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Trying to figure out what message Mark Millar has for us in Superman Red Son Subscribe:  iTunes | Stitcher | Miro | RSS The Echo Rift podcast is your resource for comics, movies, TV, and book reviews. This pirate pop-culture podcast is brought to you from deep beneath the city of Philadelphia!  When that buzzer goes off, we have five minutes to end transmission or we will be atomized for sure! Timestamps 00:24 - Intro to the world of Red Son, not what we expected 05:30 - Superman takes a job that doesn't exist in the US - micromanaging humanity 10:18 - Hypocracy of Superman, Lex Luthor is intrinsically bad 15:37 - What does Batman stand for? Wonder Woman turns on Superman 20:08 - Weird to be on Lex Luthor's side - are there good guys in this story? 25:16 - A fantastic science-fiction story with a great plot, Predestination Paradoxes References Superman Red Son is published by DC Comics Written by: Mark Millar Art by: Dave Johnson Contact Us! Tweet questions and comments to @EchoRift Use EchoRift.com

Analyzing the movie that kicked off the modern superhero genre: Bryan Singer's X-Men Subscribe:  iTunes | Stitcher | Miro | RSS The Echo Rift podcast is your resource for comics, movies, TV, and book reviews. This pirate pop-culture podcast is brought to you from deep beneath the city of Philadelphia!  When that buzzer goes off, we have five minutes to end transmission or we will be atomized for sure! Timestamps 00:24 - Significance - Kicking off the modern superhero genre of movies 05:50 - The cast, the costumes 09:30 - Tonal decisions - Intros to Magneto, Jean, and Xavier 14:18 - Intro to Rogue, The problem of Senator Kelly 18:02 - Wolverine's entrance, Rogue team-up 21:31 - Sabertooth and the X-Men Arrive - Traditional film-making 25:08 - Capturing the mentor tradition of Wolverine with Rogue References X-Men is directed by Bryan Singer Written by: David Hayter Starring: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Anna Paquin Contact Us! Tweet questions and comments to @EchoRift Use EchoRift.com

Peter Capaldi is the new Doctor!  Plus Best Of: Dramatic Reading Podcast:  DownloadSubscribe:  iTunes | Stitcher | Miro | RSS The Echo Rift Backstage podcast is a weekly episode that contains stuff that just didn't fit in any of the other episodes! This pirate pop-culture podcast is brought to you from deep beneath the city of Philadelphia!  When that buzzer goes off, we have five minutes to end transmission or we will be atomized for sure! Timestamps 00:05 - Peter CaPALDI is the New Doctor (Don says CaTaldi like a tool at least once) 14:40 - BEST OF ECHO RIFT: Dramatic Reading Contact Us! Tweet questions and comments to @EchoRift Use EchoRift.com's Contact Submission Form Leave us a voicemail at 856.208.RIFT Send us an email letters@echorift.com Talk to us on Tumblr Related Episodes Echo Rift Podcast Echo Rift Podcast If you enjoy the Echo Rift podcast, you will also enjoy these other Echo Rift Productions: Kids on Comics Podcast: A fifth grader and his dad talk about comics (every Monday) Music for

Brian Wood and Olivier Coipel's All Girl X-Men book is so stinking good!!! Subscribe:  iTunes | Stitcher | Miro | RSS The Echo Rift podcast is your resource for comics, movies, TV, and book reviews. This pirate pop-culture podcast is brought to you from deep beneath the city of Philadelphia!  When that buzzer goes off, we have five minutes to end transmission or we will be atomized for sure! Timestamps 00:24 - John Sublime's threat, Jubilee's Return 05:31 - Calling in the X-Men, a grave situation 10:15 - Rachel and Psylocke, thrilling Fast and Furious sequence, a Team 16:23 - Why makes this so good? Limited options, claustrophobia 22:17 - No magical solutions, a lived in world 25:27 - What do you know, this is all girls X-Men? References X-Men Primer is published by Marvel Comics and is also available from COMIXOLOGY Written by: Brian Wood Art by: Olivier Coipel Contact Us! Tweet questions and comments to @EchoRift Use EchoRift.com's Contact Submission Form Leave us a voicemail at 856.208.RIFT Send

