Marvelous! Or, the Death of Cinema

A critical, tongue-in-cheek look at the bleak landscape of the modern IP-driven Hollywood blockbuster. Hosted by Tyrell James (aka Discourse Stu), Nicole Veneto, and Cole Netscape. Audio production by Miguel Tahni. Art by Zoe Woolley and Johanna Hermeer.
Discord: https://discord.gg/7vRmbRJDgs
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/marvelousdeath
A critical, tongue-in-cheek look at the bleak landscape of the modern IP-driven Hollywood blockbuster. Hosted by Tyrell James (aka Discourse Stu), Nicole Veneto, and Cole Netscape. Audio production by Miguel Tahni. Art by Zoe Woolley and Johanna Hermeer.
Discord: https://discord.gg/7vRmbRJDgs
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/marvelousdeath
Episodes
Episodes
7 days ago
7 days ago
Before delving into the fabled (and shockingly good) Pyun work print cut of Captain America (1990), we revisit Captain America: The First Avenger and give some much needed and deeply reverential space to that one First Avenger trailer with Tool in it.
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Thursday Jan 22, 2026
Babylon, or The Ick Factor (feat. Jane Altoids)
Thursday Jan 22, 2026
Thursday Jan 22, 2026
Jane Altoids (@staticbluebat) of Pacino Pod joins us to relitigate one of Film Twitter's favorite discourses: is Damien Chazelle's mega-critical and commercial flop Babylon an underrated masterpiece or a heaping pile of elephant shit? Did Babylon deserve to fall or did the guy famously who lost Best Picture to Moonlight make one of the great misunderstood films of the 21st century? Can a straight man (loosely, debatably) adapt Kenneth Anger's tome of gay lies, deceits, and fallacies Hollywood Babylon into what dumb people call a "love letter" to silent cinema? The verdict: Babylon bad, or at the very least a hot mess of ambition, miscasts leads, and tonal whiplash from a director lacking the camp touch and the ability to diagnose where Hollywood evil truly resides.
The Radical Stardom of Clara Bow: The First It Girl by Be Kind Rewind
Fake News: Fact Checking Hollywood Babylon by You Must Remember This
An extra special thanks to our $10 Executive Producers: JetChiclete, Isaac, squishward, Walt Lewellyn of The Black Casebook, Tropical Doves, jprestonpoole, Lohik, bernventers, and Owen2.
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Production by Miguel Tahni. Art by Zoe Woolley and Jo Hermeer. Follow @MarvelousDeath for updates.
Thursday Jan 15, 2026
[TEASER] Speed Racer, or An Assault on Modern Aesthetic (feat. Esther Rosenfield)
Thursday Jan 15, 2026
Thursday Jan 15, 2026
Esther Rosenfield joins us to discuss the Wachowski sisters' innovative, stylish 2008 film Speed Racer. Support us on Patreon if you want to hear the full episode plus other exclusive episodes, commentaries and more!
Friday Jan 09, 2026
Morbius, or An Alleged Vampire in Brooklyn
Friday Jan 09, 2026
Friday Jan 09, 2026
A movie so nice they put it in theaters twice!
This week on the pod, Stu, Nicole, and Cole Netscape watched Morbius, the Sony Spider-Man Universe's (sans Spider-Man) follow up entry to Venom: Let There Be Carnage and a multi-million dollar vanity project for notoriously Method actor and (ALLEGED PLEASE DON'T SUE US) pedophile Jared Leto. You know its fucking terrible.
Link to join the still active Morbius Discord
"The Cult of Leto" by Elena Clavarino
"'Morbius' Direction Daniel Espinosa on What the Heck Happened Here" by Mike Ryan
The very awkward Japanese anime Vtuber interview with Jared Leto
An extra special thanks to our $10 Executive Producers: JetChiclete, Isaac, squishward, Walt Lewellyn of The Black Casebook, Tropical Doves, jprestonpoole, Lohik, bernventers, and Owen2.
