Super Tuesday Recap - Comic Book & TV Show Reviews

This season of The Flash had to overcome a lot. The last season ended early due to Covid and that meant losing 3-4 episodes of this season to wrap that up. Then there was the fact that they shot this season in the middle of a pandemic which brings a ton of new set of restrictions and problems to overcome. We say all that to say that while this season definitely had it's issues, considering everything it had to overcome, they did a pretty good job of wrapping everything up. The end of the season really slimmed down to focus on the most important things (seems like some of the Forces just weren't that important). We also get the return of Jay (John Wesley Shipp is really a great Jay Garrick) and some really great moments with Bart & Nora. And of course we get the return of Thawne. All in all, we appreciated what they did with this season considering the circumstances. We look forward to season 8 and hopefully a full, uninterrupted season. Kriss and Dpalm record the Mailbag at the end of every month. If you want to send in your own questions and thoughts, email us: Mailbag@MTRNetwork.Net   Like what you hear? Subscribe so you don't miss an episode!   Follow us on Twitter: @Dpalm66 @InsanityReport @TheMTRNetwork Our shirts are now on TeePublic:  https://teepublic.com/stores/mtr-network Want more podcast greatness? Sign up for a MTR Premium Account!

We're doubling up on the reviews since we missed a week. We're reviewing episodes 9 & 10 and both are filled with the mix of ridiculousness and serious character introspection we've come to expect from Legends of Tomorrow. *  Nate is still the greatest. 100% on the Nate train * Gus Gus might be discount Beebo but he's still adorable...until he grows into an angsty teen sasquatch * We get some good character development on Behrad in episode 9 and also a return of OG Zari * Episode 10 is Spooner's best episode and a pattern is emerging where she's best right now when paired with the other oddball members of the team * We should have seen Mick being pregnant. Of course this show would do that * John's once again gone down the dark side and it's going to be a problem for everyone Kriss and Dpalm record the Mailbag at the end of every month. If you want to send in your own questions and thoughts, email us: Mailbag@MTRNetwork.Net   Like what you hear? Subscribe so you don't miss an episode!   Follow us on Twitter: @Dpalm66 @InsanityReport @TheMTRNetwork Our shirts are now on TeePublic:  https://teepublic.com/stores/mtr-network Want more podcast greatness? Sign up for a MTR Premium Account!

Overall this season of the Flash has had its ups and downs. But it's important to remember that this was also a shortened season affected by Covid. That said, this episode before the 2-part finale does a lot but that's not necessarily bad. We didn't like what they did with Ultraviolet this episode. Felt like they fridged her right after an episode where they saved her. We're hoping this isn't the case. But outside of that, everything else worked really well. It was nice seeing Diggle and the continued drive towards him being a Green Lantern. We hear them saying its not happening but then we see this episode and well...it better being happening. We also see them trying to tie everything back to the forces with Deon showing up. It was feeling a bit awkward not seeing Iris the last two episodes but they cleaned it up a bit with the reveal this episode. There's just A LOT going on in this episode and while most of it is good...its still a lot. Part of that again feels like an aftereffect of Covid shootings, schedules and having to wrap up the last season at the beginning of this season. We definitely have a feeling that Thawne is behind Godspeed which would be fitting.  August Heart definitely has a "The Return of Barry Allen" feel to to him but we'll see. Also we finally get the kids showing up, XS and Bart. And the suit looks better in motion than it did in the screenshots. So bravo.  We're going to cover the two part finale on episode so we'll be back in two weeks to wrap up season 7 of the Flash. Kriss and Dpalm record the Mailbag at the end of every month. If you want to send in your own questions and thoughts, email us: Mailbag@MTRNetwork.Net   Like what you hear? Subscribe so you don't miss an episode!   Follow us on Twitter: @Dpalm66 @InsanityReport @TheMTRNetwork Our shirts are now on TeePublic:  https://teepublic.com/stores/mtr-network Want more podcast greatness? Sign up for a MTR Premium Account!

We're back with a new Mailbag episode. We're reading listener emails from May and June this episode since we took a little break. We're also covering some of the big news items that have come out over the last two months.  Including: * WarnerMedia and Discovery forming a new company...guess that HBOMax gamble didn't pay off...or diid it * Just give James Gunn the keys to the DC Universe, we're all onboard for the Suicide Squad movie * Gail Simone gets New 52 trending and creators reveal some of the good and bad that came from New 52 * Marvel Studios is all the way back and its just not fair Kriss and Dpalm record the Mailbag at the end of every month. If you want to send in your own questions and thoughts, email us: Mailbag@MTRNetwork.Net.   Like what you hear? Subscribe so you don't miss an episode! Follow us on Twitter: @Dpalm66 @InsanityReport @TheMTRNetwork Want more podcast greatness? Sign up for a MTR Premium Account! Our shirts are now on TeePublic:  https://teepublic.com/stores/mtr-network

