Hard N.O.C. Life

Dominic and Keith weigh the pros and cons of Disney+ and review The Mandalorian on this week's Hard NOC Life . Before they get into the first ever live action Star Wars series, Keith and Dominic reveal their first non-Mando watches on Disney+, which both still included Star Wars content. In addition to the Fox Fanfare returning to the classic trilogies, they also try to figure out what " maclunky...

On a special Hard NOC Media crossover, Jamie Noguchi of the Fuckin' Do It Cast joins Keith on Hard NOC Life to figure out why Terminator: Dark Fate failed at the box office. In what is arguably the best Terminator movie since 1991's T2 , Dark Fate still failed to register at the box office. Since Keith and Jamie were big fans of the movie, they question whether the vocal backlash from toxic fans c...

Occupy Me is the first fictional podcast from Hard NOC Media . In anticipation for the premiere of the second episode -- coming next week! -- we are presenting a special encore of the first episode, "Roxanne Met an Alien" on the  Hard NOC Life podcast feed.  Subscribe to Occupy Me on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or listen at the official Hard NOC Media portal. --------------------------- written & d...

This week on Hard NOC Life, Dominic and Keith attempt to make sense of all of the new streaming platforms. On the heels of Apple TV+ debuting with several high-profile shows, the hosts look at the future of streaming. With new entries like the aforementioned Apple TV+, HBO Max, and Disney+ taking aim at legacy services Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon, will fans and viewers be able to keep up with the ev...

On a new episode of Hard NOC Life, Shawn returns and joins Dominic and Keith to break down HBO's Watchmen adaptation. Before they get into Watchmen , though, the three hosts revisit the final trailer in the Star Wars Skywalker Saga and reveal what they're most excited about (and not) in Episode IX. What's #NerdPoppin this week (48:30): Shawn finally found a rare MF Doom vinyl figure , Dominic is d...

On this week's Hard NOC Life, Dominic gets Keith through his very own "flu game" to score all the points on the week in Nerd Pop. First, they marvel at the amazing casting announcements for Matt Reeves' upcoming The Batman , including Jeffrey Wright as Commissioner Gordon , Paul Dano as The Riddler , and Zoe Kravitz as Catwoman . This leads into an extended conversation about what to expect in Ree...

Hard NOC Life welcomes back Dominic to weigh in on Martin Scorsese and the battle between superhero nerds and film nerds. First, be sure to subscribe to NOC's upcoming fictional narrative podcast, Occupy Me , which is dropping this week! Also, Keith shares some of his New York Comic-Con thoughts and does a compare/contrast with San Diego Comic-Con. Then, the two hosts discuss the box office record...

Hard NOC Life this week features an extended interview with comic book industry veteran Arune Singh ! Keith and Dominic will be back next week for the latest in the world of nerd pop. Arune is a writer and the Vice President of Marketing for Boom! Studios . After knowing each other for about a decade, this is the first time Keith and Arune have had such a wide ranging conversation that touches on...

Hard NOC Life is switching up the schedule! On the first Monday episode of the pod, Keith and Dominic do their best to keep up with all the news in nerd pop. To start off, they continue the discussion of the "Crisis on Infinite Earths" crossover on The CW, including the casting of Osric Chau as Ryan Choi. After that, they return to the world of Spider-Man and break down the latest developments in...

On a new episode of Hard NOC Life -- which was recorded before the reveal of Brandon Routh as Superman ! -- Keith and Dominic get excited about all of the Superman, especially the inclusion of Smallville in this fall's "Crisis on Infinite Earths" crossover on The CW. In addition to reviewing Tom Welling's time as Clark Kent, they spend time recapping the Nerd Pop-related Emmy winners and speculati...

This week on Hard NOC Life , Keith and Dominic try to guess the characters who will be in James Gunn's Suicide Squad sequel. They also speculate about Hailee Steinfeld's potential casting as Kate Bishop in the Disney+ Hawkeye series while discussing her star turn as the lead of Bumblebee . Of course, they also talk about Saturday Night Live and the racist guy they hired/fired. What's #NerdPoppin t...

One year after  Crazy Rich Asians was released to the world, Keith and Dominic look back at the film's legacy on this week's Hard NOC Life . Before that, though, they recap the latest casting news around the latest  Mortal Kombat adaptation -- which features a majority Asian cast of actors  not  associated with  Crazy Rich Asians . Then they go into the post -Crazy Rich careers of the film's alumn...

Shawn Taylor makes his triumphant return to  Hard NOC Life , joining Keith and Dominic as they break down the week in Nerd Pop. The show kicks off with a news roundup of items that didn't get covered last episode -- including Kevin Smith's He-Man reboot on Netflix, Ewan McGregor returning to play Obi-Wan on Disney+, and Keanu Reeves reloading once again for The Matrix . Then, the three hosts share...

