ToB Interlude - Deadpool & Wolverine

Julian Meush July 28, 2024

There haven't been many Marvel movies of late that have had the level of anticipation of 'Deadpool & Wolverine'. Not only is it capping of a Deadpool trilogy, it is introducing Deadpool to the MCU, AND it it's bringing back who else but Hugh Jackman as Wolverine for the cherry on top. Plus, with the less than ideal reception to the direction the MCU has taken of late, the expectations were very high for this movie, to say the least. And though we typically preach keeping expectations in check when going into a movie like this, even we had a hard time containing it. Julian and Jeremy unpack every spoilery detail in an in-depth review that covers everything from THAT cameo (you know which one), to whether the movie "saved the MCU", and everything in between.

Episode 107 - The 2017 Tobie Awards

Julian Meush January 3, 2018

It's time again for one of our favourite shows of the year. The episode where we talk about the best shows and movies that we saw in 2017. Previously it would have simply been called the "Best of 2017" but this year we would like to introduce you to "The First Annual Tobie Awards!", or "The Tobies" for short. It's essentially the same thing, we discuss our favourite shows and movies of the last year, but now it has a more official name. Join Daniel, Julian and Jeremy as they discuss the best of the best in what was a great year for both film and television.

Episode 96 - Injustice 2

Julian Meush May 24, 2017

It's just Julian and Daniel in the Tower this week as they discuss the latest in geek news. As seems to be the new norm, a few major trailers dropped since the last episode and are always worth discussing. Including Bladerunner 2049, Star Trek: Discovery and much more. In movie news, Sony surprised everyone by revealing that Tom Hardy has been cast as Eddie Brock in their standalone Venom movie, plus rumours swirl about who might take over as director of the much maligned Flash picture. On the TV side of things, it was a pretty big week, with most of the major networks announcing their fall lineups for their returning shows and some exciting news about some entirely new series. In the gaming world, Dan reviews Injustice 2, the second instalment of the DC themed fighter from the creators of Mortal Kombat. To wrap things up the guys briefly review "Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 2" and Julian praises the brilliance of "Handmaids Tale". All this and so much more in this week's Tower of Babble Podcast!

Episode 95 - Everyone's Favourite Goldblum

Julian Meush May 9, 2017

It's just Julian and Daniel this week on the program as Jeremy is "away". But the show must go on, so to kick things off Julian takes us through his picks for this year's "summer movie wager" and rips Regal Theatres for some questionable business practices. The guys then dive deep into the latest geek news, starting with a couple notable trailers for Marvel's Defenders and The Dark Tower. Moving on, Fox announces 3 new X-Men movies for 2018, Kevin Feige talks about "Phase 4" of the MCU, the Avatar sequels get new release dates (again) and Jeff Goldblum joins the Jurassic World sequel. On the TV front we got our first tease of Marvel's Inhumans and, DC and WB announce a new "DC focused" streaming service that will feature Young Justice season 3 and a new Teen Titans live action series. Over with games, Call of Duty: WWII got a trailer, Nintendo revealed some impressive sales numbers and Injustice 2 continues its march towards launch. To wrap things up the guys shower praise all over the premier of American Gods on Starz, the latest show from Brian Fuller based on the work of Neil Gaiman. All this and so much more on the week's Tower of Babble Podcast!

Episode 92 - Iron Fist

Julian Meush March 23, 2017

With Julian now back in the Cayman Islands for, at least, six months the show is back to the Skype setup, but it doesn't take them long to get right back into the swing of things. Starting with a fresh game of Nerd Association the guys discuss the latest from the DCEU, the return of The Matrix, the latest delay of Avatar 2 and all the latest in nerdy movie news. The ToB Crew then revisit another old segment, "Agree of Disagree" (We're still working on a better name), and give their take on whether the film industry has a "bleak" future. Next is some TV talk covering Netflix dumping the five star rating system and some major Star Wars moments on Rebels followed by a brief Games section. To close out the show Julian, Jeremy and Daniel give a preliminary review of Marvel's Iron Fist and have a heated debate on the merits of the PS4 exclusive Horizon: Zero Dawn.

ToB Interlude - Logan Review

Julian Meush March 8, 2017

Julian Meush, Daniel D'Souza and Jeremy Kozier review James Mangold's Logan. Starring Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, it marks the the final time the actor will put on the claws after having portrayed the character for 17 years. The guys examine every R rated detail of this emotionally heavy, violent and gritty film and take a few trips down memory lane, looking back at one of the greatest actors to ever step into a superhero role.

Episode 84 - Nintendo Switch

Julian Meush October 26, 2016

What a crazy week! Only a day after last weeks show came a deluge of some of the biggest geek news of the whole year! Julian, Daniel and Jeremy have had a lot of time to think about what they had to say about the Nintendo Switch announcement, the Red Dead Redemption 2 trailer and, what turned out to be one of the most pleasant of the surprises, the Logan trailer. Of course it doesn't stop there with another exciting instalment of Nerd Association as well as some great Star Wars discussions about the casting of Donald Glover as a a young Lando Calrissian. All this and so much more in this weeks Tower of Babble Podcast!

Episode 82 - Westworld and Luke Cage

Julian Meush October 12, 2016

After a week off the ToB Crew returns to a mountain of news coming out of New York Comic Con and beyond. The guys get right into it by discussing Wolverine 3 (Logan), the latest from the Batman solo film (The Batman) and even a little bit about Blade Runner 2 (Blade Runner 2049), before moving onto discuss Disney's never ending roll-out of live action remakes, the latest from the set of Justice League and Daniel Craig's most recent remarks regarding James Bond. The gang then turn their attention towards television as they dissect the Iron Fist trailer, breakdown the premiers of Arrow, The Flash and Supergirl and mourn/celebrate the death of the Ultimate Spider-Man animated series. To finish it all off Julian, Daniel and Jeremy review both the premier episode of Westworld as well as Marvel's Luke Cage season one in its entirety. They attempt to wrap their heads around the high concept, sci-fi series from HBO before moving on to talk about Marvel's latest Netflix project. All of this and so much more in this weeks Tower of Babble Podcast!

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