A crew becomes a family, and a series becomes a saga! Continuing our Star Trek series with Star Trek III: The Wrath of Kahn Subscribe:  iTunes | Stitcher | Miro | RSS The Echo Rift podcast is your resource for comics, movies, TV, and book reviews. This pirate pop-culture podcast is brought to you from deep beneath the city of Philadelphia!  When that buzzer goes off, we have five minutes to end transmission or we will be atomized for sure! Timestamps 00:24 - A crew becomes a family, a series becomes a saga 04:44 - McCoy, Sad in a Kirk way, a very clear mission 10:50 - Savvik and David. Almost mystical story, turning up the comedy 15:13 - Don's favorite Klingon, Space face-off 19:55 - Why STIII tends to be the "forgotten" one 26:20 - You turned death into a fighting chance References Star Trek III: The Search for Spock is directed by Leonard Nimoy Written by: Harve Bennett Starring: William Shatner, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan Contact Us! Tweet questions and comments to @EchoRift Use EchoRift.com's

Mike gets big news, the 2015 Summer Movie calendar, Tales from Barcade Subscribe:  iTunes | Stitcher | Miro | RSS The Echo Rift Backstage podcast is a weekly episode that contains stuff that just didn't fit in any of the other episodes! This pirate pop-culture podcast is brought to you from deep beneath the city of Philadelphia!  When that buzzer goes off, we have five minutes to end transmission or we will be atomized for sure! Timestamps 00:14 - Tales from Barcade (Paperkeg Meetup) 03:26 - Letter: Thoughts on Summer 2015, Star Wars Episode VII 11:22 - NSA Surveillance Recording: Art Bell Returns 23:58 - Suspension of Disbelief, Nitpicking Movies Contact Us! Tweet questions and comments to @EchoRift Use EchoRift.com's Contact Submission Form Leave us a voicemail at 856.208.RIFT Send us an email letters@echorift.com Talk to us on Tumblr If you enjoy the Echo Rift podcast, you will also enjoy these other Echo Rift Productions: Kids on Comics Podcast: A fifth grader and his dad talk about comics (every Mo

Tackling the seminal Chris Claremont/Frank Miller Wolverine solo epic. Subscribe:  iTunes | Stitcher | Miro | RSS The Echo Rift podcast is your resource for comics, movies, TV, and book reviews. This pirate pop-culture podcast is brought to you from deep beneath the city of Philadelphia!  When that buzzer goes off, we have five minutes to end transmission or we will be atomized for sure! Timestamps 00:24 - Wolverine's first solo story, Wolverine then and now, not a leader, the cool one. 07:20 - Solo mission and overview, honor lost, rock bottom 12:20 - The women in his life represent his two natures, Instincts vs. How he wants to Act 18:00 - Wolverine needs a code, the Ronin 23:00 - Have we ever seen the real Wolverine?  Chris McQuarrie's The Wolverine draft 26:31 - Letters: Mike Mignola, 80's Comics References Wolverine is published by Marvel Comics and is also available from ComiXology Written by: Chris Claremont Art by: Frank Miller Contact Us! Tweet questions and comments to @EchoRift Use EchoRi

Is six times a charm for Old Man Logan? Podcast:  DownloadSubscribe:  iTunes | Stitcher | Miro | RSS The Echo Rift podcast is your resource for comics, movies, TV, and book reviews. This pirate pop-culture podcast is brought to you from deep beneath the city of Philadelphia!  When that buzzer goes off, we have five minutes to end transmission or we will be atomized for sure! Timestamps 00:24 - The movie that Wasn't, Anti-Heroes 06:56- Who is Wolverine?  Movie Wolverine isn't an expert, using swords 10:49 - Things the movie does well, Yukio, Mariko the love interest, Quick Overview 16:01 - Boring to see Wolverine "take care" of someone and fall in love 20:25 - Weird third act, We haven't seen Wolverine fight yet on film, Viper 25:29 - Letters: Comic Con Annoucements, The Conjuring References The Wolverine is directed by James Mangold Written by: Mark Bomback, Scott Frank Starring: Hugh Jackman Contact Us! Tweet questions and comments to @EchoRift Use EchoRift.com's Contact Submission Form Leave us a

Don watched Silent Running, Reaction to Superman/Batmanand other Comic Con News Subscribe:  iTunes | Stitcher | Miro | RSS The Echo Rift Backstage podcast is a weekly episode that contains stuff that just didn't fit in any of the other episodes! This pirate pop-culture podcast is brought to you from deep beneath the city of Philadelphia!  When that buzzer goes off, we have five minutes to end transmission or we will be atomized for sure! Timestamps 00:16 - Don watched Silent Running with Bruce Dern 11:42 - Comic Con: Matt Smith as Bart Simpson 13:06 - Reaction to Superman & Batman 20:32 - Avengers: Age of Ultron, Agents of SHIELD 25:07 - Terry Gilliam, Admiral Wilson Boulevard Contact Us! Tweet questions and comments to @EchoRift Use EchoRift.com's Contact Submission Form Leave us a voicemail at 856.208.RIFT Send us an email letters@echorift.com Talk to us on Tumblr If you enjoy the Echo Rift podcast, you will also enjoy these other Echo Rift Productions: Kids on Comics Podcast: A fifth grader and

