SPOILER ALERT: Hopefully you've seen the movie already because we spoil the hell out of it in our in-depth review.
Will Starlord bond with his space-daddy? Does Drax really find Mantis repulsive? Can Rocket come to terms with his a-holery? These questions and more answered in our review of Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2. We also cover other topics in our monthly news segment, such trailers reactions for IT, The Dark Tower, Wonder Woman, and The Last Jedi; a nerdgasm moment in the new MST3K series; a look at the short promo movie for Alien: Covenant; the release of Logan on video and more.
Show Notes:
00:48 - Mystery Science Theatre 3000: The Return.
02:54 - Wonder Woman trailer review.
07:42 - Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi.
13:18 - A look at Logan.
17:58 - 2nd trailer for Stephen King's IT.
26:09 - Alien: Covenant.
34:22 - The Expanse.
40:29 - Our Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 discussion starts.
42:18 - Finely calibrated jokes, and chaos.
44:53 - Drax and Mantis.
47:47 - Uncompromised characters.
50:43 - Tropic Thunder.
54:56 - Everybody has an arc.
58:41 - Comic v. movie.
01:02:45 - Rocket Racoon...
01:04:16 - Yondu.
01:06:52 - I'm Mary Poppins, y'all!
01:08:16 - An example of how well built this movie is.
01:15:19 - A funny scene: Yondu and Rocket in jail.
01:23:05 - Taserface.
01:29:00 - Too many end-credit sequences.
01:37:47 - Watchmen.
Thanks for listening!
Mystery Science Theatre 3000: The Return Netflix page:
https://www.netflix.com/title/80128275
Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cv2ueYnKjg&t=44s
Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 "Inferno" music video, featuring David Hassllehoff:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MMMe1drnZY
The plethora of end-credit sequences for GotG Vol. 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr_OGf7Xw84
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