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A whole new rash of trailers have been released. We talk about the new Spiderman movie, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Justice League, and the Transformers: The Last Knight. We talk about what we are excited about and what not so much. We’re a bit hesitant about Justice League, but excited about Spider-Man: Homecoming. We discuss how Michael Bay seems to be trying to hit a progressive note and the weird way companies have been co-opting activism. The final trailer we discuss is Death Note, which leads us down the rabbit hole of Anime subculture. We talk about commodification of nerd culture in Japan, the rise of counter culture, the proliferation of sexual fetishes, hentai, and how this has influenced nerd culture in the United States.
