Pop! Pop! A Pop Culture Podcast

Disney / Fox Merger (Also we‘re back, nothing happened, we‘ve been here the whole time)

The guys are back! But they've also been here the whole time, remember last week's episode about Comic-Con 2016? That was great. This time around we're talking about a monopoly -- I mean Disney!  They've just purchased Twentieth Century Fox and that means The X-Men & The Fantastic Four are back home at Marvel and that the original Star Wars Trilogy distribution rights are under the same roof as the rest of the universe.  Does this mean Cyclops and Wolverine are going to be in the MCU!? Does this mean that we're finally going to get an unaltered release of the OT!? Who knows!? We don't! But we talk about it a lot! Also we dish on the new Venom trailer, whether or not James Gunn deserves his job back, if MoviePass is going to survive... and much more! Tune in to see if we're back for good or if we'll be gone for another two years!  

Comic-Con 2016!

The LA Nerd & some of the Pop! Pop! crew went to San Diego Comic-Con and after all the marathon-length walks and Hall H-ing, they finally found some time on Sunday to podcast!  We know, we know, Joel said he'd be doing an episode every day of the con... But it turns out the mixing equipment was too cumbersome to bring along and we only had access to a recording device on Sunday.  We figured a big-ass recap would make up for it! <3

Remembering Anton Yelchin

This week on episode 25 of Pop! Pop! the Pop Culture Podcast! The LA Nerd and Taylor talk about WB bringing TWENTY ONE shows to Comic-Con, yeah, we didn't know they had that many shows either... Also! The "Ultimate Edition" of Batman five Superman is supposed to "fix" the things that were wrong with the movie but we don't buy it, it's probably still going to suck.  Nicholas Winding Refn wants to make a Batgirl movie, Daniel Radcliffe mightpossiblymaybe want to return as Harry Pothead, John Boyega is teaming back up with director Joe Cornish, and Sony wants to make Silver Sable movie (we heard you saying "who?" so we explain who she is!)

After Nerd News the guys solemnly discuss the death of one of the greatest young actors of our generation: Anton Yelchin.  From Charlie Bartlett to Star Trek, Alpha Dog to Like Crazy, Anton is one of those actors who's performance elevates any film that he's in.  Shitty film to begin with or destined to be great from the start, Anton's roles were always a joy to watch and we'll miss him dearly <3

X-Men: Apocalypse Review

Ohhhhhhhhh snap! Pop! Pop! the Pop Culture Podcast! is back with a 24th episode!  This week the guys invite Izzy Beers, the guy who replaced Taylor in the apartment, to talk shop on the podcast.

J.K. Simmons got SWOL AF at the gym to play Jim Gordon in Justice League; the ever beautiful and perfect Brie Larson is in "serious talks" to play Captain Marvel, presumably in Infinity Wars; speaking of Marvel, the studio is returning to Comic-Con's Hall H this year, most likely with Doctor Strange and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2; bust out your gambling shoes because the Ocean's franchise is rebooting with an all female cast and it's pretty damn good!  And finally, the guys review the hell out of one of the only good third superhero film, X-Men: Apocalypse.

The Next 007

The LA Nerd & Taylor have some Nerd News for you as usual: There's ANOTHER leaked title for Star Wars Episode VIII but this time it seems a little bit more legit; someone is challenging Stephen Lang for the role of Cable in Deadpool 2 and that someone is Hellboy himself - Ron Perlman; the negotiations have gone back and forth but Michale Keaton is finally playing the villain in Spider-Man: Homecoming for sure; J. Law is being cheeky about returning to the X-Men Universe and says she'll only come back if Fassbender and Mcavoy do, too... We're okay with this deal.

And finally for the main topic, we discuss 11 actors that could replace Daniel Craig as the next 007 aka - Bond, James Bond.