If you can, please lend some support to these organizations:
Gaza Funds
PCRF (Palestinian Children's Relief Fund)
MAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians)
National Networks of Abortion Funds
Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota
If you enjoy the show please consider:
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Joining our Discord.
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Production by Miguel Tahni. Art by Zoe Woolley and Jo Hermeer. Follow @MarvelousDeath for updates.
Thursday Jan 01, 2026
[TEASER] Gentrifying Gary, Indiana
Thursday Jan 01, 2026
Thursday Jan 01, 2026
On the eve of the new year, the gang must improvise a last minute substitute for our delayed She Is Conann episode...Support Marvelous! on Patreon to get the full episode and more!
Thursday Dec 25, 2025
Christmas Special 2025: Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Thursday Dec 25, 2025
Thursday Dec 25, 2025
Does a sequel to a Christmas movie count as a Christmas movie? It doesn't matter! Our patrons voted and Joe Dante's anarchic, loony tunes inspired, ahead of it's time fourth wall breaking creature feature was - to our delight - the winner. Join us in a fun, light episode in which we marvel at amazing creature effects, enjoy beloved character actors, share our favorite of the film's (many) gags, and discuss Robert Picardo's (Star Trek: Voyager) consentual-nonconsent relationship with Greta the Gremlin.Thank you all so, so much for listening and supporting the show. We'll see you next year!
An extra special thanks to our $10 Executive Producers: JetChiclete, Isaac, squishward, Walt Lewellyn of The Black Casebook, Tropical Doves, Jim Locatelli, jprestonpoole, Lohik, bernventers, Owen2, and Ronnie Gardocki (who I now know is a character from The Shield).
If you can, please lend some support to these organizations:
Gaza Funds
PCRF (Palestinian Children's Relief Fund)
MAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians)
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If you enjoy the show please consider:
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Joining our Discord.
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Leaving a rating and review on your podcast provider of choice.
Production by Miguel Tahni. Art by Zoe Woolley and Jo Hermeer. Follow @MarvelousDeath for updates.
Thursday Dec 11, 2025
Avatar: The Way of Water, or Sullys Rizz Together (feat. John DeLillo)
Thursday Dec 11, 2025
Thursday Dec 11, 2025
Trending viral number one podcast Marvelous! Or the Death of Cinema trending viral number one movie Avatar: The Way of Water.
I see you. Yes, you. Eywa knows what you've done and she's ashamed of you. On christmas no less. Do the Na'vi celebrate christmas? Or is it more of a Life Day situation. Your sins aside, we're back on Pandora with our buddy wandering filmic troubadour John Delillo talking the Way of Water. We all loved it even more than we love the idea of having 9 foot tall blue wives (or husbands). Everyone loves a water level, and James Cameron delivers on a real humdinger of one; It's a glazefest folks.
An extra special thanks to our $10 Executive Producers: JetChiclete, Isaac, squishward, Walt Lewellyn of The Black Casebook, Tropical Doves, Lohik, bernventers, and Owen2.
If you can, please lend some support to these organizations:
Gaza Funds
PCRF (Palestinian Children's Relief Fund)
MAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians)
National Networks of Abortion Funds
If you enjoy the show please consider:
Subscribing to our Patreon, where you can enjoy exclusive subscriber only episodes.
Joining our Discord.
Checking out our Credits page where you can view a complete list of Patrons.
Leaving a rating and review on your podcast provider of choice.
Production by Miguel Tahni. Art by Zoe Woolley and Jo Hermeer. Follow @MarvelousDeath for updates.
Nicole made me pick the title
Friday Dec 05, 2025
[TEASER] The Marvelous Masks - Episode 1
Friday Dec 05, 2025
Friday Dec 05, 2025
Finally, a new adventure in podcasting and a new frontier of Patreon exclusive bonus content: an RPG.
Subscribe to the Patreon to listen to the first part of our campaign, learn how Sailor Honey looses all her clothes, hear more Michael Jackson vocal stims, and unlock more exclusive content.









