Mostly Nitpicking

[SPOILER'S FOR CIVIL WAR INCOMING] Here's the deal. We loved Captain America: Civil War. We think you should definitely see it. But also now that some time has passed, we have some questions about certain parts of that movie that were pretty unclear. Questions like, Does Scott Lang really want to see his family again? What's the deal with The Raft? Is Zemo a HYDRA agent? Why does Tony recruit a 15 year old he has never met? And many more. Just like Captain America, we can do this all day.

Chris and Andy are starting to get it together. Following a slight controversy, After The Thrones is back and our podcast recapping the Game of Thrones recap show is back with it. We talk about their analysis of the episode and makes some new hashtags (#FixTheMap). We also get into some of the fan theories that sprung out of this episode which After The Thrones can't talk about because they are under the thumb of big HBO. We also look at the questions Andy and Chris asked and propose some of their own.

Hi-di-ho! We have the results of the Elite Eight round of voting on the Most Neighborly bracket. The results skew in one specific direction that sets up the Final Four in a very interesting way. We also talk about the possibility of a live Simpsons episode and our favorite parts of the Overwatch Beta.

Jon Snow is back. Roose Bolton is backstabbed. We look at the big events that the After The Thrones team nailed and what they missed. From the people behind Mad Bracket Status comes the exciting new Game of Thrones post episode recap show post episode recap show. That's right. We're analyzing HBO's After the Thrones with Chris Diggins. Does the show make sense? Is their analysis interesting? What did they miss? All that and more on this week's After After the Thrones.

The Elite Eight round of the Most Neighborly bracket has been decided. Nando and DJ bring on Pop-Break writer Chris Diggins to help them sort through the results and decide whether there is truly any meaning to life. Diggins also pitches his Space Jam 2 story which includes an evil Michael Jordan and an army of washed up NBA players.

From the people behind Mad Bracket Status comes the exciting new Game of Thrones post episode recap show post episode recap show. That's right. We're analyzing HBO's After the Thrones with Chris Diggins. Does the show make sense? Is their analysis interesting? What did they miss? All that and more on this week's After After the Thrones.

Everyone is tired this week. DJ just got back from PAX East. Nando and Emily just for back from hosting out Smash Snub panel at CPAC. We go through the results from the first round of the Most Neighborly bracket and have just enough time to talk about some of the new match ups before Game of Thrones starts and we end the show. Also this episode features a surprise appearance from a friend of the podcast who DJ ran into in Boston.

A new bracket has appeared. We bring on friend of the show Lorenzo to help us introduce our new bracket, the Most Neighborly. We have assembled thirty two excellent neighbors from pop culture and we look at some of the first round match ups. Does Quagmire have any chance against Flanders? Why is Babette more neighborly than Totoro? What is the deal with The Room's Denny?

Listen guys, last week we made a podcast on the usual topics. Brackets. Pop Culture. You know the drill. But also in the beginning we talked AT LENGTH about Dominos. Like a lot. Frank Dicola and Jack Kelly from Game Revenant were also involved. It can only be described as art. Enjoy.

This week we have the final results of our Nickest Toon bracket! The results were stupid close and the winner will very likely surprise you. We also look at the results of our mini brackets The Best Batman, and the Best Harry Potter Movie. We also are joined by Jack and Frank from Game Revenant to talk about some of the new games they're working on.

New mid-week podcast! We take a small break in brackets to talk about Nando and DJ's two favorite things respectively, Bernie and Basketball. In order, the topics of conversation are Golden State, Nova, Lebron, James Dolan, the Wisconsin Primary, New York Debates, Panama Papers, Hillary, TWD Finale, OJ, and Wrestlemania.

This week we have for you the final match up in the Nickest Toon bracket. We talk about the Nicktoonyness of Avatar and posit the theory that Aang and Tommy and essentially the same character. We also give you a new mini bracket as well as the results to the Best Batman mini bracket.

If you have not see Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and eventually plan to, this isn't for you. Everyone else, we have a spoiler filled mini episode of Mad Bracket Status where we take apart everything we didn't like or understand about Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. We go over bizarre fan theories, unbelievable character choices, and everything else that made this potential Avengers rival into a complete trainwreck. Deathstroke Theory: http://moviepilot.com/posts/3586492 Communion Scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-MUzvASr8s Mr Sunday Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TAlR9y_zJw MovieBob Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTKDtoBR-2M Half in the Bag Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGsrMaxx8N4 Mad Bracket Status: http://www.madbracketstatus.com/

Huge week for the show. First off, we have the results of the Sweet Sixteen round of voting on our Nickest Toon bracket. Secondly, March Madness is going off the rails and number one seeds are being eliminated by the handful. Third, Batman v Superman: Rush to Justice was finally released.

