Podcast
Zero to Zero
Hosted by Sam, Val, and Giga · ENGLISH
What makes a hero a hero? Is it a drive to help people in need? Superhuman powers and a cool costume? Winning a reality show? Pouring billions of dollars into a movie franchise? Or is a hero someone who records a podcast about a bunch of bad TV and movies once a week? Yes. That's it.
Sam, Val, and Gigalithic are three heroes and they're here to protect you from the worst villains imaginable: the aforementioned bad TV and movies. Maybe sometimes they'll watch something good, but it's usually an accident and doesn't make them any less heroic.
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S8E3 – The Body Doesn't Know
Aug 5, 202401:38:16Tap to summarizeWell, we did it! We made it to the end, all of us safe and sound. The Zero to Zero podcast hosts are all alive and well, at least. We can't necessarily say the same for the characters of The Flash (2023). We've reached the end of the goofiest and bloodiest DCEU movie we've ever watched for this podcast. Did we like looking at it? No. Was the story brilliantly written? No. But did we have a good time watching it? Only the one of us who had completely forgotten the first two thirds of the movie. But on top of all that, remember media???? They put media in this movie!!! From other properties!!! Yay, I recognize that character who was played by a now-deceased person!! That's not creepy or disrespectful at all!! ...Imagine how much better the movie would've been if Val was in it, though? Val | Gigalithic | Sam Twitter | Cohost
Transcribe →S8E2 – Downtown Abby's and Bananabee's
Jul 29, 202401:41:34Tap to summarizeAfter a normal period of waiting since the last episode, we have made it to part 2 of the Flash. We learn all about this whacky weird world that Old Barry Prime has found himself in, and it turns out everything is mixed up! Eric Stoltz played Marty McFly?? Tom Cruise played who in what?? And on top of it all, there's no metahumans in this version of the timeline! Giga, Sam, and Val brainstorm how to make sure Cyborg's life is still changed forever. The Barrys also learn all about multiverses from Batman 2, who is not Batfleck, but Michael Keaton in a #wigwatch moment. Oh and did we mention Supergirl is here??? There's too much to explain here, you better just listen to the podcast episode. Val | Gigalithic | Sam Twitter | Cohost
Transcribe →S8E1 – Dunning and Kruging
Feb 29, 202401:43:07Tap to summarizeThey said it couldn't be done! They said it shouldn't be done! Sam has been dragged back kicking and screaming to once again watch a bad-looking movie: The Flash! Is this the worst-looking movie we've ever watched? Possibly! Should this movie exist? Absolutely not! Let's all grit our teeth and try to tolerate two simultaneous Ezras Miller as we investigate the mystery of the 100 CGI mothers and the crunchy purple guy who punched the Flash into last week, literally. Val | Gigalithic | Sam Twitter | Cohost
Transcribe →S7E2 – Flog Loom
Sep 7, 202301:12:42Tap to summarizeSupaidaman is back on the scene, ready to kick some ass! But only the asses of specific people who he finds worthy of the effort. This week Giga and Val talk Season 1 Episodes 3 and 4, featuring a truly bug-eyed monster and merman premonitions. Val | Gigalithic Twitter | Cohost
Transcribe →S7E1 – Super-Speed Turn
Aug 30, 202301:37:47Tap to summarizeAfter 400 years, Val heard the telepathic messages Giga has been sending out, asking someone to watch the Spider-Man tokusatsu with them. So here we were! Two out of three of the old gang are back together to watch some more superpowered goofiness, and Spiderman (Japanese)(1978)(TV show) does not disappoint. This show is like taking a ride on the back of a superspeed motorcycle, AKA sick as hell!! This week we meet our main cast of characters, including the roguish Takuya, who loves riding his bike and hopes nobody makes him pick up their centuries-long grudge, and Garia, from the planet Spider, who's probably a normal guy. We also meet Professor Monster, and I don't even need to explain his deal. You get it just from the name! This week, Spiderman becomes Spidered, we say hello and goodbye to Professor Yamashiro, and our hero fwip-fwip-fwips his way to victory over two of the funniest looking guys I've ever seen. Unlike our other seasons of Zero to Zero, watching along is highly encouraged. Val | Gigalithic Twitter | Cohost
Transcribe →S6E3 – Shaped Like Executive Dysfunction
Aug 3, 202301:28:45Tap to summarizeWell, we finally finished Mystery Men, and the movie didn't get better since last time. In the third act, the Mystery Men gang do a mega whoopsie daisy and superkill the superhero they came to rescue. Oh no! Now it's up the them and their Chekov's Tank to defeat Casanova Frankenstein at his Frankenstein Casa. The hijinks that ensue can only be described as "not actually funny" and "improv'ed whole-cloth." This movie was not good, we're going back to directing commercials now. Jo | Val | Gigalithic Twitter | Cohost
Transcribe →S6E2 – Enter Racism Man
Jul 26, 202301:38:26Tap to summarizeWatch out, here he comes! The racism man is in town and really went bananas on the script for Mystery Men in this part. But that's not all, the movie also does some peak aughties humor that only guys who are NOT gay can pull off. Stay on the lookout for really, really funny jokes such as when a woman, or when a skunk humps someone's leg. It goes on for a long time. We also meet some new characters, some who we enjoyed, and some who are The Spleen. Don't forget to leave a five-star review on itunes if you learned something this episode! Sorry for teaching you the pervert terms, but the movie brought them up first. Jo | Val | Gigalithic Twitter | Cohost
Transcribe →S6E1 – FuriosityStream
Jul 6, 202301:30:58Tap to summarizeZero to Zero returns! That's right, everyone is here, Giga, Val, and... Jo??? The gang talks about the first third of the critical darling, 1999's "Mystery Men" starring Ben Stiller, William H. Macy, and Hank Azaria in only his second most problematic role that I can think of. We meet our heroes, villains, antagonistic other heroes, Tom Waits, who is horny for octogenarians, and much more! Val | Gigalithic | Jo Twitter | Cohost
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S5E18 – A Little Nod
Jun 7, 202301:38:57Tap to summarizeAt long last, we have completed this ridiculous project of ours! The Bladetastic Era of Zero to Zero has come to an end, and nothing could be more appropriate than the trash ending Fant4stic gave us. The Fantastic Four finally team up for the first time in this movie, but will it be better than their single team attack in the 2005 movie? Well, it depends if you even count this one as a team attack! Ah, well. It's mostly just a shame that we never got to meet Doctor Doom! Since it's my last episode I'm going to drop the Description Voice here to say thanks for listening to this stupid podcast! It's been a real weird journey that I never expected it to become when I asked if anyone wanted to watch Who Wants to Be a Superhero with me. Thanks to Val and Giga for doing this with me! It's been a lot of fun even though we only watched two good movies, and I look forward to hearing where they take it next. Excelsior! Sam | Val | Gigalithic Twitter | Cohost
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S5E17 – A Knife in My Heart (Positive)
May 24, 202301:19:31Tap to summarizeWe don't have to watch Blade: Trinity anymore! We may never know what really happened behind the scenes that led to this movie being such a disaster, but one thing we know for sure is that it made us sad. We'll always have "suckheads". Join us next week to find out if the third act of Fant4stic is any better than the third act of Blade: Trinity, a question nobody has ever asked before! Sam | Val | Gigalithic Twitter | Cohost
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