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  • Joseph Schmalke joins The Flattest State of Comics POP-UP POD
    Joseph Schmalke joins The Flattest State of Comics POP-UP POD
     
    Watch on the Fandom Podcast Network YouTube Channel:
    https://www.youtube.com/live/qGd25Id8Ehc?si=KXl5DsvpIbQMOqHP
     
    Listen to the audio version of the show on the Network Master feed:
    https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-yve4c-1b94b1d
    Or on any of the major podcast catchers!
     
    We couldn't be more excited to have creator, writer, illustrator Joseph Schmalke join us as we continue our SPOOKY OCTOBER Series!
     
    In this conversation, we discuss horror, sci-fi, fantasy, AND LIFE. How does Joe come up with his ideas? How does he find a work-life balance while wearing so many hats?
    Works by Joe include COFFIN GIRLS, WE DON'T KILL SPIDERS, PROPHETS OF DOOM, THE ELECTRIC BLACK, PHANTOM STAR KILLER, MURDER HOBO, and so much more!
     
    Joseph Schmalke
    Instagram: @Schmalke
    Website: http://josephschmalke.com
     
    Steve "Comic Ronin"
    Instagram: @Comic_Ronin
     
    #FlattestStateofComics
    #FandomPodcastNetwork
    #JosephSchmalke
    #CoffinGirls
    #WeDontKillSpiders
    #Prophetsofdoom
    #TheElectricBlack
    #PahntomStarKiller
    #murderhobo
    1 hr 13 min
  • Lethal Mullet Podcast: Episode #333: How To Fix Stargate
    LIVE from Quinlan's Cantina:
     
    LM Episode #333: How To Fix Stargate for Amazon
     
    HOW TO FIX is back with a look at Stargate, the beloved show, which started from the "Kurt Russell with a flat top" movie, and gave us the beloved Ricky D TV show we love so much. With a series of shows after it ruled the TV screens on night time TV for years, and now Amazon dropped the ball and cancelled the show's new beginning, we look tonight at what they could to reignite the Stargate, lock onto the new chevron and blast us across the universe.
     
    Site: fpnet.pobean.com
    Socials: @thelethalmullet on all
    LM the Book: https://amzn.asia/d/04Qi5nVb
     
    #LethalMulletPodcast #Stargate #HowToFix
    32 min
  • TIME WARP: HORROR MOVIES OF 1981 - A Breakout Year For Horror! Fandom Podcast Network Classics.

    TIME WARP: HORROR MOVIES OF 1981 - A Breakout Year For Horror! Fandom Podcast Network Classics.


    Find this show on the Fandom Podcast Network YouTube Channel :
    https://youtu.be/jdq8AuFmmyE

    Also on the Fandom Podcast Network Master Feed:
    https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-q3rfx-111b2bc

    In this special episode of Time Warp, we're celebrating an iconic year of the Horror film genre. 1981 was a breakout year for Horror films. So many legendary and cult favorite horror films came out in 1981, 45 years ago! We're re-releasing this special presentation of this Time Warp podcast originally recorded in 2021. Your Time Warp host and Fandom Podcast Network co-founder Kevin Reitzel welcomes special guests and Horror movie expert Erin Gill for this special retrospective. We here at the Fandom Podcast Network are proud to celebrate TIME WARP: HORROR MOVIES OF 1981 - A Breakout Year For Horror! Fandom Podcast Network Classics.