Right off the bat, we have no real knowledge of spoilers for this movie. All spoilers are POTENTIAL spoilers at best and way off the mark at worst. That being said, we decided to have a podcast where we ask some of the big question regarding the new DC blockbuster. If we spoil the movie, that is completely coincidental. We have ZERO knowledge about what actually happens in the movie. We're just recklessly speculating.

This week it is just Nando and DJ going through the results of the Sweet Sixteen round of voting on the Nickest Toon bracket. Some shows are eliminated completely while other are surging towards the finals.

We are podcast! On a mission! Bracket kids with...you get the joke. That's the Rocket Power theme song but with some of the words changed to make it seem like it's talking about us. Clever right? This week Nando and DJ are back with the results of the first round of voting on the Nickest Toon bracket. There are some pretty bizarre upsets. Specifically one that should really surprise you. We talk about the next round of match ups as well as some Civil War news and give our pop culture recommendations in our Get Recced segment that we shockingly didn't forget about.

Dear Journal, hi! It's us, Mad Bracket Status. We are still working on the Nickest Toon bracket. This week we bring on animation expert Kevin Su to look at some of the Top 32 match ups that caught our attention. We ask the tough questions. Which Angry Beaver is the best? Who is Chloe Carmichael? Why are the making another Hey Arnold movie? We also look at an insanely funny Doug based twitter feed and talk, talk about the Ghostbusters trailer, and give some of our recommendations in a new segment called Get Recced! website - http://www.madbracketstatus.com/ redbubble - http://www.redbubble.com/people/madbracketstat Doug Episodes - https://twitter.com/dougepisodes

Are ya' ready kids? I can't hear you! Ohhhhhh! The picture of a pirate with a real mouth starting to sing can only mean one thing. We are starting our Nickest Toon bracket. Friend of the show Frank DiCola joins us as we unveil the starting thirty two contenders in the bracket. We have characters from the creation of Nickelodeon animation and characters that are still on the air today. See if your favorite made the cut and vote at www.madbracketstatus.com

It is finally here. After a 128 competitors, we are finally able to reveal the winner of our Superior Sidekick bracket. Everything comes down to Super Mario's Yoshi and Star Wars' R2-D2. Dan Ward joins us to talk about the winner and everything he represents to sidekickery. We also talk about our next bracket and why it should be pretty good.

It has all led up to this. We started with 128 sidekicks and we are down to two competitors in the Superior Sidekick bracket. We go over each character's history as well as some key difference between the two characters. We also spend some time in the beginning of the episode breaking down some of the movie trailers from the Big Game and at the end of the show we give a spoiler free and spoiler filled Deadpool review. Don't worry. There is plenty of warning if you haven't seen it yet.

The heat is on! We bring musician and graphic designer Nick Porcaro to the show to dissect the final four round of the Superior Sidekick bracket. There are a couple of pretty surprising results. With the winners from each conference, we are able to start talking about who we think deserves to win it all. We also look back at some of the amazing marketing coming out of Deadpool before it's release later this week.

The Superior Sidekick bracket is really starting to heat up. Nando and DJ go over the results of the Sweet Sixteen round of voting to reveal the Elite Eight competitors. There are some big surprises in store. Will the Star Wars sidekicks stick around? Can Robin take on Rhodey Which Pokemon will prevail? The answers can all be found here along with some incredible Superbowl predictions.

Mad Bracket Status braves snowstorm Jonas to bring you the results of the Top Thirty Two round of voting on the Superior Sidekick bracket. Roommate of the show Kenny Goff is our sidekick and he bluffs his way through match up after match up in an attempt to seem like an expert and it almost works! We also talk to Seed from the excellent Poprika podcast about his new Indiegogo comic book project called Pineville.

This week, the sidekick field is finally starting to narrow. We bring on Disney superfan Michelle Coraci to take the 64 remaining competitors in the Superior Sidekick bracket down to 32. DJ brags about his Morty related Reddit post. Nando asks whether Bucky is a better Cap sidekick than Falcon. Michelle questions whether Pikachu is really a sidekick at all.

