This week on the podcast, author Laramie Dean joins me to talk about the 2006 mixed metaphor X-Men: The Last Stand! It’s the third effort in the X-Men film series, and it’s the story of what happens when the studio wants to make one movie, and the director and screenwriter want to make a different one.

As two plotlines collide, we ask the important questions: Why are powerful women always out of control? Can you actually tell the “Dark Phoenix” story in a movie? Is this a decent metaphor for queerness? and most importantly, What’s up with the kid who can change TV channels with his eyes?

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Here’s Act 2:

And Act 3:

Next episode:
The season ends with a beginning:
Batman Begins!

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