Since Keith is no longer Far From Home ,  Hard NOC Life is officially back from hiatus! And boy did he miss a lot of news. Fortunately, Dominic fills him in on what happened the last three weeks. They start off with the biggest news that broke during hiatus: Disney and Sony's split over Spider-Man. They weigh the pros and cons of an MCU independent Spider-Man and what it means for the entertainmen...

Before news broke about Shannon Lee's issues with the way Quentin Tarantino depicts her father in his latest film, Dominic and Keith recorded this episode in which they reexamine the auteur's less than ideal treatment of race in his films. Though he is rightly regarded as one of the preeminent independent film directors of the 1990s, Tarantino's race problem has always been front-and-center in his...

Now casting for a new fictional narrative podcast co-produced by Hard NOC Media and Melancholyball Media . Occupy Me is a science-fiction episodic about Earth's first contact with two alien entities: Dot, a curious veterinary student, and Tod, a malevolent prince of the patriarchy (they are also each other's exes). Set in the Los Angeles area, the story follows a trio of "average" Earthlings who c...

After a grueling week in San Diego, Dominic and Keith return to take stock of all of the bombshells that dropped during Marvel Studios' lauded Hall H presentation. Plus, Keith speaks to A Wave Blue World VP of Sales and Marketing Lisa Wu and illustrator Steenz -- who's working on an upcoming anthology for AWBW this fall -- live at the annual NOC Comic-Con meetup. From Shang Chi and the Legend of t...

This week, Dominic and Keith bring honor to us all by breaking down all of the developments in Nerd Pop -- specifically, Disney's live action remake phenomenon. Before diving into the Disney movies, Dominic and Keith share their thoughts after finally seeing Spider-Man: Far From Home . Has Dominic come around to the John Hughes-nostalgia-filled MCU Spider-Man movies? Speaking of nostalgia, Keith a...

With Spider-Man: Far From Home in theaters everywhere, Dominic and Keith look at what works -- and what doesn't -- about the Spider-Man mythos. Full disclosure: This episode was recorded before either host had a chance to watch Far From Home . That said, both Dominic and Keith reveal their favorite and not-so-favorite aspects of the MCU Spider-Man -- including the John Hughes allusions, the meta s...

This week, Dominic and Keith break down the midpoint of the 2019 summer movie blockbuster season. While Avengers: Endgame broke box office records before summer even started, the rest of the field has failed to live up to the hype. According to Box Office Mojo , the total domestic box office is lagging behind 2018 by nearly 10%. So what accounts for this drop-off? Dominic and Keith cycle through t...

Guest co-host -- and The Defenders greatest, uh, defender -- Dominic Mah joins Keith to look back at Jessica Jones season 3 and the end of the Marvel Netflix era. All this and more on Hard NOC Life ! Watch it on your screen, hit "play," and check this. Subscribe to all of the podcasts in the Hard NOC Media family on Apple Podcasts , Google Play , NPR One , Spotify , and now on Stitcher Radio ! Sup...

Dominic Mah returns to guest co-host Hard NOC Life as he and Keith speculate about the future of DC Entertainment! They kick-off the discussion by lamenting Warner Bros. Pictures' decision to skip their annual Hall H presentation at Comic-Con, despite having an intriguing slate of DC movies -- like Wonder Woman 1984 , Birds of Prey, The Joker, and New Gods -- to promote. A Hall H appearance isn't...

This week on Hard NOC Life , Keith is joined by Dan Hernandez , one-half of the screenwriting duo behind Pokémon: Detective Pikachu. Keith and Dan have a wide-ranging conversation about the tricky process behind adapting a video game franchise like Pokémon into a well-received live action film. They also discuss creating Netflix's Latinx reboot of the classic Norman Lear sitcom One Day at a Time ,...

Shawn Taylor returns to the podcast to talk about the week comic book writer Tom King just had! If you follow King's career as closely as the hosts of this podcast do, it was a hell of a week for the award-winning comic scribe. From announcing the premature end of his iconic run on DC Comics' flagship Batman book to wrapping up the controversial mini-series Heroes in Crisis and finally being named...

With the premiere of the new Netflix original movie Rim of the World debuting this Memorial Day weekend, the film's screenwriter Zack Stentz joins Hard NOC Life to talk about its origins and the current state of pop culture fandom. Zack and Keith discuss why Rim of the World is simultaneously a throwback to the kinds of kids adventure movies of the '80s and a contemporary reflection of the reality...