Sooooooo this week's episode is two and a half hours long. We think it's really good, so we didn't trim it. Perhaps in the future we will attempt to shorten the episodes from Tarantino film to regular film. No promises though. This week we go over the second half of the 128 round of voting on the Superior Sidekick bracket. Kevin Su stops by to go through some of the anime match ups. Nando explains why Groot might be the most powerful character in the Marvel Universe. DJ gives preemptive reviews for 2016's comic book movies.

We have made it to 2016 and with the new year, we have the new round of the bracket! Well, actually its more of a half round. You see, because we decided to make the Superior Sidekick bracket a 128 competitor contest, we split the first round of voting in half. So this week, we have the results from the Comics and Anime/Video Games Conferences and the match ups from the TV and Movies/Book Conferences. We also take some time at the end of the episode to look back at the pop culture that made 2015 so...yeah...TV was good, though.

Let's get it started! This week we kick off the Superior Sidekick bracket with help from MBS CTO Caroline Amaba. It is a 128 competitor bracket and this week we are focusing only on the first 64 competitors which is made up of the Comics and Video Game/Anime conferences. Next week we will explore the TV and Movie/Book side of the bracket and vote on those match ups. Nando explains the tragic origin story for one of the most feared Red Lanterns, a blue house cat. DJ explains the premise behind a show called Kill La Kill and why that name is actually great. Caroline gives us some background on everyone's new favorite show, One Punch Man!

No bracket this week! I know, right? Instead we are going to talk for an absurdly long time about our Star Wars: The Force Awakens opinions. There are plenty of Spoilers! We warn you a bunch. If you don't want to be spoiled, don't listen. We won't be mad. Next week we will start the Superior Sidekick bracket.

It is the will of Steins;Gate. This week we reveal the winner of the Top Time Traveler bracket. Resident Whovian Chris Diggins stops by to give his two cents on the Doctor. The guys do a little Reckless Speculation on the new Nintendo Direct and Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

The time has come to reveal the final two competitors in our Top Time Traveler bracket. We bring on Nick Berrios, who has seen some of Steins;Gate, to give us some insight on the character of Okabe. DJ gets a voting result he is very unhappy with. Nando explains why the Batman v Superman trailer is awful. Vote all week at http://www.madbracketstatus.com/p/polls.html

This week we reveal the Final Four in our Top Time Traveler bracket. Dan Ward comes back on to school us on Dr Who. DJ reiterates his completely unfounded dislike for Life is Strange. Nando goes over the many time travel escapades of Fry. The episode ends with a lengthy discussion of the Civil War trailer that we would completely understand if you skipped. Vote all week at http://www.madbracketstatus.com/p/polls.html

Life really is strange. This week we bring on friend of the show Jon Kim to finally shed some light on some of our less well known competitors in the Top Time Traveler bracket. Nando explains why the T-800 should be in the Time Traveler hall of fame. DJ breaks out the Hyrule Historia to get the final verdict on Link's timeline. Finally, Jon Kim gives us his informed and honest opinion on Life is Strange.

We have a huge show for you this week. Our anime expert, Kevin Su, comes back on the show to explain who some of those guys are in our Top Time Traveler bracket. Nando and DJ figure out what Steins;Gate and Life is Strange are and we get a visit from a star of stage and screen who has played many a time traveler before.

Great Scott! This week on the show we eliminate half of the field to bring everything to an even 32 in the Top Time Traveler bracket. Emily comes on to clear up a bit of vampire lore. Nando posits that The Flash may be the worst time traveler in history and DJ tries to figure out what the plot of Terminator: Genesys was all about.

The time is now. Nando and DJ sit down with Dan Ward to start the huge new bracket, The Top Time Traveler. We reveal all 64 competitors and the 32 first week match ups. Dan talks about time travel in the Star Trek universe. DJ figures out what the Time Force Power Rangers were while Nando goes on about another dumb Yu-Gi-Oh! thing.

It is time to strike down with great vengeance and furious anger! Last week, we decided the competitors for the championship match up in our Samuelest Jackson bracket and we have the results! The creator of the bracket, Frank DiCola, comes on to dissect the results and plug his excellent board game, Mr Game. We look back at the surprising history of Nick Fury in film. We talk about the future of the Kingsmen franchise. Nando also talks about why Bill from Bill and Ted may be set to win our next bracket, The Top Time Traveler.

