“Fanboy News Network Live…Kind of”

This episode was recorded live on Jeff’s twitch channel https://www.twitch.tv/dr_caliban

Daniel talks about Jojo Rabbit

Jeff reviews Birds of Prey, Call Of the Wild, and Sonic the Hedgehog. He also talks about the new Candyman trailer.,

The boys talk about Star Trek: Picard

Daniel talks about the adaptation of the Boys.

Jeff talks about Dan DiDio being fired as Publisher of DC Comics. He also covers the rumors of a DC/Marvel crossover.

Jeff is reading Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire and Daniel is reading The Wanders by Chuck Wendig and is still working on his read through of the works of Terry Pratchett.

The Twitch Chat asks about the Lensmen books and if they will get an adaptation.

Jeff wraps up talking about the upcoming Transformers series on Netflix and its connection to his community on Twitch.

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“2020 Visions”

Join Jeff and Daniel as they ring in a new year.

Jeff talks about what is up with our twitch channel https://www.twitch.tv/dr_caliban

The boys talk about Knives Out.

They then cover Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, and the challenge of writing a satisfying series ending.

Jeff talks about The Mandolorian and the Imagineering Story on Disney+ as well as the upcoming Marvel shows.

Daniel talks about the Watchmen Series.

The New Season of Doctor Who is discussed.

Jeff talks about Crisis on Infinite Earths.

The nostalgia for Mark Hamil.

The decline of American Gods.

The success of the Witcher.

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“Gravitas”

The boys celebrate the completion of the new recording studio.

Looking at the recent issues surrounding the protests around Blizzard and lessons in what a protest is.

Daniel finally sees John Wick 3

Jeff reviews the new Addams Family and Terminator: Dark Fate.

The boys talk about their anticipation for the Mandalorian.

Daniel covers the new Watchmen series on HBO.

Jeff talks about the debut of the new season of the DC comics shows on the CW and the ramp up to Crisis on Infinite Earths.

Discussion of the animated pilot Hazbin Hotel.

Our first reports of Disneyland’s Galaxy’s Edge.

Daniel talks about reading this year’s Nebula and Hugo winning Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal

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“Doing the Time Warp”

Jeff announces the launch of our new twitch channel https://www.twitch.tv/dr_caliban

Daniel talks about attending Rose City Comic Con and meeting Weird Al and Tim Curry.

In a new fanboy behaving badly, the boys talk about an example of a female twitch streamer standing up for herself when being talked down to for being a woman on the internet. Check out https://www.twitch.tv/cahlaflour/ to show her support.

Jeff talks about seeing Ghost in concert.

In movies the local Drive-in showed Terminator 1 and 2 for the close of the season.

Daniel talks about seeing a special showing of Lawrence of Arabia on Seattle’s best screen.

The boys take on the Spider-Man cinematic custody battle.

Thoughts on the Joker movie.

Jeff has started watching Carnival Row and Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance.

Daniel has read Memory called Empire by Arkady Martine.

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“The Devil you say”

Jeff announces the new contact information for the site and talks about future plans.

Jeff’s vow around Vampire the Masquerade- Bloodlines 2.

Daniel had a recent rewatch of Blade Runner.

The boys talk about Hobbs & Shaw

There is also discussion of the upcoming Dwayne Johnson films Jumanji 2 and Jungle Cruise.

Jeff talks about the upcoming Video Nasty Project review The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith.

The buzz about the upcoming CW adaptation of Crisis on infinite Earths.

A discussion of what Jeff calls the Watchmen Syndrome.

The boys talk about their favorite depictions of Lucifer.

The boys talk about what they are reading, and a call out to a series of tweets by author Clinton J, Boomer.

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“18 years in the making”

Daniel reviews All is True.

Jeff talks about having seen Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Men in Black International, and Spider-Man: Far from Home.

The Disney live action remakes and why Mulan may be the best of them.

The boys talk about Good Omens.

Jeff talks about the movie Constantine and how it stands up despite being an adaptation.

Daniel talks about reading the short story collection Trigger Warning.

Thanks to a steam sale there is a quick review the Friday 13th game.

Jeff talks about joining a twitch community based around WWE 2K19 and getting a character on the show.

