Revengers: Friends From Work

Born To Be Wild

HOPEWELL VALLEY STUDENT PODCASTING NETWORK  SHOW NAME:  REVENGERS: FRIENDS FROM WORK EPISODE #20: BORN TO BE WILD Check out the latest episode of #revengersfriendsfromwork the podcast on hvspn.com.   You are listening to Revengers: Friends from Work, the podcast with your host Christina Zelin. In this final episode of Revengers: Friends from Work the Podcast, I will be ranking different things throughout the MCU. I’ll be doing it by ranking my top 5 for each. Favorite Villains: 5) Hela 4)Thanos 3) Agatha 2) Winter Soldier 1) Loki (Honorable Mention: Ultron) Favorite Heroes (In no particular order cause how could I rank them!) 5) Yelena 4) Natasha 3) Wanda 2) Thor 1) Moon Knight (Honorable Mention: Scott) Favorite Fight Scenes: 5) Shang-Chi vs. Wenwu 4) Doctor Strange vs. Thanos 3) Thor vs. Hela (Final)  2) Final Endgame Fight 1) Cap, Natasha and Sam vs. Winter Soldier (Honorable Mention: Moon Knight/Mr. Knight vs. Harrow) Saddest Deaths: 5) Aunt May 4) Loki 3) Vision 2) Tony 1) Natasha Funniest Characters: 5) Thor 4) Scott 3) Steven 2) Yelena 1) Tony Best Solo Movies: 5) Iron Man 3 4) Doctor Strange 3) Captain America: Civil War 2) Thor: Ragnarok 1) Captain America: The Winter Soldier (Honorable Mention Doctor Strange: MoM) MUSIC CREDITS:    Song Title: Never you mind  Artist: Dan Lebowitz Song Title: Elevators need rock too Artist: Spence Song Title: A trip around the moon Artist: Unicorn Heads Song Title: A New Orleans Crawfish Boil Artist: Unicorn Heads Song Title: Bright Eyed Blues Artist: Unicorn Heads SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCAST * Apple Podcasts * Spotify * Google Podcasts   * Stitcher   * YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC07e_nBHLyc_nyvjF6z-DVg]     CONNECT WITH US ON SOCIAL MEDIA * @theHVSPN [https://twitter.com/thehvspn?lang=en]

