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What does LOKI (season 1) and all its epic reveals mean for the MCU moving forward into phases 4, 5, and 6?? Frederick Chambers of the Imagine Tomorrow podcast is back for Part 2 of our discussion, in which we focus on how the show affects the Marvel Cinematic Multiverse. Come geek out with us! Check out Fred on Twitter @HelmsmanFreddy and his podcast, Imagine Tomorrow @TerminusTerrra! Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/3fmRFF5​ FOLLOW US ON Twitter: @mechadragonshow Facebook: /MechaDragonShow & /groups/MechaDragon Instagram: @mechadragonshow Check out our most recent videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmeW6gFkqNxkXhEargGF0lg/videos --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mecha-dragon/support

Our favorite MCU villain-turned-antihero returns in his own show, LOKI -- and Frederick Chambers of the Imagine Tomorrow podcast joins the show to discuss! Spoilers for all of LOKI, season 1! We review the show and dive deep on specifics like: Loki's arc, how this Loki variant compares to the one we last saw in Infinity War, the show's themes and how they were developed, the TVA (banality of evil or tough utilitarian choice?), the TVA's "retrofuturistic" design and cinematic influences, Sylvie and her relationship with Loki, Moebius and Loki, the reveals at the end (including *that* new character), what made us geek out the most, and more. Come geek out with us! (And don't miss the soon-to-be-published part 2 of this conversation, in which we dive deep on what the events of LOKI mean for the future of the MCU.) Check out Fred on Twitter @HelmsmanFreddy and his podcast, Imagine Tomorrow @TerminusTerrra! Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/3fmRFF5​ FOLLOW US ON Twitter: @mechadragonshow Facebook: /MechaDragonShow & /groups/MechaDragon Instagram: @mechadragonshow Check out our most recent videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmeW6gFkqNxkXhEargGF0lg/videos --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mecha-dragon/support

Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode 6 ushered in a new era of the MCU for Marvel fans, and left some hints at what the future holds. Written Flows is our guest co-host this week. Come geek out with us! Check out Written Flows' channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/WrittenFlows Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/3fmRFF5​ FOLLOW US ON Twitter: @mechadragonshow Facebook: /MechaDragonShow & /groups/MechaDragon Instagram: @mechadragonshow Check out our most recent videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmeW6gFkqNxkXhEargGF0lg/videos --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mecha-dragon/support

Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode 5 brought an inevitable fight, showed the importance of history and optimism, and gave us a very important calm before the storm. We react, discuss, and make some predictions. SPOILERS! (We also briefly discuss episode 4 at the top of the show.) Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/3fmRFF5​ FOLLOW US ON Twitter: @MechaDragonShow Facebook: /MechaDragonShow & /groups/MechaDragon Instagram: @mechadragonshow Email: MechaDragonShow@gmail.com MechaDragon.net Check out our most recent videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmeW6gFkqNxkXhEargGF0lg/videos --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mecha-dragon/support

Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode 3 gave us a deeper look into  Walker's instability, gave us some serum clues, brought back an old  friend, showed us something we never thought we'd see Zemo do, and more.  We react, discuss, and break out some theories. Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/3fmRFF5​ FOLLOW US ON Twitter: @MechaDragonShow Facebook: /MechaDragonShow & /groups/MechaDragon Instagram: @mechadragonshow Email: MechaDragonShow@gmail.com MechaDragon.net Check out our most recent videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmeW6gFkqNxkXhEargGF0lg/videos --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mecha-dragon/support

Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode 2 dropped some heavy reveals on Marvel fans. Will and Bob break down the episode & discuss how it changed what we know about MCU history. From Isaiah Bradley to what's in store for John Walker, couples therapy & the super soldier serum, to the mysterious Power Broker & the return of Zemo, we get into it all. Predictions and theories, too! Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/3fmRFF5​ FOLLOW US ON Twitter: @MechaDragonShow Facebook: /MechaDragonShow & /groups/MechaDragon Instagram: @mechadragonshow Email: MechaDragonShow@gmail.com MechaDragon.net Check out our most recent videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmeW6gFkqNxkXhEargGF0lg/videos --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mecha-dragon/support

Will and Bob discuss the first episode of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Topics include: general impressions / non-spoiler review How the show does what no other TV series ever has with action scenes. Setting up the characters. MCU Chronology, post-Endgame. Which Avengers are most like regular people. Steve... on the moon? The state of the world after Endgame. The Flag Smashers. The new "Captain America" and what that means to Sam. Setting up the new phase of MCU content. Our theories and predictions. Which new MCU characters might make an appearance -- a wager. MechaDragon.net Twitter & Insta: @MechaDragonShow Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/MechaDragon/ Email: MechaDragonShow@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mecha-dragon/support

