We continue our epic and cinematic journey towards Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey by taking a look at a second inspiration behind his adaptation. This time it's Troy from 2004 from director Wolfgang Peterson. Loosely based on Homer's Iliad and the story of the Trojan War it pits ...Show more
630 Best/Worst Comic Adaptations & The Death of Physical Media
Incredible week for doing a great podcast! In this latest episode of The Weekly Planet we talk the best and worst comic adaptation choices from modern and decades past. We also discuss the further death of physical media with Sony Playstation not creating physical disks after 202 ...Show more
Jason and the Argonauts - Caravan Of Garbage
By way of Christopher Nolan, The Odyssey is hitting cinemas in July, an epic fantasy action bonanza based on Homer's Odyssey. Its use of scale and practical effects harken back to the movies and stories he grew up on, including this one, Jason and the Argonauts from 1963. Featuri ...Show more
629 Supergirl!
The second movie entry in James Gunn's DCU is here, 2026's Supergirl starring Millie Alcock and it is not doing well at the box office and also people don't like it very much. We review that plus the annoucement of three new DC animated shows with Absolute Batman, Joker: Laugh Ri ...Show more
The Flash - Caravan Of Garbage
For our final look at Supergirl, we're returning to the DCEU. And also Earth 89, Earth 789, Earth 30, Earth 66, Earth 203, Earth 789, and a reboot. That's right, we're taking a look at The Flash (2023), which aimed to be both a love letter to and the end of the Zack Snyder DC Uni ...Show more