Trentus Magnus Punches Reality

Finally at long last Magnus has rewatched the extended cut of Superman- The Movie for the first time. In other news, His Excellency is nowhere near as torqued off in this episode as he was in the Justice League show. Thankful + small favors = less ranting, or something. The extended cut!

Magnus saw Justice League. And now you get to hear about it. Seriously, ladies and gentlemen, listener discretion really is advised here.

Just pretend that Magnus said something witty and clever here to grab your attention (swift and quick) to entice you into listening. It's the X-Men. That either interests you or it doesn't. Time for some chili dogs now.

In today's ball-betraying adventures, Magnus pays homage (again) to The Death Of Superman, the Imaginary Story classic from Superman #149. Because a show about Doomsday came out just a few days ago so this is kind of appropriate from a certain point of view in a way, yes? Yes! Yes... So here you go.

It's been twenty-five years (and a couple of days) since Superman #75 came out. And Magnus is feeling a little nostalgic. Kind of.

In this week's ball-revenging episode, Magnus looks back at Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith. What worked? What didn't? What small things might Lucas have done to improve the entire trilogy? What exactly what Rick McCallum's job? All these questions and many more are pondered over, considered, pontificated upon and analyzed. Answered? Tough to say. For a while there, Magnus strongly considered throwing open the doors for feedback this week... but life circumstances got in the way so His Excellency was quoted as angrily muttering "F**k it, we'll do it live" and recording the second segment about a day after first announcing the feed-forward solicitation. But there was a small effort at feed-forward. And in the absence of meaningful action, it's the thought that counts. But don't be left out! You too can offer your feeble effort at tribute whenever you want! Yes indeed, you humble serfs are always welcome to kiss your benevolent leader's ring. Corrupt DiManzocorp interns are ready, willing, able and

Radio Free Isengard returns! In this today's adventure, word reaches His Excellency's ears through email, Facebook, text messages and other things that the rumors are true and Amazon is developing a Lord Of The Rings show of some sort. Seriously, you people weren't kidding around, you really wanted to hear what Magnus thinks about that. So rather than reply to everything one at a time, here's a big public reply to everybody.

In this week's ball-apocalypting episode, Magnus pays homage to Night Of The Comet, an old favorite from the old days which His Excellency has loved ever since the old days, which is when it became an old favorite (from the old days). Yes indeedy, the burden of civilization is on Magnus this week as he savors every last frame of this celluloid masterpiece, this achievement in non-zombie cinema, this... cheesy 80's movie. No bitterness though. No, ladies and gentlemen, none of that! So what else is there to say? Start listening right now before some passing comet turns you into a big pile of dust (or worse)! Due to the avalanche of awesomeness... wait a tic, there *IS* feedback this week! Because the first segment ran a bit short, Magnus also stretches open the ol' mail sack nice and wide and rambles (at great length) about some feedback sent in by one Professor Alan (of http://relativelygeekypodcast.blogspot.com fame) and it may be time to grind some old axes. But don't be left out! You too can offer your fee

In this week's ball-exploring episode, Magnus has been going through a Star Trek binge bigly. And it's like anything, this podcast is the dumping ground for the meanderings of His Excellency's fanboy muse. The binge has taken the form of a crapton of TOS episodes and also a bunch of DC Trek comics. Specifically, and as it relates to this week's ball-exploring episode, Star Trek vol. 02 #01, by Peter David and James Fry. Magnus had never read any TOS-era comics before so this was a new experience. And even though your wise leader is a bit of a neophyte Trek fan, it so happens that there's quite a lot to say about Star Trek #01. Not least because this was the first time reading a Peter David Star Trek story and it didn't disappoint! So what else is there to say? Start listening right now or else some Nasgulian warlord will pronounce a death sentence upon you. Or, y'know, whatever. Due to the avalanche of awesomeness, there's just no time for listener feedback this week. But Magnus has slowly been getting caught

In this week's ball-puncturing episode, Magnus can only assume that Jimmy Olsen has no fundamental will to live because if Adventures Of Superman #482 is anything to go by... ... wow. But first, there are digressions about the magnificence that is the Byrne Age Superman. That's not taking anything away from Superman of other eras; merely recognizing the Byrne Age Superman's pure, undiluted awesomeness. As it happens, this issue was supposed to have been talked about last week. But then last week's episode went kind of long so Magnus made the executive decision to divvy the discussion up into two separate episodes. Because reasons. In any event though, your wise leader is careful not to get too carried away by how awesome Tom Grummet is. And that, dear listeners, is a solemn promise. So what are you waiting for? Start listening right now before Jimmy wins a Darwin award and takes you with him. Due to the avalanche of awesomeness, there's just no time for listener feedback this week. But Magnus has slowly been

In today's conspiracy-theorizing episode, Magnus gabs about the Kennedy document dump which may shed some light on a decades old mystery.

