Latest Davidcronenberg Podcast Episodes
The Grande Odalisque
Xtinction Agenda - March 17, 2021 10:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJames and James take in some Fine Art over at Fantagraphics. They thoroughly discourse themselves and whatnot about Bastien Vives, Jerome Mulot, and Florent Ruppert's The Grande Odalisque (2021). Many nudes are stolen. Or at least there are thrilling attempts. "No. The goal stays the same."
Wandavision
Xtinction Agenda - March 14, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingChris, James, and James give Wandavision the once over. One of them is thoroughly annoyed by the experience. During this, they also take in John Byrne's Avengers West Coast #51-52 (1989). As source material, it is surprisingly fertile. And dumbfoundingly dumbfounding. "They'll never know what ...
X-Men: Fatal Attractions / Wedding of Cyclops & Phoenix
Xtinction Agenda - March 07, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJames and James get into some incoherent nerd talk regarding X-Men: Fatal Attractions and the Wedding of Cyclops and Phoenix (1993-1994). "Always when I'm takin' a bubble bath, too!"
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon
Xtinction Agenda - February 28, 2021 13:02 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingChris, James, and James take a walk over to some manga and anime, looking at the cultural moment that was Sailor Moon. Many kinky layers are uncovered. “Beautiful. All this suffering at the moment of destruction.”
Enemy at the Gates
Xtinction Agenda - February 25, 2021 21:09 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAdam, James, and James sit down for a heaping helping of (Ed) Harris, mix in a judicious amount of Jude Law, and reap a really irresponsible measure of Rachel Weisz. That's right; it's time for Jean-Jacques Annaud's sniper-related classic, Enemy at the Gates. "In the forest, the wolf lives for...
Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Xtinction Agenda - February 21, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingBecause no one on Earth asked for it, James and James return to the year 2005 to provide a Transformers: The Movie audio commentary. "Why throw away your life so recklessly?"
My Hero Academia / The Boys
Xtinction Agenda - February 14, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingDipping into an episode each of the enjoyable My Hero Academia and the cartoonishly anti-Trump The Boys, Chris, James, and James investigate the relationship between superheroes and far right ideologies. "Okay, let's go fuck the wife. Consensually."
Sniper: Reloaded (2011)
Xtinction Agenda - February 10, 2021 12:36 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAdam, James, and James continue with the Sniper franchise. Things kick into a different sort of gear at this point. Sniping becomes less of a lifestyle and more of a daddy issue. Not really that great. "Are you kiddin? We're not gonna live through this."
Grant Morrison - The Invisibles Vol. 1 #21-25
Xtinction Agenda - February 06, 2021 18:28 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingChris and James enter into the lion's den as they tackle the final issues of the first volume of Grant Morrison's The Invisibles. Having failed to touch the earth, they are uploaded into paradise. "I saw yu! I saw yu!"
Mike Grell - Green Arrow
Xtinction Agenda - January 31, 2021 11:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJames and James explore another find from the Dollarama: The Trial of Oliver Queen (1988-89), by Mike Grell, Dan Jurgens, and Ed Hannigan (with Dick Giordano). Wonderful colours. Explosive action. Many social issues tackled. "White slavery isn't just something you read about in story books."
Doctor Who
Xtinction Agenda - January 24, 2021 11:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJames and James open up the gift of Doctor Who. Steven Moffatt - Series 7.... Asylum of the Daleks (2012) and The Name of the Doctor (2013). "Surrender your women and your intellectuals!"
Steven Moffat - Doctor Who
Xtinction Agenda - January 24, 2021 11:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJames and James open up the gift of Doctor Who. Steven Moffatt - Series 7.... Asylum of the Daleks (2012) and The Name of the Doctor (2013). "Surrender your women and your intellectuals!"
Monstress Vol. 1
Xtinction Agenda - January 17, 2021 11:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingChris, James, and James dip into the first volume of Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda's Monstress. This is solid stuff folks. Believe the hype. "There's more hunger in the world than love."
Grant Morrison - The Invisibles Vol. 1 #17-20
Xtinction Agenda - January 12, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingChris and James face off against the root mantra of restriction and the secret name of the mighty demon! Also they discuss The Invisibles Vol. 1 #17-20 (1996). Apologies to Grant Morrison for fucking up pronouns. We're genuinely making the effort here. Kinda made a hash of it tho. Shout out ...
Sniper 3 (2004)
Xtinction Agenda - January 10, 2021 11:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAdam, James, and James continue their pilgrimage, this time landing with Tom Berenger in Vietnam. Sniper 3 gets the full treatment. Deluxe engagement. "Whenever I kill a man its because he needs killing."
