Troy (Extended)

We continue our epic and cinematic journey towards Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey by taking a look at a second inspiration behind his adaptation. This time it’s Troy from 2004 from director Wolfgang Peterson. Loosely based on Homer’s Iliad and the story of the Trojan War it pits (pun intended) Brad Pitt’s Achilles against Eric Bana’s Hector, Orlando Blooms Paris against Brendan Gleeson’s Menelaus, a city of stupid people against a horse and a whole lot more. Thanks for watching our Caravan Of Garbage review

67: Batman: The Mud Pack

Hello and welcome to the classiest Big Sandwiche bonus show! This week we’re getting for Clayface with a very muddy Batman comique run from 1989 called The Mud Pack. Bruce Wayne battling four Clayface men AND WOMEN with unique and weird abilities. It’s great fun. Thanks for listening and for the support!

630: Best/Worst Comic Adaptations & The Death of Physical Media

Incredible week for doing a great podcast! In this latest episode of The Weekly Planet we talk the best and worst comic adaptation choices from modern and decades past. We also discuss the further death of physical media with Sony Playstation not creating physical disks after 2028, confirmation that the Minions didn’t work with Hitler, new details on Danny McBrides G.I. Joe adaptation, a trailer for Robert Egger’s Werwulf, James Gunn potentially directing the DCU Batman movie, potentially casting news for Bruce Wayne plus the fallout and blame game behind Supergirl. Thanks for listening!

00:00 The Start
06:23 Sony Kills Physical Games Releases
22:24 Did The Minions Work for Hitler?
24:40 James & Maso’s Tangent Time
28:15 New G.I. Movie Confirmed
31:07 Werwulf Trailer & First Look
34:31 James Gunn’s Batman Movie Takeover
37:04 Supergirl, What Went Wrong?
47:05 Best & Worst Comic to Movie Adaptations
01:29:25 What We Reading, What We Gonna Read
01:40:04 Letters, It’s Time For Letters

Jason and the Argonauts (Extended)

By way of Christopher Nolan, The Odyssey is hitting cinemas in July, an epic fantasy action bonanza based on Homer’s Odyssey. Its use of scale and practical effects harken back to the movies and stories he grew up on, including this one, Jason and the Argonauts from 1963. Featuring groundbreaking effects from stopmotion and dynomation wizard Ray Harryhausen, he considers it the pinnacle of his work, with the giant bronze statue Talos, the seven headed Hydra and of course the skeleton battle sequence. Join us this week and the next two as we explore more of the inspirations behind The Odyssey and thanks for listening to our Caravan Of Garbage review.

629: Supergirl!

Early podcast and BIG MOVIE ALERT! We’re talking Supergirl plus new DC Animated shows, Christopher Nolan banning Influencers from Odyssey, the threat of normal men cancelling the new DCU and much more. Thanks for listening!

00:00 The Start
04:08 New DCU Animated Shows Announced
13:18 Influencers Banned from Odyssey Showings
17:38 Tom Cruise’s ‘Digger’ Movie Trailer
23:36 Future of DCU After Paramount Takeover
27:09 Supergirl Movie Review
51:00 Supergirl Spoiler Segment
01:08:42 What We Reading, What We Gonna Read
01:20:08 Letters, It’s Time For Letters

The Flash (Extended)

For our final look at Supergirl, we’re returning to the DCEU. And also Earth 89, Earth 789, Earth 30, Earth 66, Earth 203, Earth 789, and a reboot. That’s right, we’re taking a look at The Flash (2023), which aimed to be both a love letter to and the end of the Zack Snyder DC Universe, while also serving as an introduction to James Gunn’s DCU. All your favourites are back: Michael Keaton, Ben Affleck, George Clooney, and Adam West as Batman, along with Wonder Woman, Aquaman, a pretty solid interpretation of Supergirl from Sasha Calle, and Ezra Miller’s The Flash, I guess, if you’re into that kind of thing. And it’s awful. Thanks for listening to our Caravan of Garbage review.

The Weekly Planet Bonus Q&A June 2026

Have you got any Qs? We’ve got the As! James & Maso are back for listener questions including insights into working with YouTube over the years, behind the scenes on the podcast, how Caravan of Garbage is planned, the best way to cook a potato and much more. Thanks for listening!

628: Toy Story 5!

Early podcast and Toy Story 5! Plus Supergirl previews, Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailers and more shrektacular segments. Thank you very much for supporting the show.

