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Marvel Top 10 & Spider-Man: Brand New Day Review
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We decided to celebrate Spider-Man Brand New Day the only way our family knows how: by starting a fight with a blind-draft Top 10 Marvel movies ranking. We throw all our personal MCU favorites into a hat, pull them at random, and have to place each movie on a shared list with no clue what’s coming next. That means big swings, instant regret, and the kind of arguments only people who’ve rewatched these films way too many times can have.
From Avengers Endgame’s “is it great or just the last hour?” debate to why Guardians of the Galaxy still feels like lightning in a bottle, we land on a final top ten that includes Infinity War, Avengers 2012, Captain America Civil War, Thor Ragnarok, Black Panther, and more. The bonus round gets brutal because once a movie moves, it’s locked, and the reactions are exactly as dramatic as that rule sounds.
Then we shift into a spoiler-free Spider-Man Brand New Day review. We talk street-level Spider-Man energy, how Punisher plays off Peter Parker, the excitement of finally getting classic Hulk again, and the choices that work visually even when we disagree on villains, casting, or runtime. We wrap by rating the movie on our Relatively Terrible scale and comparing scores across the family.
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Spider-Man Hype And The Plan
SPEAKER_03Spider-Man is in the air literally. The new Spider-Man brand new day is going to be released right before this podcast is coming out. So in honor of that, we are doing another top 10 list. And our family is so agreeable when it comes to these movies. Yeah. That this is just gonna be easy as pie.
SPEAKER_01Top 10 Marvels.
SPEAKER_03Yes. We've got all of our top fives here in the hat. So we've got 20 total movies. We're gonna pick one out, we're gonna place it on the list without knowing what is coming. And after that, to end it all, we're gonna do our spoiler free Spider-Man brand new day review. I'm Josh.
SPEAKER_01I'm Rachel. I'm Calvin.
SPEAKER_03I'm Jackson. And this is Relatively Terrible. I love you, but you're all terrible. Welcome back to the Relatively Terrible Podcast. We are the Uploads of Fun family, questioning culture with comedy and just enough dysfunction to feel normal.
SPEAKER_01I'm you think fuck yay!
SPEAKER_03Especially with this new Spider-Man movie. Oh my god. For the love of Pete, can we let's I'm gonna disown my own child.
Blind Draft Rules And Early Picks
SPEAKER_03Okay, top 10 Marvel movies. I'm picking first. Here we go.
SPEAKER_02Guardians, let's get Guardians first. Avengers endgame. Six. No, hold on. I say six. Hold on a second. Because for me personally, the last hour or 40 minutes peaks cinema, the rest of the movies not. Because it's story. We get it, Calvin. We get it. It's not top five every time. No, there's better. We gotta go. There's better.
SPEAKER_03This needs to be three.
SPEAKER_02No!
SPEAKER_03Jax, what do you think? Uh four. I can think of like three other movies that are better. I would agree with five. I can't go six.
SPEAKER_01I think we put it at five. Five.
SPEAKER_03Okay, five.
SPEAKER_02I say we wanted that's the lowest I will go.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, let's go. The highest you will go is five. Highest, yeah.
SPEAKER_01Okay, endgame is five. Here we go.
SPEAKER_03That's the lowest I'll put endgame.
SPEAKER_01We got Guardians.
SPEAKER_02Oh, it's this one. That's Guardians of the Galaxy one. Four. Guardians of the Galaxy one. Four. Four. Four? Four. I'll agree with four. Thunder Galaxy One makes me understand why DC chose James Gunn. Yeah. Because that's very good. An absolutely amazing movie. Thunderbolts. Give me Thunderbolts. Give me Thunderbolts. Give me one. Give me one. Uh I can't see it. Avengers 2012. The original Avengers. Two. Three. Two. That's gotta be two. The first Avengers is peak cinema. It's gotta be two. It's got one of Oh, geez. Beauty. I'll go two. I'll go two.
