Whole lotta sequels going on! This week, we’ve got Basic Instinct 2 (or is it 2.5? 3? 2.Now?) Last Ronin 2, some cool TMNT DLC, talkin’ ’bout the Scott Pilgrim re-adaptation, and maybe even more! Lotsa news*!
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What’s THIS? A surprise third Classic Zero Issues episode? Well, since a new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles episode has hit theatres, why not enjoy this 2020 episode celebrating the first-ever TMNT film?? Personally, we recommend it. Here’s the original write-up:
30 years ago, the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie was unleashed on the world! To comic fans of a, uh, certain age, this movie was a definitive cinema experience. But a lifetime later, how does it hold up? We discuss the legacy of this indie comics classic, compare it to the TMNT’s later adaptations, discuss its standing amongst the incredible growth of comic movies since, talk about our favourite moments, the bodacious cast, those Henson Company animatronic suits, a bunch of production trivia and goofs, little-known deleted scenes, and SO much more. It’s… Bossanova? …Chevy Nova? (Excellent!!)
Get your dose of Turtle Power in a very special Z-E-R-O ISSUES PODCAST!
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From the passing of the mantle of The Flash to Batman’s many, many, many teen sidekicks, legacy characters have been a part of super hero comics for almost as long as there has been super hero comics. With that in mind, we set our sights on talking about some of them!
“But Zero Issues Dudes,” we hear you say, “you’ve already done an episode about legacy characters!” Well, sure we have, but that was a long time ago! It’s time for a fresh, hip look at legacy characters, courtesy of three middle-aged white men! Just like in comics!
And while we’re at it, we try to come up with some brand new legacy characters for super heroes who’ve never gotten one before in the Warm Up. Because maybe, just maybe, Gambit’s worth it, too.
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It’s TURTLE TIME!
With the new TMNT movie arriving, we’re doing a turtle episode! Kyle begins by interviewing esteemed Turtle scholar Esa Keltamaki about the TMNT comic series ‘The Last Ronin’-SPOILERS. Bry listened to part of it. Merk intentionally avoided it. There’s reasons.
Then the main event!
It’s TURTLE BATTLE ROYALE time!
We each pick a number of turtle characters from various timelines, sources, media and publishing companies…. then make ’em fight to the end!
Don’t worry if you’re not fluent in all the turtle lore. Neither is Merk! But he enjoyed himself, didn’t you, Merk?
Yes i did-Merk
So join us for a discussion about wacky battles, Death Star Butt Canals, Jeff Goldblum flying around, how Bry thinks Baxter Stockman is a ‘bit of a weenus’, a lesson about where alligators and crocodiles are AND a very awkward segment discussing a huge severed cow head in space.
So join Cowabunga Kyle, Brycalangelo and Merkatello for a helluva shell game!
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San Diego Comic-Con has come and gone, and in its wake: NEWS! Conan and his savage sword return to comics with a Cimmerian murderer’s row of talent well-geared to making comics about Conan! The relative absence of Hollywood at SDCC meant great things for actual comics creators and publishers, go figure! Hellboy is back — in Giant Robot form! Mere weeks after Ms. Marvel’s SHOCKING death, her PREDICTABLE resurrection has come to pass, except now she’s an Inhuman AND a Mutant and also is gonna be written by her MCU actor Iman Vellani! If you wanna see Superman fight Godzilla, “Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong” seems very likely to deliver on that promise, along with “roar” sound-effect birthday card technology! A sequel series to The Last Ronin is coming, which is really pushing the definition of the word “last”! A Nightwing & Titans crossover event is coming, and it’s called… [dun dun!] BEEEAST WOOORLD! And the sad state of collecting has landed at, ugh, “completely empty steelbook WandaVision case for $90”.
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Nearly 400 episodes in, we need a little break! So, this week and next, we’ll be re-uploading some of our classic episodes. This week it’s episode 63: A-List Losers! Here’s the original writeup:
These super heroes get no respect, I tell ya! No respect!
We are talking about characters who, while they’re certainly great, just can’t seem to get a break, either from the diehard fans or from the public at large. Aquaman, Dazzler, Hank Pym, and Cyclops, with all of his terrible, terrible costumes.
Plus: news, a where-would-you-live warmup, and Metamorpho joins the League of Baldos!
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Pass the fancy wireless remote, tune in to the tube, get out the TV Guide and let me know if we need to set the VCR —- it’s time to talk about comic-based TV shows! Particularly the current state of the comic-show landscape, as the explosion of TV series in the past 10 years have or will soon be ending. What’s next for the world of small-screen (but actually pretty-damn-big-screen) comic adaptations? Perhaps less will be more, with fewer but overall better shows? Should superheroes keep in their feature-film lane and let the indie comics spread their tales across more episodes? Is anyone still watching the ever-expanding Walking Dead TV-verse, and did they ever get to the fireworks factory? Is the so-called “golden age of television” ending, or just evolving? So many questions! So let’s talk all about ’em!
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We’ve waited long enough! The time is now to talk about The Flash, because everyone who’s going to have seen it has seen it. And look, I know that us saying that, and also calling this episode “Trashpoint,” makes it sound like we hated it. But you don’t know that! You have to listen to the episode to find that out! That’s how podcasts work!
Also, Kyle brings back Hulk Out or Fake Out for the Warmup, because some of the ways they came up with to turn David Banner into the Hulk on that show were just so very dumb.
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TRAVEL THROUGH TIME WITH THE ZERO ISSUES BOYS!
Or at least about 44 mins of it, as we discuss time travel in comics!!
Join us as we discuss time travel storylines and pitch a few of our own! Specifically we discuss comic stories of either characters that don’t time travel or time periods they usually don’t visit. Or horrible time travel stories where everyone dies. All the time. It’s a fun game!
Hear about Bruce Wayne: Roller Disco Champion. Or 4 Turtles, 4 Chan: Why Donatello is the Most Sexist of all the Turtles. Or ROMish the Non Electric Space Knight!
But we begin with a fun time travel themed game of Character Storm! Beware Thyme Time!
Seriously. Beware.
But do join us.
Because it’s time…. for our podcast!
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