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Spoiler Hot Review - The Flash w. guest co-host - Dave Roberson of DC On Screen Podcast

 Dive into our spoiler-rich episode as we unpack 'The Flash' starring Ezra Miller. With Dave Roberson of the DC OnScreen Podcast by our side, we'll break down the film's epic moments, emotional depth, and how it stands in the DC Universe. And yes, we'll be digging deep into that shocker of an ending. Heads up for those who haven't seen the film—spoilers ahead!! Better late than never right? We hope you can appreciate the irony of our spoiler hot review of The Flash being so insanely late. ...

The Flash - Out of Theatre - Frank's Spoiler Free Thoughts

Just left the theatre, come here my spoiler free review and out of theatre thoughts on The Flash.  Want to have your say on the show? Leave us a voice note HERE with your comments or questions, and we'll respond ON AIR on a future episode! And be sure to drop us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podchaser, or Stitcher. And if you want to be friends, check us out on Twitter

Spoiler Hot Review - Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (Ep. 149)

The Meanwhile crew swings into action to bring you our Spoiler Hot Review of Spider-man: Across The Spider-verse! Want to have your say on the show? Leave us a voice note HERE with your comments or questions, and we'll respond ON AIR on a future episode! And be sure to drop us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podchaser, or Stitcher. And if you want to be friends, check us out on Twitter

Across The Spider-verse - Out Of Theatre - Spoiler Free Review

Hey, we are fresh out of the theatre from Across The Spider-verse, here are our thoughts and a spoiler free review! Enjoy!  Want to have your say on the show? Leave us a voice note HERE with your comments or questions, and we'll respond ON AIR on a future episode! And be sure to drop us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podchaser, or Stitcher. And if you want to be friends, check us out on Twitter

Part 2 - Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3 - Spoiler Hot Review - (Ep. 148)

Hold onto your rocket boots folks! Because it's time for Part two of our spoiler hot review of Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3! With more laughs, tears, and fake-out deaths than you can shake a Groot at, this final installment of the franchise has fans raving calling it the best MCU film since Endgame, did it live up to such praise? And would we echo such a bold statement, well, you are going to have to stick around and find out.  Want to have your say on the show? Leave us a voice note HE...

Part 1 - Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3 - Spoiler Hot Review - (Ep. 147)

Hold onto your rocket boots folks! Because it's time for Part one of our spoiler-hot review of Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3! With more laughs, tears, and fake-out deaths than you can shake a Groot at, this final installment of the franchise has fans raving calling it the best MCU film since Endgame, did it live up to such praise? And would we echo such a bold statement, well, you are going to have to listen to find out! Want to have your say on the show? Leave us a voice note HERE with ...

GOTG Vol. 3 (Guardians) Out Of Theatre -Spoiler Free Review

Here it is!! Our fresh-out-of-the-theatre thoughts on Guardians of The Galaxy Vol.3 !  TOTALLY SPOILER FREE! Want to have your say on the show? Leave us a voice note HERE with your comments or questions, and we'll respond ON AIR on a future episode! And be sure to drop us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podchaser, or Stitcher. And if you want to be friends, check us out on Twitter

Spoiler Hot Review - Shazam 2: Fury of The Gods - Ep. 147

Coming up on this episode of Meanwhile Back on the Podcast, it’s our highly anticipated spoiler hot review of Shazam 2, The Fury Of the Gods!  This DC movie has sparked some mixed reactions, with some fans calling it a refreshing jolt to the superhero genre, while others feel this lighting bolt missed its mark. And sadly, it's also been the lowest grossing DC movie to date, but is it deserving on this unfortunate record? Joining us today in the pod to shed some light on the matter is our n...