Captain Nate Heywood? Look...we're willing to have the conversation. Kriss has officially joined the Nate club. Nate has become a responsible Legend and it was weird at first but suits him so well.  Aside from that, this was a "classic Legends romp" all the way down to the mishaps (And Rory sitting it out). It feels kinda meta because a classic Legends episode always turns into an introspection for various characters and that's what we get here. Ava dealing with the new reality with Sara. John trying to get Gary to spill the beans on the alien magic fountain. Zari and Behrad working out more of their issues. And finally an episode where we didn't hate Spooner because they paired her with Astra and made Spooner halfway useful. Add to that that this was clearly a play on Tremors and how can you not love this episode? Also throwing in that Diggle is related to Bass Reeves was a nice touch. We see you David Ramsey. Kriss and Dpalm record the Mailbag at the end of every month. If you want to send in your own questions and thoughts, email us: Mailbag@MTRNetwork.Net   Like what you hear? Subscribe so you don't miss an episode!   Follow us on Twitter: @Dpalm66 @InsanityReport @TheMTRNetwork Our shirts are now on TeePublic:  https://teepublic.com/stores/mtr-network Want more podcast greatness? Sign up for a MTR Premium Account!

The Flash has been doing great the last few episodes. This episode (despite the awkward Iris absence) brings Barry back into focus and does a pretty good job. This is the Barry we like. The Barry that is confident and tries to protect his family and friends. It's also good to see Godspeed back and where they could be going with this. Dpalm has a theory about that. This episode was good that we didn't even hate the Frost/Chillblaine stuff this week.  Kriss and Dpalm record the Mailbag at the end of every month. If you want to send in your own questions and thoughts, email us: Mailbag@MTRNetwork.Net   Like what you hear? Subscribe so you don't miss an episode!   Follow us on Twitter: @Dpalm66 @InsanityReport @TheMTRNetwork Our shirts are now on TeePublic:  https://teepublic.com/stores/mtr-network Want more podcast greatness? Sign up for a MTR Premium Account!

It feels like this Season of The Flash is getting back on track after a pretty horrible run in the middle. One of the interesting reasons for this is, the less Barry & Iris we get, the better the show has been. Now that's not to say that Barry & Iris are the problem and are terrible and need to go. No, the problem has been the writing for both characters. This show struggles when it makes Barry and Iris regress into making really bad decisions. But when they have them as the elder statespeople of the team. Last week it was Barry helping Cecile and Iris helping Chester. This week, the show takes them completely off the board and we get Allegra learning the hard lessons Barry learned about being too naive. And you know what? It worked. It also helped that we get Sue aka Jamie Bond as well as Joe leaning into what makes him Joe.  Kriss and Dpalm record the Mailbag at the end of every month. If you want to send in your own questions and thoughts, email us: Mailbag@MTRNetwork.Net   Like what you hear? Subscribe so you don't miss an episode!   Follow us on Twitter: @Dpalm66 @InsanityReport @TheMTRNetwork Our shirts are now on TeePublic:  https://teepublic.com/stores/mtr-network Want more podcast greatness? Sign up for a MTR Premium Account!

Gotta love how Legends of Tomorrow mixes the serious with the ridiculous. We get the crew coming up with the most ridiculous plan to save Sara (which turns out to be how she got kidnapped to begin with) while also getting very real moments tied to the theme of "What makes us who we are?". Past Sara gives some really solid advice to Spooner and then her future self gets that same type of advice from Mick. This is what makes Legends such a great show. If you've been following the story of Sara Lance since Arrow, this all fits perfectly with her development as a character. Her constant battle with her identity has been etched into this character since she showed up as still alive having not died on the Queen's Gambit. Seeing her once again return from death and having the question of "Am I really me?" being asked never gets old because it's not only a defining part of her character but is done differently each time.  Also, this seems to set up perfectly for John needing to get the source of alien magic so he can perform a magical alien exorcism to get the alien part out of Sara. Or at least try.  Oh and bring back ConstaNate. We're onboard. Kriss and Dpalm record the Mailbag at the end of every month. If you want to send in your own questions and thoughts, email us: Mailbag@MTRNetwork.Net   Like what you hear? Subscribe so you don't miss an episode!   Follow us on Twitter: @Dpalm66 @InsanityReport @TheMTRNetwork Our shirts are now on TeePublic:  https://teepublic.com/stores/mtr-network Want more podcast greatness? Sign up for a MTR Premium Account!

