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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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Dec 23, 2021

Merry Christmas! I mention it here because we barely do in the episode! Because we're too busy covering Doctor Who: Flux (11:00, with full spoilers throughout) and Wrath of Man (26:47)!

And yes, Wrath of Man is replacing the promised Spider-Man: No Way Home review, as we couldn't make it to the cinema due to Omicron. Sigh.

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Dec 9, 2021

This fortnight, we return to Netflix once more with Arcane (13:55) and Tick, Tick... Boom! (26:10)

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Nov 25, 2021

In this historic 150th episode, we've broken exciting new ground by... watching a couple of Netflix movies - specifically The Harder They Fall (12:35) and Army of Thieves (22:59).

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Nov 11, 2021

One of our more underwhelming themed weeks this time, as we cover Eternals (11:13) and Last Night In Soho (22:54).

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Oct 28, 2021

Big fortnight for our teenage selves, as we cover the new Dune adaptation (10:43) and equally important cinematic moment Venom: Let There Be Carnage (25:46).

(Also features a brief check-in with Star Trek: Lower Decks season 2 up-front.)

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Oct 14, 2021

This fortnight, we control our liquid intake and sit down for No Time To Die, the lengthy new James Bond film (11:15, with hard ending spoilers from 27:07), then make a final trip to the multiverse of Marvel's What If...? (32:03), including us each giving our top 3 episodes.

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Sep 30, 2021

As promised this fortnight, it's films beginning with G that came out in America a while back, as we confront The Green Knight (11:24) and Gunpowder Milkshake (22:03).

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Sep 16, 2021

The superhero resurrection continues apace with Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (11:28, vague ending spoilers), then we slow things down a little with The Chair (27:04).

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Sep 2, 2021

Reality itself is fragile this fortnight, as we review Ryan Reynolds' new reality-questioning movie Free Guy (10:06) and Marvel's multiverse-humping animated series What If...? (25:16).

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And for a couple more days, Nick's FairyFare Kickstarter remains ongoing. Get in while you can. 

Aug 19, 2021

Another all-Netflix fortnight as we fly high with Blood Red Sky (11:55), then stare uncertainly at Masters of the Universe: Revelation (23:09).

Back Nick's new comics Kickstarter for FairyFare!

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Aug 5, 2021

More new film releases than we've become used to in this episode, as we cover Deerskin and The Sparks Brothers up-front, followed by a longer chat about The Suicide Squad (9:04) and a retreat to familiar streaming territory with Biohackers season 2 (21:49).

Nick's new comics Kickstarter for FairyFare, with artist Rosie Alexander, is running now, so check it out!

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Jul 22, 2021

A broadcast from the Marvel Cinematic Universe this fortnight, as we cover both Black Widow (13:01, some scattered ending spoilers) and the whole of Loki season 1 (33:00, relentless total spoilers).

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Jul 8, 2021

This fortnight, it's the MFV treatment for new Pixar movie Luca (13:10) and less recent (but very viral) comedy special Inside from Bo Burnham (25:13).

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Jun 24, 2021

This fortnight, MFV tours the world's streaming content with Netflix's Sweet Tooth (13:05) and Amazon's Solos (30:08).

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Jun 10, 2021

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).

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May 27, 2021

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).

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May 13, 2021

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)

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Apr 29, 2021

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).

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Apr 15, 2021

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).

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Apr 1, 2021

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).

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Mar 18, 2021

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.

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Mar 4, 2021

This fortnight, back to the Netflix movie coalface with Space Sweepers (11:01) and The Dig (26:40).

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Feb 18, 2021

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).

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Feb 4, 2021

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).

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Jan 21, 2021

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).

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