Summary: We move East of West this week, and talk Stranger Things, DC FanDome, Lovecraft Country, Perry Mason, The Muppets NOW, and Spider-Woman! Take the jump and check out this week’s Major Spoilers Podcast. Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) NEWShttps://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/stranger-things-creators-departure-halloween-spookiness-season-4-plans-1307226 http://majorspoilers.com/2020/08/14/dc-comics-for-november-2020/ https://majorspoilers.com/2020/08/14/dc-fandome-release-full-programming-schedule/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dc-fandome-release-full-programming-schedule https://www.idwpublishing.com/seven-of-nine-helms-new-star-trek-voyager-comic-book-miniseries-from-idw/ REVIEWS STEPHEN LOVECRAFT COUNTRY EPISODE 1 HBOMAX Release Date: August 16, 2020 Based on Matt Ruff ’s novel of the same name, Lovecraft Country follows Atticus Freeman (Jonathan Majors) as he meets up with his friend Letitia (Jurnee Smollett) and his Uncle George (Courtney B. Vance) to embark on a road trip across 1950s Jim Crow America in search of his missing father (Michael Kenneth Williams). This begins a struggle to survive and overcome both the racist terrors of white America and the terrifying monsters that could be ripped from a Lovecraft paperback. Lovecraft Country is executive produced by showrunner Misha Green along with J.J. Abrams, Jordan Peele, Bill Carraro, Yann Demange, Daniel Sackheim, and David Knoller. [rating:5/5] MATTHEW SPIDER-WOMAN #3 Writer: Karla Pacheco Artist:Pere Perez Publisher: Marvel Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: August 19, 2020 With another all-out attack on her client, Spider-Woman is really beginning to regret taking this gig. As the tables turn yet again, a quick escape leads to the last place on Earth Jess wants to be. \The shocking return of someone from Jess’s past ups the ante and throws Spider-Woman’s life into chaos! [rating:2.5/5] RODRIGO MUPPETS NOW Directed By: Vito Masano, Rufus Scot Church, Chris Alender Service: Disney + Release Date: Weekly Episodes Starting July 31 Muppets Now “Muppets Now” is The Muppets Studio’s first unscripted series and first original series for Disney+. In the six-episode season, Scooter rushes to make his delivery deadlines and upload the brand-new Muppet series for streaming. They are due now, and he’ll need to navigate whatever obstacles, distractions, and complications the rest of the Muppet gang throws at him. [rating: 3.5/5] ASHLEY PERRY MASON CHAPTER 8 Writer: Rolin Jones & Ron Fitzgerald & Kevin J. Hynes Director: Tim Van Patten Starring: Matthew Rhys Network: HBO [Max] Release Date: August 9, 2020 Set in 1932 Los Angeles, this edgy, noirish update puts a new spin on the iconic character with Mason (Matthew Rhys) as a low-rent private investigator who digs into a controversial and politically loaded case. [rating: 4.5/5] DISCUSSION EAST OF WEST VOLUME 1 Writer: Jonathan Hickman Artist: Nick Dragotta Publisher: Image Comics Cover Price: $14.46 This is the world. It is not the one we wanted, but it is the one we deserved. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse roam the Earth, signaling the End Times for humanity, and our best hope for life, lies in DEATH! CLOSE Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939. A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends!
