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This episode was originally published February 17th, 2017. Frank regales Tim with the tale of seeing George Takei at a live Q&A and screening of that most legendary of Star Trek films: The Wrath of KHAAAAAAN! Cheers! Beers of the Week Saranac Black Forest Ale Saranac Cold Brew Coffee Lager Find us at beerwithgeeks.com — like, subscribe, leave a rating, and tell a friend.

Frank and Tim crack open a couple of beers and head back to 1989, where Tim Burton built an entire Gotham City from scratch on a soundstage and Jack Nicholson had his name above the title of a Batman movie. Beers of the Week Sam Adams American Light Lager Little House Hornet's Honey Imperial Kölsch Find us at beerwithgeeks.com — like, subscribe, leave a rating, and tell a friend.

Right before Tim's parental leave, he and Frank finally did the thing they swore they'd never do: they watched The Return of Swamp Thing. Cheers! Beers of the Week Sam Adams Blueberry Lager WhistlePig Rye Find us: beerwithgeeks.com — like, subscribe, leave a rating, and tell a friend.

Frank and Vactor from This Comic Cooks on YouTube and TikTok dig into My Adventures with Superman Season 3: the season that took an already-great show and somehow made it ten times better. Tim's out on the happiest possible assignment, so it's a two-hander. Cheers! ⚠️ Full spoilers throughout. Beers of the Week Sam Adams Porch Rocker Waterloo Summer Berry More Vactor: Trust In The Force. See all his past BwG appearances here. Find every back episode at beerwithgeeks.com. We're on YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts. Like, subscribe, follow, and leave a rating if this one hit. Special Guest: Vactor.

Tim and Frank finally sit down for Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, the one Tim waited weeks to catch in 70mm IMAX. Cheers! ⚠️ Full spoilers throughout. It's a three-thousand-year-old story, but still. Beers of the Week Stoneface Brewing Italian-Style Pilsner Bero Kingston Golden Pils Find every back episode at beerwithgeeks.com. We're on YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts. Like, subscribe, follow, and leave a rating if this one hit.

Frank, Tim, and Vactor from This Comic Cooks have seen Spider-Man: Brand New Day, and they’re bringing you their full review. ⚠️ Full spoilers start around 25:00. We get into where it lands next to No Way Home, why Destin Daniel Cretton's Shang-Chi fight choreography and the PlayStation games are all over the web-swinging, and whether the new cloth suit is the most comic-accurate Spider-Man we've had on screen. Then the gripes: organic web-shooters vs. Peter's science brain, a Jean Grey who might be a little too mean, the Yelena spa scene, and the eternal question: how does a broke kid in New York afford the rent, the flowers, and that many Little Caesars? Plus: a debate about theater-crowd etiquette ("on your left" cheerers vs. pin-drop-silence purists), the Hulk-remembers moment, and a villain wishlist that runs from Hobgoblin to the Jackal. Beers of the Week Bero Kingston Golden Pils Bero Spider-Man: Brand New Day x Pils Sam Adams Summer Ale (2025 vintage) Special Guest: Vactor.

Tim and Frank just got back from definitely actually going to San Diego Comic-Con for real life and not pretend. Cheers! Beers of the Week: Sam Adams Old Fezziwig spiced ale Whistle Pig Piggy Back rye, with a water chaser Find every back episode at beerwithgeeks.com. We're on YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts. Like, subscribe, follow, and leave a rating if this one hit.

Frank and Tim pour a drink and break down every reveal, theory, and Easter egg buried in the trailer for Avengers: Doomsday. Cheers! We get into: The incursion, and why this is basically the first act of the movie (heroes miscommunicate, then find a bigger threat) The X-Men leading the cold open: Xavier's school on its last legs and what that window shot means Doctor Doom in live action for the "fifth" time, and why this one finally feels like it counts The RDJ voice debate: is that Downey under the mask, and does it matter if Doom just happens to have Tony's face? Crossover money shots Marvel wants you to care about (Shang-Chi vs. Gambit) and the ones that actually land Thor vs. Doom, and the magic rune on Doom's gauntlet that might belong to Wanda The Hydra Cap theory: how is a long-haired, bearded Steve worthy of Mjolnir? Is that Loki shot really pulled from the show? And is Doom collecting kids? The Kang problem nobody at Marvel wants to say out loud Where's Spider-Man, and why he's probably being saved for Secret Wars and Battleworld Tickets already selling out and a teaser that cleared 500 million views in a week What we're drinking: Frank's on a Sam Adams Blueberry Lager (Red, White & Blueberry). Tim is drinking WhistlePig PiggyBack rye out of a porcelain Doctor Doom head he's had since childhood, whose brains have apparently been replaced by whiskey. Next week: San Diego Comic-Con hype (and yeah, we still owe you Lois & Clark). Find every back episode at beerwithgeeks.com. We're on YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts. Like, subscribe, follow, and leave a rating if this one hit.

