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This is a Dynamike Network podcast.

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Hi and welcome to the Dynamic Duel Podcast,
a weekly show where we review superhero films

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and debate the superiority between Marvel and
DC by comparing their characters and stat-based

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battle simulations. I'm Marvelous Joe. And I'm
his twin brother Johnny DC. And Happy New Year

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everyone! Yeah, welcome to 2024! Yeah, and this
year Jonathan and I will have had this podcast

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running for a total of 8 years. Holy shit. 8
years, people. We started this show in 2016.

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And holy crap, it's been going on a while. Like,
if you honestly told me that there were enough

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Marvel and DC characters to put in these many
duels and this many Marvel and DC related media

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to review, I would have told you to go fuck
yourself. Geez. All right. It's kind of a dream

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come true, right? For comic book fans, 2023
may go down in history as the year that comic

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book fatigue finally set in. But honestly, I'm
still enjoying most films. Yeah. Who's not

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fatigued? This guy right here. I'm pointing
to myself because 2023 had a lot of great stuff

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come out for Marvel and DC. And in this episode,
our annual Brothers Awards episode, we will

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award the best that the company has produced.
Yeah, this is the eighth annual Brothers Award

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episode. Of course, we named it the Brothers
Awards off of the DC versus Marvel comic book

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and mini series that came out in the mid 90s,
which depicted two cosmic entity twin brothers

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that each represented both Marvel and DC. So
we figured that the name of the award was fitting.

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Yeah, and we represented those cosmic entities
as little statues that we award these films.

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You could check out the images of these awards
on our Instagram. Little statues? I've always

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imagined them as being like pretty big fucking
statues, dude. I thought they were like Oscar

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sized, you know? No, no, we're thinking like
Statue of Liberty, bro. All right. Before we

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get into our awards, we're going to break down
the latest comic book movie news that came

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out this past week, of which there was none.
Partially because Jonathan and I are recording

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this episode early, but also because, you know,
we're like in a dead zone in terms of movie

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news. Yeah, it's pretty quiet during the holidays.
But, we do have a No Prize to award and a new

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question of the week for you guys. As always,
we list our segment times in our episode description,

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But with that out of the way, quick to the no
prize. A no prize is an award Marvel used to

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give out to fans. Our version, the dynamic dual
no prize is a digital award we post on Instagram

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and in our email newsletter. for the person
that we feel gave the best answer to our question

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of the week. In last week's question, we asked,
which actor would you choose to recast Kang

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in the MCU and why? Of course, that was coming
up with the news that Jonathan Majors was fired

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as King of the Conqueror from Marvel. We got
three answers here. So, you know, two honorable

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mentions and one no prize winner. Let's go ahead
and run them down. Our first honorable mention

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goes to Chumnu, who said, Hello, if I could
recast Kang, I would probably recast. Busta

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Rhymes because you know, he can portray like
a, what's it called, like a menacing type of

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demeanor. And I just feel like he would fit
the role, you know, because Kang is very menacing

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himself. So thank you for your time. Thank you
for listening. So Cham Ngu gave the answer

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of Busta Rhymes. Honestly, I've only ever seen
Busta Rhymes in one movie and that was Halloween

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Resurrection. And he was Fucking horrible in
that movie. This is a horrible answer. Everyone

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knows that if you're gonna hire a rapper to
play King of the Conqueror, it's either gotta

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be Ice Cube or Ice T. One of the ice guys. Not
vanilla ice. Fuck that guy. But I think Ice

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T could pull it off. He kinda has a cool demeanor.
He's a little up there in age. So is Cube though.

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They're all getting older. It's so sad. Or,
or, hear me out. You hire Coolio? And it turns

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out that his character from the director's cut
of Daredevil was also Kang. He was a Kang variant.

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Coolio's dead, bro. Oh no! Really? Yes! I didn't
know that! Dude. Whoops. I mean, we have AI

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now. It's fine. You may as well said Tupac or
something. Jesus. Oh, fuck you. I know he's

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dead. Anyway, let's go to move on to our next
honorable mention after that poor showing from

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Jonathan here. Our next honorable mention goes
to Andrew Shunk, who said, Hey guys, Andrew

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Shunk here. I would cast Christopher Judge for
Kang. So this is kind of a very dark horse,

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but he's from the Stargate SG-1 series. He's
also the voice of Kratos from the God of War

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series. I think it's something where he could
pull it off. Yeah, Christopher Judge had a

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prominent role in the Stargate SG-1 series.
He's one of the other dimensional tough guys,

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basically. I don't know. I never watched the
show, but I know of the character. He's kind

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of like a interesting looking face. Yeah, he
was in The Dark Knight Rises, although it was

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a very minor role. He was like assassin number
three or something like that. Interesting.

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But I would say that he has an interesting look.
I guess he's a decent actor. I never really

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watched the Stargate TV series. Yeah. But I
wonder if he's maybe not a big enough name

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for Kang, someone who, you know, the MCU is
hindering their entire multiverse saga on.

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I don't know. I mean, he has fan cred, I would
guess. But I just don't think he's that great

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of an actor, though far be it for me to judge
anybody on a show that I have not seen. So

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who knows? Did you know that Jason Momoa was
on one of the Star Gate shows? I did know that.

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Yeah. He's on Stargate Atlantis. A precursor
of things to come. So great answer Andrew Shunk,

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but the winner of this week's no prize is Travis
Herndon, who said, Hey guys, Travis here. So

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my pick would have to be Chuck Woody Wooji.
I think he did an amazing job in Guardians

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3 and I think he could pull off being Kang.
Now I know he's already played high evolutionary

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before, but you can easily have it and not only
he stood the new variant, but you can even

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have it at Kang. Kang was a different Kang variant
that just took a different path compared to

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the other versions of Kang. So that's my pick.
Honestly, I don't love any of these answers,

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but I do have to say that Chuck Woody Iwuji
is the best actor out of the bunch. That's

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true. Yeah, that's why Travis Herndon wins this
award. Yeah, I didn't love any of the answers

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either, but they were in fact answers. And yeah,
Chudwuki is really solid as he proved in the

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Peacemaker television show and in Guardians
of the Galaxy Vol. 3. With the nature of the

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multiverse, you can literally cast anybody and
say that they're just a variant. So, that's

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why I don't hate this answer. But also, it would
be weird for the high evolutionary to be a

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variant of Kang, I feel. Who knows, it may just
have been a variant who wasn't interested in

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time, but more interested in biology. They can
make it work if they needed to. You know, rumors

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are that Mads Mikkelsen, who played Kasellius
in the Doctor Strange movie, is being courted

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for the role of Victor Von Doom. I also hate
that. Well the idea there, according to fan

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theories, is that they would actually retcon
the character of Casselius so that it was an

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alias for Victor Von Doom as he was studying
to be a sorcerer. You know, in the comics Victor

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was learning magic as a way to circumvent death,
which is exactly what Casselius' motivations

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were in Doctor Strange. And you know, he already
has the fucked up face because of what the

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Dark Dimensions forces did to it, so it could
work. I take it back. that's actually kind

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of brilliant. I don't hate it, honestly. Well,
if you had to recast Kang, who would you cast?

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Well, I think the correct answer here was John
Boyega, who played Finn in the Star Wars sequel

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trilogy. The guy who was done dirty in the Star
Wars franchise, and I think he deserves some

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redemption in the Marvel universe. He has gone
on Twitter saying he's not interested in the

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role, but I think for the right price, anybody
would be interested. Seriously, if I was coming

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to Feige, I'd be like, what's the number? Just
tell me the number. Write it down, write it

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down. I'll add a zero. As in I'll add a plus
sign and then zero. Geez, final offer. Anyway,

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thanks to everyone who called in this week,
guys. Congrats to Travis Herndon for winning

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this week's No Prize. If you the listener want
a shot at winning your own No Prize, stay tuned

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to later on this episode when we'll be asking
another Question of the Week. And now that

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that's done, on to the Question of the Week.

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So now that Aquaman and The Last Kingdom has
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But I think now we're ready to move on to the
main event of this episode, where we award

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the best that has come out from Marvel in DC
in the year 2023. We're going to go ahead and

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roll out the red and blue striped carpet. We're
going to get in our tuxes. Let's go ahead and

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move into the 2023 Brothers Awards.