Introducing ourselves to the Hellboy/BPRD Universe Subscribe:  iTunes | Stitcher | Miro | RSS The Echo Rift podcast is your resource for comics, movies, TV, and book reviews. This pirate pop-culture podcast is brought to you from deep beneath the city of Philadelphia!  When that buzzer goes off, we have five minutes to end transmission or we will be atomized for sure! Timestamps 00:24 - We are Hellboy/BPRD Noobs 05:03 - Strong Introduction to the BPRD Universe 09:19 - Abe, Roger, and Johann to the Rescue, Globe Trotting Adventure 14:18 - The Debut of Alligator-Face, Flashbacks, Hellboy in Memory 18:39 - Reminds us of Old Time Radio, Should everything be a Movie? 22:05 - Mike Mignola Incorporated, Abe Sapien Backup 25:32 - Voicemail: Hellboy Continuity References B.P.R.D. Vol 1: Hollow Earth & Other Stories is published by Dark Horse Comics Written by: Mike Mignola, Chrostopher Golden, Tom Sniegoski Art by: Ryan Sook, Curtis Arnold, Dave Stewart Contact Us! Tweet questions and comments to @Echo

The Conjuring: A horror movie full of good people Subscribe:  iTunes | Stitcher | Miro | RSS The Echo Rift podcast is your resource for comics, movies, TV, and book reviews. This pirate pop-culture podcast is brought to you from deep beneath the city of Philadelphia!  When that buzzer goes off, we have five minutes to end transmission or we will be atomized for sure! Timestamps 00:24 -Surprise Hit, Modern Horror Movies, Family & Haunted House Movie 05:03 - Spoilers, Conjuring has Everything, The Warrens and Catholocism 12:00 - A movie full of Good People, The Perron Family 16:56 - Lorraine's Risk, Heroes 20:54 - The Conjuring Franchise?  The Warren franchise? 25:04 - R Rating, Effective and Confident, a solid Terrifying Movie References The Conjuring is directed by James Wan Written by: Chad Hayes, Carey Hayes Starring: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Lili Taylor, Ron Livingston The Conjuring Trailer Contact Us! Tweet questions and comments to @EchoRift Use EchoRift.com's Contact Submission For

Re-watching The Hobbit, Pacific Rim vs. Transformers Subscribe:  iTunes | Stitcher | Miro | RSS The Echo Rift Backstage podcast is a weekly episode that contains stuff that just didn't fit in any of the other episodes! This pirate pop-culture podcast is brought to you from deep beneath the city of Philadelphia!  When that buzzer goes off, we have five minutes to end transmission or we will be atomized for sure! Timestamps 00:15 - Watching the Hobbit Part 1 again 07:34 - Pacific Rim vs. Transformers 13:52 - Reliving Blown Away, being bad kids Contact Us! Tweet questions and comments to @EchoRift Use EchoRift.com's Contact Submission Form Leave us a voicemail at 856.208.RIFT Send us an email letters@echorift.com Talk to us on Tumblr If you enjoy the Echo Rift podcast, you will also enjoy these other Echo Rift Productions: Kids on Comics Podcast: A fifth grader and his dad talk about comics (every Monday) Music for the Echo Rift podcast is provided by Home at Last

Catching up with the Harvey Award nominated Hawkeye! Podcast:  DownloadSubscribe:  iTunes | Stitcher | Miro | RSS The Echo Rift podcast is your resource for comics, movies, TV, and book reviews. This pirate pop-culture podcast is brought to you from deep beneath the city of Philadelphia!  When that buzzer goes off, we have five minutes to end transmission or we will be atomized for sure! Timestamps 00:24 - Trade Release Schedule Marvel/Image/DC, Intro to Vol 2, Superstorm Sandy 05:43 - Hawkeye turns into a large story, The Redhead, History of Hawkeye Comics 10:48 - Almost like the story kicks off anew, Metaphor 14:52 - Not flash and doesn't need to be, a drama story 18:17 - The Kate Dynamic, Hawkeye's Women 23:37 - The final two issues get heavy, The Clown, Pizza Dog Issue References Hawekeye Vol 2 Little Hits is published by Marvel Comics and is also available from ComiXology Written by: Matt Fraction Art by: David Aja, Matt Hollingsworth Contact Us! Tweet questions and comments to @EchoRift Use Ec

