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I get it, movie tie ins are hard. You’ve got a development timeline dictated by by an unobservable force. Expectations that are already lower than a kid who gets all of their candy stolen before they get a chance to eat any of it. The only thing you can do sometimes is get your friends and family and hope that they can help you through these tortuous times.

And then a new kid shows up, going on and on about how someone bigger and badder is going to come around and eat your whole planet. And the new kid is cooler than you because he has a surfboard. And he’s shiney and possibly made of metal? Yeah things are getting weird.

Helping me wrangle all of this insanity is Gary Jones from Divergent Comics. Which is a good thing too because I definitely needed a second opinion about some things here and Gary brought a nice calm perspective to counteract my annoyance that until very recently we just couldn’t get a good Fantastic Four movie no matter how hard we tried. And I really needed him to help keep my thoughts about the movie from staining my thoughts on the game.

Get those forks ready, pitch or otherwise, because I know this one is going to leave a few people hungry for more.

Learn such things as:

• Why can’t anyone just let Sue have the cool powers that she deserves?
• Is Reed stretched too thin trying to bridge the gap between super scientist and action star?
• Is any villain safe when they’re caught between a rock and a hot place?
• And so much more!

You can find Gary @gmtj2k on Instagram and Threads, and catch Divergent Comics on Youtube or wherever you find great podcasts. Here’s the Apple link because why not.

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If you want to hear Chris talk with Karrington Martin about the lessons we learned from children’s media and how crazy it is that we’re supposed to just forget about that now that we’re adults, then Sugar, Spite, and Everything is Fine is probably something you should check out.

A big thanks to The Last Comic Shop and Tales From the Fandom for the promos today.

Intro/Outro Music by Backing Track, who promised to always be my friend. And if anyone says I threatened to eat a planet to get that answer it’s a lie.

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