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With all of the guests have made their way into
the auditorium where we're presenting the awards

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of which there are 10 categories. Best trailer,
best original music, best new on-screen character,

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best villain, best hero, best moment, best actress
and best actor, best series or special, and

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finally best picture. There was so much media
to pour over for Marvel and DC both on the

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small screen and the big screen. When it came
to Marvel specifically, the media that was

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eligible that was released in 2023 are Ants
Man and the Wasp Quantumania, Guardians of

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the Galaxy Vol. 3, Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse,
Secret Invasion Season 1, Loki Season 2, The

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Marvels, and What If Season 2.

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Harley Quinn, a very problematic Valentine's
Day special, Legion of Superheroes, Shazam!

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Fury of the Gods, Batman! The Doom that came
to Gotham, Titans Season 4, The Flash, Justice

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League Warworld, Blue Beetle, My Adventures
with Superman Season 1, Harley Quinn Season

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4, Doom Patrol Season 4, Merry Little Batman,
and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. Holy shit!

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It's a lot. A spoiler warning, if you haven't
seen any of these movies or shows from the

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past year, there is the potential that we will
spoil something for the nominees this episode.

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Yeah, DC had way too much stuff come out this
year, like almost double the amount of Marvel's

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projects. It was just too much because no one
cares about DC. Are we gonna have to throw

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down on this stage? Is that what's gonna happen?
It depends on what I think of your words. But

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let's go ahead and hear them, starting with
our first category. best trailer. Trailers

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exist to get us excited for upcoming films and
television series. They are marketing material

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that show us the tone and tease the story. If
they're done right, which they often are when

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it comes to Marvel and DC projects, it gets
us fans all aboard the hype train. Yeah, these

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trailers not only got fans boarded upon the
hype train, they also smashed barriers of doubt

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and uncertainty to make everyone super excited.
At least until the films came out. Yeah, sometimes

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the trailer is actually better than a movie.
Very true. But let me list the nominees for

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best DC trailer this year. The nominees are
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom official trailer.

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If you lead, the Seven Kingdoms will follow.

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Blue Beetle official trailer.

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choice

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The Flash official trailer 2. You wanna get
nuts? Let's get nuts.

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Shazam! Fury of the Gods official trailer 2

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It's a great list. I'm going to guess that your
ward is going to the Flash. The Akuma trailer

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was also pretty good, but we got it so late
in the game that it was kind of lacking in

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that aspect. But the Flash, I think, actually
got us really excited at the time it came out

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because it gave us the best look into what looked
like a really exciting riff on the Flashpoint

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story. And the winner is the Flash official
trailer 2. Called it. You guessed right. That

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flash trailer, I mean, all of the trailers for
the flash were amazing, but that one specifically

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got me super pumped because I had so many great
moments within it. It felt very Snyder in a

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way to me, in a way that I tried to capture
emotion and just this awesome spectacle because

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the visuals were pretty incredible. The score
was sweeping and heartfelt. And you can't top

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the nostalgia factor of hearing Michael Keaton's
Bruce Wayne say, you want to get nuts? OK.

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Let's get nuts. And the trailer was nuts. I
really like the shot where it was the two flashes

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and Supergirl like coming at the camera as the
backdrop was like zooming out, you know. Yeah,

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that was a neat effect. I also really like the
shot where Michael Keaton's Batman ejects from

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the Batplane as it's like exploding in the air.
There was just a lot of exciting things to

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get thrilled over. Yeah, yeah. There's also
the shot at the very end that closed out the

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trailer where we see Batman diving through the
night sky. And the Batplane is in the distance

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against the moon. What a beautiful shot. I was
so good. I was so unbelievably pumped for this

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movie. For sure. Yeah, I mean, I think this
is maybe one of the instances where the trailer

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actually was better than the movie, but you
know, a lot of people had a lot of different

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feelings on the flash. Let's go to move on to
the Marvel best trailer. You're right, hold

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on. Let's strike one. You had salt DC two more
times. We are throwing down on this stage.

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I've been salted DC like 10 times already this
episode. Strike one. All right. I won't stand

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for it.

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one thing. What's that... time? Echo official
trailer You have so much pain in you

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Someone's rage. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.
3, new trailer.

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ride.

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The Marvels teaser trailer.

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team. Oh no we're not a team.

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I'm trying to think of which of those trailers
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the Echo trailer is pretty intriguing in that
it's so very different from anything else that

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we've received from the MCU television series
wise. But I think even more so than that, the

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trailer that got me most excited to see a Marvel
film was Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. So

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that's my guess. And the winner is... Echo.
official trailer. I mean, did I say Guardians

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of the Galaxy? I'd gone with my first pick.
I said Echo. Ant-Man and the Wasp, Quantumania,

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and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 all had great
marketing ahead of those releases, but a lot

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of it was kind of to be expected. We knew that
they were going to be fun, special effects

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driven films, largely sticking to Marvel's brand.
I will say that the Marvel's teaser trailer

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actually got me really excited for that movie,
and that was an instance where maybe the trailer

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actually was better than the movie. Even more
than all of those other ones, Echo got me super

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hyped because I was not looking forward to Echo
at all. And when that trailer came out and

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we saw how brutal everything is, where we see
people like straight up shoot each other in

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the face and you know, Kingpin beats a man to
death by punching him in the face. It was a

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massive signal to fans that the brutality that
we were used to from the Netflix shows, specifically

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the Daredevil Netflix show was returning. And
that is all the news I ever needed to hear.

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Yeah, and thank goodness, holy cow, because
I was worried for a second when it came to

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shows like Hawkeye and She-Hulk and what they
did with the Netflix characters. I'm really

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glad to see that Marvel Studios is making a
course correction. Yeah, and the Echo show

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comes out soon here, we'll be reviewing it in
just a few weeks. I'm looking forward to it,

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mostly because of this trailer specifically.
Let's go ahead and move on to our next award,

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which is Best Original Music. Now, this award
goes to the movie or show that had the best

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overall musical original score. Music is a huge
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shows. A great score can make a great movie
even greater, but it can even make a mediocre

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movie even greater. And I feel like that's the
case for quite a few films. for Marvel and

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DC this year. Yeah, given that both companies
had some mediocre films, but awesome scores

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across the board. Let me run down the list of
my nominees for DC's Best Original Music. The

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nominees are, Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom.

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Blue Beetle.

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The Flash.

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Merry little Batman.

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Those all had great scores. Merry Little Batman
was a very unique score. But I think you're

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going to give the award to the Flash primarily
because of how it was able to incorporate so

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many different themes from other DC heroes across
the decades, from the 1989 Batman to even Christopher

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Reeve Superman. And the winner is. Blue Beetle.
So you are wrong. Largely because I was really

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focusing on originality for this award. We had
recently heard Denny Elfman's Batman in the

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Joss Whedon version of Justice League when that
came out in theaters. So it wasn't as exciting

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or as nostalgic I think this time around. Unfortunately
I did really like the Flash score and I almost

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gave it the award. But I decided ultimately
to go with Blue Beetle because it was a score

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unlike anything we have heard before. And I
may be a little bit biased because of my Latin

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heritage, but there was just something about
the music that I thought was incredibly moving

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and touching and nostalgic. Not only that, but
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that wasn't original. There were some timeless
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from Los Panchos that just made the movie even
more moving for me. Yeah, I would describe

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the Blue Beetle score as mostly electronic with
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a little bit too. It wasn't like a super sleek
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you know? And it was also semi nostalgic in
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its synthetic electronic score, like you mentioned.
So yeah, I thought it was definitely the best

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score of the year and a year with a lot of great
scores. Yeah, same goes for Marvel. Let me

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go ahead and run down the nominees for best
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and the Wasp, Quantum Mania.

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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

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Loki Season 2

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Spider-Man across the Spider-Verse.

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I'm going to go with Guardians of the Galaxy
only because I feel like James Gunn does a

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really good job with music. Now of course he's
not the composer for that film, but I also

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remember the music just being really moving
in that film in general. And the winner is

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Loki Season 2. Well that of course was going
to be my second guess because I also really

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like the music in Loki. I'm surprised your second
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because that movie nearly got this award. With
all the incredible music that was in that movie

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between Gwen Stacy's drumming and visiting Spider-Man
India's world and Miles Morales' Latin feeling

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theme, there was a lot to really like in the
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I'm kind of punting that award to maybe the
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and hopefully, you know, the score is equally
as good there. But for now, I want to give

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the award to Loki Season 2. largely because
I think Natalie Holt did excellent work on

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both seasons of this television series. You
know, for Loki season 1, that almost got the

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music award too, but I ended up giving it to
WandaVision just because of the varied nature

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of all the television themes that I thought
were done really well in that show. But Natalie

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Holt's Loki score is so moving, so beautiful,
and very, very unique among the superhero genre.

