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Bonus Episode: Ranking the 70s/80s Marvel Cinematic Universe featuring Tarik Davis
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Sadly friends, it’s the end of Marc’s Miserable MARVELous May II, where we celebrate the New World Pictures era of Marvel, and we wanted to send it off with a celebration and ranking of the 1970s and 1980s Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) with our special guest - returning from last year's 90s MCU ranking - filmmaker and actor Tarik Davis.
We rank our top 8 from this list of Marvel movie classics: Spider-Man (1977), Dr. Strange (1978), Captain America and Captain America II: Death Too Soon (1979), Howard the Duck (1986), The Incredible Hulk Returns (1988), The Trial of the Incredible Hulk (1989) and The Punisher (1989). And how we rank these will surprise you!
We also discuss a potential a new nickname for Erica and Tarik's friendship. We talk about the movie selection process of Little Ryan. And, of course, we talk about that time Marc opened up and PRAISED a Marvel movie! You won't want to miss this!
For more about Tarik, head here: https://tarikdavis.com/.
For more about the podcast, go to www.newworldpicturespodcast.com.
We rank our top 8 from this list of Marvel movie classics: Spider-Man (1977), Dr. Strange (1978), Captain America and Captain America II: Death Too Soon (1979), Howard the Duck (1986), The Incredible Hulk Returns (1988), The Trial of the Incredible Hulk (1989) and The Punisher (1989). And how we rank these will surprise you!
We also discuss a potential a new nickname for Erica and Tarik's friendship. We talk about the movie selection process of Little Ryan. And, of course, we talk about that time Marc opened up and PRAISED a Marvel movie! You won't want to miss this!
For more about Tarik, head here: https://tarikdavis.com/.
For more about the podcast, go to www.newworldpicturespodcast.com.
206 episodes
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Sadly friends, it’s the end of Marc’s Miserable MARVELous May II, where we celebrate the New World Pictures era of Marvel, and we wanted to send it off with a celebration and ranking of the 1970s and 1980s Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) with our special guest - returning from last year's 90s MCU ranking - filmmaker and actor Tarik Davis.
We rank our top 8 from this list of Marvel movie classics: Spider-Man (1977), Dr. Strange (1978), Captain America and Captain America II: Death Too Soon (1979), Howard the Duck (1986), The Incredible Hulk Returns (1988), The Trial of the Incredible Hulk (1989) and The Punisher (1989). And how we rank these will surprise you!
We also discuss a potential a new nickname for Erica and Tarik's friendship. We talk about the movie selection process of Little Ryan. And, of course, we talk about that time Marc opened up and PRAISED a Marvel movie! You won't want to miss this!
For more about Tarik, head here: https://tarikdavis.com/.
For more about the podcast, go to www.newworldpicturespodcast.com.
We rank our top 8 from this list of Marvel movie classics: Spider-Man (1977), Dr. Strange (1978), Captain America and Captain America II: Death Too Soon (1979), Howard the Duck (1986), The Incredible Hulk Returns (1988), The Trial of the Incredible Hulk (1989) and The Punisher (1989). And how we rank these will surprise you!
We also discuss a potential a new nickname for Erica and Tarik's friendship. We talk about the movie selection process of Little Ryan. And, of course, we talk about that time Marc opened up and PRAISED a Marvel movie! You won't want to miss this!
For more about Tarik, head here: https://tarikdavis.com/.
For more about the podcast, go to www.newworldpicturespodcast.com.
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