Marvel's newest superstar has hit the big screen this month - Captain Marvel! Your Planet 8 crew is here to share their thoughts about the latest entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which takes us from the intergalactic Kree Empire all the way to 1990s Earth! Yes, you'll thrill to the sight of Blockbuster Video, giant cell phones, and a very young looking Samuel Jackson! Of course, this is a SPOILER-FILLED episode, so you may not want to listen until after you've seen the movie.
Besides discussing Captain Marvel, we'll dip into myriad other topics, such as Captain Marvel in the comics, the Agents of SHIELD TV show, Thor Ragnarok, and, of course, Avengers: Endgame (and we'll be doing an entire episode on that film, so stay tuned!). It's a wide-ranging, perhaps even a bit rambling, discussion, but that's how we do things around here!
This time around, for the Sensor Sweep segment, we decided to shine a light not on a product but on the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards, which were created by David Colton and Kerry Gammill in 2002 to allow fans to vote and honor various horror-related efforts, in film, books, and so on. This is the 17th year of voting! You can go to the link above and vote by April 20th for your favorites. We would like to humbly make a few suggestions.
- Best Book: You can't beat Where Monsters Walked by friends of Planet 8, Gail and Ray Orwig.
- Best Website: Chief Engineer Bob has another gig -for years he has been the co-producer of SciFi Japan, with Keith Aiken, the best resource for all things kaiju-related.
- Best Multimedia Site (podcasts, etc.): We have two (OK, really three) suggestions: Kaijucast, run by Kyle Yount, devoted to Godzilla, and Monster Kid Radio, Derek Koch's show, about classic (and not so classic) monster films -both Kyle and Derek have been really helpful to the Planet 8 crew as we've been finding our way, and they're great guys, with fun shows! And if you feel like it, you could write in a little show called Planet 8...maybe some day we'll actually get on the ballot!
- Favorite Horror Host: For us, there's no choice except Lord Blood-Rah! He's just the best, and we've had him on two episodes so far (episodes 8 and 11), and he deserves to be honored.
- Best Convention: For our money, it's gotta be Monsterpalooza!
- Best Soundtrack: Engineer Bob recommends the Valley of Gwangi soundtrack from Intrada!
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Great discussion, everyone! Saw the movie a week ago, so it was nice not having to wait before listening to the show.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I really liked the movie, and found myself agreeing with most of everyone's observations. Personally, I was especially fond of the Skrull twist - although I have to add, I wasn't surprised all that much by the Kree turning out to be total jerkwads. They kind of were in the comics, too, and all of us old comics-readers - as Karen pointed out - know that Yon-Rogg is *not* a good guy. Also, the allusions to real-world politics contained in the whole Kree-Skrull plot-line were not lost on me.
By the way, I really liked Goose the not-really-cat - as someone who is currently sharing a living space with several felines, I can appreciate the idea that there's more to the little b*****ds than meets the eye (and yes, the post-credits scene was hilarious. Predictable, but still hilarious nonetheless.)
-Edo Bosnar
I just saw Alita Battle Angel over the weekend. We should have podcasted about that. Though I liked Captain Marvel, I really liked Alita. Good action, a lot of emotion and great fun. Recommended.
ReplyDeleteAlways good to hear from you Edo! I loved the scenes with Goose! I also enjoyed the way the plight of the Skrull mirrored some of the current political stuff going on now. Thanks for your continued support of Planet 8!
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