Films from the Phantom Zone: Failed & Forgotten Comic Book Movies
A podcast where we deep dive into a failed comic book movie! What's a failed comic book movie, you ask? Well, anything that was cancelled. Tune in and see why we think they're underrated or deserving of its failed status!
Episodes
PREQUELITIS! This week we're going back to 2009 for the Writers' Strike Special: X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Come see how a boy named James gets all his iconic things: his names Logan and Wolverine, his mortal enemy, his sayings, his claws, his jacket, his belt buckle, his catchy phrases, his dubious morals, his motorcycle, and his lack of memories! Logan forgot the events of this film, but we sure haven't!
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Madame Web, Madame Web, does whatever a blind lady hooked up to a web of life-support who can predict the future and is intrinsically related to Spider-Man does! This movie may be dead-on-arrival for most, but we wouldn't be us if we didn't give it the time of day!
Madame Web is in theaters!
Time Stamps:
7:09 - Background
20:52 - No-Spoiler Review
39:51 - SPOILERS
Mentioned Li...
Water. Earth. Fire. Air. Long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony. Then, everything changed when the M. Night Shyamalan attacked.... In honor of the Netflix live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender coming in just 7 days, we are tackling maybe one of the biggest disappointment in film history: M. Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender.
Instead of Keep or Cancel, we're calling our good friends Blake and ...
This is it, the very end of the DCEU. I can't say I'm either shocked nor happy, but here we are. I couldn't get to the theater for a few weeks, so here's our review finally.
Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom is in theaters!
Time Stamps:
7:24 - No-Spoiler Review
21:31 - SPOILERS
Mentioned Links:
Special thanks to That Piano Dude for our intro theme!
Happy New Year! With Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom in theaters, we're going back to our roots by reviewing the Aquaman TV pilot episode from 2006. Originally a spin-off of Smallville, this Alfred Gough and Miles Millar show could not be more of a product of its time.
On Keep or Cancel, we're talking about surprise actors Ving Rhames and Adrianne Palicky.
Aquaman (2006) is not available for streaming or...
Merry Christmas! We've done this three times already so let's review the movie we talk about every year as it is, The Polar Express!
The Polar Express (2004) is available to stream on Hulu and Max.
Time Stamps:
1:02 - Sabel's "Apology"
8:47 - Initial Expectations
12:43 - Plot
1:00:21 - Analysis
1:16:59 - Sabel's Christmas Questi...
We started a trend with the first Spider-Man game so since it's Christmas, let's do the spin-off, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales (PS4/PS5)!
Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales (2020) is available to buy anywhere to play on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and PC. Many full play-throughs are available on YouTube including this one.
Time Stamps:
3:00 - Background
21:04 - ...
Let's talk about Marvel's most under-performing, yet very enjoyable, film: The Marvels!
The Marvels is in theaters!
Time Stamps:
3:28 - No-Spoiler Review
16:27 - SPOILERS
Mentioned Links:
Special thanks to That Piano Dude for our intro theme!
Social Links:
Support the show on Patreon/Exclusive bonus podcast "Where's Mephisto?"...
This is a bonus free episode from our Patreon exclusive podcast, "Where's Mephisto?" where we scour streaming television in search of the ultimate puppet-master, Mephisto! If you like it, you can find more on our Patreon: FilmsfromPZ
Discord: Join our public Discord!
Instagram: @Films_From_The_Phantom_Zone
Twitter: @FilmsfromPZ
YouTube: Films from the Phantom Zone
Twitch: Twitch.tv/...
Happy Halloween! In lieu of a yearly Spooktacular Special, we are reviewing the spooky Jack the Ripper film, From Hell, starring Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, and Ian Holm. Spooky SZN discussions are going up on the Patreon however!
On Keep or Cancel, we deliberate on the career and personal life of the mysterious and eccentric Johnny Depp.
From Hell (2001) may be streamed on Max (formerly HBO Max)
Time ...
What's the closest thing to Blue Beetle? Somehow, this low budget anime adaptation of Bio Booster Armor Guyver.
On Keep or Cancel, we're reviewing the career of one of the most influential actors of the century: Mark Hamill.
The Guyver (1991) can be streamed on the Internet Archive linked here!
Time Stamps:
8:11 - Plot
38:55 - Analysis
43:51 - Keep or Cancel?
1:05:43...
Even when he's out, he's in! Not exactly in time for Secret Invasion but you get it. We're watching the easily forgotten 1998 TV movie, Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.!
On Keep or Cancel, we're talking about the actor, singer, host, turned personality, David Hasselhoff!
Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (1998) can be streamed on the Internet Archive linked here!
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The ̶D̶C̶E̶U̶ DCU's first superhero is Jaime Reyes as Blue Beetle! The Mexican hero kicks off the new continuity with a ton of Latin flare and we're here for it. Vamos Blue Beetle!
Blue Beetle is in theaters!
Time Stamps:
4:02 - Background on Movie
8:03 - Background on Blue Beetle
13:11 - No-Spoiler Review
25:49 - SPOILERS
Mentioned Links:
Special thanks...
Seth Rogen's newest iteration of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is here and it quickly may be my favorite version yet!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem is in theaters!
Time Stamps:
28:52 - SPOILERS
42:04 - Easter Eggs
Mentioned Links:
Special thanks to That Piano Dude for our intro theme!
Social Links:
Support the show on Patre...
Heroes in the half-shell! Turtle Power! You guys don't understand what the TMNT mean to me. I'm so excited to go back into this franchise, ahead of Mutant Mayhem in theaters. Our guest this week is D Fretter, who is also very passionate about the turtles.
On Keep or Cancel, it's finally time to talk about Megan Fox, despite the fact that we've already seen two other movies with her!
Teenage ...
Did this easily become the best Transformers movie? Probably! Let's talk about it.
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts is in theaters!
Time Stamps:
12:12 - SPOILERS
Mentioned Links:
Special thanks to That Piano Dude for our intro theme!
Social Links:
Support the show on Patreon/Exclusive bonus podcast "Where's Mephisto?": FilmsfromPZ
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Happy Independence Day! And what a better way to celebrate than to revisit the most America explosion in your face there could possibly be, Michael Bay's Transformers?! This episode
On Keep or Cancel, you can probably guess that we're talking about Shia LaBeouf!
Transformers (2007) is currently not streaming, but was at the time of this recording. Check again! It is available to rent everywhere.
The Flash has ironically VERY slowly made its way to theaters, marking almost the end to the DCEU as we know it. Let's get into the production history, the woes, and the cameos everyone wants to talk about!
The Flash is in theaters!
CORRECTION: Junkie XL's new Batman theme from ZSJL is called "Batman, A Duty to Fight/to See"
Time Stamps:
6:07 - Background
22:34 - No ...
The LONG awaited sequel to the acclaimed visual spectacle Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is here! Yes it came out like two weeks ago but hey, this is the best we can do.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is in theaters!
Time Stamps:
7:07 - Background
39:18 - No Spoiler Review
51:54 - SPOILERS
Mentioned Links:
Special thanks to That Piano Dude for our intro theme! ...
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