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SPEAKER_01Two.
SPEAKER_02Two, fine, two. Just get it over with. Two.
SPEAKER_01I I I I'm good with that. Peak cinema. Hold that for you.
SPEAKER_03People who don't understand why Avengers is peak cinema. They have issues. I saw that five times in the theater, and we were poor at that point. Come on.
SPEAKER_02I'm gonna get the shittiest one. Watch. If we get Thor, that's ten. Okay. Oh my gosh, Kyle. You can't pre-pick the list. Thunderbolts! Yes! Three! Three! Three! Okay. That is top five. That's top five. Okay, I think it's a movie that our family all agree on. And see, this is where I already have a problem. If we get Guardians 3, it's gonna have to go below endgame.
SPEAKER_01Then in the bonus round, we can switch it up.
SPEAKER_03It is below endgame.
SPEAKER_01Alright, hang on. Let's not have that debate yet. It is. We've only we've still got a lot to go here.
SPEAKER_03What is it? Spider-Man Homecoming. Six. Seven.
SPEAKER_02Six. Seven.
SPEAKER_01I would say seven.
SPEAKER_02Seven is happening. Yeah, there's something higher. There's something higher. There's gonna be something a little higher than Spider-Man.
SPEAKER_01Would you like, what about like if you put we pick like No Way Home? Is do you think Homecoming is better than No Way Home?
SPEAKER_03Yes.
SPEAKER_01Oh, see, I disagree on that.
SPEAKER_03Yes. It was a great reboot of Spider-Man. The story's so good. Great bad guy. It was a good movie. It was a great superhero movie. So I I'm I'm fine with seven. I guess I'll just put it in place of something else later in the bonus round. Okay. Pick it up, Rach.
SPEAKER_01We got Infinity War. One.
SPEAKER_02Easily one. One. Alright. Best MCU movie of all time. Here you go, Cal. Take that. Alright. Infinity War one. That was the easiest choice. Yeah. Alright. Alright. Black Panther. Ooh. Um, nine. Damn.
SPEAKER_01What do you think? Or eight, eight or nine.
SPEAKER_02The comment section is gonna be. I like Black Panther. I'm saying nine because it's a great movie, but weak, bad guy. Yeah.
SPEAKER_01Z point nine, weak bad guy.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, nothing.
SPEAKER_01Bad guy is not my favorite. As much as I love uh Black Panther, it's on my favorite.
SPEAKER_02Boseman was the best casting choice Marvel has ever made. Yeah.
SPEAKER_03Michael B. Jordan, not a bad guy. No. And Sinners, I wasn't scared of them. Sorry. Alright, Jackson. What you gonna get?
SPEAKER_02What you're gonna get? What you're gonna get? Thor Ragnarok!
SPEAKER_01Six chicks.
SPEAKER_02Oh, we've got nowhere in the top.
SPEAKER_01That's yeah. Well, you guys will have to make some changes, Ragnarok.
SPEAKER_03Thor Ragnarok at number six.
SPEAKER_01You guys love that one.
SPEAKER_03Such a great movie. That's oh, that's like Guardian's level from Oh. Okay. Captain America the First Avenger. Oh, that's ten.
SPEAKER_02Ten. Easily ten. I mean, look, even though, honestly, I prefer the Captain America movies over the Iron Man movies. Yeah. Okay, so this is number eight. Here we go. Last one.
SPEAKER_01Captain America Civil War. Okay. That needs to be higher.
SPEAKER_03Alright, okay, hold on. We're not gonna read the list because instead we've gotten better at this.
Bonus Round Swaps And Final List
SPEAKER_03We are gonna do the bonus round first. Here's how it goes. I'm gonna read off the honorable mentions, and then we are going to each be able to make one change. Once something gets changed or moved, it cannot be changed again. Here are the honorable mentions. Four and Guardians of the Galaxy three. Let me go ahead and make my change. What are you doing? What are you doing? I'm gonna take Thunderbolts down to eight.
