Coolest Alive

The NEW Avengers line-up has been announced and...it SUCKS. Wong. Valkerie. Shang-Chi & MArvels' KAtey?!?! Find out the rest of the awful line-up and Jesse's suggestions for far more appropriate rosters that might put butts in seats. Join the Coolest Geek Alive as he explores the continuing stupidity of Bob Iger, Kevin Feige, Marvel Studios & the Walt Disney Company as a whole.   Plus...

Aquaman 2 started slow but has surpassed "The Marvels" box office COMPLETELY in only its SECOND WEEKEND! The rumor mill is abuzz with Marvel's plans to change up and get butts back in seats ASAP, but HOW...? And does DC have an ice cube's chance in Hell of fixing their broken comic book franchises? What does the coolest geek have to say...?! Plus, check out Jesse's new book at...

What are the definitively BEST Christmas films, specials &/or miniseries EVER MADE?! The Coolest Geek Alive counts down, starting with lucky number #13, "The Nightmare Before Christmas"! Join host & professional comic book writer, Jesse Blaze Snider on a look through the tried & true Christmas films that you probably ALREADY WATCH EVERY YEAR! BUT...if there is even ONE film on...

Join the Coolest Geek Alive as he countdowns 15 of the GREATEST Christmas Films, Shows, and specials YOU NEED TO SEE this holiday season! Including Jesse's recent hands down Christmas FAVORITE FX's 2019 "A Christmas Carol" adaptation starring Guy Pierce! Plus, Christmas greetings & gratitude to all you Coolest Geeks otu there who have been good little listeners all year long! W...

The Coolest Geek Alive takes us down non-traditional Candy Cane Lane for a look at some great films to watch when you're feeling not quite ready to watch "It's A Wonderful Life" and are tired of Christmas Vacation & A Christmas Story (Who gets tired of that? Sacrilege!) The movies with just BARELY enough Christmas to keep you in the spirit all season long, without having ONLY t...

First, they came for STAR TREK And I did not speak out Because I was not a STAR TREK FAN Then they came for STAR WARS And I did not speak out Because I was not a STAR WARS FAN Then they came for MARVEL And I did not speak out Because I was not a MARVEL FAN Then they came for the LORD OF THE RINGS And I did not speak out Because I was not a TOLKIENITE Then they came for the X-FILES And there were n...

"FUCK YOU, MARK WAID!" I think we lost count at 182, but suffice it to say, Jesse is REALLY PISSED at writer/creator/industry vet Mark Waid for his recent comments after it was suggested that comics needed to "come back together". So, what did Mark Waid have to say about the very idea of this...? Find out, plus hear the Coolest Geek Alive praise writer/creator/producer Mark MILLAR for basically do...

Hasbro Toys has laid off 1,100 employees (20% of its workforce) and this follows a more recent lay-off of a previous 800 employees earlier in the year! Hasbro properties include Marvel, Star Wars, Indianan Jones, GI Joes, Transformers, Magic the Gathering, Power Rangers, NBA, D&D and more juggernauts of the toy world, so how can this be? Could Disney be to blame? Mattel is flying high with Bar...

At a time when Hollywood is spending MORE & MORE only to profit LESS & LESS, a SUPER LOW BUDGET, SUBTITLED, Japanese Geek Culture Masterpiece comes along and takes them to school! Godzilla: Minus One is everything Hollywood SHOULD BE. Join the Coolest Geek Alive, Jesse Blaze Snider as he goes through some of the SCARY actual NUMBERS. Our Sponsors: * Check out Diet Smoke and use my code GEE...

"Papa, there was a time before WOKENESS?" Yes, my child and the Coolest Geek Alive is here to tell you all about it! Join Jesse Blaze Snider while he talks Marvel, Disney, Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Stan & Jack, Ike Pearlmutter vs. Kevin Feige, and what it was like in entertainment in the late 90s/early 80s! Our Sponsors: * Check out Diet Smoke and use my code GEEK for a great deal...

Major happenings in the culture war between Elon Musk and all of the major studios led by Disney's Bob Iger. Did Musk literally shout "Fuck you!" to Iger while he was there in the crowd?! The coordinated boycott of "X" by the major studios only adds more EVIDENCE to the Geek Culture Conspiracy! Jesse Blaze Snider, the Coolest Geek Alive has MUCH to say! Our Sponsors: * Check ou...

Is Geek Culture being used as a tool to push a social agenda by our corporate overlords? Or is this coordinated attack on everything geeks love purely an accident...? The Coolest Geek Alive has his suspicions! Our Sponsors: * Check out Diet Smoke and use my code GEEK for a great deal: https://www.dietsmoke.com/product/amanita-gummies/ * Check out Drizly: https://drizly.com * Check out HelloFresh a...