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With these really... ethereal synths and Nordic
feeling orchestral movements. It's just all

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so well done. But I just remember one of the
things that moved me so much in the final episode

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was the music. I think that music closed out
the show perfectly. I remember when Loki season

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one came out, I had chosen that as my pick for
what I thought was going to get the Brothers

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Award for Best Music that year. Like you said,
it didn't. So I'm really glad that it's winning

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this year because it definitely deserves it.
The Loki score does a better job than I would

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say most. comic book properties of setting the
tone. Absolutely. Let's go to move on to our

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next award, which is best new on screen character.
Yeah, like we mentioned earlier on in the podcast,

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if you had told us that comic book movies would
still be going strong for the most part, eight

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years into this podcast, I would not have believed
you. The fact that we're still getting new

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characters on screen is just a dream come true
for any comic book fan. Now, a lot of these

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characters we've known and loved from the comics
for decades, but the fact that people are getting

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to experience them for the first time on screen
is one of the true joys of being a fan. For

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sure. Seeing new characters represented in live
action or animation is one of the most exciting

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things about being a fan of the source material.
We had quite a few new characters for DC this

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year, so let's find out who's the best. The
nominees are Blue Beetle from Blue Beetle.

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Kordax from Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.

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Space Case from Doom Patrol Season 4.

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Supergirl from The Flash.

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Obviously this has got to go to Blue Beetle.
It's not even a question. I mean, all great

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characters, but yeah. My guess is Blue Beetle.
Oh, you're so sure of yourself, huh? Yep. The

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winner is... Blue Beetle from Blue Beetle. Of
course. Yeah, no, this one is probably a giveaway

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because the character was just so unbelievably
well realized on screen. Of course, it also

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doesn't hurt that of the nominees, he was the
only starring character. Yeah, Kordax and Space

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Case had really minor roles, so did Supergirl
to a slightly lesser extent. But yeah, Blue

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Beetle is probably one of the characters that
we never expected to actually get a movie despite

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how cool he was. And to see him finally on the
screen and realize actually so well from the

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comics. was a great feeling. I don't know if
I never expected it, but I definitely always

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wanted it because I always thought the character
had the potential to be as popular as Spider-Man

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because he is essentially in some regards DC's
Spider-Man. He just has a really cool look

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about him. He's just a really cool character
with really cool powers. And it was great again

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to see that realized on the big screen. Well,
there are a few new characters on Marvel side

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as well. So let me go ahead and run down those
nominations. The nominees are High Evolutionary.

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from Guardians of the Galaxy, Volume 3.

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Lahori from What If Season 2.

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Kang the Conqueror from Ant-Man and the Wasp,
Quantumania.

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Spider-Man 2099 from Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse.

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Okay, I haven't finished What If Season 2 yet,
so I have no idea who that is, but I'm gonna

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say that you went with Spider-Man 2099, because
I think they did a really good job adapting

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that character. And the winner is... Kang the
Conqueror from Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania.

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Gosh dang it! You're 0 for 3 so far. Some people
may say that Spider-Man 2099 is not a new on-screen

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character because he made an appearance in the
Into the Spider-Verse movie, the first film

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in that franchise. But it was an after credits
thing, so I don't think it was really a proper

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introduction. I still consider him a new on-screen
character for Across the Spider-Verse. And

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also, I don't actually think that was a solid
adaptation of the character from the comic

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books. He was actually very different. Well,
I thought they improved upon him, honestly.

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I- don't agree with that either. They did. They
did. Okay. He was a cool character, just a

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slightly different version. But, Kang the Conqueror,
played by Jonathan Majors, and like this is

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obviously going to be awkward awarding it given
that Jonathan Majors is no longer playing the

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character. But, I thought he did fantastic in
the role. I thought Kang proved to be a great

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threat for Ant-Man and the Wasp. And as a fan
of the character from the comics, I really

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like this take on the character. Well, no, I,
you know. He would have been my choice if it

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were not for the controversy surrounding the
character and sort of the bitter sweetness

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that he's not returning to the role. Yeah, I
could totally see that. I do want to give a

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shout out to Kihori from What If Season 2. She
is an original character that was introduced

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in that season to Marvel, and what a great way
to kick off a character's origin. Let's go

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ahead and move on to our next award, which is
Best Villain. Of course, the hero is only as

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good as his villain. And if a movie or show
doesn't have an adequate enough threat, then

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it's kind of a letdown, right? Villains can
really make or break a film. And these are

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the best villains that appeared in 2023 that
we feel pose the greatest threat to our heroes.

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Right. And of course, being a great hero means
overcoming great threats. You can't do that

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if you have a crappy villain who should be menacing,
cunning and powerful. Yeah, that's a great

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recipe to put heroes through the wringer. I'm
excited to hear who the best DC villains of

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2023 are. The nominees are Black Manta from
Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom.

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General Lane from My Adventures with Superman,
season one.

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Yogg-Satha from Batman the Doom that came to
Gotham.

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Joker from Merry Little Batman.

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What an eclectic group of villains. Out of the
13 projects that you had to choose from, I

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guess I'm a little bit surprised that these
are your nominees, although I can't offhand

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name you better ones. I'm going to go with Black
Manta from Aquaman. That's my guess. And the

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winner is... Yogg-Sattha from Batman, the doom
that came to Gotham. Wow. All right, I will

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not lie. DC had a villain problem this year.
Of the 13 projects, it was really hard to come

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up with a list of solid villains this year.
But once I broke down all of the threats that

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the heroes faced, I don't think one was more
powerful, more evil, and more successful than

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Yogg-Sotha from Batman the Doom that came to
Gotham. It was an animated film, fantastic

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film, I loved the film, and I thought the villain
was next level. Yeah, Batman the Doom that

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came to Gotham was an adaptation of a Mike Mignola
written Elseworlds series, very Hellboy-esque

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in its approach to the character of Batman and
his rogues and allies. Well, it was a Lovecraftian

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take on the Batman mythos. Yeah, and it was
fantastic. I remember loving that movie and

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I do remember the tremendous ending that it
had. I don't really want to give it away here

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because it was just too good to spoil. But yeah,
the villain was in some regards, successful.

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and honestly could kick any other villains ass.
Like I'm sure your list of villains wouldn't

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be able to hold a candle to Yogg-Sotha. Oh,
don't be so sure about that. Let me go ahead

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and get into my list of Marvel villains. And
the nominees are Darben from the Marvels.

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Gravik from Secret Invasion Season 1.

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High Evolutionary from Guardians of the Galaxy
Vol. 3

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King the Conqueror from Ant-Man and the Wasp,
Quantumania.

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So the way this episode is cut, you probably
would not have heard me laughing after you

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said Darben from the marvels, but I was like
hilariously because she was such a horrible

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villain. I don't understand how she made it
on your list. So you definitely didn't choose

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her. I'm going to guess. And I'm hesitant to
do so because I'm 0 for 3 for this movie so

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far, I think. But Guardians of the Galaxy's
high evolutionary. And the winner is He became

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the Conqueror from Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania.
Clearly, I have a James Gunn bias. And I keep

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choosing Guardians of the Galaxy because I just
thought it was Marvel's best film this year.

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And you don't agree, I guess. High Evolutionary
was a great villain. I hated that guy. Maybe

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almost too much because I was really pissed
that they let him live. But also he was a little

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bit annoying with how much he freaking yelled.
I did not love Chirwooki Uwuji's performance

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in that film. But you know that I liked Jonathan
Majors as King of the Conqueror, who I think

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also posed a similar level threat to the heroes.
Okay, I mean, that's fair. They were definitely

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setting him up to be, of course, as we all know,
the big bad of Marvel's multiversal saga. And

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I guess I'm hoping at some point he gets to
the level of Thanos. I just don't think he's

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quite there yet. But I think for what they had
here, King was the best part about Quantumania.

