The Mainstream Presents: MARCH BADNESS (Part 1)

Our Lord and Savior, Geoff Keighley

Because what else would have us come back from hiatus than two gaming presentations? Not much, so get ready to hear us ramble about Sony's State of Play and Summer Games Fest! On this episode: - Our most extensive intro yet - A game is played (Not a video game mind you) - AHH!!! DIRT!!!! - Digimon rips off Mission Impossible - Brian needs to be left alone for a couple minutes - Ape Escape fans will have to wait till the next State of Play to get their own game -Straight white men are too woke now - Make sure to go check out Days of Play! - We nail down the podcast's Geoff Keighley lore -The Nicktoons get together and play D&D and that's pretty cool - Finally, something that isn't Butch Hartman's fault! - Mundfish: What Are You? - Pixar Presents: A Fun Little Short Film From Hideo Kojima - We have a desire to asassinate Mads Mikkelsen - Jesse fawns over a singular LEGO block - Capcom are merry little pranksters FOLLOW JESSE @jesseanoonan.bsky.social on Bluesky @jessenoonanmusic on Instagram FOLLOW BRIAN @brianmcm.bsky.social on Bluesky @brian__mcm on Instagram @brianmc9891 on Twitter

The Mainstream Presents: MARCH BADNESS (Part 2)

March Badness continues as Jesse and Brian continue counting down the best movie villains of all time! Who will come out victorious? Who, I ask you, WHO???? - An intro where Brian gets to speak a lot - Which Disney character is hotter than the Beast's human form? (Answer: most) - Should you fill out your March Madness bracket based on dad vibes? - Talking about the Joker for at least ten minutes, I'm so sorry - Our most hyped matchup is over in 30 seconds, this is a good podcast, thank you for listening - Finally thinking about what makes a good villain after 3 consecutive hours of recording - Lost cat: lives in the ocean, 6 stories tall, answers to Godzilla - Say Frollo, I hear you like 'em young - RIP Thanos, you would have loved 9/11 - Going to Middle-Earth fuckin' wasted - Contemplating why we even did this FOLLOW JESSE @jesseanoonan.bsky.social on Bluesky @jessenoonanmusic on Instagram FOLLOW BRIAN @brianmcm.bsky.social on Bluesky @brian__mcm on Instagram @brianmc9891 on Twitter

The Mainstream Presents: MARCH BADNESS (Part 1)

The Mainstream is back with the movie villain bracket to end all movie villain brackets! Jesse and Brian embark on a scientific journey to find the baddest baddie in movie history, complete with controversial seeding, tough first round matchups, and heated arguments. On this episode: - Jesse's Rotten Tomatoes philosophy - Please send all hate mail to @brianmc9891 on Twitter - Baron Zemo: just a little guy (who is also a terrorist) - Play-in Battle of the Hitlers - Recasting Puss in Boots: The Last Wish - The most evil animated villain of all time - All action movie villain have bad names tbh - Going to see Guardians of the Galaxy 3 in a burning building - Multiverse of Madness is a good movie, you fools - The most villainous Godzilla - Explaining why President Snow sucks (which turns into a rant) FOLLOW JESSE @jesseanoonan.bsky.social on Bluesky @jessenoonanmusic on Instagram FOLLOW BRIAN @brianmcm.bsky.social on Bluesky @brian__mcm on Instagram @brianmc9891 on Twitter

Kang the Conqueror Got Defeated by Ants lmao (The Mainstream 2/17/25)

Hey remember Kang the Conqueror? The villain the MCU spent all of phase 4 building up to? Probably meant to be the villain of the Multiverse Saga? Remember how he was defeated by ants? Microscopic ants, no less! One of the most powerful villains in the MCU, defeated by one of the smallest animals on the planet. I'll give you a moment to laugh hysterically. Better? Good, cause we're talking about a movie that's better than Quantumania at least. On this episode: - DJ Khaled feat. Betty White - Did Kendrick Lamar eat literal sh*t right before the halftime show? - Morgan Wallen would not make a good halftime show, you fools - Can we remember literally anything about the State of Play? - Return of Divergence, coming 2025 to the PS5, probably - Brief clowning on Disney live action movies - Immediately apologizing to Disney live action movies after seeing the new HTTYD trailer - Two full minutes of laughing at Kang the Conqueror being killed by ants - Brian liked the new Captain America movie/Incredible Hulk sequel - Jesse didn't like the new Captain America movie and he's almost figured out why FOLLOW JESSE @jesseanoonan.bsky.social on Bluesky @jessenoonanmusic on Instagram FOLLOW BRIAN @brianmcm.bsky.social on Bluesky @brian__mcm on Instagram @brianmc9891 on Twitter

Why Do We Always End Up in Court? (The Mainstream 2/10/25)

Updates and recaps and trailers, oh my! Yes this episode is long, but the recording session for it was an hour longer. Think of the good jokes and goofs and bits that had to be cut in order to bring this down to a reasonable length. R.I.P. bits. We hardly knew ye. On this episode: - Creating the world's most Key West business - Update: someone save Cleatus the NFL Robot from Fox - Update: EA will make profitable games soon, we promise - Update: MultiVersus accepts Jesus into its heart before death - Update: yeah WB Games is still bad - Shuhei Yoshida pees his pants a little - Wheel of Fortune, a Crunchyroll Original - Grammys were uncharacteristically good this year - I want to be Hailee Steinfeld when I grow up - You won't believe where Jesse knows Tony Todd from - The most marketable Thing yet - Brian loves the Jurassic World franchise! - Trying to find a single new idea in the Smurfs trailer FOLLOW JESSE @jesseanoonan.bsky.social on Bluesky @jessenoonanmusic on Instagram FOLLOW BRIAN @brianmcm.bsky.social on Bluesky @brian__mcm on Instagram @brianmc9891 on Twitter