Catching Up on the Uncanny X-Cast 1-52

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Episode 24

- Rob: "The Avengers suck."
- Rob's not happy about the odd team composition post-Shi'ar in Uncanny X-Men #487.
- X-Men #200 is enjoyed, but the continuity issues arising from Astonishing X-Men's delays are discussed.
- 1st Casting Call of an X-Factor movie; check out the picks .
- Both hosts love Mr. Holland's Opus.
- Rob admits to watching Falcon Beach and other ABC Family shows; Brian admits to watching Passions...
- Retro Reviews of Uncanny #118-121.
- Rob asks Brian, "What is it with you and these dorky teams?" Citing Alpha Flight, Power Pack and Teen Titans as examples.

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Episode 25

- Neither can believe they've done 25 episodes.
- Opinions about Uncanny X-Men are improving as #488 is discussed.
- Rob: "There's like a little penis on the bottom of Alabama."
- Live calls to listeners including the infamous call to Rick in Birmingham, AL who claims to work at Rob's comic shop, confronts Brian about ordering through DCBS.
- Retro Reviews of Uncanny X-Men #122-124 and Annual #3

Episode 26

- Brian continues to be entertained by Rob's comic shop mishaps.
- The show has a Facebook page.
- Both hosts regret using their real names on the show.
- Brian is surprised that he admitted to liking Passions, then admits to having watched Days of Our Lives as well.
- Voicemail about Brian's "Paradox" fan fiction, causing him to call out Rob's student films.
- World War Hulk: X-Men #2 is slammed; Brian: "I feel like Marvel is raping me."
- Jokes about Cypher and Mammomax being the "messiah" of Messiah Complex.
- Retro Reviews of Uncanny X-Men #125-128.
- "I can't believe people actually download and listen to this crap."

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Episode 27

- X-Rap Intro
- Some listeners mistook the announcement of a new Facebook page as one on Myspace
- Lots of e-mail coming in about Brian's "Paradox" fanfic
- Rob: "almost done with the Mammomax sketch."
- Promos made for the show based on the old Hostess ads in comics are played.
- Discussing Uncanny X-Men #489, Rob remarks that Johnny Storm's "pants are glues to his rectum."
- Inside the Mansion on Skids.
- Retro Review of Uncanny #120-135. "Xavier is a dick."
- Top 5 is Disney themes for X-characters.
- Brian gave his sons nightmares with Fraggle Rock.

Episode 28

- Rob on being a father - "It's not that different"; "Kind of like having a fussy dog."
- Top 5 Disney songs did not receive much feedback.
- Brian sold comics to finance engagement ring.
- Rob gave all his baseball cards to his brother to trade bedrooms in high school.
- UncannyXmen.net ban is mentioned, "personal enemies of the show."
- Rob thinks Messiah Complex will eliminate all alternate timelines.
- Neither host are excited by X-Force promo images with the characters in black costumes, having red eyes.
- The delays have taken all the drama out of Astonishing X-Men, they find #22 underwhelming.
- Discussion of how Ramos art may be pushing casual fans away from Carey's X-Men, such as issue #202.
- Rob thinks Gambit is a double agent.
- Top 5 adjectiveless X-Men covers.
- Retro Reviews of Uncanny #134-137.

[CountNefaria]

Dear god I love these. My favorite of the past 3: "Rob and Brian BOTH love Mr. Holland's Opus" WTF!?!? So great.

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[MJStarchilde]

I don't recall if Rick was who he said he was.

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As I recall, Mr Hollands Opus was a bit melodramatic, but I found the theme of an older creative person getting the chance to realize an artistic dream hard to resist emotionally.

[MJStarchilde]

I realized my artist dreams by watching Hackers.

[CountNefaria]

Hackers is a huge cult classic favorite of mine.

[MJStarchilde]

It is an awesome movie

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Episode 29

- Rob, #7 in his house, says "I think my wife has gotten a little bossier."
- The show's website now has its own URL.
- Rob still hasn't finished the Mammomax sketch.
- Listener Locke leaves a voicemail during which he finds a maxi-pad on the ground near his feet.
- Brian calls Bionic Woman "the next Buffy."
- Both hosts love Gossip Girl.
- This is the "all-positive comment" episode.
- Brian, on the all-positive thing, "This is harder than I thought."
- Top 5 is current team members.
- Retro reviews of Uncanny #138-142, Annual #4, featuring "Wendiiiiiiiiiigo."
- Brian, on the all-positive thing, "I've had enough of this crap."