Shazam: Fury of The Gods - Frank's Out of Theatre, Spoiler FREE Reaction - Bonus

Hear my fresh-out-of-the-theatre reaction to Shazam 2: Fury Of The Gods Want to have your say on the show? Leave us a voice note HERE with your comments or questions, and we'll respond ON AIR on a future episode! And be sure to drop us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podchaser, or Stitcher. And if you want to be friends, check us out on Twitter

Celebrating Int. Women's Day: Our fav. female characters & the ones we wanted to be better - (Ep. 146)

Coming up on this episode of Meanwhile Back on the podcast. Ryan Dietrich and Saba Mir join me in the pod to celebrate international women's day in true Meanwhile style,  by discussing our favourite female fictional characters of all time! From Marvel, to Star Wars, to Anime and so many places in between we are giving you that sweet dose of heroines. So stay right there it's going to be a good one. Want to have your say on the show? Leave us a voice note HERE with your comments or questio...

Spoiler Hot Review - Quantumania - Ant-Man & The Wasp - Ep. 145

Coming up on this episode of Meanwhile Back On The Podcast it's our Spoiler Hot Review of Ant-Man & the Wasp Quantumania. The first film in MCU Phase 5. Did we start this new phase off with a bang or a whimper? Well you'll have to stay right there to find out. And stick around after the FIRST Review because there is a second with a fan favourite. Ryan Dietrich is back and he and I end up discovering a startling detail in the story that is going to blow the minds of MCU fans everywhere!...

Ant-Man/Wasp 3 - Quantumania - Non Spoiler - Frank's Out Of The Theatre Reactions & Thoughts

Spoiler FREE!! Don't listen to Rotten Tomatoes! Go see it for yourself.  Want to have your say on the show? Leave us a voice note HERE with your comments or questions, and we'll respond ON AIR on a future episode! And be sure to drop us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podchaser, or Stitcher. And if you want to be friends, check us out on Twitter

Ep. 144 - Black Panther 2 - Wakanda Forever - Spoiler Hot Review

Coming up on today's show! It's the spoiler hot review of the highly anticipated, and the last film in Marvel's Phase 4, Black Panther 2, Wakanda Forever. Kristina and our newest co-host Sunny join me in the pod as we revisit the kingdom of Wakanda, meet a slew of new characters like the formidable Namor, oops NA-MOR, Riri Williams, The Talokan like Atuma and Namora and of course Marvel's newest Black Panther. We'll talk characters, stories, performances, and about all those great action set...

Ep. 144 - Black Panther 2 - Wakanda Forever - Spoiler Hot Review

Coming up on today's show! It's the spoiler hot review of the highly anticipated, and the last film in Marvel's Phase 4, Black Panther 2, Wakanda Forever. Kristina and our newest co-host Sunny join me in the pod as we revisit the kingdom of Wakanda, meet a slew of new characters like the formidable Namor, oops NA-MOR, Riri Williams, The Talokan like Atuma and Namora and of course Marvel's newest Black Panther. We'll talk characters, stories, performances, and about all those great action set...

Ep. 143 - State of the MCUnion (Marvel Studios)

Coming up on this episode of Meanwhile!  Kristina and our newest co-host, Sunny Atwal join us in the pod. You're going to love him! He's a geek through and through and he knows his shit! And he has some amazing insights into today's episode. The future of Marvel Studios! Join the three of us as we go from the rational to the conspiratorial as we give you our thoughts on where Marvel is right now, what they are doing wrong, what they need to change, and where we think they are going. Prepare...

BP2 - Wakanda Forever - Non Spoiler - Frank's Out Of The Theatre Reactions & Thoughts

Want to have your say on the show? Leave us a voice note HERE with your comments or questions, and we'll respond ON AIR on a future episode! And be sure to drop us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podchaser, or Stitcher. And if you want to be friends, check us out on Twitter

BP2 - Wakanda Forever - Non Spoiler - Frank's Out Of The Theatre Reactions & Thoughts

Ep. 142 - What is with the recent decline in the quality of screenwriting?

coming up on today's show! Kristina and Saba are back. And the three of us are talking about a disturbing trend we have noticed in the magical land of super fandom. A decline in the quality of writing, from giant plot holes, to mountain sized logic gaps, and the purely non-sensical and in-world incoherence. We've seen it on the big screen, the small screen, and in Marvel, Star Wars, and even in Amazon's The Rings of Power. We'll examine some theories of the causes, and highlight some of the ...

