Date

2013-05-09

Featuring

Ben, Matt

Length

1:05:32

Category

News

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Spoilers

This guide entry contains spoilers for:
  • Avengers 2: Age of Ultron

Opening

Joss Whedon liked Iron Man 3 and said it will be hard to top with Avengers 2.

Ben is disappointed that Joss Whedon has betrayed his philosophy of "story should always have a purpose".

2:21 Joss Whedon has, for the sake of being a fanboy, completely betrayed his set of principles that made him famous in the first place. Wow. I hope he's listening to this. Joss, we want you on the show. We're not going to make you answer for your crimes, but we just want to talk it out.

Ben bought Matt The 5-Minute Iliad and Other Instant Classics: Great Books For The Short Attention Span by Greg Nagan for his birthday.

7:54 Ben and Koby at the theatre

News

Ben calls Quicksilver, "Pumpernickel"

Robert Downey Jr. will star in a Pinocchio movie

Take That, Science: The Nepalese government released a memo from 1959 with regulations for yeti hunting

Daniel calls in with the hosts' favorite Guardians of the Galaxy news: David Tennant is rumored to voice Rocket Raccoon.

Netflix will not bring back Firefly because the original audience was small and has not grown since.

Feedback

Noah donated to the show, so they read his 5-page email.

Noah asks for a new rule: no talking over the "Ben is Right" clip

51:16 Noah compares weird bronies to sinful Catholics Here's the difference, Noah: you don't have a brony pope to help you sort it out. So take that, protestants! And bronies. Kill two birds with one stone there. Take that, bronies!

Noah's sister drew a cartoon version of Ben. Ben says he needs Noah to email it to him.

Closing

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