So two episodes back from the break and it really feels like The Flash is getting back to the show we want. This episode, Chester officially takes over as the new man in the chair and with that comes the predictable stumbles. But this is also the show we expect. With Barry helping Cecile face her demons and Iris helping Chester realize that he is a valued member of the team and he doesn't have to overcompensate. This is the Barry & Iris we want to see. The "elders" of the team/family, stepping up and helping the other members grow. We don't need any set backs for Barry & Iris to do it either. Also...it was great to see Sue again.  Kriss and Dpalm record the Mailbag at the end of every month. If you want to send in your own questions and thoughts, email us: Mailbag@MTRNetwork.Net   Like what you hear? Subscribe so you don't miss an episode!   Follow us on Twitter: @Dpalm66 @InsanityReport @TheMTRNetwork Our shirts are now on TeePublic:  https://teepublic.com/stores/mtr-network Want more podcast greatness? Sign up for a MTR Premium Account!

Ok let's get the bad stuff out of the way first. One, this episode feels like it probably should have been at least 2 episodes. The pace is all over the place and it's overstuff with different story elements. Also, we're still not feeling Spooner. It feels like each episode they're workshopping the character to see what will work. To be fair though, this isn't the first time a character on Legends has taken a while for us to warm up to, so if there's any show that can pull, it's this one. So with that all out of the way, we're starting to see how things are going to come together. Constantine is keeping his lack of powers from the team and so we know he's going to have to seek that alien magical source to get his back. Also, the theme of this season is clearly "what makes us, us". We're seeing it with Bishop and Sara (Sara is now a clone). Spooner trying to figure out what she is. Both Astra & John dealing with their new situation. Even Gary being an alien. It's always fun watching Legends start off feeling like it's just silliness with no real connections only to watch as the writers start pulling it all together. Kriss and Dpalm record the Mailbag at the end of every month. If you want to send in your own questions and thoughts, email us: Mailbag@MTRNetwork.Net   Like what you hear? Subscribe so you don't miss an episode!   Follow us on Twitter: @Dpalm66 @InsanityReport @TheMTRNetwork Our shirts are now on TeePublic:  https://teepublic.com/stores/mtr-network Want more podcast greatness? Sign up for a MTR Premium Account!

When things aren't looking good, play the hits. It's always a good way to get your loyal fanbase back onboard. And with that in mind we can say that after the little break and this latest episode, The Flash hasn't completely lost us. It wasn't looking good there for a minute. The last two episodes before this weren't that good and really had us worried. But this episode being the final goodbye for Cisco and Team Flash did hit us pretty good. Mainly because they got back to basics and didn't have Barry and the team backsliding on their character development. If anything, Barry not initially showing emotion for Cisco leaving because he knew if he did, he would have asked Cisco to stay and Cisco would have...is the character development we're looking for. We don't want to see Barry continuing to make the mistakes he's made previously. Plus it was nice to have Vibe be the one to save the day.  We're definitely going to miss Cisco. Chester has some big shoes to fill. Kriss and Dpalm record the Mailbag at the end of every month. If you want to send in your own questions and thoughts, email us: Mailbag@MTRNetwork.Net   Like what you hear? Subscribe so you don't miss an episode!   Follow us on Twitter: @Dpalm66 @InsanityReport @TheMTRNetwork Our shirts are now on TeePublic:  https://teepublic.com/stores/mtr-network Want more podcast greatness? Sign up for a MTR Premium Account!

It's hard to put our finger on it or explain it but somehow this super weird ass episode was so on-brand and ridiculous and over-the-top and we loved it while the episode before it was a little bit "too weird" for us. But that doesn't make any sense when you have an episode about Aleister Crowley being trapped in a painting and switching places with John Constantine, the end of the episode turns into an animated Disney movie (complete with singing and dancing) and Sara meeting the creator of the Ava clones who wants to basically turn human beings into weird alien-human hybrids. We can't explain it. But we love it.  Actually there's a pretty simple explanation. It's the character development. This episode gives us some great development with Astra and John. Yes, it's given to us an a ridiculously silly way but it feels real and earned. It also puts John in a new situation (with no magic) and opens up the door to this mystical alien magical source. Add to that the seeds of doubt that Bishop sows into Sara by saying that at her core Ava is still just a clone doing what she was programmed to do and we get some real, series moments for characters that feels earned. Maybe this isn't the best show on TV but it really is one of the most fun. Kriss and Dpalm record the Mailbag at the end of every month. If you want to send in your own questions and thoughts, email us: Mailbag@MTRNetwork.Net   Like what you hear? Subscribe so you don't miss an episode!   Follow us on Twitter: @Dpalm66 @InsanityReport @TheMTRNetwork Our shirts are now on TeePublic:  https://teepublic.com/stores/mtr-network Want more podcast greatness? Sign up for a MTR Premium Account!