    We picked 48 stand out 1981 horror movies to discuss for your creepy and scary pleasure. Many of these films were on the UK Video Nasty List and were banned! Here is a small sample of the moves we will cover:

    - The Evil Dead 
    - An American Werewolf in London 
    - Possession 
    - Scanners 
    - The Howling 
    - Dead & Buried 
    - Deadly Blessing
    - Halloween II 
    - Wolfen 
    - Friday The 13th Part 2
    - Porno Holocaust
    - My Bloody Valentine
    - Roadgames
    - The House by the Cemetery
    - The Hand

    Fandom Podcast Network Contact Information:

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    Host & Guest Contact Info:

    - Kevin Reitzel on X, Instagram, Threads, Discord & Letterboxd: @spartan_phoenix / Bluesky: @spartanphoenix

    - Erin Reitzel Gill on Instagram: @eringill666

    #TimeWarp
    #FandomPodcastNetwork
    #FandomPodcastNetworkClassics
    #TimeWarp1981
    #1981HorrorMovies
    #HorrorMovies
    #CPT
    #FPNet
    #FPN
    #TheEvilDead 
    #AnAmericanWerewolfInLondon 
    #Possession 
    #Scanners 
    #TheHowling 
    #DeadAndBuried 
    #DeadlyBlessing
    #Halloween2 
    #Wolfen 
    #FridayThe13thPart2
    #PornoHolocaust
    #MyBloodyValentine
    #Roadgames
    #TheHouseByTheCemetery
    #TheHand
    #Omen3
    #Ms45
    #TheBurning
    #GalaxyOfTerror
    #KevinReitzel
    #ErinGill

    2 hr 7 min
  • Mulletstar Galactica: Episode #7: How To Fix Battlestar Galactica

    🚀 **MULLETSTAR GALACTICA - EPISODE 7: How To Fix Battlestar Galactica** 🚀

    🎙️ **Title:** How To Fix Battlestar Galactica For The Movies

    💥 **Logline:** Every movie pitch tries to make BSG into Star Wars. That's why they all die. Here's how you actually do it.

    📡 The Peacock reboot is officially dead after 7 years in development hell. Perfect. The runway is clear for a proper film - but only if Hollywood stops trying to make it Independence Day.

    In this one I break down my full fix: **BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: EXODUS** - a grounded, $180M survival epic. Think Dunkirk + Das Boot + Top Gun, in space.

    ---

    🎧 **IN THIS EPISODE:**

    ⚠️ Why every movie attempt fails

    ✝️ The Core Truth: It's Exodus, not Pearl Harbor
    🔧 The 5 Fixes that make it work as a film
    ⚖️ What to Keep from 1978 / 2004 and What to Burn
    🤖 Why 2026 is the perfect moment - we are literally living Baltar's mistake

     

    🔧 **THE 5 FIXES:**

    **1️⃣ 📦 SCALE - Smaller, Not Bigger**

    🌍 One planet: Caprica at 9am on a normal day, then everything networked turns at once
    🚢 12 ships, not 200 - prison barge, livestock transport, cruise liner full of kids
    👥 20,000 survivors, not 50k - every loss matters
    🏚️ Galactica is a half-stripped museum - no network = why she survives

    **2️⃣ 👁️ CYLONS - Religious Fundamentalists**

    🤖 Tier 1: 7ft Centurions, silent, no dialogue, red eye scan. Pure dread.
    👩 Tier 2: Skinjobs who BELIEVE they are human & God's children
    🙏 Six is not a seductress - she's a weeping missionary who kills you because you're a sinner
    ⛪ Monotheism vs Polytheism from minute one

    **3️⃣ 👴🏻 ADAMA & ROSLIN**

    🎖️ Adama: 65, retired, there to give a museum speech. Only commander left who trained analog. Moses archetype.
    👩‍🏫 Roslin: Secretary of Education, 43rd in line. Learns she's President + has terminal cancer on the same day.

    **4️⃣ 🧠 BALTAR - Oppenheimer**

    Old mistake: Betrays humanity because he's horny
    New fix: Genius who gave Cylons consciousness 10 years ago to STOP war. Thought feeling = peace. Wrong.
    👁️ Sees Six - real? Hallucination? We never answer in Film One.

