The Mutant Ages

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"Kikyo," Wolverine (Marvel anime) Jun 06, 2023

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The Wolverine anime might be getting worse with each passing episode, but onward we go ... or perhaps upward, since most of this episode takes place on a rooftop. Wolverine (and his new pal Yukio) meets and fights a brand-new character named Kikyo, who is a beautiful bishonen hired by Shingen as an assassin. That's the first half of the episode; the second half is a failed drug drop that Logan and Yukio interrupt with Molotov cocktails, only to be interrupted themselves by the Molotov cocktail of Wolverine's love life: Omega Red!!! Why is he here? Once again, we don't know. Next week's episode: "Omega Red," Wolverine (Marvel anime) E-mail us your feedback at themutantages@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter at TheMutantAges, MIDImyers and RyanPagella. If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us via patreon.com/themutantages or our store: teespring.com/stores/the-mutant-ages. Thanks! Cloaky is also on Twitter at cloakycloaks.

"Yukio," Wolverine (Marvel anime) May 30, 2023

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The Wolverine anime is still not good, but we're doing our best to goof on it in an entertaining way. This week, that means lots of references to Initial D music, because there is a crappy car chase between Asano and Hideki. Meanwhile, Logan spends most of this episode being passed out and getting saved by Yukio. We're really starting to wonder what this anime is about. Like, really. What is going on??? We can't tell you. We don't know. X-Men spotlight: Yukio Next week's episode: "Kikyo," Wolverine (Marvel anime) E-mail us your feedback at themutantages@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter at TheMutantAges, MIDImyers and RyanPagella. If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us via patreon.com/themutantages or our store: teespring.com/stores/the-mutant-ages. Thanks!

"Mariko," Wolverine (Marvel Anime) May 23, 2023

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The pilot episode of the Wolverine anime may be called "Mariko," but that doesn't mean she's going to have any agency or character development on this show. Luckily, her sexist plotline goes down a bit easier this time, because the show is so freakin' goofy. Logan's character is a cross between Gambit and Dante from Devil May Cry; we are pretty sure he doesn't know what sex is. Also, all of the dialogue on this anime may have been written by a 13-year-old attempting to imagine what a bad-ass superhero mutant like Wolverine would say and do. The results are indescribable, and yet also, quintessential 2010s anime kitsch. We find it absurd, and yet we love it with all of our hearts. Next week's episode: "Yukio," Wolverine (Marvel anime) E-mail us your feedback at themutantages@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter at TheMutantAges, MIDImyers and RyanPagella. If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us via patreon.com/themutantages or our store: teespring.com/stores/the-mutant-ages. Thanks!

Dark Phoenix (2019), Part 2 May 09, 2023

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Maddy, Ryan, and Todd struggle through the second half of Dark Phoenix (2019), which abandons all of the decent ideas set up in the first half of the movie. Forget about Jean's dad, it's all about the D'Bari now ... and also Magneto, who doesn't need to be in this movie, despite that Michael Fassbender provides a great performance. We conclude our revisiting of this movie's failures by asking Simon Kinberg to send us his other script ideas. He listens to the show, right? Next week's episode: We're taking a break for a week, then starting up the Wolverine anime! Visit our STORE: teespring.com/stores/the-mutant-ages E-mail us your feedback at themutantages@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter at TheMutantAges, MIDImyers and RyanPagella. Our guest Todd Harper is on Twitter as well at @drtoddharper. If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us via patreon.com/themutantages. Thanks!

Dark Phoenix (2019), Part 1 May 02, 2023

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Maddy, Ryan, and Todd dive in to the first half of Dark Phoenix (2019), which is significantly better than the second half of the movie. Despite being the lowest-rated X-Men film in the 20th Century Fox version of the franchise, Dark Phoenix has some good scenes and strong portrayals of Jean, Scott, and Xavier. When the movie sticks with the character drama unfolding between these three characters, it's a strong story. Unfortunately, it's weighed down by the addition of the D'Bari aliens and the shadows left behind by the exclusion of the Hellfire Club from the entire Phoenix storyline. Next week's episode: Dark Phoenix (2019), Part 2 Visit our STORE: teespring.com/stores/the-mutant-ages E-mail us your feedback at themutantages@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter at TheMutantAges, MIDImyers and RyanPagella. Our guest Todd Harper is on Twitter as well at @drtoddharper. If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us via patreon.com/themutantages. Thanks!

