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Welcome to another installment of our reviews show. For this episode, Ian and Marx are joined by special guest reviewer Jeff Burns who is best known as the host and creator of the popular Youtube Channel Supergeekedup.

We're playing catch-up during the first few minutes of this episode as we finally get to talk a bit about the season finales of The Last of Us and Wolfpack, which we thought was a really good show. When it comes to The Last of Us Marx and Ian agreed that the series was really strong when it came to its character development. We also talked about some of the differences between The Last of Us and The Walking Dead. This led to an interesting discussion about video game adaptations.

Moving on to Star Trek: Picard we chatted about Dominion and pointed out some ways in which the show's changelings differ from the ones we saw in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Jeff who has only watched the first two episodes of Star Trek: Picard hasn't been particularly impressed with the series and shares his take on the show. This leads to a great discussion about Star Trek, which touches on some of what has been happening on Picard, bit also extends to some of the things that have been happening in the Star Trek comics.

Other shows up for discussion include Superman and Lois, Quantum Leap and more. But we round out the hour by chatting about The Mandalorian and how much we enjoyed the episode Pirates in which The Mandalorians help out Greef Karga when his town on Nevarro is attacked by Pirates. We discuss the actions in the show and try to figure out how it is that Katee Sackhoff's character of Bo-Katan is not sweating when she removes her Mandalorian Helmet.

To tune in and hear everything that we discussed just push play.

Happy Friday and welcome to another episode of SFP- NOW's ongoing reviews show.

In this episode, Ian & Marx give their initial thoughts on the new CW series Gotham, which is a show set in a universe where Batman has been killed. Our initial thoughts are that the show is kind of meh and has room for improvement. So tune in to hear exactly what we have to say.

Moving on. We also give our first thoughts on School Spirits and focus on the show's pilot episode 'My So-Called Death', which introduces us to the tone and characters of the series. In this discussion, Marx compares this show to 'Dead Like Me' only with less sarcasm.

Staying on the theme of supernatural series. We also discuss Wolf Pack and zoom in on the penultimate episode titled 'Lion's Breath' which has a few big plot reveals when it comes to Ramsay and her true nature. We also discuss how gorgeous the show's cinematography is when it comes to one shot in particular.

Moving into the realm of science fiction and fantasy. We discuss the new season of The Mandalorian and recap events from 'The Mines of Mandalore' and 'The Convert'. We also briefly discuss a few shows from Star Wars past as well as touch on the infamous Holiday Special via a discussion about a new documentary film about that. So set your lightsabers to maim as many Ewoks were sacrificed to make this episode.

We close out this month's show with a recap of Star Trek: Picard's fifth episode 'Imposters', which not only saw the return of Ro Laren from TNG. But also used her character as a means to link the A and B plots together as more is revealed about The Changeling Plot to undermine Starfleet and The Federation. We also speculate somewhat as to where this could go and discuss how Paramount Plus could use this season of Picard as a Springboard for other series that could reintroduce characters from TNG, DS9 & Voyager as well as continue the adventures of some of the new characters such as Captain Shaw and Ensign Sydney LaForge.

So please tune in for another packed reviews episode and feel free to comment about any of the shows we cover or even suggest shows and movies you'd like us to discuss.

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Happy Friday all and welcome to another reviews episode as Ian and Marx boldly trek through another batch of genre television episodes and discuss them. 

On the menu for this episode is Star Trek: Picard Season Three episode 3 'Seventeen Seconds' in which Marx and Ian agree that the series has definitely increased the Trek Factor to Warp 9.95.

Also discussed is the recent happenings on Wolf Pack, which is a show that is very popular among the scifipulse.net writing staff. Ian attempts to give a gist of what's been happening on the show while only using moderate spoilers. We also plug the excellent interview that Nicholas Yanes did with the novelist who wrote the book on which the series is based.

Finally, Marx educates Ian on the Awesome American version of Ghost, which was inspired by the BBC sitcom Ghost. Over the course of this conversation, we bring up a few classic supernatural comedies from the 1960s/70s and ponder why there seems to be a lack of spooky sitcoms. I also use this discussion as an opportunity to plug the brilliant Hitting The Books With CBS'S "Ghost" articles, which we ran on scifipulse.net back in 2022/23.

