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Coolest Geek Alive

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Jesse Blaze Snider is the hero we need, bipartisan & scrutinizing. Like a nerd culture Arthur Fonzarelli, he will give you that perfect advice you need or jump some sharks to save the day himself. He’s a geek like you. A fan of the source material FIRST, who believes that geeks need to get their geek news from other geeks or it’s all bull$#!+. He’s a professional comic book writer whose credits include Marvel, DC, Image, Disney*Pixar, the Muppets & a lot more

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51:39

Coolest Alive: Jimmy Kimmel Free-Speech Flip

Coolest Geek Alive ·

2025/09/24

In this episode, Jesse Blaze Snider dives into the latest Kimmel controversy to expose a deeper double standard. When a comedian on “their side” courts backlash, the left rallies around free speech, but when others (from Trump to countless unapproved voices) face similar pressure, that principle suddenly vanishes. Jesse unpacks how the outrage machine works, why nothing has actually been proven against Trump or the FCC, and how corporate gatekeepers like Disney are

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69:23

Robert Redford Celebration (Honoring the Dead w/ 11...

Coolest Geek Alive ·

2025/09/17

Robert Redford was the MAN! A charming, strong, often subtle, but always convincing actor and a damn good director/producer to boot! His films transcend genre, including comedies, action, drama & romance, with many films touching on all 4 of those genres in a single film. Whatever the movie Robert Redford seemed to ground them in some true reality and he will always be one of the Coolest Geek Alive's very favorite actors. And today only a single DAY after his death, host

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68:09

Mel Brooks Celebration! (His 6 Best Comedies & a...

Coolest Geek Alive ·

2025/09/11

He's known for so many incredible films & shows including "History of the World: Part 1", "Young Frankenstein", "Blazing Saddles", "Get Smart", "Robin Hood: Men in Tights", "High Anxiety", "Caesar's Hour" (And other Sid Caesar variety shows), "Silent Movie", "12 Chairs", "The Producers" and the most classic of "Star Wars" parodies, "SPACEBALLS"! But what are the Coolest Geek Alive's TOP SIX?! Find out that & more, including a largely unknown 1982 film that Brooks has

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22:47

Coolest Pick - “Nobody 2”

Coolest Geek Alive ·

2025/09/06

Bob Odenkirk, what you've just helped to create is one of the most insanely awesome things the Coolest Geek Alive has most recently seen! At no point in your hysterical, fast-paced, hitman/family man action film were you even close to anything that could be considered boring. Every listener of this podcast will be better for having watched your film. We award you all of the points, and may God bless your soul eternally.

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83:36

Before Invincible & Walking Dead, There Was THIS (The...

Coolest Geek Alive ·

2025/09/05

Before Invincible ever soared and The Walking Dead ever lurched onto the scene, there was one series that lit the spark, a wild, fearless, creator-owned book that proved anything was possible in comics. It just so happens to be my all-time favorite. Robert Kirkman and I bonded over this book as teenage superfans, and it shaped the way both of us saw the future of comics. In this episode of Coolest Geek Alive, I’m celebrating the legendary Erik Larsen and the series that

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29:12

Instant Classic - "Ne Zha 2" (In LIMITED Release NOW!)

Coolest Geek Alive ·

2025/08/30

We've NEVER done this before, but we MUST declare "Ne Zha 2" as NOT JUST a "Coolest Pick", but a bonafide CLASSIC Right. Out. Of. The. Gate! It's got EVERYTHING! Classic Good & Evil archetypes! Good Humor! Wild Action! Insanely gorgeous VISUALS! Great characters, a brilliant, deeply meaningful story, and absolutely genius writing! PLUS, not required, but appreciated so much by the Coolest Geek Alive, it's LOADED with incredibly deep SPIRITUALITY! We cannot speak it up

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84:27

"Disney's Boy Trouble" (Variety Reports Disney on...

Coolest Geek Alive ·

2025/08/28

On today's episode of Coolest Geek Alive, Jesse digs into industry trade magazine "Variety" and their bafflingly tone-deaf article titled, "Disney’s Boy Trouble: Studio Seeks Original IP to Win Back Gen-Z Men Amid Marvel, Lucasfilm Struggles"! Honestly, you just cannot make these hot takes up, and host Jesse Blaze Snider cannot resist another opportunity to put Hollywood in its place and correct the narrative that these failing studios are PAYING to have written down for

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24:39

Coolest Pick(s) Comedy Double-Feature -...

Coolest Geek Alive ·

2025/08/23

Fate, what you've helped to create are some of the most insanely awesome things the Coolest Geek Alive has most recently seen! At no point in either of your funny, well-paced, indie comedies were you even close to anything that could be considered boring. Every listener of this podcast will be better for having watched your films. We award you all of the points, and may God bless your soul eternally. (Wait, does the entity of "Fate" even have a soul?)Thank you for listening to

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68:40

Bad Guys Franchise: Perspective from a 10-Year-Old...

Coolest Geek Alive ·

2025/08/20

This week, the Coolest Geek Alive sits down with his youngest son, Grayson Wayne Snider, to interview him on the state of the "BAD GUYS" film franchise, which just released its second film, "The Bad Guys 2". Find out how well DreamWorks is doing bringing the beloved book series to life, according to the perspective of a REAL FAN who grew up reading them! (Plus, MORE box office drama for Superman as it's RUSHED to DIGITAL Home RELEASE EARLY! Fantastic Four still dropping? And is

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14:44

Coolest Pick - “Fist Fight” (2017) w/ Charlie Day,...

