Dissecting This Fiction Podcast

Welcome to Dissecting This Fiction! It's episode 26, so come join along as my Co-host (Jessica) and I (Steven) go over the latest in movies, tv shows, and games.

What's On The Exam Table?

In gaming, we share the new batch "free" games for Games with Gold and PS Plus. SquareEnix has bad news, but secretly good news. Nintendo does their part to fight the Rona and presenting a Nintendo mini direct in their free time. Don'y forget about the rumors swirling around Mario's 35th birthday. Activision drops the Modern Warfare 2 Remastered for players, but there is a catch. If you thought Playstation was already slow at downloading games, Sony is going to piss you off. CD Projekt Red is looking even more like the Keanu Reeves of game developers. Gamestop is having a close out! Don't forget to bring a bag. Microsoft had the Xbox Series X stolen, well at least part of it. To finish up games, we talk about our experience jumping back into Minecraft after many years and the Resident Evil Resistance Beta. 

In TV, April is getting some new content for video streaming. CBS is giving people all access. Small sized content, Quibi, has big news. The Mandalorian gets an 80s actor from the the future...its complicated. Netflix already cancelled some new shows. Kate McKinnon found the perfect role for her awkward comedy. We finish up with television, talking about the documentaries Tiger King and McMillions. Oh yeah, and a pilot episode of a SYFY show, Vagrant Queen.

In Trailers, we check out Future Man season 3, Brews Brothers, and Bad Education.

In movies, China closes their theaters...again. Disney Exec try to help the company during this pandemic. Someone is spreading rumors about a Mulan and Black Widow streaming release. Doctor Strange saw 14,000,605 outcomes and only one has his sequel filming on schedule in June. The Eternals might be working from home. Sony and Warner Bros. have good and bad news for the release of their movies. Fantastic Beasts 3 is joining WW2. Ryan Reynolds gets tied to a Netflix movie. Finally, we talk about the Jay and Silent Bob reboot.   

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Welcome to Dissecting This Fiction! It's episode 25, so come join along as my Co-host (Jessica) and I (Steven) go over the latest in movies, tv shows, and games.

What's On The Exam Table?

We start with a few quarantine friendly comic book offers to help people pass the time!

In gaming, Sony finally reveals some information on the Playstation 5 in their “deep dive”. Don’t forget about Xbox though! Microsoft also gives us more info on the Xbox Series X. Gamestop tries to be the hero that nobody wanted during this pandemic. Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 may be getting a remaster, only South Korea truly knows though. Square Enix has some bad news for the release of Final Fantasy 7 Remake, well only if you like physical copies. Nintendo won’t allow the use of Mario even in your Dreams. Resident Evil 3 has a demo out now!? Why are you even reading this? Go play it!

In TV, Hollywood steps up to help the medical field with supplies. Google wants to make Netflix viewing easier for groups in these times of isolation. Europe wants to slow down on streaming. It's even worse news for France and Disney Plus. Speaking of the big D! Rosario Dawson is joining the Mandalorian as a pretty big no name character. Jurassic World could be targeting television now. The WWE won’t have a sell out crowd this year. Lastly, Steven watched an anime on Netflix called Akame Ga Kill! By himself, but the two hosts both watched a Marc Maron comedy special. Was it really all that Special though? Listen to our Review.

In Trailers, we watched the second trailer for Jungle Cruise, and others for The Postcard Killings, The True History of the Kelly Gang, and Mortal Kombat Legends Scorpion’s Revenge. Not sure why we still watch trailers when there are no movie theaters to watch them in though.

In movies, Onward moves...well...onward to digital release. Black Widow has people concerned about the MCU timeline. Jake Johnson is a hero we all need right now. Sonic dashes to digital too, along with Emma, The Invisible Man, and The Hunt. Netflix helps relieve the film industry and gets a deal to have The Lovebirds released on their service. The two stories are not related. Drive-in theaters found a quarantine loophole! Vin Diesel apparently now quotes famous directors about himself...well played. Finally, remember those movies getting home releases now that theaters are closed? Well, we rented The Hunt starring Betty Galpin, it’s the one that had a lot of unnecessary controversy! We give our spoiler-free review on it.

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Welcome to Dissecting This Fiction! Its episode 24, so come join along as my Co-hosts Jessica and Steven go over the latest in movies, tv shows, and games. 

A quick message from DTF...

We appreciate everyone that spends a few hours each week listening to our podcast. It's still a young show, but we hope to grow it along with our listeners. Lately, the world has been thrown a curve ball as of late and we hope everybody stays safe and helps each other through this Pandemic. Remember to wash your hands, don't touch your face, and self-quarantine, especially if you have loved ones in an older age group. It's going to be a difficult and challenging time for us all, but we can all work together to get through this together. Don't forget to call others once in awhile, it can help people from feeling isolated. Lastly,  thank the people who have essential jobs for society to function. They don't get to stay at home and help prevent exposure so they will need to rely on all of us to help them stay safe. 

