Quad Cities Comic Con: Mick Foley Movie Star, Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation, Trapped in Anime

About this episode

CatBusRuss and ThePoeticCritic discuss their experiences at Quad Cities Comic Con, including panels and interactions with attendees and Mick Foley.

CatBusRuss and ThePoeticCritic have made it back to the Heart of Illinois and Chambana respectively from Quad Cities Comic Con . It was a pretty successful trip to deliver a trio of " I Dig Crazy Flicks " panels despite the growing pains VXV Events has in their expansion. If the cosplayers are not gathering by the backdrops, how are they going to find the panel rooms? The two siblings ended up getting a small crowd for the " 1985 Action Movie Triple-Threat Match ", but these members of Generation X may have realized that the convention goers are generally 20 years younger than them. ThePoeticCritic's thoughts about millennials and gen-z kids not wanting to watch movies before "Jaws" maybe accurate. Fortunately, those who stopped by the panel were polite and supportive despite it not being for them. If you want to speak about someone who is kind and supportive, Mick Foley was kind enough to answer Russ 's question about the lack of a Cactus Jack Cinematic Universe. After seeing his debut at "AEW: Double or Nothing", our host might have been better served to ask "Will Mrs. Foley's Baby Boy change his clothes from the previous day?&quot…

People in this episode

Host: CatBusRuss

Guest: ThePoeticCritic

Topics covered

• Comic Con
• Mick Foley
• Anime
• Street Fighter
• Generation X
• Film Reviews

Keywords

• Quad Cities Comic Con
• Mick Foley
• Street Fighter Alpha
• Trapped in Anime
• Generation X
• Anime panels

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation, Trapped in Anime

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