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In this episode we talk about the controversies of James Gunn and Trevor Noah. We discuss outrage culture and the mechanism of social media that is geared to fanning the flames rather than nuance. Vy gives us a rundown of Comic Con with the exciting trailers coming out. We are skeptical about Aquaman and Shazam and have some questions about reboots of Buffy and Charmed. We then dig deep into Star Wars: The Clone Wars and its new season and the impact the original animation had on the Star Wars franchise. Ali makes a case about small screen hitting harder than their silver screen counterparts in the nerd world from Clone Wars to Gifted to Cloak and Dagger, all are better quality storytelling than Last Jedi, X-Men, or MCU. We wrap up with a discussion on Fantastic Beasts.