What's On The Exam Table?

In gaming, E3 got cancelled...GASP! PS5 will get a "Deep Dive" stream later this week. Rocksteady was allegedly going to show off the infamous Batman game surrounded by mystery and a Harry Potter RPG!? What kind of Muggle talk is this? The Witcher will get a spinoff game after Cyberpunk 2077 and finally, we played some Telltale games in our early quarantine hours. Hope you like The Walking Dead and Batman!

In TV, basically every show in production gets shelved. The Boys season 2 highlights its new rival to Homelander. Queer Eye heads to Texas, probably not anytime soon though... see above news. Stephen Amell doubles down on leaving Arrow. Not so much directly television related, but some big companies try to help lessen the burden on society during our times in isolation. Finally, we binged a lot of crime and medical documentary content. Oh and The Walking Dead Season 9...yeah we were pretty behind.

In movies, not a whole lot with the fact that theaters have shut down, but some companies like Disney and Universal are releasing new movies in VoD format for people as an alternative to theater. Will Black WIdow be one of them come May!? Probably not, but that would be pretty damn cool.  Spider-man 3 is set to film in July...good luck with that. Roberto Orci reportedly set to write a mystery character script for the Sony universe...it's a slow week. Scream gets a reboot and it's happening whether you're ready or not. We end our episode with reviews on Outbreak, Dredd (2012), and Invisible Man (2020). 

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Welcome to Dissecting This Fiction! It's episode 23, so come join along as my Co-host (Jessica) and I (Steven) go over the latest in movies, tv shows, and games.

What's On The Exam Table?

In gaming, the Nintendo Playstation sold at an auction, but at what price? Ghost of Tsushima gets a release date on PS4, while the Playstation 2 celebrates its 20th anniversary. A Project Maverick was leaked on PSN and it seems to be a new Star Wars game. Marvel announces a new open world RPG! oh...it's on mobile? Iam8bit, the company in charge of the creative direction, walks away from E3 2020. Final Fantasy 7 has a demo on PS4 and we played it, so listen to our impressions. 

In TV, Disney Plus cancels the European Media Launch. Taika Waititi opens up a Chocolate Factory with Netflix. HBO teams with Playstation Productions to create The Last of Us series. Disney announces a prequel series to Beauty and the Beast. Taylor Tomlinson has a quarter life crisis in her stand-up special on Netflix.  

In Trailers, Marvel dropped a final trailer for Black Widow and it might reveal more than we think, but who the hell will Taskmaster be!?

In movies, My Hero Academia makes an impact in the US Box office. Tessa Thompson and Vin Diesel talk about Thor Love and Thunder. Scott Derrickson shares his dream movie, but it won't happen. James Bond's newest film gets a delay because it has No TIme to Die. Finally, it's not a movie, but we saw Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. We share our spoiler free review. 

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Welcome to Dissecting This Fiction! Come join along as my Co-host Jessica and Steven go over the latest in movies, tv shows, and games...well mainly C2E2 in this special episode, but be sure to check out Episode 22 where it's business as usual!

What's On The Exam Table?

We just got back from our first ever Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo, more commonly known as C2E2. Before that, we talk about our experiences as tourists around Chicago and have some pro tips for whenever you visit yourself. We may get a little of topic with the Field Museum/Lincoln Park Zoo portion, so bare with us or jump ahead to the 31:30 mark. As far as C2E2, we talk cosplays, Artist Alley, Event Panels like The Boys and a farewell to Arrow. A long with some tips that could help your quality of life visit next year. 

Lastly, we want to give a shout out to Pop Culture Leftovers and The Leftover Army. This trip probably wouldn't have happened if it wasn't for all of those amazing people.

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Welcome to Dissecting This Fiction! It's episode 21, so come join along as my Co-host (Jessica) and I (Steven) go over the latest in movies, tv shows, and games.

What's On The Exam Table?

In gaming, Phil Spencer is tweeting about the Xbox Series X presence ar E3 2020. Facebook Oculus and Sony won't be showing up to GDC, you can scratch off PAX East for Playstation, as well. Hasbro brings back a nostalgic handheld back for sale. Biomutant gets an update by developer, Experiment 101. Square Enix is trying to turn the hard drive on PS4 into an exclusive for Final Fantasy 7 Remake. Jessica talks about her fun with math and terraforming planets...digitally.

