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Finally getting to one of Mike's favorites: Jack Reacher Podcast: DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Miro | RSS The Radio Free Echo Rift podcast is your twice weekly resource for comics, movies, TV, and book reviews.   This pirate pop-culture podcast is brought to you from deep beneath the city of Philadelphia!  We have thirty minutes to record each episode - if we were ever caught, we'd be atomized for sure! Timestamps 00:24 - What if Don doesn't like it?  Minority Report, School of Rock, Tom Cruise's height 07:02 - A blue collar Sherlock Holmes Revenge story, the story's central mystery 14:10 - Reacher is a superhero, the cast, Jai Courtney 18:56 - Chris McQuarrie, a movie that bears multiple viewing, Reacher solves problems 26:03 - Voicemail: That moment when reason breaks down... References Jack Reacher stars Tom Cruise Directed by: Christopher McQuarrie Based on a character created by Lee Child Ask questions or share your feedback Leave us a voicemail 856.208.RIFT Email letters@echorift.com Tweet us @E

Don and Mike talk about their experience tabling/sketch carding on Free Comic Book Day! Podcast: DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Miro | RSS The Radio Free Echo Rift podcast is your twice weekly resource for comics, movies, TV, and book reviews.   This pirate pop-culture podcast is brought to you from deep beneath the city of Philadelphia!  We have thirty minutes to record each episode - if we were ever caught, we'd be atomized for sure! Special thanks to Charlie for the fantastic album cover photo!  Check out his other photography on 500px! Timestamps 00:24 - Living Beneath Philadelphia, Getting out to Free Comic Book Day, Sketch Cards 07:54 - The Fun of Making Sketch Cards, Various Requests 13:16 - The Folks Around Us - Phil Chen, Matt, Claire and Paige, Paperkeg 18:25 - "After party", @Pennooch's blog, @Adcustom, Spider-Man, 501st Garrison Carida 25:29 - Breaking News: FCBD Violence in Maine References The Comic Book Shop in Wilmington, DE Paperkeg Podcast Pennooch / What's What Comic Books Phil Chen from F

Iron Man 3 talk for people who already saw the movie. Podcast: DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Miro | RSS The Radio Free Echo Rift podcast is your twice weekly resource for comics, movies, TV, and book reviews.   This pirate pop-culture podcast is brought to you from deep beneath the city of Philadelphia!  We have thirty minutes to record each episode - if we were ever caught, we'd be atomized for sure! Timestamps 00:24 - Podcast for people who already saw Iron Man 3, Shane Black 07:02 - Jon Faverau, The Human Bomb (from DC Comics), 42 Iron Man Suits 14:10 - The Avengers, Colorful and Memorable Characters, Killian, Hardly in the Armor 26:00 - Letter: Sticking with comic book writers, politics in comics References Iron Man 3 stars Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, & Don Cheadle Directed by: Shane Black Written by: Drew Pearce & Shane Black Ask questions or share your feedback Leave us a voicemail 856.208.RIFT Email letters@echorift.com Tweet us @EchoRift Please connect with us Subscribe, rate

We review of the Marvel movie that started it all: Iron Man (feat. Matt) Podcast: DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Miro | RSS The Radio Free Echo Rift podcast is your twice weekly resource for comics, movies, TV, and book reviews.   This pirate pop-culture podcast is brought to you from deep beneath the city of Philadelphia!  We have thirty minutes to record each episode - if we were ever caught, we'd be atomized for sure! Timestamps 00:24 - Matt got the job, Iron Man The Motion Picture, Distinguishing Marvel Movies 09:04 - Mike isn't a fan of the first Act, Don and Matt make their case 15:28 - Jeff Bridges' Voice, Fighting 20:00 - Speculating about Extremis and Iron Man 3, Pepper Potts 26:17 - iTunes Review from a Famous Person References Iron Man stars Robert Downey Jr., Jeff Bridges, and Gwyneth Paltrow Directed by: Jon Favreau Written by: Matt Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Art Marcum, Matt Holloway Ask questions or share your feedback Leave us a voicemail 856.208.RIFT Email letters@echorift.com Tweet us @EchoR