SPEAKER_04Oh my god!
SPEAKER_03And then I'm gonna put Civil War at three.
SPEAKER_04Holy crap! Ooh, that's stunned. Oh my God! That stunned.
SPEAKER_03And now you can't touch it. That's the worst thing you've ever done.
SPEAKER_02Or you're just getting back at me for what I did to freaks and geeks. You're just getting back at me.
SPEAKER_03It has to be. Civil War deserves to be top three over Thunderbolts. So that's the only one I'm gonna change, though.
SPEAKER_02Come on, but if I wanted to put Thunderbolts higher up, I'd be. Nope.
SPEAKER_03You can't move it now once it's gonna be.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, no, three and eight are done. That's always been the rule. Wait, so once you move it, you can't put it back. That is right. Yeah, no. Oh, what? So here's all it would be then is you guys just changing the same ones.
SPEAKER_01So what do we think about this?
SPEAKER_03I can't believe that was such a big deal.
SPEAKER_01What about swapping Ragnarok and Avengers? So the original Avengers are gonna be at six and Ragnarok number two.
SPEAKER_02Swap Ragnarok for Endgame. Because Ragnarok's better than Endgame.
SPEAKER_01Is it Ragnarok better than the First Avengers?
SPEAKER_02No.
SPEAKER_03Oh no.
SPEAKER_02No? No, no. I say switch Ragnarok.
SPEAKER_03I have a special place in my heart for the First Avengers for two reasons. One, because I I saw it really before the the boys were old enough. Yeah. And it was like, and then they loved it, and we watched it a ton, starting at the Hulk part every time.
SPEAKER_01I'm gonna get rid of Captain America in the 10th spot, and I'm gonna put Guardians 3 there.
SPEAKER_02But see, you know what the problem with that is? Black Panthers over Guardians 3.
SPEAKER_01We're stuck with it now, bud. That's a problem.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, I gotta put Ragnarok at uh five.
SPEAKER_01So you're swapping Ragnarok with what? Endgame?
SPEAKER_02Yeah. I'll just put Thor. Yeah. Oh, Jackson. Bring it home. It's whatever.
SPEAKER_03It's time. So you're not gonna make a change? Wow. No, we can keep up with the game. Okay. All right, let me let me read it off. Okay. Okay, this is our final Marvel Top Ten. Deal with it. Number 10, Guardians of the Galaxy 3. Number nine, Black Panther. Number eight, Thunderbolts. Seven, Spider-Man Homecoming. Six is Endgame. Five is Thor Ragnarok. Four is Guardians of the Galaxy One. Three is Captain America Civil War. Two is Avengers 2012. And one is Avengers Infinity War. There we go.
SPEAKER_01That might have been the most painful one we've done so far.
SPEAKER_02Because honestly, looking at that list now, I would honestly put Homecoming at 10. That should have been number 10. There's just, there's so much better on the list.
Brand New Day Quick Takes
SPEAKER_03Alright, now is our spoiler-free review of Spider-Man Brand New Day. Let's start off with one sentence for the internet. Jackson, kick us off.
SPEAKER_02Punisher carried. Damn. If you like a more street level Spider-Man movie with a plot that's pretty predictable, this is the movie for you.
SPEAKER_01One of the more emotionally resonant Marvel movies. What?
SPEAKER_00No.
SPEAKER_01No. No. Shut up. Listen. No. Do not listen to these two teenage asshats about what has emotional resonance, okay? They don't even know what that means.
SPEAKER_03They said they didn't like it because of certain things that I won't say, yet they love Thunderbolts that have those certain things.
SPEAKER_02Because they handled it better.
SPEAKER_03Okay, okay, okay. No, they did not.
SPEAKER_01Let's not do this. Let's not do this. Josh, what's your one sentence?
