Coolest Alive

“The Penguin” Episode 1 - Coolest Picks Colin Farrell, what you've just helped to create is one of the most insanely awesome things the Coolest Geek Alive has ever seen! At no point in your grounded, real-world approach to the Penguin's rise to power in the dark underbelly of Gotham were you even close to anything that could be considered silly or uninteresting. Every listener of this...

If there is one HILL that the Coolest Geek Alive is ready to die on, it's this one: "Gremlins 2: The New Batch" is one of the greatest movies ever made and on this special episode he aims to PROVE IT! Join host & professional comic book writer, Jesse Blaze Snider as he counts the MANY ways to love Joe Dante's smartly hysterical "NEW BATCH"! This episode is sponsored by Hello Fresh  &ldquo...

“Sometimes there’s a film… I won’t say a masterpiece, ‘cause what’s a masterpiece? But sometimes there’s a film. And I’m talkin’ about the “Desperardo" here. Sometimes there’s a film that, well, it’s the film for its time and place. It fits right in there. And that’s the “Desperado”, for the career of Robert...

Comic Book Readers want ONE thing from Film & Television adaptation, a respectful retelling of the story they love, but what happens when the Film & TV jump the rails & begin to tell stories of their own...? And has this been happening for a long time? And Why can't casual fans understand that "Agatha, All Along" was not something any long time readers we're begging Marvel Studios to p...

Peter Berg, what you've just created is one of the most insanely awesome things the Coolest Geek Alive has ever seen! At no point in your genuinely funny, all-out action packed, kinda-sorta buddy comedy were you even close to anything that could be considered boring! Every listener of this podcast will be better for having watched your film & head Christopher Walken's "Tooth Fairy" speech. We...

The STAR WARS FANDOM is appropriately at war once again! With Rewriting Ripley attempting to have major YouTubers like Nerdrotic DEPLATFORMED for "racism", "misogyny" & similar complaints. But ARE these streamers really "ists" and all that?! The Coolest Geek Alive believes he knows the TRUTH! Join award-winning writer Jesse Blaze Snider as he introduces you to a new type of fan, the "softcore"...

“Sometimes there’s a film… I won’t say a masterpiece, ‘cause what’s a masterpiece? But sometimes there’s a film. And I’m talkin’ about the “Demolition Man” here. Sometimes there’s a film that, well, it’s the film for its time and place. It fits right in there. And that’s the “Demolition Man”, for the g...

There's a new battle in the long & hard-fought WAR for FREE SPEECH, it has many names, but the Coolest Geek Alive likes to call it "The Woke" Mob", a devote & dogmatic portion of the planet, who will give ALL your rights away if it shapes the world in the direction they'd like things to go. But never once considering the long-term ramifications of putting limitations on free speech. In sho...

“Sometimes there’s a film… I won’t say a masterpiece, ‘cause what’s a masterpiece? But sometimes there’s a film. And I’m talkin’ about "The Crow” starring Brandon Lee here. Sometimes there’s a film that, well, it’s the film for its time and place. It fits right in there. And that’s the “The Crow", for the dearly d...

Bruce Timm's latest animated effort starring the caped crusader, also called "BATMAN: CAPED CRUSADER", has just come available to the public and the reaction is mixed & generally kinda quiet. So what went wrong? And what went RIGHT with the original masterpiece that is "Batman: The Animated Series" and all the incredible follow ups that exist in that same world? As per usual, the Coolest Geek...

“Sometimes there’s a film… I won’t say a masterpiece, ‘cause what’s a masterpiece? But sometimes there’s a film. And I’m talkin’ about the “Liar, Liar” here. Sometimes there’s a film that, well, it’s the film for its time and place. It fits right in there. And that’s the “Liar, Liar”, for the great Jim...

Owen Hart! Randy Savage! Chyna! Roddy Piper! Eddie Guerrero! The Ultimate Warrior! Rick Rude! Sherri Martel! Miss Elizabeth! Chris Benoit! Test! Bam Bam! Doink! Mr. Perfect! Crash Holly! Davey Boy Smith! Brian Pillman! Mike Von Erich! Lance Cade! Ashley Massaro! Referee Joey Marella! Just a fraction of the people who have died before their time who have been connected to the WWE & Vince McMaho...

