Internet Killed The Video Store

It's the IKVS Halloween Special! featuring spoiler free Joker 2, Terrifier 3, and Daredevil talk (yeah, the tv show that came out 10 years ago) Also: the boys get into their favorite spooky season music, a tortured football analogy, the worst movie of 2024 (which surprisingly isn't Joker 2), who will be the next generation's festival headliners, the inherent shame of anime and the glorious resurrection of In the Face of War

Ben and Max are back in this week as the boys catch up on how they spent their summer vacations with talks on the erosion of album sales, the irrelevance of music videos and of course - seeing Green Day play through BOTH Dookie AND American Idiot in their entireties on the Saviors Tour. Also, Linkin Park has a new singer (15:02) - but should they? Who won the SUMBO24 (24:07) and what are they going to make everyone watch? Plus spoiler free micro reviews for Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice (34:25), “I Lay Down My Life for You” by JPEGMAFIA (35:33), “King of the Mischievous South Vol.2” by Denzel Curry (37:49), “The Bird of a Thousand Voices” by Tigran Hamasyan and Ryan absolutely refuses to shut the fuck up about The Smashing Pumpkins. We’re back baybeeeeee.

Ryan and his guest co-host Joel tackle all things Alien - including Prometheus, Covenant, Romulus and where each film in this confusing timeline falls in the franchise power rankings. Skip to (18:01) to avoid any Romulus spoilers Then Ryan & Joel get into the colossal failure of Borderlands and the age old question of whether or not there are ANY good video game adaptations, Ryan recaps his recent concert going experiences seeing Jeff Rosenstock & Blink-182, debate whether the Madden games are getting worse or if they're just less enjoyable because we're getting worse at them, and summarize the biggest horror movies of the summer with micro reviews of Longlegs, A Quiet Place: Day One, and MaXXXine

Straight outta Churubusco, Ryan's longtime friend Alex joins the show as they each share their Top 5 Concerts of All Time (04:48), Comic Book Movies Mount Rushmore (23:04), reviews for Deadpool & Wolverine (26:32), Ranking the entire X-Men Cinematic Universe (35:03) and offer up thoughts on Robert Downey Jr. as Dr. Doom in the new Fantastic Four (39:41)

I'm really disappointed in myself for not coming up with a clever "The Boys are Back in Town!" or "bearvsboysvsshark" episode title but whatever - this week we dive into The Boys Season 4 finale, The Bear Season 3 (14:14); and new music from Action Bronson, Zach Bryan (29:53), and Eminem (32:59). We conclude our service by visiting the Content Confessional Booth (34:46) where we beg forgiveness for our sins of butt rock vainglory, gluttonous Star Wars consumption and lusting shamelessly with Pitbull. Have Mercy.