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Season 7 Finale!!!With releases across streaming and theatrical that included two new Marvel series, two new Marvel Films, the return of Darth Vader and Obi-Wan Kenobi, the return of Pete "Maverick" Mitchell. Stranger Things season 4 and a brand new season of The Boys. So was this, in fact, the greatest Summer in Movie/TV history? Or are we drunk? We dived deep into it on this Season 7 finale of The Thunder Pop Show! Jazz One in the co-pilot seat tonight with Steven Presley.

The phenomenon that is Top Gun: Maverick continues its breathtaking run as the Tom Cruise-starrer has surpassed the $600M mark at the international box office. This comes just days after it flew by $600M domestic. Now heading into its 8th weekend of global release, the Paramount/Skydance stunner has buzzed past 1.2B through Thursday worldwide. What can Hollywood studios learn from the success of Top Gun Maverick? Also not everyone is happy for Tom Cruise! Steven Presley and Master Jedi Matt Wilkins discuss that very thing on the 161st episode of Thunder Pop Show.   

Chris Cassidy from It's A Vase, and Geek News Now joins Steven Presley to dive into the future of Star Wars, what's upcoming for 2022-2024 and what will never happen.

Jazz One and Steven Presley react to Obi Wan Kenobi season 1 and look ahead to up coming Star Wars.

Tasked with producing the first-ever live-action television series in the history of Star Wars, The Mandalorian creator Jon Favreau set out to find a way to fit one of the biggest theatrical franchises of all time into the tight constraints of a TV production. In the process, they discovered a blend of technologies that are, this very second, quietly revolutionizing how movies everywhere are made. This very technology is LED Volume and we will be doing the show live from Co-Production House which brought LED VOLUME technology to Central Texas with Austin's first virtual production studio and VOLUME stage. This will be EPIC!!

Jazz One and Steven Presley react to Multiverse Of Madness and what the ending means for the future of the MCU!

Predictions and other preview chaos related to Multiverse Of Madness. Geek News Now resident MCU expert Chris Cassidy jumps in with Steven Presley to create a Multiverse Of Randomness!!

Our special guest has 12 combined years as a film industry columnist for the Dallas Morning News, Austin Chronicle and Austin American-Statesman which led him to produce/write/direct the documentary films Danger God and Rondo and Bob, both examinations of B-movie icons.

With the return of Ewan Mcgregors Obi-Wan Kenobi to live-action Star Wars, only a month and a half away, we react to the trailer and dive into theories and predictions. A relaxed, fun Sunday afternoon edition of TP Extra!

King Julien takes over the Thunder Pop show with podcast producer and host Julien Owens of the King Julien podcast. Along with Steven Presley, we react to Matt Reeve's new offering, The Batman. Is it a masterpiece or a copy and paste of The Dark Knight or some of both?

It's a Geek News Now take over of the Thunder Pop show with MCU Mondays host Chris Cassidy, and of the same show, Debi Barton, join me to break down the new darling of the DCEU Peacemaker. Is this breakout hit the new anchor of that universe? Can James Gunn write his check at this point in whichever universe he wants? These and more questions will be tackled in this round table discussion.

Warning spoilers for Book Of Boba Fett Finale. One hour plus of reaction to this blockbuster Disney Plus series. Ones up for Jazz One as he joins Steven Presley for their reactions to Book Of Boba Fett Chapters 1-7.

Warning spoilers for Cobra Kai season 4. One hour plus of reaction to this blockbuster Netflix series. Youtube sensation Matt Wilkins of the Star Wars: Expanded Universe channel joins Steven Presley to react to the explosive season 4 of Cobra Kai.

One hour of instant recap to the year that was 2021 and other pop culture banter. Steven Presley and Neighbor Bob riff on the year that was 2021 in our annual recap that we call Very Belated Year In Review. It gets no holds barred really quickly in this episode!  

Warning spoilers for Book of Boba Fett episode 1 and Hawkeye series. One hour of instant reaction and other pop culture banter.

Chris Cassidy from GNN and It's a Vase, and Steven Presley reacts to Spiderman No Way Home. Spoilers after about 5 minutes into the show.

Dune: 5 Questions We Hope Are Answered In The Sequel

After a nice break, we are back for this season 7 premiere to talk all the big news from Disney Plus Day announcements and the latest Spiderman No Way Home news!