00:00 The Start
02:34 Supergirl Tracking Poorly
05:36 New Clayface Movie Details
07:51 Gorilla Grodd TV Series
11:58 He-Man Bombs & Sequel
17:09 Skibidi Toilet Still Happening
20:16 Spider-Man: Brand New Day Trailer
27:22 Shrek 5 Trailer
29:36 Austin Powers 4 Maybe
32:06 Mr Sunday’s Bonus Shrek Segment
35:30 Toy Story 5 Movie Review
53:30 Toy Story 5 Spoiler Segment
01:01:36 What We Reading, What We Gonna Read
01:12:35 Letters, It’s Time For Letters

The Supergirl TV Show (Extended)

It’s time to enter the universe of Earth-38, more commonly referred to as The Arrowverse. Amazingly we’re haven’t really covered much of this in Caravan Of Garbage and the Supergirl 2015 series seems a good a place as any. This version again sees the character of Kara Zor-El arrive from Krypton a little late to encounter a fully grown Superman and finds herself directionless despite having all the powers all of the time. Blending a bit of The Flash/Arrow with the likes of Alley McBeal/The Devil Wears Prada it definitely does its own thing for good or ill or for middling results whilst also managing to introduce characters like Martian Manhunter, Bizarro Supergirl, Tyler Hoechlin’s Superman, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olson, Brainiac, Maxwell Lord, Lex Luthor and more! Thanks for listening to our Caravan Of Garbage review

627: Disclosure Day!

What is this, some kind of E.T. the extra early podcast? A close encounter with an extra early podcast? Jaws but we’re gonna need a bigger movie? I don’t know what I’m doing but here’s the timecodes and thanks for the support! Have a great weekend mate.

00:00 The Start
04:42 Spider-Man: Brand New Day Trailer Leaked
12:02 24 Jump Street Movie Announced
15:28 Doctor Who Cancelled (for now maybe)
19:45 Troubles for Paramount’s Warner Bros Bid
25:39 Social Reckoning Trailer
29:40 Whalefall (Whale Fail) Trailer
35:12 Pixar’s Gato Trailer
37:00 Toy Story 5 Next Week
40:21 Disclosure Day Movie Review
01:01:34 Disclosure Day Spoiler Segment
01:11:39 What We Reading, What We Gonna Read
01:22:04 Letters, It’s Time For Letters

Smallville’s Supergirl (Extended)

It’s time to return to Earth-167! Which you would obviously know as the universe of Smallville, the smash hit ten season long Superman original series that managed to introduce EVERY. SINGLE. DC. CHARACTER. before Clark Kent decides to put on the suit. This time we’re going to be covering the storyline of Kara Zor-El aka Supergirl as played by Laura Vandervoort introduced in Season 7. And we’ve discovered so much more about this show including how many character get clones or are clones (it’s a lot which is exciting). Thanks for listening to our extended Caravan Of Garbage review

78: Disney Crime Spree!

We love clickbait everybody! This week it’s a special episode dedicated to Disney as we go Inside ‘Inside the Magic’ Dot Com for some crime-themed clickbait. You can also watch along in new fully edited video versions (available on Big Sandwich & Patreon) as James & Maso aim to bring some law and order to these probably AI articles, big liars and non-stop pop-up ads. Thanks for listening!

626: Masters of the Universe & Summer Games Fest 2026

Dead franchises are back! That’s right, Masters of the Universe is finally in cinemas again after a near four decade break and its (Sword Talk/Quickstophers Quickstions) bad news for the character of He-Man. Plus we talk the passing of Anthony Head, Supergirl’s break even point, our first look at Lex Luthor’s battle armour from Man of Tomorrow (Superman 2), some big Avengers: Doomsday reveals, How To Rob A Bank, The End of Oak Street and a bunch of video game stuff including the new Wolverine game. Thanks for listening!

New bonus podcast & video for We Got ‘We Got This Covered’ Covered coming Monday!

00:00 The Start
05:37 Anthony Head RIP
10:53 Will Supergirl Succeed?
14:18 Man of Tomorrow Lex Luthor Reveal
19:56 Avengers: Doomsday Latest
22:19 Tom Holland’s Chris Nolan Lessons
25:31 How To Rob A Bank Trailer
28:11 The End of Oak Street Trailer
31:18 Summer Games Fest 2026
35:18 Wolverine PS5 Gameplay Trailer
39:36 God of War: Laufey Announced
42:16 Control: Resonant Looks Great
47:01 Masters of the Universe Movie Review
01:10:00 Masters of the Universe Spoiler Segment
01:16:22 What We Reading, What We Gonna Read
01:23:25 Letters, It’s Time For Letters
01:31:52 Quickstopher’s Quickstions
01:41:44 Sword Talk

The Fifth Element (Extended)

It’s finally here! Apologies for the delay and video version coming soon I promise. To conclude our look at classic 90s sci-fi we’ve hit The Fifth Element! A wonderful action adventure movie starring Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich and Gary Oldman sporting three of the most insane hairstyles every committed to film. Wonderful special effects, great world building, action scenes that pack a punch all under the direction of a really crook bloke. Thanks for watching our Caravan Of Garbage review.