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Talk From Superheroes
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Comedians Andrew Ivimey and Diana McCallum break down a different superhero movie or TV show every week, hilariously highlighting everything you never noticed in your favorite franchises.
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This week we're heading back to the BOOOOONE yard. Some might call it a temple. Officially it's called 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple. We get into the upsetting nature of this movie, British references we didn't get the first time around, what is the theme, and the importance of bringing snacks to a hangout. This show is sponsored by Liquid I.V. Show up with better hydration and energy from Liquid I.V. Zero Sugar and Zero Crash. Tear. Pour. Live More. Go to www.liquidiv.com and get 20% off your first order with code TFS at checkout.
This week we're talking about writer/director Alex Garland, specifically the 2018 film Annihilation. We break down how he either loves or hates the military, what life should look like in a prism, visit trope corner, and want to see women succeed.
We're in it to the end, we're talking about the final volumes of Stranger Things this week. We give huge credit to one cool room, learn about the play, discuss the most complicated straight forward plot, and get mad at Dustin.
This is not the greatest Anaconda in the world, this is just a tribute. We're talking about the 2025 Anaconda this week on the pod. We get into cast chemistry, the merits of setting something in Buffalo, and how hard it is to market a comedy.
The world of Pandora is back, and it's simultaneously too much and not enough. We're talking about Avatar: Fire and Ash. We give flowers where it's due, compare it to Star Wars, pushing the limit of alien love stories, and discuss how whales get their ears pierced.
This week we're talking about the holiday classic Scrooged. We question if a person can really change once he knows there's a hell, the comedy of contrast, 80's stars we don't understand, and 1988's predictions for network television.
This week we're talking about one of the more unique James Cameron films, we're joined by comedian and actor Foad HP to talk about True Lies. We get into the unexpected comedic restraint of Tom Arnold, Bill Paxton doing so much, the merits of bathroom fight scenes, and where you should be if a nuke goes off.
The kids are back, and the bicycles have been upgraded to a car because they are played by full adults. We're talking about Season 5 Volume 1 Episodes 1-4 of Stranger Things (rolls off the tongue). We talk about fixing the mistakes of previous seasons, characters being mean for no particular reason, second screen dialogue, shenanigans, and some key performances.
Lace up your Pumas because it's time to run again as we talk about 2025's The Running Man. We're talking about the somewhat absent style of Edgar Wright, problematic treatment, the lack of running, and the star we want more of.
Oh boy the Predator really stepped in it this time. We're talking about Predator Badlands this week and it's about video game vibes, good looking CGI, surprising totally normal accents, and is this supposed to be a buddy cop movie or just about the predator?
It's an 80's classic action movie this week, the Schwarzenegger driven The Running Man (1987). We talk about the forgettable but interesting rebellion first act, the greatest death lines, the pros and cons of Dynamo, and why Diana would actually attend The Running Man.
This week we're talking about the classic genre of Stephen King novel, a speed plus a mode of transportation, it's The Long Walk. We talk about strong performances, hollow meaning, taking a play on the road, and the best build for long walk athletic competitions. Host Andrew Ivimey will be performing in Halifax Nov 7, 2025 with special guests Luba Magnus (CBC, Grindstone Comedy Fest) and Jordan Foisy (This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Vice), and Clare Belford (New York Comedy Festival, Halifax Comedy Festival). Get tickets here: https://andrewivimeyhalifax2025.eventbrite.ca
This week we're continuing upsetting spooky month vibes with Midsommar. We talk about performative friendship, who joins these kind of things, how nobody can keep up with Florence Pugh, and the mixed bag of results that is outdated medicine practices. Host Andrew Ivimey will be performing in Halifax Nov 7, 2025 with special guests Luba Magnus (CBC, Grindstone Comedy Fest) and Jordan Foisy (This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Vice), and Clare Belford (New York Comedy Festival, Halifax Comedy Festival). Get tickets here: https://andrewivimeyhalifax2025.eventbrite.ca
It's October and that means we're living with spooks and scares. This week we're talking about Barbarian, believing women, the difficulty of civil engineering, and how there's always a bigger creep. Host Andrew Ivimey will be performing in Halifax Nov 7, 2025 with special guests Luba Magnus (CBC, Grindstone Comedy Fest) and Jordan Foisy (This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Vice), and Clare Belford (New York Comedy Festival, Halifax Comedy Festival). Get tickets here: https://andrewivimeyhalifax2025.eventbrite.ca
We're back on the grid and this week we're talking about Tron Ares. If you like dunking on Jared Leto then this episode is for you. We talk about his box office poison, how McGuffins work, wasting Gillian Anderson and needing ear protection. Host Andrew Ivimey will be performing in Halifax Nov 7, 2025 with special guests Luba Magnus (CBC, Grindstone Comedy Fest) and Jordan Foisy (This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Vice), and Clare Belford (New York Comedy Festival, Halifax Comedy Festival). Get tickets here: https://andrewivimeyhalifax2025.eventbrite.ca
