Latest Davidcronenberg Podcast Episodes
Warren Ellis - Black Summer
Xtinction Agenda - August 20, 2021 20:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJames and James answer the most important question of our times: billionaires, threat or menace?!! And then after about 14 minutes of that, they get into some Warren Ellis Avatar work--Black Summer (2007-2008). "I'm not a good liberal like you and John."
X-Men: Days of Future Past (1981) / The Road Warrior (1981)
Xtinction Agenda - August 13, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingChris, James, and James explore some post-apocalyptic landscapes imagined in the earliest of the 1980s. They find anxieties over computers and robots, blown-out-of-proportion fears regarding oil shortages, and the ever-present threat of the rampaging homosexual gang. What does it all have to d...
Garth Ennis - Crossed: Badlands
Xtinction Agenda - August 07, 2021 17:22 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJames and James dive into a newly returned library. Resting on the periphery? A little something Avatar Press liked to call Crossed: Badlands #1-3 and #25-28. Stand to. "We don't get to be in that story. All we get's the crossed."
The Driver (1978)
Xtinction Agenda - July 31, 2021 10:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAdam, James, and James are back in the saddle. Talkin' The Driver (1978). Stripped down. Spare. Clean. Dark like an alley that never ends. Get in. "Guy with your attitude? Doesn't carry a gun? Stupid. Very stupid." PS: One of the James has crap audio this round. Very sorry.
Grant Morrison - The Invisibles Vol. 2 #11-13
Xtinction Agenda - July 29, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingChris and James ask themselves the immortal question: who are they? Are they who they think they are? Or who they want them to be? Or who they think that they want them to think that they are? Or something deeper??? They also talk about 'American Death Camp: Part Two'. "That disgust, that ...
Robert E. Howard's Conan
Xtinction Agenda - July 24, 2021 10:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingChris, James, and James follow Robert E. Howard's Conan in short story form, reading The Tower of the Elephant (1933) and then in illustrated magazine form, reading Marvel's Savage Sword of Conan #2 (1974). "BUSCEMA: I remember the first time Alcala inked my Conan. I went up to Marvel and ran ...
G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987)
Xtinction Agenda - July 17, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJames and James get back to their roots after a bit of a series of cock ups. Today: an audio commentary for G.I. Joe: The Animated Movie (1987). Michael Bell has the best voice next to Peter Cullen and Frank Welker. If you don't count Burgess Meredith. Or Orson Welles. "What's that bow-wow doi...
Doug Moench - Moon Knight #24-25 (1982)
Xtinction Agenda - July 10, 2021 10:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingChris and James get back to what is important: Doug Moench. It's been a while, so we thought that we'd dip into one of Doug's signature works: Moon Knight. We find the usual mix of hilarious disappointment. What makes this time different, however, is the righteous art of Bill Sienkiewicz. That...
Spawn's Universe #1 / Justice League #50 (2016)
Xtinction Agenda - July 07, 2021 15:03 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJames and James return to the well that is Todd McFarlane. It continues to be bone dry. Parched and disoriented, we turn to Geoff Johns' Justice League #50, drinking deep. We find it to be salt water. This might be the end of everything... "Now if you're smart, you'll step away from your cat."
Kanada Day Special - Alpha Flight
Xtinction Agenda - July 04, 2021 20:40 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingA day late and a dollar short, Chris, James, and James manage to crap out another episode. This time, in honour of an admittedly somber KKKanada Day, we take the time to sample some random and not-so-random issues of Alpha Flight. "Let's hope this broad doesn't get too angry, eh?"
Canada Day Special - Alpha Flight
Xtinction Agenda - July 04, 2021 20:40 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingA day late and a dollar short, Chris, James, and James manage to crap out another episode. This time, in honour of an admittedly somber KKKanada Day, we take the time to sample some random and not-so-random issues of Alpha Flight. "Let's hope this broad doesn't get too angry, eh?"
Grant Morrison - The Invisibles Vol. 2 # 8-10
Xtinction Agenda - June 26, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingChris and James head back into Edith Manning's memories. They learn how to activate the Hand of Glory. Questions to ask yourself: what would it mean to become truly invisible? And who's hand is it anyway? "There is no time here."
Batman: Detective Comics #1012-1019
Xtinction Agenda - June 20, 2021 18:13 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJames and James, in a bid to cover up their inability to keep to a regular schedule, manage to.... keep to a regular schedule! Do Peter J. Tomasi and Doug Manhke have the star power that will finally put asses in the Xtinction Agenda Centre for the Performing Arts? And where does he get all of t...
The Terminator (1984)
Xtinction Agenda - June 20, 2021 17:51 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingChris, James, and James are kicking off a new series of episodes devoted to James Cameron's The Terminator. Appropriately enough, this begins with a discussion of the movie itself. What is this thing? What makes it such a classic? If you don't already know the answer to these questions, find out...
Sniper: Ultimate Kill (2017)
Xtinction Agenda - June 12, 2021 17:59 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAdam, James, and James pass the finish line on the Sniper franchise. Will Sniper: Ultimate Kill (2017), a movie featuring not only Billy Zane and Tom Berenger, but also the most explicit sex scenes of the series, be the greatest Sniper movie of them all? Don't count on it. "How many times ca...