What the Hell was that? Seriously. What the Hell is going on with The Flash? We got a bit excited when we saw they were taking from the Williamson run and doing the Force War. There was so much potential with that story, particularly with dealing with Barry and bringing Family back together. And instead we get a two part, contradictory storyline that makes absolutely no sense. First it was the Forces were bad and tried to kill the Speedforce and needed to be stopped. Then it was Nora/SpeedForce was really the evil one (complete with a switch over to Goth attire). Then it was the Forces are Barry & Iris' children and need to be protected from their "sibling" the SpeedForce. We're just gonna ignore all the people Psych and Fuerza killed. Then...inexplicably this the forces go back to being the "bad guy" cause they're tearing apart of the city (unknowingly I guess? It's never really explained). We get some really really REALLY bad CGI in a fight. And then in the end, just like with Eva, it's all taken care of with the power of "Love". And that's all in addition to the random Frost storyline that literally erases The People vs Killer Frost (why did we go through all that just for her to be paroled for doing what she already did but now in a pointless fight?) and Joe West for some reason deciding to not be Joe West and sit on his ass and do nothing. Whut? Guys...this was not good. It was really really really bad. So bad it actually gave us pause as to whether we want to even finish the season and that has NEVER happened before for this show.We were giving them the benefit of the doubt at the beginning of the season because of Covid and the need to wrap up the last season. But now there's no excuse. We're glad they're taking a week off because we need a moment to talk ourselves back into finishing the season. Kriss and Dpalm record the Mailbag at the end of every month. If you want to send in your own questions and thoughts, email us: Mailbag@MTRNetwork.Net   Like what you hear? Subscribe so you don't miss an episode!   Follow us on Twitter: @Dpalm66 @InsanityReport @TheMTRNetwork Our shirts are now on TeePublic:  https://teepublic.com/stores/mtr-network Want more podcast greatness? Sign up for a MTR Premium Account!

They've finally done it. Legends has finally done an episode that is so ridiculous that it even gave us pause. Maybe part of that was the really TERRIBLE JFK impersonation. Then there was the literal football game over the nuclear football in the White House. And then there's the fact that...we're really not feeling Spooner. We get it. The new person on the Waverider always rubs people the wrong way at first but for the love of God can someone show this supposed "gun loving" character the proper way to hold a gun? It's not all negative though. We see what they're doing with Mick and we like it. He's one of the last of the OG's and so its nice to see his character get a bit more focus as this might be his last season. Also, we saw it but don't you dare do anything with new Zari and Nate.This show is known for doing that kind of stupid stuff with relationships (one of its few consistent problems). We're really hoping they don't fall back onto old habits here. Kriss and Dpalm record the Mailbag at the end of every month. If you want to send in your own questions and thoughts, email us: Mailbag@MTRNetwork.Net   Like what you hear? Subscribe so you don't miss an episode!   Follow us on Twitter: @Dpalm66 @InsanityReport @TheMTRNetwork Our shirts are now on TeePublic:  https://teepublic.com/stores/mtr-network Want more podcast greatness? Sign up for a MTR Premium Account!

Who knew that Director Sharpe tasted like chicken? Of course it would be Gary to figure out first that the people after him and Sara were actually Ava clowns and of course he ate a few (It's going to take a while to get used to Gary being an alien). That's the great thing about Legends. We have no idea where any of the stuff is going with Sara and Gary but we're fully invested. And while we wait for it to be revealed, we get to deal with the usual Legends hijinks and watch the Legends spoof America's Got Talent/The Masked Singer to hold off an alien invasion.  What makes Legends work is that it leans into its ridiculousness and knows exactly what it is. We were disappointed with this weeks Flash episode because we had Barry doing the same dumb thing that he's been doing every season and it feels like we're getting now growth. But Legends does the same thing every season but manages to keep it fresh by mixing up the characters learning the lessons and using it as character growth. As ridiculous as this episode is we get more growth on social influencer Zari, another odd ball relationship (Zari and a Constantine that wants to settle down), and Ava telling Mick to get his shit together and calling him out. This show has always been about the cast and letting them do what they do best to tell the story and it really reminds us of how well Agents of SHIELD worked out.  Kriss and Dpalm record the Mailbag at the end of every month. If you want to send in your own questions and thoughts, email us: Mailbag@MTRNetwork.Net   Like what you hear? Subscribe so you don't miss an episode!   Follow us on Twitter: @Dpalm66 @InsanityReport @TheMTRNetwork Our shirts are now on TeePublic:  https://teepublic.com/stores/mtr-network Want more podcast greatness? Sign up for a MTR Premium Account!