M6p: Marvel 616 Politics

I can't believe there is another episode out so soon. Who are these two guys? (Well, they are certainly not Forge and Storm!) What makes you say that? (They pretend to be Forge and Storm in the episode. Didn't you listen?) No, I don't think that technically they are pretending to be Forge and Storm. They are interviewing as IF they were Forge and Storm. (But then they throw Mystique in there too. It's just unacceptable!) I don't understand why you're so angry. (It's because they are lying to us. They are pretending to be people that they are not. It's not a good look. It's "tone deaf".) What? Why? (Because these two old men are pretending to be people that they simply cannot speak for.) Oh...um...we don't like to get political on this show. (ARE YOU SERIOUS?!?! Didn't this show used to be call MARVEL 616 POLITICS?!?!) Well, yeah, but we stay away from that now. Too hot to handle, if you know what I mean. (Oh, because of the politics?) No, because Marvel is pretty litigious. OH! Sorry!

Let's play this one straight, okay? Look, we want to do this right. We want to record, we want to be there for our listeners, and we want to be there for each other. We are going to be hitting the hard issues in life. (Like hair.) ...like...hair? (Yeah, hair. I mean, I've got great hair, and you've got great hair, and that's something we have in common with this movie.) I don't understand what you are talking about. We are supposed to be serious podcasters now. (I am serious. If you watch this movie as closely as I did, you can really see how William Hurt's hair changes when he Rulks Out.) There is so much wrong with what you just said; I don't know where to start. (Just you watch it again, you'll see that there is something different about Ross, Hurt, and Rulk. I'm pretty sure it's the hair.) You're ridiculous. I thought this time was going to be different. Now seems like a good time to talk about our sponsors. We are sponsored by Community Retail Partnership. Sign up to get discounts on al

Alright, this go round we need to watch our P's and Q's as we welcome Beau DeMayo onto the show! Darrin Michael guest hosts with our regulars, Jarid and Andy, for a very special episode that doubles as a YouTube segment of The M6P. Yes! You heard that right! This episode is in audio AND video format--you lucky dogs, you! Check out our reactions to the bombs dropped by Beau by going to YouTube and searching for The M6P! Beau dives deep into the themes, tones, and story beats of X-Men '97! Is it about Tolerance? Is it about Politics? Is it about Empathy? Is it about being a black man growing up in a white family? Maybe it's about the spectrum of the Xavier's dream that we all have and where we fall on that dangerous scale! And, of course, we drop some major Marvel trivia on Beau to see how he fares against the Marvel Giants of our time! (Bro...could you make that summary paragraph any more boring? I mean, are you trying to put people to sleep when this is probably the best episode we've ever done?

From time to time, we all start to wonder if little old "me" matters. We all think that everything that we've done in our life that used to be so defining...so meaningful...is losing its shimmer and shine. It may be true. Maybe your universe really is ending because someone who is just plain better than you has decided to move on out of your universe. Not to get too personal here, but we've all had that person that suddenly realized they could be a better hero than us, so they up and left. That's right. They left. They left without saying goodbye or shaking your hand or writing a note or mowing the yard or scrubbing the floor or fixing the chain they broke or polishing the bars of the cell or even returning the handcuffs they outright stole. Life can just be so cruel. But you DO matter. Your universe does matter. Everything that all those people poured into you wasn't just a waste of time or money or space in the basement where you keep your single issues that you can never really even see the cove

I tell you, these guys are reusing ideas like crazy. Sure Krakoa was a great and refreshing era (if you like dying and coming back to life and the X-Men finally not caring what the world thinks about them and taking their rightful place among the gods, ruling with an iron fist and defeating the crazy machines that are simply made to protect humanity). But this 'up from the ashes' era-thingy? I mean could you get any more unoriginal? I mean we have Cyclops and Hope and Namor and Emma and Danger and Magik and the same people being on the most powerful team that is going to save the X-Men from extinction. AND they are bringing back the old writers and artists to do this again? Man, I tell you...just running out of ideas. San Francisco and Utopia and Sinister and that Celestial that we didn't know what it was doing for so long. No, I know what you are thinking--not THAT Celestial. I'm pretty sure they are ignoring that one for the rest of time. It just seems like they are retreading the same things over

