Jetpack Tiger: X-Men Movies

Dashiell has seen the original X-Men trilogy as well as X-Men: First Class and X-Men: Days of Future Past. So let's talk about them! Hear Dashiell's thoughts on all the characters, who his favorite is, which line is the best in the first movie, why time travel is so confusing and which character needs to put on some clothes. Also, learn about the Blue Grinch!

Captain America - The First Avenger

To get through the long wait before Avengers 4, Michael and David are rewatching the Marvel movies and some of the TV shows in more or less chronological order. They begin with the WWII adventure, Captain America: The First Avenger, paying special attention to characters and story seeds that become important in later films.

Silver Surfer by Dan Slott and Mike Allred

Carlin recently bought and read the entire Dan Slott and Mike Allred Silver Surfer run from Marvel Comics. And as he was reading it...he knew he would have to share this Doctor Who-like run on the series with Annaliese. And they basically saved their post-reading conversation for this installment of the podcast. Toomey, my podcast player!

Dragonfly Ripple, Episode 15: Bone and Alpha Flight

This episode is comics Comics COMICS! Michael and Carlin talk about how they got into collecting comics, what they imagined it would be like to pass their collections on to their kids, and whether or not that's really how it's going. Then Annaliese and David join the discussion to talk about Jeff Smith's Bone and John Byrne's Alpha Flight. In the Jetpack Tiger segment, Dash and Carlin cover The DC Comics Encyclopedia, then the gang wraps up with a dinner table discussion in which they create regional superhero teams for Florida and Minnesota.

Dragonfly Ripple, Episode 8 - Talking Turkeys (Watching Bad Movies)

There's nothing like watching some bad movies to make you thankful for the good ones. In this episode, Michael and Carlin introduce the kids to some turkeys...aka some bad movies. After talking about the general practice of watching movies that are "so bad, they're good" David gets into his thoughts about the 1986 Howard the Duck film and Annaliese talks about her experience watching the 1998 Avengers film. Plus, a new JetPack Tiger segment is all about vintage Star Wars action figures.