Van Lathan

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1,134 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 31 Jul

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The Big Picture · ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ and the Spider-Man Movie Rankings · 31 Jul 2026 podcast

You're 13. matched

You get the powers. matched

And then they can just talk about whatever the powers are. matched

And that's what the mutants became. matched

But also, it also became... matched

Really interesting social commentary, which the X-Men has always been, which is this tension between mutant kind and human kind. matched

Humans' ability to kind of like discriminate against mutants and try to control mutants. matched

And then mutants wrestling with their genetic superiority and whether or not, obviously the central tension between Magneto and Professor X, whether or not they want to live alongside mutant kind or rule it and run it. matched

The Martin and Malcolm of the X-Men universe. matched

And even in this right here, that is something that the character of Jean Grey is actually kind of dealing with. matched

Because she has trauma, and that trauma is enough for her to really do, in this movie, some ghastly things. matched

A person gets hit by a car, a taxi. matched

That was when, in the movie, I started to think maybe it's not Jean Grey. matched

Because, like... matched

Jean Grey is a character that I can't see even through all of her trauma. matched

A lot of times, if the Dark Phoenix is not controlling her or influencing her, just like killing people for her own. matched

I think that's what they're going for. matched

addict but he's not with like a lot of but he's not an incel is a involuntary celibate he actually gets hit on by the girl in his apartment and goes no i don't want that yeah i'm stressed out about mj yeah that's tough for you to call peter parker and i said incel but for good yeah he's withholding his no yeah he's like sterling hayden in dr strange life yeah he's withholding his essence yeah matched

You know, I think that there's one thing that tonally these movies, superhero movies in general, are dealing with right now. matched

Is that matched

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