018- MARCH MUTANT MOVIE MADNESS: X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) and Dark Phoenix (2019) with Ollie Phresh
Hello again, students! This week, your professors are joined by a special guest who you for sure know the work of: Ollie! (@olliephresh) They join us to discuss two much maligned movies in the franchise: Apocalypse and Dark Phoenix.
Topics include: What happened to these movies, why are there so many characters, which of these is worse or better, a lovely tangent about Wolverine and the X-Men, and the Eraserhead baby!
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Special Thanks to Ollie (@olliephresh) for providing our theme music and Hayden (@mcuwaititi) for our graphic design work.
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