Episode 33: Spider-Man | Amazing Fantasy: A Genre Reborn |

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11/06/21 • 70 min

In the summer of 2002, a radioactive spider bit a mild mannered teenager and the world would never be the same. Gaining the proportionate strength of a spider along with tensile webbing and the ability to crawl on walls, Peter Parker became Spider-Man. Director Sam Raimi did what many had tried to do for years and brought the webhead from Amazing Fantasy to the big screen. With a stellar ensemble cast and crew, it would set a standard for a genre in its infancy and serve as a template for the next 20 years for superhero movies and film itself.

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At the height of a full moon, those in East Proctor follow a simple phrase. “Stick to the roads and beware the moors.” In 1981, two young Americans did just the opposite. Crossing the English countryside, they heard a series of howls and a creature thought to exist only in myth attacked them. For David, surviving that night was not an act of mercy but a curse. For the wolfs bite flowed within him and the city of London was about to bare witness to a creature neither man nor beast. Tonight, to cap off this years Halloween Horror Month, and on a full moon, we are watching and discussing An American Werewolf in London.

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Episode 34: Spider-Man 2 | The Arms of the Octopus: Identity Crisis |

What happens when life's hardships meets the proportionate strength of a spider? You get one of the best superhero movies ever made. The follow up to the groundbreaking and record smashing hit from 2002 had a lot on its shoulders. Sam Raimi upped the stakes for Peter Parker in every way physically but it was the mental and emotional battle which became the webhead's greatest yet. A multi faceted dive into the character that has set the standard for every movie since then, on todays show we discuss Spider-Man 2.