Dancin' With the Devil

HOPEWELL VALLEY STUDENT PODCASTING NETWORK  SHOW NAME:  REVENGERS: FRIENDS FROM WORK EPISODE #19: DANCIN’ WITH THE DEVIL Check out the latest episode of #revengersfriendsfromwork the podcast on hvspn.com.   You are listening to Revengers: Friends from Work, the podcast with your host Christina Zelin. In this episode of Revengers: Friends from Work the Podcast, I will be discussing: Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness. There will be spoilers for the movie so if you haven’t seen it yet, don’t listen until after you’ve seen the movie. PLOT: Wanda is trying to get to a universe where she can be with her kids again by stealing America Chavez’s powers. Doctor Strange is trying to protect America from being killed by Wanda, and gets sent to different universes to try and get variants to help him stop Wanda. POWERFUL SCENES: America getting betrayed by Protector Strange. Stephen sees Christine being married to someone else. Wanda shows Strange how the Darkhold has corrupted her. Wanda attacking Kamar-Taj. Seeing the past memories of the other Strange on that Earth. Seeing how America first used her powers. Strange meeting the Illuminati and warning them about the threat that Wanda poses. Wanda dream-walks and possesses a variant of herself to find America. The variant of Wanda killing the Illuminati. Strange, Christine, and America find the book to stop Wanda. Strange uses the Darkhold to possess a dead variant of himself. America gets control over her powers and shows Wanda what would happen if she tried to see her kids in another universe. Wanda destroys the Darkhold in every universe and destroys the throne. Strange being corrupted by the Darkhold by the end of the movie and meeting Clea. CHARACTERS: Doctor Strange: In the beginning of the movie, he attends Christine’s wedding, visibly upset that she is with another man. When he talks to Christine, she asks him if he’s happy, and he lies and says he is. He tells her that he still loves her and asks what he did wrong, and Christine told him that it was never going to work out between the two of them. Stephen always had to be the one “holding the knife”. While learning about his other variants, he learns that all Stephen's act and behave the same ways, the same way he does. A variant of Christine tells him that they didn’t get together in their universe, and that he should just let go of her. He tells her that he’s scared, and she tells him that he doesn’t have to be. When it came down to whether or not Stephen was going to take America’s powers, he stopped being afraid, and he handed over control to America. Wanda: She was being corrupted by the Darkhold to make her believe that her kids were real and that she could go to another universe to be with them. She said that the hex was the easy part, not the lying. She wanted America’s powers, and once she had them, Stephen would never see her again. After Stephen was reluctant to hand her over, Wanda fully embraced who she was, and told him that it would be the Scarlet Witch coming after her. She tried to be reasonable with them, but once she saw that they weren’t going to back down, she used her full power to easily take down Kamar-Taj. She kept denying that she didn’t want people to get hurt, but she consistently kept killing people. Once America finally showed her how her kids reacted seeing her, she finally understood that she couldn’t be with them. Plus, the other variant told her that they will be loved. After Wanda understood how much pain she caused being corrupted by the Darkhold, she destroyed it, not wanting anyone to be tempted by it again. OVERALL ENJOYMENT: I really liked this movie. It had a lot of horror elements that I really enjoyed, and I was constantly guessing what was going to happen next. Elizabeth Olsen absolutely killed it in this movie, her acting was phenomenal. I think the major reason that some people aren’t happy with this movie is because the advertising for this movie made it out to be something totally different than what the actual movie was. I also think that we were going to see a lot more tie-ins to past shows and movies like What if…? That we just didn’t get.  MUSIC CREDITS:    Song Title: Never you mind  Artist: Dan Lebowitz Song Title: Elevators need rock too Artist: Spence Song Title: A trip around the moon Artist: Unicorn Heads Song Title: A New Orleans Crawfish Boil Artist: Unicorn Heads Song Title: Bright Eyed Blues Artist: Unicorn Heads SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCAST * Apple Podcasts * Spotify * Google Podcasts   * Stitcher   * YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC07e_nBHLyc_nyvjF6z-DVg]     CONNECT WITH US ON SOCIAL MEDIA * @theHVSPN [https://twitter.com/thehvspn?lang=en]

Time To Pretend

HOPEWELL VALLEY STUDENT PODCASTING NETWORK  SHOW NAME:  REVENGERS: FRIENDS FROM WORK EPISODE #18: TIME TO PRETEND Check out the latest episode of #revengersfriendsfromwork the podcast on hvspn.com.   You are listening to Revengers: Friends from Work, the podcast with your host Christina Zelin. In this episode of Revengers: Friends from Work the Podcast, I will be discussing: Moon Knight.  PLOT: Steven Grant and Marc Spector are going up against Arther Harrow to stop him from releasing the Egyptian goddess Ammit. It is also a journey to see if Steven and Marc can find a way to live together and be a team. POWERFUL SCENES: “Steven” killing Harrow’s henchmen (ep 1). Steven lets Marc take control of the body for the first time. Meeting Layla and learning about her and Marc’s backstory. Mr. Knight’s first appearance. Khonshu get’s imprisoned for turning back the night sky. Marc getting killed by Harrow. Viewing into the past to see Marc’s childhood leading up to meeting Khonshu and seeing how Steven was created. Steven being lost to the Duat. Ammit being released by Harrow. Marc and Steven are reunited to go back to their body. Layla becomes the Scarlet Scarab. Ammit gets imprisoned in Harrow’s body. We meet the third personality, Jake Lockley. CHARACTERS: Steven Grant: He was just going about his normal life working at a gift shop and living with a sleep disorder. It wasn’t until he went to sleep and woke up in the middle of the field to hear Khonshu speaking to him, telling him to “surrender the body” did he realize that this was much more than a sleeping disorder. He sees his reflection in a mirror and starts talking to him, and he thinks that he is making it up in his mind. As he goes on this journey to try and stop Harrow, he starts to understand more of what’s happening. He doesn’t like Marc at first, as he’s thinking that he is taking over his body, when it was the opposite. He learns to appreciate Marc and is grateful that he is there. He learns the painful truth that he is not the original person in the body, and that Marc created him to be a happy side of him when times were bad. Steven learns how to work with Marc, and use both their strengths to beat Harrow. Marc Spector: He had a horrible childhood, but it wasn’t always that way. One decision completely changed his life, and helped make him the person that he is today. Between the death of his brother, and his mother totally disowning him for it, all Marc had was his father, and even he didn’t do that much for him. Marc’s mental health was being destroyed as a child, and he couldn’t take it anymore, so he created Steven. Steven was inspired by a movie that Marc liked, where the main character, Steven Grant, had no fear and was always there. He let Steven take over his body when he needed to, mostly to escape his mother’s wrath. Once he was older, he left home to start a new life, despite his father’s wishes for him to stay. Even though he despised his mother, he was devastated to hear that she died. Talk about Layla and Marc’s backstory of how and why they met. Marc realizes how much he needed Steven after he died, and he appreciated everything that he did for him for all those years. He finally learns how to work with Steven so that they can live their lives together. OVERALL ENJOYMENT: I loved this show so much. It had action, love, sorrow, and humor all in one, and it was a great balance of all of them. I loved the connection that Steven and Marc had with each other, and they were adorable to watch together. Oscar Issac’s acting in this show was phenomenal and he needs to be recognized for it. I liked Ethan Hawke as the villain, I think he did a great job as Arther Harrow. I really enjoyed this different type of show with a whole new set of characters, and I really hope that we get a second season. I am very happy that they finally formally acknowledged Jake Lockley in the post credit scene, and I am very interested to see what part he’s going to play later. MUSIC CREDITS:    Song Title: Never you mind  Artist: Dan Lebowitz Song Title: Elevators need rock too Artist: Spence Song Title: A trip around the moon Artist: Unicorn Heads Song Title: A New Orleans Crawfish Boil Artist: Unicorn Heads Song Title: Bright Eyed Blues Artist: Unicorn Heads SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCAST * Apple Podcasts * Spotify * Google Podcasts   * Stitcher   * YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC07e_nBHLyc_nyvjF6z-DVg]     CONNECT WITH US ON SOCIAL MEDIA * @theHVSPN [https://twitter.com/thehvspn?lang=en]

