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Discussing the goings on in geek news with a focus on film and television. We're talking about the things you care about. Characters, places and events that aren't real... but are.

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ToB Interlude - The Flash

Julian Meush June 26, 2023

In what is a somewhat new format for ToB, Julian starts off this episode solo, and is joined by Jeremy mid-stream. Julian, and then also Jeremy, unpack the absolute mess that has been left in the wake of DC's latest box-office bomb. With so much weight of expectations resting on the shoulders of 'The Flash' (thanks a lot Tom Cruise and Stephen King) it may not be a surprise that it wasn't able to reach those lofty heights, but it doesn't make the situation any rosier for WB executives who backed a chaotic lead, shelved 'Batgirl', and spurned Snyder fans, for this flop. The guys discuss the film itself (was it actually any good?), possible reasons it failed financially, and what it means for the future of the DCU.

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In ToB Interlude Tags The Flash, Flash, Flashpoint, DC, DCEU, DC Studios, DC Animated, DC Comics, Zack Snyder, Warner Bros. Discovery, James Gunn, Batman, Michael Keaton, Superman, Supergirl, Wonder Woman, Justice League, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Ezra Miller
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Episode 179 - The Drama Continues

Julian Meush September 2, 2022

Another episode, another dump of bad news out of WBD. This time, following their investors call, we learn that they've been pulling content from HBO Max liberally, while 'Shazam 2', and 'Aquaman 2' get pushed again. Have no fear, they have a 10 year plan they say. Fortunately, HBO seems to have been spared the knife so far, featuring 'House of the Dragon' pulling in record numbers for it's premiere. In fact, prosperity seems to be abound across the nerd world when it comes to adapted material, with 'Sandman' on Netflix hitting the mark, and 'She-Hulk' at Disney+ capturing even Jeremy's attention. The guys sit down to discuss all of that and more, including 'Avatar's' return to theatres, 'Green Lantern: Beware My Power', and a final word on 'Prey'.

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In The Tower of Babble Podcast Tags Warner Bros. Discovery, Warner Brothers, HBO Max, HBO, CW, Batman: Caped Crusader, DC, DCEU, Aquaman 2, Shazam! Fury of the Gods, Fantastic Four, King Kong, Godzilla, Avatar, Glass Onion, Knives Out 2, Knives Out, Sony, Days Gone, The Boys, Disney+, Marvel, Only Murders in the Building, Sandman, She-Hulk, Green Lantern, Bullet Train, Prey, House of the Dragon, Game of Thrones, Netflix, DC Animated, WB Animation, Rian Johnson, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, A24
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Episode 178 - Batgirl Shelved & Marvel Comic-Con

Julian Meush August 4, 2022

The turmoil at Warner Brothers Discovery continues, this time in the form of bloodletting. News broke early this week that the HBO Max original ‘Batgirl’, which was finished shooting and in late stages of post production. was going to be cancelled by the studio. Shortly after, an official statement was released and the outcry online was loud. This comes amongst rumours of further shakeups coming to the studio, specifically around their HBO Max streaming service, as they apparently look to pivot away from scripted programming nearly across the board, in favor of cheaper unscripted options. Naturally, Julian and Jeremy break down all the details surrounding this unprecedented decision and what it means for the future of DC on the big and small screens. Meanwhile, on the fun side of the news, over at San Diego Comic-Con, Marvel held no punches as they discussed the next 2 phases of the MCU, and announced A LOT of new movies and shows, while finding time to drop a spectacular trailer for ‘Black Panther 2’, amongst a whole pile of other announcements. Oh and a new trailer for ‘Andor’ dropped. The show looks stunning, but you’ll have to wait an extra 3 weeks as they have pushed the premiere to September. That pretty much takes up all the time this episode, but trust us, it’s more than enough.

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In The Tower of Babble Podcast Tags Warner Brothers, Warner Bros. Discovery, Batgirl, HBO Max, HBO, Aquaman 2, Ben Affleck, Batman, Aquaman, The Joker 2, DC Fandome, DC, DCEU, DC Animated, WB Animation, Tomb Raider, Superman, Michael Keaton, Andor, Star Wars, San Diego Comic-Con, Dwayne Johnson, Black Adam, Shazam! Fury of the Gods, Marvel, MCU, Kevin Feige, Fantastic Four, Avengers, Avengers: The Kang Dynasty, Secret Wars, Black Panther 2, Namor, Captain America, Captain America: New World Order, She-Hulk, Loki, Echo, Agatha: Coven of Chaos, Guardians of the Galaxy, Daredevil, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Thunderbolts, Nope, Cocktail, Sea Beast, Grey Man
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Episode 167 - Long Anticipated Trailers

