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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 #219 - CORRR Memories
An all-animation special this time, as we cover Scavengers Reign (15:52) and Inside Out 2 (30:35). Fuller shownotes on ModerateFantasyViolence.com
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #218 - Doing the Double Thanos
This fortnight, we feel the otherworldly presences of Doctor Who (15:04) and Godzilla Minus One (39:57). Considerable spoilers for both, you have been warned…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #217 - How adult should a cartoon blue hedgehog be?
This fortnight, we return for the second run of two podcast favourites: punk sitcom We Are Lady Parts (18:27) and crime comic Newburn (32:05). Fuller shownotes…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #216 - Hardcore Nominative Determinism
Whole new cinematic universes branch from the ground, as we cover Max Max prequel Furiosa (16:29) and Sandman-adjacent Netflix show Dead Boy Detectives…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #215 - Sweet innocent lovely corpse mutilation
This fortnight, two eagerly anticipated adaptations - the millennial-nostalgia event X-Men '97 (13:36) and post-apocalyptic video game series Fallout (27:28)…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #214 - The Meninist K-Hole
This fortnight, an exercise in extreme contrast with thoughtful historical drama Shogun (24:39) and cartoonish high school comedy Bottoms (40:18). Meanwhile…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #213 - The worst job in the world
This fortnight, we face the horrible present-future with Civil War (18:10), then retreat into a cosy fantastical past with Renegade Nell (34:48). Fuller…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #212 - EBV (Extreme Bloody Violence)
We make a mockery of our podcast name this fortnight, tackling two releases where the violence is definitely not moderate - Invincible season 2 (15:03) and…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #211 - A void in Walthamstow
Back to Nick's superhero territory this fortnight, with the second season of powers-focused sitcom Extraordinary (20:40) and the first two issues of the new…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #210 - The Golden Honk of the Sandworm
A big episode for Alastair this week, as we cover his annual Oscar predictions audio extravaganza, and the new Dune movie (16:11, with hard spoilers from…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #209 - 80s Magic Mike
Some seasonal February moments of dark intensity this fortnight, in The Iron Claw (12:19) and the new Mr & Mrs Smith series (26:37). Fuller shownotes at…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #208 - Teenage Milked Ninja Turtles
We're covering two separate ends of the movie spectrum this fortnight, with thoughtful current Oscar-contending movie American Fiction (15:40) on one side, and…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #207 - True Confessions of a Serious Film Critic
This fortnight, 2024 begins in earnest with Oscar-nominated film Poor Things (14:07) and new Marvel show Echo (28:06). Fuller shownotes at…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #206 - Let's quack on
As is traditional, the first episode of a new year is spent mopping up some leftovers from the end of the previous one, with What If... season 2 (12:49) and…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #205 - What's Earthworm Jim up to?
The new year 2024 has begun, and that can only mean one thing - time for Moderate Fantasy Violence to talk about the previous one! Nick and Alastair assemble…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #204 - New face! WAUUUGH!
Time for our festive late-2000s nostalgia special, as we cover the Doctor Who 60th anniversary Fourteenth Doctor specials (11:38) and the new Scott Pilgrim…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #203 - Is Saltburn a British film?
This fortnight, there's all kinds of sinister things happening at the universities, as we cover polarising dark academia movie Saltburn (13:49) and edgy…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #202 - He Who Complains
Right into the state-of-Marvel discourse this week with The Marvels (14:55, post-credits mega-spoilers from 25:29) and Loki season 2 (33:38, ending spoilers…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #201 - Someone's gonna get sucked off
Back to regular programming this fortnight, with the final series of Ghosts (12:10), the well-received BBC haunted house sitcom, and future-house scifi movie…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #200 - Found families, related and otherwise
It's our double-centennial episode! And to mark this frankly unnecessary amount of podcasting, we recommend more of our all-time favourites, with Nick bringing…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #199 - Bummer for you, bummer for you
A robot rampage this fortnight, as we cover new scifi movie The Creator (11:40) and latest Star Wars streaming show Ahsoka (24:33). Fuller shownotes at…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #198 - And there's a cowboy!
This fortnight, we're battling romance itself in Love Everlasting (12:43) and capitalism in How To Blow Up A Pipeline (23:34). Heavy stuff. Fuller shownotes at…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #197 - Carmy's famous family
Intense times this fortnight, as we dive back into the hellish kitchen of The Bear's second season (14:14 with a few unlabelled spoilers, sorry), then a more…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #196 - Pandora's box of depressing jokes
This fortnight, we're both away in the lofty world of demons and angels in Good Omens 2 (12:27, ending spoilers from 23:01) and down in the dirty world of…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #195 - They Spoiled The Film
It's the return of the Netflix movie double-bill this fortnight, with They Cloned Tyrone (12:08) and Extraction 2 (23:47). Fuller shownotes at…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #194 - Oh Frank, how could you?
