260: Stop Talking about Comic Books (or I'll Kill You)

Published: Jan. 24, 2014, 12:58 a.m.

Movie Meltdown - Episode 260

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This episode we continue our discussion of graphic novels turned into movies that we began in episode 259. But this time we branch out with questions like, \u2018Do we always NEED an origin story\u2019? And some of us come clean about just when we decided to stop hiding that comic geek inside of us. Which makes us wonder if it\u2019s easier being geeky in school today vs. years ago? So many dorky topics\u2026 and yet we address them all!

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Plus along the way we also discuss\u2026 killing off villains,\xa0The\xa0Raid:\xa0Redemption, Underoos,\xa0Zack Snyder,\xa0Battle Royale, Sleepy Hollow, Byronic vampires, North Korea,\xa0Guardians of the Galaxy,\xa0Loki,\xa030 Days of Night,\xa0Nerdcore music, Persepolis,\xa0Cat Sh*t\xa0One,\xa0Arnold Schwarzenegger,\xa0Let the Right One In, Oldboy, 300, The Rocketeer, the mutant/human struggle,The Crow, Tokyopop, The\xa0League of Extraordinary Gentlemen,\xa0Hellboy, Akira,\xa0The Craft, horror\xa0manga, Grave of the Fireflies,\xa0Evangelion,\xa0Dredd vs. Judge Dredd,\xa0X-Men\xa0Origins:\xa0Wolverine,\xa0Vietnam, Gilgamesh... with ninjas, Sylvester Stallone, revisiting origin stories, Pyongyang,\xa0From Hell,\xa0Y: The\xa0Last Man,\xa0The Dark Knight, and\xa0I feel like\u2026 it ruined my childhood - less?

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Spoiler Alert: Spoilers for seasons 2 and 4 of \u201cThe Walking Dead\u201d. You have been warned!

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\u201cSo here\u2019s what we do\u2026 we start every superhero movie now, with an old cranky man coming out: \u2018You damned kids should know this by now!\u2019\u201d\xa0

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