This time for Off The Shelf, Sam reviews Jonathan Hickman’s final (probably, maybe) X-Men comic, Inferno #4. Is it turnt up or burnt down?
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Hawkeye: Secrets, Lies and Track Suits
Brian and Sam discuss the Marvel series Hawkeye, delving into the areas of grief, memory and secrets. Plus, Sam loves Kingpin’s Hawaiian shirt, Brian loves larpers, and we both process Rogers: The Musical.
There’s a lot to discuss about how we process grief as a community, how we sanitize our history, and the importance of nuance in looking at the world and the church.
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Brian and Sam review the newest addition to the Matrix series, The Matrix: Revelations. The original trilogy drew a lot on biblical issues and themes, does this movie follow on those same themes? What does it have to say about the nature of identity, how we see ourselves and how God sees us? How have our discussions of reality changed since 1999? And … was Brian wrong about something?
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Brian and Sam discuss Spider-Man: No Way Home. Is it amazing? Is it spectacular? What does it have to say about the cost of carrying one’s cross? And what does a yule log actually smell like?
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For this special edition of Off The Shelf, Brian chats with author, comic fan, and person of faith Mike Roe who just wrote The 30 Rock Book. Brian and Mike talk 30 Rock, comics and Mike’s faith journey.
His article from Vanity Fair on blackface in 30 Rock can be found here.
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/12/30-rock-tina-fey-race-blackface
You can connect with Mike on Twitter: @MikeRoe
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Movie Review: Eternals
Finally something we disagree about! Brian and Sam discuss the kickoff of the next big MCU arc, Marvel’s Eternals (no The). Was this too much of a story for one film, albeit a really long one? What does this tell us about our roles in the universe, and who sets those roles? What happens when we think God is wrong, or if what we thought we were told about God is wrong? Is conflict really the only we grow? Was Thanos really helping?
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