Now, I'm not hip with the kids and I don't know all of these spider-people or their timelines or their purpose or their gender identity or if they prefer Fruit Loops or Captain Crunch, but...BUT, I DO know that we are nowhere near the end of the Spider-verse craziness that Marvel loves to throw our way. Sure it's overplayed and done to death and to the point that no one can keep track of any of it. Sure. But that doesn't mean that there isn't money to be made from this horse! They aren't beating it yet, but they are running behind it with one of those q-tip American Gladiator things, yelling and screaming for the horse to die of the most horrific heart attack known to horse-kind!!! Yes, you read that right! I am essentially accusing our beloved Marvel of writing stories just because they think they can make money off of them. How nuts is that!?! I mean, what's next? The death of Wolverine...again? Now seems like a good time to talk about our sponsors. We are sponsored by Community Retail Partnership

The bad news is that we never find the microphones for the show. The good news is that we bought BRAND NEW MICS!! That's right! Brand SPANKING new mics. Hmm...I thought there would be more applause than that. But no worries! We got what you want. You want to know about comics? We got that. You want to know about the new number 1 issues? We got that. You want to know how old we feel? We got that. You want to know what is the best length of men's hair? We got that. You want to know about our dietary restrictions and favorite singers and why we hate ice cream...and flying...and water? We got that! Just like Wolverine's semi-working healing factor, we are back up and at you with a new episode that will take your monkey cheeks, turn them upside down, and blow your socks off. (What...?) You heard me! Stay tuned for our next riveting adventure of the cataclysmic duo from Dayton...area! Drop those pretenses and gird up your loins! We are going big and taking charge and smashing names! (...I jus

It's taken us a while to find the laptops, the microphones--I don't think we actually found those--find the duct tape and the glitter and the cosplay outfits with the black and the white and the booty flaps that SWORD has...but somehow, we did it! That's right. A brand-spankin'-new episode coming right at your earholes for the first time in over a year! You could even call it our annual show!!! But please don't call it that. It makes us sad in our hearts to think that it took over a year to make up from the fight we had last time while writing the episode synopsis. (Check out the episode synopsis from our October 3rd 2022 show! That'll tell you right there why it's taken so long to get back in the saddle! And what a saddle it is! This episode we fly further, and higher, and faster, and holding hands, and switching places, with light, and glitter, and French braids, and black girl magic to really get to the heart of the cinematic masterpiece that is "The Marvels." Now, I know what you are thinking...

There comes a time in everyone's life where they have to reassess and figure out if it is really worth it to keep going or to hang it up. For Marvel, it was after Endgame. For The M6P, that time is now. Yes, we need to be circumspect and think about how different our lives are from when we started this podcast 13 years ago. We need to consider the time commitment and the effort that it takes to set aside the other parts of our lives to deliver a quality--(Well, I mean, the audio on this one is pretty terrible.) I mean quality as far as discussion and insight--(Are you kidding me? Are you really going to claim that the ramblings of a nearly 40 year old mad man living in the jungles of West Africa counts as intelligent insight and commentary on where the MCU stands right now?) Well, yeah, I mean...it's been a while, but we give the fans what they want. (And what is that?) At this point, it may just really be an episode. To hear us talk again after a yearlong hiatus. (So let me get this straight. You

Sometimes you just run out of things to say. Well...now is NOT one of those times. (Oh, no.) That's right, we are back with a vengeance! (Please don't.) And we are all dressed to kill, going to the Hellfire Gala. (You know that's just for dignitaries and important people, right?) Dude, we are like the press. Who is going to give the red carpet commentary on the hideous genderific outfits, if not us? (You didn't just say that.) What? We are out there, man! We are living this gala event with all the costume designs, crazy wardrobe changes, and most importantly the psychically linked concert and fireworks. We are going to Mars, man!!! (I don't think you are going anywhere. What are you wearing?) This? Don't tell me you don't know what this is. (It looks like you took old tire rubber and glued it to a hobo clown llama, but that can't be--) Right? You are correct, good sir! This llama is a mutant llama that spits rainbows when angry and throws up diamond fireworks and stick cellos when feeling

