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PODCAST

Moderate Fantasy Violence

Nick Bryan & Alastair JR Ball

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.

tv & film visual arts

All Episodes

44:51

MFV #138 - The thinking man’s Rock

Moderate Fantasy Violence ·

2021/06/10

This fortnight, a classic combination of creatives with The Nevers, a new TV show created by Joss Whedon (10:28), and Army of the Dead, a new movie from Zack Snyder (28:30). Fuller shownotes at http://www.ModerateFantasyViolence.com

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42:29

MFV #137 - Robots, Robots & Robots

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2021/05/27

Relentless robots and never-ending Netflix this fortnight, as we do Love, Death & Robots season 2 (9:35) and The Mitchells Vs The Machines (26:31). Fuller shownotes on http://www.moderatefantasyviolence.com/

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38:01

MFV #136 - Better than Hamlet

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2021/05/13

This fortnight, we celebrate Alastair's successful Oscar predictions by covering 2021's best picture Nomadland (11:15), then catch back up with the X-Men line in Way of X #1. (22:57) Fuller shownotes at http://www.moderatefantasyviolence.com/

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48:52

MFV #135 - Dead in the bin

Moderate Fantasy Violence ·

2021/04/29

Inevitably, it's time to unveil our opinions of The Falcon & The Winter Soldier (12:18, with spoilers from 19:45), followed by some talk about scifi romcom Palm Springs (36:13, with... yet more spoilers from 39:37). Fuller shownotes at http://www.moderatefantasyviolence.com

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51:24

MFV #134 - HI ROBERT!

Moderate Fantasy Violence ·

2021/04/15

This fortnight, we're so far back into superhero media, you'd think it was 2019, with Wonder Woman 1984 (14:37) and Invincible (31:50, spoilers from 39:15). Fuller shownotes at http://www.moderatefantasyviolence.com/

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40:36

MFV #133 - If you’re nasty online

Moderate Fantasy Violence ·

2021/04/01

With a sense of internet duty, Nick and Alastair sit down to watch Zack Snyder's Justice League, aka The Snyder Cut (11:13), before stopping to quickly take in Pacific Rim: The Black (29:53). Fuller shownotes at http://www.moderatefantasyviolence.com/

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53:01

MFV #132 - Boner on the end

Moderate Fantasy Violence ·

2021/03/18

This fortnight, at long last, time to get our WandaVision thoughts out there (14:38), along with Tribes of Europa on Netflix (39:48) - be warned, spoilers all over the place in both sections. Fuller shownotes on http://www.moderatefantasyviolence.com/

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42:51

MFV #131 - More digging, less ploughing

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2021/03/04

This fortnight, back to the Netflix movie coalface with Space Sweepers (11:01) and The Dig (26:40). Fuller shownotes at http://www.moderatefantasyviolence.com/

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42:39

MFV #130 - You’re welcome, universe!

Moderate Fantasy Violence ·

2021/02/18

Happy fifth birthday! It's our birthday, and to celebrate, we're voyaging into beautiful indulgence by recommending each other some classics. First, Nick suggests the first volume of Alan Moore's classic Swamp Thing run (9:47), then Alastair adds Alfred Hitchcock's 1959 movie North by Northwest (27:55). Fuller shownotes at http://www.moderatefantasyviolence.com/

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47:11

MFV #129 - Going to town on the Enterprise

Moderate Fantasy Violence ·

2021/02/04

Nick and Alastair return to the blasted wasteland of 2020 to cover some leftover culture - last superhero movie standing The New Mutants (13:52) and scifi sitcom spinoff Star Trek: Lower Decks (25:04). Fuller shownotes at http://www.ModerateFantasyViolence.com

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53:55

MFV #128 - The Affirmation Frontier

Moderate Fantasy Violence ·

2021/01/21

This fortnight, we polish off Star Trek: Discovery season 3 (10:24, with full spoilers from 22:50) and enjoy Netfllix movie-play Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (38:21). Fuller shownotes on http://www.moderatefantasyviolence.com/

