Best of DC & Marvel 2025 Brothers Awards

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This is a DynaMic Network Podcast. Hi and welcome
to the Dynamic Duel Podcast, a weekly show where we

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review superhero films and debate the
superiority between Marvel and DC by comparing

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their characters and stat-based battle
simulations. I'm Marvelous Joe and I'm his twin

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brother Johnny DC. And guys, there are only three
episodes left of this podcast in its weekly

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format. We're semi-retiring in mid-January as we
turn 40. We've been doing this podcast for 10 years

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now and we're coming up to the end here. This will be
our last Brothers Award episode as well as the last

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episode of 2025, which is wild. This year went by so
quick. It's ridiculous. I remember the 2024

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Brothers Award episode like it was yesterday.
It's getting crazy. If you guys have never

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listened to a Brothers Award episode before, it's
basically the best of what Marvel and DC put out in

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terms of television and film over the year. The
Brothers Awards are named after the cosmic DC and

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Marvel entities that were in the 1996 DC versus
Marvel crossover series. Right. In fact, those

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figures are on our award images that we post to
Instagram as like Oscar statues. This is our

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Oscars, but it's better than the Oscars. It's way
better than the Oscars, man. First of all, our

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awards actually mean something. It's not just a
popularity contest. I haven't trusted the Oscars

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since they snubbed the Dark Knight. Never forgive
them for that. I never forgive the Oscars for not

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giving Black Panther the award for best picture.
Anyway, we're not going to be going over the comic

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book movie news this episode because Jonathan and
I are recording this episode earlier, so we don't

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have a good handle on what the current news is. But
also, I'm hoping that Marvel is going to release

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the full set of Doomsday trailers online so that
everybody can watch them as they're meant to be

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seen and not just like the leaked versions. Who
knows? Maybe by the time this episode drops, that

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will be the case. But if it is, we're not talking
about it until 2026. Right. This episode is just

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going to be All Brothers Awards. But before that,
our artificially intelligent duel simulator,

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AJ9K, has a quick message for our listeners. So
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Dynamic Duel's weekly podcast, leading up to our
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enjoyed the past 10 years of Marvel and DC duels and
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the DynaMic Podcast Network this week, including
the Konsole Kombat podcast where hosts John and

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Dean simulate battles between popular video game
characters. In yesterday's episode, they

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reviewed with Matt, Halo Legends. Over on the Max
Destruction podcast, hosts Scotty and Gilly pay

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your favorite action heroes from film and
television against each other. The Macho Twins

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are off this week, but look forward to their next
episode in the new year. On the Senjoh World

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podcast, host Zachary Hepburn speculates on
fights between fan favorite anime and manga

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characters. In January, Zach is revealing who
would win between Shigeo Kagayama, aka Mob from

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Mob Psycho 100, and Tatsumaki the tornado of
terror from One Punch Man. Visit

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dynamicpodcasts.com or click the link in our show
notes to listen to all of the shows in the DynaMic

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Podcast Network. But now that that's done, let's
go ahead and set the stage. We got the blue carpet

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rolled out. I'm sick of the carpets. We can never
decide whether it's blue or red. You know what?

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Marvel doesn't need theirs this year because our
nominees are parachuting in in style with red

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parachutes. Okay, well if that's the case, the DC
nominees are just gonna teleport into their seats

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in a puff of electric blue smoke with sparkles.
Magic. Like Nightcrawler? Yeah, except it

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doesn't smell like farts. This is stupid. Anyway,
the nominees are making their way to the

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auditorium. Let's go ahead and get into our 2025
Best of Marvel and DC Brothers Awards. All right,

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everyone. Welcome to the 2025 Brothers Awards,
where we countdown the best that Marvel and DC had

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to offer in the realm of television and film.
Johnny DC and myself are here on the stage hosting

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you this evening. Gotta say you're looking sharp.
And you're looking a little blunt. I take it back.

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Let's go ahead and start off by breaking down what
was eligible for an award in the year 2025. Spoiler

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warning, for anyone who has not seen any of these
projects, we will be potentially spoiling any one

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of these in the course of our award ceremony. For DC
in television this year, we had Creature

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Commandos season one, Harley Quinn season five,
The Sandman season two, Peacemaker season two,

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and Batman season one. And on the big and small
screens, we saw Batman Ninja versus Yakuza

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League, Superman, and Aztec Batman Clash of
Empires. Gotta say that's a pretty lackluster

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list overall when compared to the Marvel list. Let
me tell you what was eligible for Marvel. In 2025,

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we had your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man
season one, Daredevil born again season one, Iron

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Heart season one, Eyes of Wakanda season one, and
Marvel Zombies season one. In theaters, we had

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Captain America Brave New World, Thunderbolts,
and the Fantastic Four first steps. I don't know

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how you're going to bash DC's output. We're all by
two things on your list that you just read was pure

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trash. Trash recognized trash is what I'm going to
say. Hey, I'm classy. Anyway, let's go ahead and

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get into our very first award for the evening,
which will be the best trailer. Now, I don't know if

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a lot of people pay attention to trailers, but
Jonathan and I like watching them. We definitely

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like getting a taste of what's to come,
speculating on what the trailers show us and

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getting hyped in general. Yeah, actually, by
profession, Joseph and I are both marketers, and

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it's really interesting to see how studios try and
sell general audiences on the films that they're

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putting out. To that end, I chose four nominees for
this award based on how well they did at selling me

