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Moderate Fantasy Violence

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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Now displaying: February, 2017
Feb 16, 2017

Twenty-eight episodes, just like there are days in February! This time, Nick and Alastair both read actual books - specifically Angelmaker by Nick Harkaway and Maus by Art Spiegelman - and one probably had a cheerier time than the other.

But at least both enjoyed The Lego Batman Movie (5:25), an exercise in joyous Batglee like no other. Good to be back on the comic adaptations for 2017.

In other franchise-sequel news, it's time for T2 Trainspotting (20:41) (and for Nick to watch the original movie). Can these Scottish heroin addicts anchor a franchise with as much panache as Batman? Sticking with superheroes and tripping out, next it's time to try X-Men-adjacent TV show Legion (36:09).

Finally, Alastair recommended Nick the Danish surreal-horror show The Kingdom (48:08). Did he like it? Will he include clips of its amazing theme tune in the show? (Yes.)

Feb 2, 2017

Twenty seven episodes, right here in twenty-seventeen! It starts in respectable territory, as Nick read lost-classic adult-comic Miracleman by Alan Moore (credited here as "The Original Writer", because that's how the guy rolls), Gary Leach, Alan Davis and co, while Alastair followed the Oscar nominations with interest. Such interest, in fact, that we stop for a longer chat about them (5:16).

It's a smooth transition from there to a full review of hot Oscar favourite La La Land (12:06), and then on to the new Netflix adaptation of Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events (26:12), a show with a thoroughly excellent theme tune. (Don't worry, we've included a clip.)

Thirdly, and a small jump away from the rest, we've heard 11 Short Stories Of Pain & Glory (38:54), the new album from the Dropkick Murphys. Is it too screamy for Nick, or can he withstand it?

Finally, we cover Richard III (45:35) - specifically the 1995 Richard Loncraine movie starring Ian McKellen. It's certainly got points to make about fascism rising in the Western world, which may or may not be interesting given recent news events.

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