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Episode 199.75 - The 2024 Tobie Awards (8th Annual)

Julian Meush January 27, 2025

It is once again that special time, where we come together to celebrate our favourite films and shows from the last year. As part of the ceremony, your hosts look back at some of the concerns worrying Hollywood about 2024 to see if any progress had been made (the answer is mostly no). When it comes to the awards themselves, as is tradition, Jeremy refused to do a list. Which really means he has the privilege of a front row seat as Julian delivers his selections. Plus enjoy an unexpected side tangent celebrating the 20th anniversary of 'Resident Evil 4' (do you feel old yet?).

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In The Tower of Babble Podcast Tags ToBies, X-Men '97, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, The Gentleman, The Acolyte, Fallout, Mr and Mrs Smith, Shogun, House of the Dragon, Skeleton Crew, Shrinking, Batman: Caped Crusader, The Penguin, What If...?, Furiosa, Dune, Civil War, Transformers, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Aquaman 2, Gladiator 2, The Joker 2, Alien: Romulus, Resident Evil 4
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Episode 198 - Art by Committee

Julian Meush October 9, 2024

Between the chaos surrounding 'Joker 2', the hate pouring out of fandoms like Star Wars and Lord of the Rings, and the commercial failures of critical darlings like 'Transformers: One', and 'Furiosa', it's easy to understand why it's so hard to predict success in these wildly uncertain times in Hollywood. Todd Phillips 'Joker' made over one billion dollars in 2019, and took home the Best Actor Oscar for it's trouble, but the sequel, which adds the massively popular Lady Gaga to the mix is set to be a massive box office bomb. Why? Julian and Jeremy examine that question, and try to put things in context with the recent Variety article about Hollywood executives cow-towing to angry fans. All this and more on this episode of The Tower of Babble Podcast!

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In The Tower of Babble Podcast Tags The Joker 2, Joker, Furiosa, Transformers, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Last Jedi
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Bonus Episode - ToB Film Club - Mad Max: Fury Road & Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Julian Meush May 29, 2024

It's hard to believe that it's been nearly a decade since we were thrust against the back of our collective theatre seats with the release of 'Mad Max: Fury Road', which is now regarded as one of the greatest action movies ever made. The return to the wasteland brought with it the introduction of a new character to accompany our titular Max, Charlize Theron's Furiosa stole the spotlight and now, 9 years later, has been rewarded with a prequel film that explores the "odyssey" of her life before the events of Fury Road. With such a formidable connection between these two films, it really only makes sense to discuss them as a whole. Julian and Jeremy unpack 'Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' in context with it's predecessor to look at the whole picture. A series of films so epic is scope and ambition that it is a disservice to not mention them both in the same breath. Note that spoilers for 'Furiosa' are gated at approximately the halfway mark of the episode (Timestamp 00:35:33). Welcome back to the unhinged mind of George Miller. We couldn't wait to talk about this one. Witness Me!

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In Bonus Episode Tags Mad Max, Fury Road, Furiosa, Warner Brothers, George Miller, Charlize Theron, Review
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Episode 157 - Green Lantern, James Bond, and Moon Knight

Julian Meush November 4, 2020

After a brief hiatus, the ToB Crew returns to cover the latest in film and television news. Of course the film part seems to be less and less relevant these days as streaming services have become the defacto home for all things motion picture. Unfortunately, that means much of the film news is sad and depressing. Like the passing of Sean Connery, or the impending death of movie theatres. But it also means more news from the land of Netflix, Disney+, HBO Max, and the like. Such as, additional details about the Green Lantern series coming to HBO Max, Oscar Isaac's casting as Moon Night for Disney+, and that Netflix is, once ,again, raising it's subscription prices. The guys also dive into an interesting 'Agree or Disagree' segment revolving around the state of Warner Brothers. Plus a brief discussion on the first season of HBO's Lovecraft Country. 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 James Bond, Uncharted, Tom Holland, Lovecraft Country, Ant-man, Thor: Love and Thunder, Animorphs, Quibi, Tomb Raider, Creed 3, Static Shock, Battlestar Galactica, Fast and Furious, Furiosa, Mad Max, Lego, Star Wars, No Time to Die, MGM, Apple TV+, Netflix, Disney+, Marvel, The Snyder Cut, Zack Snyder, Geoff Johns, DC, Justice League, Agree or Disagree, Warner Brothers, HBO, HBO Max, Green Lantern, Greg Berlanti, Moon Knight, Amazon Prime, Assassins Creed, Ted Lasso, Archer, Star Trek, Euphoria, David Fincher, Mindhunter, Hulu, Animaniacs, Willow, The Mandalorian, Star Trek: Discovery
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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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