Dragonfly Ripple: Bringing Up The Next Generation Of Nerds

Annaliese and Carlin discuss two of the Christopher Guest-directed mockumentaries: Best in Show and A Mighty Wind. Also, Harlan Pepper better stop naming nuts.

An episode that was supposed to be about Ghostbusters went off the rail super quick. So this is mostly a huge waste of time that snowballs into one of the oddest episodes we've ever done. Plus: Annaliese discovers Grimace from the McDonaldland characters for the first time.

Annaliese hosts this special episode of Jetpack Tiger talking about the first four books and movies in the Harry Potter universe.

A show that Carlin has been itching to do since the podcast began! Annaliese has finally watched the UK sci-fi comedy, Red Dwarf. Find out if it was everything to her that Carlin made it out to be.

David and Michael talk about the dark and hard-to-watch first season of Jessica Jones.

Concluding an earlier discussion about the 1960s Batman series, Carlin and the kids have finally finished that series and discuss the oddities of season 3, only to follow that up with something even worse...1979's Legend of the Superheroes. Is Legend canon? Listen to our discussion on it to find out what we think.

David and Michael talk about their favorite parts of the superhero comedy and whether its villain is worthy of the rest of it. They also start ranking the MCU heroes in this episode and wonder why they haven't been doing that all along.

We've talked about the Bone comics before with Annaliese, but now Dashiell has taken it upon himself to read the comics. Annaliese hosts this edition of the show where Dashiell gives his thoughts on this epic comic book series from Jeff Smith.

A few months ago, we talked about the first half of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Now here how Annaliese liked the back half which includes the Dominion War, the death of a major character and a slew of new characters.

David and Michael discuss the second Avengers movie and whether it lives up to the promise of the first one. They also talk about Brutasha, compare Quicksilvers, and decide how they'd like to see the X-Men introduced to the MCU.

David and Michael discuss the first season of Netflix's Daredevil and why it's so brutally violent.

David and Michael discuss Marvel's exploration of the space opera genre, the characters that inhabit it, and how it connects to the rest of the Cinematic Universe.

David and Michael hash out why this is one of David's least favorite Marvel movies, but one of Michael's favorites. There's some Agents of Shield discussion along the way, but mostly it's all spies and lies and the mortality of Nick Fury.

David and Michael discuss the evolution of Loki's character arc, the Thor/Jane 'ship, and whether Malekith is a good villain. And of course, lots of connections to the other Marvel movies.

David and Michael tackle the final Iron Man solo film and talk about how its darker subject matter affects their enjoyment.

David and Michael discuss the unlikely miracle that is Joss Whedon's The Avengers as well as its effect on the Marvel movies (and TV shows) that followed it.

Michael and David talk about Marvel's hunkiest hero and the increasingly complicated continuity of the MCU.

Michael and David discuss the first MCU sequel and talk about whether it stands on its own as a story or if it's mostly just there to set up future films. And starting with this episode, they begin ranking the MCU movies and villains so far.

Michael and David talk about David's introduction to one of his favorite superheroes and how the movie connects to the '78 TV series, Ang Lee's Hulk, and the rest of the Marvel MCU.

Michael and David continue their Marvel Cinematic Universe watch-through with the movie that launched the series-proper. They focus on characters and the seeds that grow the universe, but also have a fun discussion about just who Nick Fury was thinking of when he said, "You think you're the only superhero?"