Tim and Frank take on a deceptively simple question: is Spider-Man actually a street-level superhero? What starts as a debate about subgenres turns into a much bigger conversation — about tone, stakes, and whether the label helps or hurts a character when your hero is literally swinging above the street. Beers of the Week Sam Adams Porch Rocker Lemon Radler (Frank) Stormalong Legendary Dry Hard Cider — Millis, MA (Tim) In this episode Sam Adams Porch Rocker returns — the annual visit, and this year it's slightly less tart (in a good way) Sam Adams's new can design — Sam covering his own letters with a raised mug (or is that Paul Revere? or Thomas Jefferson?) Stormalong dry cider, heirloom + bittersweet apples, and the cracking-tentacles Kraken can H.P. Lovecraft geography detour: Providence vs. Newport, the racism asterisk, where Arkham actually came from The main question: is Spider-Man a street-level superhero at all? Defining street-level: it's about the tone and the stakes, not the powers — Daredevil pounds the tar, Batman is technically anything but blue-collar Peter Parker's sci-fi problem: his origin is basically Fantastic Four, the web shooters make him genius-tier, and Frank once asked his dad to build a pair Kraven the Hunter's magic jungle potion goes golfing A live tally of Spider-Man's rogues gallery — chameleon, vulture, Doc Ock, Sandman, Lizard, Electro, Mysterio, Green Goblin, Kraven, Scorpion, Morbius, Venom — and where each one lands on street / middle / cosmic The verdict: 5 street, 6 in-between, 1 cosmic — Spider-Man's distribution skews low-end, but he's genuinely hard to pin down "Spider-Man is a street-level hero the same way Breaking Bad is a show about a chemistry teacher." — the Breaking Bad Test Why pigeonholing hurts long-lived characters, and why the supporting cast is really what makes a hero viable Reading from Superman: The Never-Ending Battle by Roger Stern — Clark Kent finally becomes Superman across an entire beautiful page of prose Find us at beerwithgeeks.com — like, subscribe, leave a rating, and tell a friend.

Frank and Tim both showed up in green. Neither planned it. They discuss the trailer for the upcoming Green Lantern TV series Lanterns (2026). Cheers! Beers of the Week Sam Adams Winter Lager Two Pitchers Nordic Jam

Frank and Tim grab a couple of citrus wheat ales and head to the theater for Supergirl, the DCU's next step after Superman. The verdict: liked it, didn't love it — an earnest, surprisingly un-cynical B-movie with a great cast, gorgeous practical aliens, and a message clearly aimed at kids it's frankly too dark to show them. Along the way: the Casablanca clue, Lobo done right, and a genuinely unhinged detour into Augustine vs. Aquinas. Cheers! Beers of the Week Sam Adams Summer Ale Harpoon UFO White In this episode Who is this movie even for? Dark subject matter vs. a "you don't have to be perfect to be good" message Krem, and whether every villain really needs a backstory James Gunn's fingerprints and director Craig Gillespie (I, Tonya) The kill — did it undercut what Kara just told Ruthie? As the former hosts of the top Supergirl podcast on the internet… (RIP Supergirl TV Talk) Bradley Cooper & David Krumholtz as dueling Jor-Els Momoa's Lobo: a better fit than Aquaman The Casablanca clue — "she's Rick" Augustine vs. Aquinas: the actual theology of Supergirl Earning the suit from the inside out (the anti-Spider-Man: Homecoming) Chapters 00:00 Welcome — hop on the magic space bus 00:46 Beers of the Week 02:18 Spoiler-free: "liked it, not loved it" 04:34 Box office & the half-empty preview screening 07:38 The trailer delivered exactly what it promised 09:41 SPOILERS start 10:41 The message: you don't have to be perfect to be good 11:26 Who is this movie even for? 12:12 Krem, and do we need every villain's backstory? 15:17 James Gunn's fingerprints & director Craig Gillespie 16:52 The kill — did it undercut Kara's message to Ruthie? 19:09 Krypton, Allura's ADR backpedal & Jor-El 24:31 "The former hosts of the top Supergirl podcast…" 25:16 Kryptonite overload: they keep depowering Kara 28:18 Bradley Cooper & David Krumholtz as Jor-El 30:37 Lobo & Momoa: an agent of chaos done right 33:38 The aliens, practical makeup & Fifth Element vibes 35:56 James Gunn needle drops & the iPod 36:43 Kara vs. Clark: why she isn't the optimist 37:28 Augustine vs. Aquinas: the theology of Supergirl 39:45 The Casablanca clue — "she's Rick" 40:31 Earning the suit from the inside out 44:19 Final verdict: glad we saw it on the big screen 45:50 The better movie that got tampered with 48:07 Where to find us

Frank and Tim return to the galaxy far, far away to talk through The Mandalorian and Grogu, a Star Wars movie that knows exactly what it is: a fun, self-contained, Saturday-morning adventure with space western vibes, Indiana Jones structure, James Bond mission energy, and some very mobile Hutts. Cheers! Beers of the Week Saison Dupont Belgian Farmhouse Ale Stoneface Brewing Sunday Sauce Italian Pils Canada Dry Cherry Fruit Splash Ginger Ale

Frank and Tim crack open some drinks and attempt the noble, impossible task of ranking sci-fi franchises without accidentally starting six different side conversations. Star Wars and Star Trek go straight into S-tier, Dune gets surprisingly close to sacred-text status, and Tim is reminded that he watched Tron: Legacy for the podcast nine years ago and fully forgot. Beers of the Week Poppi Orange Prebiotic Soda Shacksbury Classic Dry Cider

Tim and Frank saddle up for a long-overdue trip into the world of Firefly, sparked by the news that an animated continuation may be on the way with Nathan Fillion and the original cast involved. Time for the return of Hit Me With Your Best Shot. Cheers! Beers of the Week Shacksbury Classic Dry Cider Poppi Cherry Limeade Prebiotic Soda

Frank and Tim are gushing about Maul: Shadow Lord — and somehow neither of them used to even like Maul. They get into why this one is really about "bad guys and worse guys". Cheers! Beers of the Week Corona Extra Buttonwoods Brewery Czech Amber Lager