Psyching up for Iron Man 3 by discussing the seminal Warren Ellis story Extremis (feat. Matt) Podcast: DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Miro | RSS The Radio Free Echo Rift podcast is your twice weekly resource for comics, movies, TV, and book reviews.   This pirate pop-culture podcast is brought to you from deep beneath the city of Philadelphia!  We have thirty minutes to record each episode - if we were ever caught, we'd be atomized for sure! Timestamps 00:24 - Matt joins us on his way to a job interview - Warren Ellis takes on Iron Man 07:00 - A different pace, Character Driven, Super Soldier Serums 14:40 - Is Iron Man still Extremis?  Avi Granov's Art 20:05 - Warren Ellis and Weird SciFi 26:14 - Letter: Our top 3 Favorite Characters References Iron Man: Extremis is published by Marvel Comics and is also available from ComiXology Written by: Warren Ellis Art by: Adi Granov Ask questions or share your feedback Leave us a voicemail 856.208.RIFT Email letters@echorift.com Tweet us @EchoRift Please connec

Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt bring it with The Sixth Gun Podcast: DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Miro | RSS The Radio Free Echo Rift podcast is your twice weekly resource for comics, movies, TV, and book reviews.   This pirate pop-culture podcast is brought to you from deep beneath the city of Philadelphia!  We have thirty minutes to record each episode - if we were ever caught, we'd be atomized for sure! Timestamps 00:24 - The Sixth Gun is a western horror with a great beginning 05:08 - Gun wielding Monks, the mythology of the Six Guns 13:01 - The Gun starts to lead them, the Maw.  The Four Horsemen, Drake Sinclair 19:40 - The Sixth Gun an NBC TV Movie? 25:25 - Letters: Horror and Too Much Wolverine? References The Sixth Gun Book 1: Cold Dead Fingers is published by Oni Press and is also available from ComiXology Written by: Cullen Bunn Art by: Brian Hurtt Ask questions or share your feedback Leave us a voicemail 856.208.RIFT Email letters@echorift.com Tweet us @EchoRift Please connect with us Subscr

An in depth (and spoilery) discussion of Tom Cruise's Oblivion Podcast: DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Miro | RSS The Radio Free Echo Rift podcast is your twice weekly resource for comics, movies, TV, and book reviews.   This pirate pop-culture podcast is brought to you from deep beneath the city of Philadelphia!  We have thirty minutes to record each episode - if we were ever caught, we'd be atomized for sure! Timestamps 00:24 - Oblivion, Johnny Depp's Nick of Time, Joseph Kosinski and bringing Oblivion to the screen 06:04 - The Story as Jack Tells it - the Setup and the visuals 11:30 - Jack suspicions, Setting the strange tone 14:55 - Answering the questions of Oblivion (spoilers get heavy here) 22:35 - Tom Cruise Actor and Businessman 25:37 - Voicemail (Muppets), Letter (Superman as bad guy) References Oblivion stars Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, and Andrea Riseborough Directed by: Joseph Kosinski Written by: Joseph Kosinski, Karl Gajdusek, and Michael Arndt Ask questions or share your feedback Leave

Mark Millar and Leinil Yu's Homage to Superman Kicks Ass Podcast: DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Miro | RSS The Radio Free Echo Rift podcast is your twice weekly resource for comics, movies, TV, and book reviews.   This pirate pop-culture podcast is brought to you from deep beneath the city of Philadelphia!  We have thirty minutes to record each episode - if we were ever caught, we'd be atomized for sure! Timestamps 00:24 - Introduction to Mark Millar's work, and Superior 05:18 - Great portrayal of 12 year old boys, a disabled boy gets his wish 11:00 - Background tension, Simon's Parents, the Police, a week, approaching things like a 12 year old 16:13 - Ormon is back, of souls, heaven, and hell 21:04 - Reading at a breakneck pace, "How is he going to get out of this one!?!" 25:42 - Voicemails: Wonder Woman Returns, Baseball in Comics References Superior is published by Marvel Icon and is also available from ComiXology Written by: Mark Millar Art by: Leinil Francis Yu Ask questions or share your feedback