This week, Steve Unwin aka Stunwin stops by to help us reveal the final match up in the Samuelest Jackson bracket. We talk about Sam Jackson's favorite accessory, strange apps, and some of the movies Sam is working on the future. Also a friend from the Avengers pops by to tell us what it's like to work with Nick Fury. Vote all week at http://www.madbracketstatus.com/p/polls.html

This week we are getting even closer to determining which character is indeed the Samuelest Jackson. We bring friend of the show Miles Bado on to guess which Sam Jacksons are going to move onto the Final Four. Nando picks apart some of the Winter Soldier action scenes. DJ waxes romantically on the forgotten art of the DVD extras. We even get an appearance from a special Jedi Master who worked with Mace in the past. Vote all week at www.madbracketstatus.com/p/polls.html

Hold onto your butts! We are another week closer to determining which character is the Samuelest Jackson. Nando and DJ go over the results of this week's voting and look at some lesser known Jacksons. They figure out what the hell was going on in Jumper. DJ explains the difference between Afro Samurai and Ninja Ninja. Nando talks about Sam's character creation process and how it proves that Mace Windu is the worst SLJ character. Vote all week at http://www.madbracketstatus.com/p/polls.html

This week Nando and DJ are sitting down with Pop-Break.com​ contributor Chris Diggins and revealing the Sweet Sixteen round of the Samuelest Jackson bracket. We talk about why Shaft was a pivotal moment in Sam's career. We debate the ethical remifications of a Velentine-esque population culling. We even get a visit from an old friend who has worked with Sam in the past. Vote on the Sweet Sixteen round at www.madbracketstatus.com/p/polls.html

Samuel L Jackson may be the greatest actor to ever have lived. That may be a bit of an overstatement. What is definitely not an overstatement is that he has played some of the most memorable characters in the history of film. You've got Nick Fury. You've got Jules Winnfield, You've got Shaft. We at Mad Bracket Status have set up a bracket to look at all of his various performances in an attempt to tease out the Samuelest Jackson. This week we talk with board game designer and SLJ enthusiast, Frank DiCola. Frank offers his opinion on where the Star Wars prequels went wrong. DJ gets an education why those monkey fighting snakes were on that Monday to Friday plane. We even tease out some of the issues with the Amazing Spiderman 2 even though we are well aware that it has nothing to do with SLJ. Vote all week on the Samuelest Jackson at www.madbracketstatus.com/p/polls.html

This week, we reveal the winner of the Most Powerful Princess bracket, we talk about some of our favorite Sam Jackson roles, and we figure out how the hell King Kong is gonna stand a chance against Godzilla.

We have arrived at the final round of the Most Powerful Princess bracket. Nando and DJ go over the voting results and talk about the two princesses vying for the title of Most Powerful. We also talk a little more about our next bracket, the Samuelest Jackson.

This week we bring on Kenny Goff to talk about the Final Four round of our Most Powerful Princess bracket. We put an end to the Starfire vs Wonder Woman debate. We get to the bottom of why the Simarillion would or would not work. And we give you a sneak peak at the next bracket.

This week, DJ and Nando invite on Chris Diggins and Frank DiCola to talk about the next round of the Most Powerful Princess bracket. Diggins talks about why he hates Man of Steel. Nando brings up a lesser known princess named Power Princess who we may have forgotten.

This week we are talking with our Anime Expert, Kevin Su, about the Sweet Sixteen match ups in our Most Powerful Princess Bracket. We explain the chaos that is Star vs the Forces of Evil. We discuss whether the Fire Emblem princess Lucina has any chance of moving forward. And we get to the bottom of a Death Battle between Zelda and Peach.

A new bracket is here! We are excited to talk about our new bracket, the Most Powerful Princess. We have 32 princesses from 4 conferences (Disney, Cartoon, Movies/TV, Japan) and we have set up the first round of match ups. Designer and princess enthusiast Michelle Coraci comes on to talk about her favorite princesses and we all go into detail on some of our favorite princesses in the bracket that may not make it out of round one.

For this special bonus episode, Nando and DJ welcome a ton of previous guests onto the show. We have Stunwin (@stunwin), Kenny Goff (@kennygoff), Frank DiCola (@yoshgunn), Zak Moy (@zakmoy), Emily Hromada (@emhromada), Alex Lee (@ahl1204), Caroline Amaba (@Clineamb), and Jay Van Buiten (@jvnbt) all on at once. We go through all of the previous brackets and talk about how weird we all are.

This week Nando and DJ are covering a ton of things. We reveal the winner of the Greatest American bracket. We talk about some of the lesser known princesses that will be included in our upcoming Most Powerful Princess bracket. We even talk about the Fantastic Four movie because hey why not? We haven't seen it but then again, neither has the cast.