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I don't think you could say the same about the
other villains on my list, that the villain

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was the best part. That's fair. Yeah, that's
absolutely fair. But also, King would not beat

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the shit out of Yaksatha. So you're wrong. Yeah,
he would. He would go back in time to when

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Yaksatha was a little baby and then choke him
out. Oh, my gosh. What a strike to bitch. Why

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strike to ain't nobody dissing Yaksatha? He's
like a Lovecraftian god of chaos from when

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he was a baby in another dimension outside of
King's like perception. There are no dimensions

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outside of King's purview. Yes, yes there absolutely
are. Sorry. He's a three dimensional being

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like you or me. Some would say he's a fourth
dimensional being. Oh, okay, well, fuck them

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and you. Let's go to move on to our next award,
which is Best Hero. Stories have existed ever

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since humans came up with language. Going all
the way back to the Sumerian times, you had

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the hero of Gilgamesh taking on those primordial
deities. Heroes mean something to us as a species.

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They go through the trials and tribulations
of life and teach us lessons that we don't

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necessarily have to experience ourselves, but
love living vicariously through them. Yeah,

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everybody loves a hero. Both Marvel and DC had
fantastic heroes that displayed all the tenets

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of great protagonists like sacrifice, compassion,
responsibility, and yes, I think I pulled those

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from Merry Little Batman. Well, let me break
down the best heroes for DC in 2023. The nominees

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are Blue Beetle from Blue Beetle.

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Flash from the Flash.

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Little Batman from Merry Little Batman.

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Superman from My Adventures with Superman season
one.

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That's a solid list, I think any one of those
could take home the prize. But I'm gonna give

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it to The Flash largely because of the unique
lesson that he learned within his movie specifically.

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That's my guess. And the winner is... Superman
from My Adventures with Superman, Season 1.

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Brung again! I'm actually a little bit surprised.
Is it because it was such a wholesome and new

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version of Superman character? that but also
because I think they really captured the essence

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of the character of Superman who is, I would
argue, the most heroic archetype that exists

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within comic book heroes. He is selfless and
he protects the innocent no matter the cost.

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We really saw aspects of the character in the
My Adventures with Superman show when he was

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putting himself in front of bullets and lasers
to protect Lois without even knowing that he

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was bulletproof or laser proof. It was such
a fantastic take on Superman. And as we mentioned

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00:39:20,727 --> 00:39:26,028
in that review, it's really kind of unfortunate
that they didn't use this take in live action.

389
00:39:26,408 --> 00:39:30,749
For sure. Yeah, the My Adventures with Superman
cartoon was a great template for a live action

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00:39:30,869 --> 00:39:35,911
origin story for Superman and his supporting
cast. When it comes to other heroes from DC

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this year, you know, Blue Beetle really didn't
have control of the Blue Beetle suit and become

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heroic to the very end. The Flash committed
a, you know, arguably selfish act that kind

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of... derailed the entire timeline. And little
Batman, you know, also a little selfish and

394
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definitely disobedient. I thought Superman definitely
epitomized what it means to be a hero. Well,

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let's go ahead and see who the best Marvel hero
of 2023 was. The nominees are Ant-Man from

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Ant-Man and the Wasp, Quantumania.

397
00:40:08,546 --> 00:40:11,900
Rocket Raccoon from Guardians of the Galaxy
Vol. 3

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00:40:16,810 --> 00:40:18,539
Loki from Loki Season 2.

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00:40:23,318 --> 00:40:26,399
Miles Morales from Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse.

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00:40:31,190 --> 00:40:36,352
This is also a good list of heroes. You even
have a villain on your list. Interesting. I

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00:40:36,453 --> 00:40:44,677
think I'm going to go with Loki, mainly because
the way the show ended with Loki's arc from

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villain to hero was so unbelievably well realized.
So yeah, Loki, that's my guess. And the winner

403
00:40:51,701 --> 00:41:01,502
is Loki from Loki Season 2. About time! Finally
got one right. Damn! Yeah, no, I mean, you're

404
00:41:01,522 --> 00:41:07,524
entirely right. All the reasons that you stated.
The arc that Loki went through from his unsuccessful

405
00:41:07,564 --> 00:41:13,885
coup of Earth in the Avengers film, where we
saw that variant get arrested by the TVA, transformed

406
00:41:13,925 --> 00:41:21,267
from a selfish ego maniac into the most selfless
hero. He basically gives up his entire life

407
00:41:21,367 --> 00:41:27,069
to make sure that everyone else gets to live
by overseeing the new branching timelines in

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00:41:27,109 --> 00:41:31,476
the new Marvel multiverse. It was an incredible
journey from start to finish. Yeah, it was

409
00:41:31,616 --> 00:41:35,800
unbelievably moving. I'm actually really glad
you're giving him the award because I wasn't

410
00:41:35,840 --> 00:41:39,343
even considering him for some reason because
I always think of him as a villain. But yeah,

411
00:41:39,363 --> 00:41:44,348
what he did in the show is absolutely heroic.
Yeah, his heroic journey was very different

412
00:41:44,368 --> 00:41:49,813
from Superman's in My Adventure with Superman,
but no less so heroic. Great choice. Very happy

413
00:41:49,853 --> 00:41:50,353
with that choice.

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00:41:57,518 --> 00:42:02,039
Let's go ahead and move on to our next award,
which is best moments. Now, these are the onscreen

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moments from Marvel and DC television and film
that we think were the best, whether that means

416
00:42:07,042 --> 00:42:13,424
most moving emotionally or most rousing in terms
of action and excitement or just something

417
00:42:13,444 --> 00:42:18,286
that we thought was really cool. You know, cool
factor goes a long way for this award. Yeah,

418
00:42:18,346 --> 00:42:23,208
saying that a movie scene had you on the edge
of your seat is kind of cliche, but these scenes

419
00:42:23,448 --> 00:42:28,432
absolutely had me on the edge of mind. but were
also incredibly memorable, which is what I

420
00:42:28,452 --> 00:42:34,356
would say is the main criteria for this award.
Here are my choices for DC's best moment. The

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00:42:34,416 --> 00:42:40,421
nominees are Aquaman vs Black Manta from Aquaman
and The Lost Kingdom.

422
00:42:45,070 --> 00:42:48,501
Final Resolutions from Doom Patrol Season 4.

423
00:42:53,314 --> 00:42:55,421
Hullway Fight from Blue Beetle.

424
00:43:00,086 --> 00:43:02,416
Worlds collide from the Flash.

425
00:43:07,326 --> 00:43:12,750
Oh, those are all great moments. I think the
one that really sucker punched me right in

426
00:43:12,770 --> 00:43:17,233
the gut though, the one that I did not see coming
and the one that I still can't get over is

427
00:43:17,334 --> 00:43:24,619
Final Resolutions from Doom Patrol Season 4.
That's my guess. The winner is... Final Resolutions

428
00:43:24,719 --> 00:43:31,705
from Doom Patrol Season 4. I figured. So I almost
gave this award to Worlds Collide from the

429
00:43:31,765 --> 00:43:37,776
Flash. But the more I see that scene, the more
sort of it feels out of place with the whole

430
00:43:37,856 --> 00:43:42,878
movie in general, the more I notice just the
bad CG of it. I thought it was really cool

431
00:43:42,918 --> 00:43:47,000
in theaters at the time, and I think it's one
of the reasons why I gave the film the high

432
00:43:47,060 --> 00:43:52,163
score that I did. But reminiscing on all the
different moments from this past year, from

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00:43:52,243 --> 00:43:59,850
DC, the Doom Patrol finale was absolutely the
most moving. It was so- unbelievably bittersweet

434
00:43:59,870 --> 00:44:03,312
to say goodbye to these characters and see how
they're going to live out the rest of their

435
00:44:03,352 --> 00:44:09,274
lives, particularly when it came to the very
final scene of the show, which is Robotman

436
00:44:09,334 --> 00:44:15,617
witnessing the life of his grandson and then
dying as a result of being so at peace with

437
00:44:15,637 --> 00:44:21,439
that. How dare you bring that up again. Like,
oh, my heart, it's still broken. Yeah, I think

438
00:44:21,479 --> 00:44:26,381
that one's going to stay with me for a while.
So there was no way I couldn't give Doom Patrol

439
00:44:26,501 --> 00:44:32,342
that nod. It was a fantastic show, still one
of my favorite DC shows that I would recommend

440
00:44:32,362 --> 00:44:37,167
to anyone. And holy cow if you haven't seen
it I'm so unbelievably sorry for spoiling it,

441
00:44:37,287 --> 00:44:42,132
but definitely watch it, it's worth it. Totally
for sure. Let's go to move on to the best Marvel

442
00:44:42,172 --> 00:44:47,017
moments. The nominees are, Entangled Wrangle
from The Marvels.