Sometimes you just have to sit back and wonder what is going on in the world. I mean, who do you trust? What is true and what is really true? Do we even know? Can we tell anymore? That's what we at The M6P are all about! We are here to help you navigate through all the re-donkulousness of the world and let you know what is really going on. We can help you know who is living on the moon now? NOT AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS, I CAN TELL YOU THAT!!! We can also help you understand who shot the President of the United States! Spoiler Alert: it was Abe Lincoln! We can also keep you straight on who has the swords, who doesn't have the swords and who is drinking the Coronas. (Alright, that's enough. Give me the megaphone.) What are you DOING!?!? (I apologize, shoppers. Please go about your business. I'm sorry, we didn't mean to get you riled up.) YOU!! YOU ARE ONE OF THEM!!! (What are you talking about?) Do you know what you just did? You just infected everyone with the Secret Invasion Ms. Holiday Groot

Has it really come to this? I gotta say, I wasn't ever expecting this type of conundrum during my lifetime. Growing up, I always heard that we have to be kind to Mother Nature and that we really should make sure that we don't hurt the environment. Now I know the environment is more than plants, but it's the deer and the fungus and the sun and the breeze as well. Somebody once told me that it's an energy field created by all living things. It surrounds us and penetrates us; it binds the galaxy together even...not sure if that's true...but that's besides the point. But now things have gotten so mixed up that I have to figure out if I have to let the planet die or the plants die?!? I thought they were on the same team!!! Keep the animals safe, keep the water safe, keep the plants safe...but don't blow up the Earth?!? 2020 has thrown us some curve balls, but COME ON!!! I gotta say, if I have to choose between crispin' up the planet with the supernova or taking out the salad bar at Shoney's, you know wher

This is a PUBIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT to everyone listening. (And reading.) What? (Everyone listening to our podcast, but also everyone reading what you have typed here.) Listen, man, this is not the time to correct me, alright? I'm trying to be serious here! It is not a time to joke! (I'm not joking. I'm trying to help you. Listen, people are going to look at this and say, "wow, he wasn't allowed to leave the house and he had so much time to write this and he STILL messed up on it.") I am too allowed to go out of the house. I'm not even in America! (Gotta be honest, bro, you're not helping your case. Maybe they kicked you out of the country, because you wouldn't stay indoors.) Have you lost your mind? Are you crazy? Are you one of those people with those big Dr. Suess hats sitting on mountains of toilet paper rolls with a carnival-themed plastic scepter in your hand--just laughing and laughing and laughing until you get the hiccups? (I think you've lost the point of what you are talking about.)

Now is the season to start looking to the future. However...it seems like 80 years in the future is a bit much. Am I right? (Well, see, it's figurative. Like it's 80 years in the future and it's been 80 years since the first Marvel comics came out...so...) Exactly! I'm glad you know what I'm talking about. I resolve to never let my social score drop more than 238 points in a single act of violence. (...I don't think we are on the same page. What exactly are you doing?) I'm making my New Year's Resolution. I resolve to never let a magical wizard that's a girl take up residence in my head for all the rest of my years. (I'm seriously trying to bite my tongue, but I can't--not anymore. Do you think that Marvel's 2099 current storyline is--like--the company's New Year's Resolutions or something?) That's what I was told, yes. (By whom?) What? (Who told you that?) OH! I that you said "Buy Broom." (No, no. "By whom?") I see...it's like a metaphor. (Yeah, it is...but who told you that it was a N

It's been a while. (Yes, it has.) So...You forgive me? (Nothing to forgive, my friend.) Well, good....because I'm moving to Africa. (WHAT?!?!?!) Yes, there's a missionary hospital over in a country called Togo. I'm going over there to be a teacher in a one-room school house. (Wait, stop. Are you serious?) Yeah, man. (Why didn't you tell me?!?! Did you think I'd be mad?) No, no!! Nothing like that. I was afraid you would want to come with me. (WHAT!!!) No offense, but I'm just so tired of you outshining me all the time. I mean, you know way more about comics and the X-Men than I do. (True.) And you are just so good looking. (Also true.) And you just smell soooo good. (Ummm....) And your hair is relly soft. (Okay, okay...you can stop.) And your backrubs are amazing. At least I assume they are with those strong hands. (STOP!! STOP!!....You know, maybe you going to Africa really isn't that bad of an idea for a while.) Now seems like a good time to talk about our sponsors. We are spon