    **5️⃣ ⏳ STRUCTURE - The 45-Day Movie**

    Don't adapt 4 seasons. Adapt 45 days.
    💥 ACT 1 (30m) THE FALL: No space battle. Morning news → every car, plane, defense battery turns. Nukes on horizon. Galactica watches on CRT.
    😱 ACT 2 (60m) THE FLEET: Horror + paranoia. Fuel gone, water poisoned, Raider that always finds them.
    🔥 ACT 3 (30m) THE PRICE: Jump INTO a gas giant atmosphere to hide. Free-fall battle. Vipers launch while on fire.

    ---

    🎨 **VISUAL LANGUAGE:**

    🎬 Directors: Gareth Edwards + Denis Villeneuve
    🔩 Practical CIC, analog switches, grease, CRTs. No holograms.
    ✈️ Combat = jets in space. Cannons + inertia, no pew-pew. Radio chatter + breathing.
    🥁 Sound: McCreary drums, metal groaning, alarms. No hero orchestra.
    🔞 Rating: Hard PG-13 / R. A funeral that keeps moving.

    ⚖️ **KEEP / BURN:**

    ✅ KEEP 1978: Rag-tag fleet, analog tech, ritual, gravitas
    ✅ KEEP 2004: Religion, politics, Roslin, documentary cam, scarcity
    🔥 BURN: Time travel, Earth-is-us in film one, Cylon babies, comedy sidekicks, Boxey, "By your command"

    💡 **WHY 2026 IS PERFECT:**

    🤖 AI anxiety is mainstream - we ARE Baltar
    😮‍💨 Audiences want adult sci-fi - Dune, Andor, Maverick, not multiverse quips
    📉 Reboot vacuum = hunger, no fatigue
    💰 $180M sweet spot - practical + Volume
    🎬 Franchise: Film 1 = Exodus, Film 2 = Kobol, Film 3 = Earth (maybe)

    ---

    🎯 **THE ONE-SENTENCE PITCH:**

    When the 12 Colonies fall in an afternoon, a retiring commander and an accidental president must lead 20,000 survivors in 12 dying ships, hunted by machines who believe they are God's children.

    📝 Tagline: **We do not run.**

    🏁 Final Image: Fleet jumps blind. Galactica hull on fire. Adama: "So say we all."

    🤔 Audience doesn't leave asking "who wins?" - they leave asking "how do we stay human?"

    ---

    🔗 Full Deck: fpnet.podbean.com

    📲 Follow: @thelethalmullet
    ➡️ Next Week: Ep 8 - Who Should Direct It?[link]

    So say we all.

    #BattlestarGalactica #BSG #MulletstarGalactica #SciFiPodcast #SoSayWeAll

    32 min
  • TIME WARP 1996: October - Movies & Pop Culture!

    TIME WARP 1996: October - Movies & Pop Culture!


    Watch: Fandom Podcast Network YouTube Channel Link:
    https://www.youtube.com/live/vxS7f7lbdRw?si=pP3bdHcnVn-ULgrP
    Listen: Time Warp Audio Podcast Link:
    https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-54hkd-1b912b8


    Welcome to the Fandom Podcast Network's special presentation of Time Warp, where we discuss the Movies & Pop Culture of an entire year! In these year's episodes of Time Warp, we will cover the year of 1996 pop culture, which includes the movies, TV, music, toys and notable events. As of this recording, the 1996 movies, pop culture and events are celebrating their 30th Anniversary!

    Welcome to Time Warp 1996: On the episode, we will cover the movies & pop culture released in October of 1996.

    Bound
    Crash
    D3: The Mighty Ducks
    The Glimmer Man
    That Thing You Do!
    The Ghost and the Darkness
    The Long Kiss Goodnight
    Michael Collins
    Wish Upon a Star
    Silent Trigger
    Sleepers
    Swingers
    High School High
    North Star
    Thinner

    October 1996 Television Debuts:

    Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?
    Hey Arnold! | Nickelodeon
    KaBlam!
    The RuPaul Show | VH1
    The Crocodile Hunter | Discovery Channel
    Millennium | Fox
    Pop-Up Video | VH1
    EZ Streets | CBS

    1996 Top 30 rated TV Shows

    7. Monday Night Football ABC 16.0
    8. The Single Guy NBC 14.1
    9. Home Improvement ABC 14.0

    and more!

