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The RevNews coverage of all things Captain America: Civil War continues! In this new episode, host Gary Mitchel calls in the world's foremost Flash fan and comics expert Shaun Rosado to discuss the epic comics event, and all its related series, which has inspired the movie! Tune in as they explain why this movie may be the closest the MCU will come to the actual comics; a bit of history of The Avengers in comics along with everything going on in comics & the real world that influenced this epic event; the differences in how MARVEL handles a recalibration vs how DC does it; what started the Civil war & the two sides' arguments; what the series did to Tony Stark as a character & how Movie Tony and Comics Tony differ; how all the character moments seem to be in the side-books and the BIG moments are in the main book; which side Gary and Shaun are on; where Shaun thinks all the villains were while the heroes fought; the final fight that ended the war, the denouement, the lingering aftermath

The DC Cinematic Universe begins here! And it begins with the epic clash between their biggest heroes! Can Goyer and Snyder meet the challenge of making a movie that can not only face off against MARVEL, but fandom's mixed reactions to Man of Steel? RevNews hosts Gary Mitchel & Tegan Hendrickson call in Nathan Laws to round out their podcast league to discuss these issues and more, before and then after they watched the movie! Tune in as the trinity discuss Snyder's strengths and weaknesses; who they wish had been cast as Batman (he'd done it before); if "fun" is a bad word to the DC/WB executives; the idea of DC as a movie & TV multiverse; the intrinsic qualities of Superman; how they like their Lex; and how Nathan takes Tegan's joy. Then, after they've seen the movie, they cover what did work . . . and what didn't; the whole "Martha" thing; how this Batman was built & what was missing from him; Gary explains the glowy-guy who confused Tegan & Nathan; what they feel is the movi

MARVEL's Phase Three begins here! And it begins with a story that we're sure is going to make us emotionally compromised! Best friend vs best friend over previous best friend! To discuss this movie, the comics that inspired it, and what to look forward in it, RevNews hosts Gary Mitchel & Tegan Hendrickson have called together a group of registered experts on the MCU: Mike Nelson, Ryan Guthrie and host of our ESO sister show, Earth Station MCU, Jennifer Hartshorn! Tune in as our comic book heroes discuss if Tony is a supervillain now; Steve's character arc vs Tony's in the MCU; they try not to get Tegan started on the "Martha" thing again; what Spidey's role in all this is going to be; everyone's love of the Russo brothers; how we need Captain America branded tissues for the screening; the Team Cap and Team Tony lineups, with how Steve should have played some MMOs before this to better understand making a balanced team; a breakdown on known Infinity Gems so far; Mike's need for Zemo to be Cobra Comman

Hey Listeners There were some technical difficulties this timeround. We thought this episode was lost.  But we rescued it, and although it's not February any more, we hope you will enjoy it. February saw a lot of movies come out, and believe it or not, other movies aside from Deadpool coming out and Tegan Hendrickson joins our Podcast Queen, Deanna Toxopeus to discuss the February movies. Deanna proves she's Canadian by prounouncing words the French way. Tegan and Deanna come up with a movie proposal for a haunted amusement park movie  There is an on-going discussion about the quality of blurbs the studios have created and a vist to Muppet Game of Thrones. Our theme music this episode is "Cultists On Board" by the Darkest of the Hillside Thickets, courtesy of Divine Industries.   A reminder about our feedback address: revcast@revolutionsf.com. Would you wat a movie set in a Haunted Amusement park?