443
00:44:51,862 --> 00:44:56,233
Escaping the Spider Society from Spider-Man
across the Spider-Verse.

444
00:45:00,842 --> 00:45:03,472
Loki's Ascension from Loki Season 2.

445
00:45:08,106 --> 00:45:11,452
Rockets Lament from Guardians of the Galaxy,
Volume 3.

446
00:45:16,154 --> 00:45:21,517
Oh man, this is gonna be a hard choice. Um,
but I'm gonna go out on a limb and say you're

447
00:45:21,537 --> 00:45:27,342
a big old softy like me and was really affected
by the cathartic closure of damn fine television

448
00:45:27,562 --> 00:45:35,427
and go with Loki's Ascension. And the winner
is Loki's Ascension from Loki season two. Knew

449
00:45:35,468 --> 00:45:41,932
it! I knew it! Yeah, great guess. I mean, Rocket's
Lament was moving, but in a very like depressing

450
00:45:41,992 --> 00:45:48,312
way, right? It wasn't cathartic. Loki's ascension
at the end of Loki Season 2 though was cathartic.

451
00:45:48,492 --> 00:45:55,495
It was so satisfying and jaw-dropping and honestly
unexpected when he started restoring the multiverse

452
00:45:55,735 --> 00:46:01,258
and you know giving up everything to oversee
its existence. A damn fine culmination to the

453
00:46:01,278 --> 00:46:06,220
character and both seasons of the series of
Loki. Really couldn't ask for more. Yeah no

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00:46:06,320 --> 00:46:11,820
I agree like the finale to Doom Patrol Season
4. the finale to Loki season 2 is definitely

455
00:46:11,900 --> 00:46:17,465
a memorable one and probably more memorable
than any other MCU show that has come out.

456
00:46:17,905 --> 00:46:22,109
I would agree, yeah for sure. Let's go ahead
and move on to our next award which is Best

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00:46:22,369 --> 00:46:27,954
Actress. There are quite a few actresses for
both Marvel and DC that really seem to embody

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00:46:28,114 --> 00:46:32,938
the character from the source material and yet
are also capable of making it their own for

459
00:46:32,978 --> 00:46:38,003
the screen. Yeah, they not only embody the character,
they also elevate. their roles, I think, to

460
00:46:38,023 --> 00:46:42,407
become something more than what's just lifted
off the page. There's some fantastic female

461
00:46:42,547 --> 00:46:46,531
characters from the comics, and we want to celebrate
the actresses who brought those characters

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00:46:46,551 --> 00:46:54,958
to life in 2023. Let's find out the best from
DC. The nominees are Alice Lee as Lois Lane

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00:46:55,198 --> 00:46:57,821
in My Adventures with Superman Season 1.

464
00:47:02,318 --> 00:47:06,061
Bruna Marcazzin as Jenny Cord in Blue Beetle

465
00:47:10,818 --> 00:47:15,769
Michelle Gomez as Madame Rouge in Doom Patrol
Season 4.

466
00:47:20,646 --> 00:47:24,153
Sasha Kaie as Supergirl from The Flash.

467
00:47:29,026 --> 00:47:37,932
This is an okay list. Um, I think it was- That's
strike three, motherfucker. It's go time. I

468
00:47:38,012 --> 00:47:42,736
think my guess would be Sasha Kaia as Supergirl
because although her role was small, I thought

469
00:47:42,756 --> 00:47:47,579
it was impactful. Did you not hear me say it's
go time? It's fucking go time. Ready, ready?

470
00:47:48,620 --> 00:47:52,883
That's me slapping you across the face. Punching
you, right here. Dude, you're already down

471
00:47:52,903 --> 00:47:58,940
with the one slap. I just Will Smith'd you.
Clearly I was still punching afterwards, so

472
00:47:59,721 --> 00:48:09,686
no. And the winner is... Sasha Kaia as Supergirl
in The Flash. Yeah, makes sense. I really wanted

473
00:48:09,726 --> 00:48:15,089
to give it to one of the Doom Patrol actresses
because I think they're all great in that show.

474
00:48:15,389 --> 00:48:20,372
It's one of the reasons why the show is so great,
I believe. Michelle Gomez was definitely the

475
00:48:20,452 --> 00:48:25,295
highlight of this past season because she had
the largest role. And yet, she also came across

476
00:48:25,355 --> 00:48:30,098
as slightly annoying. So ultimately, I decided
to go with Sasha Kaia as Supergirl from The

477
00:48:30,118 --> 00:48:35,441
Flash just because of her acting ability. I
thought she did a fantastic job as the character.

478
00:48:36,074 --> 00:48:40,798
I'm actually kind of sad that we won't get to
see more of this version of Supergirl, and

479
00:48:40,858 --> 00:48:45,502
I really hope we get the chance to see Sacha
Kaeya in more work because she is extremely

480
00:48:45,542 --> 00:48:49,945
talented. Yeah, in just the 10 or 15 minutes
or so that she was on the screen, she really

481
00:48:49,965 --> 00:48:54,469
made her mark on the character of Supergirl,
I think. That will be highly influential, I

482
00:48:54,509 --> 00:48:59,413
think, in subsequent depictions. Yeah, not only
did she have a really cool look in the movie,

483
00:48:59,574 --> 00:49:06,183
but the way she emoted from sadness to rage
to bewilderment. She just did an amazing job.

484
00:49:06,584 --> 00:49:10,187
For sure, yeah, I totally agree with this pick.
Let's go ahead and move on to the Marvel side

485
00:49:10,228 --> 00:49:15,553
of things and find out who the best actress
there was. The nominees are Olivia Coleman

486
00:49:15,913 --> 00:49:19,317
as Sonya Fallsworth in Secret Invasion, season
one.

487
00:49:23,854 --> 00:49:28,231
Karen Gillan as Nebula in Guardians of the Galaxy
Vol. 3

488
00:49:32,790 --> 00:49:37,207
Hailey Steinfeld as Gwen Stacy in Spider-Man
Across the Spider-Verse.

489
00:49:41,822 --> 00:49:45,456
Iman Velani as Ms. Marvel in The Marvels.

490
00:49:50,198 --> 00:49:57,487
Um, I think you're probably going to give this
award to Hayley Steinfeld for Across the Spider-Verse.

491
00:49:57,507 --> 00:50:04,515
It was a voice role, but I thought she did fantastic
in it. And the winner is... Hayley Steinfeld

492
00:50:04,796 --> 00:50:11,046
as Gwen Stacy in Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse.
Right again! You're on a roll now, you were

493
00:50:11,066 --> 00:50:16,068
struggling in the beginning. Um, yeah, you're
right. Hailey Steinfeld's performance in Across

494
00:50:16,088 --> 00:50:21,491
the Spider-Verse as Spider-Gwen was very on
point. I thought she hit all the emotional

495
00:50:21,511 --> 00:50:26,813
beats harder than she needed to. It was really
easy to empathize with her character from the

496
00:50:26,873 --> 00:50:31,875
opening narration that she gave while she was
drumming to the end scenes when she is assembling

497
00:50:31,915 --> 00:50:35,817
the team to rescue Miles. I thought it was actually
an improvement over her performance in the

498
00:50:35,897 --> 00:50:39,841
first Spider-Verse movie. I feel like we really
got to know the character a whole lot better

499
00:50:40,101 --> 00:50:44,886
in Across the Spider-Verse. Yeah, it did not
hurt that they gave her some really special

500
00:50:44,926 --> 00:50:50,112
moments in this movie. Set in her own universe
with her own art style. But honestly, that

501
00:50:50,152 --> 00:50:56,019
wouldn't have meant much if the voice performance
is not up to par. Yeah, for sure. I do want

502
00:50:56,039 --> 00:51:01,263
to give a shout out to Iman Valani. from the
Marvels. I was heavily considering giving her

503
00:51:01,363 --> 00:51:06,045
this award, largely because she was I think
the best part about the Marvels, which is surprising

504
00:51:06,065 --> 00:51:11,247
considering you know she's a new actress. Yeah,
I agree. Fantastic job for her film debut.

505
00:51:12,187 --> 00:51:16,769
Finally, Olivia Colman gets nominated for something
and doesn't win, right? I thought she was great

506
00:51:16,789 --> 00:51:22,491
in the crown. Let's go to move into our next
category, which is best actor. Like the actresses,

507
00:51:22,671 --> 00:51:29,074
the dudes also have a substantial task in bringing
these characters Not all of them do it well.

