SO MUCH TO DISCUSS! Fantastic Four Test Screening Reactions, Hulk in Spider-Man Brand New Day (Team Up Or Villain), Is Chris Hemsworth Leaving Thor, Harry Potter HBO Casting Backlash, & The Last of Us Season 2 Viewership Drop!
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– Greg Alba and Roxy Striar break down the biggest news in film and television this week! We dive into the Fantastic Four (2025) test screening rumors and audience reactions for the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) movie that features Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards / Mister Fantastic (The Last of Us, The Mandalorian) Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm / Invisible Woman (The Crown, Mission: Impossible) Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm / Human Torch (Stranger Things, A Quiet Place: Day One) Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm / The Thing (The Bear, Andor) Ralph Ineson as Galactus (The Witch, The Green Knight)We also react to the Spider-Man: Brand New Day casting rumors and plot leaks, including a surprising Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) crossover. We speculate on whether Hulk will be an ally or threat, and discuss the rumored main villain Mr. Negative, a lesser-known but powerful adversary in Spider-Man lore. Then, we discuss Chris Hemsworth’s emotional message about Thor that may hint at his final appearance in the MCU. Is he done after Avengers Doomsday or Thor 5? The Harry Potter HBO Max Series has officially cast its trio of leads, and the internet has opinions. We talk about the backlash, especially surrounding race-swapped characters, and reflect on what matters most: the performance or the look? Lastly, we tackle the viewership dip for The Last of Us Season 2, whether the two-year gap will hurt audience retention, and how fans are reacting to the confirmed casting of Kaitlyn Dever as Abby, the evolving journey of Bella Ramsey as Ellie, and the emotional fallout of saying goodbye to Joel (Pedro Pascal).
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How much stock do you put in test-screening results??
First comment?🫣
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Glad you guys do these pods! Love to hear yall just shoot the shoot 😂
I have never been so early but I don’t think those screenings are that big of a deal every single person has their own opinion
I just want them to make a Fantastic Four that doesn't piss me off
Ive watched all these podcast episodes and love the content and i have one question…. Why is the color grading so weird on all these podcast episodes compared to all the other content???
I remember seeing early screening reviews for Nope and how bad people claimed it was… now it's my favorite Jordan Peele film of all time, lmao. At the end of the day, I never really trust early test screenings. We'll see what happens though!
It's gonna be interesting how they will portray James Potter bullying a black Snape at Hogwarts in the Harry Potter series. Will make James Potter look extremely racist if they actually do go by the books if that's what the makers of the series insist they are doing.
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No one complained about the trio's casting, they are perfect. Only Snape doesn't make so much sense that he's black. 99% of people loved Hermione's casting…
My girl Roxy is back!! Thanks for calling out the Harry Potter BS guys. It’s complete nonsense, don’t ever give the weirdos an inch on this topic, ❤
Not a fan of the clickbaitty thumbnails to be honest 🙁
Shalla-Bal on that empire magazine cover looks so good. I would love for the MCU to explore more on the Heralds, bringing in Terrax who is a former Herald of Galactus who betrays his master leading to a battle between the new and former Herald.
talks fantastic 4 test screening but not the superman ones 😭
Not gonna lie, I've never had a good feeling about this new incarnation of The Fantastic Four (and that's coming from someone who defends a lot of other MCU projects that many people crap on, plus I actually like the 2000's movies). I'm hoping I'm wrong. 🤞
F4 is not an origin story they got powers and the story happens after 4 years so they were already developed their were more developed and it can be shown on upcoming avengers movies
Greg slowly turning into that Glassman dude 🤔
The Vfx is only 25 percent done on Fantastic Four. I dont think it's fair to judge the movie yet until it's complete.
Ruining movies before they open is now a complete monetized industry. Someone or multiple someone's who yell out things like "mid!" in the middle of a screening, went into the screening already wanting to do it.
Ai?
I think the lact of character development in FF4 is most likely because this is the 4th reboot of it so we already know everything about them. Same like the upcoming Superman, we already know so its straight forward. But there is still 2 months left so 1) immediately reshoot some stuff and/or 2) delay it to fix some stuff. But I mean I know the entire story of FF4 so I honestly don't care about development. I know Reed is start, Sue is the shoudlers and neck to keep the family tomorrow, Johnny has an EGO, Ben still hates being a rock. But I'm still gonna see it.
40:13 there were soooo many things left out from the books tbh and loads of characters too and I also felt they didn’t portray certain characters very well in the movies like Harry, Ron and Ginny for instance. And I think Hermione is the perfect role for Hermione. Her race was never specified in the books
Lets be honest from everything ive gathered from the leaks and the reports of how people have reacted to this movie, this looks like another captain america brave new world level disaster in the making. I think it’ll make more money but i gotta feeling its not gonna get great critic or audience score reviews. Theres a difference between being optimistic and being naive and i think it would be naive to think this is gonna be the movie that saves the MCU when its literally set in a universe thats gonna be destroyed and just being used as a stepping stone to get the F4 into the current mcu
There’s a comment about the color grading of the episodes of this podcast. There was also several comments about that in the last episode.
I would love to help you guys with my knowledge as a colorist to get a more robust color pipeline!
Let’s make it happen for episode 22 😉