The Fanboy and the Hater

Mike and Jim discuss and debate the heavily hyped and profusely praised 2026 epic movie The Odyssey, written and directed by Christopher Nolan as a modern film adaptation of the ancient Greek epic poem by Homer. 
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Mike and Jim discuss and debate the 2026 superhero movie Spider-Man: Brand New Day. 
 
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Mike and Jim discuss and debate the 1999 movie The Boondock Saints. 
 
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Mike and Jim discuss and debate the 1999 movie Fight Club. 
 
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Mike and Jim discuss and debate the 2001 movie Donnie Darko.
 
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Mike and Jim discuss and debate the 2026 live-action superhero movie Supergirl, written by Ana Nogueira and directed by Craig Gillespie as the second film in the rebooted DC Extended Universe (DCEU), which was adapted from the 2021 comic book miniseries Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow by Tom King and Bilquis Evely. 
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Mike and Jim discuss and debate the 2025 live-action superhero movie Superman, written and directed by James Gunn as the first film in the rebooted DC Extended Universe (DCEU).
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Mike and Jim discuss and debate (but mostly rant about) the 2026 science fiction film Disclosure Day. Despite being directed by Steven Spielberg and highlighted by the laudably fully committed acting of Emily Blunt, Colin Firth, and Eve Hewson, this was one of the most disappointing movies they have seen in a long time. 
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Mike and Jim discuss and debate the 2026 neo-noir superhero television series Spider-Noir based on the Marvel Comics character that most people know from the Spider-Man: Spider-Verse animated movies, including whether you should watch it in black-and-white or color, why the lead character is not named Peter Parker, the incredible cast lead by Nicolas Cage, why the detective story was better than the superhero story, and why, despite stumbling toward an underwhelming finale, it is an amazing (pun intended) and highly-recommended series.  
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Mike and Jim discuss and debate the 2026 movie Masters of the Universe, the second live-action film adaptation of a Mattel toy line and animated television series from the 1980s, including their struggles with understanding who the intended audience is, its many shifting tones (serious, sentimental, silly, cartoon-ish, parody), and its occasionally too-adult humor, while also acknowledging its positives (visual effects, fight choreography) and the subtle changes that could have made the movie better. (Bonus feature: Mike performs the He-Man "I have the power!" shout, twice). 
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Mike and Jim discuss and debate the action role playing video game Diablo IV, which they both spend most of their gaming time playing. This episode focuses on its Lord of Hatred expansion that was released in late April 2026, which introduced a new campaign, two new character classes (Paladin and Warlock), an updated skill tree, a new talisman system for set items, a new Horadric Cube crafting system, and new war plans for endgame activities. 
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Mike and Jim discuss and debate the action role playing video game Diablo II: Resurrected, which is the 2021 remake of Diablo II (2000) and its expansion Lord of Destruction (2001) that they returned to recently because its February 2026 Reign of the Warlock expansion added the Warlock, the first new playable class in Diablo II in 25 years. 
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Mike and Jim discuss and debate the 2026 movie Mortal Kombat 2, including a very brief overview of its video game and cinematic history, how it is an enjoyable improvement over the previous movie, some other successes but mostly failures of movie adaptations of video games, and how such adaptations should balance their movie and video game aspects.   
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Mike and Jim discuss and debate how much movie previews, in an understandable effort to peak your interest, often include too much detail, provide the entire narrative framework, speak many of its best lines, show many of its best scenes, and basically spoil it so much that it is not worth seeing the movie, which is fine if you were not planning to, but really annoying if you were looking forward to it.  
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Mike and Jim discuss and debate the Netflix television series Stranger Things, which concluded its 5-season, and nearly 10-year, run at the end of 2025. While they agree the phenomenal first season was why the show became a huge hit, they think the show become formulaic and repetitive as it progressed, had some weak storytelling arcs, and took some big narrative swings to conclude the series, ultimately leaving them wondering if it was overrated. 
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