SPEAKER_03My one sentence for the internet is again, has DC ever seen a Marvel? Oh my god, I'm so sick of this. They are just Marvel is just killing it all the time. Even if you don't like this, it's better than anything DC has done. Visuals are great. Go see it.
SPEAKER_02Okay, I get it, but you don't have to compare every Marvel movie to DC. They're comic book movies.
SPEAKER_01You kind of do, man.
SPEAKER_03Why is DC not getting any better ever? That's why I do it.
SPEAKER_02Okay. Which was better, Spider-Man or Toy Story 5? Oh, what the f that's a genuine question. I thought you were gonna ask me like Spider-Man or Superman.
SPEAKER_03Spider-Man brand new day is better than Toy Story 5 because you can't compare those two. That's not something you can compare.
SPEAKER_01So, Jason, without spoilers, what'd you
Punisher, Hulk, And Story Choices
SPEAKER_01like? What would you change?
SPEAKER_02I like the relationship between Frank Castle and Spider-Man or Peter Parker. That was good. It was he was the comic relief. Shocking. Shocking. Because if you watch Daredevil, you're like, um murdering a bunch of people.
SPEAKER_01He's a little hard to handle in the show.
SPEAKER_02He's hard to handle in the show. However, in this, he's toned down a little bit. He's still he's still a punisher. He's more palatable. Yes. I preferred him in this movie, so they did a good job with that. What I would change. I would have had a real bad guy.
SPEAKER_01You would have had a more centralized, well-known character bad guy.
SPEAKER_02Yes. Calvin? I guess what I liked was the Hulk. We finally got the Hulk. Not smart Hulk. The Hulk. The Hulk. And the last time we saw him was 2017 in Thor Ragnarok. No, we the last time we saw him was at the beginning of Infinity War. Oh yeah, because he was a fan of the state. But again, still 2018. I thought he was great. CGI on him looked incredible. I guess what I didn't like, I guess was Sadie's character.
SPEAKER_01It had a lot of the a lot of similar themes as Thunderbolts, which I think Thunderbolts is honestly my personal number one Marvel movie. This was definitely a movie much more based on story. There were definitely there was definitely action and there were fight scenes, but this was this was really about the story. And again, it it made me feel something which typically doesn't happen uh in Marvel movies. I I think in terms of like what would I change, it was a little long. Only seeing it one time, like I can't think of like, oh, this is something I would cut out.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, I liked right off the bat the visuals, the color palette, uh how it felt, the contrast was is better than most Marvel movies, and I read online somewhere that that was very intentional by the director. Uh, there was nothing CGI or or anything that really took me out of the story, like there was one really egregious thing in Thunderbolts that was like, why did you leave that? I love superhero movies like all the Avengers movies with multiple superheroes in one movie, and everyone already knows that's not a spoiler. You get that with this movie. Yeah. I think the thing I would change. I don't like the choice for Scorpion. I don't like the actor of Michael Mando. Michael Mando, right? As Scorpion. That was a waste. That's the most bullshit take I have ever heard. You but didn't say they were.
SPEAKER_02Wait, but what were we gonna say? What? What? That was like one of my highlights of the movie. I love seeing him as Scorpion. What?
SPEAKER_03Because you like him in another show.
SPEAKER_01But no, I watched it.
SPEAKER_03That's it. That's it. But he's you didn't see him very much. You didn't see him very much. It was worthless. Yeah. Now I think about it a little bit. They did not utilize that man's acting talent. It was a fine casting choice, but also I hate it for him because he didn't get utilized. I I I'm glad he got a payday,
Casting Debates And Rewrite Ideas
SPEAKER_03but what's your dumbest hill for this movie?