508
00:51:29,615 --> 00:51:35,259
It is quite a feat, I think, to bring something
so fantastic to life. Oh yeah, absolutely.

509
00:51:35,339 --> 00:51:40,903
But when they do get it right, there is no greater
joy to be had as a comic book fan. Let's go

510
00:51:40,923 --> 00:51:47,548
ahead and hear who the best DC actors were this
year. The nominees are Ezra Miller as The Flash

511
00:51:47,728 --> 00:51:49,849
and Young Barry in The Flash.

512
00:51:54,562 --> 00:51:58,808
Jack Quaid as Superman in My Adventures with
Superman.

513
00:52:03,606 --> 00:52:07,007
Michael Keaton as Batman in The Flash.

514
00:52:11,798 --> 00:52:15,245
Shalomari Doinya, as Blue Beetle, in Blue Beetle.

515
00:52:19,878 --> 00:52:24,559
I think between Jack Quaid and Ezra Miller,
surprisingly, I think I'm gonna go with Ezra

516
00:52:24,599 --> 00:52:29,381
Miller. Despite the fact that he's kind of a
shithead in real life, I think he did a good

517
00:52:29,441 --> 00:52:33,983
job portraying two different characters in The
Flash, so that's my guess. And the winner is...

518
00:52:35,384 --> 00:52:41,550
Ezra Miller as The Flash and Young Barry in
The Flash. I feel like this is the year where

519
00:52:41,570 --> 00:52:45,593
we're probably gonna get some shit for the awards
that we're handing out, considering we're handing

520
00:52:45,633 --> 00:52:52,598
awards to Jonathan Majors and Ezra Miller. Yeah,
this was definitely a really poor year in terms

521
00:52:52,859 --> 00:52:57,962
of actors for comic book adaptations, considering,
you know, we also had Amber Heard thrown into

522
00:52:57,982 --> 00:53:03,226
the mix. People just really did not like a lot
of the actors that were in comic book movies

523
00:53:03,246 --> 00:53:08,842
this year, Ezra Miller being one of them, you're
right. But despite how... crappy the guy is

524
00:53:08,882 --> 00:53:13,746
in real life throwing chairs at people and stuff
like that. There's no denying the strong performance

525
00:53:13,786 --> 00:53:20,911
he gave is not just one but two different characters,
actually three, in The Flash. Yeah, despite

526
00:53:20,931 --> 00:53:24,814
the fact that I never thought he was quite suited
to the role, he was enjoyable in the movie

527
00:53:24,834 --> 00:53:29,657
and I think he convincingly pulled off different
characters. Yeah, there's a lot of people who

528
00:53:29,697 --> 00:53:34,020
don't think that, you know, he was right for
Barry Allen, and I could agree, but I also

529
00:53:34,140 --> 00:53:41,144
see where Zack Snyder was coming from when casting
him. The Justice League was sort of a five-man

530
00:53:41,164 --> 00:53:46,988
band kind of trope and he fit sort of the silly
character archetype that the team needed. Carrying

531
00:53:47,008 --> 00:53:52,611
that into his solo movie, The Flash, I thought
he did a tremendous job acting against himself

532
00:53:52,851 --> 00:53:58,254
and with Michael Keaton and everyone else in
the cast. Yeah, I'm hoping that both Ezra Miller

533
00:53:58,534 --> 00:54:03,577
and Jonathan Majors are able to kind of redeem
themselves in real life so that way these awards

534
00:54:03,717 --> 00:54:07,507
don't age poorly. Oh no, we're definitely gonna
get some shit for them. No one's gonna remember

535
00:54:07,547 --> 00:54:11,409
these awards by the time Ezra Miller, Jonathan
Majors, and Amber Heard redeem themselves,

536
00:54:11,509 --> 00:54:17,413
if ever. But I'm sticking to it. Sometimes as
a fan, you have to separate the art from the

537
00:54:17,473 --> 00:54:21,576
artist if you're looking to get any sort of
enjoyment out of these films. Absolutely. Well,

538
00:54:21,596 --> 00:54:26,959
let's go to move on to the best of Marvel's
actors this year. The nominees are... Bradley

539
00:54:26,999 --> 00:54:31,281
Cooper as Rocket Raccoon in Guardians of the
Galaxy Vol. 3

540
00:54:36,078 --> 00:54:39,488
Tom Hiddleston as Loki in Loki Season 2.

541
00:54:44,034 --> 00:54:48,592
Jonathan Majors as Kang the Conqueror in Ant-Man
and the Wasp Quantumania.

542
00:54:53,354 --> 00:54:57,681
Shamik Moore as Miles Morales in Spider-Man
Across the Spider-Verse.

543
00:55:02,346 --> 00:55:09,389
Wow, this may be the hardest one to guess yet,
but I'm gonna take a swing and say Shemeek

544
00:55:09,429 --> 00:55:17,353
Moore from Across the Spider-Verse. And the
winner is Tom Hiddleston as Loki in Loki Season

545
00:55:17,413 --> 00:55:22,135
Two. Okay, I mean, that's fair. They all could
have won. Honestly, they were all great performances.

546
00:55:22,555 --> 00:55:26,996
They were all fantastic performances. Again,
I think a lot of people are already aware,

547
00:55:27,036 --> 00:55:32,837
we're huge fans of the arc that Loki had throughout
all of his appearances throughout the MCU and

548
00:55:32,858 --> 00:55:38,419
how it culminated in the way it did at the end
of Loki season two. But Tom Hiddleston is a

549
00:55:38,499 --> 00:55:44,281
phenomenal actor. He's honestly an Oscar worthy
actor. I think if he just got an Oscar

550
00:55:47,914 --> 00:55:53,198
very technical, brilliant in his deliveries
and his choices that he makes. Absolutely.

551
00:55:53,258 --> 00:55:58,623
Yeah, Tom Hiddleston just needs to do like a
master class and how to be a fucking badass

552
00:55:58,743 --> 00:56:03,787
actor. But I loved Bradley Cooper as Rocket
Raccoon. I think that was his best performance

553
00:56:03,827 --> 00:56:08,090
and it was just so moving from young Rocket
to although I don't think he voiced young Rocket

554
00:56:08,211 --> 00:56:12,955
actually, but you know, Rocket's journey was
so incredible as well going from basically

555
00:56:13,235 --> 00:56:17,923
this asshole raccoon to such a forgiving creature,
you know. for giving the high evolutionary

556
00:56:18,023 --> 00:56:22,087
despite everything that he had gone through.
That's why he was also a nominee for best hero.

557
00:56:22,507 --> 00:56:27,792
But yeah, the performance really enhanced that
arc. Same goes for Shamik Moore as Miles Morales.

558
00:56:28,293 --> 00:56:32,457
And of course, Jonathan Majors was great as
Kang. I thought he was really menacing, but

559
00:56:32,477 --> 00:56:39,664
I'm not about to give an award to a convicted
criminal. Okay. Strike four. I don't know what

560
00:56:39,684 --> 00:56:44,516
happens in strike four. I'll tell you what happens,
we move on to the next award category, the

561
00:56:44,556 --> 00:56:49,440
penultimate category, which is best series or
special. Essentially this category is like

562
00:56:49,480 --> 00:56:54,845
the home media compared to the theatrical releases
for Marvel and DC, including both long form

563
00:56:54,885 --> 00:57:01,890
content and shorter content from entire seasons
to one hour specials. Sort of, I mean, DC does

564
00:57:01,910 --> 00:57:07,595
release direct to video stuff that is eligible
for the best picture category, but you're right,

565
00:57:07,615 --> 00:57:12,654
for the most part, the series or special nominees
are mostly enjoyed from home. And honestly,

566
00:57:12,714 --> 00:57:18,076
they're among my favorite projects. A lot of
it is long form content, serialized content,

567
00:57:18,536 --> 00:57:23,978
which is very fitting given the source material
which also is serialized. I love long form

568
00:57:23,998 --> 00:57:29,160
storytelling. Let me break down the nominees
for the best that DC brought this year. The

569
00:57:29,220 --> 00:57:31,981
nominees are Doom Patrol Season 4.

570
00:57:36,834 --> 00:57:38,541
Harley Quinn, season four.

571
00:57:43,370 --> 00:57:45,979
My Adventures with Superman Season 1.