Season Finale! In an emotional broadcast, Julien Owens of Matinee Talk and the King Julien podcast, Paige Bockhorn and Drake The Cat, join Steven Presley to pay tribute to the fandom life of one of its best Johnny Lightfoot. Johnny was a key contributor at Thunder Pop TV for over six years. He was also a real fan of movies, comics and genre films. He will be missed but never forgotten. We laughed, we cried and even ranted about Netflix cancellations on this very special season finale. Special thanks to our guest Julien Owens and Paige Bockhorn.

Love her or hate her for her work as the leader of Star Wars Lucasfilm, she has been highly respected for decades by insiders in the movie industry with her work alongside Stephen Spielberg and George Lucas. But who knew that her hard work on film sets like Jurassic Park was on a level of such heights that she risked her life to save the lives of the cast and crew? This story is on Netflix's The Movie That Made Us Season 2. We discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly regarding the industry's most polarizing figure. Also, we break down the now-legendary Marvel's What If...? episode that brought the world Zombie Avengers in the flesh. And also a look at the possibility of a live-action version that looks to be in the works! Special thanks to our panel and co-host Chris Cassidy of Geek New Now

Steven Presley has an exclusive with TikTok star Lindley Key aka Little Lottie Cosplay. She's the content creator that brought you that special viral video with actor Brendan Fraser where The cosplay star, who was dressed as Evelyn in the meet-and-greet, told The Mummy star, "The internet is so behind you! We're so supportive." She added, "There are so many people out there who love you, and we're rooting for you, and we can't wait to see what you do next." Lindley gives us more insight into her time with Brendan Fraser and what it was like behind the scenes. We also discuss her passion for "The Mummy" saga and her other pop-culture passions. Follow Us Here

This upload is a special moment in our show's history. It was thought to be a lost episode due to a snafu; we believed this interview with Prelude To Axanar director Christian Gossett to be gone forever. However, it resurfaced miraculously just a few days after the late great Johnny Lightfoot passed away. We would like to believe his force ghost-willed it back onto Steven Presley's hard drive?! Either way, it's was one of our favourite episodes. Christian Gossett directed the most successful Star Trek fan film in the history of the fandom. Unfortunately, It later led to an ugly lawsuit with Paramount that would forever change how fan films were produced. And unfortunately, due to a falling out, Christian Gossett later broke off from his partnership with co-creator Alec Peters, and that's been highly publicized. All of this and more is covered in this extensive interview.  

YouTube sensation Chris Cassidy of Geek News Now and It's A Vase Productions, and Steven Presley react to Star Wars The Bad Batch finale and the What If...? premiere on Disney plus. Has Dave Filoni done it again with Bad Batch? Does it live up to Clone Wars and Mandalorian on the Star Wars scale? Meanwhile, over at Marvel was the What If...? premiere, everything we hoped it would be. Does Kevin Feige's magic touch still work on an animated product? All these questions and more are answered in the 150th episode of Thunder Pop. Follow Us Here

Jazz One and Steven Presley react to Netflix's Movies That Made Us season 2 and DCEU's Suicide Squad soft reboot directed by James Gunn(GOTG). Follow Us Here

World-renowned Melbourne, Australia filmmaker David Black discusses his Top 5 Favorite Horror Films of all-time with Thunder Pop host Steven Presley. We even experience weird occurrences in the process of creating this segment! But be sure to stay until the end for the wackiness!Follow Us Here

Geek News Now key contributor Chris Cassidy joins Steven Presley to dive into all those interweb theories floating around related to phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. We know that chaos ensued in that Loki finale, and there is a lot of sorting out to do! Follow Us Here

Jazz One and Steven Presley react to Episode 5 of Marvel's Loki and look ahead to next week's explosive finale! This week we are reacting to the fifth episode of Marvel's Loki. If you have seen this episode we would love your thoughts in the comments on our channel. Do you think that the interwebbies were right in prophecy? Is this story arc going to have a major impact on the rest of the MCU phase 4? What do you think will happen next? We would love to hear your theories in our comments as we approach next week's finale- so join us! Have a great week and don't forget to tune in Wednesday because it's sure to be insane! Follow Us Here

With its second and third episodes, Loki's meta-narrative became more defined, as did its namesake character's goal. Hiddleston's Loki wants to change his story, and to do that, he needs to either trick or forces the Time-Keepers into allowing that to happen. So we see him start to wheedle Owen Wilson's Agent Mobius about getting face time with the bosses, and we see Mobius blow him off. This show continues to build and we are thrilled to dive in for a Thunder Pop react. Also, we discuss the passing of a longtime key contributor to the Thunder Pop platform and dear friend Johnny "The Boywonder" Lightfoot. We are devastated by this loss.