Superman vs. Kang, or Someone Stole My Kryptonite!
Xtinction Agenda - June 06, 2021 00:35 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingChris, James, and James argue their way through the cosmic bracket of their supernerd tournament of nerds. Who is strongest one of all? Money is a superpower, right? And just what version of Lex Luthor are we talking about here anyway? FIND OUT! "Time Traveling Perverts"
Alien: Resurrection
Xtinction Agenda - May 29, 2021 19:35 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAfter a necessary tour into Classics Corner and an extended look at the comic book villain Brainiac, our intrepid heroes--Chris, James, and James--return to the franchise of franchises and examine its most bizarre entry -- Alien: Resurrection (1997). "A beautiful baby boy..."
Grant Morrison - The Invisibles Vol. 2 #5-7
Xtinction Agenda - May 23, 2021 10:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingChris and James got more than they bargained for as they sought the Hand of Glory. The action spills over into a two-parter! But what could you possibly expect from such sad and far away children...? "Replace logic gap."
Grant Morrison - The Invisibles Vol. 2 #1-4
Xtinction Agenda - May 20, 2021 12:10 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingChris and James return (finally!) to The Invisibles. Buckle up. The bus is the world and we're all careening towards enlightenment. What awful truth hides down below the New Mexican desert, under all that radioactive ash? And what does it all have to do with Big Macs? FIND OUT! "I'm going ...
Scott Pilgrim
Xtinction Agenda - May 16, 2021 10:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingChris, James, and James read a reasonable chunk of Bryan Lee O'Malley's Scott Pilgrim comics. It goes pretty well. "What kind of tea do you want?"
Sniper: Ghost Shooter (2016)
Xtinction Agenda - May 11, 2021 14:42 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJames and James are left alone behind enemy lines, their telemetry hacked, their position compromised, reviewing the worst entry in the Sniper franchise. This episode: Sniper: Ghost Shooter (2016). "There's no providence for what we do, is there?"
Wolverine and the Incredible Hulk
Xtinction Agenda - May 08, 2021 18:12 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJames and James use Barry Windsor-Smith's Wolverine-centric issue of Uncanny X-Men and an issue from Bruce Jones' run on The Incredible Hulk to try to drill down on what makes these characters tick. "Friends don't hurt friends, Mr. Logan. Why did you? Don't you know me?"
The Rise and Fall of Emma-Venom
Xtinction Agenda - May 01, 2021 18:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJames and James, in an bid to rebound from a last minute guest cancellation, put the hard questions to themselves. Who would win in a fight? Wolverine or Batman? Cyclops or the Joker? Emma Frost or Venom? Many fine match-ups are discussed. But only one can walk away the champion. Find out who! ...
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter
Xtinction Agenda - April 25, 2021 10:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJames and James find themselves going back to the well of ex-Valiant properties, this time with multi-media sensation: Turok: Dinosaur Hunter! First Greg Pak and his team of nobodies shit the bed. Fortunately, Bart Sears comes back from the past to clean it up. No quote today. Can't find my no...
Osamu Tezuka - Phoenix
Xtinction Agenda - April 17, 2021 10:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingChris and James look again into the Magic Mirror. From across the darkness and wind of the infernal other they imagine a bird of fire. Join them now as they discuss Osamu Tezuka's Phoenix, Volume 5: Resurrection. "If you're human you'd hate me so much you'd kill me!"
Jae Lee - WildCATs Trilogy
Xtinction Agenda - April 11, 2021 10:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJames and James return to the spinner rack of a 1993 convenience store and grab themselves a fistful of awesome: Jae Lee's WildCATs Trilogy #1-3. "Your blood bonds are too strong to be tainted by betrayal."
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Xtinction Agenda - April 03, 2021 00:59 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingLet it never be said that the Xtinction Agenda doesn't care about justice. That it doesn't stand for truth. That it isn't always already here for you each and every waking moment, watching, waiting. Chris, James, and James take it all in. All four hours. All six hours. Every bit that could be ...
David Mack - Kabuki: Circle of Blood
Xtinction Agenda - March 28, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingChris and James, as part of their small break from Grant Morrison talk, return to the 1994-1995 comics work of David Mack. Neither of us really liked Kabuki: Circle of Blood at first, but then it grew on us. And then we talked about it in greater detail than we thought would be required. Because...
Sniper: Legacy (2014)
Xtinction Agenda - March 26, 2021 12:59 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAdam, James, and James are heading straight towards the end of their mighty quest of learning. Sniper: Legacy on deck today, the fifth in the series. In this episode we find ourselves facing what looks to be a soft reboot. There are nice locales and some respectable bits of the ultra violence. D...
Matt Fraction - The Invincible Iron Man
Xtinction Agenda - March 21, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingChris, James, and James find themselves exploring the peanut butter and jelly sandwich that is Matt Fraction and Salvador Larroca's The Invincible Iron comics circa 2008-2009. "It's not terror if civilians don't get killed, dummy."
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