At long last, after many years and a movie reboot, Star Trek is finally returning to television! Well, sort of, as CBS reveals that the series will be part of their new streaming service. Not only that, it will be in the hands of one of our favorite show-runners, Bryan Fuller! We like this news because not only has Fuller brought us some of our favorite genre shows (Pushing Daises, Hannibal), but he got his start with Star Trek! To discuss all this and more, RevNews hosts Gary Mitchel and Tegan Hendrickson gathered a federation of Star Trek experts: Michael Falkner, Ryan Guthrie and Sue Kisenwether. Listen in as they discuss when/where the new series might be set; a valiant but failed attempt to not discuss the J.J. movies; what they're expecting/hoping for in the new show – including what “essential” things it need to be “Star Trek”, and what past elements need to shore leave; should it be episodic or serial; Kirk as your Cool Uncle vs Picard as your Dad; Utopia v

Back in December, RevNes co-hosts Gary Mitchel and Tegan Hendrickson gathered Michael Falkner and Nathan Laws together to dicuss Star Wars prior to the premier of the Force Awakens. The reminisce about when they first watched Star Wars (Hint: With the exception of Gary, they are all young), what should and should not be canon and their hopes and dreams for Episode 7. Please note: This is another episode that fell victim to Gary's relocation to the East Coast. But it is still worth listening to. The RevolutionSF RevNews theme music is "20 Minutes of Oxygen" by Darkest of the Hillside Thickets. Find them at Thickets.net. Subscribe to us and rate us on iTunes or on Stitcher It helps the algorithms. You gotta do it for the algorithms.  A reminder about our feedback address: revcast@revolutionsf.com. What is your first Star Wars memory? The RevNews is part of the Earth Station One podcast network, your home for all things geek.

January 2016 brings a cornucopia of genre movies for Podcast Queen Deanna Toxopeus and her guest Tegan Hendrickson to examine. There is a wide ranging discussion about animated movies and teen distopias. But it is a baby radish that entrances both of the ladies. So come join them as they go through the January movies and tell you what to see in the theater.RevSF's RevCast is part of the Earth Station One podcast network, your home for all things geek. Our theme music this episode is "Cultists On Board" by the Darkest of the Hillside Thickets, courtesy of Divine Industries.   A reminder about our feedback address: revcast@revolutionsf.com.  What would you do if your baby looked like radish? 

It is the month that we geeks have been waiting years for.  It's December 2015 and Star Wars: The Force Awakens has been released in theaters. But there is so much more to see.  Podcast Queen, Deanna Toxopeus is joined by RevNews co-host Tegan Hendrickson to discuss the December offerings, and believe it or not they do not spend the whole podcast talking about Star Wars. Because there are other movies coming out in December. Honest. Our theme music this episode is "Cultists On Board" by the Darkest of the Hillside Thickets, courtesy of Divine Industries.   Subscribe to us and rate us on iTunes or on Stitcher. It helps the algorithms. You gotta do it for the algorithms.  RevolutionSF's RevCast is part of Earth Station One, the podcast network for all things geek. Find them at ESOPodcast.com.    A reminder about our feedback address: revcast@revolutionsf.com.  How long have you been waiting for The Force Awakens?

This really happened. RevSF's Joe Crowe interviewed E.G. Daily, who played Dottie on Pee-Wee's Big Adventure and does about a zillion other terrific things, including the voice of Tommy on Rugrats.  We cover all that. Joe loses his composure a little bit. Dudes. He's talking to Dottie from Pee-Wee's Big Adventure.  Check out her site. EGDaily.com. You can buy all her stuff there.  Another thing we talk about: Ms. Daily hosts a seminar on voice acting! Find the seminar on Amazon.   . Subscribe to us and rate us on iTunes or on Stitcher It helps the algorithms. You gotta do it for the algorithms.  Follow Joe Crowe on Twitter @yojoecrowe.  RevolutionSF's RevCast is part of Earth Station One, the podcast network for all things geek. Find them at ESOPodcast.com.     

