Latest Davidcronenberg Podcast Episodes
Tadao Tsuge - Trash Market
Xtinction Agenda - June 16, 2022 01:25 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWho are these down-and-out characters? What do their disappearances mean? Their abused childhoods? What nihilism drives them to violence? To self destruction? To eating their own flesh? Tadao Tsuge answers all such questions. Chris and James just need to visit with Drawn and Quarterly's edition ...
Garth Ennis - Batman: Reptilian
Xtinction Agenda - June 09, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingNothing better than a themed episode, is there? Not for us there isn't! Our minds are oiled up. Our thoughts tighter than a young Jane Fonda's ass. You want to know about Killer Croc, greatest Batman villain of them all? Well, look no further than this fine podcast my friend. Sit down. Let James...
Doctor Strange (1975-2007)
Xtinction Agenda - June 04, 2022 16:52 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingBy the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth and the slithering spirits of the Vishanti, it's a Doctor Strange themed episode of the Xtinction Agenda! Watch Brian K. Vaughan slip on a banana peel in Doctor Strange: The Oath. Then thrill(!) at the unholy union of speed and LSD that is Steve Englehart's and Gene...
American Werewolf in London / Ginger Snaps
Xtinction Agenda - May 26, 2022 21:16 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingChris, James, and James plumb the depths of human sexuality. 'Nuff said.
Peter David - The Incredible Hulk: Future Imperfect
Xtinction Agenda - May 19, 2022 10:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOh George, we knew yee. We knew yee to be the greatest of the 1970s/1980s team superhero comic book artists. Yee who were worthy of illustrating such luminaries as Thor and Captain America, such villains as Deathstroke and Brainiac, such clowns as Beast Boy (and Beast), such vixens as Starfire a...
George Perez - The Incredible Hulk: Future Imperfect
Xtinction Agenda - May 19, 2022 10:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOh George, we knew yee. We knew yee to be the greatest of the 1970s/1980s team superhero comic book artists. Yee who were worthy of illustrating such luminaries as Thor and Captain America, such villains as Deathstroke and Brainiac, such clowns as Beast Boy (and Beast), such vixens as Starfire a...
Tom King - Vision Vol. 2 #1-12
Xtinction Agenda - May 12, 2022 10:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJames wanted to tell James that Tom King is worth a look, even if he done went and turned trash nowadays. Towards this end, he convinced his colleague to jump into some Vision comics. Both of them got a lot more than they had expected! "So first, I pray that there is a God."
Junji Ito - No Longer Human
Xtinction Agenda - May 05, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingChris and James have lived a life of great shame. Eating dinner disgusted them. The burden of respect hung heavy on their shoulders. And the Great Father that is Nation held them down like a perverted man servant. But now, although disqualified from humanity itself, they have vomited their misfo...
Heathers (1989)
Xtinction Agenda - April 28, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingChris, James, and James visit Westerburg High School and see what the Heathers are up to. Their cruelties are a pleasure to behold. Like dropping in on teenage Cenobites. Open the box. Come inside. "Chaos is what killed the dinosaurs, darling."
Brian Michael Bendis - Avengers: Disassembled
Xtinction Agenda - April 26, 2022 00:32 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWell, you can't make an omelette without breaking some eggs, can you? James and James explore this notion through the opening gambit of Brian Michael Bendis' and David Finch's first attempt at an Avengers story back in the heyday of 2004. Back when there was no love and no meaning and nothing me...
Morbius: The Living Vampire
Xtinction Agenda - April 21, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJames and James slake their eldritch thirst with some Morbius: The Living Vampire comics. But first, before they can do that, it's important that they talk about Spider-Man movies as well. Just for a little bit. It helps to warm the blood and get us ready for the utterly negligent and poorly con...
Geoff Johns - Blackest Night #1-8 (2009-2010)
Xtinction Agenda - April 14, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingChris, James, and James utterly savage this week's subject matter. Geoff Johns and Ivan Reis and all these CRIMINALS need to be thrown in the slammer with Hellary Klinton and Racist Grandpa. If we had paid for this comic we would have burned all comics shops down to the ground. But we didn't pay...
Larry Hama - Wolverine Vol. 2 #31-34
Xtinction Agenda - April 09, 2022 00:31 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJames and James return to the topic of the Ole Canucklehead. Larry Hama wrote a good chunk of these Wolverine comics when we were but wee lads. We go back to see what that might have done to our undeveloped minds. Marc Silvestri does not disappoint. "We are beyond fear, beyond hope and beyond ...
Larry Hama - G.I. Joe Vol. 1 #26-27
Xtinction Agenda - April 06, 2022 15:04 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingGO JOE! James and James learn the origin stories of Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow, two of G.I. Joe's most interesting and mysterious characters. Larry Hama put a lot of love into this toy commercial franchise. We appreciate that. We really do. "I happen to like empty pistols. I'll buy it from yo...
Fist of the North Star
Xtinction Agenda - April 01, 2022 00:22 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingChris, James, and James enjoy some fine literature and some fine animated cinema. Before the Fist of the North Star was a movie, it was a manga. Viz Media started putting out some nice hardcover collected editions of the original series so we thought we'd dip into this mega franchise, see what's...