572
00:57:50,606 --> 00:57:52,095
Titans Season 4

573
00:57:56,874 --> 00:58:00,555
It's really gonna come down to My Adventures
with Superman season 1 and Doom Patrol season

574
00:58:00,655 --> 00:58:05,997
4 because both were phenomenal. At the end though,
I think I'm gonna go with My Adventures with

575
00:58:06,037 --> 00:58:11,600
Superman just because it was less uneven than
Doom Patrol season 4. And the winner is...

576
00:58:12,860 --> 00:58:18,502
My Adventures with Superman season 1. I feel
like I'm kind of on a roll. I don't know, I'm

577
00:58:18,522 --> 00:58:23,504
not counting. You were right in your reasoning
for why My Adventures with Superman beat out

578
00:58:23,564 --> 00:58:28,442
Doom Patrol. As moving as the Doom Patrol was...
There were some problems with it. Problems

579
00:58:28,462 --> 00:58:34,085
that did not exist for my adventures with Superman,
which was nearly perfect. I loved that series.

580
00:58:34,165 --> 00:58:39,687
I loved the take that they took with the Superman
mythos. I loved the animated style that they

581
00:58:39,727 --> 00:58:45,430
did as well. I never would have thought Superman
would have worked as a shonen anime, but it

582
00:58:45,770 --> 00:58:50,732
absolutely does. They knocked it out of the
park and I can't wait for season two. I was

583
00:58:50,772 --> 00:58:55,990
not looking forward to this show. I watched
it begrudgingly. And then I walked away super

584
00:58:56,050 --> 00:59:01,353
thrilled that I did because I've never been
a fan of Superman really as a Marvel guy And

585
00:59:01,593 --> 00:59:08,396
this show made me a fan which is hugely commendable
That's the biggest compliment the show could

586
00:59:08,456 --> 00:59:13,558
ever receive the fact that it made marvelous
joe a fan of a dc character You guys heard

587
00:59:13,578 --> 00:59:19,060
it here. Well, I mean, I still like every single
other marvel character more than superman,

588
00:59:19,520 --> 00:59:24,555
but uh, Yeah, superman's pretty cool now I'm
debating whether or not to give you a strike

589
00:59:24,595 --> 00:59:31,600
five. I definitely think that my praise of the
show is greater than the awards that you just

590
00:59:31,620 --> 00:59:37,485
gave it. No, no, there's no award greater than
the Brothers Awards. We all know this. Let's

591
00:59:37,525 --> 00:59:42,369
go to move on to Marvel and hear what the best
series for that were. The nominees are Loki

592
00:59:42,669 --> 00:59:43,209
Season 2.

593
00:59:47,882 --> 00:59:49,808
Secret Invasion Season 1

594
00:59:54,326 --> 00:59:55,671
What if season two?

595
01:00:00,290 --> 01:00:05,531
You only had three? Wait, what's the fourth
nominee? There is no fourth nominee. Holy shit,

596
01:00:05,571 --> 01:00:11,994
Marvel sucked this year! Well, the obvious answer
is Loki Season 2. Even though I haven't finished

597
01:00:12,034 --> 01:00:19,277
What If Season 2, I know it's not beating Loki.
And the winner is... Loki Season 2. I feel

598
01:00:19,297 --> 01:00:24,658
like I'm on a roll. You're not though. Damn,
barely, barely. What if season two is fantastic?

599
01:00:24,818 --> 01:00:29,360
I actually liked it more than what if season
one, but you're right, nothing touches Loki

600
01:00:29,380 --> 01:00:33,821
season two. Of course, Secret Invasion is not
even part of the discussion. That was a huge

601
01:00:33,881 --> 01:00:38,462
letdown when it absolutely should not have been.
Like the worst part about Secret Invasion is

602
01:00:38,482 --> 01:00:42,524
that it did not live up to its potential. And
that's an even bigger crime in my book. Loki

603
01:00:42,544 --> 01:00:47,605
season two, I think, surpassed its potential.
I think it told an incredible story, as we've

604
01:00:47,625 --> 01:00:52,971
already discussed many times this episode. because
Loki has won a ton of awards and deservedly

605
01:00:53,031 --> 01:00:58,494
so. Yeah, no, I agree. Loki has been my favorite
Marvel show out of everything that's been put

606
01:00:58,534 --> 01:01:03,416
out on Disney Plus so far. And I'm really, really
glad that it went out on such a high note.

607
01:01:03,856 --> 01:01:08,959
It's absolutely deserving of this award. I just
can't believe Marvel put out such little content

608
01:01:09,019 --> 01:01:14,481
this year that you can't even come up with four
nominations. That is, wow, dropping the ball.

609
01:01:15,018 --> 01:01:18,959
Yeah, I mean, Echo was supposed to come out
this year, but they punted it to January and

610
01:01:18,979 --> 01:01:22,660
they didn't have any specials this year. So
yeah, I was stuck with three nominees. DC is

611
01:01:22,680 --> 01:01:28,021
just crushing it, I guess. Let's go to move
on to our final award of the evening, which

612
01:01:28,081 --> 01:01:33,342
is Best Picture for Marvel and DC. You know,
this is like the top tier award. Like with

613
01:01:33,362 --> 01:01:37,444
the Oscars, everybody wants to know what the
best picture was of the year. Of course, this

614
01:01:37,484 --> 01:01:41,925
is even more important because it pertains to
Marvel and DC, who never win Oscars for Best

615
01:01:41,965 --> 01:01:46,246
Picture. But they're damn going to win a Brothers
Award. I mean, Black Panther and the Joker

616
01:01:46,506 --> 01:01:50,889
received nominations for best picture. But yeah,
why does that matter when they could win a

617
01:01:50,929 --> 01:01:57,972
brother's award? Exactly. Let's find out what
the best DC picture is for 2023. The nominees

618
01:01:58,172 --> 01:02:01,033
are Batman, the doom that came to Gotham.

619
01:02:05,550 --> 01:02:06,288
Blue Beetle.

620
01:02:11,086 --> 01:02:11,740
The Flash.

621
01:02:16,607 --> 01:02:17,667
Merry little Batman.

622
01:02:22,358 --> 01:02:26,721
I'm surprised to see Merry Little Batman at
this list, but it was such a cute movie that

623
01:02:27,102 --> 01:02:32,727
I guess it deserves to be here among the best.
I think it's kind of a toss-up between Blue

624
01:02:32,767 --> 01:02:36,630
Beetle and The Flash, although the Doom that
came to Gotham was everything you would ever

625
01:02:36,650 --> 01:02:40,814
want it to be. I'm gonna go with The Flash though,
I think you're gonna give Flash best picture.

626
01:02:41,234 --> 01:02:50,774
That's my guess. The winner is... Blue Beetle.
Oh shit! Just lost your roll! Ha ha! Okay,

627
01:02:50,834 --> 01:02:56,140
so originally I was giving it to The Flash because
for as much hate as it gets, I still think

628
01:02:56,180 --> 01:03:00,705
that's a really good movie. When I first came
out of the theater after watching The Flash,

629
01:03:01,285 --> 01:03:07,632
I was so ecstatic that I gave the film a 4.5
rating, which I admit now is probably too high.

630
01:03:07,952 --> 01:03:15,091
I think it's a solid 4 film. I also gave Blue
Beetle a 4. And in rewatching these films now

631
01:03:15,111 --> 01:03:19,554
that I own them, I have to say Blue Beetle,
in my opinion, is the better movie. I'm finally

632
01:03:19,634 --> 01:03:26,119
glad to see you admit to your bias. Dude, I've
admitted to this before. Like, I give wrong

633
01:03:26,179 --> 01:03:31,223
ratings all the time, more frequently than I'm
willing to admit. Like, the Joker got a wrong

634
01:03:31,263 --> 01:03:37,247
rating from me. The Flash definitely did. But
Blue Beetle did not. It was a fantastic time

635
01:03:37,287 --> 01:03:42,070
at the theater. It's why you go to the theater
to see these movies. but it was also a fantastic

636
01:03:42,150 --> 01:03:47,994
adaptation of the character and one that I really
hope James Gunn continues in the DCU. I agree.