SPEAKER_02I would have done Brand New Day right after season three of Born Again, and it led into Brand New Day, and Kingpin is the villain. Yeah. They should have made it to where at the end of Born Again, Kingpin is on top. Daredevil's put in jail by Kingpin. Spider-Man breaks them out and they team up together with Jessica Jones, with maybe Still Punisher. Still Punisher, and they all should have done it together. That would have been a kick-ass movie. Kingpin's not a good enough bad guy for the big screen.
SPEAKER_03Yes, he is. No, he's not because he's.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, which makes it even more interesting too. But he's strong as hell.
SPEAKER_03But but all you need is someone who is an enhanced individual and he's done. So that's why you can't do it. But he's also a Spider-Man villain in the comics. I understand, but Spider-Man is enhanced, but not in the way like Captain America is. So, like, all I'm saying is you'd you would have to dumb down the powers of all the superheroes around him to make Kingpin make sense.
SPEAKER_01Again, this is a dumb pill.
SPEAKER_03So I think Kingpin would work if he teamed up with someone. Someone who could be the muscle, basically. He can be the mastermind. You know what I'm saying? But once you have an enhanced individual, he's done.
SPEAKER_02So then what should have happened then is you know how he likes to manipulate people? Right. He should have done that to Sadie's character. Manipulate her. Oh, Sadie's character. Oh, yeah.
SPEAKER_00Oh yeah, this company has uh vital information on your sister. I know what you're going through because when I was a boy, exactly.
SPEAKER_02And then we would have worked together. And then Spider-Man would have been like, wait, Kingpin? Oh, we gotta break Daredevil out of jail!
SPEAKER_03You know what you jackasses should do? Write a movie.
SPEAKER_02Get off your fingers and write a movie. And pitch it to Marvel. Give us a hundred mil. Stop blowing smoke, do it. My dumbhill, I guess the hand. I thought the hand being in the movie was absolutely stupid. Wrong. He's wrong. Stupid spoiler. Watch how they act. It was out of character for them. Rach, what's your dumb hill?
SPEAKER_01I have one, but it's I think it's I think it's all right. I'm gonna say this, but maybe you guys tell me if it's too spoilery. The character of Metzger, while the casting was very good, I like the actor a lot. Some of his previous roles were actually kind of a spoiler. Uh, because he's played a similar type of character before, and it immediately made me suspicious of him, even when he had really not done anything suspicious. So, like the actor, did a great job, but I was I was maybe a little bit spoiled in the story because it was the casting choice.
SPEAKER_03I think we'll keep that because you have to see severance to understand what she's talking about.
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_03I think that my dumb hill is Tom Holland is the best Spider-Man that there's ever been.
SPEAKER_02Easily, and see Oh, okay. I'm shocked that you agree with it about it. Thanks, Calvin! Every review I've seen, even videos, they're like, oh, is this better than you know, Spider-Man 1, Spider-Man 2? And I'm just like, yeah.
SPEAKER_03Before we head out, we're gonna give our relatively terrible rating on our relatively terrible scale.
Ratings And Final Thoughts
SPEAKER_03All right, before we head out, we're gonna rank Spider-Man brand new day on our relatively terrible rating scale, which is relatively great, good, fine, exhausting, questionable, terrible.
SPEAKER_04Sounds right.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, sounds right. Well, the one I always get backwards and somebody pointed out. Questionable and exhausting. Go ahead, Jax.
SPEAKER_02It was relatively fine. I'll give it a score of 6.5. Yeah, relatively fine with a score of a seven.
SPEAKER_01I think this was relatively good. 8.5. I liked it.
SPEAKER_03I thought it was relatively great. I I think it was a nine, but I have to see it again to to like lock that score in. Yeah. Yeah. I don't really there wasn't much that I would change with it.
SPEAKER_01It had a good maybe maybe I should have said good story, great CG.
SPEAKER_03It just didn't feel like it didn't feel like the typical superhero movie either, which I loved. So and there was a lot of great surprises. We didn't wait great surprises, no.
SPEAKER_01Okay. And that is relatively terrible that we cannot have ourselves divided over this movie.