Episode 480 – James Gunn Calls Out Marvel

No Script, No Mercy, No Spoilers

James Gunn says the quiet part out loud about Marvel’s mess, Murderbot unravels in episode 6, and we talk Mobland and Flora & Son in our “What We’re Watching” segment.

Episode Index

Intro: 0:07 James Gunn: 9:11 Murderbot: 31:40 What We’re Watching: 41:57

James Gunn Talks Movies

Gunn warns the movie industry is “dying” because studios are ditching finished scripts in favor of chasing deadlines. He pointed to Disney’s mandate to ramp up Marvel content as destructive: “That wasn’t fair…it killed them”. At DC, Gunn enforces a strict “no greenlight without a script” policy — and credits it for successes like Guardians and Peacemaker. His approach: quality over quantity, even if that means fewer, riskier projects.

James Gunn Says the ‘Movie Industry Is Dying’ Because Films Are Made Without Finished Scripts and Marvel Got ‘Killed’ by Output Increase: ‘That Wasn’t Fair’ https://variety.com/2025/film/news/james-gunn-disney-killed-marvel-output-increase-1236433005/

“Woman Of Tomorrow” Dropped From Supergirl Film Due To James Gunn’s Dislike Of Long Titles With Colons https://boundingintocomics.com/movies/movie-news/woman-of-tomorrow-dropped-from-supergirl-film-due-to-james-gunns-dislike-of-long-titles-with-colons/

Full Interview: https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/superman-director-james-gunn-dc-studios-interview-1235356450/

Murderbot (AppleTV)

Episode 6: “Command Feed” Summary Murderbot and Mensah survived the explosion, but the hopper is damaged, and SecUnit deleted the repair manual in order to make space for a season of The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon. When Mensah is having a panic attack, Murderbot calms her down by showing her an episode of the show. They manage to repair the hopper using neural fibers from Murderbot’s spinal cord. Meanwhile at the habitat, Leebeebee tries to get more information about the results of the Preservation survey. When Gurathin refuses to show her the data, she produces a gun, shoots him in the knee, and threatens rest of the team. She admits that she is not a member of DeltFall, but of the third party. Murderbot returns and kills Leebeebee immediately, which leaves the Preservation team in shock. While it gets repaired, Murderbot muses that the others had assumed that it was becoming like them, and that it actually felt good to execute Leebeebee.

Director: Aurora Guerrero Writers: Chris Weitz & Paul Weitz Rating: Out of 5 – Where did LeeBeeBee’s Head Go? Darryl: 3.33/5 (Cause Michigan and Mason Graham) Brian: 3.5/5

What We’re Watching

Darryl: Mobland (Paramount+ Season 1) An immersive crime saga portraying a mother-son duo navigating Harlem’s underworld in the 1970s. With sharp storytelling and gritty realism, it explores themes of legacy, community, and moral compromise.

Brian: Flora and Son (2023) (Streaming on AppleTV+) Flora, a single mother living in Dublin, is having trouble with her estranged son Max, a rebellious teenage petty thief. Encouraged by the Gardaí to find Max a hobby, Flora rescues an old guitar from a skip and, with the help of a Los Angeles-based online guitar teacher, discovers that one person’s rubbish can be another person’s salvation.

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