Ep. 141 - Black Adam Spoiler Hot Review | Superman Returns | DC brings out the big Gunn - w/ Thomas from Joyschtick

Coming up on today's show, we have a special guest in the pod, Thomas from The Joyshtick Show is back to join us for this supersized everything DC episode. First, is the spoiler hot review of Black Adam! And from there will give you our thoughts on the return of Henry Cavill as duh dut a duh Superman! And then will cap off the episode discussing the two new heads of the newly anointed DC studios, James Gunn and Peter Safran and we'll tell what we think this means for the future of DC. All th...

Bonus: Black Adam - Non Spoiler - Out of Theatre Reaction and Thoughts

Frank just left Black Adam, come hear his initial thoughts fresh out of the theatre - NO SPOILERS promise! Want to have your say on the show? Leave us a voice note HERE with your comments or questions, and we'll respond ON AIR on a future episode! And be sure to drop us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podchaser, or Stitcher. And if you want to be friends, check us out on Twitter

Black Adam - Non Spoiler - Out of Theatre Reaction and Thoughts

Frank just left Black Adam, come here his initial thoughts fresh out of the theatre. 

Bonus: She-Hulk Finale Watch Party w/ The Joyschtick Show & Geek Freaks Pod

Last week the Meanwhile crew was invited to join a watch party for the She-Hulk finale with our friends at The Joy Schtick Show and The Geek Freaks Podcast. Unfortunately, Frank was the only one who go, but it still was a great time, we did a running commentary throughout the episode and then did a round table chat after.  Hope you enjoy it.  Be sure you check these guys out, the both have great shows.  Want to have your say on the show? Leave us a voice note HERE with your comments or ...

She-Hulk Finale Watch Party w/ The Joyschtick Show & Geek Freaks Pod

Last week the Meanwhile crew was invited to join a watch party for the She-Hulk finale with our friends at The Joy Schtick Show and The Geek Freaks Podcast. Unfortunately, Frank was the only one who go, but it still was a great time, we did a running commentary throughout the episode and then did a round table chat after.  Hope you enjoy it.  Be sure you check these guys out, the both have great shows. 

Ep. 140 - We're Back! Our thoughts on Andor, HOTD, and She-Hulk and Daredevil

Coming up on Today's show, the Meanwhile crew is back! After our long unannounced hiatus the great Ryan Dietrich joins me in the pod to breakdown everything! Well no not everything, but we haven't been behind the mics in a long time and we have so much to make up for. So over the next 2 hours, we'll share our thoughts on the shows and series that has Twitter a buzzing. First we'll talk about the newest offering from the folks at Lucas Film, Andor! And then from there we'll head over the newe...

Ep. 140 - We're Back! Our thoughts on Andor, HOTD, and She-Hulk and Daredevil

Coming up on Today's show, the Meanwhile crew is back! After our long unannounced hiatus the great Ryan Dietrich joins me in the pod to breakdown everything! Well no not everything, but we haven't been behind the mics in a long time and we have so much to make up for. So over the next 2 hours, we'll share our thoughts on the shows and series that has Twitter a buzzing. First we'll talk about the newest offering from the folks at Lucas Film, Andor! And then from there we'll head over the newe...

