The boys are at it again! Dion’s on about Clint Eastwood being a real life hero and scorned Valentine’s Day lovers from China, J’s back from space and talking shop about Superman, and Brian is loving Marvel’s new Guardians of the Galaxy and voicing his contempt for the ineptitude of DC Comics. Plus an update on the 22nd Annual Borgnine Night at […]
Archive for February, 2014
Protecting the Earth from various No-goodniks and Skullduggery
Posted: 22nd February 2014 by Podwits Administrator in Beer, Cartoons, Comic Books, Ernest Borgnine, News, Podcast, Science FictionTags: A Christmas Story, Batman 66, Bejing Love Story, Borgnine Night, Brian Michael Bendis, Clint Eastwood, Comic Books, Comic Con, D.C. Comics, Ernest Borgnine, Guardians of the Galaxy, Justified, Marvel, New York Comic Book Market Plac, Saving Mr. Banks, Smallville, Special Edition NYC, Superman, Valentine's Day, Warner Bros., What's so Funny ABout Truth Justice and the American Way?, Wonder Woman
Several of the Most Absurdest Things in the World
Posted: 16th February 2014 by Podwits Administrator in PodcastTags: Billy Wilder, Don John, Earthsea, Ender's Game, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, Get Off My Lawn, J.R.R. Tolkien, James Bond, Jeroen Krabbe, Leigh Brackett, Lord of the Rings, Orson Scott Card, Peter Jackson, Racefail, Raymond Chandler, Robocop, Sabotage, Sam Worthington, The Big Sleep, The Empire Strikes Back, The Hobbit, The Last Airbender, The Punisher, The Shining, Ursula K. Le Guin, Watchmen, William Faulkner, Winter Olympics, World War Z, Zack Snyder
Dion and Brian stand (or at least sit) corrected on the screenwriters of The Big Sleep and the director of Double Indemnity, and proceed to shallowly plumb the depths of the Copenhagen Zoo giraffe-killing controversy and this year’s Winter Olympics. Plus, having just seen the film adaptation of Ender’s Game, Brian’s got a bee in his bonnet […]
On a cold Chicago day at 10:30 am, in 1929…
Posted: 14th February 2014 by Dion in News, UncategorizedTags: Al Capone, Chicago, George "Bugs" Maron, St. Valentine's Day, St. Valentine's Day Massacre
*This Article was originally published February, 2012* 85 years ago this week, 2 gangs were locked in a heated power struggle over control of Chicago’s illegal alcohol industry. Dion O’Banion, leader of the mostly Irish and Jewish “North-side Gang” had just been murdered and George “Bugs” Moran had taken control. He countered back and tried to kill the head of the […]
Ground Control To Major J.
Posted: 8th February 2014 by Podwits Administrator in Comic Books, Doctor Who, Podcast, ToysTags: Batman, Ben Affleck, DC Comics, Doctor Who, Facebook, G.I.Joe, Garth Ennis, Jeremy Irons, Jesse Eisenberg, Maximilian Schell, Preacher, Seth Rogen, Superman, The Green Hornet
This week’s podcast features a Podwits first as J. Marcus becomes the first Podwit to dial in from orbit! Exactly what he’s orbiting is unclear, though he seems to have broken the space-time continuum, causing him to speak somewhat out of sync with reality! Can Dion and Brian save him, or will he be lost […]
Dino De Laurentiis & Quentin Tarantino Present: He Came From the East- Mordecai
Posted: 1st February 2014 by Podwits Administrator in Celebrities, Comic Books, Film, Film Review, Podcast, Science FictionTags: Adam West, Batman (1966), Batman TV series, Blu Ray, Bond 50: The Complete 22 Film Collection, Casino Royale, CFQ, Cinefantastique, DC Comics, Django Unchained, Dr. No, Dr. Who, Greatest Sci Fi Movies Never Made, James Bond, Jerry Goldsmith, Kill Bill, Kuma, Kuma Kreations Entertainment, Man of Steel, PBS, Quentin Tarantino, Roger Corman's The Fantastic Four, Sidecast, Star Log, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Superheroes: A Never Ending Battle, Superheroes: The Never Ending Battle, Superman, Superman Returns, Superman vs. Batman, The Hateful Eight, The Muppets, The New 52, Tim Burton's Superman Lives, Tim Daly, Welcome to Japan Mr. Bond, You Only Live Twice, Zack Snyder
This week Dion and J. jump right into it! The boys discuss Quentin Tarantino’s dismay over the leaking of his new script, The Hateful Eight; the James Bond 50th anniversary Box Set and it’s extras; the exciting news that the 1966 Batman TV series will FINALLY get a proper DVD release; and a dissection of J’s Side Cast with […]