A comprehensive interpretation of the blockbuster comedy, Room 237 Podcast: DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Miro | RSS The Radio Free Echo Rift podcast is your twice weekly resource for comics, movies, TV, and book reviews.   This pirate pop-culture podcast is brought to you from deep beneath the city of Philadelphia!  We have thirty minutes to record each episode - if we were ever caught, we'd be atomized for sure! Timestamps 00:24 - The Shining.  What Room 237 is. 04:20 - What Room 237 isn't, Coming to the correct conclusion 09:55 - Matter of factly stating "Facts" while never backing them up 15:06 - Conceding that Kubrick probably did add deliberate continuity "mistakes" 17:44 - We need a word for the opposite of "Skeptic", it's not "Believer", Allowing for interpretation 26:25 - Letter/Voicemail: Our Favorite Doctor Who Companions/What About My Little Pony? References Room 237 is directed by Rodney Ascher and is available on iTunes Written by: Rodney Ascher Ask questions or share your feedback Leave

Matt Fraction delivers Hawkeye: Magnum PI Style! Podcast: DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Miro | RSS The Radio Free Echo Rift podcast is your twice weekly resource for comics, movies, TV, and book reviews.   This pirate pop-culture podcast is brought to you from deep beneath the city of Philadelphia!  We have thirty minutes to record each episode - if we were ever caught, we'd be atomized for sure! Timestamps 00:24 - Mike was sent to see The Call 07:15 - Hawkeye - Hype and Reverse Hype, wasn't sure what to expect 13:05 - Clever-funny writing, Starting in Progress/Flashbacks, Kate Bishop 19:56 - We want Hawkeye The Movie, Two Parter: The Tape, Aja and Pulito's Art 25:36 - Letters: Wonder Womangate Continues References Hawkeye Vol 1: My Life as a Weapon is published by Marvel Comics and is also available from ComiXology Written by: Matt Fraction Art by: David Aja and Javier Pulido Ask questions or share your feedback Leave us a voicemail 856.208.RIFT Email letters@echorift.com Tweet us @EchoRift

Duane Swierczynski takes us into the dangerous world of Bloodshot! Podcast: DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Miro | RSS The Radio Free Echo Rift podcast is your twice weekly resource for comics, movies, TV, and book reviews.   This pirate pop-culture podcast is brought to you from deep beneath the city of Philadelphia!  We have thirty minutes to record each episode - if we were ever caught, we'd be atomized for sure! Timestamps 00:24 - Brief Discussion of the much maligned movie Battleship 06:03 - Valiant Comics Back Again, Bloodshot is back, Nanites 13:04 - Bloodshot changing forms, Cool mix of Genres 19:10 - Bloodshot's Pals, EMP, Reading as a Trade 24:26 - Great artwork, interesting color art, Reminiscing about Valiant References Bloodshot Vol 1: Setting the World On Fire is published by Valiant Comics and is also available from ComiXology Written by: Duane Swierczynski Art by: Manuel Garcia and Arturo Lozzi Ask questions or share your feedback Leave us a voicemail 856.208.RIFT Email letters

Taking in the sci-fi majesty that is Jonathan Hickman's Avengers from Marvel Now! Podcast: DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Miro | RSS The Radio Free Echo Rift podcast is your twice weekly resource for comics, movies, TV, and book reviews.   This pirate pop-culture podcast is brought to you from deep beneath the city of Philadelphia!  We have thirty minutes to record each episode - if we were ever caught, we'd be atomized for sure! Timestamps 00:25 - Avengers World, They Should Have Called it Avengers The Movie 2, Merging the Two 04:08 - A threat too big for the Avengers to handle, Menace in the air, Capable Leaders 10:07 - Avengers Prime Beat, Ex Nihlo, Abyss, Aleph 13:30 - The Expanded Avengers Team, Hyperion, Smasher, Captain Universe 18:30 - The Right Team for the job, Quickly Subduing the Problem, The Legend that Grew in the Telling 25:28 - Letters: Getting Taken to the Woodshed over Wonder Woman References Avengers Vol 1L Avengers World (Pre-Order) is published by Marvel Comics and is also avail