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01:15:36

MFV #127 - The 2020 Consensus

Moderate Fantasy Violence ·

2021/01/07

A week into 2021, it's time to exorcise the ghosts of that dark year, with our 2020 retrospective! But first, some up-to-the-minute content with a quick review of the new Doctor Who special (10:21), before we lunge into our detailed breakdowns of last year in film (19:46) and TV (47:38). More detailed shownotes at http://www.moderatefantasyviolence.com/

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50:56

MFV #126 - The Holiday Inn Christmas Movie

Moderate Fantasy Violence ·

2020/12/24

Ho ho ho! Merry Christmas, the season is upon us (to a limited pandemical extent) and we're reviewing the Lego Star Wars Holiday Special (12:19), with some bonus spoilerific chat about that Mandalorian finale and the many recent spin-off announcements (19:45), and Euphoria: Trouble Don't Last Always (37:02), a bonus semi-festive episode of the troubled teen drama. Fuller shownotes on http://www.moderatefantasyviolence.com/

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38:02

MFV #125 - Give Dark Troopers a chance, romantically

Moderate Fantasy Violence ·

2020/12/10

This fortnight, it's time to reach out and touch the Star Wars zeitgeist with The Mandalorian (13:36), then dive into the buzzy world of indie comics with Redfork (25:28), plus some other TKO comics earlier on. Fuller shownotes at http://www.moderatefantasyviolence.com/

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34:44

MFV #124 - I intend my snoozing critically

Moderate Fantasy Violence ·

2020/11/26

This fortnight, we cover Pegg/Frost ghost-hunting horror-comedy Truth Seekers (10:52) and Netflix Greek mythology anime Blood of Zeus (23:29). Fuller shownotes at http://www.moderatefantasyviolence.com/

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49:14

MFV #123 - THOU SHALT NOT KILL (a named character)

Moderate Fantasy Violence ·

2020/11/12

This fortnight, we top and tail the telly, with the opening 4 episodes of Star Trek: Discovery season 3 (9:07) and the second half of The Boys season 2 (26:21, with total spoilers). Fuller shownotes on http://www.moderatefantasyviolence.com/

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46:37

MFV #122 - Advanced Sorkinology

Moderate Fantasy Violence ·

2020/10/29

This fortnight, Nick & Alastair renew their Aaron Sorkin sorktificates with The Trial of the Chicago Seven (11:44, ending spoilers from 27:34), then make a token nod to Halloween with Lovecraft Country (31:25). Fuller shownotes at http://www.moderatefantasyviolence.com/

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38:35

MFV #121 - #BatBrand

Moderate Fantasy Violence ·

2020/10/15

This fortnight, it's time to talk about the devil all the time, and also The Devil All The Time on Netflix (12:47), followed by the first issue of Department of Truth from Image Comics (24:13). Fuller shownotes on ModerateFantasyViolence.com

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48:12

MFV #120 - Sexy times at Caricature High

Moderate Fantasy Violence ·

2020/10/01

This fortnight, it's back to work at the Netflix coalface with Enola Holmes (10:28) and Teenage Bounty Hunters (23:50, with mid-way twist spoilers from 36:44 and full-bodied ending ones from 40:15). If you're reading this by midday on launch day, back Nick's Kickstarter here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nickbryan/and-it-snowed Otherwise, full shownotes at ModerateFantasyViolence.com

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43:08

MFV #119 - Intravenous Goo

Moderate Fantasy Violence ·

2020/09/17

Another fortnight, another streaming television festival, with the first half of The Boys season 2 (10:26), plus the entire of Biohackers season 1 on Netflix (28:14). And yes, you can still back Nick's new comic And It Snowed on Kickstarter for two more weeks: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nickbryan/and-it-snowed Fuller shownotes at http://www.moderatefantasyviolence.com/

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