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and getting me excited on seeing the project.
Same. And the DC nominees for best trailer of 2025

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are Peacemaker season two official trailer.
There's another dimension. It's exactly the same

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as ours. But better. Best dimension ever. The
Sandman season two date announcement. A king will

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forsake his kingdom. The oldest battle begins
once more. Supergirl official teaser trailer. He

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sees the good in everyone and I see the truth.
Superman official trailer. I would question

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myself in the same situation and consider the
consequences. People were going to die. Okay, if I

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had to guess among those list of nominees, I'm not
going to say that the winner is Supergirl or

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Peacemaker. I think it's going to be either the
Superman trailer or Sandman. I think you're going

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to go with Sandman on this. And the winner is
Superman official trailer. Damn it. The Sandman

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trailer was incredible. And I had a really hard
time choosing between that and Superman.

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Ultimately, I went with Superman because I feel
like we got our first really good look at how David

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Corrin set was going to portray the character of
Clark Kent and Superman really. But also a taste of

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the story that we were going to get as well. To hear
the dialogue and see some of the performances

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really sold me on the movie. And it got me super
excited for this new universe that James Gunn was

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going to unveil. Yeah, it wasn't the first
Superman trailer. I think actually the first one

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came out last year in 2024 and also got your
brother's award for best trailer. So you're just

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really gunk-ho for Superman when it comes to
trailers. I am doubling down. Yes, I really liked

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the movie and I thought they did a really good job
selling the movie as well. Well, audience be

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prepared for most of these awards to be going to the
Superman movie. Bitch, you don't know my life.

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What else is the award going to go to? Really think
about it. Anyway, let's move on to the Marvel

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Award. The nominees for best Marvel trailer in
2025 are Daredevil born again official trailer. I

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was also raised to believe in retribution. The
Fantastic Four first steps official trailer. Are

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you the protectors of this world? Yes, we are. Your
planet is now marked for death. Marvel Zombies

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official trailer. Shit. Thunderbolts final
trailer. No one here is a hero. You all have things

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that we regret. But I have so many. Oh, those are
some good choices. The Marvel Zombies trailer was

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super metal. I don't think they would get the win,
though. I'm going to say you're probably going to

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choose Fantastic Four first steps, largely for
the same reason that I went with Superman in that

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you were able to glimpse for the first time this
new-ish sort of world since the Fantastic Four

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took place in an alternate universe from the MCU.
And the winner is the Fantastic Four first steps

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official trailer. Yes! For exactly the reason
that you said basically, you know, with

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Daredevil, we had a good feeling, especially
after the reshoots that the series was going to be

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true in keeping with the Netflix show. And it was.
So that was a great trailer. Marvel Zombies was

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again so metal. It was probably the most fun I had
watching a trailer in years. And the Thunderbolts

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final trailer was not the best trailer that we got
for that film that actually came out in 2024. But

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the Fantastic Four first steps official trailer
introduced us to this whole new world, very

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stylish, very sleek, very Jack Kirby-esque. And I
was on board. Like, I saw that and I immediately

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fell in love with this new universe that the film
was taking place in. I read you. I read you. You got

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your guess right. I got my guess wrong. Let's not
talk about it. Let's move on to the next award. So

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the next award is Best Original Music. Now, when it
comes to original scores and songs for these

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Marvel and DC films, good music should do a lot of
heavy lifting emotionally as you're watching

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what's unfolding on the screen. As I've said
before, the way I define a good score is one that I

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don't necessarily notice as I'm watching the
film, but still moves me. Right. Movies and shows

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are not just visual experiences. They are
auditory. And so I always really like doing this

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award because superhero movies have such unique,
epic and interesting music out of all the other

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genres out there. The nominees for Best Marvel
Original Music in 2025 are Eyes of Wakanda, Season

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1. The Fantastic Four, First Steps.
Thunderbolts. Your friendly neighborhood

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Spider-Man, Season 1. Spider-Man, The Final
Fantasy. Okay, another tough call here. I love all

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of these scores, but if I had to guess, your vibe
would naturally be drawn to your friendly

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neighborhood Spider-Man's music. And the winner
is The Fantastic Four, First Steps. Whoa, that was

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way off. You know what? The friendly neighborhood
Spider-Man, Season 1 soundtrack was top tier.

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This was one of the hardest years ever when it came
to music because all four of these nominees

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fucking crushed it. We didn't review your
friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, Season 1, but

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the show was really well done. Thunderbolts, a
very emotional score. Eyes of Wakanda, just

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fucking incredible. That show was awesome, at
least visually and auditorily, if not

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story-wise. I didn't love the stories for Eyes of
Wakanda. They were okay. Mostly about the War

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Dogs. Like the history of the War Dogs. We got to
learn the origin of that pickaxe weapon that

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Kilmogger found in the museum and stuff like that.
But the Fantastic Four, First Steps score written

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by Michael Guccino was almost unlike anything I'd
ever heard before. In that he perfectly managed to

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capture the artistic direction. It was kind of
like retro, futuristic, kind of Jetson style, but

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very catchy. And also very epic when it came to
things like the Galactus and Silver Surfer

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themes. It was nothing short of fantastic. Yeah,
he definitely nailed both the era and the niche

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genre of the film. For sure. Michael Guccino has
done other Marvel works like The Doctor Strange

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Movie, Spider-Man Homecoming Trilogy, and of
course he directed Werewolf by Night. He's just

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kind of like a master at finding these like perfect
little vignettes for the style of each franchise.

