Robot-Kraken Ep 74 Now Available: The Birth of a Potential Event
Your intrepid hosts this episode, Thom ‘Third Rail’ Chiaramonte and ‘Narrative Mic’ Rowe, talk SDCC, Fandome, and the virtual con concept in another special Red Sky Roundup!
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Segments and Notes:
Sucking the Monkey:
- Mike- Trumper Pilsner
- Thom- various and sundry hydrating fluids
Red Sky Roundup:
Starting with this episode, we are giving each item a rating. Like it? Red Tentacle [R] ! Hate it? Black Octopus [B] ! There are no other choices. Until Mike made one, the Grey Kraken [G] for ambivalence. Three IS the magic number. Listen to the show to see how we landed…
- Trailers
- Marvel, SDCC and various news:
- Black Panther post-Boseman. Shuri as BP?
- Spider-Woman may be Olivia Wilde’s secret project?
- Kraven the Hunter at Sony
- Falcon and Winter Soldier pushed back
- Anthony Mackie speaks out about MCU representation
- Captain Marvel 2 directed by Nia Daco and featuring Ms. Marvel and Secret Invasion?
- Kate Bishop concept art? Hawkeye to be directed by comedy team
- Miss America Chavez in Doctor Strange 2?
- Black Widow passes torch to Florence Pugh
- Infinity War deleted scene featuring Nat and Banner meeting
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2 begins production
- Marvel looking to cast Echo?
- Helstrom on Hulu
- New Mutants footage and early release verdict
- Wanda/Vision based on three comic storylines: Vision (suburbs), Vision and the Scarlet Witch, and House of M?
- Jeph Loeb apparently down-wrote asian characters at Marvel Netflix because racism
- Silk may lead a new series of Sony Spider-verse shows
- The Eternals look muted and not Kirby-technicolor enough: Thom’s theory… undersuits / civies, with Kirbyesque material on top as battle gear [Update: Thom is RIGHT]
- DC, including both SDCC and FANDOME:
- Wonder Woman 1984: Cheetah’s evolving look over the course of the film, Kristin Wiig’s potential, and the final trailer
- The Batman: Surprise trailer made from 30% complete footage, new Batman logo for the film, and despite production being shut down for COVID, then restarted, at time of recording Pattinson was just reported as testing positive and production stalled again, working around him
- Zoe Kravits to play Catwoman in an HBO MAX series, and a new pre-film GCPD animated series in development
- Justice League: New trailer editing out all Whedon material and digitally repainting Superman’s suit black; Ray Fisher’s allegations against WB and Whedon/Johns (later supported by Jason Momoa)
- Black Adam: Weird animatic non-trailer released; Alexander Skarsgard potentially playing Hawkman, Justice Society featuring heavily in the movie
- Flash: The film will officially be kicking of Flashpoint, including Affleck and Keaton returning as Batmen, among other fan service
- Suicide Squad: Trailer and featurette on James Gunn’s film released
- Video Games: Gotham Knights; and Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League
Planned Plundering:
- Mike- Tarturus comic
- Thom- The Old Guard, Boys Season 02, Cyberpunk 2077 ; Lovecraft Country, Hudson Hawk, Super, WW: Dead Earth, Ghosts of Tsushima
Rum-Fueled Recommendations:
- Mike- Lovecraft Country, WW: Dead Earth, Last God, Alienated
- Thom- Ray Donovan
