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Comics In Motion Network

Regular episodes celebrating all things comic book and comic related. A number of different shows drop each week including TV & Movie reviews and news, Indie Comics Spotlight, Mandatory Marvel & DC, Star Wars: Comics In Canon, Superheroes for Dummies, Femme On Film, Classic Comics, Seasons Greetings, Whats the Topic and occasional weekly episode-by-episode shows (including Book of Boba Fett and Mandalorian Season 2, with more to come)!

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  • Wednesday · 1 hr 14 min

    Mandatory Music and CD: The Lost Boys Soundtrack with Special Guest: Chris Phelps

    [-]The Lost Boys [Original Soundtrack] Review by Theresa E. LaVeck Joel Schumacher's 1987 film The Lost Boys capitalized on a temporary lull in horror movies in the late '80s and created a heavily music-video-influenced vampire homage with enough campy humor, heavy metal costumes, and hunky stars to put a fresh spin on the genre. An amusing piece of eye candy spiked by a few creepy moments, the movie, in typical '80s style, relies heavily on the soundtrack to bolster its emotional core. The soundtrack, like the film, works great on the surface -- but don't go much deeper. A mix of covers and bombastic '80s pop originals, the songs work best when they concentrate on the horror factor. Echo & the Bunnymen turn in an excellent cover of the Doors' "People Are Strange" that has a bouncier, more melodic touch than the original. Jimmy Barnes and INXS' "Good Times" is an energetic rocker used to personify the party-hardy SoCal atmosphere of the film. The strongest song is the movie's theme, "Cry Little Sister," a goth-influenced midtempo ballad. Singer Gerald McMann's pained phrasing and creepy lyrics, and a chilling chorus sung by what sounds like disembodied children, exemplify the best parts of the movie and the soundtrack.

  • Monday · 1 hr 2 min

    Indie Comics Spotlight: Hellboy (copyright infringement free re-release)

    Dark Horse presents new editions of the entire Hellboy line with new covers, beginning with Seed of Destruction, the basis of director Guillermo del Toro's blockbuster films. Hellboy is one of the most celebrated comics series in recent years. The ultimate artists' artist and a great storyteller whose work is in turns haunting, hilarious, and spellbinding. Mike Mignola has won numerous awards in the comics industry and beyond. When strangeness threatens to engulf the world, a strange man will come to save it. Sent to investigate a mystery with supernatural overtones, Hellboy discovers the secrets of his own origins, and his link to the Nazi occultists who promised Hitler a final solution in the form of a demonic avatar. " ... Hellboy is a brilliant example of how to elevate the comic of the future to a higher literary level while achieving a higher pitch of excitement." -Robert Bloch, from his introduction"

  • August 19 · 53 min

    TV & Movie Reviews: Wonder Woman (1975) (copyright infringement free re-release)

    Dave and Chris are back reviewing the icon TV Series pilot Wonder Woman starring Lynda Carter. This was a re-boot of the 1974 pilot starring Cathy Lee Crosby. Luckily Carter’s portrayal born an iconic TV series but does it hold up 44 years later. Plot Summary:During World War II, a plane piloted by Major Steve Trevor crashes near Paradise Island, the secret hidden island home of the mighty and eternally young Amazons. He is rescued by Princess Diana, who learns of the war against the Nazis. The Amazons decide to send one of their own to help fight in this crisis. Although forbidden to participate in the selection process, Diana joins secretly and wins the right and responsibility to go. Taking the still unconscious Major to safety, she joins him as Yeoman Diana Prince. Furthermore, when the forces of evil threaten the nation, Diana would spin to transform into Wonder Wonder, armed with a magic belt giving her tremendous strength, bracelets that can stop any bullet, a tiara that can be thrown as a returning weapon and a unbreakable magic lasso that can force anyone to tell the truth. After WW II, she returned to the Island, only to encounter Steve Trevor Jr., agent for IADC, thirty years later. Seeing the amazing coincidence as a sign, she returns to the Man world once more to resume her role as the greatest of the female superheroes. Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score: 100%IMDB Score: 7.0/10 Metacritic: No Score If you like listening to the show and the reviews the guys do, please go to your podcast app and drop a review – ThanksEmail the show at ComicsInMotionPodcast@gmail.com Twitter or on our Facebook page.