Coolest Geek Alive ·

2025/08/16

Ice Cube & Charlie Day, what you've just helped to create is one of the most insanely fun & funny movies the Coolest Geek Alive has ever seen! At no point in your hysterical, fast-paced, Teacher's Lounge drama comedy were you even close to anything that could be considered boring. Every listener of this podcast will be better for having watched your film. We award you all of the points, and may God bless your soul eternally.Thank you for listening to The Coolest Geek

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70:05

Gina Carano WINS: CELEBRATION! (Plus, MCU’s Broken...

Coolest Geek Alive ·

2025/08/13

Today on COOLEST GEEK ALIVE, we’re popping the champagne for Gina Carano, who just scored a massive out-of-court settlement with Disney after being wrongfully fired from The Mandalorian. A real victory for free speech in Hollywood! Then, we dive into X-Men ‘97 showrunner Beau DeMayo’s explosive Twitter thread on the ugly truth of Marvel Studios’ creative process — where good ideas get crushed, pitches based on source material are discouraged, and

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16:36

Coolest Classic - "Rustlers' Rhapsody" (SPOOF on...

Coolest Geek Alive ·

2025/08/10

“Sometimes there’s a film… I won’t say a masterpiece, ‘cause what’s a masterpiece? But sometimes there’s a film. And I’m talkin’ about “Rustlers' Rhapsody” here. Sometimes there’s a film that, well, it’s the film for its time and place. It fits right in there. And that’s “Rustlers' Rhapsody”, for the incredible Tom Berenger & Classic Westerns! And even if the film is only known

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54:51

Jurassic LIE: Superman Wins, Fantastic Four Survives...

Coolest Geek Alive ·

2025/08/07

This week on Coolest Geek Alive, Jesse Blaze Snider exposes the media’s wildest gaslighting campaign of the summer: the Jurassic World: Rebirth vs Superman vs Fantastic Four: First Steps box office narrative. Everyone’s saying Jurassic World: Rebirth “crushed” the superhero competition, but hold on a sec…Superman is beating it domestically! Fantastic Four is doing much better than Thunderbolts aaand Captain America: Brave New World. And yet

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14:18

"28 Years Later" & the "28 Later" Trilogy - Coolest...

Coolest Geek Alive ·

2025/08/04

Alex Garland, what you've created is one of the most insanely awesome things the Coolest Geek Alive has most recently seen! At no point in your tense, fast-paced, rooted zombie drama were you even close to anything that could be considered boring. Every listener of this podcast will be better for having watched your film. We award you all of the points, and may God bless your soul eternally. (Plus, BONUS Coolest Classics for “28 DAYS Later” w/ Cillian Murphy &

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51:00

Fantastic Four vs. Superman: Who REALLY had the...

Coolest Geek Alive ·

2025/07/31

COOLEST GEEK ALIVE dives deep into the media mind games surrounding the release of Superman and Fantastic Four — two tentpole films that opened neck-and-neck, but you’d never know it from the headlines. Why is the industry painting Superman like it underperformed and Fantastic Four like it triumphed? Why is the media rooting for Marvel’s hope over DC’s hope? And what does all of this reveal about the Hollywood ecosystem, where perception matters more than

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17:20

Coolest Pick - “The Comeback Trail” (High Concept...

Coolest Geek Alive ·

2025/07/26

Tommy Lee Jones, Morgan Freeman & Robert De Niro, what you've just helped create is one of the most insanely awesome things the Coolest Geek Alive has most recently seen! At no point in your clever, funny, high-concept dark comedy were you even close to anything that could be considered boring. Every listener of this podcast will be better for having watched your film. We award you all of the points, and may God bless your soul eternally.Thanks for listening to Coolest Geek

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50:04

$50 Million Psyop: Why Stephen Colbert was TOO USEFUL...

Coolest Geek Alive ·

2025/07/23

In this paradigm-shattering episode of Coolest Geek Alive, Jesse Blaze Snider rips the mask off America’s favorite “fake news” jester to expose the deeper game behind Stephen Colbert’s long-running late-night act. With razor-sharp clarity and unapologetic fire, Jesse unpacks how Colbert’s rise—from Comedy Central’s satire king to CBS’s corporate clown prince—wasn’t just unlikely, it was mathematically impossible unless

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21:00

Coolest Pick - “F1” w/ Brad Pitt

Coolest Geek Alive ·

2025/07/20

Jerry Bruckheimer, what you've just helped to create is one of the most awesome things the Coolest Geek Alive has most recently seen! At no point in your fun, heartfelt, pedal-to-metal Formula One racing film were you close to anything that could be considered boring. Every listener of this podcast will be better for having watched your film. We award you all of the points, and may God bless your soul eternally.Thanks for listening to The Coolest Geek Alive Episode #209 Coolest

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72:34

Hope...with an Asterisk (Superman, Revisionism and...

Coolest Geek Alive ·

2025/07/16

In this raw and revealing episode of Coolest Geek Alive, Jesse wrestles with the complicated feelings stirred by the new Superman film, a movie that dares to rekindle hope while quietly rewriting the very myth it claims to honor. With brutal honesty and reverent fire, Jesse explores what it means to see a good man in a broken world, how easily our sacred stories are subverted, and whether flawed heroes are still worth showing up for. It’s not just a movie

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10:41

Coolest Pick - “Jurassic World: Rebirth” (2025)

Coolest Geek Alive ·

2025/07/13

Gareth Edwards, what you've just helped to create is one of the most insanely awesome things the Coolest Geek Alive has most recently seen! At no point in your satisfying, well-paced, dinosaur-orgy horror/action film were you even close to anything that could be considered boring (except for at the end). Every listener of this podcast will be better for having watched your film. We award you all of the points, and may God bless your soul eternally. Thanks for listening to the

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