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    https://www.youtube.com/c/FandomPodcastNetwork

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    Time Warp Host Contact Info On Social Media:
    - Kevin Reitzel on X / Instagram / Threads / Discord & Letterboxd: @spartan_phoenix / Bluesky: @spartanphoenix
    - Kyle Wagner on X: @AKyleW / Instagram & Threads: @Akylefandom / @akyleW on Discord / @Ksport16: Letterboxd / Blue Sky: @akylew
    - Lacee Aderhold on Letterboxd: @Laceepants

    #TimeWarp
    #TimeWarp1996
    #TimeWarpPodcast
    #FandomPodcastNetwork
    #1996Movies
    #FPNet
    #FPN
    #90sMovies
    #90sTV
    #1996TV
    #Bound1996
    #Crash1996
    #D3TheMightyDucks
    #TheGlimmerMan
    #ThatThingYouDo
    #TheGhostAndTheDarkness
    #TheLongKissGoodnight
    #MichaelCollins1996
    #WishUponAStar1996
    #SilentTrigger
    #Sleepers1996
    #Swingers1996
    #HighSchoolHigh
    #NorthStar1996
    #Thinner1996

    #Millennium1996

    #PopUpVideo

    #KevinReitzel

    #KyleWagner
    #LaceeAderhold

    2 hr 3 min
  • GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN (1985) - Couch Potato Theater

    GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN (1985) - Couch Potato Theater

    Watch: Fandom Podcast Network YouTube Channel Link: https://youtu.be/sGYvnsYzc3Y


    Listen: Couch Potato Theater Audio Podcast Link:
    https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-f2yp8-1b9002e


    Welcome to Couch Potato Theater, where we celebrate our favorite movies on the Fandom Podcast Network! On this episode we celebrate the cult teen comedy dance film:

    GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN (1985)!


    Plot & Description:
    Girls Just Want to Have Fun is a 1985 American romantic comedy dance film directed by Alan Metter and distributed by New World Pictures. It was written by Amy Spies and stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Lee Montgomery, Morgan Woodward, Jonathan Silverman, Shannen Doherty, and Helen Hunt. The plot centers it's story on Janey, a new girl in town who meets Lynne and discovers they both share a passion for dancing and the TV show Dance TV. Together the two enter a competition to be a new Dance TV regular couple; however, Janey's father does not approve.

    The film was produced by Chuck Russell and was released on April 12, 1985. It grossed $1.7 million in its opening weekend and $6.3 million worldwide, against a budget of $5 million. Despite this, the film was regularly aired on cable TV for several years and has become a cult film.


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    - Kevin Reitzel on X, Instagram, Threads, Discord & Letterboxd: @spartan_phoenix / Bluesky: @spartanphoenix

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    - Erin Reitzel Gill on Instagram: @eringill666

    - Jennifer Waalk on Instagram, Threads & Bluesky: @ChefStomp91
    - Lacee Aderhold on Discord & Letterboxd: @Laceepants


    #GirlsJustWantToHaveFun
    #GirlsJustWantToHaveFunMovie

    #GirlsJustWantToHaveFun1985

    #CouchPotatoTheater
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    #FPNet
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    #EdLauter

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    #AmySpies

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    #MorganWoodward

    #JonathanSilverman

    #Chuck Russell

    #1985Movies

    #KevinReitzel

    #ErinGill

    #JenniferWaalk

    #LaceeAderhold

    1 hr 37 min
  • The Fandom Show Episode 2: The Avengers Return! with David Crichton

    The Fandom Show Episode 2: The Avengers Return! with David Crichton

    Listen to the Audio Podcast on the Fandom Podcast Network Master Feed:

    https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-4tgee-1b8e8f5

    Watch on the Fandom Podcast Network YouTube Channel:

    https://youtu.be/_vWHPgAklJE

    From across the pop-culture commentary spaces and only on The Fandom Podcast Network: it’s The Fandom Show! We recap and review choice moments from the world of geeky entertainment—on screen, on the page, or in your ears!

