Episodes
Dais Johnston returns and speaks with the Dummies about all things Loki. Dais is a TV, movie, and culture staff writer. They love adaptation theory, international television, and overanalyzing costume design. If prompted, they can and will talk about Shakespeare movies for hours. Listen to this episode to find out about all things MCU! Dais' interview with Tom Hiddleston: https://bit.ly/3rPIWPN Dais Johnston on Twitter: https://bit.ly/2R1I6l1 MCU For Dummies on YouTube:...
Published 07/30/21
The Dummies dive into Marvel's The Avengers!  Topics Covered: - The Loki Hangover Effect  - Theaters vs Streaming  - The Avengers: Character Breakdown, Plot Analysis and Infinity War Saga - Thor, Cap and Iron Man Arcs  - Mark Ruffalo as The Hulk Listen to this episode to find out about all things MCU! Checkout MCU For Dummies on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3uN0PQ4 Ken on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kschmann Lou on Twitter: https://twitter.com/louisdallo MCU For Dummies on Twitter:...
Published 07/20/21
The Dummies dive into Episode 6, 'For All Time. Always', of the Loki TV show. Topics Covered: - Marvel's Next Big Bad Has Arrived! Or Has He? - Where Did Renslayer Go? - What Happened to Mobius?  - What's Next For Loki? - The Multiverse of Madness & More! Listen to this episode to find out about all things Loki and what it means for the Multiverse and greater MCU timeline! Checkout MCU For Dummies on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3uN0PQ4 Ken on Twitter:...
Published 07/14/21
The Dummies dive into the movie Black Widow, the first MCU movie to hit theaters in almost two years with @rejectedhannah! @rejectedhannah is a movie connoisseur and fan of all things Marvel. Hannah and The Dummies share their thoughts on Black Widow, where this movie ranks in the greater MCU timeline and how we think Loki's season finale will play out.  Hannah on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rejectedhannah MCU For Dummies on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mcufordummies MCU For Dummies on...
Published 07/13/21
The Dummies dive into Episode 5, 'Journey into Mystery', of the Loki TV show.  What happened to who, when and why? Plus who was the champion of the Loki variants (It's not who you would expect!) Additional Topics Covered: - Renslayer's motives  - Classic Loki FTW! - What is Alioth? - Praise for Sylvie - & More! Listen to this episode to find out about all things Loki and what it means for the Multiverse and greater MCU timeline! Checkout MCU For Dummies on YouTube:...
Published 07/08/21
The Dummies breakdown episode 4 of Loki on Disney+. In this episode we review the Timekeepers big reveal along with our thoughts on where Mobius went and what happened to Loki. Could Renslayer be setting us up for a Kang The Conquerer reveal before the season finale or are we likely to see her again in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania? What of Sylvie and B15? Who will help us break open the secrets hidden deep within the layers of the Time Variance Authority?  We also run through an in...
Published 07/01/21
The Dummies breakdown episodes 2 & 3 of Loki. Loki teams up with the TVA to help track down the target variant. We travel from Oshkosh, Wisconsin in the 1980s and then to Haven Hills, Alabama in 2055. Mobius reveals his love of jet skis and we meet the variant Loki, played by Sophia Di Martino, named Sylvie.  Sylvie has been stealing tempads and TVA reset devices across the sacred timeline while hiding in apocalyptic events. Episode 2 commences with the destruction of the sacred timeline...
Published 06/25/21
The Dummies breakdown the season premiere of Loki, a Disney+ original. The god of mischief travels to the Time Variance Authority and meets Mobius M. Mobius (Owen Wilson). This variant version of Loki picks up post Avengers (2012) with the precious tesseract containing the infinity space stone. Precious... more like paper weight! Loki learns a bit about what his future entails along the sacred timeline and is faced with the internal conflict of being a better person for those in his life....
Published 06/11/21
Ken and Lou dive into Edward Norton's rendition of The Incredible Hulk (2008) and the first Thor movie. Both movies are hard to view during a re-watch but Thor is arguably the most important table setter of the stories in Phase 1. Many characters introduced have gone on to hold pivotal roles throughout the greater MCU cannon and Thor is where it all began. The guys discuss the challenges Marvel Studios faced with creating a standalone sequel for the big green guy. Was it smart to develop...
Published 05/20/21
This show begins with Ken and Lou simping hardcore over Tom Hiddleston. We know Tom as the featured actor in the upcoming Disney+ show 'Loki'. The guys discuss how Marvel took a shot on two unknown actors way back when Thor first kicked off with Tom and Chris Helmsworth. The Dummies then dive into their likes and dislikes from MCU Phase 1 so far. Plans are also reveled on the future episodes as we continue to recap Phase 1 & 2 while preparing for a busy summer with 'Loki' and 'Black...
Published 05/14/21
Ken and Lou interview their first guest of the show which is none other than Dais Johnston from Inverse!  Dais is a TV, movie, and culture staff writer. They love adaptation theory, international television, and overanalyzing costume design. If prompted, they can and will talk about Shakespeare movies for hours. This wide ranging conversation includes our thoughts on The Falcon and The Winter Solider, WandaVision, Loki and so much more. Enjoy! MCU For Dummies is a podcast currently under...
Published 05/07/21
SPOILER ALERT! Ken and Lou breakdown The Falcon and The Winter Solider series on Disney+ and react to the season finale.
Published 04/24/21
Grab your bird, knock off iron man suit and ice cream sandwich cause we got ourselves a... not so amazing entry in the MCU to sit through.  The dummies walk through a fun but ultimately meh exercise in character development while getting introduced to ya gurl ScarJo as Natasha Romanoff (Black Widow), Sam Rockwell as Justin Hammer and Don Cheadle as new Rhodey.  The dummies also collect their thoughts and predictions on what to expect from the season finale of Falcon and Winter Soldier -...
Published 04/22/21
This episode is a breakdown of Iron Man 1, the movie that started it all for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The guys discuss the cultural impact that the original Iron Man had on the world and the incredible casting decision to align Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark. Join us for this in depth conversion on the instant classic of Iron Man.
Published 04/22/21
The dummies are back to discuss potentially the most (and for no good reason other than men are weird) controversial entry in the Infinity Saga... Captain Marvel! How important is Carol Danvers to the MCU? Where does it rank amongst the rest of the films? Plus some bonus talk on Ep. 2 of “Falcon and Winter Soldier”. Grab your Flerken and listen in.
Published 04/22/21
Cap! America! Hydra! Oh my! Dummies Ken and Lou break down the first chronological film in the MCU which introduces Americas Ass, Bucky Barnes, Peggy Carter, Howard Stark and so much more. Where does it rank in Phase 1?    Do the story arcs line up for the future of the MCU? And how does Chris Evans pull off Cap after “flaming on” through all of Fantastic 4?  The dummies also take a spoiler filled look at Ep. 1 of ”Falcon and Winter Soldier” airing Friday’s on Disney+. Tired of the nerds...
Published 04/22/21