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Welcome to another episode of our brand new reviews show. For this episode, Marx and Ian head off to the final frontier and boldly delve into a few recent episodes of genre television shows. First up is a look at the episode of The Last of US titled Endure and Survive, which gave us a rather harrowing story in which Ellie and Joel meet Henry and his little brother Sam. 

Then we head to the final frontier to discuss the first episode of the third season of Star Trek: Picard, which was appropriately titled The Next Generation. I give Marx my first thoughts on the episode and tie myself up in knots while trying to give a spoiler-free review of the episode. So please let me know how I did. 

While on the subject of space-based shows. We also talk about the new science fiction series The Ark, which is currently airing on Syfy Channel in the US. We discuss our first thoughts based on having viewed the opening two episodes and generally discuss the characters and storylines of the show. 

Returning to Earth for the last show. Marx gives me his thoughts and a very well-thought-out overview of the new mystery series Poker Face, which is quite similar to detective series such as Columbo and Monk, but with a new modern spin. 

So tune in and hear what we have to say feel free to comment and let us know if you agree or disagree with our thoughts. 

Welcome to SFP-NOW and our new TV reviews show that we'll be looking to roll out every two weeks. For this series, Ian Cullen is joined by Marx Pyle of GenreTainment to discuss episodes of various genre television shows. 

This week's episode takes a look at episode three of The Last Of Us, which seemed to stir up mixed reviews from fans of the game versus those fans that have just tuned in for the series. Get our views on the Bob and Frank storyline. 

Also, we have a look at the new Netflix Series Lockwood & Co, which is somewhat of a surprise package with its story of an alternate future in which ghosts are a very common occurrence, but can only be hunted down by teenagers. 

Staying on the theme of supernatural series we also take a look at the new Paramount Plus series Wolf Pack, which is somewhat of a comeback for Buffy's Sarah Michelle Geller who interestingly doesn't have a huge role in the show's pilot episode. 

Moving from horror. We jump to some time travel for some fast and dirty comments on the new Quantum Leap series and the episode titled Leap. Die. Repeat. which kind of played out a little like Groundhog Day. 

And Finally, Marx talks about his recent experience of being a panelist on a massive Buffy The Vampire Slayer Rewatch and talks a little about what he considers to be the best episodes of the show's fourth season. 

Welcome to a celebration as SFP-NOW and GenreTainment Cross their Streams to discuss their top picks for Television, Movies, Comics, Books, and Video Games of 2022.

With another year coming to an end. SFP-NOW's Ian Cullen and Genretainment's Marx Pyle invite guests, Jeff Burns of SuperGeekeduo and Fantasy writer Katharine Dow, to share their top three Television, Movie, Book, Comic Book and Video Game picks of 2022.

Indeed 2022 has been a great year for genre television and film and started off with a bang as DC unleashed Peacemaker on an unsuspecting audience when it hit HBO in the USA and Sky Atlantic here in the UK. After this, the year continued with a steady stream of TV shows and movies, which included such hits as Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Stranger Things, Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Game of Thrones: House of The Dragon and much more. 

Insofar as movie releases went. We were totally spoiled with a mixed bag of genre movies ranging from the out-and-out stylized madness of Bullet Train to the surprise hit Prey, which instead of enjoying a big cinema release got released via streaming thanks to Hulu and Disney Plus here in the UK. The year also saw its fair share of sequels as well with the much-anticipated release of Enola Holmes 2 and of Course Black Panther II: Wakanda Forever. 

When it comes to comic books. It was a great year for Star Wars as we saw the story of Crimson Dawn get fully fleshed out as it crossed over the entirety of the Star Wars comicsverse. Whereas more individual titles such as Something is Killing The Children and The British Paranormal Society also got a look in. 

So tune in to listen to the shows, movies, and books that we discuss and if you have a few picks you'd like to add or have us look at. Please feel free to leave in the comments and we'll try and circle back and discuss those too. 

In the meantime, we wish all our listeners a happy and prosperous 2023 in the hopes that things will get better for all. 

Welcome to another creepy episode of SFP-NOW. Being served up for this episode is the second part of our interview shows for the new Anthology Book Tales of Monstrosity: Monsters, Myths, and Miscreants. 