The Flash debuted on our screens last TV season and the reaction was immediate. Best show on TV!  But did it hold up in the back half of the season?  Join RevNews Host Gary Mitchel as he is joined by the World's Foremost Flash Fan, Shaun Rosado, to discuss the back half of the first season of the Flash.  Also coming along for the ride are Mark Finn and Deanna Toxopeus. There's a far ranging discussion of characters, plots and comics. There is even a suggestion of a musical episode that make Mark's ears curl. Join us for an extensive look at the second half of the premier season of Flash, full of fun and facts. The RevolutionSF RevNews theme music is "20 Minutes of Oxygen" by Darkest of the Hillside Thickets. Find them at Thickets.net. <I>Subscribe to us and rate us on iTunes or on Stitcher It helps the algorithms. You gotta do it for the algorithms.  A reminder about our feedback address: revcast@revolutionsf.com. Musical episode: Yes or no? The RevNews is part of the Eart

Manimal is out on DVD.  We never thought we would type those words.   It's pretty much the greatest show from 1983 that contained a detective who transformed into any animal, but most of the time just a panther or a hawk. It lasted eight episodes. Then-pre-teen Joe Crowe was nonplussed. Since then, this whole Manimal fandom thing has really gotten out of hand with him. You'll hear why and how. At DragonCon on the American Sci-Fi Classics Track -- the live-action home of RevCast irregulars Gary, Tegan and a plethora of fine folks -- we hosted a Manimal panimal two years ago, way before we knew Manimal was coming out on DVD.  Here it is in its entirety, because it is full of geeky love for quickly canceled sci-fi TV.  Joe and Gary were joined by dedicated fanimals Dr. Geek Scott Viguie and New York Times bestselling writer Debbie Viguie.  That's right. Fans of Manimal packed a whole convention track room. Your move, people who take sci-fi too seri

Did the back half of Arrow season 3 live up to the end of season 2?  Erstwhile host Gary Mitchel is joined by Mark Finn, Nathan Laws and Deanna Toxopeus to discuss the ups and downs of the season. They discuss character development (or lack thereof) and the fact that everyone knows about Ollie's secret now. Except Iris, who must never know.  So sit back and enjoy this episode of the RevNews. We promise this flashback is great, even wihout an Amell in a wig. The RevNews is part of the Earth Station One network, where you can find a metric ton of podcasts about all things geek.  The RevolutionSF Revcast theme music is "20 Minutes of Oxygen" by Darkest of the Hillside Thickets. Find them at Thickets.net. A reminder about our feedback address: revcast@revolutionsf.com. What's your favourite Amell wig?

It's November, but we know you really want it to be December because STAR WARS comes out then.  But untl then, Hollywood has some pretty good things to offer you for your viewing pleasure.   Our Podcast Queen, Deanna Toxopeus is joined by Tegan Hendrickson to discuss the upcoming movies. Tegan keeps Deanna in line, while the both recoil as they realize the implications of Princess ButterCup’s daughter being old enough to be in a movie. There is also a theory about what Bond using his real names says about the British spy service. Our theme music this episode is "Cultists On Board" by the Darkest of the Hillside Thickets, courtesy of Divine Industries.   The RevCast is part of Earth Station One podcast network, your home for all things geek.  A reminder about our feedback address: revcast@revolutionsf.com.  If you were a spy, what name would you choose?  

It's fall and that brings a whole new set of TV shows on the tube for us to watch. RevCast hosts Deanna Toxopeus and Gary Mitchel are joined by Tegan Hendrickson discuss the new genre shows on offer.  One of the shows even gets two seered thumbs up, while another features free-range precogs. The crew also talk about Tegan hijacking the DragonCon American Sci-Fi Classics Track and that she knows everything about "nuts". They figure out how RevSF co-founder Joe Crowe can afford all that sweet Manimal merch. Our theme music this episode is "Cultists On Board" by the Darkest of the Hillside Thickets, courtesy of Divine Industries.   A reminder about our feedback address: revcast@revolutionsf.com. Do you prefer your precogs raised cruelty free?

