Why are we talking about hippies and beatniks? Because otherwise, it’s straight-up gun porn in this minute. Clearly, Hammer knows his guns. And what’s amazing is that the screenwriter Justin Theroux was feeding Hammer’s speech to Sam Rockwell through an earbud. Crazy.
Rhodey and Major Allen pull apart the Mark II suit. It’s Justin Hammer’s birthday because now he’s got an Iron Man suit. And now he’s chatting with the military about firepower. There’s weapon talk as Hammer does his salesman pitch. He knows his stuff!
We’ve come to the end of the season! A hideous face from the past returns! A character goes out of character!! And one of the hosts says the word “Whoopsie-doodle”!!! Listen as we discuss the less-than-shocking season finale The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos!!!!
We try to figure out exactly what Tony and Nick have been talking about these last few minutes. Would Howard and Nick really have had this conversation about Tony being the perfect one to solve the arc reactor power problem? It really doesn’t make sense. So that means Nick’s lying… and Tony likely knows but is interested anyway. So that’s pretty interesting… right? And how old are Nick and Howard anyway? And Coulson? He’s not here for that.
The exposition dump just keeps on a-dumpin’, but Nick throws out something a bit more… poetic. There’s more daddy talk. Agent Coulson’s back and SHIELD’s been on guard this whole time. And Howard Stark apparently handed down his… robe?… to Tony.
The arc reactor is a stepping stone to some greater source of power… but never talked about again. We go on a tangent about Val Kilmer and Sly Stallone. We get some backstory for the Vanko family and its relationship with House Stark. And what’s going on with those bad conversational edits? And yeah, Kyle does some bad accents again.
What is Ivan’s plan? Is he completely winging it still? Are there too many villains in this film? Or is it ACTUALLY Tony himself? We talk about a goofy War Machine deleted scene but one we would’ve liked to see in the film. And how about Delta Force? And WOW is there a lot happening in the MCU right now!
What is Ivan up to with the suits? Does Jack seriously think he can get his head in there? And how about using Justin’s own words against him? Way to go, Ivan!
Rather than try and talk about our favorite animated movies, this list has our ten favorite animated sequences from movies. Maybe it’s the best part of a terrible movie or the crown jewel of an amazing film, but things are going to get animated (and emotional!) on this episode.
A secluded cabin in Norway hides a secret hallway, wherein a strange alien named Ribbons has a magic balloon to repel space moths. And I didn’t make any of that up. Plus: talking frog. Come away and listen to us discuss It Takes You Away.