11. The Marvels. 10. STAR WARS & MARVEL VIEWER SHIP COLLAPSES ON DISNEY PLUS! 9. DISNEY Animation & LIVE ACTION Collapse at the Box Office! 8. Star Wars MERCH CREATORS (Down 65%)! 7. The Slow Death of IDW! 6. Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker UNITES the FANDOM in REBUKE! 5. South Park Panderverse Episode makes it OK to SAY what fans have been ridiculed for saying for literally YEARS NOW! 4. Rin...

Indian Jones: Dial of Destiny, The Little Mermaid, The Marvels, Elementals, Antman & The Wasp: Quantumania, Lightyear bomb at the box office, while Secret Invasion, Ahsoka, Andor, Obi-Wan, She-Hulk & others fall short on Disney Plus, is Bob Iger right is “COVID” & too much “quantity” responsible for Disney’s LACK of CREATIVITY! Jesse Blaze Snider, professional comic book writer, and Co...

18 to NEW Phase 4 & 5 movies/shows to add, but only 1 makes it into my top 10 and it was co-produced by SONY & featured all their characters! Well, there are 2 more Phase 4 & 5's in my top 20, but NOT the ones you'd think. Oh, no! Phase 4 & 5 are taking up 15 of my bottom 26! Comparing this against a list of my favorites that I wrote in my notebook maybe 6 years ago, it wou...

The sky is falling for Marvel Studios as its lowest performing film entry to date, "The Marvels" succinctly bombs at the box office leading to the celebration of the fandom at large! But WHY did fans celebrate...? Is it "bad form" to dance over the body? The Coolest Geek weighs in on Hollywood & the real truth of all the major & minor matters. Our Sponsors: * Check out Diet...

Do you want a guest appearance from the O.G. practical effect, live-action Howard the Duck? Or a pulverizing appearance by one of the TWO surviving Punishers: Dolph Lungren or Tomas Jane. (R.I.P. Ray Stevenson) Maybe that 1990 Direct-to-Video Captain America or the Roger Corman Fantasic Four are more your speed? Blade, Ghost Rider, X-Men, Spider-men, Daredevil, Elektra & Hulks! The Coolest Gee...

Direct quotes from Marvel Director: “Something I like to say a bit flippantly about Captain America is that the Snap is all his fault because he was trying to do his best, trying to do the right thing. There is a world in which he’s a villain because, at the end of the day, he should have just sacrificed Vision." & “The reason why it’s his fault is the reason why he’s such an amazing hero,...

Jesse Blaze Snider is the Coolest Geek Alive. In this episode Jesse talks about how Marvel hired the wrong producer for Daredevil: Born Again...Again & DC's Keanu Reeves Constantine Sequel is an “ELSEWORLDS”...?  Plus, a little bit about the Screen Actors Guild at the beginning and a ton of ranting about the very obvious decisions that should & could be made by Marvel & DC...but ar...

Jesse covers an article by Bounding Into Comics' John F Trent, "‘BattleTech’ Novelist Blaine Pardoe Obliterates “Superhero Fatigue” Narrative, Puts Blame Squarely On Hollywood Studios". Covers quotes from James Gunn, Mathew Vaughn, Declan Finn, Chuck Dixon & of course Blaine Pardoe, while giving us his own color commentary. Our Sponsors: * Check out Diet Smoke and use my code GEEK...

Jesse drops a quick one to help you hedge your bets in favor of a visually loyal adaptation of the mega-popular video game franchise! Here at "Coolest Geek Alive" we believe in warning our listeners about the things they might not enjoy in their favorite geek franchise adaptations, whether they be comic books, novels, toy lines, RPGs...or games. So, is Jesse saying that this could be a BIL...

If you look up "Young Avengers" on Wikipedia you will find an accurate list of the team's lifelong roster including Member(s): America Chavez, Hawkeye, Hulkling, Iron Lad, Kid Loki, Noh-Varr, Patriot, Prodigy, Speed, Stature, Vision & Wiccan. Why does Wikipedia have a more accurate understanding of Marvel's intellectual property? No Miss Marvel is NOT on the Young Avengers. No...

Greg Weisman has NOT been hired for the live-action Gargoyles reboot & it's hard to definitively prove why, but the Coolest Geek Alive thinks he knows! Join Jesse Blaze Snider as he runs down a list of 10 of the WORST times BRILLIANT CREATIVE PEOPLE have been snubbed for creative positions that should rightfully have been THEIRS! Will Marvel get their heads out of their asses & hire th...

The War for the Soul of Geek Culture wages on as more & more franchises are pronounced "DEAD" by the fans. This week Jesse digs deep for the hows & whys as he takes an accounting of the current status of the biggest geek culture properties on planet Earth. Are they ALIVE...or DEAD? Starring The Marvels, Ahsoka, Loki Season 2, Rings of Power, The Muppets, Elementals, Blue Beetle, Go...

Is the Disney Plus Daredevil show saved? Is Marvel going to put itself back on course? With "The Marvels" on deck, set to be Marvel's all-time biggest loser, Echo, Agatha & Iron Heart all completed, but delayed over & again and Daredevil: Born Again set to be completely overhauled is it possible that Disney/Marvel is finally getting the message from their customers and making a...