Trilogy with The Desolation of Smaug. 

• (0:01) Spiders!
• (3:32) Cultworthy promo
• (3:52) 2013: Our lives when Smaug came
• (7:42) A deep dive into Smaug's smaugness
• (13:45) Broody Legolas
• (26:16) Pandering and callbacks
• (30:44) Are Orlando Bloom and Luke Evans the same person
• (39:15) Downer endings
• (41:51) Smac-rating and wrap up

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