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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.

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All Episodes

42:57

MFV #118 - Project Beard

Moderate Fantasy Violence ·

2020/09/03

This fortnight, we're back on our all-Netflix diet with Project Power (13:26) and Transformers: War For Cybertron (29:50). And if you want to back Nick's new comic And It Snowed on Kickstarter, goto http://kickstarter.nickbryan.com/ Fuller shownotes at ModerateFantasyViolence.com

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43:37

MFV #117 - Muppets (continuity queries) Now

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2020/08/20

We're back on the streaming TV hard this week, with The Umbrella Academy season 2 (11:07) and Muppets Now (33:20). Fuller shownotes at ModerateFantasyViolence.com

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43:47

MFV #116 - The Female Assassin Conspiracy

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2020/08/06

This fortnight, we dig into the past with some recommendations - Alastair's brought classic kid-killing movie Battle Royale (13:52), while Nick's zooming in on contemplative spy comic Zero (29:36). Fuller shownotes at ModerateFantasyViolence.com

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57:26

MFV #115 - Podcasters in the Dark

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2020/07/23

This episode, we take our long awaited journey into Netflix loopy scifi show Dark (13:28), starting with some general chat with broad season 1-2 spoilers and then (at around 27:09) veering into hardcore season 3 ending details. You have been warned. And then we top it off with a little look at new Netflix comics-adapted action movie The Old Guard (43:15). Fuller shownotes at ModerateFantasyViolence.com

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45:47

MFV #114 - Whither Jedward?

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2020/07/08

This fortnight, Nick & Alastair cover Spike Lee's Da 5 Bloods (14:21) and the first two issues of madcap comic series The Ludocrats (32:11). Try as they might, there is not much underlying theme here. Fuller shownotes at ModerateFantasyViolence.com

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39:27

MFV #113 - 1001 Nando’s Long

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2020/06/25

This fortnight, we focus on the growth industry of TV shows based on popular movies, with the new Snowpiercer series (12:37, some mild implied spoilers towards the end) and second season of What We Do In The Shadows (24:49). Fuller shownotes at ModerateFantasyViolence.com

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42:36

MFV #112 - Everything is a meeting now

Moderate Fantasy Violence ·

2020/06/11

This fortnight, Nick and Alastair take off with Netflix's Space Force (12:30) and then venture into the woods of Image Comics' Family Tree (29:14). Fuller shownotes at ModerateFantasyViolence.com

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38:28

MFV #111- Tugging off a light saber

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2020/05/28

This fortnight, Nick and Alastair can't move for action heroes having their grizzled hearts melted by cute kids. First, it's baby Yoda in Star Wars: The Mandalorian (10:40) and then Chris Hemsworth in Netflix action extravaganza Extraction (24:15). Fuller shownotes at ModerateFantasyViolence.com

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45:55

MFV #110 - Notflix

Moderate Fantasy Violence ·

2020/05/14

This fortnight, we take a break from Netflix with reviews of lofty scifi show Devs (15:27, with a few spoilers throughout, though we somehow don't ruin the ending) and new crime comic Friday (34:40) from PanelSyndicate.com. Fuller shownotes at ModerateFantasyViolence.com

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47:42

MFV #109 - Everything Is Awful

Moderate Fantasy Violence ·

2020/04/30

All Netflix all the time this fortnight, as we watch animated video game adaptation Castlevania (13:07) written by Warren Ellis, then viral smash hit cat murder documentary Tiger King (26:48). Fuller shownotes on ModerateFantasyViolence.com

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52:50

MFV #108 - Philosophy Degree Vs Jason Mendoza

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2020/04/16

This fortnight, we catch up on The Good Place's final season (14:51) which aired while we were on hiatus, and then descend into the more recent Netflix movie The Platform (35:58), with spoilers for both, including ending details for latter from about 46:18. Fuller shownotes at ModerateFantasyViolence.com

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01:01:05

MFV #107 - Frankenstein’s Metaphor

Moderate Fantasy Violence ·

2020/04/02

Back with our first actually-current episode, we catch up on Doctor Who series 12 (15:21, with finale spoilers from 29:43) and Better Call Saul season 5 (39:03). Fuller shownotes at ModerateFantasyViolence.com

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47:12

MFV #106 - Happy Gilmore was robbed!!!

Moderate Fantasy Violence ·

2020/03/26

In the second of our two backlogged hiatus episodes, we flash back to the heady days of February - specifically, critical darling Parasite (12:14) and superhero funfest Birds of Prey (27:57). Fuller shownotes at ModerateFantasyViolence.com

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01:27:07

MFV #105 - Neither of us have seen Cats

Moderate Fantasy Violence ·

2020/03/19

We're back! Nothing happened in our absence, right? Cool. Well, time for our supertopical 2019 review episode! Starting off with a review of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, then moving to our thoughts on the year in TV (11:42) and top 5 favourite shows (27:41), then the same combination for film: a chat (53:25), then a chart (61:05). Fuller shownotes at ModerateFantasyViolence.com

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37:36

MFV #104 - Ho Ho Ho(rse parts)

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2019/12/19

This fortnight, we (festively) re-enter the (festive) jungle with Jumanji: The Next Level. And then, in a (festive) token effort to mention (festive) Christmas, we sit down for a big futile theoretical (festive) argument: which is the best Doctor Who Christmas special? Fuller (festive) shownotes at ModerateFantasyViolence.com

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53:35

MFV #103 - DeNirocest

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2019/12/05

This fortnight, it's 3.5 hours of power with our review of The Irishman (11:07), and then we ask - what makes a good 3.5 hour film? (30:50) Fuller shownotes on ModerateFantasyViolence.com

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43:25

MFV #102 - His Dog Materials

Moderate Fantasy Violence ·

2019/11/21

This fortnight, we cover the BBC's new His Dark Materials adaptation (10:50), then ask: whatever happened to British sci-fi/fantasy on TV? (27:27) It gets surprisingly bleak. SPOILER NOTE: inevitably, we don't quite make it through our His Dark Materials review without mentioning a couple of events from a bit later in the book series. Fuller shownotes on ModerateFantasyViolence.com

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44:55

MFV #101 - Everywoman Vs Anywoman

Moderate Fantasy Violence ·

2019/11/07

From the centennial episode to the far future - we watch Terminator: Dark Fate (10:52) and then ask: do the plots of previous films matter? (29:31) Fuller shownotes on ModerateFantasyViolence.com

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59:51

MFV #100 - Does YOUR teenage self need a kicking?

Moderate Fantasy Violence ·

2019/10/24

ONE CENTURY OF MODERATE FANTASY VIOLENCE! Yes, it's our hundredth episode, and after tipping a hat to the present day by reviewing new Breaking Bad movie El Camino (13:10), we rocket off into the past to recommend each other our teenage favourites. For Alastair, that means Shane Meadows' debut feature A Room For Romeo Brass (20:36), while Nick revisits the classic cyberpunk-journalism comic Transmetropolitan by Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson. (35:03) Fuller shownotes at

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01:00:26

MFV #99 - Spattered with Joker faeces

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2019/10/10

This NINETY-NINTH fortnight, tagging right in to the general discourse, we talk about the new Joker film (10:15, with some more specific spoilers from 21:30), then ask: to what degree are you supposed to empathise with villains? (35:21) Fuller shownotes at ModerateFantasyViolence.com

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