The 5 Escapes

What happens when modern fantasy stops respecting the worlds that built it?This week on The 5 Escapes, we're joined by Luke from Carry the Day for our first full dive into fantasy.We get into The Hunt for Gollum, the impossible task of replacing Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn, Peter Jackson returning to Middle Earth, and why we're cautiously optimistic about going back to Tolkien's world.#LordOfTheRings #RingsOfPower #Tolkien #Fantasy #The5EscapesChapters:00:00 Welcome Luke from Carry the

Avengers: Endgame is back, Marvel is setting the stage for Doomsday, and somehow we ended up starting a Marvel vs. DC war.This week on The 5 Escapes, we break down the new Avengers: Endgame Encore scenes and what they could mean for Avengers: Doomsday, Doctor Doom, Steve Rogers, Hulk, Loki and the future of the MCU.#Avengers #Marvel #DC #MarvelvsDC #The5EscapesChapters:00:00 Welcome to The 5 Escapes01:32 Avengers: Endgame Encore12:13 Doctor Doom, Hulk & Avengers: Doomsday18:35 Which MCU

Is James Gunn's DCU finally starting to find its identity, or is it still a little too goofy?This week on The 5 Escapes, we dive into the current state of DC. From Lanterns and Superman to Batman, Zack Snyder, the future of the DCU and whether James Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy style actually works with these characters.We also get into comic accuracy, the Marvel vs DC tribalism online, Absolute Batman, the future of Spawn, Wolverine casting and more.Then things completely fall apart when

Marvel might be playing all of us.In Episode 3 of The 5 Escapes, we go down the Avengers: Doomsday rabbit hole. Is Robert Downey Jr. really Doctor Doom? Is the returning Steve Rogers actually the Captain America we know? And how much of what Marvel is showing us can we actually trust?Subscribe and tell us in the comments:Do you think Marvel is hiding something about Avengers: Doomsday?#AvengersDoomsday #Marvel #MCU #NerdCultureChapters:00:00 Welcome to The 5 Escapes00:35 Is Marvel Lying About

Are nerd fans becoming impossible to please?This week on The 5 Escapes, we dive into the weird state of modern fandom and ask whether the franchises we love are actually getting worse or if fans have simply become way too critical.We talk about the current Pokémon TCG market, whether social issues belong in movies and TV, disappointing movies, Lord of the Rings hot takes, the upcoming Wolverine game, the future of Star Wars, the MCU's struggles, DC trying to find its identity and a whole lot

Welcome to The 5 Escapes.For our very first episode, we're jumping straight into the worlds we escape into.We're three brothers who have spent our lives obsessing over nerd culture, and apparently that means we have a LOT of opinions.Can the mutant era save the MCU? Has Marvel completely mishandled Hulk? Should Robert Downey Jr. finally be allowed to retire? Can DC actually build something that competes with Marvel? And are we ever getting Miles Morales in live action?We also introduce