Megan Salinas joins Will and Jes for an in-depth conversation about the 2013 sci-fi mystery drama, EUROPA REPORT. Brief non-spoiler review followed by spoiler-filled deep-dive. Come geek out with us! #SquigleyDidNothingWrong MechaDragon.net Twitter & Insta: @MechaDragonShow Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/MechaDragon/ Email: MechaDragonShow@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mecha-dragon/support

Megan Salinas joins Will and Jes for an in-depth conversation about the WandaVision finale. HEAVY SPOILERS. Topics include: General impressions / review of the finale + whole series. How the weekly release schedule was good for the show and good for the fandom community. WandaVision vs. LOST: the community experience. What makes WandaVision work so well. What makes Agatha such a great character. Clash of the Visions: the brilliance of resolving conflict. The relevance of the Ship of Theseus parable. What's happening with white Vision next. WandaVision's many 'Wizard of Oz' references. The Darkhold: what it means for the MCU. Which dark entity could be behind the Darkhold and manipulating Wanda. How wanda could be beinng manipulated, and by whom. Three theories on the deed. The casting of Evan Peters and its effect on fans. Ways the MCU plays with audience expectation. The brilliance of how the main conflicts are resolved. That Scarlet Witch costume. The cameo we can expect in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. The mid-credits scene and what it means. Agatha's punishment. Wanda's goodbyes: the emotional culmination of the show. What Wanda's final words to her children could mean. The post credits scene and what it means for the future of the MCU. Some predictions for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. How we rank WandaVision in the MCU. MechaDragon.net Twitter & Insta: @MechaDragonShow Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/MechaDragon/ Email: MechaDragonShow@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mecha-dragon/support

Will and Screenhub's Eric Hanson dive deep into John Carpenter's 1984 cult classic sci-fi film, STARMAN. MechaDragon.net Twitter & Insta: @MechaDragonShow Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/MechaDragon/ Email: MechaDragonShow@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mecha-dragon/support

Will and Jes react to WandaVision's eighth episode, "Previously On." Topics include: How Agatha's backstory is/represents an important new piece of worldbuilding for the MCU. Questions raised by the Salem scene. Other MCU characters who could appear in the finale. Will Dr. Strange fail to detect the spectacular afterglow of so many spells cast? What THAT BOOK could be, and its implications for new MCU villains. Which other powerful villains could still appear in the finale. Is there even time left in the story enough to introduce a new villain? The "secret sauce" for the MCU's success, embodied in how it's made WandaVision so spectacular. What the mind stone did to Wanda. Why the deed with Vision's note is suspicious. Wanda's power level. Westview's Vision: illusion, dream, or physically real but created from nothing? The mind stone Wanda... created? (and its apparent limitations) Length of the finale episode. Loose threads that need wrapped up in the finale. Visions. How Hayward baited Wanda, and why. Where the penultimate episode leaves us.  Vallainous Squirrel Girl?? WHO'S THE BUNNY?? Our theories and predictions for the finale. The MCU's multiverse arc. MechaDragon.net Twitter & Insta: @MechaDragonShow Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/MechaDragon/ Email: MechaDragonShow@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mecha-dragon/support

Will and Jes conclude their most excellent coverage of the Bill and Ted franchise -- and this time: BILL AND TED FACE THE MUSIC! Topics include: Taking the time to get the story right. Going in with the right expectations. How the film shows its love of music -- moreso than the previous films? Billy and Thea: our reactions. The film's humor. Behind the scenes tidbits and trivia. The Bill and Ted "formula": the structure of a Bill and Ted movie. Translating Bill and Ted to middle age. Bigger roles for the supporting characters. Jes' two favorite characters (not Bill and Ted!). Our favorite moments and jokes. The song that unites humanity and saves all of reality: the roles played by Bill and Ted and their daughters. How this film ties together the whole trilogy AND makes the previous two films make so much more sense. How rewatchable is the movie? Our thoughts on the end of the movie/trilogy. MechaDragon.net Twitter & Insta: @MechaDragonShow Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/MechaDragon/ Email: MechaDragonShow@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mecha-dragon/support

Will and Jes go into full-on geek-out mode with podcaster and comic book nerd Stefen in this week's discussion of WandaVision, episode 7: "Breaking the Fourth Wall". Topics include: Agnes revealed. Sitcom influences for this episode: theme song/sequence, style, their house, etc. How Wanda's sitcom self is, emotionally, catching up to her true self. Vision and Darcy: dynamic duo. Why Vision was wrong about who was delaying them. Why Agatha isn't the sole uber-villain of the show. All the Mephisto references so far. How large a role Mephisto might play in WandaVision. The big, upcoming cameo: who it could be. Who Peter/Pietro REALLY is: the evidence. How WandaVision could be setting up mutants in the MCU. Comics roots of the Nexus and how this episode's commercial has wide-ranging implications for the entire MCU. What if Loki were involved in the events of WandaVision? Multiverse madness begins! Monica Rambeaux: empowered. The cinematic deftness of the sequence where Monica passes through, and the metaphor it evokes. Which of Monica's superhero names from the comics she'll be known as in the MCU, and why. The powers we can expect Monica to have, and who she may fight in the climactic sequence of WandaVision. Our predictions/theories.  Which characters could show up in the final two episodes, and why them. MechaDragon.net Twitter & Insta: @MechaDragonShow Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/MechaDragon/ Email: MechaDragonShow@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mecha-dragon/support