637
01:03:48,575 --> 01:03:52,878
As far as Blue Beetle goes, I think there was
very little lacking in terms of what you would

638
01:03:52,938 --> 01:03:57,761
want or expect from a Blue Beetle origin story
movie. I don't know if the same could be said

639
01:03:57,781 --> 01:04:01,944
about the other nominees on this list. Like
when it comes to the Flash, I think what you

640
01:04:01,964 --> 01:04:06,587
would want and expect is a more direct adaptation
of the Flash Point paradox story, but Blue

641
01:04:06,607 --> 01:04:12,211
Beetle, they nailed. Oh, absolutely, absolutely.
I also loved the family themes that had, as

642
01:04:12,251 --> 01:04:18,273
I mentioned earlier, the music was fantastic
and the CG that it had was the best hands down

643
01:04:18,393 --> 01:04:23,095
that DC put out this year. I would totally agree
with that. Yeah, the movie looked incredible.

644
01:04:23,516 --> 01:04:28,578
Unlike shots from The Flash or even Aquaman
and The Lost Kingdom. Right, the latter of

645
01:04:28,638 --> 01:04:34,240
which wasn't even nominated for this award.
Same goes with Shazam Fury of the Gods. Well,

646
01:04:34,320 --> 01:04:37,699
I don't think it'll be hard to guess what my
nominations were for Marvel. considering that

647
01:04:37,739 --> 01:04:42,350
Marvel only had four full-length pictures come
out this year. So let me run down them. The

648
01:04:42,410 --> 01:04:45,677
nominees are Ants Man and the Wasp, Quantumania.

649
01:04:50,274 --> 01:04:52,148
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

650
01:04:56,802 --> 01:04:57,397
the Marvels.

651
01:05:02,090 --> 01:05:03,820
Spider-Man across the Spider-Verse.

652
01:05:08,558 --> 01:05:14,121
You're probably gonna give it to Across the
Spider-Verse, but man, I'm really, really hoping

653
01:05:14,161 --> 01:05:19,484
you actually give it to Guardians of the Galaxy
Volume 3, because I think that was my personal

654
01:05:19,524 --> 01:05:27,629
favorite Marvel film of the year. And the winner
is Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3. Yes! James

655
01:05:27,669 --> 01:05:32,151
Gunn wins, Joseph likes DC. I'm gonna count
that as a wrong guess, because I think you

656
01:05:32,171 --> 01:05:38,887
actually guessed that I was gonna pick Spider-Man
on that one. No, I- So, Spider-Man Across the

657
01:05:38,907 --> 01:05:42,609
Spider-Verse was incredible. I didn't get to
review that one because it came out the same

658
01:05:42,649 --> 01:05:46,991
week that my little baby girl was born. That
movie will actually always hold a special place

659
01:05:47,011 --> 01:05:51,634
in my heart because of that. But if I had gotten
the chance to review Spider-Man Across the

660
01:05:51,674 --> 01:05:55,656
Spider-Verse with you and Spies, I would have
told you how much I loved it. It's actually

661
01:05:55,777 --> 01:06:01,440
probably one of the best animated films I've
ever seen. But it's also just half a story.

662
01:06:01,880 --> 01:06:08,251
Whereas Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3... was
a culmination of a fantastic trilogy of films

663
01:06:08,551 --> 01:06:14,852
and was entirely satisfying as an end to these
characters' journeys. Yeah, absolutely. I really

664
01:06:14,892 --> 01:06:19,514
liked the Guardians of the Galaxy films and
I don't know, again, maybe I'm just a big softie,

665
01:06:19,534 --> 01:06:24,635
but I really like the way that the arcs ended
for the characters that we had grown to love

666
01:06:24,795 --> 01:06:30,957
in the MCU. Rocket Story was incredible. Star-Lord's
journey was fantastic. I'm really excited to

667
01:06:30,997 --> 01:06:34,879
see where that goes in the future. I think it
would have been hard to conceive of a better

668
01:06:35,240 --> 01:06:41,105
way to end that franchise than what James Gunn
did with Volume 3. Honestly, if we were giving

669
01:06:41,585 --> 01:06:47,430
one Best Picture award for both Marvel and DC,
I would also give it to Guardians of the Galaxy

670
01:06:47,470 --> 01:06:52,514
Volume 3. I thought it was better than any of
the movies that DC put out this year, and it

671
01:06:52,554 --> 01:06:58,159
really makes me look forward to what James Gunn
can do in the DC universe. Well, Across the

672
01:06:58,179 --> 01:07:02,646
Spider-Verse was also better than anything else
DC put out this year, so I mean, I think what

673
01:07:02,686 --> 01:07:08,850
I just heard you say was that Marvel is better
than DC this year. So you admit it in 2023.

674
01:07:09,950 --> 01:07:15,633
Yes. In the theater, Marvel was better than
DC. And I and I don't think you're going to

675
01:07:15,653 --> 01:07:22,077
find anyone who disagrees with that. Honestly,
you heard it here first, folks. Jonathan likes

676
01:07:22,117 --> 01:07:25,699
Marvel more than DC. I'm going to change your
name to read on the discord. He's

677
01:07:28,980 --> 01:07:33,699
just wait till the next Brothers Awards. OK.
I guarantee you Joker Folly I do is gonna blow

678
01:07:33,839 --> 01:07:40,222
anything that Marvel does out of the water.
2024 is the year of DC. Maybe the year where

679
01:07:40,302 --> 01:07:45,465
DC embarrasses itself by producing a musical
that it had no right making. What is it with

680
01:07:45,605 --> 01:07:51,188
Marvel fans and musicals? Musicals are not bad.
I just saw Wonka in the theater. I didn't know

681
01:07:51,248 --> 01:07:56,231
it was going to be a musical. It was a musical.
It was fantastic. Musicals are not bad. Can

682
01:07:56,271 --> 01:08:02,803
Joaquin Phoenix even sing? You know he was in
a band, right? No. Well, now you do. Who wasn't

683
01:08:02,863 --> 01:08:09,888
in a band? You. That's true. But that brings
us to the end of this award show, guys. We

684
01:08:09,908 --> 01:08:16,112
hope you had fun recounting the best that Marvel
and DC had to offer in the year 2023. Really

685
01:08:16,132 --> 01:08:21,636
looking forward to 2024, kind of largely because
Marvel Studios is only putting out one theatrical

686
01:08:21,676 --> 01:08:27,941
release, Deadpool 3, and Sony, oh God, is putting
out two movies with Madame Webb and Kraven

687
01:08:27,961 --> 01:08:33,564
the Hunter. So. You might be right, Jonathan.
2024 might be the year of DC. I mean, I'm sure

688
01:08:33,804 --> 01:08:38,326
Deadpool 3 is going to be amazing. I just don't
think it's going to be up to the same caliber

689
01:08:38,346 --> 01:08:42,909
of film that Todd Phillips is going to make
with Joker Folly, I do. But of course, that's

690
01:08:42,929 --> 01:08:47,111
the only theatrical release that DC is putting
out this upcoming year. I feel like we live

691
01:08:47,131 --> 01:08:52,815
in fucking covid times. It's ridiculous. Freaking
actor and writer strikes, man. Yeah, those

692
01:08:52,835 --> 01:08:57,457
strikes really delayed a lot. It's a real shame.
But luckily, there's a lot to enjoy on the

693
01:08:57,497 --> 01:09:02,652
small screen. this year with television shows.
And direct-to-video animated features like

694
01:09:02,712 --> 01:09:08,395
Justice League Crisis on Infinite Earths, Watchmen,
Aztec Batman, Creature Commandos, Kite Man

695
01:09:08,435 --> 01:09:13,879
Hell Yeah, and Suicide Squad Isakai as well.
Not to mention The Penguin. Altogether we're

696
01:09:13,899 --> 01:09:19,222
looking at about 10 DC projects to review in
2024. It's going to be Slim Pickens for Marvel,

697
01:09:19,282 --> 01:09:24,325
it's unclear as to whether or not Agatha, Darkhold
Diaries is going to come out in 2024, same

698
01:09:24,345 --> 01:09:29,179
thing with Eyes of Wakanda. your friendly neighborhood
Spider-Man and Marvel zombies, but we'll see.

699
01:09:29,560 --> 01:09:33,362
Maybe even Ironheart is going to come out this
year. I know that Daredevil was pushed to 2025,

700
01:09:33,902 --> 01:09:38,284
so the Brothers Awards might be a little bit
more predictable next December. I predict that

701
01:09:38,304 --> 01:09:42,146
I'm going to beat your ass when it comes to
guessing what you're going to choose. I predict

702
01:09:42,166 --> 01:09:48,330
I'm going to beat your ass. Period. For life.
That does it for this awards episode guys.

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01:09:48,370 --> 01:09:54,393
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01:10:48,883 --> 01:10:53,927
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01:11:14,362 --> 01:11:20,471
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