About this episode

The episode reviews the film Marty Supreme, exploring themes of ambition and ego through the lens of table tennis.

Grab your paddles and your prestige cinema goggles—it’s time for another episode of Podcast Assemble. Tommy and DL are fresh off loving Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (finally, restrained Westeros) and Fallout Season 2 (yes, it somehow maintained the quality). Then it’s onto Marty Supreme (2026) —a film about ambition, ego, and table tennis… apparently. Timecodes: (00:00) Intro (06:44) What Have We Been Up To? (21:57) SPOILERS START! Fallout S2 & Games (24:44) SPOILERS END! Fallout S2 & Games (24:44) MAIN TOPIC: Marty Supreme (25:40) Cast & Crew (26:15) Stupid Plot Summary (27:18) Plot (28:49) Who stays a Human, while everyone else are Muppets? (30:41) Opinions (34:57) Pacing (43:52) Theme (45:01) 3 Best & 3 Worst (48:47) Critical Reception (50:38) Better or Worse than Aquaman (2018)? (51:28) START SPOILERS for Marty Supreme!! (1:01:00) END SPOILERS for Marty Supreme!! (1:01:00) Trivia True Or False (1:06:29) Wrapping Up Main Topic: We're two thirds into our anxiety inducing trilogy, after Bugoni we serve up Marty Supreme (2026), the strange, swaggering story of a ping-pong prodigy clawing his way through 1950s America—part sports biopic, part character study, part…

People in this episode

Hosts: Tommy, DL

Topics covered

• film review
• table tennis
• ambition
• ego
• character study
• satire

Keywords

• Marty Supreme
• film review
• table tennis
• ambition
• ego
• Fallout Season 2
• Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, Fallout Season 2, Marty Supreme, Aquaman

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