Canon Fodder

With great power comes great debate—and tonight, we’re putting Spider-Man under the microscope!

In the final chapter of Canon Fodder’s Franchise Four, Jeff and Stephen swing through the worlds of Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield, Tom Holland, and Miles Morales. Who’s the best behind the mask? Who gets Peter Parker—or Miles—right? And which Spider-Man has the strongest movies and villains?

We’re revisiting the Tobey trilogy, playing Canon or Fodder with the Amazing Spider-Man films, and talking Tom Holland and the animated Spider-Verse. Plus: the Spider-Man 4 we never got, missed opportunities, and the moments that made us love our friendly neighborhood hero.

We’ll also kick things off with current events and Stephen’s Strange Story!

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It started with street racing and stolen DVD players. Somehow, we ended up in space.

Jeff and Stephen continue Canon Fodder’s Franchise Four with Fast & Furious! We revisit the early films, explore how “family” became the franchise’s foundation, and debate the leap from racing movies to outrageous action spectacles.

We rank the franchise’s biggest guest stars—from Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham to Charlize Theron, John Cena, and more—then play Canon or Fodder with F9 and Fast X. Secret siblings, returning characters, impossible stunts: what belongs, and what could we leave behind?

We also reflect on Paul Walker’s legacy and Furious 7’s farewell, discuss what we want from the franchise’s future, and answer the most important question: Do we live our lives a quarter mile at a time?

Buckle up. There’s always room for more family.

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Canon Fodder continues the epic tour through the Franchise FInal Four, taking a stop at Hogwarts for the Wizarding World of Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts. Join Jeff and Stephen live, as they discuss everything you've ever wanted to know (and lots you didn't) about Harry Potter.

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We begin the Franchise Four special episodes with an extensive look at the MCU and all its ups and downs. Join Jeff Ackenback and Stephen Flores as they look through alternate timelines, what if scenarios, and every MCU movie to determine what makes this franchise so successful. 

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🎬 64 FRANCHISES. 4 REGIONS. ONE FINAL FOUR.

Tonight on Canon Fodder, Jeff and Stephen enter the most dangerous kind of tournament: one where everyone thinks their favorite franchise deserves to survive.

Movies. TV. Games. Superheroes. Sci-fi. Horror. Comedy. Giant cultural institutions that have absolutely no business being compared to each other… which is exactly why we’re doing it.

We’ve built a 64-franchise bracket, and we’re working through all four regions LIVE, matchup by matchup, until only the Final Four remain.

Expect impossible choices, passionate arguments, questionable logic, painful eliminations, and at least one matchup that may have been created specifically to cause emotional distress.

And if Jeff and Stephen can’t agree? We have a tiebreaker.

No ultimate champion tonight. We stop when we reach the Final Four — because some arguments deserve their own episode.

Join us live, make your picks in the chat, and tell us exactly how wrong we are.

🎙️ Canon Fodder
Where everything is canon… until it isn’t.

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Welcome back! This week, Stephen Flores is joined by Craig Banister (returning guest, famed member of Quarantined and the Lasting Hope), as they teach Jeff Ackenback all about the magical and mystical world of Pokemon! From favorite games to the ones best suited to Jeff's personality, join us as we learn EVERYTHING about the Pokemon canon...and have a lot of fun along the way.

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We are back, and this time...there's more.  Beginning with episode sixteen, your Canon Fodder crew will be streaming each episode live on YouTube (despite all of Jeff's many misgivings). We will still post each episode weekly on your favorite podcast feed, but...if you, for some reason, also want to see and interact with us, here's how: https://www.youtube.com/@therealcanonfodder

A quick apology, in this episode, due to some technical difficulties the first few minutes have a slight reverb which is fairly quickly fixed. Be prepared to hear twice the Jeff as usual for one or two minutes.

Speaking of this episode, we touch on everything scary. Stephen is not a horror fan, Jeff is. The two of them decide what works, what doesn't, and play America's favorite game: Canon or Fodder.

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When (if ever) should a franchise stay dead? Is too much a good thing or a bad thing? Who decides? We do. In this episode. Find out what's canon and what's fodder, once and for all! 

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Stephen is back, as he and Jeff jump back into the realms of nostalgia to talk about the best and worst of remakes, reboots, and requels. There's also a ranking game, because everyone loved it!

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Welcome back for a special episode with a real live rock star! On this episode, Jeff welcomes Craig Banister (The Lasting Hope, Quarantined) to the discussion on Stephen King and his impact on the world of literature. The highlight, of course, is the rousing game of "Would you rather...now what would you do," as we place Craig in the heart of some of the most iconic Stephen King stories.

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