Marvelous! or The Death of Cinema

A critical and comedic look at the bleak landscape of the modern IP-driven Hollywood franchise blockbuster. Hosted by Tyrell "Discourse Stu" James, Nicole Veneto, and Cole Netscape. Audio production by Miguel Tahni. Art by Kly, Zoey Woolley and Johanna Hermeer.
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A critical and comedic look at the bleak landscape of the modern IP-driven Hollywood franchise blockbuster. Hosted by Tyrell "Discourse Stu" James, Nicole Veneto, and Cole Netscape. Audio production by Miguel Tahni. Art by Kly, Zoey Woolley and Johanna Hermeer.
Join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/7vRmbRJDgs
Support us on Patreon for biweekly bonus episodes and more: https://www.patreon.com/marvelousdeath
Episodes
Episodes



Aug 29, 2024
TEASER: Live Kang Reaction
Aug 29, 2024
Aug 29, 2024
3 min
Jonathan Majors couldn't stop doing DV and now they're giving an unfounded amount of money to Robert Downey Jr. and his brand new Oscar to come back as Doctor Doom. All that and more Marvel news covered in this Special Report.
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Aug 29, 2024
3 min



Aug 22, 2024
Aug 22, 2024
2 hr 37 min
It's finally time for us to delve into a massive franchise we have yet to cover on the pod: Star Trek. Before J.J. Abrams was handed the keys to Star Wars to run into a brick wall and the hack fraud writing duo Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci gave us whatever the fuck the Tom Cruise Mummy movie was, they rebooted Trek with a glossy blockbuster prequel everyone loved and had absolutely no issues with. Does it really hold up after all these year? Three out of four podcasters say no, it doesn't. (Guess which one of us said it's alright. Hint: it wasn't Nicole.) We're joined by Trekkie/friend of the show/food wizard/beloved Discord moderator Seqarts to discuss all things Star and Trek.
Nikkei Progressives
Palestinian Youth Movement
Gaza Scholarship Fund for Displaced Students
Tickets to Boxing Helena at the Somerville Theater where Nicole is introducing the movie
Thank you to our $10 Executive Producers: Isaac, Porridge Fist, Walt Lewellyn of The Black Casebook, Owen2, bernventers, Lohik, Jim (shout out to Jim!), jprestonpoole, and PineappleRevy.
If you can, also consider supporting these organizations in Palestine:
ANERA (American Near-East Refugee Aid)
PCRF (Palestinian Relief Children's Fund)
MAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians)
Thank you for listening! Please consider rating, reviewing, and subscribing to our Patreon where you can enjoy special bonus content, exclusive Discord community events, and have your name added to our Credits Page. Production by Miguel Tanhi. Art by Zoe Woolley and barf. Follow @MarvelousDeath for updates.
Aug 22, 2024
2 hr 37 min



Aug 15, 2024
TEASER: AMV Hunters
Aug 15, 2024
Aug 15, 2024
2 min
Towards the end of our Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within conversation, we uncovered the gem of all gems: an 18 year old Evanescence "Bring Me to Life" AMV.
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Aug 15, 2024
2 min



Aug 8, 2024
Aug 8, 2024
2 hr 17 min
Coincidentally commemorating the 9 year anniversary of what’s been dubbed one of the worst superhero movies ever made, we watched Josh Trank’s 2015 mega-flop Fantastic Four a.k.a. Fant4stic this week. Doomed from the start by the competing forces of a hot young director and a studio trying to compete with the media conglomerate that will buy them two years later, the resulting attempt to reboot the Fantastic Four into darker, Cronenbergian territory was not so fantastic. It’s stinks actually, but who’s really to blame? Josh Trank? Fox? Kate Mara’s wig? With the MCU’s own iteration of Marvel’s first family on the horizon, the time has finally come for us to figure out exactly what went wrong.
Featuring the debut of our new fourth mic: Kevin Nguyen. He can only say "Hi, I'm Kevin" in a silly voice.
Thank you to our $10 Executive Producers: Isaac, Porridge Fist, Walt Lewellyn of The Black Casebook, Owen2, bernventers, Lohik, jprestonpoole, and PineappleRevy.
If you can, also consider supporting these organizations in Palestine:
ANERA (American Near-East Refugee Aid)
PCRF (Palestinian Relief Children's Fund)
MAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians)
Thank you for listening! Please consider rating, reviewing, and subscribing to our Patreon where you can enjoy special bonus content, exclusive Discord community events, and have your name added to our Credits Page. Production by Miguel Tanhi. Art by Zoe Woolley and barf. Follow @MarvelousDeath for updates.
This podcast includes copyrighted material, the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. Such material is included for commentary, criticism, and educational purposes in compliance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107. All rights reserved to the copyright owners.
Aug 8, 2024
2 hr 17 min