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Nice. Good choice. Good choice. Great nominees.
But now let's move to DC. The DC nominees for best

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original music of 2025 are Aztec Batman, Clash of
Clans. Batman Ninja vs Yakuza League. The Sandman

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Season 2. Superman. Batman Ninja vs Yakuza
League. That is all incredible music as well. I

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think though you're going to give it to Sandman
Season 2 because it allegedly has the greatest

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song of all time sung by Orpheus to Hades and
Persephone. And the winner is the Sandman Season

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2. And you are correct. This was a tough one this
year. I think like your Isabel Kanda score, Aztec

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Batman kind of perfectly captured the cultural
sounds. And the Superman score was a great update

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of the John Williams score from the 70s. I did
really want to give this award to Batman Ninja vs

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Yakuza League just because of how wacky that score
was and how fun it was. Ultimately though, I could

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not give it to the Sandman Season 2. Not only is just
the theme of that song really haunting and good,

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but the music from this season in particular
played such an important and critical role within

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the story. Like you mentioned, the song of
Orpheus. And at the very end of the show, they

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played this song that was a poem from The Fates at
the end of the comic. Hearing that in song form was

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such a cathartic moment to happen at the end of that
series. It was very special and that's why it gets

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my award this year. Yeah, kudos to the Sandman
Season 2 for putting 110% effort into the music

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that was featured on that season. Really well
deserved. Orpheus's song, Holy Cow. Like The

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Fates, I also will never forgive Orpheus for
making me weep during that song. You have to be a

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machine not to cry. But let's go ahead and move on to
our next award, which is Best New On Screen

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Character in 2025. Now one of the best things about
being a Marvel and DC fan, seeing these works

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adapted on the screen, is that we get to witness the
manifestation of a lot of characters we love from

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the comics in live action. Sometimes animated.
Yeah, there's been so many comic book films to have

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come out in these past 20 years that I'm always
interested to see like which new characters are

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being adapted. And there were a lot of fun ones this
year for both DC and Marvel, I feel. The nominees

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for the Best New On Screen Character of 2025 for DC
are The Bride from Creature Commandos Season 1.

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Daniel Hall from The Sandman Season 2. Crypto from
Superman. Mr. Terrific from Superman. Alright,

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it's definitely not going to be crypto. I think
it's a toss up between The Bride and Mr. Terrific.

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And I think personally, I just really loved how
badass The Bride was from Creature Commandos. So

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that's who I think you're going to give it to. And
the winner is The Bride from Creature Commandos

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Season 1. Alright, count it. My streak starts now.
So I really liked Mr. Terrific from Superman. He

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almost got this award. But ultimately, I felt that
The Bride really stole the show for me in Creature

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Commandos Season 1. My favorite book is
Frankenstein. And I thought I was going to like his

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character the most in that show. But the episode
that delved into The Bride's origin, I think was

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such a perfect origin for the character and really
delved into why she is the way she is. And honestly,

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I can't wait to see more from her in the DC universe.
She basically made that show and it was a great

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show. I agree. I also thought I would like
Frankenstein more, but he turned out to be so

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detestable. And The Bride was so fucking cool.
Such a badass. Well deserved, let's go ahead and

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move into the Marvel Award. The nominees for the
best new on-screen Marvel character in 2025 are

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Galactus from The Fantastic Four First Steps. I
was once little like you billions of years ago. A

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man from another world. The Hood from Iron Heart
Season 1. I knew that if I wanted you dead, I'd have

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to be the one to do it. I did not come here to play with
you Parker. You came here to work. Red Hulk from

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Captain America Brave New World. Since when were
they red? Century from Thunderbolts. Introduced

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to you the Century. Hey guys. Wow. That's cool. All
powerful. I feel like it's either going to come

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down to the Century or Galactus, but I gotta go with
Galactus. That's my guess. And the winner is

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Century from Thunderbolts. How could you not go
with Galactus? Well, at least it was a portrait as a

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cloud this go around, right? In the end, the
visuals for Galactus were stunning, but I just

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don't think you got quite enough screen time to
warrant the best new on-screen character. I

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really love what they did with the Century, with
Lewis Pullman's acting and the way they adapted

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his origin story from his comic book origin. I
thought it was brilliantly done and told a really

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interesting story. That's fair. I kind of felt
going in that the Century was going to be a hard

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character to adapt because he's so unique, but
yeah, they did a fantastic job adapting him. They

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kind of made it look easy, right? Jerks. Yeah, I
love how powerful they made the character. I love

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how they interpreted his dark side, the void. Just
yeah, all around stellar job. But let's go ahead

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and move on to our next award category, best
villain. In my opinion, a lot of comic book films

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are only as good as their villain because as I've
noticed in a lot of projects, the better the

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villain, the better I tend to feel about the story.
For sure, yeah, because they deliver the stakes

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that are required of the hero to surpass and make
the story interesting. The neat thing about comic

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book movies and shows, due to the nature of their
fairly black and white portrayals of morality and

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justice, you get a lot of really fucking evil
characters as villains. Just dudes that you love

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to hate. Let's go ahead and list them out. The
nominees for best Marvel villain in 2025 are

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Galactus from the Fantastic Four first steps. I
will meet your planet slowly while your child

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watches. Kingpin from Daredevil, born again,
season one. The rule of law will prevail. And

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should you go back to any of your old activities,
there will be consequences. The hood from Iron

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Heart, season one. Stay and I'll kill you. Talk to
the cops. Knowledge. The void from Thunderbolts.