  • August 16 · 52 min

    TV & Movie Reviews: Green Lantern (2011)

    This week we review the 2011 Warner Bros. / DC title, Green Lantern. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Mark Strong and Tim Robbins. Critics don't look favourably on this one but we try to find if there's anything redeemable about the movie everyone wants to forget. Plot Summary: In a mysterious universe, the Green Lantern Corps, an elite defence force of peace and justice have existed for centuries. Reckless test pilot Hal Jordan acquires superhuman powers when he is chosen by the Ring, the willpower-fed source of power. Reluctantly at first, he takes on the challenge after the death of Abin Sur, the finest Green Lantern. Putting his self-doubts aside, and spurred on by his sense of duty and love for his beautiful, intellectually equal, colleague, Carol Ferris, he is soon called to defend mankind from Parallax, a powerful, evil being who feeds on fear. Hal Jordan is the universe's last chance, as many Green Lanterns have been killed and the Corps is weakened, and he might just be the right Green Lantern for the duty of keeping the world safe from harm. Review Scores: IMDB: 5.5/10 Rotten Tomatoes: 26% Metacritic: 39/100 If you want to contact the show please get in contact on our social media channels: www.twitter.com/comicsinmotionp thecomicsinmotionpocast@gmail.com

  • August 13 · 1 hr 28 min

    Classic Comics with Matthew B. Lloyd Alan Scott: The Green Lantern and the Art of the Retcon

    DC’s current Alan Scott: The Green Lanternmini-series seeks recontextualize the history of the first Green Lantern. How well does it work as a retcon? Does it fit the character? Will it necessarily erase more than it gainsfor the sake of diversity and inclusion? It’s a delicate subject and I hope to present a balanced perspective onthis topic. You can follow the show@ComicsLloyd on Twitter or send an email to ClassicComicsMBL@gmail.com. You can find me on Twitter @MattB_Lloyd andat www.dccomicsnews.com where Iwrite reviews and edit news stories. You can also check out mychapter in “Politics in Gotham: The Batman Universe and Political Thought.” https://www.amazon.com/Politics-Gotham-Universe-Political-Thought/dp/3030057755 “Black Panther andPhilosophy: What Can Wakanda Offer the World?” https://www.amazon.com/Black-Panther-Philosophy-Blackwell-Culture/dp/1119635845/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2F69N3WJBZMF3&keywords=what+can+wakanda&qid=1642053514&sprefix=what+can+wakanda%2Caps%2C256&sr=8-1 “Batman’s Villains andVillainesses: Multidisciplinary Perspectives On Arkham’s Souls” https://www.amazon.com/Batmans-Villains-Villainesses-Multidisciplinary-Perspectives-ebook/dp/B0C5SHX9BJ/ref=sr_1_1?crid=D49SBV4K1UQD&keywords=villains+and+villainess+arkham&qid=1695406720&sprefix=villains+and+villainesses+arkaham%2Caps%2C284&sr=8-1 Episode 39 Notes The Golden Age Harlequin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlequin_(DC_Comics) Jade https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jade_(DC_Comics) Obsidian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsidian_(character) Irene Miller https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Irene_Miller_(New_Earth) Dr. Mid-Nite https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Mid-Nite Myra Mason https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Myra_Mason_(New_Earth)

  • August 12 · 1 hr 20 min

    Mandatory Music and CD: Paranoid by Black Sabbath

    Paranoid Review by Steve Huey Paranoid was not only Black Sabbath's most popular record (it was a number one smash in the U.K., and "Paranoid" and "Iron Man" both scraped the U.S. charts despite virtually nonexistent radio play), it also stands as one of the greatest and most influential heavy metal albums of all time. Paranoid refined Black Sabbath's signature sound -- crushingly loud, minor-key dirges loosely based on heavy blues-rock -- and applied it to a newly consistent set of songs with utterly memorable riffs, most of which now rank as all-time metal classics. Where the extended, multi-sectioned songs on the debut sometimes felt like aimless jams, their counterparts on Paranoid have been given focus and direction, lending an epic drama to now-standards like "War Pigs" and "Iron Man" (which sports one of the most immediately identifiable riffs in metal history). The subject matter is unrelentingly, obsessively dark, covering both supernatural/sci-fi horrors and the real-life traumas of death, war, nuclear annihilation, mental illness, drug hallucinations, and narcotic abuse. Yet Sabbath make it totally convincing, thanks to the crawling, muddled bleakness and bad-trip depression evoked so frighteningly well by their music. Even the qualities that made critics deplore the album (and the group) for years increase the overall effect -- the technical simplicity of Ozzy Osbourne's vocals and Tony Iommi's lead guitar vocabulary, the spots when the lyrics sink into melodrama or awkwardness, the lack of subtlety, and the infrequent dynamic contrast. Everything adds up to more than the sum of its parts, as though the anxieties behind the music simply demanded that the band achieve catharsis by steamrolling everything in their path, including their own limitations. Monolithic and primally powerful, Paranoid defined the sound and style of heavy metal more than any other record in rock history.