This week we're going back into the computer. No it's not The Matrix, it's the other franchise with a digital god creator myth, it's Tron Legacy! We talk about movie length music videos, the Disney de-aging machine, who Tron is for, and MOST IMPORTANTLY do you our listener think the human characters get uploaded into the computer or do you think they shrunk down so small they're in the computer? Host Andrew Ivimey will be performing in Halifax Nov 7, 2025 with special guests Luba Magnus (CBC, Grindstone Comedy Fest) and Jordan Foisy (This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Vice), and Clare Belford (New York Comedy Festival, Halifax Comedy Festival). Get tickets here: https://andrewivimeyhalifax2025.eventbrite.ca
This week we're talking about season one of Alien: Earth. We talk about all Alien creatures big and small, fun additions to the lore, how to act like a child, and who we want Timothy Olyphant to be. Host Andrew Ivimey will be performing in Halifax Nov 7, 2025 with special guests Luba Magnus (CBC, Grindstone Comedy Fest) and Jordan Foisy (This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Vice), and Clare Belford (New York Comedy Festival, Halifax Comedy Festival). Get 20% off early bird tickets in Sept using promo code SEPT20 at checkout here: https://andrewivimeyhalifax2025.eventbrite.ca
This week we're talking about our queen, both of aliens and of human women, it's 1986's Aliens. We get into how the coolest thing any man can do is listen to women, Ripley as a union leader, and the value of wet chains. Host Andrew Ivimey will be performing in Halifax Nov 7, 2025 with special guests Luba Magnus (CBC, Grindstone Comedy Fest) and Jordan Foisy (This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Vice), and Clare Belford (New York Comedy Festival, Halifax Comedy Festival). Get 20% off early bird tickets in Sept using promo code SEPT20 at checkout here: https://andrewivimeyhalifax2025.eventbrite.ca
The Worlds continue to be strange this week as we talk about Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3. We talk about the show's willingness to take chances, its obsession with straight romance, a touch of Doctor Who, and the ability to dance. Host Andrew Ivimey will be performing in Halifax Nov 7, 2025 with special guests Luba Magnus (CBC, Grindstone Comedy Fest) and Jordan Foisy (This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Vice), and Clare Belford (New York Comedy Festival, Halifax Comedy Festival). Get 20% off early bird tickets in Sept using promo code SEPT20 at checkout here: https://andrewivimeyhalifax2025.eventbrite.ca
This week we're talking about episodes 1 to 3 of the new season of Peacemaker. We talk about being won over after a rough start, how people must love working with James Gunn, DC retcons, and does the dance sequence hold a torch to the first season. Host Andrew Ivimey will be performing in Halifax Nov 7, 2025 with special guests Luba Magnus (CBC, Grindstone Comedy Fest) and Jordan Foisy (This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Vice), and Clare Belford (New York Comedy Festival, Halifax Comedy Festival). Get 20% off early bird tickets in Sept using promo code SEPT20 at checkout here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/1652808718369?aff=oddtdtcreator























sorry but Kat is definitely wrong about Aunt May not knowing Ben died. she so clearly felt like she was going to have to tell Peter and Peter already knew. it's extremely obvious
last episode got too political for me! if you have no skin in the game. keep your opinions out of it! shame on you
unfortunately! after hearing this episode... I'm out! I used to love your podcast! shame.
for Diana,from Frank in Montreal, a very hip and happening podcast with intelligent insights & humorous banter
Awesome podcast with phenomenal hosts who are vastly entertaining and offer really great insights. So many thumbs up!
such a great podcast! awesome hosts, vastly entertaining. so many thumbs up!
Excellent podcast!!! Extremely likeable hosts, funny, entertaining, and always worth a listen!
Five stars, awesome podcast!
Five thumbs up, awesome podcast!!!
Excellent podcast! Awesome hosts, always entertaining. All thumbs up!
Awesome podcast wirh awesome hosts!
This is such a neat podcast. Always entertaining, fantastic hosts, it just pops. Can't recommend it enough!!!
Great podcast, great episode!!! Loved it!
Five stars. Maximum stars. This is a delightful podcast. The hosts are fantastic, have unbeatable chemistry, know their stuff, are funny and just all around fun to listen to. Great structure, too, with a short and sweet, spoiler free intro, then discussion, review, opinions (hilarious and interesting and very engaging), then a great final question/wrap up. I love it. Probably the best movie podcast out there.
Multiple OMACs? No. Drone better. /Ivan Vanko
I gotta say, the main reason the movie made sense to me at all was because I JUST finished watching the entirety of Smallville. I'm not a comic guy at all, so, without that recent alt-verse exposure, Black Adam would have been even less-sensical. Really, thanks to modern-era "multi-verse" thinking, it is much more enjoyable to compare Chris Reeve's Superman, Smallville, Lois & Clark, the current running Arrowverse and the DCCU. Before multiverse thinking, folks would endlessly dwell on story changes from "canon" and just be miserable and angry about any new shows. SO much better this way...
Love it! They do funny words about good eyes. Particularly love to hear a solid takedown. Jupiter's Ascending Legacy etc. Positivity is nice though too. :)
Love listening to you two. Keep up the good work!
Thanks for keeping me sane during Covid. Highly recommend this podcast for their sense of humour and reviews
A very noice podcast for smort people.