Episode 30

- Rob still hasn't finished the Mammomax sketch.
- No one liked the all-positive comments.
- Rob read Marvel Zombies 2 out loud to his 1 month year old.
- More Gossip Girl talk
- Rob complains about Red Sox bandwagon fans
- Voicemail prompts reveal of the BWF - Backyard Wrestling Federation
- Brian was "The Heartthrob"
- Rob was "Cowboy Bob Briscoe"
- Wolverine: Origins #18 is "good enough" and "fun."
- In X-Men #203 discussion, Gambit being a double agent is thought to be too obvious, Rob doesnt think Mystique is still a villain.
- Inside the Mansion on Dark Beast.
- Top 5 DC Characters; Rob's mom made him stop watching the Wonder Woman TV show because he was so obsessive about it.
- Retro reviews of Uncanny #143-147.
- Solicitations for January 2008; Rob says, "I wanna punch Warren Ellis in the face."

Episode 31

- Clip show

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Episode 32

- Received complaints that there was no Count Nefaria in the the clip show.
- Rob accuses Brian of eating 37 chicken nuggets while watching college basketball.
- Brian's wife told him he shouldn't be watching the new Degrassi show.
- More Gossip Girl talk... (Rob is tempted to buy the books...)
- Brian wants to cancel the podcast before his kids are old enough to realize he does a comic book podcast.
- Rob still hasn't finished the Mammomax sketch. He promises to finish before the next episode of he will read and review the rest of X-Men: Die By the Sword.
- Speaking of... X-Men: Die By the Sword #1... Rob says Claremont must be having another stroke and Brian asks him to stop bashing the guy so they can have him on the show.
- Top 5 is X-Men Crossovers.

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Episode 33

- Rob is tired after getting drunk at X-Mas party.
- Brian is tired because his son woke up afraid of the Abominable Snowman from Rudolph.
- Rob finally finished the Mammomax sketch with no. 2 pencil on printer paper and Brian never opened the e-mail with the scan of it.
- The Uncanny X-Cast logo comes up when you Google "Mammomax."
- Reaction to the ASM One More Day story.
- Brian didn't realize his Facebook profile could be private.
- Rob promised "Tony Mobile Home" that he would review every X-Men First Class issue.
- Rob predicts a digital "add-on code" again; also .99 cent digital comics.
- Rob predicts the iPad, or rather, something "thin as a clipboard that is just a screen that your comic plays on."
- Brian says, "You'd never be able to read comics on something like that," and "I don't buy that there'd ever be some kind of online player to read comics," and "I don't think people would want to lug those around."
- Rob says Claremont should retire, "go fishing, call it a life."
- Uncanny X-Men #492, "Forge doesn't count enough to be a traitor."
- Rob guesses the new mutant baby will be revealed to have red hair and be related to the Phoenix. Brian hopes the baby will be "nobody" and Rob doubts that will be the case.
- Astonishing X-Men #23 is anti-climatic and reads "a little smug."
- Casting Call - X-Men into Star Wars roles.
- Retro Reviews of Uncanny #153-55, and Avengers Annual #10.
- Rob says Spider-Woman is "terrible," looks "45 years old and weathered and disgusting."
- Rob is embarrassed to own a run of Vampirella.
- "Maybe the next show can be short."

Episode 34

- Count Nefaria Presents X-Mas Spooktacular!
- Rob does his Cypher impression: "I can do computers."
- Brian's son is into Peter Porker: Spider-Ham, but he can't find any issues.
- Rob tells Brian to watch One Tree Hill.
- Brian complains about Rob making false promises.
- Rob's wife thinks Man-Thing is cute.
- Uncanny X-Men #493 - Brian, "Maybe Cyclops is a skrull."
- X-Factor #26 - Predator X is an unnecessary, unthreatening part of Messiah Complex.
- 2007 Year End Awards
- Biggest Disappointment: B - Joss Whedon; R - Ed Brubaker
- Best Writer - Both: Mike Carey
- Best Artist - B - Choi; R - Bachalo
- Best Cover - Both: X-23 #3
- Best Mini-Series: Both: X-23
- Breakout Character: Both - Pixie
- Best Villain: B - Purifiers; R - Lady Mastermind
- Comeback Character: - B - Magik; R - Cable
- MVP/X-Man of the Year: Both - Cyclops
- Best Moment: Both - Cable revealed to have the mutant baby.
- Best Issue: B - X-Men #204; R - New X-Men #42
- Best Ongoing: Both - X-Men.
- In Retro Reviews, Rob says "I hate the Fantastic Four" and that "Tigra sucks."