Captain America: Civil War Review

Michael Fassbender's Assassins Creed has a first trailer and we all went into it excited, and came out... very not excited; we can never have enough Star Wars, so Battlefront is coming out with new material next year to quench our thirst; only David knows what Disney Infinity is, but it's been discontinued and he tells us why; Chance The Rapper (praise be his name) has a third mixtape coming out and the guys are extremely pumped for it; Star Wars Episode VIII has some rumored titles that we don't believe are real and Bryan Singer talks about the (never ending) future of the X-Men franchise!

Then, for the main event, the guys talk waayyyy too long about the newest Marvel film which The LA Nerd has dubbed Spider-Man: Civil War Feat. Captain America because Spider-Man is way more important than Cap is.

Homecoming (aka Tangentcast)

Pop! Pop! the Pop Culture Podcast! is BACK! After an unscheduled hiatus (the guys have lives, okay?) The LA Nerd and Taylor are sitting down with their friend Patrick Geraghty again to bring you the nerdiest news of the week! 

Jim from The Office is going to be a secret agent; Joel uses Snapchat to learn from a fan that Alicia Vikander is going to be the new, more-appropriately-sized-chested Lara Croft; Jon Bernthal stole everyone's hearts as the Punisher so he's getting his own series at Netflix; RDJ just can't quit Iron Man and the guys aren't too beat up about it; Joel & Taylor absolutely lose their shit over the newest Spider-Man footage from Captain America: Civil War while Patrick couldn't care less and finally, 20th Century Fox is taking a page out of the Marvel playbook by skipping Comic-Con's Hall H this year... Joel predicts the Comic-Con bubble is soon going to pop! 

Superbowl Trailer Round-Up!

On this week's Pop! Pop! the Pop Culture Podcast! the guys discuss Charlize Theron hopping in her car and driving into a new franchise; Deadpool receiving the go-ahead from Fox for a sequel and we'll be getting fan-favorite Cable along with it; and Ryan Reynolds is a dream-maker it seems because his next priority is making an X-Force movie happen, god bless your soul Ryan.  There's also some rumblings coming from the Star Wars camp as a couple new helmets from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story leaked online. 

On this week's Stoopid Newz the guys thrash on the idea of a Sonic the Hedgehog movie and they dust off their barf bags as Lionsgate raises the Saw franchise from the grave for an 8th installment.

Last but not least the guys breakdown all of the super awesome Superbowl trailers (that all seem to have subtitles) that they saw over the weekend, including: Captain America: Civil War, X-Men: Apocalypse, Jason Bourne, TMNT: Out of the Shadows and more!

Oscars So White... But Are They?

Another week, another Pop! Pop! the Pop Culture Podcast! and another wacky discussion with the LA Nerd and Taylor!  Some dumb ass is starting a petition to make Deadpool PG-13... Over every nerd's dead body, lady! The Guardians might be coming face to face with a planet... that has a face in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2; the guys are sad to report on another death in pop culture this week as everyone's favorite Harry Potter villain (?) Alan Rickman has passed away at 69; much squee is to be had over the first official Suicide Squad trailer and Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn and last but not least the guys tackle the subject of racism with this year's ridiculous Oscars drama of #OscarsSoWhite... but are they!? 

Han Solo Short-list

Pop! Pop! the Pop Culture Podcast! is back this week with a ton of news for your brains!  The LA Nerd and Taylor mourn the loss of musical genius David Bowie but then immediately turn those tears into happy ones with the news that the St. Louis Rams are now THE LOS ANGELES RAMS!  Joel hates on M. Night Sham-of-a-career for rebooting Tales from the Crypt; Taylor squees over Giant Man possibly being in Captain America: Civil War; apparently some Chinese CEO that really loves Pacific Rim bought Legendary Pictures and the sequel is back on... again?  James Gunn defends his choice of using the new RED Weapon for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2; the guys weigh the options of who is the bigger evil to direct Ep. IX: George Lucas or Colin Trevorrow, and then they break down the Han Solo Short-list which includes some great actors and one clown! 

All this and more! on this week's episode of Pop! Pop! the Pop Culture Podcast!