Welcome to ‘House of R,’ where Mallory Rubin and Joanna Robinson explore your favorite fictional universes with their signature Deep Dives into everything from ‘Game of Thrones’ to ‘Star Wars,’ ‘The Lord of the Rings’ to Marvel, and beyond. Whether they’re parsing mythology, story themes, and character arcs or tracing influences across decades of fantasy and sci-fi stories, Jo and Mal will be here weekly with Deep Dives into new nerd culture releases, nostalgic revisitations of their favorite tales in fandom, Tropes Course examinations, Hall of Fame inductions, Hype Meters, drafts, mailbags, watch lists, top moments countdowns, recommendations, and more.
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Welcome to ‘House of R,’ where Mallory Rubin and Joanna Robinson explore your favorite fictional universes with their signature Deep Dives into everything from ‘Game of Thrones’ to ‘Star Wars,’ ‘The Lord of the Rings’ to Marvel, and beyond. Whether they’re parsing mythology, story themes, and character arcs or tracing influences across decades of fantasy and sci-fi stories, Jo and Mal will be here weekly with Deep Dives into new nerd culture releases, nostalgic revisitations of their favorite tales in fandom, Tropes Course examinations, Hall of Fame inductions, Hype Meters, drafts, mailbags, watch lists, top moments countdowns, recommendations, and more.
'Peacemaker' Season 2 Midseason Awards. Plus: James Gunn!
House of R
2 hours 2 minutes
2 months ago
'Peacemaker' Season 2 Midseason Awards. Plus: James Gunn!
They made a vow to pod, no matter how many realities they have to visit. Mallory Rubin is joined by Ben Lindbergh to hand out their midseason awards for 'Peacemaker' Season 2. Come for the Eagly talk, stay for the alternate-dimension takes. Later, James Gunn pops by for a chat with Mal on 'Peacemaker' Season 2, Episode 5; possible Season 3 theme song choices; the larger DCU; and more!
(00:00) Intro
(05:14) Opening snapshot
(13:13) Most Important Eagly Moment
(22:09) Best Fight Sequence
(24:22) Favorite New Character
(30:31) Most Compelling Relationship
(37:07) Most Amusing Sequence
(41:36) Most Touching Moment
(46:26) Most Creative Use of an Alternate Reality
(51:54) Most Innovative Use of a Gunnverse Regular
(01:04:22) James Gunn on Episode 5
(01:12:14) James Gunn on the 11th Street Kids
(01:19:02) James Gunn on the emotion of the story
(01:23:05) James Gunn on animals
(01:30:18) James Gunn on S3 theme song suggestions
(01:35:22) James Gunn on the DCU
(01:45:04) James Gunn on Lex Luthor
(01:48:01) James Gunn on Batman
Host: Mallory Rubin
Guests: Ben Lindbergh and James Gunn
Producers: Carlos Chiriboga, John Richter, Cameron Dinwiddie, Kevin Cureghian, and Belle Roman
Social: Jomi Adeniran
Additional Production Support: Arjuna Ramgopowell
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House of R
Welcome to ‘House of R,’ where Mallory Rubin and Joanna Robinson explore your favorite fictional universes with their signature Deep Dives into everything from ‘Game of Thrones’ to ‘Star Wars,’ ‘The Lord of the Rings’ to Marvel, and beyond. Whether they’re parsing mythology, story themes, and character arcs or tracing influences across decades of fantasy and sci-fi stories, Jo and Mal will be here weekly with Deep Dives into new nerd culture releases, nostalgic revisitations of their favorite tales in fandom, Tropes Course examinations, Hall of Fame inductions, Hype Meters, drafts, mailbags, watch lists, top moments countdowns, recommendations, and more.
