The Dark Crystal was an impactful show for the young Bivins Brothers, and this week they talk about Netflix's revival, with hope in their hearts that they experience as little CGI as possible. Also: the good news about Spidey, and all the usual sad DC news.
Show Notes
Originally posted 10-4-2019.
Matt is getting to caption the 90s Chicago-set horror movie Candyman, live, which is really exciting. We talk about Cabrini Green in Chicago and how it was the perfect setting for conjuring a scary dude with a hook hand and bees for guts.
Lots of little comic movie news bits, and the Bivins Brothers are unimpressed by nearly all of it:
- Spider-Man is back in the MCU for two more movies, at least, and while we're excited for this, the whole drama has a manipulative "New Coke/CocaCola Classic" vibe to it.
- Evan is worried that Matt is going to be in a movie theater when the super creepy Incels turn the upcoming movie Joker into a manifesto for the cause of all sad, loney, unlovable white dudes. Matt only goes to matinees, though, so it's fine.
- The first official Birds of Prey: and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn is out. The BivBros take: why are they shoe-horning Harley Quinn into a Birds of Prey movie? Why not give Harley her own movie, if she's that popular?
- And they've stopped watching Titans. Will Matt keep his DC Universe subscription? It's looking less and less likely.
Watching the Dark Crystal opened up a Pandora's box of fear for Evan, but the brothers are especially glad that there is a decided lack of CGI. Evan is an infrequent but ugly crier, and watching Jim Henson's funeral is a trigger.
Next time we'll try to be more positive and encouraging about things! Blame it on Matt's impending cold.
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Evan and Matt Bivins live in two different cities. They develop websites and software, play rock and roll, and talk about movies, TV, books, comics and music.