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The most shameful thing of all was thinking you
could be anything more than nothing. Okay, tough

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call, tough call. My guess is either going to come
down to the void or Galactus, but I'm going to go

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with Galactus again. That's my guess. And the
winner is Galactus from the Fantastic Four first

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steps. And it's because he wasn't a clown. I just
think in terms of threat level, like you saw him

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destroy an entire planet in the Fantastic Four
movie. And he was also really menacing when he was

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like, I'm going to devour your entire world and
steal your baby. The fact that he wasn't even

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tricked by the Fantastic Four's plan at the end and
they had to kind of like improvise to even defeat

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him, I thought made him a great villain. There was a
little bit of a power scaling issue in that final

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fight with Sue, but you know, she ended up dying. So
Galactus even has that going for him as far as a

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villain goes. Galactus is one of those characters
where he felt like it was going to be really hard to

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adapt the character to screen in a way that didn't
make people laugh and chuckle because he just

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looks so weird and Kirby-esque. You know, it's
obviously why they didn't go that route in the old

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Fantastic Four films, but the fact that Marvel had
the balls to do it correctly for this film, I have to

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commend because it was super effective. I was
afraid of Galactus, maybe for the first time in my

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entire life. Good. Keep it that way. Okay. Moving
on to the DC side. The nominees for best DC villain

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of 2025 are the Kindly Ones from Sandman from
Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League. Lena Luther from

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Harley Quinn Season 5. I don't want to play with
your toys. I want to destroy them like you always

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destroyed me, making me feel lesser an
afterthought. Lex Luthor from Superman. It is

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what has driven me to annihilating you. What a,
what a, what a, what a, what a. Geez, I think it's

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really going to come down to the Kindly Ones or Lex
Luthor. I think I got to go with the Kindly Ones

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though because they literally killed the God.
That's my guess. The winner is Lex Luthor from

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Superman. Really, it came down to Lex or Lena for
me. We didn't review Harley Quinn Season 5, but

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Lena Luther is probably the best villain that that
series has had. Hey Lena, you're a bitch.

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Ultimately though, I gave it to Lex Luthor because
I thought Nicholas Holt gave the most comic,

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accurate portrayal of Lex Luthor that we've seen
on screen to date. He was a genius. He was an angry,

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envious genius to boot, and I'm really happy with
the direction they took the character for this new

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universe. And it was cool to see him again in the
Peacemaker show. Yeah, just orchestrating shit

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from behind the scenes. That's what Lex Luthor
needs to be. Well, let's go ahead and move on to the

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flip side of this award, Best Hero of 2025. Why do we
award the best heroes in film and television?

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Because they deserve to be awarded. This is a
fucking comic book podcast. Yeah, I was gonna say

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because they deserve to be rewarded for their
virtues of sacrifice, nobility, and bravery. Oh

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yeah, that too. Yeah, heroism is defined by
sacrifice and selflessness. These are really

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awesome traits that humanity has admired since
they first started telling stories. Marvel and DC

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have some of the most iconic heroes from the past
century, so let's celebrate them. The nominees

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for best DC hero of 2025 are Batman from Batman
Ninja vs. Yakuza League. This is the pain of all the

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people you're watching. I'm killing you because
you took the life of the only friend I have and the

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only one of us with an out... Mr. Terrific from
Superman. Get him someplace safe. Take the

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T-Craft. The controls are easy and intuitive. I
need to stay back here and make sure the portal is

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secure. Superman from Superman. I don't know how
else to find him. It's a dog. Yeah, and he's not even

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a very good one, but he's out there alone and he's
probably scared. Gee, let me think. Could it be

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Superman from Superman? And the winner is Batman
from Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League. Why are you

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lying? I'm not lying. That's who I gave the award
to. Superman, of course, was very heroic in the

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Superman movie. He saved Metropolis, but equally
just as impressive, Batman saved Gotham from the

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Yakuza League. And the way he went about it,
helping to defeat each member of the Justice

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League, including Rassal Ghul, I think
ultimately it was just a much cooler and much more

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impressive feat, so he got the win. Yeah, it was
pretty cool. I mean, he utilized a lot of the Bat

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family to help him out, but that's who Batman is.
It's just kind of fascinating to see Batman go up

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against these much more powerful people, and
especially in this case when the rest of them are

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all alternate evil versions of themselves. And
that's why he got the win. I think it'll surprise a

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lot of people with that award, but I don't
necessarily think you're wrong. Let's move on to

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the Marvel side. The nominees for best Marvel hero
of 2025 are Captain America from Captain America

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Brave New World. But when showing there's more to
you, it's not about when times are easy. It's about

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moments like this. Daredevil from Daredevil,
born again, season one. But this is our city, not

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his. And we can't take it back. Invisible Woman
from the Fantastic Four first steps. I will not

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sacrifice my child for this world. But I will not
sacrifice this world for my child. Yelena Belova

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from Thunderbolts. What I said to you before was
wrong, but you can't stuff it down. Okay,

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personally for me, I think there's a clear
standout amongst these heroes, and I gotta say

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that is Invisible Woman from Fantastic Four First
Steps. And the winner is Invisible Woman from the

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Fantastic Four First Steps. Makes sense, right? I
mean, she did make the ultimate sacrifice within

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that film, and a fucking broke my heart in that
scene. She gave literally everything she had to

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save her son. And you know, a lot of people might
count her as being a little bit more selfish and

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that she didn't want to sacrifice her son for the
sake of the entire planet, which is really the

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utilitarian approach. She kind of took on the
Steve Rogers philosophy of we don't trade lives.

