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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: March, 2017
Mar 30, 2017

Thirty-two tiny punches and a big stab! In a shortened episode (because they've moved the Power Rangers review to a separate special, admin fans), Nick and Alastair quickly cover some classic material, with H.P. Lovecraft's The Call of Cthulhu and Wes Anderson's The Darjeeling Limited.

Then it's into less-than-classic territory with Marvel's latest Netflix/Defenders series Iron Fist (7:01), before recovering with excellent comedy-horror liberal nightmare movie Get Out (23:52).

Lastly, what did Alastair think of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (35:13)? Is it good for anyone, or did Nick's love of comedy music blind him to the truth?

Mar 16, 2017

The big three-one! Moving into the thirties with good range, as Nick and Alastair start with brief chat about the poetry of Kate Tempest and Archie-murder series Riverdale. Then it's on to new movie Elle (9:19) which, for anyone sensitive about such content, means talking a fair bit about the film's handling of rape.

If you'd rather not listen, you can skip to 25:44 and the album English Tapas by Sleaford Mods, a band Nick hadn't previously heard. Lastly, Alastair's recommendation: Heat (38:46), a 1995 crime epic with Al Pacino and Robert De Niro.

If you're wondering why there's only three items this episode - the fourth for the fortnight was in MFV #30, an off-schedule special where we talked Logan with guest Chris Brosnahan. It was fun, scroll back in your feed and check it out.

Mar 7, 2017

Episode thirty! We're old, but not as old as Wolverine! Logan goes full grizzle in his new movie, and Nick and Alastair celebrate by releasing an off-schedule special, and bringing on writer, occasional stand-up comedian and X-Men fan Chris Brosnahan to help deal with the dystopian misery of it all. But first, an epic recommendations three-way, taking in The Love Witch, American Horror Story, Spider-Man: The Clone Conspiracy, Jerusalem by Alan Moore and Twin Peaks. Runs longer than usual, mostly because Chris makes the mistake of getting Nick started about Spider-Man clones.

But we eventually start on our main feature: spoiler-free Logan chat at 18:40, followed by the full-fat ruinous stuff from 27:52 onwards. Is it good? In a superhero way or a proper film way? Do we know what a fight is really like? Which actor surprised us with his strong performance? Which Marvel hero did incest in the original Old Man Logan comics? All this and more! If you enjoy Chris's appearance here, you can follow him on Twitter as @ChrisBrosnahan.

Mar 2, 2017

Twenty nine episodes in a year! Yes, it's Moderate Fantasy Violence's first birthday, so Nick and Alastair allow themselves some indulgent 'Look How Far We've Come!' talk before brief recommendations of NASA movie Hidden Figures and Native American noir comic Scalped.

Then we do full-length talk-downs of Alice Lowe's pregnancy revenge thriller Prevenge (8:40), hot new urban fantasy/wizard fantasy crossover comic Curse Words (20:15) by Charles Soule and Ryan Browne, the new series of BBC horror anthology Inside No. 9 (32:13) and Nick's recommendation from last episode: the excellent (and prematurely concluded) crime comic Fell (48:54) by Warren Ellis and Ben Templesmith.

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