The Snack-boys, as you know, will talk themselves hoarse about Batman. Or Star Trek. Or Game of Thrones. But in this episode of A Little Snack, we discover a new topic the 'Lith and the Trap find important and endlessly fascinating, and are destined to revisit obsessively in future episodes. If you guessed "the situation in Syria", or "the prospects for enduring racial tolerance in the Unites States," not only would you be wrong, but you've clearly never heard a syllable of the show. But if you guessed "that guy with the claws", then you guessed correctly and I pity you for knowing these dopes well enough to get that right. Discussed: the brand-spanking new 'The Wolverine' trailer, the limits of Wolverine's healing factor, a surprising suggestion from Bear Trap for a Hugh Jackman replacement, similarities the plot may have to 'Superman II', what director James Mangold might bring to the film, why most of the Wolverine movies seem to have no idea what makes Wolverine cool in the first place, possible misuse of CG, whether the movie will be able to avoid giggles during Logan's big fight with lots of ninjas, Tyrion the troll and the limits of what film can translate from books and comics, the new 'Kick Ass 2' trailer, whether quiet character-building scenes are better than big action scenes, how (and if) our enjoyment of movies has changed with age, Rhianna's performance in 'Battleship' and why it's not entirely unwelcome, the trailer for the new Roland Emmerich movie 'White House Down', Bear Trap defends (unpersuasively) his love of the film '2012', whether Channing Tatum is in over his head (acting-wise) in 'White House Down', which real-life person Jamie Foxx resembles in that film, poor TV-in-a-movie effects and why Monolith hates 'em, the Word of the Week!, whether a movie you watch once and never again can be better than one you watch over and over again, the definition of film "greatness", Bear Trap utters what may be the stupidest thing he's ever said (high bar), whether video games are art, the definition of art, and your podcasters give you one final heads up before the glory that is Season Three of 'Game of Thrones' is revealed to all this Sunday at 9PM on HBO. Enjoy!
Show #70
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