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She knew that her family would find a solution to
really protect everybody. Oh yeah, totally. I

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mean, as I was watching the movie, I was like, you
kind of gotta make the trade, right? Until she gave

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her reasoning that, hey, I'm not going to give up my
baby, but I'm also not going to give up all of you

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guys. I'm not going to give up the entire planet for
my baby. Right. The sacrifice she made at the end,

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like you said, is the ultimate act of heroism. So
yeah, this is an easy win for her. Which is not to

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discount the others. It's just that, you know,
like, I think Sam Wilson's arc in Brave New World

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was kind of a rehash and also better represented in
the Falcon and the Winter Soldier TV series.

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Daredevil, of course, was always great. Yelena
Bolova was a standout on Thunderbolts. I just

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don't think that they compared to Invisible Woman
in terms of pure heroism. I agree. Well, moving on

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to our next award category, that is for best
moment. Now for a lot of people, the main reason why

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they enjoy comic book films is escapism. And with
escapism, it's really easy to lose yourself in a

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film when it comes to really intense or really
funny or really action packed moments, which the

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comic book genre delivers in spades many times.
It's one of the reasons why the comic book genre is

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so successful in theaters as a whole. Of course,
we're seeing diminishing returns on that. But

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yeah, there's a lot to enjoy about these films in
terms of spectacle and emotion. Let's break down

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the best Marvel moments. The nominees for best
Marvel moment of 2025 are Celestial Island

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Dogfight from Captain America, Brave New World.
Daredevil vs Bullseye from Daredevil Born Again

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Season 1. Inside the Void from Thunderbolts. Sue
fights Galactus from The Fantastic Four First

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Steps. Okay another clear standout winner for me
personally, I would have to say Inside the Void.

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That's my guess. And the winner is Daredevil vs
Bullseye from Daredevil Born Again Season 1.

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What? I thought we got such a better version of that
in past seasons of Daredevil. No, actually I think

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the Daredevil vs Bullseye fight scene was the best
version of that fight that we've gotten in this

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series. And it literally delivered on every
possible angle from the action to the spectacle to

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the emotion. It was fucking devastating. Like,
Sue dying while fighting Galactus was

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heartbreaking. But also, Foggy Nelson dying was
heartbreaking as Daredevil heard his heart stop

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at the end and then he threw Bullseye off the
building and it was emotionally devastating. I

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remember watching that first episode and just
being like, how the fuck are they gonna top this

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because that was the legitimately perfect scene.
I guess it was cool to see the two go at it in costume

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for the first time. And it was done in that now
iconic hallway fight style for the Daredevil

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series. The body count alone was massive just in
that fight and it really tore the protagonist

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completely apart. It was incredible. It probably
was the best scene of the entire show. Right. And I

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guess that's why you gave it the award for best
moment. There you go. Okay, well moving on to DC.

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The nominees for the best DC moments of 2025 are
Batman vs Kuraku from Batman Ninja vs Yakuza

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League. Die! Just as expected. EarthX reveal from
Peacemaker Season 2. Fuck me. This is your perfect

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world, huh? Mr. Terrific vs Lux's army from
Superman. I am giving you one last chance to start.

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I was just about to say the same to you. Superman vs
Planet Watch from Superman. Kill him! Good luck

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with that. These were all fantastic moments.
Geez, that's really tough. Because the Batman vs

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Superman fight in the Yakuza League movie was
probably among the best that's ever been done. But

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I think it's going to go to either the Mr. Terrific
scene or Superman vs Planet Watch. I'm going to go

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with Superman vs Planet Watch as my guess. The
winner is Superman vs Planet Watch from Superman.

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You got it. I mean, it was probably among the best
displays of Superman's abilities that we've ever

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seen on screen. It was like emotional and happy. Oh
yeah, the music during this scene and just

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watching Superman unload on an entire army of
flying soldiers in a way that we've never really

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been able to see him do before in a city alongside
crypto. It was just magical. It was heartwarming.

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I had all the feels. My arms were raised just from
the thrill of it and the theater. It was awesome. It

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was amazing how he was able to fight those guys
without completely destroying the entire city

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and killing millions of people. Yeah? You're
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Yeah, it's a fair criticism. I'm going to go with
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But now let's move on to our next award category,
which is Best Actress of 2025. It gets harder and

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harder every year to describe these categories in
a way that isn't over-reductive. Best Actress

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Award, I think you guys all know what this means.
Yeah, often in comics, women were relegated to

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sort of damsels in distress. I think as time has
gone on, comic books and filmmakers have tried to

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move away from that. And of course, have been
giving women a lot of strong roles, which I think is

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proudly displayed in the nominees this year. The
nominees for the best DC actress of 2025 are

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Danielle Brooks as Leota Adebayo from Peacemaker
Season 2. I believe in miracles because of you. I

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saw an eagle hug a human. I know who I am because of
you. Jenna Coleman as Johanna Constantine from

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The Sandman Season 2. This is the head of Orpheus,
whose song was powerful enough to sway even the

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hearts of Hades and Persephone. Jennifer Holland
as Emilia Harcourt from Peacemaker Season 2.

