028 - The Marvelous Captain Marvel w/ Jason Teeter & Megan Taylor

Life, the Cineverse and Everything

• Introduce Jason and Megan.
• Have you seen anything good recently?
  • Netflix Marvel Shows / Brooklyn Nine Nine (NBC) / The Upside
  • Superstore (NBC) / Working Moms (Netflix)
  • The Umbrella Academy (Netflix) / Paddleton (Netflix) / Free Solo
• NEWS:
  • March is Women's History month / March 8 is International Women's Day
  • WB CEO says "No more DC Extended Universe movies, only stand alone films".
  • The Simpsons pulls "Stark Raving Dad" in light of MJ Documentary 'Leaving Neverland'.
  • James Guns' 'Suicide Squad 2' ramping up w/ new characters. (Idris Elba = Deadshot)
• Main Topic: Captain Marvel
  • A long-awaited female led Marvel superhero film directed by Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck (a couple feature films, episodes of Room 104, The Affair & Billions). In development since 2013.
  • Captain Marvel created in 1967 (who was a man, portrayed by Annette Bening) with Carol Danvers picking up the mantle in 2012 (previously Ms. Marvel).
  • First impressions of the film? What did you like/ not like? Ranking of MCU movies?
    • 2 hr 4 min run time
    • Stan Lee Marvel Studios Intro/ Cameo
    • Depictions of females/ males
    • Story/ Plot development
  • Issues with story:
    • Uniform / Flerken (Cat) / Fury loses an eye
  • Reviews & Box Office: Rotten Tomatoes / Box Office Mojo
  • Where do we go from here? Black Widow? Ms. Marvel?
• What are you looking forward to seeing/doing in the next few months?
  • Stuber (12 July 2019) / Framing John DeLorean (7 Jun) / Good Omens (31 May) / Shazam! (5 Apr)
• Sign off.