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Episode 35

- Joke about changing name to "Astonishing X-Cast" due to delays from last episode.
- Rob bought 6 Walking Dead trades
- The "X-Men: First Class" song/review is debuted.
- Rob predicts that the baby Cable saved will come back from the future all grown up.
- Neither hosts are much impressed with the post-Messiah Complex status quo changes.
- Solicitations for April 2008... which are underwhelming.
- Hosts are shocked that they are excited about a book about Bishop and Cable (Cable)
- Rob jokes about switching the podcast to cover the Avengers instead
- Retro Reviews of Uncanny #160 and the Magik mini

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Episode 36

- Brian is now in new home and recording from his basement.
- Jeff Parker mentioned Rob's X-Men First Class song on his blog.
- Rob gave Brian his Giant-Sized Man Thing for his birthday.
- The nature of the Uncanny X-Net ban is explained due to listener request.
- If they had to choose a male X-Man to sleep with Rob would sleep with Colossus because he'd "tear it up" and Brian would choose Gambit because he has "long hair."
- They are ready for Whedon's run on Astonishing to come to an end. In more interesting news, Brian's son calls Colossus Bogossus.
- Rob calls Wolverine: Origins #20 "cute."
- X-Phone with Brian Reber who colored the death scene of Mammomax!
- Casting Call of Scooby Doo
- Retro Reviews of Uncanny Annual 6, #161-66.
- Rob thinks Brian just likes Lockheed to piss him off.

Episode 37

- Brian: "The Dracula issue was good!"
- Brian recounts jumping into a Dungeons and Dragons game in a Massachusetts gaming store
- Rob, "Did you bust out Tharen Summermoon?"
- Brian, "You used to play a freaking girl!"
- The "girl's" name was Gaylen Sweetwater.
- Rob tries to figure out how to get a Cobra Commander sketch for free when Robert Atkins writes in.
- Brian has a constant fear that it will be discovered that he does an X-Men podcast.
- X-Factor #28 causes them to wonder, among other things, if Guido is the only Italian X-man.
- X-Phone with Jason Aaron, whose mom and best friend both shop at Kingdom Comics, Rob's store.
- Retro Reviews of New Mutants Graphic Novel; New Mutants 1-4 and Uncanny 167.
- May 2008 Solicitations
- Rob sums up Brian liking the Young X-Men #2 cover: "You're just essentially saying 'I like big tits.'"
- 1st Fastball Special
- Ideal Wolverine movie? Rob: "Suicide."

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Episode 38

- "Dad, I can have a Kit Kat or something?"
- Rob is not allowed to watch TV without Amanda.
- Brian is e-mail buddies with the creator of V.
- Rob thinks that the Captain America who died is "100% a Skrull" and things Secret Invasion is going to be "disastrous" and "terrible."
- Rob took 11 years to finish college.
- the father of a listener is "obsessed" with Brian's voice
- Rob thinks HeroClix groups are "elitist"
- Brian had called out Rob for being influenced by the opinions of Paul of the X-Axis.
- Drunk, incomprehensible voicemail from "girl splayed against the tree"; "please drunk dial us."
- Rob calls Romita Jr. art in X-Men: Legacy 208 an X-Men cartoon on paper and Scot Eaton's work, "literally grotesque."
- Retro reviews of Uncanny #168-171, and God Loves, Man Kills.
- "We're having a contest to see who will be banging our wives..."
- "Madrox is a gangbang; that's no good."
- Laura gets Colossus, and Rob remarks, "I'm not a big guy, so it just makes me uncomfortable," therefore choosing Angel for Amanda.
- Brian thinks Professor X's code name should be Mindwipe.

Episode 39

- Colossus and Rob's wife intro.
- Post NYCC episode; discussion of Brian's experiences..
- Tony "Mobile Home"'s Avengers "testicle collection"
- Rob insists Kitty Pryde is pregnant
- Both liked Secret Invasion #1
- X-Men Baseball Teams; Brian has the heroes, Rob has the villains; Rob: "You know who doesn't win a baseball game? Dead people."
- Retro reviews of Wolverine mini-series and New Mutants #5.
- Asked to choose between New Exiles and New Excalibur Rob says, "suicide."

Episode 40

- Plan for episode 50 is "white noise."
- Another FCBD at Kingdom Comics; Han won a Luke Skywalker statue
- Rob has never read Watchmen; "If it doesn't have an X or a 'Joe' in the title, you can pretty much count me out."
- It's clarified that Morrison was indeed responsible for cat Beast, not Claremont.
- Discussion of similarities between baseball and comics fandoms.
- Brian went to 7 proms.
- Brian, "We used to drink Hawaiian Punch and vodka."
- Rob, "You're such a girl."
- Brian, "You used to drink them with me."
- Rob, "Dammit. Dammit!"
- Rob gets "literally aroused" when they are playing games in the back of his LCS.
- Brian, "I'm reading too many comics."
- Cable #2 is "awful"; X-Factor #30 is a "poor man's Murderworld."
- Casting Call of the Breakfast Club.
- Retro reviews of New Mutants #6 and 7, Uncanny 172-174.
- Rob accuses Corsair of bestiality for sleeping with Hepzebah
- We find out in Fastball Special that Rob is a breasts guy and Brian is an ass man.
- Rob posts on the forums "about fifty times a day"

[MJStarchilde]

I wonder if Brian is still email buddies with the V guy?