A fire will rise as the Dark Knight returns!

Directed by Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight Rises is the superhero film based on the DC Comics character Batman. It is the final installment in Nolan's The Dark Knight trilogy, and the sequel to The Dark Knight (2008).

Luke and Nathan revist the epic conclusion to Nolan's trilogy, with the return of Christian Bale, Michael Caine, and Gary Oldman.

It has been eight years since Batman vanished into the night. Assuming responsibility for the death of Harvey Dent, Batman sacrificed everything for what he and Commissioner Gordon hoped would be the greater good. However, the arrival of a cunning cat burglar (Anne Hathaway) and a merciless terrorist named Bane (Tom Hardy) force Batman out of exile and into a battle he may not be able to win.

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Sounds Like Comics Ep 158 - The Dark Knight Rises (Movie 2012)

Brains, brawn, and beyond!

Directed by Mike Mitchell, Sky High is the superhero comedy film written by Paul Hernandez and the creators of Kim Possible.

Luke and Jae head back to 2005 to revisit this live-action Walt Disney superpowered adventure.

At a school in the sky where teens learn how to be superheroes, Will Stronghold (Michael Angarano) lands in a class for students who show special promise. Classmate Gwen (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) quickly cozies up to Will, but it's soon clear that she has other motives. When he learns that Gwen's mother is a villain who was defeated by his father, Steve Stronghold (Kurt Russell), Will realizes that Gwen is aiming for revenge, and he rushes to a school dance in the hope of stopping her.

Sounds Like Comics Ep 159 - Sky High (Movie 2005)

Some serious trouble can be some serious fun!

Directed by John Carpenter, Big Trouble in Little China is the fantasy martial arts action-comedy film starring Kurt Russell.

Luke and Nathan take a trip back to 1986 to discuss all things related to the commercial failure but otherwise cult classic film.

Kurt Russell plays hard-boiled truck driver Jack Burton, who gets caught in a bizarre conflict within, and underneath, San Francisco's Chinatown. An ancient Chinese prince and Chinatown crime lord has kidnapped a beautiful green-eyed woman, who is the fiancée to Jack's best friend (Dennis Dunn). Jack must help his friend rescue the girl before the evil Lo Pan (James Hong) uses her to break the ancient curse that keeps him a fleshless and immortal spirit.

Sounds Like Comics Ep 160 - Big Trouble in Little China (Movie 1986)

Superman and Lois return!

Produced by Berlanti Productions, DC Entertainment, and Warner Bros. Television, Superman & Lois is the television series based on the characters created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.

Luke and Jae leap into the 15 episode second season of Super & Lois where it's established that this is actually an alternate universe from the Arrowverse.

Clark Kent / Superman (Tyler Hoechlin) and his wife Lois Lane (Elizabeth Tulloch) must deal with the Inverse Method cult led by Ally Allston who has swayed Lois' sister, Lucy to her side and has made an enemy of Bizarro for her supposed conquering of his world.

Sounds Like Comics Ep 161 - Superman & Lois (Season 2)

The frontier awaits!

Created by Akiva Goldsman, Alex Kurtzman, and Jenny Lumet, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is the 11st Star Trek series and the latest created for Paramount+.

Luke and Jae travel the expanded Star Trek universe in this spin-off from Star Trek: Discovery.

Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) and the crew of the starship USS Enterprise as they explore new worlds throughout the galaxy during the decade before Star Trek: The Original Series.

Sounds Like Comics Ep 162 - Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Season 1)

As Groot would say, "I am Groot".

Created by Kirsten Lepore and produced by Marvel Studios of Disney+, I Am Groot is a series of animated shorted based on the Marvel Comics featuring the character Groot.

Luke and Jae spend a few minutes in this animated world for all the Grootness you could ask for.

Set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), following Baby Groot on various adventures that get him into trouble between the events of Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and one of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2's (2017) mid-credits scene.

Sounds Like Comics Ep 163 - I Am Groot (TV Series 2022)

In 1994 we got Fantastic Four. No, not the unrealsed Roger Corman film, the animated series!

Based on Marvel's comic book series of the same name, Fantastic Four is the third animated series featuring Marvel's first family.

Luke and Nathan stretch their viewing muscles to revist the 26 episodes of the series which is visible right now on Disney+.

When Reed Richards, Sue and Johnny Storm and pilot Ben Grimm take a premature space flight on a new shuttle, they find themselves massively bombarded with cosmic radiation. Barely managing to re-enter and land safely, the quartet find themselves forever transformed with superpowers. Deciding to use these new powers to help people, they form the Fantastic Four, a superhero team dedicated to the protection of Earth from menaces like the Latverian King Dr. Doom and Galactus, the planet consumer.

Sounds Like Comics Ep 164 - Fantastic Four (TV Series 1994 - 1996)

Taking a different direction from that which its write Joss Whedon intended, Buffy was a stake to the funny bone.

Directed by Fran Rubel Kuzie, Buffy the Vampire Slayer is the comedy horror film starring Kristy Swanson.

Luke and Nathan celebrate the 30th anniversary of this 1992 movie that follows Valley girl cheerleader, Buffy, who learns that it is her fate to hunt vampires.

Sounds Like Comics Ep 165 - Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Movie 1992)

A man who turns into sand? ...No, not that guy.

Developed by Neil Gaiman, David S. Goyer, and Allan Heinberg for Netflix, The Sandman is the fantasy drama series based on the 1989 - 1996 comic book written by Gaiman and published by DC Comics.

Luke and Jae check out the eleven episodes of this comic book adaption's first season.

When the Sandman (Tom Sturridge), aka Dream, the cosmic being who controls all dreams, is captured and held prisoner for more than a century, he must journey across different worlds and timelines to fix the chaos his absence has caused.

Sounds Like Comics Ep 166 - The Sandman (Season 1)

Open for business!

Written, produced and directed by Kevin Smith, Clerks is the black-and-white buddy comedy film starring Brian O'Halloran and Jeff Anderson.

Luke and Nathan head back to 1994 even though they weren't supposed to be here today, to review the first of Kevin Smith's View Askweniverse films.

Dante (Brian O'Halloran) is called in to cover a shift at his New Jersey convenience store on his day off. His friend Randal (Jeff Anderson) helps him pass the time, neglecting his video-store customers next door to hang out in the Quick Stop. The uneventful day is disrupted by news that one of Dante's ex-girlfriends has died.

Sounds Like Comics Ep 167 - Clerks (Movie 1994)

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