Gotham may have returned, and appears to be swinging for the fences, but last season did not end on what we would call a high note. To go over the highs (Penguin!) and lows (Barbara!), RevNews host Gary Mitchel  got BatFans Christina Janke , Nathan Laws, and Mike Nelson to return from their look back at the first half of the season to see if their optimism for the show at the half-way mark was met. (SPOILER: Not so much.) Listen in as they discuss which of them was able to even watch to the end of the season; how they break the show down by examining their feelings about each main character; how it entered too CW for CW territory with Leslie vs Barbara; the fact that schizophrenia just doesn't happen!; their love for Bullock & Alfred; their disappointment with the fall of Fish; the show's bad habit of sidelining characters; what they feel is main source of the series' problems; and Christina's lament that Constantine was canceled, yet, somehow, this show survives. The RevolutionSF Revcast theme

October!  The time of cooler tmperatures and pre-oscar bait movies. Hollywood has a whole new slate of movies, and it appears some of there are actually worth heading to the teater for. Deanna Toxopeus and Gary Mitchel are joined by Tegan Hendrickson to discuss the October 2015 movies. Along the way, Tegan proposes a theory about all good food coming on a stick.  Keanue Reeves and Eli Roth destroy Gary's interest in a horror movie.  Deanna calls "Air Hogs" "Air Force" and pronounces things in a Canadian way. Our theme music this episode is "Cultists On Board" by the Darkest of the Hillside Thickets, courtesy of Divine Industries.   A reminder about our feedback address: revcast@revolutionsf.com. What other words would you like Deanna to ponounce.  

September!  The beginning of fall!  The back to school season! The triumphant return of the pumpkin spice!  And Hollywood is hoping that you will flee those falling leaves by heading to the theater. Our co-hosts, Deanna Toxopeus and Gary Mitchel are joined by Tegan Hedrickson to discuss the upcoming month of movies. Along the way we find out that Gary is Shyamalout and that if there is no Statham, there is no peace. Our theme music this episode is "Cultists On Board" by the Darkest of the Hillside Thickets, courtesy of Divine Industries.   A reminder about our feedback address: revcast@revolutionsf.com. Would you buy a Shyamalout t-shirt?

RevSF's Joe Crowe and Gary Mitchel are presenting the 1980 sword and sorcery spectacular Hawk the Slayer at DragonCon's American Sci-Fi Classics Track, and Joe got to talk with the director, Terry Marcel. They discuss the awesomeness of 1980s fantasy flicks, and Mr. Marcel reveals details about the sequel, Hawk the Hunter! Check out the Kickstarter for all the details.  Follow Hawk the Hunter on Facebook and on Twitter.  RevolutionSF's RevCast is one of a bazillion geeky podcasts at your home for all things geek at Earth Station One.  Follow RevSF on Twitter @RevolutionSF and Joe and Gary at DragonCon's @ClassicTrack.       

DragonCon, the largest fan run convention on the East Coast.  Possibly the world.  If you like it, they talk about it here. And two of RevolutionSF's own, Gary Mitchel and Joe Crowe run the American Sci-Fi Classics Track at this hallowed event. Both gentlemen sit down with our Podcast Queen Deanna Toxopeus to discuss how their plans for the track this year. She also asks how the two men go involved in running a track at DragonCon. There is some reminising about panels of the past. And Joe plots to get Deanna fired. Our theme music this episode is "Cultists On Board" by the Darkest of the Hillside Thickets, courtesy of Divine Industries.   A reminder about our feedback address: revcast@revolutionsf.com.  What panel would you like to participate in at the American Sci-Fi Classics Track at DragonCon.

Summer is still with us, and while some kids are heading back to school, Hollywood still has more movies to give you an excuse to head to the theater to cool off.  Our co-hosts, Deanna Toxopeus and Gary Mitchel are joined by Tegan Hendrickson to look at the offerings Hollywood has brought us. From Fantastic Four to Hitman, what is worth seeing at the theater this month?  In addition, Deanna links Shaun the Sheep to Urban Cowboy, and Gary and Tegan take the show off the rails over a kids' movie. And yet Joe still lets them do the show Our theme music this episode is "Cultists On Board" by the Darkest of the Hillside Thickets, courtesy of Divine Industries.   A reminder about our feedback address: revcast@revolutionsf.com. What other clips should Deanna compile for Gary's trial?