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Earth's Mightiest Critics bust out the capes and kibble for a look at DC's latest animated offering, DC League of Super-Pets!

Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart lead an all-star pack of celebrity voice talent in this new animated adventure. When Superman's powered pup, Krypto (Johnson) loses his abilities just as the Justice League have been kidnapped, he must team up with several shelter animals who--as fate would have it--gain otherworldly abilities. Can Krypto learn humility while teaching others to believe in themselves?

The EMC digs into what makes DC League of Super-Pets such a breath of fresh air in the strangulated superhero-movie landscape; examines a climax that shoots some holes in the cape of this otherwise elevated epic; and solves the mystery of the title's puzzling punctuation!

But first, there's been a lot of news this week regarding major housecleaning at WB/DC, following the Discovery merger--and the gang looks at what all those swinging axes could mean for comic-book movies in general (including those at the seemingly indomitable Disney/Marvel factory)!

Plus: Join us live next week as the panel looks back on a superhero movie from the 90's--yes, we're commemorating 25 years of Spawn! Chime in starting at 8:30pm CST on Wednesday, August 10th!

Timestamps:

• Intro: 0:00 - 1:05

• Warner/Discovery/DC Shake-up Commentary: 1:06 - 16:34

• DC League of Super-Pets (2022) Review: 16:35 - 1:01:12

• Outro: 1:08:24 - 1:10:40

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