This week on The Want List, a new twist on a classic game, a full-sized Captain America, and a custom ride fit for a Jurassic park!
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When it comes to the sweet science of super-heroing, there are a few old chestnuts that pretty much tell you all you need to know: Great power, great responsibility yadda yadda. Superstitious and cowardly lot blah blah blah fishcakes. Bald, fat or ugly people will always turn evil, especially if they have a funny or humiliating name. (Please remember: I don’t makes the rules, I just explains ’em.) But the one that has been getting the most mileage in the modern storytelling oeuvre is the theory that ‘the villain is the hero of her own story.’ Indeed, protagonists such as…
As a life-long fan of professional wrestling, I love occasionally dipping into the well of squared-circle history for Major Spoilers purposes, if only to let the cynical snarkers get some meanness out of their system. It reminds me of a discussion I had with a professional sportscaster around the turn of the century, wherein he admitted to enjoying the spectacle and athleticism of the entire affair, but when asked why he wouldn’t cover it in his segments had the perfect response: “I don’t cover movies about football, either.” He also had a theory that a wrassler like The Rock would…
This Week on The Want List…Breaking Bad goes pop, Star Wars gets boarded, a new World Record, and so much more!
In this installment of Critical Hit – A Major Spoilers Dungeons and Dragons Podcast: What happens when you reach the end of the tunnel? This episode of Critical Hit is sponsored by HelloFresh.com. Use the checkout code Major50 to save 50% off your first week’s order. NOTE: Level 14 character sheets are now available at members.majorspoilers.com and the Critical Hit Logo T-Shirts are indeed at SlashLoot.com
Stephen sits down with the LEGO Marvel Superheroes Captain America vs. Hydra set (#76017).
In the wake of the final episode of ‘How I Met Your Mother’, my friend of many, many years, Otter Disaster, remarked on the Twitter (you really should follow the Major Spoilers crew, we are delightful) that I should be happy that Ted Mosby dumped Victoria, otherwise she might have ended up dead at the end of the series. (Also: Spoilers.) Still, though, as much as I hate to admit it, the Otter has a point: I am glad that Victoria didn’t end up with Ted, just as much as I’m glad that Nightwing and Starfire didn’t actually go through…
Of all the podcasts in all the world, 1942’s Casablanca had to be talked about on this episode of Zach on Film.
This week, Stephen and Matthew are ready to take on the gods of thunder, lighting, and rain as they dare to open the cover of Big Trouble in Little China #1 and read the words inside… BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA #1 (W) Eric Powell (A) Brian Churilla (CA) Eric Powell, Joe Quinones Publisher: BOOM! STUDIOS WHY WE LOVE IT: BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA is one of our favorite cult-classic films because it mashed together ’80s action and supernatural fantasy movies with ’70s kung-fu flicks. This is the first time any new BIG TROUBLE stories have been told, and…
During the 1980s, Marvel Comics writers began using a plot device that any Doctor Doom appearance that didn’t fit into their interpretation of the character would be explained away as a Doombot, masquerading as the real deal. I remember thinking how clever the idea was, but little did my 13-year-old self know what horror awaited us on the other side of the Retcon Chasm. These days, writers don’t even have to create their own retcon explanations, as we fans will do it for them, leading to a peculiar situation of scurrlious fandom theories being widely believed to be TRUE. Before…
It’s New Comic Book Day! What should you pick up this week? The Major Spoilers Staff runs down the titles they are most looking forward to this week!
This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast, MAILBAG! Plus, Star Wars, Dr. Strange, Josh Brolin, Smallville #12, Dryspell #1, Wool #1, Doc Savage #6, and Sabrina vs. Hermione! This episode of The Major Spoilers Podcast is sponsored by HelloFresh.com. Use the checkout code Major50 to save 50% off your first week’s order.
Munchkin is a dedicated deck card game by Steve Jackson Games, written by Steve Jackson and illustrated by John Kovalic, that has a humorous take on role-playing games. Dr. Brad Will joins the group this week to play a game that is right up his alley – Munchkin Legends! This episode of Munchkin Land is sponsored by HelloFresh.com. Use the checkout code Major50 to save 50% off your first week’s order.
A number of people write to us asking what gear we use to record and produce our podcasts. There are a number of ways you can record your shows and we’ve created a handy page that outlines some possible gear choices depending on what type of show you are going to produce. The Major Spoilers Podcast Gear list can be found here. I’ll start working on a list of gear that we use/recommend for video, based on what we use very soon.