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Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane from Superman. All
these ladies gave strong performances, but for

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some reason I want to say Jennifer Harcourt from
Peacemaker. That's my guess. The winner is Rachel

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Brosnahan as Lois Lane from Superman. Well, maybe
I should have given it more thought. I loved Rachel

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Brosnahan as Lois Lane. I figured, even from her
casting announcement, that she was going to be the

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best Lois Lane to date, and I was not wrong. She
totally pulled off the spunk and the charm and just

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the love for the character of Superman that no
other actress has been able to do as well to date. It

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kind of seemed like she was plucked right out of the
Superman cartoon, which I think was probably one

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of the strongest depictions of the character in
modern times. Oh yeah, I totally agree. The fact

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that she was able to help expose Lex Luthor the
villain, she really dealt him a major blow in that

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film. Let's go ahead and move on to the Marvel side.
The nominees for Best Marvel Actress of 2025 are

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Dominique Thorne as Ironheart in Ironheart
Season 1. Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova in

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Thunderbolts. Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Contessa
Valentina Allegra da Fontaine in Thunderbolts.

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Vanessa Kirby as Invisible Woman in The Fantastic
Four First Steps. I personally would go with Julia

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Louis-Dreyfus. I thought she had a standout
performance. I'm actually surprised she was on

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your list for Best Villains of the Year, and I think
partially because of that you're going to give her

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the win here. And the winner is Vanessa Kirby as
Invisible Woman in The Fantastic Four First

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Steps. Well shit. Well much the same reason you
gave your award to Rachel Brosnihan for

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exemplifying the character of Lois Lane in the
Superman movie. I'm giving it to Vanessa Kirby for

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exemplifying the character of Susan Storm in The
Fantastic Four movie. Never before in all the

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other iterations of Sue Storm in the other movies
have we seen this type of very grounded, very

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motherly character as we saw in First Steps. Okay,
yeah I could buy that. It was a fantastic

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performance. And she had a lot to do with the role I
think. Not only did she believably serve as the

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glue that holds the team together, she also
believably fought and sacrificed herself for her

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kid. And I think she brought a lot of chemistry to
her role with Pedro Pascal. Vanessa Kirby just

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nailed it, she crushed it. Yeah, sold, you're
right. We're moving on to our next category, Best

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Actor. It's basically the same award as our last
category except these are the dudes. The

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genitalia is different but the award is the same.
Exactly. There of course have been tons of great DC

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and Marvel actors throughout the years. That
doesn't make the job any easier though because

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these guys have to be in peak shape, they have to be
strong and charming for the most part. Yeah they

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have to not only be good thespians, they have to be
stuntmen as well. Lesbians? Let's break down the

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nominees. The nominees for Best Marvel Actor are
Anthony Ramos as the hood in Iron Heart Season 1. So

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why are you here? I had to look you in the eye and ask
what kind of father puts his son out of the house at

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12? Charlie Cox as Daredevil in Daredevil, born
again, Season 1. It occurs to me that justice will

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not be served today. It won't be served because
whatever sentence is passed, foggy Nelson. We'll

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still be dead. Lewis Pullman as Century in
Thunderbolts. Just like the rest of them. I'm not

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afraid of you Robert. It's not Robert, you need to
be free of him. Pedro Pascal as Mr. Fantastic in The

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Fantastic Four First Steps. L is the load, R is the
lever arm connected to the load, Archimedes the

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law of levers. Give me a lever and a place to stand
and I will move the earth. For me, this is a toss up

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either between Lewis Pullman or Pedro Pascal. But
I got to say, I think I was more surprised by Lewis

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Pullman's performance and how good that was. So
he's my guess. And the winner is Lewis Pullman as

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Century in Thunderbolts. Noice, nailed it. Yeah,
I was totally unsure about Lewis Pullman when he

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was cast and replaced Stephen Yon as Bob in the
Thunderbolts movie. The dude fucking nailed it

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though. He pulled off the psychosis, the
vulnerability, the threat that the character

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posed in such a deep, emotional and convincing
way. I had to give it to the guy. It was a complex

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role. Oh for sure. And honestly, I'm not sure how
Stephen Yon or literally any other actor could

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have pulled it off as well as Lewis Pullman. I'm
sure he could have. But at that point, Stephen Yon

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probably would have won this award. It's next to be
him, as I mentioned in our review of the movie.

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Probably. But let's move on to the DC side. The
nominees for best DC actor of 2025 are David Corn

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Sweat as Superman in Superman. That is being
human. And that's my greatest strength. And

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someday, I hope for the sake of the world, you
understand that. David Harbour as Frankenstein

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in Creature Commandos season one. That would
bring balance to life, they would say. No one would

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say that. I would say that. I want. Am I not someone?
John Cena as Peacemaker in Peacemaker season two.

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I can't get your fucking break. He ends up in the
land of goodness and light with a brother who's

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still alive and a father who fucking loves him. The
good us. Tom Sturridge as Morpheus in Sandman

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season two. You've made your choice. Just as your
life is your own. So tell us your death. I think it's

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going to be a toss up between John Cena and
Morpheus. I'm going to go John Cena. That's my

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guess. The winner is David Corn Sweat as Superman
in Superman. Damn it. That was so off. Now, there

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was not a bad choice. I think John Cena probably
gave the best performance of his career in

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Peacemaker season two. That said, David Corn
Sweat, in my opinion, is the best actor to play

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Superman since Christopher Reeve. And that's a
really high bar. I think he's better in the role

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than Henry Cavill, Brandon Routh, Tyler Hochlin,
better than anyone else to play the role. Because I

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thought he nailed both Clark Kent and Superman
better than most. Now, is that due to the writing

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you think or is that because of the performance? I
think it's both. I think James Gunn is really good

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at casting for his style of writing. Because I
would say that, like, for example, Henry Cavill

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gave a great performance as Superman. He was just a
very different characterization of Superman.

