Intrigue! Romance! Jealousy! Poison! All this and more on this week's episode of The Clone Wars, as Padme agrees to spy on a guy with whom she used to bump uglies, and boy is Anakin not happy with that.

Before that: very little news but, uh, I spent the night in the hospital. If you don't care about my wellbeing and want to get right to the episode, skip to 29:07. Honestly I couldn't blame you. Spoiler alert: I'm totally okay.

That's it this week. We're going to be watching the next few episodes in listed order, so no more jumping around for a minute. Makes things much easier.

Thanks for listening!

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The Beyonder has a lot to think about, and this issue that's pretty much all he does - sit and think. But this guy has an impact on the world even when he's just parking his kiester on a rock in the South Pacific, and first he gathers a crowd of followers and then a group of villains, sent by Mephisto.

This episode we talk about how Puma should be the star of a Sony movie, what Peter Parker line makes Derek feel seen and how a lifetime of comic reading can really alter the way you perceive the world.

Homework for next week:

Secret Wars II #8

Amazing Spider-Man #274

Avengers #265

Fantastic Four #288

New Mutants #37

Uncanny X-Men #203

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If I tell you this is our most off-topic podcast yet that's saying something, isn't it? It all grows out of Star Wars news and the next three episodes of the Star Wars Visions anthology, but we get pretty wide ranging this episode. But if you want to hear us talk about Dune, the big new Galactus toy and how Bill Burr dances on the 'getting canceled' line, stick around for the intro. If you want to hear us just spin off into general Star Wars thoughts inspired by the next three Visions shorts, jump to 40:17.

Next week: we wrap up Visions. Also soon: The Eternals on Watch Men! The Incredible Hulk Returns on Marvelvision! And in a few weeks... The Book of Boba Fett! It's a big time of year for us here at the CinemaSangha Podcast Empire, and we love having you along for the ride.

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This one's a little late because I had the temerity to take a vacation. Sorry about that! But we're back, and we're talking about such Marvel topics as Malignant and James Gunn's DC projects... but also stuff like The Eternals, Venom 2's opening weekend and the pundits who declared theaters and superhero films dead, and how the Spider-Verse and the MCU might come together.

If you don't want to hear all of that, skip to 36:44 where we start discussing the penultimate episode of What If...? season one, What If... Ultron Won? This episode brings us to a world where Ultron has wiped out most life in the universe and he begins setting his sights on other realities... and only Uatu, aka Ol' Babyhead, might be able to stop him. But he has taken a vow of non-interference! What will happen? You'll have to watch (and listen) to find out.

Is this the most anime episode yet? Is What If...? the worst Marvel thing so far? Are Nat and Clint the last humans alive on Earth? All of this and more on the latest episode of Marvelvision!

If you want to hear us talking about Marvel movies, you gotta become a $5 subscriber. You'll get access to Watch Men, our monthly superhero deep dive podcast and this month we'll be talking about Venom 2: Let There Be Carnage!

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Do you listen to Watch Men, our monthly superhero deep dive show? Starting in two weeks it's going to be ALL NEW MOVIES, and if you want to hear us talk about the MCU films that's the only place it'll happen! Black Widow, Shang-Chi, The Eternals and Spider-Man: No Way Home will only be discussed on Watch Men. It's available to all $5 and above subscribers!

Just when you think you have a handle on Loki the show goes and switches it up on you. This episode made us yell out loud at least twice, gave us that Wizard of Oz goodness, and left us stunned with the mid-credits scene.

On the show this week we do some Marvel news, and we talk about Kevin Feige confirming that was the Abomination in the Shang-Chi trailer, we have run out of Marvel jokes so we do a little trivia, and we throw around our theories about just what is the real story with the TVA. Skip to about 19 minutes if you don't care about news, jokes and discussions of the climate crisis!

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Do you need a hero? Because we got one on Loki this week.

On this latest episode of Marvelvision we talk about some Marvel news, including the way that Anthony Mackie put his foot right in his mouth when asked about a possible romantic relationship between The Falcon and The Winter Soldier. There's a reason he's an actor and not a writer of these shows.

If you don't care about news or jokes just skip ahead to about 18:30 where we get into the meat of the episode. We talk about Ravonna Renslayer, sort of girlfriend of Kang the Conqueror! We talk about Sylvie, who in the comics may have been created by Loki. We talk about just where the TVA is, and a theory about who Mobius could actually be. Plus.... we love the episode! Two episodes in and Loki is strong as hell... can it maintain? One way to find out.

Next week: Watch Men will be doing Darkman. That's at the $5 and above level. Don't miss this one!

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If you're looking for great Star Wars content, good news! If you're also looking for discussions of Indian food and Devin complaining about doing online college... even better news!

This week's episode finds your hosts talking about the spicy levels of Indian food but also about the latest news in the Star Wars galaxy, including the fact that Rangers of the New Republic is no longer in development. If you don't care about that business (and about the new joke book we have!) jump to 20:11 for the actual episode itself.

It seems that Derek is a little bit down on this new show - it isn't moving fast enough! Do you agree? Are you enjoying the slow buildup of the world of The Bad Batch or would you like to see this show get into gear already?

Speaking of shows: look for Marvelvision later this week, where we'll be talking about episodes 1-5 of MODOK (episodes 6-10 come next week). And also! Watch Men is coming! We're talking about Kick-Ass; look for that in your feed later this week... if you're a $5 and above subscriber, that is!

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Big news: this podcast is available on many major podcast platforms, and more are coming. I've gotten feedback that listening to podcasts through the Patreon interface isn't ideal, and I had already decided to make this show free to listen, and so it is now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn, and more. It may take a day or two to show up in search on Apple Podcasts, but rest assured it's there. The Bad Batch will remain behind the paywall on the Patreon, and I'm gonna work on figuring out how to make it easier to listen to using your favorite podcatching app.

Now on to the show...

The mystery deepens! And by that we mean the mystery of whether or not Derek knows that March comes after February.

Also the mystery of just what is going on in Westview... as well as the mystery of just what the Scarlet Witch's canonical comic book story even is. This is a character who has been conned and retconned, and figuring out which aspects of her stories might make the cut in Wandavision would take many, many hours of podcasts. We try to give you the basics, but even that is pretty convoluted.

Also: the Monkees! Whether or not the Vision produces seed! More terrible Marvel joke book jokes! Speculation about Black Widow's release strategy! And some general wonderment that there's going to be a fourth film set in the Legendary Monsterverse (yeah, it's a little off topic).

Thank you for listening! Thank you for subscribing!

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