Sunday, May 29, 2016

ARP - 51 - X-Men: Apocalypse (film)

SPOILERS! SPOILERS! SPOILERS! SPOILERS! SPOILERS! SPOILERS!

Dylan and John watched Bryan Singer's X-Men: Apocalypse and sat down to talk about the things it did poorly as well as a couple of things we enjoyed from the film.


As Mentioned in the episode:

ARP - 50 - Captain America: Civil War (film)
ARP - 45 - Batman V. Superman (film)
ARP - S11 - Days of Future Past (film)


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Our next episode will be TMNT: Out of the Shadows on June 5th.

We want to thank Packie Wambaugh for composing our intro and outro music selections.

We are also now on Comics Podcast Network. Please go over there and check out our section as well as some of the other podcasts they host.

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Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Bat Books For Beginners 142 - Bruce Wayne: Murderer?

John is joined by special guest Joe Preti from View From the Gutters to talk about one of his favorite Batman stories, Bruce Wayne: Murderer? We talk about police procedurals in general, the Bat Family's reactions, and the differences between Batman and Leslie Tompkin's approach to helping Gotham.


John and Joe are back with another Bat Books For Beginners episode. Please visit www.thebatmanuniverse.net and check out all the Batman news, comics reviews, and podcasts they have to offer.

Direct link to the episode page: Bat Books For Beginners - Episode 142

Please leave us some feedback on the episode page and we will incorporate it into our next episode.

Arc Reactions Podcast will be back on May 29th with our review of the X-Men: Apocalypse (film) review.

Bat Books For Beginners will be back on June 21st with Bruce Wayne: Fugative

Saturday, May 14, 2016

West Coast Podvengers #1 - DC Comics and Sexual Harassment

Warning: This episode contains foul language. Listener discretion is advised.

We are proud members of the West Coast Podvenger network. As a network, we have started a monthly roundtable podcast where one of our shows will pick a topic and we will all get together and discuss it. Our first episode's topic was chosen by the Fake Geek Girls. The hosts for this episode were: John, Tobiah and Joe from View From the Gutters, and Missy and Merri from the Fake Geek Girls.

Listen to the episode here:

West Coast Podvengers 1 - DC Comics and Sexual Harassment

Sunday, May 8, 2016

ARP - 50 - Captain America: Civil War (film)

SPOILERS! SPOILERS! SPOILERS! SPOILERS! SPOILERS! SPOILERS!

The Avengers have split in Captain America: Civil War. Which side will win? Who do you support? Join us as we talk about the things we like and what we didn't like about this Marvel film.



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Our next episode will be Bat Books For Beginners 142 - Bruce Wayne, Muderer? on May 17th.

We want to thank Packie Wambaugh for composing our intro and outro music selections.

We are also now on Comics Podcast Network. Please go over there and check out our section as well as some of the other podcasts they host.

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Sunday, May 1, 2016

ARP - 49 - Martian Manhunter - Trial By Fire

The Burning has taken over J'onn J'onzz's body and the Justice League must defeat this enemy and help J'onn regain control. We talk about the story, Martian Manhunter, our favorite Justice League lineup and more.



Talking points
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BAD THINGS
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Having the villain be sexist as shorthand for 'bad' (6:29)

Fernus is abusive to Scorch (9:20)

Plastic Man's humor is creepy (12:07)

Sense of space and time (18:52)


NEUTRAL
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How do you like this addition to Martian Manhunter's story (21:28)


GOOD
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Story  (33:13)


OTHER
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Favorite Justice League lineup (38:44)

How does JL compare with our discussion last month about the place of Avengers teams? (45:11)


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As mentioned in the episode
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Our next podcast will be our coverage of Captain America: Civil War (film) on May 8th. Our next Bat Books For Beginners episode will be Bruce Wayne: Murderer? on May 17th.


We are also on Comics Podcast Network. Please go over there and check out our section as well as some of the other podcasts they host.


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