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‘Tron: Ares’ and the IP Failures to Launch | Mint Edition

The Ringer-Verse

The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.63.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Steve and Jomi jump back into the Grid to discuss ‘Tron: Ares.’ They share their thoughts on Disney’s latest attempt to reboot the neon-drenched franchise (spoilers included), its legacy, and whether the 'Tron' universe ever got the shot it truly deserved. Later on, they dive deep into Hollywood’s long history of “IP failures to launch,” revisiting the blockbuster hopefuls that never quite became franchises—from the 'Divergent' series to 'The Mummy' and everything in between. Intro (0:00)‘Tron: Ares’ review (5:33)The era of IP failures to launch (37:54)Outro (1:5:46) Hosts: Jomi Adeniran and Steve AhlmanProducer: Devon RenaldoAdditional Production Support: Arjuna Ramgopowell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

What's up? It's Todd McShay, host of the McShay Show at the Ringer and Spotify.

0:04.6

We're building this thing up and I couldn't be more excited to be back, talking college football

0:09.6

and everything NFL draft with the most informed audience out there. That's you.

0:15.0

My co-host, Steve Mention, I will be with you three times a week throughout the football season

0:19.8

with all the latest news, analysis,

0:22.0

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0:27.8

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0:34.0

scouting content you can't get anywhere else.

0:39.2

It's going to be a great season. And I hope you'll be with us at the McShay show every step of the way.

0:52.7

Hello and welcome into the ringerverse, your nexus podcast feed for all things fandom.

1:00.1

I'm Steve Allman.

1:01.2

I'm gonna dinner on.

1:02.2

And welcome to Mint Addition, the once-and-a-while podcast about all the latest fandom that you just can't live with out joey how you doing buddy doing

1:13.6

great it's raining today which normally would put like a damper on the vibes you come in it's all

1:19.9

great it's all dark but the dodgers won last night so i'm feeling great right now what's important

1:25.1

to note is that it's raining in the city of Los Angeles, which

1:27.5

let's be clear, the city's not built for rain in any form or fashion. I got to be honest, though, my drive in wasn't too bad. I thought it would take me nine hours to get here because obviously, L.A. rain, but it wasn't too bad. Yeah, but the city's infrastructure crumbles at the moment of any dampness. Well, people just forget how to drive it.

1:44.8

Also, this is L.A.

1:45.8

We, like, rain don't really happy here.

1:48.1

Supergo. infrastructure crumbles at the moment of any dampness. Well, would people just forget how to drive?

1:44.8

And also, this is L.A.

1:45.8

We don't, we like rain don't really happy here. So people go like, oh, my gosh, what is this foreign substance falling from the blue skies? I need to act crazy. Right. But it's also like, oh, we didn't prepare our roofs for such a thing. No, why would we? Why? Why? It rains 13 days out of 365, sometimes 365.

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