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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 108 - The 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards

Julian Meush January 10, 2018

Once the holidays are over things move quickly into awards season. Often considered the precursor to The Oscars, The Golden Globes are one of the year's biggest award shows. The ToB Crew is here to break down the results from this year's ceremony as well as touch on a few news bits that have surfaced in the new year.

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In The Tower of Babble Podcast Tags Golden Globes, This Is Us, Lady Bird, Three Billboards, Handmaids Tale, DC, Marvel, Warner Brothers, Thor, Game of Thrones, Rick and Morty, Green Lantern, Krypton, Syfy, Geoff Johns, X-Force, Fox, Disney, BAFTA
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Episode 103 - Blade Runner 2049

Julian Meush October 17, 2017

After taking a week off for Canadian Thanksgiving the ToB Crew returns to unpack the latest in geek news. The big story this week being the release and subsequent box office flop of Blade Runner 2049. Julian and Jeremy discuss why it might not have resonated with main stream audiences and give a spoiler free review. The guys also discuss the new Star Wars: Episode VII The Last Jedi trailer,  Adam West's last Batman performance and break down a few stories from New York Comic Con. All this and so much more on this week's Tower of Babble Podcast!

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In The Tower of Babble Podcast Tags Star Wars, Justice League, New Mutants, Pacific Rim, Blade Runner, Blade Runner 2049, Marvel, DC, NYCC, Fast and Furious, Terminator, Avatar, DCEU, Men in Black, Sony, Batman, Adam West, Gambit, Fandango, Fox, Bob's Burgers, Star Trek, Discovery, The Deuce, The Gifted, Inhumans, Netflix, Punisher, Rick and Morty, DC Animated, DCW, CW, Flash, Batman TAS, Hulk, Star Wars: The Last Jedi
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Episode 102 - Handmaid's Emmy

Julian Meush September 26, 2017

Julian, Daniel and Jeremy are back to discuss the latest in geek news. The most pressing stories being the firing of Colin Trevorrow from Star Wars Episode IX and his immediate replacement by JJ Abrams, the results from this years Emmy Awards and Batman: The Animated Series celebrating it's 25th anniversary. The guys also discuss the Star Trek: Discovery premiere, Linda Hamilton's return to the Terminator franchise, the latest on True Detective season 3 and much more on this week's Tower of Babble Podcast!

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In The Tower of Babble Podcast Tags Tomb Raider, Punisher, Marvel, Netflix, Star Wars, Rebels, Toys, Thor, Warner Brothers, Justice League, Joss Whedon, Joker, Terminator, James Bond, Sony, Universal, Handmaids Tale, Star Trek, Discovery, Batman, Bojack Horseman, Defenders, HBO, Watchmen, True Detective, Game of Thrones, Rick and Morty, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Emmy Awards, Apple TV+
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Episode 99 - The Age of Adaptations

Julian Meush July 8, 2017

After a nice Canada Day/4th of July long weekend the ToB Crew are back at it. The news didn't take a vacation so there's a ton to cover. Starting with movie news the guys discuss the major shakeup with the Han Solo movie, the future of the MCU, Wonder Woman's tremendous box office success and much more. On the TV front it seems like there's a never ending rumour mill of possible adaptations and reboots. This time it's HBO possibly adapting Watchmen, a live action Jetsons series from Robert Zemeckis and Kevin Bacon talking a Tremors reboot. Finally in gaming news Nintendo announced the Super NES Classic Edition and Julian and Dan debate the merits of removing the "Game Over" screen from Super Mario Odyssey. All this and so much more in this week's Tower of Babble Podcast!

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In The Tower of Babble Podcast Tags Black Panther, Inhumans, Marvel, MCU, Jumanji, Batman, Han Solo, Star Wars, Top Gun: Maverick, Jurassic World, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Spider-man, Venom, Sony, Captain Marvel, Fox, X-Men, X-Force, Deadpool, Gambit, Dark Phoenix, Justice League, Blade Runner, Netflix, Wonder Woman, DCEU, Battlestar Galactica, Rick and Morty, Watchmen, HBO, Warner Brothers, The Jetsons, True Detective, CBS, Star Trek, Discovery, Syfy, Hearthstone, PSVR, Ubisoft, Skull and Bones, Atari, EA, Bioware, Mass Effect, Andromeda, Nintendo, SNES, Classic Edition, Metroid, Mario, Mario Odyssey, Donkey Kong, Kirby, Zelda, Mega Man, Star Fox, Mario Kart, Yoshi, Final Fantasy, Castlevania
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Episode 93 - Sour Grapes Over Rotten Tomatoes

Julian Meush April 4, 2017

It's a big show this week and it kicks off with a bang as the guys play a Spider-Man themed version of Nerd Association in honour of the new trailer as well as discuss the news that Spidey might be leaving the MCU sooner than we thought. Julian, Dan and Jeremy then dissect the Justice League, Spider-Man: Homecoming and Mummy trailers before examining Ghost in the Shell's abysmal box office performance. Moving on, and in what is quickly becoming a staple of the ToB Podcast, the Agree or Disagree segment returns, this time asking whether Rotten Tomatoes is truly the "destruction" of the movie business. On the TV front, Buffy celebrates 20 years, followed by briefly talking about several shows that had either their season or series finales including Legion on FX (A show that everyone should be watching) and Star Wars: Rebels (Another show everyone should be watching) and Black Sails. Plus, True Detective season three might happen after all! The show then continues into a bit of gaming news and a discussion on Mass Effect: Andromeda before closing out on a brief discussion on diversity in comics. All this and so much more on this week's Tower of Babble Podcast, which is nothing if not chock-full of nerdy goodness. Enjoy!

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In The Tower of Babble Podcast Tags Justice League, The Mummy, Spider-man, Ghost in the Shell, Disney, Joss Whedon, Batgirl, Venom, Tomb Raider, GI Joe, Universal, Sony, Marvel, Star Wars, Netflix, Rotten Tomatoes, Agree or Disagree, Buffy, The Walking Dead, Legion, Black Sails, Rebels, Finale, Rick and Morty, True Detective, HBO, Iron Fist, Black Lightning, CW, DCW, DC, DCEU, Activision, Assassins Creed, Bungie, Destiny, Blizzard, Starcraft, Call of Duty, Uncharted, Mario, Nintendo, Batman, Mass Effect, Nerd Association, Box Office
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Episode 46 - Year End Top 3

Julian Meush December 25, 2014

Happy holidays to all of the Tower of Babble Nation. We got together early on a holiday morning to record a special year end episode for all of you. Most podcasts wait until the new year to do their top 10 lists but we decided to do something a little different. We compiled a list of not our top 10, but a list of our top 3 games, television shows and movies of 2014. A top 10 is easy, and inevtiably ends up with items you didnt really love at the bottom end. So we decided to make things tough on ourselves and restrict it to a much smaller number and put it up on Christmas Day.

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In The Tower of Babble Podcast Tags Star Trek, Batman, Rick and Morty, Community, Destiny, Interstellar, PS4, Lego, Spider-man, Far Cry, HBO, DC, Captain America, Flash, Edge of Tomorrow, Sony, The Killing, Star Wars, Gone Girl, X-Men, Game of Thrones, Nintendo, The Hobbit, Gotham, Penny Dreadful, The Newsroom, Marvel, True Detective, NHL, Arrow, Dragon Age, Guardians of the Galaxy, Uncharted, Lord of the Rings, Super Smash Bros.
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