To our own surprise, we manage to cover burning-hot new movie Oppenheimer (13:29), along with some thoughts from Alastair about Barbie, along with latest…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #193 - Can I complain now?
This fortnight, we're heading into the criminal underworld with Nimona (15:09) and then the literal underground with Silo season 1 (24:54). Fuller shownotes on…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #192 - Murders per day
We travel all across the different sides of America this episode, with the dark underbelly in Poker Face (13:56) and an altogether more whimsical angle in…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #191 - The Most Terrifying Bastard Imaginable
A brutal duo this episode, as we cover cannibal teen drama Yellowjackets season 2 (15:02, mega-spoilers from 25:30) and ultraviolent Finnish revenge movie Sisu…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #190 - Screaming Service
A pair of major cultural events this year, with Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (8:45) and Succession season 4 (26:57, with finale-ruining spoilers from…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #189 - Are you Jedi or loser?
Another animated anthology this episode, with Star Wars: Visions season 2 (12:43), so Nick and Alastair sit down to give you the usual top 3 episodes, followed…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #188 - All the Found Family you can eat
This fortnight, it's two different (but both wholly enjoyable) action movie flavours with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 (13:52) and Polite Society (28:18)…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #187 - Dark-shaped hole
MFV back for another fortnight, and for the second time in our history, we're covering a season of The Mandalorian (12:18), followed by a comic written by Alex…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #186 - Metaverse or bust
We enter a world of imagination this fortnight, with two game-based movies: Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves (14:23) and, of course, Tetris (28:01)…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #185 - Get on with the crying
A journey into two different dark corners of the human psyche this fortnight, with The Last Of Us (14:06) and Alan Partridge: Stratagem (28:01). Fuller…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #184 - Oscar Results Honkathon 2023
It's Alastair's favourite time of year - he delivers his Oscar predictions, and then has them soundtracked by blaring sound effects by Nick. Oh, and we also…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #183 - My brain is not happy with that
This fortnight, it's time to don our capes and take flight in an all-superpowers fortnight, with Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania (11:12) and Extraordinary…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #182 - Men not talking to each other
The episode of Alastair's dreams this fortnight, as we cover two Oscar Best Picture contenders - The Banshees of Inisherin (13:01) and Triangle of Sadness…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #181 - Back to the sea
We continue to scour 2022 for the best outstanding media, this fortnight covering Our Flag Means Death (11:19) and Newburn (23:44). Fuller shownotes at…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #180 - Crap Division
Starting 2023 as we begin every year - with leftover culture from the last one. This time, it's the second season of Slow Horses (15:30) and the movie White…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #179 - Their orgasmic relationship with dinosaurs
Only a few weeks after everyone else did their Best of 2022 posts, we're finally weighing in! We're talking about the year in film (11:07) and then counting…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #178 - Musical Holiday Special
Merry Christmas Violence! Yes, it's our annual somewhat festive special, this year covering The Peripheral (9:45, no Christmas content) and the Guardians of…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #177 - So, is it cannibalism?
Another heaping helping of premium telly this fortnight, with hot new Star Wars series Andor (8:55) and eagerly awaited boat show 1899 (26:13, with hardcore…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #176 - The End of Everything
A high-calibre menu this fortnight, as we cover Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (10:31) and The Bear (29:07). Fuller shownotes at ModerateFantasyViolence.com
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #175 - Go outside!
Our (slightly belated) BBC centennial special hits the airwaves, with reviews of Doctor Who: The Power of the Doctor (10:06) and Ghosts series 4 (28:26)…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #174 - Part Thing/Part Man
Three big TV shows this Halloween as we cover Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (13:36), She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (27:33) and, just in time for the…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #173 - Unusual Clunking Noises
This fortnight, we're trapped in a basement in Inside Man (14:36) and the metaphorical prison of our own grief in After Yang (31:54). Fuller shownotes on…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #172 - Kraven's Visceral Hunt
Traumatised by the hellish present day, we return to the eighties to recommend each other beloved childhood franchise classics. Nick gets Alastair to read…
Moderate Fantasy ViolenceMFV #171 - Locke & Newquay
Fact takes on fiction this fortnight, as we return to the fantasy world of Game of Thrones with House of the Dragon (12:23), then dive into a big deep cave of…