Talking SMAC: Superheroes, Movies, Animation & Comics

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: Sa...

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-ep...

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 Cultworth...

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)
• ...

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...

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 is...

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 ...

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...

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 ta...

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 revi...

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 announcemen...

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 pro...

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, an...

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)
• Cu...

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...

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...