The Mutant Ages: The Comic Book (Listener Mail April 2023) Apr 25, 2023

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At long last, here's the comic book segment from last week's Listener Mail for April 2023. It's a good one; Ryan fights against Logan's League of Evil Exes (including some exes who are mostly just cute and not that evil). Wolverine can't remember why any of them are there, or that there's a Book of Destiny between himself and Sabretooth that dictates the terms of these fights. Also, Mr. Sinister finally convinces the team to go to Denny's. Next week's episode: Dark Phoenix (2019), Part 1 Visit our STORE: teespring.com/stores/the-mutant-ages E-mail us your feedback at themutantages@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter at TheMutantAges, MIDImyers and RyanPagella. If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us via patreon.com/themutantages. Thanks!

Listener Mail, April 2023 Apr 18, 2023

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Maddy and Ryan open the listener mailbag once more to respond to queries about the mutant metaphor as it relates to mental illness, which aspects of airline travel would piss off Wolverine the most, which mutants Mr. Sinister should combine into super-powered chimeras, and so much more. Also, Maddy divided this listener mail into two episodes because Ryan got sick and she didn't want our listeners to miss out on a weekly update :) Next week's episode: The Mutant Ages: The Comic Book segment Visit our STORE: teespring.com/stores/the-mutant-ages E-mail us your feedback at themutantages@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter at TheMutantAges, MIDImyers and RyanPagella. If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us via patreon.com/themutantages. Thanks!

"Destiny - Bond," X-Men (Marvel Anime) Apr 11, 2023

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Todd reunites with Maddy and Ryan for the season finale of the X-Men anime, during which there's not very much plot, but we still manage to mess things up by describing it all out of order. You won't be confused, though, because again, there isn't much plot. The ghosts of Takeo and Jean Grey bestow their blessings upon all of the X-Men, and Dr. Sasaki doesn't die ... or does she??? We have some theories about what really happens after the credits roll. Next week's episode: Listener Mail! Visit our STORE: teespring.com/stores/the-mutant-ages E-mail us your feedback at themutantages@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter at TheMutantAges, MIDImyers and RyanPagella. If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us via patreon.com/themutantages. Thanks!

"Revenge - End," X-Men (Marvel Anime) Apr 04, 2023

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The X-Men anime is closing in on its series finale, and in this penultimate episode, Takeo goes full kaiju and takes revenge on Mastermind (but not on his mother, to our disappointment). Before Mastermind gets his comeuppance, he puts on the Dark Phoenix cosplay one more time and tricks Scott into believing he's the cause of mutantkind's destruction. The brainwashing of Scott works weirdly well, up until the real Jean (?!?) shows up to save him. In the background, Beast and Wolverine are creeping out Neuron with their commitment to torture-play. Next week's episode: "Destiny - Bond," X-Men (Marvel Anime) Visit our STORE: teespring.com/stores/the-mutant-ages E-mail us your feedback at themutantages@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter at TheMutantAges, MIDImyers and RyanPagella. If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us via patreon.com/themutantages. Thanks!

"Countdown - Truth," X-Men (Marvel Anime) Mar 28, 2023

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Who's the worse villain: Mastermind, or Dr. Yui Sasaki? Maddy and Ryan have to keep re-evaluating that question every week, because the revelations about the extent of their evil have us shocked (and the X-Men, too). Apparently, Dr. Sasaki worked with the U-Men (!!!) in order to develop her mutant "cure," and she was doing it all for her poor son Takeo, who's been living in a glass tube in the basement all these years. Mastermind found that out, so he's been manipulating Takeo secretly on his own time. To quote Logan in this episode: "What the hell???" Next week's episode: "Revenge - End," X-Men (Marvel Anime) Visit our STORE: teespring.com/stores/the-mutant-ages E-mail us your feedback at themutantages@gmail.com or follow us on Twitter at TheMutantAges, MIDImyers and RyanPagella. If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us via patreon.com/themutantages. Thanks!

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