Mostly Nitpicking

New mid-week podcast! We take a small break in brackets to talk about Nando and DJ's two favorite things respectively, Bernie and Basketball. In order, the topics of conversation are Golden State, Nova, Lebron, James Dolan, the Wisconsin Primary, New York Debates, Panama Papers, Hillary, TWD Finale, OJ, and Wrestlemania.

This week we have for you the final match up in the Nickest Toon bracket. We talk about the Nicktoonyness of Avatar and posit the theory that Aang and Tommy and essentially the same character. We also give you a new mini bracket as well as the results to the Best Batman mini bracket.

If you have not see Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and eventually plan to, this isn't for you. Everyone else, we have a spoiler filled mini episode of Mad Bracket Status where we take apart everything we didn't like or understand about Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. We go over bizarre fan theories, unbelievable character choices, and everything else that made this potential Avengers rival into a complete trainwreck. Deathstroke Theory: http://moviepilot.com/posts/3586492 Communion Scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-MUzvASr8s Mr Sunday Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TAlR9y_zJw MovieBob Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTKDtoBR-2M Half in the Bag Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGsrMaxx8N4 Mad Bracket Status: http://www.madbracketstatus.com/

Huge week for the show. First off, we have the results of the Sweet Sixteen round of voting on our Nickest Toon bracket. Secondly, March Madness is going off the rails and number one seeds are being eliminated by the handful. Third, Batman v Superman: Rush to Justice was finally released.

Right off the bat, we have no real knowledge of spoilers for this movie. All spoilers are POTENTIAL spoilers at best and way off the mark at worst. That being said, we decided to have a podcast where we ask some of the big question regarding the new DC blockbuster. If we spoil the movie, that is completely coincidental. We have ZERO knowledge about what actually happens in the movie. We're just recklessly speculating.

This week it is just Nando and DJ going through the results of the Sweet Sixteen round of voting on the Nickest Toon bracket. Some shows are eliminated completely while other are surging towards the finals.

We are podcast! On a mission! Bracket kids with...you get the joke. That's the Rocket Power theme song but with some of the words changed to make it seem like it's talking about us. Clever right? This week Nando and DJ are back with the results of the first round of voting on the Nickest Toon bracket. There are some pretty bizarre upsets. Specifically one that should really surprise you. We talk about the next round of match ups as well as some Civil War news and give our pop culture recommendations in our Get Recced segment that we shockingly didn't forget about.

Dear Journal, hi! It's us, Mad Bracket Status. We are still working on the Nickest Toon bracket. This week we bring on animation expert Kevin Su to look at some of the Top 32 match ups that caught our attention. We ask the tough questions. Which Angry Beaver is the best? Who is Chloe Carmichael? Why are the making another Hey Arnold movie? We also look at an insanely funny Doug based twitter feed and talk, talk about the Ghostbusters trailer, and give some of our recommendations in a new segment called Get Recced! website - http://www.madbracketstatus.com/ redbubble - http://www.redbubble.com/people/madbracketstat Doug Episodes - https://twitter.com/dougepisodes

Are ya' ready kids? I can't hear you! Ohhhhhh! The picture of a pirate with a real mouth starting to sing can only mean one thing. We are starting our Nickest Toon bracket. Friend of the show Frank DiCola joins us as we unveil the starting thirty two contenders in the bracket. We have characters from the creation of Nickelodeon animation and characters that are still on the air today. See if your favorite made the cut and vote at www.madbracketstatus.com

It is finally here. After a 128 competitors, we are finally able to reveal the winner of our Superior Sidekick bracket. Everything comes down to Super Mario's Yoshi and Star Wars' R2-D2. Dan Ward joins us to talk about the winner and everything he represents to sidekickery. We also talk about our next bracket and why it should be pretty good.

It has all led up to this. We started with 128 sidekicks and we are down to two competitors in the Superior Sidekick bracket. We go over each character's history as well as some key difference between the two characters. We also spend some time in the beginning of the episode breaking down some of the movie trailers from the Big Game and at the end of the show we give a spoiler free and spoiler filled Deadpool review. Don't worry. There is plenty of warning if you haven't seen it yet.

The heat is on! We bring musician and graphic designer Nick Porcaro to the show to dissect the final four round of the Superior Sidekick bracket. There are a couple of pretty surprising results. With the winners from each conference, we are able to start talking about who we think deserves to win it all. We also look back at some of the amazing marketing coming out of Deadpool before it's release later this week.

The Superior Sidekick bracket is really starting to heat up. Nando and DJ go over the results of the Sweet Sixteen round of voting to reveal the Elite Eight competitors. There are some big surprises in store. Will the Star Wars sidekicks stick around? Can Robin take on Rhodey Which Pokemon will prevail? The answers can all be found here along with some incredible Superbowl predictions.

Mad Bracket Status braves snowstorm Jonas to bring you the results of the Top Thirty Two round of voting on the Superior Sidekick bracket. Roommate of the show Kenny Goff is our sidekick and he bluffs his way through match up after match up in an attempt to seem like an expert and it almost works! We also talk to Seed from the excellent Poprika podcast about his new Indiegogo comic book project called Pineville.

This week, the sidekick field is finally starting to narrow. We bring on Disney superfan Michelle Coraci to take the 64 remaining competitors in the Superior Sidekick bracket down to 32. DJ brags about his Morty related Reddit post. Nando asks whether Bucky is a better Cap sidekick than Falcon. Michelle questions whether Pikachu is really a sidekick at all.

Sooooooo this week's episode is two and a half hours long. We think it's really good, so we didn't trim it. Perhaps in the future we will attempt to shorten the episodes from Tarantino film to regular film. No promises though. This week we go over the second half of the 128 round of voting on the Superior Sidekick bracket. Kevin Su stops by to go through some of the anime match ups. Nando explains why Groot might be the most powerful character in the Marvel Universe. DJ gives preemptive reviews for 2016's comic book movies.

We have made it to 2016 and with the new year, we have the new round of the bracket! Well, actually its more of a half round. You see, because we decided to make the Superior Sidekick bracket a 128 competitor contest, we split the first round of voting in half. So this week, we have the results from the Comics and Anime/Video Games Conferences and the match ups from the TV and Movies/Book Conferences. We also take some time at the end of the episode to look back at the pop culture that made 2015 so...yeah...TV was good, though.

Let's get it started! This week we kick off the Superior Sidekick bracket with help from MBS CTO Caroline Amaba. It is a 128 competitor bracket and this week we are focusing only on the first 64 competitors which is made up of the Comics and Video Game/Anime conferences. Next week we will explore the TV and Movie/Book side of the bracket and vote on those match ups. Nando explains the tragic origin story for one of the most feared Red Lanterns, a blue house cat. DJ explains the premise behind a show called Kill La Kill and why that name is actually great. Caroline gives us some background on everyone's new favorite show, One Punch Man!

No bracket this week! I know, right? Instead we are going to talk for an absurdly long time about our Star Wars: The Force Awakens opinions. There are plenty of Spoilers! We warn you a bunch. If you don't want to be spoiled, don't listen. We won't be mad. Next week we will start the Superior Sidekick bracket.

It is the will of Steins;Gate. This week we reveal the winner of the Top Time Traveler bracket. Resident Whovian Chris Diggins stops by to give his two cents on the Doctor. The guys do a little Reckless Speculation on the new Nintendo Direct and Star Wars: The Force Awakens.