Season 8, Episode 21: Bring the Thunder(bolts*)

(Not So) Live from Asteroid G

We're talking Thunderbolts*, Marvel's Phase V-ending crossover hero event, in this week's episode of (Not So) Live from Asteroid G. This is probably the first good, true Marvel film we've had in years, but is it good enough to save the MCU? We discuss...

Download: Season 8, Episode 21: Bring the Thunder(bolts*)

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Season 1: #1: Star Trek, #2: Star Wars, #3: The Legend of Zelda, #4: Mission: Impossible, Outtake Party!, #5: DCEU vs. MCU, #6: Jurassic Park, #7: Mega Man, #8: Metroid, #9: Square-Enix, #10: Spider-Man, #11: Borderlands, #12: Giant Mechs, #13: The Terminator, Outtake Fiesta!, #14: Bioware, #15: Shooters (and ID Software), #16: Blizzard Entertainment, #17: Ghostbusters, Outtake Shindig!, #18: Captain Marvel, #19: Fast Food, #20: Back to the Future, #21: Kevin Smith, Outtake Hootenanny!, #22: Star Wars Ep II, #23: X-Men, #24: Westerns, #25: Joss Wheddon, Outtake Gala!, Interview: Sawneyrath11, Interview: Caleb, Interview: Thilenios, Interview: Tyerenex

Season 2: #26: Spider-man Ep II, #27: Stranger Things, #28: Netflix, Outtake Banquet!, #29: Game of Thrones, #30: Doctor Who, #31: Musicals, #32: Aliens vs. Predator, Outtake Blowout!, #33: Princess Bride, #34: Planet of the Apes, #35: X-Men, #36: Batman, Outtake Soiree!, #37: Space Westerns, #38: Fairy Tales, #39: Z-Grade Superheroes, #40: Sitcoms, Outtake Social!, #41: Holidays, #42: Die Hard, #43: MCU B-List, #44: Disney Princesses, Outtake Diversion!, #45: Star Wars Ep III, #46: Ghostbusters II, #47: Hunger Games, #48: TMNT, #49: Conspiracy Theories, #50: Twitch, Outtakepalooza!, Interview: Greggly_puff, Interview: Guda632

Season 3: Nerd News: Coronavirus, Watch Party: Evolution (2001), Reboot Pitches: Murder, She Wrote, Overview: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Interview: WillBloodworth, Watch Party: Clue (1985), Nerd News: Coronavirus II, Interview: MoistMogwai, Overview: Watchmen, Reboot Pitches: Terminator, Overview: Rhythm Games, Nerd News: Protests and Coronavirus, Watch Party: Stripes (1981), Season 3 Outtakes, Part 1, Nerd News: Coronavirus IV, Love it or Hate It: Batman v Superman, Overview: Battlestar Galactica, Reboot Pitches: Alien & Aliens, Overview: Community, Watch Party: Supernatural, Nerd News: Politics and the DNC, Reboot Pitches: The Last Airbender, Nerd News: Wakanda Forever, Love it or Hate It: Hamilton, Watch Party: The Old Guard, Overview: The Good Place, Reboot Pitches: Knight Rider, Love it or Hate It: Alien 3, Nerd News: The Death Knell of Theaters, Love it or Hate It: Back to the Future 2, Interview: MsMetroid, Reboot Pitches: Universal Monsters, Overview: The Wire, Nerd News: Election 2020, Season 3 Outtakes, Part 2, Reboot Pitches: Escape from New York, Watch Party: National Treasure, Overview: The Karate Kid, Reboot Pitches: Holiday Films, Overview: The Boys, Reboot Pitches: The Goonies, Interview: Trinton, Overview: Politics and Apocalypse, Nerd News: Post-Inauguration Bliss, 2021 Asteroid G Awards, Season 3 Outtakes, Part 3

Season 4: Love it or Hate It: Mulan, Love it or Hate It: Wonder Woman '84, Nerd News: Zack Snyder's Id, Reboot Pitches: Asteroid G's Justice League, Watch Party: Disney's Hercules, Nerd News: An Adult in the White House, Watch Party: Clerks Animated, Season 4 Outtakes, Part 1, Love it or Hate It: Aladdin 2019, Reboot Pitches: Predator, Watch Party: Clerks Pilot, Reboot Pitches: Disney Princesses, Nerd News: Witcher Switcher Watcher Woo, Watch Party: Mortal Kombat!, Nerd News: TSR Fail, Watch Party: Replicas, Overview: Jack Ryan, Watch Party: Invincible, Season 1, Celebrity Profile: Chris Pratt, Nerd News: Suns Out Gunns Out, Overview: Saved by the M.A.S.H., Reboot: Doctor Who, Where Are You?, Celebrity Profile: Peter Dinklage, Nerd News: The Wheel Spins Round Again, Celebrity Profile: Tom Holland, Season 4 Outtakes, Part 2, Reboot: Enter the Stargate, Celebrity Profile: Hayley Atwell, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Casting Call 1980s, Nerd News: Black Widow Wins, Reboot: Movies to Games, Nerd News: The TRUTH Is Out There, Celebrity Profile: Breckin Meyer, Reboot: Rebooting Into the Mainframe, Overview: Boldly Going Back, Watch Party: Total Recall, The Thin Man Casting Call, Nerd News: Spider-man Conquers All, Watch Party: The Witcher... of Time, Interview: Will Bloodworth II, Overview: Castlevania, Season 4 Outtakes, Part 3, Overview: Super Mario Series