Julian Meush September 13, 2021

The movie industry is in a strange place these days. What with release dates changing on a regular basis and more and more projects moving to streaming. Among those projects are a few few movies we KNOW are coming soon, but we still knew nothing about. Both 'The Matrix Resurrections' and 'Spider-Man: No Way Home", are looking like locks to hit their release dates at the end of this year. Fortunately, we can start ramping into the hype with earnest as both movies recently dropped their first trailers. Julian and Jeremy break down each one and gage our levels of excitement for them before moving on to a discussion about the new 'Injustice' animated movie that was just announced (which also dropped a trailer). All that and so much more in this week's Tower of Babble Podcast!

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In The Tower of Babble Podcast Tags Injustice, DC, DC Animated, WB Animation, Marvel, Spider-man, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Dr Strange, Sony, Venom, The Matrix Resurrections, The Matrix, The Matrix 4, Trailers, The Batman, DC Fandome
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Episode 166 - Execute Order One-Hundred and Sixty-Six!

Julian Meush July 16, 2021

Despite (what I think to be) the very clever title for this episode, the ToB Crew actually spend much of their time discussing a wide variety of topics this week. Including an in depth review of 'Batman: The Long Halloween Pt 1', which is the latest entry in the WB Animation DC line-up, but only the 3rd with the new art design. Julian and Dan (welcome back!) give a spoiler free review of the first Marvel movie in what feels like forever, 'Black Widow'. There is also SOME Star Wars discussion, as Julian does his best to "sell" 'The Bad Batch' to Jeremy and Dan, with mixed results. Plus, the guys touch on some of the Emmy nominations, and much more on this week's Tower of Babble Podcast!

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In The Tower of Babble Podcast Tags Emmys, Marvel, Black Widow, Marvel Studios, Hawkeye, Loki, Star Wars, The Bad Batch, The Clone Wars, Revenge of the SIth, DC, DC Animated, WB Animation, Batman, Batman: The Long Halloween, Robert Rodriguez
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Episode 164 - Netflix Inking Deals, WB Cancels New Gods, and the Iron Anniversary

Julian Meush April 12, 2021

Just the two J’s this week as Dan is away. Julian, and Jeremy discuss Rian Johnson’s big money ‘Knives Out’ deal with Netflix, Warner Bros. cancelling ‘The Trench’ and Ava DuVernay’s ‘New Gods’, and the 10th year anniversary of ‘Game of Thrones’ premiere on HBO that they’re calling the “Iron Anniversary”. The guys also touch on some notable release schedule changes around Hollywood, and the cast list for ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’, which had a few pleasant surprises. All that, and so much more, on this week’s Tower of Babble Podcast!

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In The Tower of Babble Podcast Tags Ghostbusters Afterlife, Batman: The Long Halloween, Star Trek, Space Jam, Netflix, Rian Johnson, Knives Out, Sony, Uncharted, Warner Brothers, New Gods, Black Adam, Mortal Kombat, Paramount, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Brendan Fraiser, Agree or Disagree, HBO, HBO Max, Game of Thrones, George RR Martin, Rick and Morty, American Gods, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Ewan McGregor, Darth Vader, Star Wars, Lucasfilm, Disney, The Last of Us, Naughty Dog, Playstation, Days Gone, Godzilla vs Kong, The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers, Invincible, The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, Marvel, DC, DCEU, DC Animated, Disney+, Star Trek: Picard
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Episode 155 - Dune , Godfather 3, and Resident Evil

Julian Meush September 10, 2020

As theatres start to re-open, and production resumes on our most anticipated movies, it could almost feel normal again. That is until you look at the box office numbers for Tenet, or that Matt Reeves’ ‘The Batman’ had to halt production after Robert Pattinson came down with COVID. So in this continually crazy world, Julian, Dan, and Jeremy attempt to make sense out of the latest film and television news. Not the least of which being the exciting trailer for Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Dune’, as well as a live action ‘Resident Evil’ series in the works at Netflix, Ben Affleck returning to the role of Batman, and the ‘The Godfather: Pt 3’ is being recut. The guys also discuss the first few episodes of Amazon’s ‘The Boys’ and look forward at 2021’s DC animated movies. All that and so much more (including an exciting announcement for Patron supporters) on this week’s Tower of Babble Podcast.

