Summer Blockbusters with Devin Faraci and Riley Silverman
Pop Rocket
MaximumFun.org
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 10 August 2016
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Oliver takes over hosting duties today and is joined by Wynter and special guests, comedian (and writer for MaxFun podcast International Waters!) Riley Silverman and Editor in Chief of Birth.Movies.Death, Devin Faraci. This week, the gang talks about this summer’s blockbusters with a focus on DC and Marvel movies! Is Suicide Squad a beautiful trainwreck or just a trainwreck-y trainwreck? Why does Marvel seem to be killing it at the box office and with critics while DC struggles to do either? Who in the world wanted another Independence Day movie? All that, plus, Oliver finds a new weird Olympic sport to obsess over, Wynter brings in some more KCRW-esque Jams, Riley has a few words to say on Rio de Janiero, and Devin still holds hope for one final potential summer blockbuster.
NOTE: Mild Harry Potter spoilers from 03:35-07:01 YOU’VE BEEN WARNED, NERDS!
Hey, you! Margaret Wappler’s book is out now! Treat yourself tonight and get Neon Green HERE or at your local independent bookstore. Check her website for tour dates.
With Oliver Wang, Wynter Mitchell, and special guests, Riley Silverman and Devin Faraci.
Produced by Christian Dueñas and Colin Anderson for MaximumFun.org
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Pop Rocket, our weekly show picking over the pop culture we all love to love I'm Oliver Wang sitting in for |
| 0:14.3 | Guy Branham this week who is off I think professionally arguing Olympic athletes we're |
| 0:20.0 | also missing Margaret Wappler who is still on her fabulous neon green book tour and therefore holding it down |
| 0:25.3 | with me this week to talk all things pop culture is our loyal digital strategies winner |
| 0:30.6 | Mitchell hello hello hello and her looking fabulous in your dime piece outfit. |
| 0:35.0 | We need to have... |
| 0:36.0 | Wait, this is why we take a photograph just so people of our show every week. |
| 0:39.0 | I have this in a photograph in a minute, Christian. |
| 0:41.0 | It's only on the Max Fun page. They never share it with Rose |
| 0:44.2 | D. You know Webb is dead. We have not one but two special guests. |
| 0:48.4 | Of first we have editor-in-chief of Birth Movies Death and the co-host of the Canon Podcast, |
| 0:54.0 | Devon Ferrucci. |
| 0:55.1 | Ferrochi. |
| 0:56.1 | Ferrochi. |
| 0:57.1 | Ferrucci. |
| 0:58.1 | Farachi. |
| 0:59.1 | I've heard worse, trust me. |
| 1:00.8 | Can you just briefly explain the concept behind the canon. |
| 1:04.0 | Sure, the canon is a show where myself and Amy Nicholson, the chief film critic at MTV, get together |
| 1:09.5 | and we debate about which movies belong in the canon of all-time greats to live on forever. |
| 1:14.2 | And at the end of every single episode, after we've made our arguments, we open it up to the |
| 1:17.2 | listeners and they vote and they make the final decision. |
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