Welcome to Moderate Fantasy Violence, a fortnightly podcast about pop culture and the world around it, as discussed by Nick Bryan and Alastair JR Ball. Nick will probably launch into a tangent about comics, Alastair will likely go for politics. Both are equally worthwhile.
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This fortnight, some major cinematic moments as we cover the massive new supermovie Spider-Man: Brand New Day (14:03, with spoilers from 26:39) and also-huge horror hit Obsession (36:16). Plus extra chat about Maxxxine and the fifth season of For All Mankind.
This fortnight, we head out on an epic sea voyage into Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey (12:59) and the dark haunted island of Widow's Bay (35:13). Plus bonus chat about the second Absolute Batman storyline and the novel The Will of the Many by James Islington.
This fortnight, we cover the final season of culinary stress factory The Bear (17:06) and farm-based murder mystery The Sheep Detectives (34:33). Plus bonus chat about the new The Pretty Reckless album (with a tangent about the new one from Muse) and animal horror comics Stray Dogs and Feral.
This fortnight, we crack into the year's summer blockbusters with Disclosure Day (17:06) and Supergirl (34:33) - including substantial spoilers throughout the Disclosure Day review so enter at your own risk. Plus bonus chart about Spider-Noir and Mother Courage and Her Children.
This fortnight, we journey into the heart of darkness with sad-teen nihilist sex/crime drama Euphoria season 3 (14:25, hard ending spoilers from 31:34) and murder-arena horror comic Exquisite Corpses volume 1 (33:30) by James Tynion IV and Michael Walsh. Plus bonus chat about the Backrooms movie and the first half of Rivals season 2.
This fortnight, we finally reach the last season of The Boys (14:24), and fair warning, the spoilers are all over this one, so I'd not listen to this until you've seen the show if that's a concern. And then we also review Star Wars: The Mandalorian & Grogu (40:32), with a little more spoiler discpline. Plus bonus chat about Detectorists and the Evangelion anniversary special.
A special extra-long episode this fortnight, as we get excited to return to the Marvel Defenderverse with Daredevil: Born Again season 2 (18:53, spoilers from 26:45), Punisher: One Last Kill (37:09) and emerge for some video game-based subway horror in Exit 8 (49:54). Plus bonus chat about the new Kneecap album and the first season of The Pitt.
This fortnight, another all-superhero special, as we cover the fourth season of Invincible (13:27) and the epic Alivens Vs Avengers crossover comic (27:46). Plus bonus chat about Golden Rage from Image Comics, and Alastair's Studio Ghibli retrospective continues with Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.
This fortnight, some culture from a short while ago - the first volume of Absolute Wonder Woman (15:06) and Oscar-winning Norwegian movie Sentimental Value (28:40). Plus some bonus coverage of more past releases - Alastair's finally seen Princess Mononoke, while Nick's able to legally watch the fifth season of Harley Quinn at long last. (Also its spin off, Kite-Man: Hell Yeah!)
This fortnight, in a slight change to the advertised programme (after an unexpected trip to the cinema), we cover new dark romcom The Drama (19:00) and recent BBC folklore adventure Small Prophets (31:41). Also some bonus chat about Stranger Things season 5 and Project Hail Mary. Impressively, this podcast won't give away the big reveal in The Drama, but does include some broad Stranger Things…