Will and Jes discuss and react to the 6th episode of WandaVision, "All-New Halloween Spooktacular!" with special guest Kim. Topics include: General impressions / episode reaction. The many acting styles and tones of WandaVision. Why the episode recap featured Aaron Taylor-Johnson's Quicksilver. Who Evan Peter's Quicksilver REALLY is: the evidence so far. Watching WandaVision: Marvel comics fans vs. MCU-only fans. Exactly how much control does Wanda have over what's happening? When Wanda is confronted by the cost of maintaining her Hex reality. What's going on with the near-motionless people at the edge of town. The moment Vision decides things are REALLY bad in town. Poor Agnes: her level of involvement and awareness. The emotional realism of the MCU and how its made the MCU so successful. The theory that explains the Hex origin, Vision being alive, his mind-stone powers, and free will. The Mind Stone theory! WandaVision's Scooby Doo episode. Hayward's true agenda. What THAT COMMERCIAL reveals about the mysteries of the show. How could the children have been concieved? How this episode's theme song creepily describes the Wanda's thoughts. MechaDragon.net Twitter & Insta: @MechaDragonShow Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/MechaDragon/ Email: MechaDragonShow@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mecha-dragon/support

Will discusses WandaVision, episode 5 ("On a Very Special Episode...") with a special guest named Brad. Topics include: How Vision is alive. The extent of Wanda's control over life and death. Wanda's parenting. The importance of Wanda's children to the show's mystery. Vision's increasing awareness. The deliberate attempts to keep Wanda (and Vision?) within the Hex reality. The catalyst that may eventually drive Wanda and Vision to try to leave the Hex. MCU timeline: from Endgame to WandaVision episode 5. Did Wanda make a Faustian bargain? Wanda is the Center, not the Puppeteer. Agnes's role in Westview. Ralph's true identity. That email: EXPLAINED. 80s sitcoms references/homages. Vision's assumptions about his unremembered past. When Wanda was telling the truth, and how that points to the Puppeteer. The evidence that Westview's mind control is also affecting Wanda. Why the Peter/Pietro who arrives is consistent with the Hex reality. The specific reason why Wanda could become the villain in Doctor Strange: Multiverse of Madness. The surprising characters that could appear in the show. A possible post-credits scene for the series. Our predictions. Episode 5 as midpoint of the series and what that implies about the rest of the show. When the Mephitso/Puppeter character will be revealed. MechaDragon.net Twitter & Insta: @MechaDragonShow Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/MechaDragon/ Email: MechaDragonShow@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mecha-dragon/support

Will and Jes discuss WandaVision, episode 4 ("We Interrupt This Program") with podcaster and horror maven Megan Salinas. Topics include: S.W.O.R.D. as audience surrogate. Returning MCU characters. Super-meta: how the show reflects the way we now watch television. What Darcy's been doing for the past 10-15 years. Exactly where WandaVision fits in the MCU timeline, and the definitive evidence for it. Catching up with Monica. How this episode re-contextualizes some things in Avengers: Endgame. What Wanda and Monica share that will be central to both their character arcs and the story of the show. Why Monica may be the only one who can reach Wanda. WandaVision's unfiying theme. The Babadook of the MCU? S.W.O.R.D. -- what the organization's full name implies. How the events of Captain Marvel contribute directly to WandaVision. Mysterious Agnes. WTF is going on with Vision. Why it's not as simple as, "It's all Wanda..." Possible reasons why the events inside Wanda's "sitcom reality bubble" are being broadcast. Wanda's "deal with the devil." What explains Vision's free will. Our predictions and theories. MechaDragon.net Twitter & Insta: @MechaDragonShow Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/MechaDragon/ Email: MechaDragonShow@gmail.com Megan Salinas Twitter: @themenguin Silver Screams podcast: @Silver_Screams No Love Lost podcast: @NoLoveLostPod --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mecha-dragon/support

Watch WandaVision episode 3 with us! RPG Designer Jessica Marcrum joins us for fun commentary, informed observation and speculation, and geeky shenanigans. Instructions on how to easily sync up our watch-along at home are in our very brief intro comments. We're releasing this watch-along as a bonus episode to give one example of new content we have planned starting this year. For further details, including how to get much more bonus content, follow us @MechaDragonShow on Twitter.\ MechaDragon.net Twitter & Insta: @MechaDragonShow Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/MechaDragon/ Email: MechaDragonShow@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mecha-dragon/support