Upcoming Twitter Space (Link in Description) - Justice League V. Thanos | Avengers V. Darkseid - Fri. AUG 12th 8pm EST

On Friday August 12th, the meanwhile crew is hosting its first Twitter Space Event. It's going to be a LIVE interactive Q&A. And the topic will be who would win between The DCEU Justice League & Thanos AND The Infinity Avengers & Darkseid. Its going to be a great one, don't miss it!  Find us on Twitter - meanwhile_pod Link to space - https://twitter.com/Meanwhile_pod/status/1557399587505176578?t=sWJKOXL7UNHqF8mz9uI8JA&s=19

Upcoming Twitter Space (Link in Description) - Justice League V. Thanos | Avengers V. Darkseid - Sat. AUG 12th 8pm EST

On Friday August 12th, the meanwhile crew is hosting its first Twitter Space Event. It's going to be a LIVE interactive Q&A. And the topic will be who would win between The DCEU Justice League & Thanos AND The Infinity Avengers & Darkseid. Its going to be a great one, don't miss it!  Find us on Twitter - meanwhile_pod Link to space - https://twitter.com/Meanwhile_pod/status/1557399587505176578?t=sWJKOXL7UNHqF8mz9uI8JA&s=19

Meanwhile is on Holiday | Twitter Spaces - Announcement

Hey listeners, The Meanwhile Crew is off till August 14th, but in the meantime we got some cool stuff going on we would like you to be a part of. Make sure you listen to the announcement. 

Ep. 139 - (2005) Fantastic Four Watch Along Commentary Track

Hey Meanwhile Listeners it's another edition of our watch along commentary tracks, and for this one. We chose the original big screen Fantastic Four film. You know the one where Captain America plays the Human Torch, Dark Angel plays Sue Storm and the Commish/Vic Mackie plays the Thing. Oh and Ioan Gruffudd is Reed Richards.  As always we crack some jokes, but this time Ryan showed up with some interesting facts about the movie, you aren't going to want to miss these.  So head over to D+ a...

Ep. 138 - Rollingstone V. Z. Snyder | Superman Returns? | The Musical Marvels?

Coming up on this episode of Meanwhile, Ryan and I are joined by a very special guest to discuss Rollingstone Magazine's most recent article related to Zack Snyder and the controversy around the Snydercut movement. We'll explore in depth, both sides of this story and tell you how we feel about not only the overt accusations there-in but we'll expand on some of the less than subtle implications made by the articles author. From there we move on to a much more pleasant topic, the rumoured retu...

Ep. 137 -Thor: Looking Ahead | The Rings of Power Trailer Breakdown | Comic-con 2022 tease

Coming up on this episode of Meanwhile, Kristina and Ryan join Frank in the pod to breakdown that awe inspiring trailer for Rings of Power, the new Amazon Prime series dropping on Sept 2nd. Then from there, we revisit Thor and Thor Love and Thunder and discuss the future of the MCU's God Of Thunder, unpack some of the fan blowback from his latest big screen adventure, reminisce on classic Thor, discuss our favourite versions of the character over the years, and wonder what this OG Avenger ma...

Thor: The Aftermath | The Rings of Power Trailer Breakdown | Comic-con 2022 tease

Coming up on this episode of Meanwhile, Kristina and Ryan join Frank in the pod to breakdown that awe inspiring trailer for Rings of Power, the new Amazon Prime series dropping on Sept 2nd. Then from there, we revisit Thor and Thor Love and Thunder and discuss the future of the MCU's God Of Thunder, unpack some of the fan blowback from his latest big screen adventure, reminisce on classic Thor, discuss our favourite versions of the character over the years, and wonder what this OG Avenger ma...

Ep. 136 - Ms. Marvel S1 Wrap Up

Coming up on this episode of Meanwhile! It's one for the history books as our resident Ms. Marvel super fan girl Saba Mir is in the chair and has the Kahn as we look back on the Marvel Studios, Disney Plus, Freshman series, Ms. Marvel. Join Saba, Ryan, and Frank as we revisit this ground breaking, globe trotting, and heart filled coming of age story of Marvel's number one meta fan girl. Take it away Saba!

