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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.
Episodes
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #279 - Grasping for dressposition
This fortnight, we tackle The Social Reckoning (17:42), Aaron Sorkin's follow-up to the critically acclaimed The Social Network, and Slow Horses season 6…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #278 - Sorry Ryan Reynolds/Gosling!
This fortnight, it's one of our occasional classic DC vs Marvel episodes, as we cover new Green Lantern TV show Lanterns (20:24) and Marvel's new Midnight line…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #277 - A face for looking miserable
This fortnight, we cover an apocalyptic robot future in new comic If Destruction Be Our Lot... (20:24) and a cheerful Victorian past in Enola Holmes 3 (34:26)…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #276 - Are you Alastair?
This fortnight, we've watched cult hit sex comedy I Want Your Sex (19:53) and also read the latest storyline of cyberpunk horror comic w0rldtr33 (35:21) which…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #275 - The raw soggy stuff
This fortnight, two movies from the cult favourite end of the cinema that we've been enormously looking forward to - it's erotic comedy-drama Teenage Sex and…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #274 - Reaching for sexposition
This fortnight, we've stayed indoors catching up on some of the big franchise TV shows - it's X-Men '97 season 2 (9:48) and House of the Dragon season 3…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #273 - The Spider-Male Loneliness Epidemic
This fortnight, some major cinematic moments as we cover the massive new supermovie Spider-Man: Brand New Day (14:03, with spoilers from 26:39) and also-huge…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #272 - Entering his Dad phase
This fortnight, we head out on an epic sea voyage into Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey (12:59) and the dark haunted island of Widow's Bay (35:13). Plus bonus…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #271 - A Hugh Jackman retrospective
This fortnight, we cover the final season of culinary stress factory The Bear (17:06) and farm-based murder mystery The Sheep Detectives (34:33). Plus bonus…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #270 - Uninteresting Success
This fortnight, we crack into the year's summer blockbusters with Disclosure Day (17:06) and Supergirl (34:33) - including substantial spoilers throughout the…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #269 - Sad, sad bonking
This fortnight, we journey into the heart of darkness with sad-teen nihilist sex/crime drama Euphoria season 3 (14:25, hard ending spoilers from 31:34) and…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #268 - The screenwriting word
This fortnight, we finally reach the last season of The Boys (14:24), and fair warning, the spoilers are all over this one, so I'd not listen to this until…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #267 - The Richard Hammond of the MCU
A special extra-long episode this fortnight, as we get excited to return to the Marvel Defenderverse with Daredevil: Born Again season 2 (18:53, spoilers from…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #266 - I recognised Michael Fassbender!
This fortnight, another all-superhero special, as we cover the fourth season of Invincible (13:27) and the epic Alivens Vs Avengers crossover comic (27:46)…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #265 - Really gonna edgelord it
This fortnight, some culture from a short while ago - the first volume of Absolute Wonder Woman (15:06) and Oscar-winning Norwegian movie Sentimental Value…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #264 - This film is extremely cinema
This fortnight, in a slight change to the advertised programme (after an unexpected trip to the cinema), we cover new dark romcom The Drama (19:00) and recent…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #263 - Firing all Chekov's other weapons
This fortnight, we delve into two unconventional takes on superheroes - the new Marvel series Wonder Man and the climactic third volume of The Power Fantasy by…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #262 - You don't see that a lot on TV
This fortnight, we return to Westeros once more for A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms (23:05), then go deep undercover in The Secret Agent (37:46). Plus bonus…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #261 - Naturally occurring crappy wallpaper
This fortnight, it's the 10th anniversary of Moderate Fantasy Violence! Somehow we've done this for a whole decade, and obviously, we celebrate by doing one of…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #260 - Harbinger of the Apocalypse
This fortnight, we take a dark-comedy look at both our hellish conspiracy-laden present in Bugonia (18:05, spoilers from 28:32) and the nuclear-ravaged future…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #259 - Kill all the fish people!
This fortnight, we cover the latest damp Doctor Who spin-off The War Between The Land And The Sea (15:20) and recent tragic theatrical adaptation Hedda…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #258 - The King of Table Tennis
For the first regular podcast of 2026, we take a fully-informed look at Pluribus (17:01), our best show of 2025, and Marty Supreme (37:50), one of this year's…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #257 - United by betrayal
Just in time for your 2026 return to work (and only one day late due to Nick's holiday overindulgence schedule), it's the MFV end of year round-up for 2025!…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #256 - A.K.A. The Shirtless Sailor
This festive fortnight, we cover one of the big Christmas movies of this year, the new Benoit Blanc mystery Wake Up Dead Man (15:01), plus the latest season of…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #255 - The Man With The Infinite Bum
This fortnight, Nick and Alastair enter the gothically dark world of Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein (16:27), and the edgelordishly dark universe of youthful…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #254 - Capitalism Vs Predator
This fortnight, we venture into the deadly landscape of Predator: Badlands (15:44), then the even scarier dark underbelly of the internet in W0rldtr33 volume 3…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #253 - The Dr Cox Effect
This fortnight, it's espionage and political drama on both sides of the pond with A House of Dynamite (13:36) and Slow Horses season 5 (29:40). In slightly…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #252 - Apologies to the bird-blind community
This fortnight, another double-superhero podcast, with DC's Peacemaker season 2 (20:44) and Marvel Zombies (38:55) from, shockingly, Marvel providing our token…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #251 - A haunted doll wouldn't behave like that!
This fortnight, Nick and Alastair battle the evils of the system (exhaustedly) with One Battle After Another (18:08) and then icky extraterrestrial creatures…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #250 - It was always Carnage
To celebrate a ridiculous 250 episodes, we're once again recommending each other some favourites. Alastair's making Nick watch Alice in Borderland (20:21) on…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #249 - British people like a good murder
We're revisting some old friends this fortnight, as our favourite righteous serial killer returns from beyond the grave in Dexter: Resurrection (16:36), and…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #248 - Get inside that horse!
