Ka-Pow the Pop Cultured Podcast #11

This rollicking episode features several firsts for the Ka-Pow podcast, including the revelation of Michael's secret origin growing up in a parallel universe and a new game called "To Share or Not To Share" that segues into a group intervention trying to deal once and for all with his crippling Facebook addiction.  Then we recap the most recent news, get serious for a second to remember Darwyn Cooke, and think a few Deep Thoughts about adapting art from one format into another.

Length - 1:12:18

Language - PG.  (Contains some mildly adult themes.)

0:22:28 - TV RECAPS AND REVIEWS

A Superman is cast for "Supergirl," Bendis and Maleev's "Scarlet" may be coming to Cinemax, "Mallrats 2" headed to the small screen, a strong start for "Preacher," a spoiler-filled recommendation for "Wayward Pines" and the debut of the "Lost" parody "Wrecked."

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0:30:59 - COMIC BOOK NEWS

"Locke & Key" returning with a one-shot, the stylish new Image series "Renato Jones: The One %," clones to run amok once again in Spider-Man's "Dead No More," our reaction to the first few offerings under the "DC: Rebirth" banner, the billion-dollar potential of DC's Super Hero Girls brand and the impact of a well-known character's death during Marvel's "Civil War II."

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0:44:42 - DARWYN COOKE

We pause our usual silliness in order to eulogize the late artist and what he meant to comic book fans the world over.

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0:49:31 - MOVIE NEWS

"Justice League" is given an obvious title, J.K. Simmons gets in shape to play Jim Gordon, potential management changes for underperforming areas of DC, "Thor: Ragnarok" actor Jeff Goldblum describes his role and Karl Urban joins the cast, Josh Brolin getting excited to unleash Thanos, anticipation for a Black Widow film, a former colleague defends Isaac Perlmutter, "Suicide Squad" gets a rating, Norman Reedus wants to play Ghost Rider and some upcoming offerings from our local Peoples Bank Theatre.

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0:56:32 - DEEP THOUGHTS

In a week where the film version of "Warcraft" totally tanked in America, yet broke box office records in China, we talk specifically about the future of big budget movies geared solely to overseas markets and then more generally about the difficulty of adapting art into a different format.  We debate the subtleties between movies, television, comics, novels, video games and stage performances, and try to decide which is the best way to tell a story and why so many new versions of old favorites fail so spectacularly.