Everyday People

HOPEWELL VALLEY STUDENT PODCASTING NETWORK  SHOW NAME: REVENGERS: FRIENDS FROM WORK EPISODE #17: EVERYDAY PEOPLE Check out the latest episode of #revengersfriendsfromwork the podcast on hvspn.com.   You are listening to Revengers: Friends from Work, the podcast with your host Christina Zelin. In this episode of Revengers: Friends from Work the Podcast, I will be discussing: Hawkeye. This is the eighth and final episode in a mini series where I will talk about each of the TV shows and movies of 2021.  PLOT: Clint Barton and Kate Bishop are trying to take down the Tracksuit Mafia. After Kate puts on the Ronin suit, she opens a whole can of worms and has the Tracksuits going after her thinking she is Ronin. Clint is trying to protect her from them while trying not to expose that he was Ronin. Clint is also trying to accept Natasha’s death and deal with that loss. POWERFUL SCENES: Kate Bishop as a kid seeing Hawkeye in the battle of New York. Clint leaving in the middle of the play. Maya’s backstory as to why she’s leader of the Tracksuit Mafia. CHARACTERS: Clint: He was ready to put all the hero things behind him, but he’s constantly reminded of everything that he has done. Whether it’s seeing himself in a play or random strangers recognizing him and thanking him for everything he’s done, he’s never going to be able to get away from it. He finally has what he wants, he can finally go home and spend time with his family. He couldn’t go home with them at first because of the mess that Kate made. He tried to finish it as quickly as possible, but he couldn’t do it alone, and he needed Kate’s help. He tried to push Kate away, trying not to get too attached to her because he didn’t want to see anything bad happen to her. He couldn’t bear to lose another partner just like he lost Nat. Eventually Clint learns to open up to a new partner, and Kate and him stop the Tracksuit Mafia. Clint also learns how to deal with his grief of losing Natasha and helps Yelena with hers at the same time. Kate: She lost her father at a young age during the battle of New York, and after seeing Clint in action, she wanted to be the one to protect her mother. When she first starts hanging out with Clint, she is fangirling over him, just excited to be in the room with him. Over time, she starts to learn that they are partners and that they need to work together. After Clint shuts her out at the end of episode 4, she doesn’t give up on trying to be his partner. Her persistence works, and Clint takes her back and they work together again. OVERALL ENJOYMENT: I really enjoyed this show, it was something different than what we’ve seen before. I’m glad that Clint finally got the recognition he deserved. I’m excited to see that another one of the young Avengers has now been introduced, and I can’t wait to see where that journey takes Kate. MUSIC CREDITS:    Song Title: Never you mind  Artist: Dan Lebowitz Song Title: Elevators need rock too Artist: Spence Song Title: A trip around the moon Artist: Unicorn Heads Song Title: A New Orleans Crawfish Boil Artist: Unicorn Heads Song Title: Bright Eyed Blues Artist: Unicorn Heads SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCAST * Apple Podcasts * Spotify * Google Podcasts   * Stitcher   * YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC07e_nBHLyc_nyvjF6z-DVg]     CONNECT WITH US ON SOCIAL MEDIA * @theHVSPN [https://twitter.com/thehvspn?lang=en]