Ep. 136 - Ms. Marvel S1 Wrap Up

Coming up on this episode of Meanwhile! It's one for the history books as our resident Ms. Marvel super fan girl Saba Mir is in the chair and has the Kahn as we look back on the Marvel Studios, Disney Plus, Freshman series, Ms. Marvel. Join Saba, Ryan, and Frank as we revisit this ground breaking, globe trotting, and heart filled coming of age story of Marvel's number one meta fan girl. Take it away Saba! Want to have your say on the show? Leave us a voice note HERE with your comments or ...

Ep. 135 - Spoiler Hot Review - Thor: Love & Thunder

Coming up on this episode of Meanwhile!  Kristina, Taco, and Ryan join Frank in the pod to review and unpack the highly divisive, new Marvel Studios film, from Taika Waititi, Thor Love & Thunder! How much love did we have for this newest Thor adventure? Was Jane Foster worthy her promotion to Mighty Thor and did Gorr butcher his long anticipated debut in the MCU? Over the next two plus hours we'll answer all of these questions and so much more. Welcome to Jungle! Want to have your say on t...

Ep. 135 - Spoiler Hot Review - Thor: Love & Thunder

Coming up on this episode of Meanwhile!  Kristina, Taco, and Ryan join Frank in the pod to review and unpack the highly divisive, new Marvel Studios film, from Taika Waititi, Thor Love & Thunder! How much love did we have for this newest Thor adventure? Was Jane Foster worthy her promotion to Mighty Thor and did Gorr butcher his long anticipated debut in the MCU? Over the next two plus hours we'll answer all of these questions and so much more. Welcome to Jungle!

Thor: Love & Thunder - Spoiler Free (Out Of Theatre Reaction)

Frank and Ryan react to Thor: Love & Thunder fresh out of theatre, forgive the audio quality, Frank had to do this one on his laptop no mic. 

Thor: Love & Thunder - Spoiler Free (Out Of Theatre Reaction)

Frank and Ryan react to Thor: Love & Thunder fresh out of theatre, forgive the audio quality, Frank had to do this one on his laptop no mic.  Want to have your say on the show? Leave us a voice note HERE with your comments or questions, and we'll respond ON AIR on a future episode! And be sure to drop us a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podchaser, or Stitcher. And if you want to be friends, check us out on Twitter

Update - Tech issue with Sat. Jul. 2nd episode

It's a small fix we'll have it up ASAP

Top 3 Worst Comic to Screen Adapations | Fantastic Four Dream Cast

On this episode of Meanwhile! Kristina, Taco and Ryan I compare notes on our all time top 3 poorly adapted characters from comic to screen. some are funny, some are shocking, and some are just down right controversial. And with all the buzz online around Fantastic Four this past week, we thought it would be fun for all of us to do a Fantastic Four dream cast. Wait till you hear who Taco picked for The Thing....this is going to be a good one.  

Ep. 134 -Top 3 Worst Comic to Screen Adaptations | Our Fantastic 4 Dream Cast

On this episode of Meanwhile! Kristina, Taco and Ryan I compare notes on our all time top 3 poorly adapted characters from comic to screen. some are funny, some are shocking, and some are just down right controversial. And with all the buzz online around Fantastic Four this past week, we thought it would be fun for all of us to do a Fantastic Four dream cast. Wait till you hear who Taco picked for The Thing....this is going to be a good one.  

Ep. 134 -Top 3 Worst Comic to Screen Adaptations | Our Fantastic 4 Dream Cast

On this episode of Meanwhile! Kristina, Taco and Ryan I compare notes on our all time top 3 poorly adapted characters from comic to screen. some are funny, some are shocking, and some are just down right controversial. And with all the buzz online around Fantastic Four this past week, we thought it would be fun for all of us to do a Fantastic Four dream cast. Wait till you hear who Taco picked for The Thing....this is going to be a good one.   Want to have your say on the show? Leave us a...

