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NOT AN EPISODE – Finn Jones as Danny Rand in Marvel’s Iron Fist for Netflix
Thought Bubble | | 29. February, 2016
Hi-ho, Da7e here!
On the day we recorded our latest Star Wars Special, news broke that Netflix and Marvel cast Finn Jones as Iron Fist. This caused some controversy online where there had been calls to cast Danny Rand as Asian American.
After spending most of that day talking to Joanna Robinson about the casting over instant messenger, the discussion inevitably spilled over into the recording. Patches, Jo and I started off the Star Wars Special without Neil Miller, so the first chunk is just the three of us going over the news. Then, after the Star Wars Special was finished recording, Patches had to take off and Neil joined in the ongoing Iron Fist talk.
I’ve posted what I can here because according to Twitter there was some interest in hearing what the debate inside the FITWR podcasting team was.
THIS SHOULD NOT BE YOUR FIRST EXPOSURE TO ANY OF THE PODCASTS AT FIGHTINGINTHEWARROOM.COM
This will not be pushed into any podcast feeds.
It’s just because discussion is good. So is yelling at corporations.
SECOND UPDATE:
You might have noticed that this post briefly disappeared. That was entirely my fault (still Da7e, Da7e’s fault).
As I describe loosely above, we recorded this not-an-episode in between other recordings when we all thought we were off air (except Joanna, who recorded the entire thing). That lead me to try to win a racial argument with my friends (for better or for worse) by suggesting Marvel could be bringing it’s 1970s Kung Fu characters into the same series.
THAT little nugget that I brought up was NOT my information to report, and I don’t like being an asshole to my fellow scoop journalists and spoiler enthusiasts. Now that MCU Exchange and The Hashtag Show have actually had the chance to break their news without me stepping all over it in podcast argument form, the Iron Fist not-an-episode has been restored.
Sorry about the runaround of this file being up for mere hours before being pulled for no reasons, but it’s not worth betraying trust to be the first person to say something.
Ok, that’s it. Fight on!
STAR WARS SPECIAL – Episode 5: Eels, Scarabs and Space Bears, Oh My
Episode VIII has begun.
The Fighting In The War Room podcast family acknowledges that Star Wars Mania is here to stay now that Disney-purchased Lucasfilm plans to spin the saga and anthology movies out into the foreseeable future. It’s time to fight in the galactic war room for the foreseeable future! We’ll never see STAR PEACE.
In the fifth Star Wars Special, Joanna Robinson, Matt Patches, Neil Miller and Da7e catch up on the Star Wars Universe news since they last convened in Episode 4. New York Toy Fair 2016 came and went without a bunch of Star Wars To-Do, but we did get a Force Friday 2016 announcement and a giant 16″ BB-8 that has Da7e excited. The Lego Star Wars Universe is expanding with both Resistance Rises shorts and a new Disney XD TV series, StarWars.com gave away the secrets of Rey’s portion bread and OH YEAH, EPISODE VIII: SPACE BEAR STARTED SHOOTING! Laura Dern, Benicio Del Toro and Kelly Marie Tran are added to the cast. We speculate on what that can be (SPECULATE, Episode VIII info is sparse) before jumping into the SPOILER section, which is choc-full of Rogue One goodness.
I find your lack of SPOILER faith disturbing! – Spoiler discussion starts at 45:39
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Thought Bubble 36 – Zoom Zoom
Thought Bubble | | 25. February, 2016
A podcast about Comics Pop Culture!
Hello FITWR listeners, Republic City Dispatch fanatics and Storm of Spoilers/Cast of Kings fantasy nerds, we’re back for more comics discussion!
New comics enthusiast Joanna Robinson of Vanity Fair’s Hollywood and The Station Agents podcast is joined by a guy who was surprised he wasn’t a constant in the multiverse, Da7e Gonzales of Geek.com and Latino-Review.com
No matter your level of engagement, if you’re interested in comic books and their surrounding pop culture, this show’s for you!
THIS WEEK: SURPRISE! The reveal of Zoom’s identity on CW’s The Flash has Jo and Da7e meeting for an emergency session of The Thought Bubble, but DON’T WORRY, they have other comics stuff to talk about! Jo has been reading more Image Comics and Da7e turns a corner on Dark Knight III (and forgets the title “The Dark Knight Strikes Again“). Direct Market sales might be in jeopardy by the comics industry and Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice is upping the violence for a home release alternate cut. THEN, the pair dive into wild speculation about Zoom before a very quick SPOILER SECTION.
SPOILERS START AT 38 minutes 10 seconds, Juice!
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Episode Links:
IMAGE PUBLISHER URGES LONG-TERM THINKING OVER SHORT-TERM NEEDS IN COMICSPRO SPEECH
Andrew Kreisberg Zoom interview
This week’s closing track is:
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108 – Do horror movies have to be really scary?
Plus The Mermaid and a segment called “Alex Proyas: Good Director?”
Katey has disappeared to prepare for Oscar coverage, so Da7e, Patches and David strike up another Brocast. First, With Gods of Egypt coming to theaters this week, Patches wants to ask: “Alex Proyas: good director?” Then, David catches Patches and Da7e up on China’s newest theatrical sensation The Mermaid. Finally, the trio talk about some of the backlash recently against The Witch (which we discussed last episode) and debate the semantics of “scary” when it comes to horror film.
Take a listen, embed and/or download below; for more from all of us on Twitter: follow the show (@FITWR), Katey (@kateyrich) Da7e (@da7e) Patches (@misterpatches), and David (@davidehrlich).
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FORMAT
00:00 – Lightning Round: Foreign Sequels
01:28 – Intro: Welcome To Episode 108! Reviews!
04:29 – Tidbit: Alex Proyas: Good Director?
15:52 – Mini Segment: The Mermaid
24:07 – Segment 3: Do horror films have to be scary?
47:36 – Outro
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