In this week's ball-draining episode, Magnus revists the Byrne Age with a deep, lengthy and penetrating look back at Adventures Of Superman #481... ... eventually. But first, there are digressions about music, collecting Superman back issues and other administrivia that your wise leader was compelled to go into first. Such is life. In any event though, Magnus makes his way through the entire issue. Which ought to be miraculous enough. But His Excellency gets through the issue without getting too lost in the awesomeness of Tom Grummet's art. And that's no easy task because of how awesome The Mighty Tom Grummet is. So what are you waiting for? Start listening right now before Tom Grummet draws a comic book cover of the Parasite draining the life out of you. Due to the avalanche of awesomeness, there's just no time for listener feedback this week. But Magnus has slowly been getting caught up lately. There's been some feedback recently and there's more coming soon! So don't be left out! You too can offer your fee

In this week's ball-season-five-concluding episode, Magnus resumes the Smallville Phase Two retrospective with the wrap-up of the fifth season. LexZod is coming, Lionel knows Clark's secret, Lana is Lana and Chloe is pretty sure there's almost a 50% chance everybody might die or something. Yes indeed, boys and girls, the curtain rises on the episodes Fade, Oracle and Vessel. And there's quite a lot to say. The weird thing is that we're only really just getting started with this retrospective. The real meat of what the Smallville retrospective was intended to discuss is still in the future. What is past is prologue. So what more do you need? Start listening right now before LexZod imprisons you in the Phantom Zone or something. Due to the avalanche of awesomeness, there's just no time for listener feedback this week. But Magnus has slowly been getting caught up lately. There's been some feedback recently so don't be left out! You too can offer your feeble effort at tribute whenever you want! Yes indeed, you hu

In this week's ball-scaring episode, technically Magnus is supposed to talk about Weird Stuff with Chris Honeywell. But... life... So instead, Magnus marks the occasion of Halloween in a not-entirely-intentional way by yammering about the Paranormal Activity movies. Most of them, anyway. You see, boys and girls, your wise leader only just watched all of them for the first time fairly recently. And so, because as it's October, now seemed like a good time to talk about some scary movies that actually are scary. And honestly, you shouldn't need any more enticement than that. So what are you waiting for? Start listening before the Midwives pay you a visit. Due to the avalanche of awesomeness, there's just no time for listener feedback this week. But Magnus has slowly been getting caught up lately. There's been some feedback recently so don't be left out! You too can offer your feeble effort at tribute whenever you want! Yes indeed, you humble serfs are always welcome to kiss your benevolent leader's ring. Corrupt

In this week's ball-germing episode, Magnus reads some more X-Men comics. Yes indeedy, ladies and gentlemen, the look back at Grant Morrison's X-Men run continues! This week, the spotlight shines (brightly) on New X-Men #117-#120. And yes, there's some talk about the Stepford Cuckoos. Overall, Morrison's X-Men run is plain ol' fun comics with lots of fights, explosions and ideas. Honestly, boys and girls, what's not to like? So what are you waiting for? Start listening right now or else the Stepford Cuckoos will do something horrifying to you. Due to the avalanche of awesomeness, there's just no time for listener feedback this week. But Magnus has slowly been getting caught up lately. There's been some feedback recently so don't be left out! You too can offer your feeble effort at tribute whenever you want! Yes indeed, you humble serfs are always welcome to kiss your benevolent leader's ring. Corrupt DiManzocorp interns are ready, willing, able and eager to accept your bribe to present your meager missives to

Didn't feel like posting anything on Monday. Didn't feel like posting anything today either. At least, not originally. But then I noticed that the next episode was going to be about The New Adventures Of Superboy. Who can resist not posting new episodes about Superboy right? And that's that. I'm going for dinner now.

In this week's ball-"advanturing" episode, the spotlight swivels back to Astro City. What is that makes Astro City so awesome? Well, the fact that it's awesome helps. And this week is the start of something special (and awesome!) (and an "advanture"!) because Uncle Magnus begins analyzing, picking apart and pondering Astro City #02. Which should be enough all by itself but added to that is the fact that this is the beginning of the very first multi-part Astro City story! What an "advanture"! How awesome! So what's the life of a kid like when she's raised inside the superhero community and frequently has to duke it out with supervillains before dinnertime? What effect does that have on her social life? And how exactly does one play hopscotch anyway? All these questions plus many, many more are answered in this awesome "advanturous" episode! Did Stan Lee use this many exclamation points back in the old days? No! So what are you waiting for? Start listening right now! Otherwise your children will never learn how

In this week's ball-revealing episode, the secret gets revealed! And Magnus is along for the ride as the splotlight shines on Lex Luthor in Superman #02, this week's comic book of interest. What exactly would happen if Lex Luthor discovered Superman's secret identity? Well, if you've read Superman #02 before, odds are you already know. Unless you have a really crappy memory or something. But if you've never read Superman #02 before, THE ANSWER WILL FREAKING SHOCK AND AMAZE YOU! Sounds a little click-baity, doesn't it? And yet, commenting on that little plot development here would defeat the purpose of listening to this episode. And, indeed, reading this comic. So start listening right now. Otherwise, who knows? Maybe Lex Luthor will send Breen and Jenner to pay you a little visit. And we all know what happened to them in the end, don't we? Those of us who have actually read Superman #02 have anyway. Also this week, His Excellency Magnus announces an upcoming brand new megaseries coming soon to a podcast recei

Remember, boys and girls, that you asked for this.

In this week's ball-scaring episode, the hurricane is over and Magnus continues looking back at the second issue of different titles with a look back at The Spectre #02. But before getting into that, His Excellency blows the dust off Radio Free Isengard with some thoughts on The Hobbit films. You won't believe what Magnus thinks The Spectre's voice should sound like! So what are you waiting for? Start listening right away or else you'll get swallowed in the Spectre's vengeance or something. Due to the avalanche of awesomeness, there's just no time for listener feedback this week. But Magnus has slowly been getting caught up lately. There's been some feedback recently so don't be left out! You too can offer your feeble effort at tribute whenever you want! Yes indeed, you humble serfs are always welcome to kiss your benevolent leader's ring. Corrupt DiManzocorp interns are ready, willing, able and eager to accept your bribe to present your meager missives to your wise emperor. The email address to use is trentu