The best of its kind - Pacific Rim blows us away! Podcast:  DownloadSubscribe:  iTunes | Stitcher | Miro | RSS The Echo Rift podcast is your resource for comics, movies, TV, and book reviews. This pirate pop-culture podcast is brought to you from deep beneath the city of Philadelphia!  When that buzzer goes off, we have five minutes to end transmission or we will be atomized for sure! Timestamps 00:24 - Intro to Pacific Rim [SPOILERS], Opening 06:42 - Pacific Rim is about people, not Kaiju and Jaegers, Super colorful characters 10:43 - Everything is named awesome, Shatterdome, Gipsy Danger, not Transformers 14:30 - Attacking the breach, the various Jaegers, Storytelling 20:50 - The story of the Scientists, Hannibal Chau, Not Cartoons Punching One Another 28:16 - Letter: Pacific Rim Reactions, Unprovoked Speed Racer Attack References Pacific Rim is directed by Guillermo del Toro Written by: Travis Beacham and Guillermo del Toro Starring: Idris Elba, Charlie Hunnam,  Rinko Kikuchi Contact Us! Tweet qu

Mike saw Wicked.  Three times. Be sure to tell us what you think of the Confidential series! @EchoRift on Twitter Letters@EchoRift.com on email 856.208.RIFT leave us a voice-mail! And don't forget to rate us on iTunes!  Your ratings and reviews help keep us going!

Live from Chester's Mill: Deconstructing the TV adaptation of Under the Dome Podcast: DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Miro | RSS The Echo Rift podcast is your twice weekly resource for comics, movies, TV, and book reviews.   This pirate pop-culture podcast is brought to you from deep beneath the city of Philadelphia!  We have thirty minutes to record each episode - if we were ever caught, we'd be atomized for sure! Timestamps 00:24 - Trapped in the Dome, Anywhere USA, No one behaves as expected 04:33 - Deputy Linda, Cartoon Crazy Cop, Junior and the Bomb Shelter, Julia the Reporter 09:51 - Spatial problems Under the Dome, Congregating 14:13 - No one cares about missing people, No one cares to meet new people, No leaders 18:49 - Big Jim Rennie, A town full of unlikable people, Teens being teens 21:10 - Empty barstools, Unprecedented in Human History, The Military 27:45 - Tweet: Green Lantern (re Episode 112) References Under the Dome airs on CBS Based on a story by: Stephen King Created by: Brian K. Vaughn S

Mike visited a Comic Book Store and teaches Don what a hair shirt is. Be sure to tell us what you think of the Confidential series! @EchoRift on Twitter Letters@EchoRift.com on email 856.208.RIFT leave us a voice-mail! And don't forget to rate us on iTunes!  Your ratings and reviews help keep us going!

Digging into the wide world of Green Lantern, starting with Secret Origin! Podcast: DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Miro | RSS The Echo Rift podcast is your twice weekly resource for comics, movies, TV, and book reviews.   This pirate pop-culture podcast is brought to you from deep beneath the city of Philadelphia!  We have thirty minutes to record each episode - if we were ever caught, we'd be atomized for sure! Timestamps 00:24 - Green Lantern gets a turn on Echo Rift, Reputation for steep continuity, Ryan Reynolds 06:25 - Hal Jordan's hairdo, Abin Sur and Prophesy, the Ring is a Really Awesome Siri 12:36 - So much in store, Blackest Night means something 16:39 - The Guardians' rules for Lanterns, Manhunters 20:48 - Lone Rangers, Hal on Oa, Yellow 25:30 - Sinestro, the Power of the Lanterns, Hal's Origin References Green Lantern: Secret Origin is published by DC Comics and is also available from ComiXology Written by: Geoff Johns Art by: Ivan Reis Ask questions or share your feedback Leave us a voicem

Discussing the feedback we received on Echo Rift Episode 111: Guardians of the Galaxy Visit our new friends at www.GuardtheGalaxy.com! Be sure to tell us what you think of the Confidential series! @EchoRift on Twitter Letters@EchoRift.com on email 856.208.RIFT leave us a voice-mail! And don't forget to rate us on iTunes!  Your ratings and reviews help keep us going!

Don saw Fast 5, plus two archive clips (read: weird audio quality) - one about the real Transpektor Bowers and Mike's Jeep Be sure to tell us what you think of the Confidential series! @EchoRift on Twitter Letters@EchoRift.com on email 856.208.RIFT leave us a voice-mail! And don't forget to rate us on iTunes!  Your ratings and reviews help keep us going!