Show Notes
Finally, we've come to the smoking hot "Goofy attempt to link a reboot to the rest of its franchise" of time travel: X-Men: Days of Future Past.
The second movie in the rebooted X-Men franchise (or are they prequels?) and the, like, ninth film in the X-Men continuity (or is it a continuity at all?), Days of Future Past introduces everyone's favorite plot device: time travel. In order to save the world from an awful fascist future full of killer robots, the future X-Men decide to send Wolverine (who else, when it comes to these movies) back in time to prevent a crucial event. Of course, that means needing to get the band of Professor X and Magneto and pals back together for some reason.
To cut through all the X-Men lore both filmic and comic, we've recruited our pal Dr. Bryan Carr, Ph.D., associate professor of Mass Media and Information Science at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. He's also a regular contributor to video games website Shacknews and a co-host of Shacknews' ChattyCast podcast. Find it on the site and iTunes, and follow him on Twitter at @Learnonaut. He's also super-smart, almost like some kind of ... mutant. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
Also, we forgot to mention it during the show itself, but Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men's episode on Days of Future Past was a huge help in cutting through the gobbledygook in this episode. You should definitely listen!
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Finally, we’ve come to a smoking-hot question and answer episode of time travel, rounding up some interesting questions from our amazing listeners. It’s Q&A time!
Finally, we’ve come to the hellish murder cruise of parenthood of time travel that is “Triangle.” For real, this is one Phil, as the resident horror movie fan, has been looking forward to for a while.
Finally, we've come to the smoking hot cycle of endless, painful death matched only by the endless monotony of life (but, you know, funny) that is "Edge of Tomorrow."
Finally, we've come to the smoking-hot mystery at the Circle K of time travel that is Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure.