{"podcast":{"title":"Marvelous! Or, the Death of Cinema","slug":"marvelous-or-the-death-of-cinema-4770023","podcast_index_feed_id":4770023,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/marvelousdeath/feed.xml","website_url":"https://www.marvelousdeath.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/13348760/img313b_-_Copy9irzy.jpg","author":"Nicole Veneto, Tyrell James, and Cole Netscape","episode_count":183,"summary":"A critical, tongue-in-cheek look at the bleak landscape of the modern IP-driven Hollywood blockbuster. Hosted by Tyrell James (aka Discourse Stu), Nicole Veneto, and Cole Netscape. Audio production by Miguel Tahni. Art by Zoe Woolley, Kly and Johanna Hermeer. Discord: https://discord.gg/7vRmbRJDgs Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/marvelousdeath","last_synced_at":"2026-09-25T12:28:04.076408+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/marvelous-or-the-death-of-cinema-4770023"},"episode":{"title":"Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, or The Third Greatest Animated Film Ever Made","slug":"spider-man-across-the-spider-verse-or-the-third-greatest-animated-film-ever-made","published_at":"2026-07-24T02:12:09+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/marvelous-or-the-death-of-cinema-4770023/spider-man-across-the-spider-verse-or-the-third-greatest-animated-film-ever-made","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/marvelous-or-the-death-of-cinema-4770023","url":"https://www.marvelousdeath.com/e/spider-man-across-the-spider-verse-or-the-third-greatest-animated-film-ever-made/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/c8iccn77ttj79zpt/PODBEAN_COPY_Marv_Spiderman_ATSV_FINAL6wnbd.mp3","summary":"... according to Letterboxd, anyway, but your pals at Marvelous! aren't quite so sanguine. From Phil Lord's tyrannical rule of production to the tedium of infinite Spiders-Men and the so-facile-it-might-be-accidental queer representation — we dig into all the things that keep this (sometimes good) film from achieving the greatness its reputation implies. For this episode we relied especially on the following articles: Spider-Verse Artists Say Working on the Sequel Was ‘Death by a Thousand Paper Cuts’ by Chris Lee Get Real! Relatability on Demand by Matt Purets, Alisha Hines, and Yalda T. Uhls Laborious Aesthetics: Visible and Invisible Labor in the Spider-Verse franchise by Jordan Schonig An extra special thanks to our $10 Executive Producers: JetChiclete, GalaxyPeaBrain, squishward, JayJeffrey, Walt Lewellyn of The Black Casebook, Tropical Doves, jprestonpoole, Lohik, bernventers, Owen2 and Ronnie Gardocki. If you can, please lend some support to these organizations: Gaza Funds PCRF (Palestinian Children's Relief Fund) MAP (Medical Aid for Palestinians) National Networks of Abortion Funds Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota If you enjoy the show please consider: Subscribing to our Patreon, where you can enjoy exclusive episodes and other material, like our retrospective on the rest of the Fast and Furious series. Giving us a positive rating and review on your platform of choice. It really does help!","meta_description":"... according to Letterboxd, anyway, but your pals at Marvelous! aren't quite so sanguine. From Phil Lord's tyrannical rule of production to the tedium of…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":10683,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/marvelous-or-the-death-of-cinema-4770023/episodes/spider-man-across-the-spider-verse-or-the-third-greatest-animated-film-ever-made/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/marvelous-or-the-death-of-cinema-4770023/spider-man-across-the-spider-verse-or-the-third-greatest-animated-film-ever-made.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}