(Check out https://www.twitch.tv/takahata101 and https://www.twitch.tv/edwardbosco for more details)

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“Gone with the Wind part 2”

The boys talk about having seen Avengers: Endgame and a lot of the details surrounding it.

Jeff talks about the movies We have always lived in the Castle and John Wick 3

Daniel talks about wanting to see Shadow, the follow up to Hero.

The end of Game of Thrones.

Why we are tired of all the petitions.

A shout out to the cameo episode of What we do in the Shadows.

Daniel finally catches The Umbrella Academy.

Just discovered the Wrestling Community on Twitch.

What the boys are reading.

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“In the Name of the Mouse Thou shalt be entertained”

Daniel’s adventures in New Mexico is briefly recounted.

Yet again an episode is recorded before the most recent big event, in this case Avengers: Endgame.

A review of how Emerald City Comicon dealt with the entrance issues.

Daniel’s excitement at getting to meet Tim Curry at RCCC.

Jeff talks about Shazam, Hellboy, US, and Horror Noire.

Daniel talks about finally catching up on Captain Marvel and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse.

Jeff covers the TV series version of What We Do in the Shadows.

The boys talk about the final season of Game of Thrones.

Discussion of the problematic season finally of The Magicians.

Daniel finished Space Opera and is now reading the Star Wars novel Bloodlines

Jeff has finished Seanan McGuire’s The Ain’t Witchcraft and is moving on to a new series with Every Heart A Doorway.

Jeff discusses his plans to see a preview night showing of Avengers: Endgame at the local drive-in.

A look at the new Disney+ streaming service.

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“We’re Back”

The first new episode since the hiatus and the first in Jeff’s new studio.

The boy’s talk about what is going to be happening on Fanboy News Network going forward.

Honoring the passing of the great Stan Lee.

Emerald City Comicon and the issues surrounding how they are arranging the entrances.

Jeff talks about Captain Marvel and the obnoxious behavior being directed at it by extreme factions in fandom.

Jeff has discovered a still operational Drive-In theater, the Rodeo Drive-in, near his new home.

A discussion of the plan to end Arrow on CW next season during the annual crossover.

The boys talk about The Umbrella Academy.

Jeff is catching up on Mike Schur shows.

Daniel talks about the demise of Wynonna Earp.

DC comics and the need for them to get on top of their production schedule.

The books the boys have read during the hiatus.

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Hello Everyone.

I’ve been quiet for a while, so I wanted to pop in and give a quick status update for Fanboy News Network.

Back in mid-June, I put the podcast and the site on hiatus while my wife and I sold our house. We completed the move and started getting things set up again, but life threw some complications at us. So now, several months later, I am taking stock of what I want to do with the site.

When I stopped writing articles for FNN in 2015, I thought it would be temporary. But the new job I started did not leave me with the time or the brain bandwidth for writing. That has changed. So, my immediate goal is to begin writing articles again. Site statistics show a lot of traffic on those older articles and they are the main way that new people discover the site. If all goes to plan, expect to see the articles start again by mid-March. As before, the articles will be a mix of current events in geek culture, media reviews, and examining the foundations of geek culture.

Daniel and I still intend to bring the podcast back. Our challenge is that we now live an hour apart, instead of 15 minutes. We are looking at the logistics and once we have figured it out, we will bring the podcast back. The podcast will continue to center on recent events in geek culture.

I will also introduce a new feature to the site soon: videos. With help from my friends at The Video Nasty Project, I will start to make videos in a studio we are setting up in my house. These videos will focus on the early movies that formed the foundation of modern geek culture with the occasional side series and commentary. Expect this series to start by early summer.

I look at Fanboy News Network as a labor of love. I do it and will keep working on it because it brings me joy to do so. But as a wise man once said, “If you’re good at something, never do it for free.” To that end, I am finally working on setting up a Patreon account. Expect to see that go live around the same time as the videos.

If you want to keep up with what I have been doing during the hiatus, check out The Video Nasty Project where I am a regular reviewer. I also pop in from time to time as a guest commentator on the podcast Don’t Read the Latin.

It feels good to be back.

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