Season 5: #1: All Your Spider-mans Are Belong to Us, #2: Who Will Win the Game of Yawns, #3: Of Things That Get Stranger and Stranger, #4: The Hunter and the Hunted, #5: In Brightest Day..., #6: The Rise of Homelander, #7: Disney's Other Animation Studio, #8: Off Like a Shot, #9: The Marvelous Marvels that Marvel, #10: The Original Five-Year Mission, #11: That Annoying Family Next Door, Interview: ADR, Season 5 Outtakes, Part 1, #12: The Warner Discovery Implosion, #13: Too Creepy but Not Kooky Enough, #14: Big and Green and On the Scene, #15: J.K. Rowling's TERF War, #16: All In All You're Just Another Ring in the War, #17: Let's Take a Moment to Look At..., #18: Fight the Empire!, #19: Who Is the Mightiest Thor?, #20: Country Road, Take Me Home, Season 5 Outtakes, Part 2

Season 6: #1: The Asteroid G Awards 2023, #2: We Battle for Sparta!, #3: An Investigative Reporter of Some Repute, #4: Frankenstein Saves the Universe, #5: His Red Right Hand, #6: Big Mistake, #7: Mind Over Materia, #8: Take It to the Max, #9: Dinosaur Fever, #10: The Ballad of Bowser, #11: Link, Come and Find Me, #12: Feeling Marvelous, #13: The Wizarding World of Reboots, #14: Make Me Scream, Make Me Laugh, #15: No Longer Fit to Print, #16: The Shape in the Night, #17: Will the Next 007 Please Stand Up?, #18: Who Wears the Mask?, #19: Back Through Hyrule Once More, #20: Your Friend to the End, #21: Titanic Disasters, #22: The Thrill of the Kill, #23: The Wonder of the Mushroom Kingdom, #24: Who's Behind the Mask, #25: Second Verse, Better Than the First, #26: He Sees You When You're Sleeping, #27: Toys to Life, #28: Shambling Towards You, #29: Ruining a Universe, #30: Street Racing Spies, #31: Tiny Merciless Monsters, #32: The Stories We Didn't Need, #33: Son of the Dragon, #34: The Spoopy Season, #35: It Came from the Dark Tower, #36: Battle Beyond the Stars (Trek)

Season 7: #1: Pigskin Showdown 2024, #2: It's be Prepared, #3: Old, But Not Out, #4: The Streaming Proposition, #5: Now I Have Some Paint Cans, #6: Just Add More Aliens, #7: Shouldn't You Know?, Mini #07-01: A Run for the Border, #8: Legacies Never Die, #9: Now You're Playing with Power, #10: The OJ Power Hour, Mini #07-02: The Apes Await, #11: It's That Girl, #12: From the Future Beyond, #13: Men (and Woman) in Tights, #14: Take the Sequel Pill, #15: Traveling in Mode 7, #16: Tokyo is Trembling, #17: The Clown Prince, #18: Monochromatic Mastery, Mini #07-03: Bring Out Your Claws, #19: True Crime, No Punishment, #20: Living the High Life, #21: Election Aftermath, #22: Singing Bye, Bye, Bye

Season 8: #1: Pigskin Showdown 2025, #2: The Thing Escapes, #3: Stuck in the Borderlands, #4: Nintendo Directly to You, Mini #08-01: Surprising Bowl, #5: The Man in the Mirrors, #6: It's Sega Time, #7: The Romulus to Your Remus, #8: The Falcon and the Big Red Rage, #9: Probably the Final Mission, #10: (Nintendo) 64 Reasons Why, #11: Let Our Heart Eyes Be Yours, #12: Your Marvel Casting Doomsday, #13: Open Your Brain for Nintendo, #14: Monkey See, Monkey Drums, Mini #08-02: Rounding it Out, #15: Shaken, Stirred, and Corporate Owned, Mini #08-03: Immortals Together, #16: From the First Blood to the Last, #17: Howl at the Moon (Poorly), #18: Vampires and Blues, #19: Not Much Sandwich to this Brisket Sandwich, #20: (Brundle) Fly Me to the Moon, #21: Bring the Thunder(bolts*), #22: Hard Up for Hardee's