If 2020 proved anything, it's just how much people value their streaming services when most other versions of entertainment—theatres, concerts, comedy clubs—are shuttered. With people stuck at home, Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime, Hulu and Apple TV+ got millions of new subscribers. In the worst of times, it was the best of times—for streaming platforms. Now, as all those apps look to the new summer, they have to figure out how to keep all those new watchers around. Follow Us Here

Is 'Invincible' the best superhero series of the year? Or is it the best series period? For those of you who don't know, Invincible is an animated, adult superhero series that follows a high schooler named Mark Grayson as he adapts to his newfound powers and the world of superheroes around him. However, the twist and turns rival other great groundbreaking shows like Ozark and Mr. Robot. Put on your seat belt as we react to season one and layout early predictions for season 2. Follow Us Here

It's the 2021 edition of our annual May the Fourth Be With You show! Jazz One and Steven Presley react to the premiere episode of The Bad Batch. Yes, Dave Filoni is always going to Filoni and that's not a bad thing. Also Star Wars trivia, 5 things you never knew about Star Wars and is this IP still leaning too heavily into nostalgia for its success. Will it eventually need to create new things from scratch to survive? Or at least a refresh on the storytelling? All this and more covered in this TP Extra. Follow Us Here

Two principal contributors from Geek News Now- Kat Holler and Cam Fischer of Cam In Focus join Steven Presley to deep dive into the Mortal Kombat reboot. Did it live up to the hopes and dreams of 90's kids everywhere? We look forward to the round table discussion. Follow Us Here

Jazz One and Steven Presley give their final reactions to the 6 episode The Falcon And The Winter Soldier. Did it beat Wandavision for best MCU streaming series? Or leave us feeling rushed through too many plot points at the end? What's the 411?

Chris Cassidy of Geek News Now joins Steven Presley to pontificate as many TFATWS theories as they can conjure up in a 45 minute to one-hour show. How wild can it get?? Are you ready for that The Falcon And The Winter Soldier finale?!

Special guest Chris Trew is a comedy person based in New Orleans, where he helped “start a comedy scene from scratch” (Vulture). He's performed in over 60 comedy and music festivals across North America and has been seen on NBA.com, Comedy Central, and GQ Magazine. Oh, and he's the father of the internationally known Air Sex Competition! We will ask Chris Trew super provocative questions about the state of comedy in 2021. His possible return to the Air Sex World Tour after being cut short in 2020 due to the Pandemic. Will there be an improv surge post-pandemic? We dive into his passion for HGTV and Pro Wrestling; sometimes, the two cross over, right? Also, he discusses that time Howard Stern eliminated him from America's Got Talent for being too sexually explicit. WTF??  

As the MCU continues to elevate Disney Plus through the pandemic we react to the first 3 episodes of Falcon and Winter Soldier. Meanwhile, at the gradually re-opening box office, Godzilla vs. King Kong is the first thing resembling a bonafide smash hit Movie Theaters have seen since February of 2020. So maybe streaming can co-exist with cinemas?

Chris Cassidy of Geek News Now joins Steven Presley to discuss The Snyder Cut. Here is some of the latest following its release. According to new data, Zack Snyder’s Justice League beat out The Falcon and the Winter Soldier in opening ratings. The two superhero stories, which launched respectively on HBO Max and Disney+ before the weekend of March 20, were both highly anticipated by their respective fandoms. Reception to both the Snyder Cut and The Falcon and The Winter Soldier has been mostly positive so far, though the latter’s status as a limited series means it has a lot more still to show. Did Zack Snyder re-open the portal to the Snyderverse?

Breaking Down All WANDAVISION’s season. A full-scale reaction to the entire season and a look ahead to the upcoming Marvel movies and phase 4. Also, we mourn the death of our favorite Canadian sitcom. No not Schitt's Creek the unexpected cancellation of Kim's Convenience. WTF?? Stop canceling good shows people!