In TV, Netflix may bring Diablo and Overwatch over from Activision Blizzard as animated series. Daniel Radcliffe is the Moon Knight we need, not the one we deserve. Carl Lumbly stops hunting men as a Martian and joins The Falcon and WInter Soldier. Kang the Conqueror is rumored to be a part of Loki on Disney Plus, but only time will tell. She Hulk might also see Red...Hulk, that is, but still just as rumor. Kristofer Hivju joins The Witcher for season 2. If you thought he was a beast in Game of Thrones, just wait. HBO MAX is joining Youtube TV, so bring your Friends, they certainly are. Charlie Hunnam's series, Shantaram, gets delayed from writer's block. Lastly, we give our early impressions on Star Wars The Clone Wars on Disney Plus and Locke and Key on Netflix. Oh we also give some of the March releases on streaming services!

In trailers, we talk about the new animated Transformers War for Cybertron Siege coming to Netflix at some point. Fuck, yes! Oh and Jessica has some movie trailer about a horse with a dream or something. I think it's called Dream Horse...but Transformers!

In movies, Star Wars may have another movie in early production and Harrison Ford doesn't want to hear any Star Wars Questions. The Batman rides in with new set photos. Uncharted may have charted it's first filming site. Borderlands wants to take on the challenge of movie adaptations. NBC is taking the streaming wars seriously with moves to buy VUDU. Steven watched two movies, without Jessica, because she isn't adventurous enough. Listen to his spoiler free reviews on Weathering With You and Fantasy Island.

NOW WE ARE HEADED TO C2E2! 

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Welcome to Dissecting This Fiction! It's episode 20, so come join along as my Co-host (Jessica) and I (Steven) go over the latest in movies, tv shows, and games.

What's On The Exam Table?

In gaming, we go over some of the winners of the DICE Awards, then talk about some news in the industry, and follow up with a trip down memory lane with some Sonic the Hedgehog games that we played with the release of the new movie and a beta on Xbox Game pass for Bleeding Edge.

In TV, we talk some hollywood news and their is plenty of it. The usual contenders, Netflix, HBO, Disney Plus...etc. Followed up with our reviews on October Faction, a creature feature show, and The Pharmacist, a Netflix documentary.

In Trailers, we go over The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun. If you thought Birds of Prey had a bad title...eek.  We also check out The Iron Mask, Stranger Things season 4, and The Hunt.

In movies, we have news, news, news, and more some news. Ten we finish up with three movie reviews this week. The Rhythm Section, The Gentlemen, and of course, Sonic the Hedgehog. Try to keep up, we are moving fast...okay, not really. 

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Welcome to Dissecting This Fiction! It's episode 19, so come join along as my Co-host (Jessica) and I (Steven) go over the latest in movies, tv shows, and games.

What's On The Exam Table?

In gaming, the Coronavirus seems to be impacting some companies in the gaming industry. Ubisoft claims to have a handful of AAA titles to launch in the next year. Could an Assassin's Creed be one of them? Sony adds the Playstation 5 to their website. The Coalition loses a Rockstar to Blizzard for the DIablo franchise, oh and Rockstar loses one of those too! Jessica discovers cardio may finally have a benefit to gamers. Finally, Atari is making a comeback... in the hotel market?

We also added in a special section for all of those special someone's on Valentine's Day. Movies, TV, and Games that would be fun to share together. Don't worry, though, even singles can enjoy it all too!

In Television, Amazon steals an employee from Sony in the streaming wars. Bob Iger of Disney, reveals the release windows for The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, The Mandalorian, and Wandavision. It's sooner than you think! The Witcher adds a couple characters for Season 2. Netflix got their shit together and started listening to customers. Let's make more demands! Castlevania returns to Netflix with a third season. Chris Pratt returns to television, but no, it isn't a Parks and Rec reunion. We could only wish. Finally, Resident Evil got an update for the Netflix series, or did it? We finish up with our early impressions of Brooklyn 99's newest season on NBC.    

In trailers, we go over Spiral: From the Book of Saw and Fantasy Island. Horror is taking over, it seems.

In movies, Silent Hill and Fatal Frame maybe getting movie adaptations? See...horror is taking over! Tom Holland and Daisy Ridley got together...for a movie called Chaos Walking and it's apparently old news. Marvel maybe mingling with Sony's ex, Sam Raimi, for Doctor Strange 2. Not cool or is it? Christian Bale rumors continue for Thor Love and Thunder and now John Krasinski is getting into the rumor mill, isn't that Fantastic!? Remember that Knives Out sequel? Might be moving faster than expected. 

We finish our episode with movie reviews for Just Mercy and Birds of Prey And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn. Come on DC, that's a bit much for a title. We'll just say Birds of Prey.  

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Welcome to Dissecting This Fiction! Come join along as my Co-host (Jessica) and I (Steven) go over the latest in movies, tv shows, and games...well just movies in this episode.

What's On The Exam Table?

The 2020 Oscars! We talk winners, losers, and of course the snubs. There may be a bit of nonsense and joking along the way, but be assured, we will catch you up on what you missed in the 92nd Oscars!

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