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The Summer movie season is starting earlier than ever this year, with the Batfleck Batman v Superman opening Friday. To welcome the season, Mick and Steven dig into the way blockbuster movies have changed over the years, starting with Rocky in 1976 and building to the city leveling, Earth destroying extravaganzas on our movie screen today.

Topics include: Rocky's cultural impact (2:30), why the Rock is the biggest star in Hollywood (6:00), the Rock in Fast & Furious (13:45), why Die Hard is an important movie (17:45), why the stakes for blockbusters have multiplied (25:00), what future movies may look like (33:20), movies we want to see (41:30), not wanting to see Batman v. Superman (49:20), Steven's pitch for Life is Strange (54:00).