Episode Summary
Live from Phil’s cursed hotel Wi-Fi, the crew battles technical chaos while diving headfirst into nerd news, wild rumors, and tacos on the table. Jon Bernthal’s Punisher may team up with White Tiger, Spider-Man might face more villains than a Costco Sinister Six, and Daisy Ridley swaps lightsabers for a flying boat. We debate Ariana Grande as a Bond girl, roast Sony for its Morbius-level moves, and lose it over a $3.6M Darth Vader lightsaber. Oh, and somewhere in there… we may have offended Scotland. Sorry, ancestors.
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Timestamps & Topics
• [00:00] Chaos & Phil vs. hotel Wi-Fi
• [03:28] Rumors: hot sauce, Lexo suits & angry ancestors
• [07:11] Punisher’s sidekick, Spidey villain montage, Daisy’s flying boat & Bond girl rumors
• [23:22] The Download: Scrubs reboot, cartel judges, Ed Harris in Yellowstone, asteroid-mining XR cinema
• [32:00] Quick Bites: Ryan Reynolds, Sony’s flop factory, K-pop demon hunters
• [39:08] Shut Up & Take My Credits: Vader’s $3.6M lightsaber flex
• [41:17] Lanterns: DCU’s noir buddy-cop space cops
• [44:43] Peacemaker Season 2 bends canon harder than a Bloomin’ Onion
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Key Takeaways
• Punisher’s rumored new sidekick could be Amy Bendix or White Tiger.
• Spider-Man: Brand New Day may cram in eight villains via montage.
• Daisy Ridley leads Disney’s swashbuckling “female Indiana Jones” with a flying boat.
• Florence Pugh, Emma Watson, & Ariana Grande headline Bond casting rumors.
• Sony still can’t Spider-Man right.
• A Darth Vader saber sold for $3.6M. Nerds = broke & loaded.
• DCU’s Lanterns could be its gritty prestige hit.
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Best Quotes
• “Banned in Belarus! Belarus! Belarus!”
• “My angry, vengeful tacos are on the table.”
• “I’d spend $3.7 million on Hailee Steinfeld’s mac and cheese.”
• “Spider-Man’s villains form committees! The Subtle Four, the Treacherous Three…”
• “Maybe Ryan Reynolds hasn’t stepped foot on set… but Deadpool has.”
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Apple Podcasts Tags
pop culture podcast, nerd news, marvel rumors, dc comics, scrubs reboot, spider-man villains, punisher mcu, bond rumors, daisy ridley disney, peacemaker season 2, geek podcast, distance nerding