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Fair. But also, I don't think there was enough
differentiation between his Superman and Clark

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Kent. Maybe intentionally so. And there should be
because that's from the source material. Clark

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Kent acts differently from Superman. Superman is
sort of the wish fulfillment idealized version of

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Clark Kent, whereas Clark Kent is supposed to be
meek and mild mannered. Makes sense. Let's go to

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move into the penultimate category this evening
for the Brothers Awards. And that is Best Marvel

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Series or Special. There weren't any specials
that came out this year. We haven't had one since

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Werewolf by Night. We're supposed to get another
special next year with The Punisher. So this is

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basically the best series award for 2025. I think
we've said this before in previous award shows,

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but this award, I think, becomes more and more
important every year as we get better and better

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quality television series that rival and even
sometimes outperform the quality of what we're

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seeing in theaters. Oh, yeah. Comics are a long
form storytelling medium. So it's no surprise

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that their stories would be better translated to a
long form medium like a television series. The

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production value on these things, like you
mentioned, continues to improve. And I'm pretty

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excited about this year's nominees. The nominees
for the best DC series of 2025 are Creature

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Commandos Season 1. Harley Quinn Season 5.
Peacemaker Season 2. The Sandman Season 2. Uh,

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Sandman Season 2 final answer. The winner is...
The Sandman Season 2. Of course it was. It was so

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freaking good. I was worried about it. I'm not
going to lie. I was worried about it about how they

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were going to close out the show, but they did it
perfectly, in my opinion. I mean, they condensed

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so much material into just like 12 episodes, but
they did a really good job in the translation from

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print to screen, I think, and staying on track with
the character of Dream. Everything. Everything

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from the casting, the performances, to the music,
to the direction, to, you're right, the

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adaptation of the story. I feel like it should have
been harder to pull off, but they did it in just a

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masterpiece of a season and really a show. I mean,
the Sandman series is one of modern literature's

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greatest tragedies, and Season 2 was a lot more
heavy on the tragedy aspect of it. And I remember

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being devastated watching it. If I'm ever put in a
situation where I only get to watch one television

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series again for the rest of my life, I'm choosing
the Sandman. Both seasons. Really? Interesting.

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Hell yeah. You think you'd pick something with
more seasons, though? That's fair. I'd probably

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go like Game of Thrones or Breaking Bad or
something. You know what? No, I'm going to stand by

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it. I'll stick with the Sandman. It's pretty
varied. You're probably still safe with that

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choice. But let's go to move on to Marvel. The
nominations for the best Marvel series of 2025 are

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Daredevil, Born Again, Season 1 Iron Heart,
Season 1 Marvel Zombies, Season 1 Your friendly

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neighborhood Spider-Man, Season 1 I think this
one's obvious. I think it's Daredevil, Born

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Again. And the winner is Marvel Zombies, Season 1
Well, I didn't watch it, so how would I know? Marvel

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Zombies was fucking everything that I wanted it to
be. Now, it wasn't an adaptation of the comic book

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story of Marvel Zombies, which largely takes
place after the zombie apocalypse has happened

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and we see the state of all these Marvel heroes as
zombies. The show was more about survival and it

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had a great kickoff with the What If episode. This
carried on and told a truly harrowing and

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horrifying story. The main characters were
Kamala Khan, Miss Marvel, and Shang-Chi, as well

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as featuring a version of Blade that was like
amalgamated with Moon Knight. So it kind of felt

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like the Avengers movie that we're probably never
going to get with all those new characters. But it

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was funny and it was violent, and I think it was
everything that it needed to be in a way more so than

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these other shows were. Now, in all honesty, I
actually almost gave this award to your friendly

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neighborhood Spider-Man because I really came
around on that show, especially in the latter half

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of Season 1. Not only did it tell some of the best
origin stories for Spider-Man's villains,

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probably ever when the story wasn't bogged down by
teenage drama or whatever. The show was really

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well done, but in the end, I think it kind of tied for
Daredevil born again in terms of my enjoyment of

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it, whereas Marvel Zombies, I had a blast from
start to finish. And Marvel Zombies was a

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mini-series, right? It was only, what, like six
episodes? Four episodes. Oh, wow. Talk about

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getting banged for your buck. Yeah, you should
watch it next Halloween season. I highly

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recommend it if you haven't seen it. If you like
Zombie Fair, I think a lot of people will probably

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not be thrilled that it stars some lesser-known
Marvel characters, but if you're a fan of Kamala

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Khan like I am, like I loved the Miss Marvel
television series, and I thought Amon Valani was

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one of the strongest parts of the Marvels movie. If
you loved Shang-Chi like I did, if you're really

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looking forward to seeing what Blade will be like,
or if you loved Moon Knight, yeah, just watch

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Marvel Zombies. But also, I would recommend
watching the Marvel Zombies episode of What If

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first, and then going into the Marvel Zombies
season. Really, it's a five-episode season,

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because that first What If episode is crucial.
Gotcha. Okay, good advice. Moving on to our final

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category of the show of the year. Best motion
picture. Best film, really. Yeah, no one calls

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them motion pictures anymore, except for the
Oscars. This award is, again, basically like the

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previous award, just with, again, different
genitalia. Couldn't have said it better myself.

