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Sep 2019
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That Time a Major Studio Intentionally M...

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About this episode

In this episode of The Brain Food Show, we start off looking at why superheroes wear their underwear on the outside.

Next up, we have a brief message from our sponsor, Jeremy Scott, perhaps best known for his work on CinemaSins, but also the author of the books “The Ables” and the sequel that just came out, “Strings”, both of which you can order here https://cinemasins.com/book

Moving on to the main topic, we are looking at the fascinating story of an instance where a major movie studio intentionally made a horrible Fantastic Four movie and a variety of interesting tangents along the way.  In the Bonus Facts, we look at some rather odd characters created by DC Comics and Marvel over the years.

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The post That Time a Major Studio Intentionally Made a Crappy “Fantastic Four” Movie and Why Superheroes Wear Their Underwear on the Outside appeared first on Today I Found Out.

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