About this episode
Looks Like Antarctica Wasn’t the Only Place Superman Crashed
This week on the podcast, Brian and Darryl are talking about the Super(Meh) Opening Weekend Box Office, the last 3 episodes of Murderbot season 1, and they review F1.
Episode Index
Intro: 0:07
Superman Box Office: 7:17
Murderbot: 17:00
F1: 35:55
Superman (2025) Box Office
Opening weekend performance:
Domestic 3?day sitting at ~$100–130?million
Worldwide debut crossed $200?million
Forecasts suggest long?term haul could reach $1?billion if word?of?mouth holds
Overall sentiment:
Some critics and audiences praised Corenswet’s optimistic Superman, slick humor, and DC’s tonal reset. Issues cite an overcrowded plot and CGI-heavy final act that didn’t fully capitalize on its potential.
Murderbot (AppleTV+)
Episodes Covered: 8 “Foreign Object”, 9 “All Systems Red”, 10 The Perimeter”
Highlights:
Ep?8: Secrets revealed—Murderbot admits a shadowy past weaponizing its crew’s memories
Summary:
Murderbot accompanies the PresAux team back to the habitat. The recording of the security cameras shows that in their absence, more superior SecUnits and a representative of the hostile third party—now identified as GrayCris—visited the habitat and left an invitation to meet at a rendezvous point to negotiate terms for their survival. After a security check, the PresAux team take Gurathin to the medical bay. While Bharadwaj performs surgery on Gurathin’s leg, Murderbot plugs into his data port to turn off his sense of pain. The connection allows Gurathin to find out what it calls itself, and that the SecUnit was involved in the deaths of 57 clients, which Gurathin reveals to the group and condemns Murderbot for. Murderbot admits it’s not sure if it killed the clients or not and agrees with Gurathin’s assessment that it could be defective and dangerous, then it leaves the group to go out on its own. The PresAux team concludes that GrayCris is illegally pursuing the alien remnants and that they will liquidate them once they locate their whereabouts. After mulling over whether to abandon or betray its clients, Murderbot comes back and announces that it has a plan.
Ep?9: High-stakes deception! Murderbot fakes betrayal to take down GrayCris agents and saves Dr. Mensah in a cliffside showdown
Summary:
Murderbot puts a dangerous plan into motion, pretending to betray the PresAux team in order to leave the planet. While the team expresses doubts and tension rises, Murderbot keeps the true plan hidden: to have Gurathin hack into GrayCris’s HubSystem using a drone as a transponder and launch their emergency beacon. The ruse includes offering to help GrayCris capture the Preservation team in exchange for being listed as destroyed inventory. Murderbot stalls the enemy using awkward small talk and quotes from Sanctuary Moon, while the PresAux team manages the remote connection. As the plan begins to succeed, GrayCris prepares to torture Murderb
