The Media Mega Rumble

Send us Fan Mail In our new episode, we take a look at the 4 seminal and relatively new films that Steven Spielberg made about extraterrestrials, aliens, UFOs and see which one should be crowned the king! From Close Encounters of the Third Kind to E.T to twenty years later with War of the Worlds and the recent Disclosure Day. Listen now and find out which we praised as the winning masterpiece it i...

Send us Fan Mail MORTAL KOMBAT!! The beloved violent video game franchise made its big leap to the cinema in 1995, followed it up with a derided sequel in 1997, and then took 24 years to return with 2021's Mortal Kombat and the recent Mortal Kombat 2. But which one is the best? Find out in our new episode!!  Also, some talk about internet controversy if that's your bag.  **Spoiler Warnin...

Send us Fan Mail In our new episode, we pit four films against each other where man fights animals on an epic scale. Anaconda from 1997 fights The Ghost and The Darkness from 1996, then The Reef from 2010 fights Crawl from 2019. Does a giant snake best a lion? Will the mighty shark defeat an alligator? Listen to find out!  Also, some optimism about 2026 in movies, TV and video games for the first...

Send us Fan Mail It's finally time to talk about the late maestro David Lynch! Specifically the three films he made set in Los Angeles with Lost Highway, Mulholland Drive and Inland Empire, forming an unofficial "Trilogy." We get into the unheralded skills of Lynch as a horror filmmaker in Lost Highway, as well as the origins of Mulholland Drive, before his final feature, the off-th...

Send us Fan Mail It's time for the final smackdown in our series on xenomorphs and yautja's. This final battle consists of the two Alien vs Predator films they made in the 00's. Specifically, the bloodless Alien vs Predator and then the barely visible Requiem. Who will emerge victorious? Listen and find out.  Also, we talk about the recent Academy Award nominations if you care about...

Send us Fan Mail We are back with part two of our Yautja/Predator tournament. This time around, we are looking at 2018's heavily compromised The Predator, followed by 2022's Prey. Then we take a look at 2025's Predator: Killer of Killers and the box office hit Predator: Badlands. We finish things off by looking at the winner of this round compared to the winner in part one to determ...

Send us Fan Mail Predator is a franchise that has had its ups and downs. From the original classic to the flawed sequel and the third instalment that took 19 years to appear! In the first part of our epic franchise smackdown, we take a look at the first three films to see who will be crowned victorious and go through to part two!  Theme music:  "Burn The World Waltz" Kevin MacLeod (incom...

Send us Fan Mail It is time for the second annual Halloween Bleak Out! This year we focus on the work of Stephen King, perhaps the most influential and popular horror creator of modern times. From Cujo and IT to Maximum Overdrive and Misery, then the recent Revival and the underrated film version of The Mist, we cover a huge swathe of our favorite work by the man himself.  His best work, his overp...

Send us Fan Mail After a brief tangent about meeting your childhood heroes, we get into everything we have been watching and/or doing. Includes Final Fantasy 16, Aliens: Dark Descent, The Flash, Something in the Dirt, Tape to Tape, Time, Platonic, and The Last Ronin as well as...Michael Bay's first two Transformers films.  We also talk about the state of 2023's Summer Blockbusters and wh...

Send us Fan Mail Alien, or Aliens, has been a franchise that has remained popular in the hearts and minds of people everywhere despite lying dormant for a few years after Alien: Resurrection. In 2012, it roared back to life with the divisive Prometheus, followed by Alien: Covenant, Alien: Romulus, and this year's Alien: Earth. Which one of the newer instalments was best? Find out in this new...

Send us Fan Mail In our new episode, we take a look at the two late (in one case very late) in the day sequels to one of the greatest action-adventure franchises of all time - Indiana Jones! Kingdom of the Crystal Skull came out in 2008, followed by Dial of Destiny in 2023, but which one succeeded and which one was the biggest disappointment? Find out as we crack whips, punch nazis and decide once...

Send us Fan Mail On our new episode, we go through a triple threat match comprised of the modern entries in the Evil Dead franchise! The 2013 remake faces off against the three seasons of Ash vs Evil Dead, as well as the more recent Evil Dead Rise from 2023! Who will be crowned victorious? Listen and find out!  Follow us on Bluesky mediamegarumble.bsky.social  Follow us on Threads and Instagram: @...