I'll admit, it seems like we never quite agree on things. There is always that little bit of difference when it comes to...well, everything. This one guy loves mindless action, and that other dude loves mind-numbing dialog. Why can't we just get along and all like the exact same thing? (Wouldn't that be boring though?) You would think, but just last week Sam Gillespie from Campus Security and I agreed on every single thing that we were talking about. (Campus Security...who in the world is Sam Gillespie?) Oh, well it's not the shortest story, but basically I found out that some colleges and universities have their own actual police force while others are just "security." (Uhhh, whatever...what were you guys discussing that you agreed on?) All sorts of things! We are like twinsies!!! He told me that it's actually illegal to roam around at night knocking on windows with nothing but a bright orange ski mask and long-john underwear. Naturally, I agreed with him. I mean, who would think it's okay, 'mar

Maybe you were just cranky. Maybe you didn't get enough sleep. (I don't know, man. I just didn't like it.) I know, I know. But really that's no reason for you to take it out on me. So we didn't both like the series. What's the big deal? We can still be friends. It's not like we haven't disagreed before. (Yeah, but this time you made me sound almost unreasonable. Like I was an idiot for not liking this book.) There, there. We all go through phases where we fly off the handle at tiny, insignificant little things that really don't mean anything. No one blames you for being irrational from time to time. (See?!?! Just there! You make me seem like I'M the one that is ridiculous.) Now, just calm down. No one said you were being ridiculous...again. (What was that?) Nothing. You know...I hate to say it, but we just recorded the show and issue 6 comes out the next day. (I'LL KILL YOU!!!!!) Now seems like a good time to talk about our sponsors. We are sponsored by DCBService.com. Get all your M

There's been a lot of talk about this movie called "Endgame." I've heard it's a big deal, but I'm not sure why exactly. Why in the world would Marvel stop making movies? I mean, aren't they making money? Why give up now? What is it about this movie that would stop them from continuing to make money and movies--movies and money? I feel like it's not a smart move for them. In fact, I think people will get fired because of this. Dude, I even thought there was another Spider-Man movie coming out this same summer!! But now I find out that this is the End to everything!! It just doesn't make sense to me from a fan perspective and a business perspective. But, listen to the podcast and we'll talk about it! We discuss every detail of why this is the best decision for the studio and the comic book industry as a whole. Furthermore, we will compare this to the pre-Broadway theatre industry in the mid-1700s in New England. (Hey! This isn't the last movie they're making! What are you? A moron?) ...oh...

You know, here at The M6P, we never really know what we will end up talking about. We have a plan, but sometimes it just goes a little askew, if you know what I mean. What we didn't know going into this episode is that Andy would come out completely enlightened and with a proper understanding of females now. That's right. This documentary (ahem...movie)--right, this movie about equal rights--(No. No no. It was a movie about a super hero.) Sure. This movie about super women was just what he needed to understand the plight of all women in every culture. (You are going to get us in so much trouble, man.) How dare you use that patriarchal term with me, you cur!!! Now seems as good a time as any to mention our sponsors. We are sponsored by DCBService.com. Get all your Marvel pre-orders for 40% off cover price. They even have specials and clearance issues for up to 70% off! And don't forget their sister site, InStockTrades.com. All orders over $60 are free shipping. We are also sponsored by Communit

There's a lot going on here in the MCU, the Netflix Marvel U, and the comics. Spider-Man is finding his way, the X-Men are getting their leader back, the young X-Men are back where they belong and--of course--Cable is dead again. I tell you, right when we think we are rid of the "young" element in these comics the writers introduce a new, young Cable. Can you imagine the conversation in the editorial meetings? "Finally, we figured out a way to fix the problem Bendis put us in!! We sent those young X-Men back to where they came from. Did anyone else think that that was going to be as difficult as it was? I wish there was some way to know on the front end the corner we were painting ourselves into." "Me too! I'm so glad we are done with that. Now onto the next problem: I hear that our characters are too old and unrelatable. Any ideas?" "Well, we could kill off an older character, but bring him back as a young one." "Johnson!!! That's brilliant!! It would be like we aren't even losing a character.