Connection

HOPEWELL VALLEY STUDENT PODCASTING NETWORK  SHOW NAME:  REVENGERS: FRIENDS FROM WORK EPISODE #16: CONNECTION Check out the latest episode of #revengersfriendsfromwork the podcast on hvspn.com.   You are listening to Revengers: Friends from Work, the podcast with your host Christina Zelin. In this episode of Revengers: Friends from Work the Podcast, I will be discussing: Eternals. I will also go over the first Thor: Love and Thunder trailer that came out. This is the seventh episode in a mini series where I will talk about each of the TV shows and movies of 2021.  QUICK UPDATE: I now have an Instagram and TikTok account! Go follow @revengersfriendsfromwork on Instagram and TikTok to get sneak peeks into episodes and an insider on how the episodes are made! PLOT: The Eternals are trying to stop the Emergence from happening that would destroy the earth. Some of them feel that they should stop it, while others feel like the earth’s sacrifice is necessary for other worlds to be created. POWERFUL SCENES: Sersi, Ikaris, and Sprite find Ajak dead at her home. Sersi is shown what the Eternals are and how they’re created. Thena is diagnosed with Mahd W’yry. Gilgamesh dies protecting Thena. Sersi turns a deviant into a tree. The Eternals take their stance about what side they’re on. The backstory about how Ajak was killed, revealing that Ikaris is the villain. Makkari vs. Ikaris. Sersi stops the Emergence. Ikaris kills himself by flying into the sun. CHARACTERS: Sersi: She was really attached to humans, she always had a great connection with them. She would always go out of the way to help them with things, and that’s something that Ikaris always admired about her. She wanted to be in a relationship with Dale, but she knew she couldn’t because they could’ve been summoned back home at any time by Arishem. After Ajak dies, she is chosen to lead the Eternals, and she’s not quite sure that she could lead them. She didn’t have the full support of everyone, some of them thought that Ikaris should’ve led them since he was deemed the “strongest”. Sersi eventually gained the trust of a few Eternals, and they gave her a pep talk to help build her confidence. She forgave Ikaris for lying to her all these years before he flew into the sun. Ikaris: He was playing both sides from the beginning, sometimes helping, sometimes leading the team away from finding the truth until he eventually revealed himself. He loved Sersi, but then when he left her after the Eternals “broke up”, he didn’t see her for a while and she moved on from him. He was then jealous to see her with another man. Ultimately, Sersi got the best of him and her team beat him in a fight and stopped the Emergence, and he felt like he had no purpose anymore and flew into the sun. OVERALL ENJOYMENT: This movie was okay. Any movie is hard to enjoy when you have completely new characters in them that the audience doesn’t know yet. A lot of people hate on this movie, which I think is a little harsh. There were some good things about this movie, I loved Kingo and Makkari, they brought a lot of humor to it. The movie had some references to our characters, as well as things that we know in our world. I’m interested to see how and when they’re going to come back, as long as what role Starfox and Blade are going to play in it. MUSIC CREDITS:    Song Title: Never you mind  Artist: Dan Lebowitz Song Title: Elevators need rock too Artist: Spence Song Title: A trip around the moon Artist: Unicorn Heads Song Title: A New Orleans Crawfish Boil Artist: Unicorn Heads Song Title: Bright Eyed Blues Artist: Unicorn Heads SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PODCAST * Apple Podcasts * Spotify * Google Podcasts   * Stitcher   * YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC07e_nBHLyc_nyvjF6z-DVg]     CONNECT WITH US ON SOCIAL MEDIA * @theHVSPN [https://twitter.com/thehvspn?lang=en]