2017 Summer Blockbusters with Alonso Duralde

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🗓️ 17 May 2017

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

This week, Karen takes over as host as the gang discusses Summer Blockbusters. They are joined by film critic and writer Alonso Duralde to discuss which summer films they're most excited for, which ones they aren't, and which ones just shouldn't have been made. Margaret tells us what she expects from the perfect Summer blockbuster. We find out what the logistics are for a hit film's international release, and the gang takes on the DC versus Marvel movie debate. Plus the panel discusses summer releases that don't have explosions and muscles but rather heart and wit.

We are treated to some awesome recommendations from the gang, from season two of Master of None (watch out for a few tiny spoilers!) to a biography of Harvey Kurtzman, the creator of Mad Magazine. And as always, the gang tells us what their jam of the week is.

With Guy Branum, Karen Tongson, Margaret Wappler, Wynter Mitchell, and Alonso Duralde.

Each week we’ll add everyone’s jams to this handy Spotify playlist.

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0:00.0	Oh, hey Rocketeers, I'm Karen Tonson, filling in for a regular host Bay Guy Branham and welcome to Pop Rocket
0:15.6	a weekly show picking over all the pop culture we love to love. With me to talk TV, film,
0:20.8	music and anything else entertaining, our digital strategist Winter.
0:24.8	Hello, hello, Winter, journalist and novelist Margaret Wobbler.
0:29.1	Good evening, Karen.
0:30.3	In a very good evening. There was some like... We're very, good evening.
0:33.0	There was some like a gale and poles on the wall.
0:37.0	I wanted to make it a little noir.
0:39.0	It's very noir.
0:40.0	And our special guest this week,
0:42.0	film critic Alonzo de Ralday. Howdy, film critic Alonzo D'Ralde.
0:43.6	Howdy.
0:44.6	Hello, Alonzo.
0:45.6	Tell our listeners a little bit about where to read you,
0:48.5	where to find you, and a little bit about yourself.
0:50.3	Sure, well, I write reviews for a website called the Rap T THE, W, R, A, but I also review films and
0:57.6	recap TV on a YouTube show called What the Flick on the Young Turks Network and my husband Dave
1:02.6	Wyatt and I do a podcast called Linoleum Knife.
1:05.0	Nice. What's the Linoleum Knife about?
1:07.8	Okay, did you ever see the Aquitine Hunger Force movie?
1:10.6	I've seen the show, I never saw the movie.
1:12.2	Well, the beginning of the movie, they do a parody of that old let's all go to the lobby thing.
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