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This week we start with an update to the story about the Momo challenge we did, then Dan tells us about Idris Elba replacing Will Smith in James Gunn’s “Suicide Squad” remake/relaunch/sequel/whatever, then Max tells us about YouTube and Rotten Tomatoes implementing new policies to fight troll reviews and people negative bombing films that aren’t out yet because they’re mad and stupid, Dan follows up discussing the announcement of casting for the Mouse Guard film adaptation that has him very excited, and Max leads us out with the news that there’s going to be a live action Gundam film, because of course there is.

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For the first time in a while we feature a positive story about streaming services, specifically that the amount of money being spent on music is going up and that 75% of it is spent on streaming services all that and more courtesy of Dan. Then Max tells us a bit about the Momo phenomenon that’s going on with children these days, Dan tells us about the new Hellboy Trailer and his extremely cautious optimism, and Max rounds us out with more Ghostbusters news, because of course he does.

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A TV adaptation of His Dark Materials from Dan, a fan submission about Samsung no longer making Blu-Ray players for the USA from Max, A shorter story about a new book in the His Dark Materials world from Dan, and Max closing with some arguments about Stephen Spielberg being elitist.

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Decades before Marvel tried it, Universal had the first cinematic universe, even if rebooting didn’t really work. This week Dan tells us about the newly announced Loki show, Max tells us about the things coming with Stranger Things branding on them that may or may not be necessary, Dan tells us about the Invisible Man film that’s been announced from the re-envisioned Universal Monsters no-longer-all-connected films, while Max rounds us out with the news that one of our favorite comics from one of our favorite authors, Kyle Starks’ “Kill Them All” is going to be coming to a theater near you someday soon!

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And why shouldn’t you? This week Dan talks about the announced Aquaman spinoff, Max talks about the Creepshow TV Series that’s coming out soon, Dan discovers he didn’t know about Pennyworth and is really excited for more cool DC TV, and Max rounds us out with discussion about the soon to be on TV Weird Fantasy show based on the old comics and also the Bill Gaines biopic that’s in the works!

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Oh man, this week we’ve got some NEWS for you. Dan leads us off with a small discussion about Fantasy Movie League (finally a fantasy sport for Dan and Max), then Max takes us off to the races talking all about basically everything we know about Jordan Peele’s Twilight Zone as well as our hopes and feels for the new series, then Dan takes us in to a deep dive on all of the confirmed and rumor surrounding the casting for Denis Villenueve’s Dune reboot. So exciting. And then, since we were recording during the Super Bowl, Max rounds us out with discussion about the teaser for “Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark” that premiered while we were recording!

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And that’s just what we have for you this week, when Dan talks to us about how DC and Warner Brothers may actually have found a gem in Aquaman and in James Wan who they’ll have to really impress if they want him back, then Max takes us down a ranty trail as he talks more and more about the Ghostbusters 3 announcement and how it’s being received by the internet at large, Dan announces the return of our nemesis here on the podcast as MoviePass are back on their bullshit, and Max rounds us out with some happy news that Hayao Miyazaki is going back to work on not one, but two new Studio Ghibli films!

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I bet you all can guess what Max wanted to talk about today. But first, Dan leads us in with news about YouTube finally cracking down on creators who post videos of dangerous challenges like the Tide Pod nonsense from a while ago, then Max talks about the elephant in the room (the Ghostbusters 3 teaser) because of course he does, then Dan tells us about the Machinima channel one of YouTube’s longest running and biggest channels effectively being shut down without notice or warning by its corporate ownership, and then we end on a viewer submission from fan of the show Natalie about the relaunch (again) of Unsolved Mysteries.

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We intend to do just that this week. Or, at least, talk about stuff you like a lot. Dan brings us news about Chooseco suing Netflix over Black Mirror: Bandersnatch being too close to a Choose Your Own Adventure book. No word yet if the estate of Lewis Carroll is suing them over the use of Bandersnatch. Max talks to us about how IMDB are going to be releasing their own movie streaming service. The best part? It’s gonna be free. Dan then tells us about one of the coolest things to come out of Congress in years, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez quoting Rorschach from the Watchmen, and Max rounds us out tagging back on a complaint from the recent past wherein he complained about Blu-Rays not being released with enough special content to tell us about a special edition of Fright Night that’s getting released with a bunch of special content.

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Welcome to the new year, everybody! This week Dan and Max are here to tell us about all the new nerd news, or at least, the nerd news they think we should hear. Dan starts us off with the awesome news that Bruce Campbell will be hosting a relaunched “Ripley’s Believe It or Not!”, Max brings a gripe about genre films being released on home media without commentary tracks or special features, Dan is back to “tv” news with a discussion about the trailer from Netflix’s “Carmen Sandiego” series and Max rounds us out with the news that Philadelphia’s Reading Terminal Market (a favorite food haunt of both of our hosts) has been voted the best farmer’s market in the country!

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