The Fanboy and the Hater

Mike and Jim briefly discuss the 2021 movie The Matrix Resurrections.    Check out our most popular podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/popular-episodes    

Mike and Jim discuss and debate one of the most anticipated movies of 2021, Spider-Man: No Way Home.    Check out all of our Super Heroes podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/super-heroes    

Mike and Jim briefly discuss and debate how nostalgia drives so many movies and television shows, and whether the good ones are only good because of the nostalgia.  Check out our most popular podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/popular-episodes    

Mike and Jim briefly discuss and debate whether the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) passed its peak with the movie Avengers: Endgame.     Check out all of our Super Heroes podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/super-heroes    

Mike and Jim discuss and debate the Marvel animated anthology television series What If...?    Check out all of our Super Heroes podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/super-heroes    

Mike and Jim discuss and debate the 2021 DC live-action "superhero" movie The Suicide Squad.    Check out all of our Super Heroes podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/super-heroes    

Welcome to a special episode of the Fanboy and the Hater commemorating our second podiversary since we launched our podcast on September 15, 2019.   Mike and Jim celebrate this milestone by discussing and debating two of their favorite characters, Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader, using both canon and non-canon material from the Star Wars universe.  Check out all of our Star Wars podcast episodes: h...

Mike and Jim discuss and debate the Star Trek franchise. But since Mike is not a fan and has not seen much of it, this episode was based on watching two television episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation followed by watching the movie Star Trek: First Contact.  Check out our most popular podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/popular-episodes    

Mike and Jim discuss and debate the 2021 Marvel live-action superhero movie Black Widow. Spoiler Alert: Only one of them liked it, and it's not who you'd think.    Check out all of our Super Heroes podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/super-heroes    

Welcome to the 50th episode of the Fanboy and the Hater!  Mike and Jim commemorate the 5-Zero Milestone with 5 lists of 5: the Top 5 Most Downloaded Episodes, the Bottom 5 Least Downloaded Episodes, 5 Episodes Mike wanted to revisit, 5 Episodes Jim wanted to revisit, and a preview of 5 Future Episodes.  Check out our most popular podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/popula...

Mike and Jim discuss how online and mobile gaming helped people cope (or bear their state of survival) during the COVID-19 pandemic, including the social isolation many struggled with during its quarantines.  Check out our most popular podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/popular-episodes    

Mike and Jim discuss and debate The Fandom Effect, how fandom affects what you choose to watch and how fandom affects your enjoyment of what you watch.  Check out our most popular podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/popular-episodes    

Mike and Jim discuss and debate Sports, including geographically assigned favorite sports and teams, sports they prefer to play versus sports they like to watch, professional sports versus college/amateur sports, team sports versus individual sports, fantasy sports, sports video games, and a very brief discussion about whether they like watching sports movies and television shows. Go Sports!  Chec...

Mike and Jim discuss Stand-up Comedy, including how it differs from sketch comedy and sitcoms, which is mostly what Jim has seen without knowing many of those performers are also stand-up comedians. They also discuss how stand-up is the rawest, most honest form of comedy, which is why it can be seen as offensive or controversial at times, but without stand-up comedy a lot of important conversation...

Mike and Jim discuss and debate Movies vs. TV, including their preferences, movies that should have been TV shows (and vice versa), how long a movie should be, how many seasons/episodes a TV series should have, remaking old TV shows as movies, whether a movie or TV franchise should keep going, and when it makes sense for a franchise to do both movies and TV shows.  Check out our most popular podca...

Mike and Jim compare and contrast (Jim mostly yells) the 2017 DC superhero movie Justice League (referred to as the Josstice League since it was done by Joss Whedon) and the 2021 Zack Snyder version (also known as the Snyder Cut).    Check out all of our Super Heroes podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/super-heroes    

Mike and Jim discuss and debate the 2021 Disney+ Marvel live-action television series WandaVision.    Check out all of our Super Heroes podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/super-heroes    

Mike and Jim discuss the character Wolverine, including his portrayals and storylines in Marvel Comics, animated series, and X-Men films, as well as his potential future in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).  Check out all of our Character Studies podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/character-studies   Check out all of our Super Heroes podcast episodes: https://fanboyan...

Mike and Jim discuss the undead reanimated corpses that are a staple of a sub-genre of horror, exploring their use in movies, television, and video games, as well as how they would fare in a zombie apocalypse.  Check out our most popular podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/popular-episodes    

Mike and Jim discuss and debate the line Batman won't cross--killing criminals--using the character Damian Wayne, who often has to recite the mantra "justice not vengeance" to restrain himself. This discussion is driven by (and contains spoilers for) the following DC animated films: Son of Batman, Batman vs. Robin, Batman: Bad Blood, Justice League vs. Teen Titans, Teen Titans: The Judas Contract,...

Mike and Jim discuss the 2020 Disney Pixar animated film Soul, including the existential and philosophical questions it raises.   

Mike and Jim discuss the 2020 DC film Wonder Woman 1984. And the Lasso of Truth compels them to warn you there will be spoilers, one of which is neither of them liked the movie.    Check out all of our Super Heroes podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/super-heroes    

Mike and Jim discuss and debate the second season of the Disney+ live-action Star Wars television series The Mandalorian.   Check out our episode on Season 1: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/e/the-mandalorian-season-1/   Check out all of our Star Wars podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/star-wars     This episode is dedicated to the loving memory of Jim’s mother and fa...

Mike and a reluctant Jim discuss Cannibal! The Musical, the 1993 black comedy musical film made by Trey Parker and Matt Stone while still in college and years before their South Park fame. Listen and have a Shpadoinkle Day!  Check out our most popular podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/popular-episodes    

Great Scott! This is Heavy! Mike and Jim go back in time to discuss one of the greatest trilogies of all time: Back to the Future.  Check out our most popular podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/popular-episodes