Top 3 Worst Comic to Screen Adapations | Our dream cast for The Fantastic Four

On this episode of Meanwhile! Kristina, Taco and Ryan I compare notes on our all time top 3 poorly adapted characters from comic to screen. some are funny, some are shocking, and some are just down right controversial. And with all the buzz online around Fantastic Four this past week, we thought it would be fun for all of us to do a Fantastic Four dream cast. Wait till you hear who Taco picked for The Thing....this is going to be a good one.  

Top 3 Worst Comic to Screen Adaptations | Our Fantastic 4 Dream Cast

On this episode of Meanwhile! Kristina, Taco and Ryan I compare notes on our all time top 3 poorly adapted characters from comic to screen. some are funny, some are shocking, and some are just down right controversial. And with all the buzz online around Fantastic Four this past week, we thought it would be fun for all of us to do a Fantastic Four dream cast. Wait till you hear who Taco picked for The Thing....this is going to be a good one.  

Ep. 133 - The Meanwhile Crew Vs. Media Literacy | Padme's back!

With today's biggest talking points being cameos, leaks, spoilers. Some of our culture's biggest content creators and the super fan media have sadly focused largely on the novel and turned away from the substance and science of good story telling. Unknowingly contributing to the subsequent dumbing down of geek kind.  We'll share our observations and discuss what you the listener can do to combat this and diversify your diet. From there we discuss the apparent return of Natalie Portman to the...

Ep. 133 - Media literacy, or lack there of in super fandom | Padme's back!

With today's biggest talking points being cameos, leaks, spoilers. Some of our culture's biggest content creators and the super fan media have sadly focused largely on the novel and turned away from the substance and science of good story telling. Unknowingly contributing to the subsequent dumbing down of geek kind.  We'll share our observations and discuss what you the listener can do to combat this and diversify your diet. From there we discuss the apparent return of Natalie Portman to the...

Ep. 132 - Obi-Wan Kenobi Wrap up!!

Coming up on this episode of Meanwhile. Taco and Ryan join me in the pod to wrap up the newest series from Disney plus and Star Wars. Obi-Wan Kenobi. From the characters to the story and how they both might feed into the larger Star Wars Universe the three of us have got a lot to say. We'll share our insights and take aways on all of it. From the ruthless return of Vader as he hunts down Obi-wan, to Reva,  to the Path and of  course little Leia. We'll leave no stone unturned over the next co...

Ep. 133 - Obi-Wan Kenobi Wrap up!!

Coming up on this episode of Meanwhile. Taco and Ryan join me in the pod to wrap up the newest series from Disney plus and Star Wars. Obi-Wan Kenobi. From the characters to the story and how they both might feed into the larger Star Wars Universe the three of us have got a lot to say. We'll share our insights and take aways on all of it. From the ruthless return of Vader as he hunts down Obi-wan, to Reva,  to the Path and of  course little Leia. We'll leave no stone unturned over the next co...

Ep. 132 - Obi-Wan Kenobi Wrap up!!

Coming up on this episode of Meanwhile. Taco and Ryan join me in the pod to wrap up the newest series from Disney plus and Star Wars. Obi-Wan Kenobi. From the characters to the story and how they both might feed into the larger Star Wars Universe the three of us have got a lot to say. We'll share our insights and take aways on all of it. From the ruthless return of Vader as he hunts down Obi-wan, to Reva,  to the Path and of  course little Leia. We'll leave no stone unturned over the next co...

Ep. 131 - Morbius & Meme Culture | Fan Fatigue | inclusivity & diversity in the headlines

Coming up on todays show! The meanwhile crew tries to answer the question why was Morbius brought back into theatres and what exactly lead to it's attempt at a redemptive resurrection?  From there we'll take a look at the super fan media space, sites like CBR, Comicbook.com and other sites and publishers of their kind and what role their interchangeable single note click bait headlines for casting announcements of actors that are POC, women, or members of the LGBTQIA+ might be playing in th...