Moderate Fantasy Violence

Nick Bryan & Alastair JR Ball
  • 5.0 (1)
  • TV & FILM
  • UPDATED SEMIMONTHLY

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.

  1. 5D AGO

    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 Boys spin-off Gen V's second season (28:18). Plus Alastair's heard new Sprints album All That Is Over, while Nick's finally finished his long binge of The Marvelous Mrs Maisel.

    42 min

  2. NOV 20

    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 (29:10). Plus Nick's read Eight Billion Genies by Charles Soule & Ryan Browne, while Alastair's watched Ballad of a Small Player on Netflix.

    45 min

  3. NOV 6

    MFV #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 lighter territory, Alastair's also watched Wednesday season 2, while Nick's been living and dying with The Celebrity Traitors.

    48 min

  4. OCT 23

    MFV #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 Halloween content. Also including a belated Wicked review from Nick, plus Alastair's annual dispatch from London Film Festival, covering movies such as H is for Hawk, The Chronology of Water and Fucktoys.

    51 min

  5. OCT 9

    MFV #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 in Alien: Earth (36:09). As if that wasn't enough, Alastair's seen M3gan 2.0, while Nick's watched the first season of The Paper, the new sitcom spinning off from The Office US.

    54 min

  6. SEP 25

    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 Netflix, while Nick's imposing on Alastair with 90s superhero-cyberpunk comic Spider-Man 2099 (36:15), as a small homage to recently departed writer Peter David. Also featuring some chat about the latest seasons of Ghosts US and Abbot Elementary, plus the 2024 movie Queer.

    58 min

  7. SEP 11

    MFV #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 then we revisit the superhuman superpowers in The Power Fantasy volume 2 (32:46). With bonus discussion of the King of the Hill revival, plus the book Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen. And don't forget you can back Nick's latest self-published comic WorryWart on Kickstarter now! A fun story of violent teen rebellion in a monster royal family, with amazing art by Lane Lloyd and lovely letters by Lettersquids!

    55 min

  8. AUG 28

    MFV #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 (27:33). Plus a brief early chat about The Marvellous Mrs Maisel season 1 and Scottish samurai movie Tornado.

    45 min
See All (100)

About

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.

Information

  • Creator
    Nick Bryan & Alastair JR Ball
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2025
  • Episodes
    100
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Nick Bryan and Alastair JR Ball
  • Show Website
    Moderate Fantasy Violence