Tom DeFalco - Fantastic Four Vol. 1 #301 (1987)
Xtinction Agenda - March 25, 2022 16:22 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingBecause life sometimes gets in the way, James and James gotta take one out of the crypt this week. Listen as we trot out an old, previously unreleased examination of Tom DeFalco's earliest work on the Fantastic Four. Hard to believe that Marvel Comics would degenerate into a pile of garbage unde...
David Fincher - Se7en and Fight Club
Xtinction Agenda - March 20, 2022 21:58 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingChris, James, and James come in a little late this week. They had some technical difficulties and scheduling conflicts. However, this week we have a blockbuster for you. Introducing the newest member of our podcasting family: David Fincher! David sits down with us this week to discuss Se7en (1...
Mark Millar - A Conversation
Xtinction Agenda - March 10, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingChris, James, and James make an concerted effort to get some sort of critical purchase on third-wave British invasion writer Mark Millar. To this end, they tackle three works from this Scottish writer's middle period: Nemesis w/Steve McNiven (2010), Superior w/Leinil Francis Yu (2010-2012), and...
Mark Millar - Nemesis, Superior, and Starlight
Xtinction Agenda - March 10, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingChris, James, and James make an concerted effort to get some sort of critical purchase on third-wave British invasion writer Mark Millar. To this end, they tackle three works from this Scottish writer's middle period: Nemesis w/Steve McNiven (2010), Superior w/Leinil Francis Yu (2010-2012), and...
Scott Snyder - Batman: Zero Year - Dark City
Xtinction Agenda - March 04, 2022 23:54 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJames and James continue to take a bite out of crime, following the adventures of Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo's Batman run. This time we get ourselves a high-powered Riddler. Many discourses are discoursed. "Dunk tank for you all."
David Lynch - Mulholland Drive (2001)
Xtinction Agenda - March 01, 2022 12:34 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingChris and James take stock of the recent Ukrainian invasion before jumping head first into a fresh pool of David Lynch. *splish* This week we are talking Mulholland Drive. All of Hollywood is corrupt. All of Hollywood is a dream. "There's a man... in back of this place. He's the one who's ...
Rifts - Role-Playing Game (1990)
Xtinction Agenda - February 25, 2022 23:07 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingHere's something a little different. James and James talk about a little-known role-playing game by the name of Rifts. The brain child of Kevin Siembieda (a name we fail to pronounce), Rifts was a big game for us growing up. It was a wholesome and innocent game with absolutely nothing problemati...
Scott Snyder - Batman: Zero Year - Secret City
Xtinction Agenda - February 19, 2022 01:50 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAfter about eight minutes of talking events North of the boarder, telling the Ottawa Occupational force to f#$* itself, James and James return to Scott Snyder's and Greg Capullo's Batman run. Did Batman need his origin story told again? Hopefully Chip Zdarsky isn't around to hear the answer...
Scott Snyder - Batman: Zero Year Part One
Xtinction Agenda - February 19, 2022 01:50 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAfter about eight minutes of talking events North of the boarder, telling the Ottawa Occupational force to f#$* itself, James and James return to Scott Snyder's and Greg Capullo's Batman run. Did Batman need his origin story told again? Hopefully Chip Zdarsky isn't around to hear the answer...
The Tournament of Hearts
Xtinction Agenda - February 14, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingChris, James, and James take you on a Valentine's Day journey through the mire of bad girl comics of the 70s and 90s. Lady Death vs. Witchblade. Frank Thorne's Red Sonja vs. Warren Magazine era Vampirella. Jim Balent's incomparable Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose vs. Milo Manara's sultry X-Women....
Takashi Miike - Blade of the Immortal (2017)
Xtinction Agenda - February 10, 2022 22:44 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingChris, James, and James do yet another comic book movie. But this time with a twist! It's time to discuss Takashi Miike's film adaptation of the world-renowned manga, Blade of the Immortal! "Sometimes just remembering it gives you incredible power."
Scott Snyder - Batman: Death of the Family
Xtinction Agenda - February 03, 2022 11:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJames and James enter into the GrimDark world of Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo's Batman run. Flaming horses and living flesh statues abound! "Ta-daa!"
Grant Morrison - The Invisibles Vol. 3 #1
Xtinction Agenda - January 30, 2022 15:09 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn this episode, Chris and James fold up the board and put the game back on the shelf. It's been a long ride but we've arrived at the station. The fat lady is belting it out. Thank you all to those who did this with us. You contributed nothing but gave us everything. "IS AllNOW LOVE"
Greg Rucka - Batman: No Man's Land
Xtinction Agenda - January 27, 2022 22:06 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingChris, James, and James check out Greg Rucka's contributions to the 1999 Batman mega-event No Man's Land. It goes pretty well over all. Not a bad time. "Congratulations. That's his highest praise. Honest."
Taken 3 (2014)
Xtinction Agenda - January 20, 2022 11:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAdam, James, and James finish with this franchise in style. Shlub Dad enters a parallel universe where up is down, left is right, the boys in blue are remarkably tenacious, and not a single person is actually taken. "Sounds like spy shit to me."
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