Jul 25, 2024
Green Lantern, or Emerald Shitty
Jul 25, 2024
Jul 25, 2024
1 hr 53 min
Just in time for Deadpool and Wolverine, we're turning back the clock to 2011 to revisit Ryan "Reddit" Reynolds of Mint Mobile's greatest superhero shame, Green Lantern. Is it really as bad as everyone's made it out to be in the last 13 years? Yes, actually. But it also represents a fascinating transition point where Warner Brothers is trying to catch up to the MCU with their own attempt at Iron Man. The result is a movie that's simultaneously dated for the time it was released and also innovative in helping to make VFX crunches the standard for blockbuster productions. Plus, we plan a very special visit to a Hollywood cemetery to pay our respects.
Thank you to our $10 Executive Producers: Porridge Fist, Walt Lewellyn of The Black Casebook, Owen2, bernventers, Lohik, jprestonpoole, and PineappleRevy.
If you can, also consider supporting these organizations in Palestine:
ANERA (American Near-East Refugee Aid)
PCRF (Palestinian Relief Children's Fund)
MAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians)
Thank you for listening! Please consider rating, reviewing, and subscribing to our Patreon where you can enjoy special bonus content, exclusive Discord community events, and have your name added to our Credits Page. Production by Miguel Tanhi. Art by Zoe Woolley and barf. Follow @MarvelousDeath for updates.
This podcast includes copyrighted material, the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. Such material is included for commentary, criticism, and educational purposes in compliance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107. All rights reserved to the copyright owners.
Jul 25, 2024
1 hr 53 min



Jul 18, 2024
TEASER: Release the Timberlake Cut
Jul 18, 2024
Jul 18, 2024
2 min
Somehow in our discussion of Southland Tales we discovered that Stu's a semi-fan of the Justin Timberlake star vehicle In Time.
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Jul 18, 2024
2 min



Jul 11, 2024
Jul 11, 2024
2 hr 16 min
We end our brief and bitter sojourn into the COVID-riddled landscape of 2020 releases not with a whimper, but with a hateful, unapologetically awful bang. The follow up to the DCEU's critically and commercially successful Wonder Woman, Patty Jenkins' sequel Wonder Woman 1984 was reviled and mocked when it was released in theaters and on HBO Max. And if you can believe it, the movie has only gotten worse in the wake of ongoing genocidal events in Gaza. Returning guest Liz (@liz_irl) joins us to help eviscerate this truly abhorrent specimen of liberal Girl Boss #StillWithHer feminism brought to you by Equal Pay crusader Patty Jenkins, whose career will hopefully never recover from this piece of shit.
Thank you to our $10 Executive Producers: Porridge Fist, Walt Lewellyn of The Black Casebook, Owen2, bernventers, Lohik, jprestonpoole, and PineappleRevy.
If you can, also consider supporting these organizations in Palestine:
ANERA (American Near-East Refugee Aid)
PCRF (Palestinian Relief Children's Fund)
MAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians)
Thank you for listening! Please consider rating, reviewing, and subscribing to our Patreon where you can enjoy special bonus content, exclusive Discord community events, and have your name added to our Credits Page. Production by Miguel Tanhi. Art by Zoe Woolley and barf. Follow @MarvelousDeath for updates.
This podcast includes copyrighted material, the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. Such material is included for commentary, criticism, and educational purposes in compliance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107. All rights reserved to the copyright owners.
Jul 11, 2024
2 hr 16 min



Jun 27, 2024
The New Mutants, or X-Men, Interrupted
Jun 27, 2024
Jun 27, 2024
1 hr 59 min
Remember that one poster you saw at the theater back in 2017 for that X-Men spin-off that you kept waiting to come out and never did, only to one day find it was playing at a movieplex near you in the middle of COVID? It's The New Mutants, the final installment in Fox's X-Men franchise victimized by both the Disney buyout and being the product of the guy who directed The Fault in Our Stars trying to make a horror movie for Freeform teenagers (among a bunch of other things). And in a shocking turn of events, Cole actually liked this one and thinks it's one of (if not the) best X-Men movies ever. Nicole and Stu thus spend significant time reacting to this unforeseen break in the ranks.
Thank you to our $10 Executive Producers: Walt Lewellyn of The Black Casebook, Owen2, bernventers, Lohik, jprestonpoole, and PineappleRevy.
Link to donate to bail funds student encampments in solidarity with the people of Gaza.
If you can, also consider supporting these organizations in Palestine:
ANERA (American Near-East Refugee Aid)
PCRF (Palestinian Relief Children's Fund)
MAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians)
Thank you for listening! Please consider rating, reviewing, and subscribing to our Patreon where you can enjoy special bonus content, exclusive Discord community events, and have your name added to our Credits Page. Production by Miguel Tanhi. Art by Zoe Woolley and barf. Follow @MarvelousDeath for updates.
This podcast includes copyrighted material, the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. Such material is included for commentary, criticism, and educational purposes in compliance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107. All rights reserved to the copyright owners.
Jun 27, 2024
1 hr 59 min