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In The Tower of Babble Podcast Tags Dune, Denis Villeneuve, Tenet, DC, Ben Affleck, Batman, Shazam! Fury of the Gods, Flashpoint, Static Shock, Aquaman 2, Star Wars, Rey, The Mandalorian, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Ridley Scott, Alien, The Batman, Matt Reeves, Robert Pattinson, The Godfather, Rocky, Netflix, Black Panther, Resident Evil, Amazon Prime, The Boys, Lord of the Rings, Silk, Altered Carbon, Powerpuff Girls, Superman, Ted Lasso, DC Animated, DCEU, Raised by Wolves
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Episode 154 - DC Doomsday

Julian Meush August 14, 2020

A lot can happen in 2 weeks. Julian, and Jeremy, are reunited with Dan after a couple weeks away, and boy howdy is there a lot to discuss. After the obligatory Tenet check-in, the guys dive deep into the layoffs at Warner Brothers. Layoffs that hit particularly hard at DC. Not unexpectedly, the much maligned DC Universe streaming service appears to be getting the axe, however, it was the move to completely gut DC Collectibles and hobble DC Comics that came as the biggest shocker. This all comes only weeks ahead of DC Fan Dome, the comic book companies much hyped digital comic-con. Fortunately it wasn’t all bad news on the DC front as it was revealed that Rocksteady’s new game would revolve around the Suicide Squad as they hunt the Justice League (which is pretty cool if we’re being honest). After that the ToB Crew jumps over to the bleak future of the theatrical experience as news of Mulan coming to Disney+ became a reality (among other downer news bits on that front). Fortunately, some good news came out of the Emmy nomination as Watchmen was (rightfully) nominated for 26 awards. All that and so much more in this week’s (extra long) Tower of Babble Podcast!

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In The Tower of Babble Podcast Tags Tenet, Chris Nolan, Hans Zimmer, Netflix, DC, Death in the Family, The Snyder Cut, Rocksteady, Batman, Superman, DC Animated, DC Universe, DC Comics, Mulan, Disney+, Disney, Universal, Metroid, Emmys, Emmy Awards, The Mandalorian, Watchmen, HBO, HBO Max, Archer, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Raised by Wolves, MacGruber, DC Fandome
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Episode 153 - DC, Tron 3, TMNT, and AMC

Julian Meush July 8, 2020

It’s been almost a month since the ToB Crew conveeded, and in that time A LOT has happened. Making for a jumbo sized episode of The ToB Podcast! Starting with just DC, there’s news on The Snyder Cut, Michael Keaton’s Batman, Ryan Reynolds’ Green Lantern, Henry Cavill’s Superman, two animated features, and the future of their streaming service. That’s without even mentioning the rest! The guys also dive deep into Tron 3, a reboot to Twister, the AMC Theatres saga, a new TMNT movie (and possible also a live action show?), the strangeness of Qubi, a Fallout show at Amazon Prime, and so much more (if you can believe it)! On a slightly more serious note, Julian, Dan, and Jeremy also examine the recent move of white voice actors stepping down from voicing non-white characters, as well as the deaths of Joel Schumacher and Ian Hom.

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In The Tower of Babble Podcast Tags Chris Nolan, Tenet, DC, DCEU, DC Universe, DC Animated, The Snyder Cut, Henry Cavill, Superman, Ryan Reynolds, Green Lantern, Michael Keaton, Batman, Deathstroke, Tron 3, Tron, Twister, Mad Max, Furiosa, AMC, Rocky, James Bond, Nickelodeon, TMNT, CBS, Pixar, Margot Robbie, Pirates of the Caribbean, Quibi, South Park, Brooklyn 99, Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Disney+, Disney, Stargirl, HBO Max, Fallout, Amazon Prime, George RR Martin, Hamilton
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Episode 150 - Why Dune?

Julian Meush April 22, 2020

After taking a short break from the regular show (lots of Star Wars: The Clone Wars content for you though!), the guys are back to discuss the latest in film and television news. It’s been a few weeks so there are a couple lingering stories to catch up on. Not the least of which being the new photos from the set of Dune and the cancellation of Comic-Con. There was also a fair bit of Disney related news. Some good, some bad. The good news, Disney+ has surpassed 50 million subscribers, the bad news, COVID19 is costing the company $30 million a day. Julian, Daniel, and Jeremy (via the internet) break all of that down, and much more, on this week’s Tower of Babble Podcast!

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In The Tower of Babble Podcast Tags Comicon, AMC, Dune, Bob Iger, Bob Chapek, Disney, Disney+, Robin Hood, Marvel, James Gunn, Guardians of the Galaxy, DC, DC Animated, WB Animation, Star Wars, The Mandalorian, Mortal Kombat, Batman, Batman TAS, Westworld, The Clone Wars
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