Joining us Marx Pyle and me for this installment will be the following writers:

Marisa Wolf, Colten Fisher, Victoria L. Scott, and Sophia DeSensi.

All four of these writers have stories featured in the new Anthology, which has managed to raise its target on Kickstarter with change to spare for some to cover next year's Halloween Decor. 

Victoria L. Scott has the ultimate can-do attitude and is a Jedi when it comes to Latin. Victoria shares in our love of the Harry Dresden novels while teasing her story, which is about a headless horseman who is a descendant of the original Headless Horseman. 

Marisa Wolf talks about her story, which is titled 'An Old Favor' which is a detective story that has a few clever twists. 

Colten Fisher talks about his contribution to the book, which is titled 'Hexpad Blog: A First-Timer’s Guide to the Big City'. This story focuses on a young person who encounters the big city for the first time and decides to write a Blog about it. After all. One can never tell what one can find in the big city.

And last, but by no means least we have Sophia DeSensi who talks about her new story 'Ghouly Girl' which explores what happens when a quirky young Ghouly Girl moves in with two human roommates. 

Head over to the book's Kickstarter to Learn more. 

Welcome to a new episode of SFP-NOW. For this monstrous edition of the show. We bring news of a new Kickstarter campaign for a new anthology book called Monstrosity: Monsters, Myths, and Miscreants.

In order to help get this campaign up and running. We speak to the series creator and sometimes contributor to scifipulse.net Marx Pyle about the book and also learn about some of the stories contained within its monstrous pages. 

In this first set of writer chats, we speak with Scott A. Johnson about his story El Cucuy, which is about a Mexican boogie-man that uses shadows like hallways and eats naughty children.

Then we chat to Michael La Ronn about The Brazen Skull, which focuses on a necromancer living in the ghetto is hired by a warlock to seek the brazen skull, a magical artifact imbued with the spirit of a dead warlock...

Then we hunt down and catch up with Marx Pyle about his story Rebel With A Cause, which tells the tale of a Shapeshifter who is hired to gun down a Fae gang...

After which we interrogate Jeff Burns about The Adventures of Elena and Ned, Gargoyle P.I. The clue to the story is in the title as it focuses on a Gargoyle private detective. 

And rounding off this first round of interviews. We chat with J.C. Mastro about MagicLand Mischief which looks at what happens after hours in the world-famous Magic Land amusement park... 

You can learn more about Monstrosity: Monsters, Myths, and Miscreants here at their Kickstarter. 

Welcome to another episode of SFP-NOW and our first episode to be hosted by Ancor FM.

In this episode, Ian and Raissa give their first impressions of the new Doctor Who actor Ncuti Gatwa and discuss their hopes for the series now that Russell T. Davies is back as the executive producer and head writer. 

We also give our first impressions of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, which Raissa describes as the Star Trek show that she was hoping for when Next Generation came out. 

Also discussed briefly are the shows that have been canceled this year. So why not tune in and be a part of our discussion whether you agree with us or not. 

Welcome to another great episode of SFP-NOW. For this episode, we catch up with award-winning filmmaker and writer John Walsh, who has been keeping himself very busy. We last spoke with John back in August of 2021 when he talked with us about his Ray Harryhausen and Flash Gordon books, which have both done incredibly well for him. This time out we chat about his latest book 'Escape From New York: The Official Story of The Film', which has been selling so well that Titan can't print them fast enough.

Over the course of our conversation, John explains how the book came about and teases a few details about the book. Additionally, we even discuss our favorite elements from the film while discussing the casting, special effects, and everything else, which are all discussed in full in the book.

Also, we discuss our mutual appreciation for the late Donald Pleasence who to many horror fans is best known for his role of Dr. Loomis. However, we talk about his role as the corrupt President and how he was initially reluctant to play the part.

Added to this. We also discuss a few of John's films. Specially Toryboy, which has a few interesting parallels to the corruption that is depicted in Escape From New York.

And to end with. We chat about some of the movies and TV Shows that John would love to work on if given the opportunity. To listen to all of what was discussed hit play on the audio player and enjoy as John and I totally geek out about what is regarded as John Carpenters best movie.

You can learn more about John Walsh and his film and writing work at the following social media links.

Website: www.johnwalshfilmmaker.com

Twitter @walshbros 

Instagram @johnwalsh_filmmaker

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