Send us Fan Mail Since 2003. post Terminator 2, The Terminator franchise has been rebooted 4 times up until 2019. That's more than one reboot per 5 years! Why? And which of these reboots was the best? From the pretty good Terminator 3, to the undervalued Salvation, the baffling Genysis and the recent Dark Fate, join us as we fight it out to determine which of these timelines deserves to move...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the only awards show that matters this year - the first Moscars ceremony ever! Listen as we award the categories and films that truly made 2024 an exceptional year in film!! Your favourite film of 2024 didn't get a look in at the awards we all know? Have a listen to this!!  **SPOILER WARNING** - we spoil films like Anora, The Substance, Gladiator 2, Rebel Ridge and...

Send us Fan Mail In our new episode, we look at classic first-person shooter video games and compare and contrast their good and bad points to determine whose picks will be the best. We go from Halo and Timesplitters 2 to Call of Duty, Bioshock and Titanfall. Who will win? Where does the FPS sit now in terms of pop culture? You will have to listen to find out!  Follow us on Bluesky: mediamegarumbl...

Send us Fan Mail Hello. We have a new podcast that you may be interested in (if our five or so subs are still about). The Media Mega Rumble is our new venture, the concept is to let films, TV, video games, characters, whathaveyou step into the ring and battle it out wrestling PPV style to see who is the best.  This is our first episode - Battle of the Batmen. This is where every live-action Batman...

Send us Fan Mail It's time for the fight of our lives. We have done the research, prepared ourselves, and postponed the recording of this five times. Now, it's finally here! Who is the best modern auteur between Quentin Tarantino and Paul Thomas Anderson?  From Reservoir Dogs and Boogie Nights to There Will Be Blood, The Master and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. We discuss the films, the...

Send us Fan Mail There was a plan—a plan to do a new topic episode that spanned 18 films. Predictably, we ran out of time, so instead, here is a round-up of what we have been watching, playing, or reading. It includes the existential dread reflected in The Boys season 4, the horror of Longlegs, Maxxxine, and Pearl, the genius of Letterkenny, and an ideal entry point into the seminal manga/anime Be...

Send us Fan Mail Robocop! Who is he? What is he? Where did he come from? Well, he's the topic of our latest episode. We dig into everything from the seminal 1987 classic to the two flawed '90s sequels and the remake. The satire, the violence, the behind-the-scenes shenanigans, it's all here.  In addition, we debate the future of video games, review Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and revisi...

Send us Fan Mail On a brand-new episode, we are no longer horsing around as we discuss the much-loved and much-derided sub-genre of Found Footage. From The Blair Witch Project to Cloverfield to the recent Late Night with the Devil, no stone is left unturned, and no gap in logic is tolerated. In addition to the classics, we go over The Tunnel, Rec 1&2, End of Watch, and the VHS franchise!  In a...

Send us Fan Mail In our new episode, we shamble into and barricade ourselves in the studio for an intense and scary examination of George A. Romero's zombie apocalypse films, from the seminal Night of the Living Dead to the dire Diary of the Dead and the classic Dawn of the Dead and everything in between. The influences, the legacy, the subtext—it's all covered.  We also review Anatomy o...

Send us Fan Mail We are back! And we have decided to re-introduce the main topics! On this new episode, we decided to talk about one of our combined favorite films - Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 Vietnam epic Apocalypse Now. We go through its troubled production history, its legacy, and its influences and finally render a critical consensus on the career of its director.  In addition, we give o...

Send us Fan Mail After a long break, we are back! We harken back to one of our most popular episodes where we talked about dinner and discuss our ideal series of courses and what media will accompany them. Through the silliness we get to cover Renfield, It's always sunny in Philadelphia, John Wick 4, Train to Busan, Beef, Street Fighter 6, Dawn of the Dead, and Guardians of the Galaxy Volume...

Send us Fan Mail In a brand spanking, new geek out we introduce a new section of the podcast! In "The Supposed Classic" we revisit 1992's Bram Stoker's Dracula and 2014's first season of True Detective. In addition, John finally plays Elden Ring and we review Crimes of the Future, House of the Dragon, Glorious, Expeditions Rome, Mad God, and more! SPOILERS FOR MIDNIGHT MAS...

Send us Fan Mail We are back! And it's time for opinions and banter!  This week we talk all about the recently announced slate for the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the Batgirl debacle over at DC. After this, we review Prey, Bullet Train, Netflix's Resident Evil, and The Sandman, Stray, and Yellowjackets.  Join us! Intro - 00:00:25 News MCU Phase 5 and 6 - 00:04:58 Batgirl Cancelled - 00...