Will and Jes discuss WandaVision, episode 3 ("Now in Color") with RPG Designer and Social Worker Jessica Marcrum. Topics include: The theory that EXPLAINS the Beekeeper, the helicopter, and "Geraldine." Wanda and Vision's neighbors: who they are, what they know, who's "in on it," and what Herb was trying to say. Who Agnes really is. S.W.O.R.D.: the new meaning behind the acronym, and why they're concerned with Wanda's Westview. The implications of SWORD's role in the MCU. Inspirations from the comics and how the show still goes its own way. How the show works as a sitcom AND on a meta-level. Why Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and other Marvel shows prior to WandaVision aren't really part of the MCU (yet?). The escalating "glitches" in Wanda's sitcom reality. Wanda vs. Captain Marvel: who is more powerful. Wanda's suprising role in Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness The grief and loss in Wanda and Vision's story. Vision: a character we haven't seen enough of. How Wanda and Vision's most intimate, personal moments carry the story and will make the end more tragic. The Mephisto connection EXPLAINED. Why Mephisto chose to appear in the way he did, when he did; and why he behaved that way. Monica Rambeaux. Who's pulling Wanda's strings, and how/why she's psychologically vulnerable to manipulation. The character we'll see whose presence will be most shocking (and it's insane multiversal implications). What Jes would put right what once went wrong in the MCU. QUICKSILVER(s)!!!?? How Vision is alive. One limit of Wanda's power. Which 80s sitcom will the next episode be modeled on? Which sitcom house will they live in? MechaDragon.net Twitter & Insta: @MechaDragonShow Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/MechaDragon/ Email: MechaDragonShow@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mecha-dragon/support

The MCU has finally returned with WANDAVISION! Will and Jes discuss the highly-anticipated premiere (episodes 1 & 2) with guest Ben Adelman. Topics include: General impressions, brief non-spoiler review. SPOILERS BEGIN: ~16:54. Which audiences WandaVision appeals to (and which it might not). The many genres of WandaVision. The central mysterty of the show. Will we get "event fatigue?" Thematic connections to the comics that inspired the show (House of M and The Vision). Why the classic sitcom format was the perfect fit to illustrate how Wanda's trauma is affecting her. Wanda's power level: MCU and the show vs. the comics. Who could be manipulatiung Wanda. Vision = Frodo Baggins??  How the comics inspiring the show point toward tragedy. Elements from the comics in the show. Agnes: victim, friend or foe? Who created Wanda's alternate reality -- who manipulated her into it. Clues in the show that tell us the extent of Wanda's control over her alternate reality. Mephisto. S.W.O.R.D.: what they're doing in the show. Why the S.W.O.R.D. helicopter was toy-sized (and how the same principle could explain the beekeeper). Balancing the narrative and the meta-narrative. The Agent Coulson wager. What happens (and the dangers of) when Wanda goes off-script. How many of Agnes's lines can be read two ways, and what that implies about the mystery and her character. Agnes's purpose in the Wanda's altered reality. How Jes's kids reacted to the show. Predictions/theories/hopes: What Vision's calculations at work could mean. Why S.W.O.R.D. might be involved with these events on Earth, rather than S.H.I.E.L.D. The possible importance of the very first line of the show. Which surprising characters might be a part of the show moving forwward. A post-credits scene at the end of the series? What it could be. Which character might has a chance of making a surprise camero appearance and make the fandom erupt with joy. MechaDragon.net Twitter & Insta: @MechaDragonShow Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/MechaDragon/ Email: MechaDragonShow@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mecha-dragon/support

Will and Jes kick off the New Year with a discussion of Wonder Woman 1984, with special guest Jessica Marcrum. Topics include: How the development of the film's theme adversely affected the whole story. Max Lord and his defeat: in the comics vs. in the film. Would the movie have been more effective if it had been released a few years ago? Chris Pine's inclusion in the movie. "Body-snatching" Steve Trevor. Plotholes or not-holes? Revealing character in action sequences. "Steve is no punk." A toxic theme? What happened to the stone after Max Lord renounced his wish. The characters who did NOT renounce their wishes. The film's performances. Pedro Pascal's performance, and when "the mask slips." Gaps in the emotional realism of the movie. What made the film's climax less cathartic than it could have been. That post-credits scene. Our top DC comics films. Wonder Woman 1984: the good vs. the not-so-good What if the film had been set AFTER the events of Justice League? Why deleted scenes get deleted from movies. MechaDragon.net Twitter & Insta: @MechaDragonShow Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/MechaDragon/ Email: MechaDragonShow@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mecha-dragon/support