Aaron Sorkin, what you've just created is one of the most insanely awesome things the Coolest Geek Alive has ever seen! At no point in this witty & revealing adaptation of the popular book were you even close to anything that could be considered boring. Every listener of this podcast will be better for having watched this film. We award you all of the points, and may God bless your soul eterna...

BLADE I & II - Celebrating the GLORY of Wesley Snipes' Blade franchise & Proposing a way FORWARD for the MCU! Marshala Al-WHATNOW?! There is ONLY ONE BLADE, mutha fucker! Weasley Snipes made that character hot, it was a "C" list concept before screenwriter, comic book fan & comic book writer introduced film audiences to the concept of SCIENCE FICTION VAMPIRES using Blade, a relatively...

Monsoon season came EARLY, what that created is the circumstances for one of the most insanely epic RESCUES the Coolest Geek Alive has ever seen! At no point in EITHER the documentary retelling or the film dramatization were they even close to anything that could be considered boring. Every listener of this podcast will be better for having watched BOTH the doc & the movie retelling this same...

This week, the internet attempted to cancel one of geek culture's biggest "influencers", but is "Nerdrotic" or any of the other major geek culture YouTubers really to blame for the "radicalization" of fans...? Are they amplifying negativity or just harnessing the frustration already there? Jesse Blaze Snider, the Coolest Geek Alive, believes he knows the truth. He's such a fucking know-it-all. ;)...

“Sometimes there’s a film… I won’t say a masterpiece, ‘cause what’s a masterpiece? But sometimes there’s a film. And I’m talkin’ about the “So I Married An Ax Murderer” here. Sometimes there’s a film that, well, it’s THE film for its time and place. It fits right in there. And that’s the “So I Married An Ax...

This past weekend Marvel made a HUGE announcement at its "Hall H" panel at San Diego Comic Con: Robert Downey Junior is RETURNING to the MCU...as DOCTOR DOOM?! This bizarre and tone deaf choice has led to a truly mixed and peculiar reaction from fans who have been clamoring for not only the first family of the Marvel Universe to be done justice to, but THEIR quintessential villain, & honestly...

Ryan Reynolds & Hugh Jackman, what you've just created is one of the most insanely awesome things the Coolest Geek Alive & his TWO young CHILDREN have ever seen! At no point in your completely off the wall approach to bringing Deadpool into the Marvel Cinematic Universe were you close to anything that might be considered dull! Every listener of this podcast will be better for having watche...

When Amazon released the 1st season of "The Boys" the Coolest Geek Alive was THRILLED with the adaptation that improved upon its source material in many ways. A great cast delivered on the promise that its comic book premise held by humanizing the debaucherous superheroes of their world & making them a bit more than the cartoon cutouts often depicted in the comics. But 3 seasons later and Jess...

Ben Stiller, what you've just created is one of the most insanely awesome things the Coolest Geek Alive has ever seen! At no point in your grounded, real-world approach to creating a supermodel universe were you even close to anything that could be considered unfunny. Every listener of this podcast will be better for having watched this triumph of a film. We award you all of the points, and may Go...

Since it wasn't an ensemble cast like "The Force Awakens" they couldn't shrink him on the poster and hope the other characters would compensate. And they couldn't cover him up with his helmet like they did for Black Panther, because the Falscon-Cap version of Captain America has NEVER had a mask/helmet that covered his face before. Buuuuut what if they MADE HIM ONE...! Just for China, of course. T...

M. Night Shyamalan, what you've just created is one of the most insanely awesome things the Coolest Geek Alive has ever seen! At no point in your grounded, real-world approach to creating a superhero universe were you even close to anything that could be considered uninteresting. Every listener of this podcast will be better for having watched your trilogy. We award you all of the points, and may...

The time has come for a radical revolution in entertainment, but HOW are we gonna pull it off? The Coolest Geek Alive believes he has the answers! With Hollywood seeming determined to set fire to everything they've built, can a new world be made from the ashes? Jesse Blaze Snider sure thinks so. Check it out!

“Sometimes there’s a film… I won’t say a masterpiece, ‘cause what’s a masterpiece? But sometimes there’s a film. And I’m talkin’ about the “Momento” here. Sometimes there’s a film that, well, it’s the film for its time and place. It fits right in there. And that’s the “Momento”, in the early 2000's ind...