The Fanboy and the Hater

Mike and Jim discuss and debate the 2026 live-action superhero movie Supergirl, written by Ana Nogueira and directed by Craig Gillespie as the second film in the rebooted DC Extended Universe (DCEU), which was adapted from the 2021 comic book miniseries Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow by Tom King and Bilquis Evely.  Check out all of our Super Heroes podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.co...

Mike and Jim discuss and debate the 2025 live-action superhero movie Superman, written and directed by James Gunn as the first film in the rebooted DC Extended Universe (DCEU). Check out all of our Super Heroes podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/super-heroes   Thanks for listening! Stay tuned every Thursday for a brand new episode of the Fanboy and the Hater.   

Mike and Jim discuss and debate (but mostly rant about) the 2026 science fiction film Disclosure Day. Despite being directed by Steven Spielberg and highlighted by the laudably fully committed acting of Emily Blunt, Colin Firth, and Eve Hewson, this was one of the most disappointing movies they have seen in a long time.  Check out our most popular podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.c...

Mike and Jim discuss and debate the 2026 neo-noir superhero television series Spider-Noir based on the Marvel Comics character that most people know from the Spider-Man: Spider-Verse animated movies, including whether you should watch it in black-and-white or color, why the lead character is not named Peter Parker, the incredible cast lead by Nicolas Cage, why the detective story was better than t...

Mike and Jim discuss and debate the 2026 movie Masters of the Universe, the second live-action film adaptation of a Mattel toy line and animated television series from the 1980s, including their struggles with understanding who the intended audience is, its many shifting tones (serious, sentimental, silly, cartoon-ish, parody), and its occasionally too-adult humor, while also acknowledging its pos...

Mike and Jim discuss and debate the action role playing video game Diablo IV, which they both spend most of their gaming time playing. This episode focuses on its Lord of Hatred expansion that was released in late April 2026, which introduced a new campaign, two new character classes (Paladin and Warlock), an updated skill tree, a new talisman system for set items, a new Horadric Cube crafting sys...

Mike and Jim discuss and debate the action role playing video game Diablo II: Resurrected, which is the 2021 remake of Diablo II (2000) and its expansion Lord of Destruction (2001) that they returned to recently because its February 2026 Reign of the Warlock expansion added the Warlock, the first new playable class in Diablo II in 25 years.  Check out our most popular podcast episodes: https://fan...

Mike and Jim discuss and debate the 2026 movie Mortal Kombat 2, including a very brief overview of its video game and cinematic history, how it is an enjoyable improvement over the previous movie, some other successes but mostly failures of movie adaptations of video games, and how such adaptations should balance their movie and video game aspects.    Check out our most popular podcast episodes: h...

Mike and Jim discuss and debate how much movie previews, in an understandable effort to peak your interest, often include too much detail, provide the entire narrative framework, speak many of its best lines, show many of its best scenes, and basically spoil it so much that it is not worth seeing the movie, which is fine if you were not planning to, but really annoying if you were looking forward...

Mike and Jim discuss and debate the Netflix television series Stranger Things, which concluded its 5-season, and nearly 10-year, run at the end of 2025. While they agree the phenomenal first season was why the show became a huge hit, they think the show become formulaic and repetitive as it progressed, had some weak storytelling arcs, and took some big narrative swings to conclude the series, ulti...

Mike and Jim discuss and debate the 2026 movie Project Hail Mary, including how Mike almost fell asleep multiple times during it, Jim unnecessarily saw it in IMAX, Mike was disappointed by the limited actual science, Jim thought Grace should have died early and often, Mike was doing okay until Rocky showed up, Jim found the story to be formulaic and unsurprising, Mike believes all the hype is beca...

On May the 4th, their first new episode in a long, long time, Mike and Jim discuss and debate the state of Star Wars screen canon (live-action and animated movies and television shows) related to the Force, including the transition from Lucas to Disney, Midi-chlorians, balancing the Force, the Mortis gods, Force Ghosts, and the Luke Skywalker problem with post-Return of the Jedi Force-related stor...

Mike and Jim discuss and debate the 2023 animated superhero film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem.  Check out all of our Super Heroes podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/super-heroes    

Mike and Jim discuss and debate non-documentary movies and television shows that use fictionalized history in their storytelling, including possible historical events that could have inspired a myth or legend, exaggerated historical events for entertainment which could later become a myth or legend, and stories being told that are loosely based on historical events or time periods.  Check out our...

Jim is joined by special guest and author Paige E. Ewing to discuss her recently published book Precise Oaths .  Check out our most popular podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/popular-episodes    

Mike, Jim, and returning guest host Brandon discuss the action role-playing video game series Diablo in the weeks and days leading up to the release of Diablo IV.  The first part of this episode was recorded on the weekend of the final public beta for Diablo IV, and features Mike and Brandon playing the beta while discussing their history with the franchise, as gaming noob Jim asks basic questions...

Mike, Jim, and returning guest host Rhys discuss and debate the 2023 Marvel live-action superhero movie Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.  Check out all of our Super Heroes podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/super-heroes    

Mike, Jim, and returning guest host Brandon discuss and debate the 2022 DC live-action television series Peacemaker.  Check out all of our Super Heroes podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/super-heroes    

Mike and Jim discuss and debate the first season of the Disney+ live-action Star Wars television series The Book of Boba Fett.  Check out all of our Star Wars podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/star-wars  

Mike and Jim are back! (Did you even notice they were gone?) Well, more like back-ish. The Fanboy and the Hater return after a nearly nine month hiatus to explain why they were gone, what they have been watching while away, and what previously unreleased and new-ish episodes you can expect soon-ish.  Check out our most popular podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/popular-e...

Mike and Jim discuss and debate the 2022 DC live-action film The Batman.  Check out all of our Super Heroes podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/super-heroes    

Mike and Jim discuss and debate the Disney+ Marvel live-action television series Hawkeye.    Check out all of our Super Heroes podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/super-heroes    

Mike and returning guest host Brandon discuss and debate the Disney+ Marvel live-action television series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.    Check out all of our Super Heroes podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/super-heroes    

Mike and Jim discuss their favorite musical, The Phantom of the Opera, both the stage production and the movie, as well as some aspects of the novel it is based on.  Check out our most popular podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/popular-episodes    

Mike and Jim briefly discuss the 2021 Marvel movie Eternals.    Check out all of our Super Heroes podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/super-heroes