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No, Joseph and I are huge movie fans. It's one of the
reasons we started this podcast. I love going to

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the theaters, and I'm glad to see more and more
people continuing to do so after the pandemic.

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Come on, that was five years ago, people. Let's get
our asses back in the theaters. My ass loves my

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couch, though. That's loser talk, bro. Get out
there, lazy bastard. Honestly, the movie theater

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seats in the theaters near me are like leather and
reclining now. It's great. It's way more

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comfortable than my couch. All right, then. But
anyway, there's nothing quite like experiencing

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a story on a massive screen with a bunch of people.
Let's break down the nominees. The nominees for

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Best Marvel Picture of 2025 are Captain America,
Brave New World. The Fantastic Four First Steps.

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Thunderbolts. And that's it. Just three nominees
for Marvel. Well, of those easily hands down, I

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would say my favorite was Fantastic Four First
Steps. So that's my guess. And the winner is...

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Thunderbolts. That would have been my second
guess. You lose. I win. I don't know what I win. No,

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Thunderbolts was every bit as good as the
Fantastic Four First Steps in terms of my

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enjoyment of them. They were very different
movies. The difference being that Thunderbolts

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had something to say, which is not entirely common
among films in this genre. Fantastic Four looked

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amazing, had great art direction, truly brought
the heroes to life on the big screen in a way that

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other attempts failed. But Thunderbolts, I
think, is the best type of movie for the superhero

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genre in that it really brought more to the table
than just spectacle in action. It was more of a

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psychological exploration. And it was funny. And
it's still delivered on the action. Yes,

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psychological thrillers are some of my favorite
films of all time. I really liked the Thunderbolts

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when it came out. In fact, I called it my favorite
Marvel film up until that point. And so Fantastic

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Four came out, which I started calling that my
favorite Marvel film up until that point. But only

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because I think I cared about the characters a
little bit more. And I think the filmmaking was a

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little better in terms of, you know,
cinematography and stuff like that. But that's

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not to discount Thunderbolts. It was a really cool
movie, really well done movie, a little bit

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smaller in scope. But I agree with you that I
appreciate that it had a message. Yes, scope isn't

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everything. Yeah, you compare the scope of these
two films and they couldn't be more different. But

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I think what also contributed to my ultimate
decision was that the first act and the latter part

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of the second act of the Fantastic Four movie were
too montagey. There was too much dicing and

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slicing in the editing room for the Fantastic Four
first steps, whereas that was not the case for

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Thunderbolts. That's fair. Yeah, that's a fair
criticism for sure. Made it harder to connect with

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the characters than it should have been. Whereas
it was surprisingly easy to connect with C tier

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characters that appeared in the Thunderbolts.
Right. Good choice. Good choice. I'm glad you went

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with that choice. But moving on to DC, also just
three nominees. The nominees for the best DC

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picture of 2025 are Aztec Batman, Clash of
Empires. Batman Ninja versus Yakuza League.

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Superman. Superman, obviously. Final answer.
The winner is Aztec Batman, Clash of Clans. I'm

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just joking. Bullshit. The winner is Superman. It
was an easy choice. As much as I really liked Batman

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Ninja versus Yakuza League, I had to go with
Superman. It was just a better experience

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overall. An exciting experience as it kicked off
James Gunn's DCU. It was a terrific Superman film

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with all of the heart and hope and goodness that you
want out of a Superman movie. In a way that I feel

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like we haven't had in a really long time. The
music, the score, the story, the performances,

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all commendable. I just really loved this film.
And I'm not the only one. I can't tell you how many

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Instagram reels I've seen of people just loving on
the Superman movie. Just going home and feeling

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good about being a punk rocker or wanting to be a
punk rocker like Superman, who's extremely nice

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and sees the good in everyone. It's a great message
for a Superman film to have in particular. First of

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all, Superman isn't punk rock as much as he wants to
claim that he is. He's the new punk rock. Second of

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all, I totally beat you at this year's Brothers
Awards. I just want you to know that I know it's not

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like an actual competition, but I won in terms of
our guesses. Oh, wait, wait, what are we keeping

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score now? Is this some kind of contest? Yes. What
was the score? I don't know. Okay. Third of all,

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yes, Superman was a good movie. It was fine. I don't
think he compared to Thunderbolts. And frankly,

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I'm tired of hearing about Superman. Well, that's
just Hater talk. Hater. Hater's going to hate. And

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I guess you'll be doing given more hating next year
because we'll be discussing Supergirl. Yeah, I'm

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already not looking forward to it, but thankfully
I'll be able to go at least a few precious months

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without hearing you talk about Superman. Cause
I'm a punk rocker. Yes, I am. Okay. But that does it

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for this award show, guys. We hope you enjoyed it
this year. Let us know which awards you agreed

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with, which awards you didn't agree with. Follow
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As we transition into the new year and the new

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format where we're doing only reviews, no more
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tiers and opening up our Discord to anyone who
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or just shoot the shit with us because we'll still
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Konsole Kombat. In our next episode, we are going
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Lizard, the Spider-Man villain. That should be a
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individual dual matchup for the show. Do not miss
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final thank you to our executive producers, Jon
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