Highlander (1986)
Xtinction Agenda - January 03, 2021 11:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAdam, James, and James face the deadly sword of the Kurgan and then explode some windows. Today: the cult-classic Highlander (1986) “I have the power! The quickening that empowers me! I feel everything! I know everything! I am everything!”
Highlander
Xtinction Agenda - January 03, 2021 11:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAdam, James, and James face the deadly sword of the Kurgan and then explode some windows. Today: the cult-classic Highlander (1986) “I have the power! The quickening that empowers me! I feel everything! I know everything! I am everything!”
Doug Moench - Spectre / Batman: Conspiracy
Xtinction Agenda - December 31, 2020 19:41 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingChris and James do what they always threatened to do: they start to talk seriously about Doug Moench. In this installment, the two read from the Spectre Vol. 2 #1-3 (1987) and Batman: Conspiracy (1996). "thanks."
Falling Down
Xtinction Agenda - December 27, 2020 11:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOnce Adam finishes making his martini, he and the two James take a long look into the mirror of angry white masculinity with Joel Schumacher's Falling Down (1993). "I am just disagreeing with you! In America, we have the freedom of speech, the right to disagree!"
Hellraiser / Scrooged
Xtinction Agenda - December 24, 2020 19:40 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingChris, James, and James unwrap the greatest gift of all: Hellraiser (1987). Then, having thoroughly delved into the realm of domestic horror, they discover the true meaning of Christmas. "No tears, please. It's a waste of good suffering."
Grant Morrison - The Invisibles Vol. 1 #13-16
Xtinction Agenda - December 19, 2020 12:46 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingChris and James return to The Invisibles, checking in on the origin of Lord Fanny and the abduction of Jack Frost. Brodie is an asshole. Sir Miles is hilarious. And Jill Thompson's art is finally appropriate. "I truly believed in Tezcatlipoca. I just didn't ever think he was real."
Bloodshot
Xtinction Agenda - December 13, 2020 11:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJames and James take an impromptu voyage into Valiant Comics' Bloodshot series, from Bob Perlin to Vin Diesel. Lotta competent work here. Surprisingly. "Are you questioning what my body can and can't do?"
Sniper 2 (2002)
Xtinction Agenda - December 06, 2020 11:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAdam, James, and James chew the grizzle that is Sniper 2, a movie in which a tank scene is traded in exchange for any and all effort. "Freedom!" PS: James' audio a little choppy this round. Sorry folks. Trying new things.
Enemy of the State / Rambo: Last Blood
Xtinction Agenda - November 29, 2020 11:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingChris, James, and James put themselves though Tony Scott's relentlessly mediocre Enemy of the State. They then sit back and immerse themselves in the warm bath that is Rambo: Last Blood. “I know how black a man's heart can be.”
Batman: Knightfall
Xtinction Agenda - November 22, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAfter getting into Zack Snyder's Justice League #snydercut trailer, Chris, James, and James talk Batman: Knightfall - The Crusade (1993). Jean-Paul Valley is a creep. "Failure comes from fear."
Maximum Carnage
Xtinction Agenda - November 15, 2020 16:39 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingChris, James, and James ask the hard questions this episode, dipping into an issue of Spectacular Spider-Man, part of the Maximum Carnage megaevent of 1993. "-And they don't get any more evil than me!"
Grant Morrison - The Invisibles Vol. 1 #9-12
Xtinction Agenda - November 08, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingChris and James explore the mysteries of inauthentic voodoo, the monstrous appropriation of bodies, and nameless aristocratic horrors. They also discover the tragic origins of supervillain goons. This time with... The Invisibles Vol. 1 #9-12... "Your wife won't say a thing. I gave her to Steve...
Warren Ellis - Transmetropolitan
Xtinction Agenda - November 01, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingChris, James, and James talk Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson. They talk Transmetropolitan. They talk sci-fi. They talk police. They talk politics. They talk victims. They talk about huge wangers. "Did you ever want to set someone's head on fire, just to see what it looked like?"
Platoon (1986)
Xtinction Agenda - October 25, 2020 10:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn their quest to come to grips with the Sniper franchise, Adam, James, and James try to get some deep background on Tom Berenger, watching Oliver Stone's Platoon (1986). Feelings were had. Lessons were learned. None of it had a thing to do about Sniper. "And if that happens, you won't know ab...
Near Dark / Interview with the Vampire
Xtinction Agenda - October 18, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 ratingChris, James, and James bring their October festivities to their inevitable conclusion. They embrace the deafening night and talk about Kathryn Bigelow's Near Dark (1987) and Neil Jordan's Interview with the Vampire (1994). "Which one of you did it?!"
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