Warning Spoilers!!! 33 years later, Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall return to Zamunda! When Eddie Murphy made the original “Coming to America,” he was, almost indisputably, the funniest man in America. By the way, in 2021 he still not doing too bad coming on the heels of his first Emmy win for hosting SNL and the highly acclaimed nod as Blaxploitation icon Rudy Ray Moore in Dolemite Is My Name (2019). So did this sequel live up to the hype? We dive in! Follow Us Here

Returning guest Justin Kirchhoff is an award-winning director and director of photography whose been shooting broadcast, commercial and corporate spots professionally for over a decade. Clients include HBO, Logitech, Verizon Wireless, A+ Federal Credit Union, Sweetwater Living, Grooveshark, LHP Hospital Group, Fuddruckers, Ducati, BarkBox, Tally, Keller Williams Realty, University of Texas School of Education and the University of North Texas, among others. Additional credits include productions featuring Ferrari, Coors Light, and Home Depot. Justin's latest project has four walls and a roof. And that's not the title to an HBO doc series at least not yet! --Co-Production House was founded by Justin Kirchhoff, Kristina Smith, and Keller Davis who saw a need for a creative space that also supports community growth. This one-of-a-kind studio and coworking space is a place where professionals can grow their businesses through collaboration with the added benefits of creative community support, business development, and networking events designed to improve the growth of the creative film and media community.

Special Guest:Kenyon Salo is one of the top keynote speakers and trainers in the fields of inspiration, leadership, and adventure. He's also a real-life action star! One of only five members on the Denver Broncos Thunderstorm Skydive Team, he is seen each week during game season flying into the Denver Broncos Stadium at 60+mph, ending with a soft tip-toe landing on the ten-yard line. He brings to the stage over 20+ years of successful audience engagement through humor, awe-inspiring moments, prolific storytelling, and ‘edge-of-the-seat’ content. We dive(pun intended) into motivation, sky diving, and other Fast and Furious stunts. Also, we look into what Kenyon has been watching lately. He's a big fan of Stranger Things, Star Wars(Original Trilogy), and he loves Narcos.

We break down our favourite Super Bowl commercials of the past and present. Also some of the most ridiculous and entertaining half-time shows. But not before we dive into that shocking episode 5 of WandaVision. And then all of our usual tropes like Agree or Disagree and Thoughts and Advice.

After arriving in a cloud of the unknown, the world of WandaVision is rapidly coming into focus. Last week’s two-parter introduced us to the black-and-white tv fantasy that the Scarlet Witch and Vision have made their home, but it did so with little context to puzzle together the grander picture. Here we react to episodes 1-3 of WandaVision.

Warning Spoilers!!! Season 3 begins where Season 2 left off: Miguel (Xolo Maridueña) is in a coma at the hospital having been beaten up by Robby (Tanner Buchanan) at school, Johnny's former sensei Kreese (Martin Kove) has taken back the Cobra Kai dojo as his own, and Johnny (William Zabka) — though mostly still down on his luck — has a message from his high school sweetheart, Ali (Elisabeth Shue), waiting for him on Facebook. Master Jedi Matt Wilkins and Steven Presley dissect and break down Cobra Kai season 3.     

'Bob the Neighbor' returns along with Steven Presley to look back at the sh*t show that was 2020. This show will feature R rated expletives. Bring your own beverage.

Kevin Armstrong of the Movie Battle podcast joins Steven Presley to deliver a sampling of what Kevin does best. Movie battles!! We will pit these two great Holiday classics against each other in a no holds barred cinematic face-off. Elf vs. Christmas Story. Who are you taking?

Admidst a microphone issue by his own doing Steven Presley welcomes Chris Cassidy of Geek News Now to discuss Disney Investor day announcements and the plans at HBO Max to direct to stream their entire 2021 slate of movies silmutaneously while still screening in available Movie Theaters. Also Mando talk as usual. 

Netflix and Quarantine! Laura Bennett of Music, Medicine, and Machines joins Steven Presley to discuss Netflix's Best Of Streaming 2020. By the way, 2020 sucks so we stayed home socially distanced and quarantined and also watched a lot of Netflix. Some of the selected favorites include Unsolved Mysteries, The Social Dilemma, also mentioned are Kevin Hart, and Dave Chappelle's covid comedy specials. We open the show with a Thunder Take breaking down Sesame Street in 2020 has it become to fancy and overproduced since the move to HBO? We also feature our usual tropes Agree or Disagree, Thoughts and Advice, and Steven Presley gets on his soapbox regarding his favorite energy drink being discontinued. Guaki Yerba Mate are you listening? Because he's talking to you!

Jazz One joins Steven Presley to discuss theories on season 2 of Mandalorian through the first 2 episodes. Also in Reviewing The Trailer the Nick Fury tv movie starring David Hasselhoff. Yes David Hasselhoff as Nick Fury!

Jazz One and Steven Presley riff on the Knock Knock movie trailer with Keanu Reeves.

Matty Icey and Nick Frederick from the Idiots On A Mic podcast join Steven Presley to talk DC v Marvel, Borat 2, and the return of Dexter!