Dragonfly Ripple: Bringing Up The Next Generation Of Nerds

As David and Michael rewatch their way through the Marvel movies, Michael tries to defend Ang Lee's Hulk and make it fit into the MCU. Will David be convinced? Will you?

To get through the long wait before Avengers 4, Michael and David are rewatching the Marvel movies and some of the TV shows in more or less chronological order. Having seen Captain America die at the end of The First Avenger, they deal with the fallout of that in the two seasons of the ABC TV series, Agent Carter.

After years of Carlin trying to convince Annaliese that she needs to read the Middle-Earth books, she finally falls into the Hobbit hole. Hear her epic journey that began with the movies and ended with her screaming through the books. AND...can she take tackle the Silmarillion challenge and win?

To get through the long wait before Avengers 4, Michael and David are rewatching the Marvel movies and some of the TV shows in more or less chronological order. They begin with the WWII adventure, Captain America: The First Avenger, paying special attention to characters and story seeds that become important in later films.

Dashiell makes his first major foray into Westerns...albeit, a sci-fi Western...with Brisco County, Jr. Find out who his favorite characters are and hear him explore his feelings about Westerns in general.

Carlin and Annaliese discuss one of Annaliese's new favorite shows that's not new at all...Quantum Leap.

Carlin and Dashiell further explore modern Superman comics leading up to the takeover by Brian Michael Bendis. In this episode, find out what Dashiell thinks of Action Comics 999-1000 and DC Nation #0.

Carlin recently watched the old Filmation Flash Gordon cartoon and Dashiell joined along the way. Major changes happened in the second season and it became a house divided over the opinion of those changes. Check out a fun discussion about the pink dragon that either ruined or improved Flash Gordon.

The episode years in the making! Annaliese has finally gotten over her issues with Star Trek and has begun watching Deep Space Nine. She and her dad do a halfway point check-in to see how things are going and make some softball predictions about what's coming next.

As a way to share one of his life experiences, Carlin is jumping on the Brian Michael Bendis bandwagon as he takes over Superman comics. This is the first in a series of podcast episodes that will detail Carlin and Dashiell's journey reading Superman comics. First up, is the on-ramp to the Bendis takeover as they read Action Comics 993-998.

Carlin recently bought and read the entire Dan Slott and Mike Allred Silver Surfer run from Marvel Comics. And as he was reading it...he knew he would have to share this Doctor Who-like run on the series with Annaliese. And they basically saved their post-reading conversation for this installment of the podcast. Toomey, my podcast player!

Carlin and Dashiell have a "Green Lantern Day" and watch two animated movies and the live action Ryan Reynolds GL movie.

It's a podcast crossover! After discussing Tim Burton's Ed Wood on a recent episode of Mystery Movie Night, David and Michael decided to watch the three movies talked about in that film: Glen or Glenda, Bride of the Monster, and Plan 9 from Outer Space. Were they as fun as Burton made them look? Or as bad as their reputation? David knows!

Annaliese finally watched the 1989 Batman movie. What does she think of this historic comic book film? Does it even mean anything to someone who lives in a world where 10 comic book movies are released each year?

"Ho! Ho! Ho!" everybody! It's the Dragonfly Ripple Holiday Special! Carlin and Michael begin by talking about Christmas movies and TV specials that they grew up with. Which have stood the test of time? Which are still annual must-watches? When Annaliese and David join in, they discuss a couple of specific Christmas productions from Jim Henson and Ernest P Worrell. And on a special Jetpack Tiger, Dashiell flies solo to talk about the experience of learning The Truth about Santa. There are SPOILERS about the Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairy as well, so be careful about listening around young ears. Finally, the gang talks about which nerdy Christmas ornaments they wish existed to hang on their trees.

Hear what the Dragonfly Ripple kids thought about the new Star Wars movie. And get a Jetpack Tiger with more Last Jedi thoughts. Do the kids love this movie? Are they satisfied with it as a sequel to The Force Awakens? What about the reveals and surprises? BEWARE! Spoilers galore in this fun episode.

Carlin and Dashiell made an outing to see Justice League. You've probably got your feelings about this team up of classic DC Comics characters, but what about the opinions of an almost nine-year-old boy? Was the movie a success for him? Listen to this extra long "Jetpack Tiger" and find out! NOTE: There are big spoilers for the movie in this.

After Michael and Carlin share some thoughts about kids and social media, Carlin talks to David about the trip he and his folks recently took to England and Scotland and all of the pop culture locations they visited. Michael discusses the Rocky movies with Annaliese and then the whole crew picks their dream houses from movies and TV. And in a very special Jetpack Tiger, Carlin takes another stab at introducing Dash to Star Trek. Did it finally take? Tune in and see!

In honor of Buckaroo Banzai Day (a day that Carlin just declared as being 8/8), Carlin, Annaliese and Dashiell watched The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: Across the 8th Dimension. Well, what does a 13-year-old and an 8-year-old think of this crazy movie? Find out in this quick Riplet recorded in honor of Buckaroo.

This episode is comics Comics COMICS! Michael and Carlin talk about how they got into collecting comics, what they imagined it would be like to pass their collections on to their kids, and whether or not that's really how it's going. Then Annaliese and David join the discussion to talk about Jeff Smith's Bone and John Byrne's Alpha Flight. In the Jetpack Tiger segment, Dash and Carlin cover The DC Comics Encyclopedia, then the gang wraps up with a dinner table discussion in which they create regional superhero teams for Florida and Minnesota.