    This time, regular host Dah Hadley is right on target to mark the 65th anniversary of The Avengers! (No, not those Avengers… the real ones!) Joining him are guests: podcaster and telefantasy oracle Greg Bakun, and David Crichton - writer of the brand-new Titan Books Avengers adventure, Death in Downing Street.

    What dastardly plot has brought Steed and Mrs Peel back into print after all this time?

    How did The Avengers make global TV history? And what makes the series so distinctive - and so beloved - after all these decades?

    These questions and more are answered in this brand-new edition of The Fandom Show, available now on The Fandom Podcast Network:

    Listen to The Fandom Show here as part of the FPNet Master Feed @Fpnet.podbean.com

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    1 hr 13 min
  • STAR TREK: TIME TRAVEL "Yesterday's Enterprise" TNG: S.03-EP.15 - Union Federation EP.253

    STAR TREK: TIME TRAVEL "Yesterday's Enterprise" TNG: S.03-EP.15 - Union Federation EP.253


    Watch: Fandom Podcast Network YouTube Channel Link:
    https://www.youtube.com/live/lIN8Tbu4i_Q?si=5zfrJ1HFvlnALiCR

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    https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-mhfh6-1b8eb2a

    Welcome to the Union Federation Podcast on the Fandom Podcast Network where we discuss both Star Trek and The Orville. On this episode we discuss:

    STAR TREK: TIME TRAVEL "Yesterday's Enterprise" TNG: S.03-EP.15 - Union Federation EP.253

    Who doesn't love some Star Trek Time Travel? The inspiration for this limited podcast comes from the Star Trek: Fan Collective – Time Travel DVD Collection released in April of 2006. This DVD collection was released by Paramount Pictures. This four-disc set contains episodes from Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek: Voyager dealing with time travel. And for fun, we're going to cover two bonus time travel episodes NOT included in this original collection.

    Until next time on the Union Federation Podcast, "Live Long & Prosper" & "We Are, Without A Doubt, The Weirdest Ship In The Fleet!"

    Union Federation Podcast Contact Info. Hailing frequencies are now open...

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    - Kevin Reitzel on X / Instagram / Threads / Discord & Letterboxd: @spartan_phoenix / Bluesky: @spartanphoenix

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    #StarTrekDeepSpaceNinePastTense
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    #StarTrekDeepSpaceNineTrialsAndTribbleations
    #StarTrekVoyagerFuturesEnd
    #StarTrekVoyagerYearOfHell
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    #ParamountPictures
    #TimeTravel
    #KevinReitzel
    #KyleWagner
    #AmyNelson
    #HayleyStoddart
    #GaryAkers

    1 hr 17 min
  • Lethal Mullet Reads: Episode #2: Lonesome Dove & New Novels!

    🎧 **LETHAL MULLET READS: Episode 2 - Lonesome Dove and New Novels!**

    🎙️ Join The Mullet for an impromptu VLOG on his reading habits tonight!

    📖 **On This Episode:**

    🤠 #LonesomeDove - The Mullet talks his recent re-read, why it still hits hard, and what keeps bringing him back to McMurtry's classic
    🚀 #NetherStation / #NetherVortex - First look at Kevin J. Anderson's new novels and why they're next on the pile
    🌹 #OtherWorldsThanThese - 's return to Mid-World and what it means for Dark Tower fans

    📚 Reading, re-reading, and what's coming up next — all on tonight's show!

    🔗 **Site:** fpnet.podbean.com

    📱 **Socials:** @thelethalmullet (On all)
    🎥 **VLOG now live!**

    #lethalmulletpodcast #FandomPodcastNetwork #lethalmulletreads #newnovels #TheDarkTower #LonesomeDove #NetherVortex #NetherStation

    24 min

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