Articles about the Marvel Cinematic Universe

The Infinity Saga

Phase I: Iron Man (MCU 1), The Incredible Hulk (MCU 2), Iron Man 2 (MCU 3) (Reevaluation), Thor (MCU 4), Captain America: The First Avenger (MCU 5), The Avengers (MCU 6)

Phase II: Iron Man 3 (MCU 7), Thor: The Dark World (MCU 8), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (MCU 9), Guardians of the Galaxy (MCU 10), Avengers: Age of Ultron (MCU 11) (Previous Review), Ant-Man (MCU 12)

Phase III: Captain America: Civil War (MCU 13), Doctor Strange (MCU 14), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (MCU 15), Spider-man: Homecoming (MCU 16), Thor: Ragnarok (MCU 17), Black Panther (MCU 18), Avengers: Infinity War (MCU 19) (Follow-up), Ant-Man and the Wasp (MCU 20), Captain Marvel (MCU 21), Avengers: Endgame (MCU 22) (Spoilers), Spider-man: Far From Home (MCU 23) (Follow-up)

The Multiverse Saga

Phase IV: WandaVision (MCU 24), The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (MCU 25), Loki: Season 1 (MCU 26) (Follow-Up), Black Widow (MCU 27), What If...?: Season 1 (MCU 28), Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (MCU 29), Eternals (MCU 30), Hawkeye (MCU 31), Spider-man: No Way Home (MCU 32) (Spoilers), Moon Knight (MCU 33), Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (MCU 34), Ms. Marvel (MCU 35) (Trailer), Thor: Love and Thunder (MCU 36), She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (MCU 37), Werewolf By Night (MCU 38), Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (MCU 39), The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (MCU 40)

Phase V: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (MCU 41), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (MCU 42), Secret Invasion (MCU 43), Loki: Season 2 (MCU 44) (Trailer, Kang), The Marvels (MCU 45) (Further Thoughts), What If...?: Season 2 (MCU 46), Echo (MCU 47), Deadpool & Wolverine (MCU 48) (Spoilers), Agatha All Along (MCU 49) (Premiere), What If...? Season 3 (MCU 50), Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-man (MCU 51) (Premiere), Captain America: Brave New World (MCU 52) (Spoilers, Future, Politics), Daredevil: Born Again: Season 1 (MCU 53), Thunderbolts* (MCU 54) (Teaser, Rewrite), Ironheart (MCU 55)

Phase VI: The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Eyes Of Wakanda, Marvel Zombies, Wonder Man, Avengers: Doomsday, Spider-man 4, Vision Quest, Avengers: Secret Wars

Potential Projects: Armor Wars, Black Panther 3, Blade, Nova, Shang-Chi 2, X-Men

Questionable Continuity

ABC Television: Agent Carter (S1, S2), Agents of SHIELD (S1 - S5, S6 + S7),

Netflix MCU: Daredevil (S3), Jessica Jones (S3), Luke Cage (S1 + S2), Iron Fist (S1 + S2), Defenders (Series), The Punisher (S1 + S2)

Non-Continuity

Other Marvel Television: Cloak and Dagger (S1, S2), Helstrom (Series), Hit-Monkey (S1), Inhumans (Series), M.O.D.O.K. (S1), Runaways (S1 + S2, S3)

Additional Materials

Captain America v Batman v Superman, Thor Series Overview, The James Gunn Firing, Blade in the MCU, MCU Shows on Disney+, Captain Carter v the Falcon, Why It's Not Worth Buying the MCU, Thoughts on the Multiverse Saga Roadmap, Bad Writing and the MCU, Was This the Gas Leak Year?, The Continued Death of the MCU, Is Sony Screwing Marvel?, Marvel Recalibrating their Studio Productions, Ranking all the MCU Films (P1, P2, P3, P4, P5), How Do You Make a Multiverse Work?, RDJ Returns to the MCU, Making a Good Marvel Show, Fixing a Broken Universe, What Fits Into the MCU Continuity

Articles about The Avengers

Marvel Animated Features: Ultimate Avengers, Ultimate Avengers 2: Rise of the Panther, Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow

Marvel Cinematic Universe: The Avengers (MCU 6) Avengers: Age of Ultron (MCU 11) (Previous Review), Captain America: Civil War (MCU 13), Avengers: Infinity War (MCU 19) (Follow-up), Avengers: Endgame (MCU 22) (Spoilers), What If...?: Season 2 (MCU 46), What If...?: Season 3 (MCU 50), Thunderbolts* (MCU 54) (Teaser, Rewrite)

Other Works: Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher

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