The Zombie Apocalypse is upon us! Podcast: DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Miro | RSS The Radio Free Echo Rift podcast is your twice weekly resource for comics, movies, TV, and book reviews.   This pirate pop-culture podcast is brought to you from deep beneath the city of Philadelphia!  We have thirty minutes to record each episode - if we were ever caught, we'd be atomized for sure! Timestamps 00:24 - Premise and Format of World War Z, Translating to an All Star Audio Production 05:28 - Opening in China, Is WWZ Scary? 10:27 - Around the World, The Rediker Plan, Considering World Politics 15:40 - Not Exploring where the Zombies Coming From, The Zombie Survival Guide as Prequel 20:30 - Fighting a New War, The Perfect Enemy To Deal With at a Distance 24:57 - Is Anything Changed After the War?  Economic Superpowers 28:00 - Walking Dead, 28 Days Later References World War Z: The Abridged Audio Production is published by Random House Audio and is also available from Audible.com Written by: Max Brooks Includes Pe

Escape with Peter Panzerfaust by Kurtis J. Wiebe and Tyler Jenkins Podcast: DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Miro | RSS The Radio Free Echo Rift podcast is your twice weekly resource for comics, movies, TV, and book reviews.   This pirate pop-culture podcast is brought to you from deep beneath the city of Philadelphia!  We have thirty minutes to record each episode - if we were ever caught, we'd be atomized for sure! Timestamps 00:24 - Kurtis Wiebe and Tyler Jenkins Peter Panzerfaust.  Stop and go read Peter Panzerfaust Now and then come back 01:30 - Now that you are back:  Approaching Peter Panzerfaust, Overview and Mike's Big Revalation 06:05 - Crazy American Boy Called Peter Shows Up, Enamored with the story 10:25 - Peter Pan Meets Red Dawn set in World War II, Plausible if you are Brave Enough 14:22 - Living in Nevernever Land, Historical Context, Overwhelming Odds Against 20:27 - Ending on a Down but Hopeful Note, The Interviewer and The Present 23:38 - Don's Baseless and Crazy Theories about Peter's Ident

Best episodes from the three recent Doctors as we anticipate the rest of Series 7! Podcast: DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Miro | RSS This pirate pop-culture podcast is brought to you from deep beneath the city of Philadelphia!  We have thirty minutes to record each episode - if we were ever caught, we'd be atomized for sure! Timestamps 00:25 - The mysterious 50th Anniversary Year of Doctor Who, talking Doctor's 9, 10, and 11 01:59 - The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances: Christopher Eccleston, Doctor Who's Rocky Tone at Relaunch, Eccleston's Performance 09:58 - Midnight: David Tennant, the Doctor Who Fan, New Doctor Who Hits its Stride, Scaring Children 16:56 - A Good Man Goes to War: Matt Smith, the Young Old Man, The Silliest Doctor, Culmination of how Dangerous the Doctor Is 25:44 - Letters: Brock Beauchamp, Ctchr and The Call 28:21 - Doctor Who Series 7.2, The Bells of St. John, Neil Gaiman Doctor Who References Doctor Who is produced by the BBC Series 1 Episode 10: The Doctor Dances Series 4 Episode 10:

Figuring out (New 52) Wonder Woman... together Podcast: DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Miro | RSS The Radio Free Echo Rift podcast is your twice weekly resource for comics, movies, TV, and book reviews.   This pirate pop-culture podcast is brought to you from deep beneath the city of Philadelphia!  We have thirty minutes to record each episode - if we were ever caught, we'd be atomized for sure! Timestamps 00:25 - Intro and Memories of Wonder Woman 02:24 - First time reading a comic starring Wonder Woman, gonna need WW fans help 07:00 - Wonder Woman's (in story) Origin 12:10 - Loved the mythology, Sometimes Confusing 15:26 - Who is Wonder Woman for? William Moulton Marston and Binding Games 21:20 - Wonder Woman's limitations? What are the good Wonder Woman stories? 25:58 - This Wonder Women Volume's Audience 29:00 - Outro - What is the BEST Wonder Woman Story References Wonder Woman Vol 1: Blood is published by DC Comics and is also available on ComiXology Written by: Brian Azzarello Illustrated by: Cliff