An animated explosion this week, as we cover smash hit animated Netflix movie K-Pop Demon Hunters (13:59) and new Marvel anthology series Eyes of Wakanda…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #247 - Talking to the Peacock
This fortnight, two favourite TV shows return for high-pressure new outings - it's The Bear season 4 (19:57) and Poker Face season 2 (35:46). Elsewhere, we've…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #246 - All-Purpose Marvel Soup
This fortnight, we dig into Fantastic Four: First Steps (17:10), one of the big comics adaptations of the summer, and The Old Guard 2 (33:22), another one. We…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #245 - A rare moment in British cinema
A double-bill of metallic superhero action this fortnight, as we cover the Man of Steel's return to cinemas in Superman (15:05), and the latest Marvel TV show…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #244 - What would Wes Anderson's James Bond be like?
This fortnight, we fight desperately for survival in the zombie dystopia of The Last Of Us (13:18, with spoilers for the big early-doors plot twist from 19:10)…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #243 - Just homo sapien actors on soundstages
This fortnight, two major scifi franchises drop their second seasons on us - it's Doctor Who (18:07) and Star Wars prequel Andor (39:36)! Meanwhile, Alastair's…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #242 - Cinematic Cinema
This fortnight, we finally catch Sinners (19:28, with midway twist spoilers from 26:33), the cinema sensation of 2025 so far, plus the latest season of…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #241 - Gotta throw the nerds something
This fortnight, in a change to the planned schedule, it's another Marvel double-bill with Thunderbolts* (12:36, spoilers from 25:00) and Friendly Neighbourhood…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #240 - The oldest, saddest man in the world
This fortnight, we're delving into the dark side of superheroics with Daredevil: Born Again (19:35), then the grimy underbelly of tech and society itself in…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #239 - Teen Murder Special
It's all teenage death all the time this fortnight, but with very different tones, as we discuss the lurid cult-horror of Yellowjackets season 3 (18:18) and…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #238 - Do Dog Man's parents miss him?
This fortnight, we enter the surreal worlds of Severance season 2 (16:07) and Grand Theft Hamlet (36:22). Plus we recommend each other the also-odd movies Dog…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #237 - Enjoyment Vs Content
This fortnight, we cover new high-concept scifi movie Mickey 17 (22:57) and the latest season of Invincible (38:38), the scifi superhero show we've previously…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #236 - Good old fashioned violence
This fortnight, we delve into the dark side of tech with new movie Companion (20:34) and the first two volumes of technothriller comic W0rldtr33 (33:14). Plus…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #235 - Don't disrespect the comedy pervert
This fortnight, we're heading into the bold future of Captain America: Brave New World (13:10) and the bloody past of Dexter: Original Sin (26:53…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #234 - In the mood for something massive?
This fortnight, the superhumans threaten to go boom in new comic series The Power Fantasy (15:49), while space itself almost blows up in Star Trek: Section 31…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #233 - BRING THE PAIN!
Time for Alastair's favourite time of year as we get stuck into two big Oscar-season movie releases - the new remake of Nosferatu (16:22) and A Real Pain…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #232 - Punching three bald men
This fortnight, some climactic cartoon chat, as we cover the final seasons of both What If? (12:44) and Star Trek: Lower Decks (28:34). Plus some bonus chat…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #231 - Let's get down to counting down!
As 2025 begins, one last gasp for last year, as we get together for our traditional end of year round-up episode. Witness our general thoughts and top five…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #230 - The Oscar for Oscariness
Time once again for one of our famous barely-festive Christmas specials, as we cover Arcane season 2 (18:50) and Blitz (32:39). Plus some bonus chat about Baby…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #229 - You deaded my woman!
Two big follow-ups this fortnight, with Gladiator II (16:10) and The Diplomat season 2 (27:45). Plus bonus chat about the new Linkin Park album and the…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #228 - He's turned into a giant bible!
This fortnight, one final comic book supervillain story with The Penguin (17:26) and then a more grounded, theological story of villainy in Heretic (32:30)…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #227 - Let There Be Balls
At last, our longawaited Marvel villain/anti-hero special, covering Agatha All Along (17:58 with full spoilers from 26:37) and Venom: The Last Dance (40:45)…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #226 - This is bad and you know it's bad
This fortnight, we're covering the fourth season of our beloved Slow Horses (17:58), plus new British scifi-comedy Timestalker (36:52), with some opening chat…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #225 - Arthouse Glee
This fortnight, we take on two current movies: Joker: Folie a Deux (22:41, ending spoilers from 39:26) and Rebel Ridge (43:10). One has been extremely well…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #224 - Hungry Hectare
This fortnight, we start off with Douglas is Cancelled and The Outrun, before diving into our main course reviews of Starve Acre (20:57) and The Bear season 3…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #223 - How bummer is your bummer?
This fortnight, it's a weird world in The Umbrella Academy season 4 (14:17) and Cuckoo (33:56). Fuller shownotes at ModerateFantasyViolence.com
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #222 - End our long suffering
We're off to the movies for a scare this fortnight, with latest scifi-horror sequel Alien: Romulus (15:52 with moderate spoilers throughout) and unsettling…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #221 - Time will destroy everything
After a few episodes falling a bit behind thanks to holiday schedules, we're back on the cutting edge of media with Deadpool & Wolverine (19:59) and House of…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #220 - Uninteresting Failure
This fortnight, we catch up with some earlier releases (because Nick was on holiday) - it's Peacemaker Tries Hard! (15:24) from DC Comics and the Netflix movie…