We're Something of Podcasters Ourselves... No Way Home & Hawkeye Discussions - Renegade Capes #17
Tonight, on a web spun episode of RPC Capes... we've got a double threat of a show as Captain Kaye, The Director, Lord Hades, and OrganoidZero round out the previous year's Marvelous escapades with discussions of Hawkeye, and Spider-Man: No Way Home!
How’s it going, fellow Renegades? It is I! JAPIN’ Joshua Lozano, also known as THE DIRECTOR! And boy do we have a humdinger of a podcast for ya in store! It’s an electrifyin’, high flyin’ adventure which features the likes of CREATIVE Captain Kaye, OSPACIOUS OrganoidZero, and HIGH ENERGY Lord Hades! If you can’t tell by my outdated but hopefully charming writing style, we’re diving back into the world of Marvel for this installment.
Last year was a stacked year for Marvel Studios, with 9 projects that got unleashed to the world after an entire year of hibernating. But like most things, the best ones were saved for last with the Matt Fraction/David Aja inspired Hawkeye, and the finale to the home trilogy with Spider-Man: No Way Home! We had a lot to say about these ones in particular, and it was a lot of fun to come back to the podcast and talk about the culmination of three decades of Spider-Man coming together.
That’s all well and good, but JOSH. What didja think of the film and the show?! Well, strap in fellow Renegades… because you’re in for a wild show!
But if you wanna dive into a more detailed look? I’ll go ahead and kick it over to the Cap’n himself!
SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME (2021)
“Ok, I will do my best to keep this review as spoiler-free as possible, but just in case you don't want to know ANYTHING about the movie before you see it, bookmark this page and come back to it later. With that being said, if there's one thing that this movie shares with Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (aside from the obvious), it's that both seem to perfectly understand the core characteristics of the titular hero. The irony is not lost on me that the biggest and most ambitious external plot allowed Watts, McKenna and Sommers to create the most personal character arc for Holland's Peter Parker. As much as I have enjoyed the previous Holland films, one of their biggest criticisms has been a superficial understanding of the character. But third time's the charm, and it's here that Watts finally figured it out: Spider-Man's greatest adversary is Peter Parker. Not to speak ill of the dead, but Uncle Ben's exclusion from the previous films was never a dealbreaker for me, because anyone could have delivered the mantra ‘with great power comes great responsibility.’ I won't spoil how, but this movie finds a way to get there in a way that works within the MCU. As for the inclusion of villains from previous Spider-Man films, this worked so much better than I ever thought was possible. On the surface, one could argue that they're just here to weaponize our nostalgia, but there's more going on under the surface, and it's great seeing actors such as Willem Dafoe and Alfred Molina slipping back into their respective roles like a glove. The writing is great, the action is phenomenal, and this might just be Michael Giacchino's best score of the trilogy. But most importantly, this movie proves without a shadow of a doubt that Tom Holland was born to play Spider-Man. I'd say more, but this is literally all I can do without diving into spoilers. It's a Marvel movie, you know not to leave before the credits role, and you DEFINITELY want to stick around for the 2nd. Understanding that we're still in the middle of a pandemic, I hope you all have a fun and safe time at the movies!” - Captain Kaye
Well, that’ll do it for this episode! Special thanks to Brock for providing the video AND the audio for this installment! Thwip your way to the RPC webpages, and be ready for a new episode very soon…