Is Matthew Vaughn's X-Men First Class the best X-Men Movie of all? Podcast: DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Miro | RSS The Radio Free Echo Rift podcast is your twice weekly resource for comics, movies, TV, and book reviews.   This pirate pop-culture podcast is brought to you from deep beneath the city of Philadelphia!  We have thirty minutes to record each episode - if we were ever caught, we'd be atomized for sure! Timestamps 00:25 - Why doesn't anyone talk about X-Men First Class? 04:30 - It's 1963!  The Ultimate X-Men Historical Treatment, Being in Continuity 10:32 - A Mod James Bond Movie, Mystique and Beast have to hide, Xavier doesn't get it and isn't always right  15:37 - A Great Ensemble, Magneto's position is defensible 21:50 - Sebastian Shaw/Kevin Bacon 23:25 - Comparing Bryan Singer's X-Men to X-Men: First Class, Looking forward to Days of Future Past 27:26 - Great Score, Wish they made comics about this universe 29:42 - Outro References X-Men First Class Stars James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, an

Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore's The Walking Dead Vol 1: Days Gone Bye from Image Comics Podcast: DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Miro | RSS The Radio Free Echo Rift podcast is your twice weekly resource for comics, movies, TV, and book reviews.   This pirate pop-culture podcast is brought to you from deep beneath the city of Philadelphia!  We have thirty minutes to record each episode - if we were ever caught, we'd be atomized for sure! Timestamps 00:30 - The Zombie Craze, 28 Days Later 06:48 - Reading the Walking Dead for the first time, Why are zombies so popular?  TV vs. Comics 13:15 - Comics is less about zombies 15:48 - Kirkman: A series of questions, Characters acting like real people 22:00 - The state of the rest of the world, Waiting for the government, Tony Moore 25:37 - Voice Mail: Track Record in getting people into comics References The Walking Dead Vol 1: Days Gone Bye is published by Image Comics and is also available from ComiXology Written by: Robert Kirkman Art by: Tony Moore Colors by: Cli

Best Picture Winner 2012 Argo by Ben Affleck, starring Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, and John Goodman Podcast: DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Miro | RSS The Radio Free Echo Rift podcast is your twice weekly resource for comics, movies, TV, and book reviews.   This pirate pop-culture podcast is brought to you from deep beneath the city of Philadelphia!  We have thirty minutes to record each episode - if we were ever caught, we'd be atomized for sure! Timestamps 00:30 - "Best Picture", Ben Affleck, Gone Baby Gone 07:17 - Argo, Storming the Embassy, Escape 15:28 - Pros - Embassy Personnel, the CIA 21:50 - The Cast, Ben Affleck's Acting 26:39 - Letter - The Cave of Evil on Dagobah, Outro References Argo by Ben Affleck starring Ben Affleck (available on iTunes) Written by: Chris Terrio Directed by: Ben Affleck Also Starring: Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, John Goodman How Accurate is Argo? by David Hagland from Slate.com How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans From Tehran by Joshuah Bearman fr

Does Preacher hold up 15 years later?  Revisiting the Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon Classic Podcast: DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Miro | RSS The Radio Free Echo Rift podcast is your twice weekly resource for comics, movies, TV, and book reviews.   This pirate pop-culture podcast is brought to you from deep beneath the city of Philadelphia!  We have thirty minutes to record each episode - if we were ever caught, we'd be atomized for sure! Timestamps 00:28 - Mike Joined the Gym and Makes a Friend at Walmart 04:51 - Don's Preacher Experience circa 1999, "Offensive" comics, Violent Brits 11:00 - Story Overview, God Split, Jessie Custer and his Gang 18:26 - Influential, Arseface, Jilted Lovers, The Saint of Killers 27:08 - Letter from Chris: Talking Warren Ellis References Preacher Vol 1: Gone to Texas is published by DC Vertigo Comics and is also available from ComiXology Written by: Garth Ennis Art by: Steve Dillon Colors by: Matt Hollingsworth Letters by: Clem Robins Ask questions or share your fee