Paul is going solo in the inaugural episode of a new podcast series: Bad Takes. The internet is full of bad takes on some of the popular media of the day. Paul tackles one of these that has cropped up in the fourth episode of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier: Is John Walker the real villain of the series? Listen to Paul’s take, and if you disagree, let him…
A few members of Rampant Discourse saw Avengers: Endgame opening night and recorded a very spoiler filled reaction podcast. Did they like it? What worked and what didn’t? Where does the MCU go from here? Can Andrew ever not refer to the infinity stones as the soul stones? Final warning: The podcast is incredibly spoiler filled so please don’t listen until you’ve seen the movie since this is definitely something you want to experience as unspoiled as possible.
Avengers: Endgame comes out on April 26th, which is less than two weeks away. Join Paul and Andrew as they discuss their predictions for what will happen in this epic conclusion 21 movies and 10+ years in the making. Who will live? Who will die? Who will come back to life and who will stay dead?
The past few days have seen a steadily increasing drumbeat of speculation and rumor and “news” regarding when the trailer for the next Avengers movie is coming out. The hottest new rumor has it coming out on Wednesday, December 5th, although if it doesn’t come out then it wouldn’t be the first (or second or third) time that the rumors have been wrong. Either way, interest in the trailer for…
Avengers: Infinity War came out on Blu-Ray last week on August 14th, so now seems like a perfect time to look back on the most ambitious crossover event in history. I’ve seen the movie three times already and plan to watch it a lot more now that I don’t have to a buy a movie ticket every time to see it. Warning, I’m going to get into some pretty nerdy…
SPOILER ALERT: Spoilers for Avengers: Infinity War follow. Wow. A lot of the Avengers: Infinity War reviews had mentioned how epic, breath-taking, and exhausting the movie is, with most saying they needed time (and maybe multiple additional viewings) to digest what happened before deciding how much (or if) they liked the movie. I had thought much of that was hyperbole, but after having seen the movie, I can definitely understand where…
SPOILER ALERT: Spoilers for any and all MCU movies to date may follow. Avengers: Infinity War is coming out in just a few days. There’s some debate on whether or not it’s the most ambitious crossover event in history, but with the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) being the highest grossing film series, there’s no doubt that this is a big deal. On a personal level, over the 18 movies in the…
SPOILER ALERT: Spoilers for Black Panther follows. The last Marvel Cinematic Universe movie before the looming Infinity War is out, so how does it stack up? Read on to hear my thoughts on King T’Challa’s first solo movie. Black Panther is an interesting movie in that it isn’t quite an origin story like other MCU movies. T’Challa had already appeared in Captain America: Civil War as a fully developed superhero. In that sense,…
SPOILER ALERT: Spoilers for Thor: Ragnarok follows. When it comes to fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, I appear to be a bit of an outlier in the sense that I’ve actually enjoyed the Thor movies thus far and have always felt they were under-rated. In fact, I enjoyed the first two Thor movies more than I did Iron Man 2 and 3. Some people consider Thor bland, but I…
SPOILER ALERT: Spoilers for Spider-Man: Homecoming follows. Spider-Man: Homecoming is the second reboot of the wall-crawler in the past 15 years (Sam Raimi’s three Spider-Man films, Marc Webb’s two The Amazing Spider-Man films), and while the reaction to his presence in Captain America: Civil War was generally positive, do we really need a sixth solo Spider-Man movie? If they’re anything like Homecoming, then the answer is yes. With Great Power… By now,…