  • August 10 · 1 hr 22 min

    Indie Comics Spotlight: Fables (copyright infringement free re-release)

    Comics in Motion is now a Humble Bundle Partner. This week it takes two guests to grapple with this spoiler free dive into Vertigo Comics Fables. Ms. Kelly Gaines. Please check her out at DC Comics News as a writer and Podcaster. This week, Tony is once again joined by Matthew B. Lloydof DC Comics News. Matt an editor and writer at DCN and has contributed to the book Politics in Gotham. Bill Willingham (Writer), Lan Medina (Artist), Steve Leialoha (Artist), Terry Moore (Illustrator), Mike Allred (Illustrator), Mark Buckingham, Matthew Sturges Russ Braun (Illustrator), When a savage creature known only as the Adversary conquered the fabled lands of legends and fairy tales, all of the infamous inhabitants of folklore were forced into exile. Disguised among the normal citizens of modern-day New York, these magical characters have created their own peaceful and secret society within an exclusive luxury apartment building called Fabletown. But when Snow White's party-girl sister, Rose Red, is apparently murdered, it is up to Fabletown's sheriff, a reformed and pardoned Big Bad Wolf (Bigby Wolf), to determine if the killer is Bluebeard, Rose's ex-lover and notorious wife killer, or Jack, her current live-in boyfriend and former beanstalk-climber. If you want to talk with Tony about comics or to suggest any future shows, please connect with him on Twitter @Tricycleboombox. You can read his reviews of multiple Independent and DC comics at DC Comics Newsor at Fantastic Universes. You can find him online and send him an email at https://www.arfarina.com/.

  • August 6 · 1 hr 31 min

    Mandatory Marvel & DC Ep20: Daredevil: Born Again Review (copyright infringement free re-release)

    It is time for episode 20 of Mandatory Marvel & DC, a show from the Comics In Motion network that looks back at the very biggest and best stories from the annals of the Big 2 - Marvel and DC! Each episode, Max Byrne will be joined by a special guest to enjoy a chat about that episode's subject matter, talking about what we love about these top tier titles! For this twentieth installment, we look back at the seminal arc from 1986 – Daredevil: Born Again! Written by Frank Miller and with art by David Mazzucchelli, this awesome run details Matt Murdock’s descent into madness and destitution at the hands of The Kingpin! This week, Max is joined once again by the wonderful Steve J. Ray, a man that knows more about comics than most mortal men! Editor-in-Chief of www.darkknightnews.com, creator of www.fantasticuniverses.com, and co-host of a litany of podcasts, Steve is the man in the know! If you want to get in touch with Max about comics or to suggest any future shows, please say to him on Twitter @maxybyrne. You can read his reviews of all kinds of content at www.dcworld.org.uk, www.darknightnews.com, www.fantasticuniverses.com, and www.getyourcomicon.com

  • July 27 · 1 hr 38 min

    TV & Movie Reviews: Southland Tales (2006)

    TV & Movie Reviews: Southland Tales (2006) This bumper-long episode has not one, but two special guests joining Chris and Dave for this much-maligned Richard Kelly movie, Southland Tales. Tony Farina and JAC (Seasons Greetings and Pop Guerillas) will be joining as a follow up to their review of the Southland Tales prequel comics in Indie Comics Spolight and will add in some of the layers and context to Kelly's sophomore movie after the sleeper hit, Donnie Darko. An all-star cast includes Dwayne Johnson, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Seann William Scott, Mandy Moore, Justin Timberlake and Christopher Lambert. Follow JAC on twitter or read his amazing work on I am JACs Musings If you want to talk with Tony about comics or to suggest any future shows, please connect with him online and send him an email at https://www.arfarina.com/. Plot Summary: During a three-day heatwave just before a huge 4th of July celebration, an action star stricken with amnesia meets up with a porn star who is developing her own reality TV project, and a policeman who holds the key to a vast conspiracy. www.twitter.com/comicsinmotionp thecomicsinmotionpocast@gmail.com

  • July 22 · 32 min

    TV & Movie Reviews: Shazam! (1974) TV Pilot (copyright infringement free re-release)

    Plot Summary: "Teen" Billy Batson becomes Captain Marvel with a single word (`Shazam!') and helps those in need. A group of kids are "borrowing" cars without considering the consequences. Review Scores: IMDB: 7.0/10 Rotten Tomatoes: N/A Metacritic: N/A If you want to contact the show please get in contact on our social media channels: www.twitter.com/comicsinmotionp thecomicsinmotionpocast@gmail.com

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