Thursday May 07, 2026
Project Hail Mary
Movies
Movies
Monday May 04, 2026
Monday May 04, 2026
On May the 4th, their first new episode in a long, long time, Mike and Jim discuss and debate the state of Star Wars screen canon (live-action and animated movies and television shows) related to the Force, including the transition from Lucas to Disney, Midi-chlorians, balancing the Force, the Mortis gods, Force Ghosts, and the Luke Skywalker problem with post-Return of the Jedi Force-related stories, as they ponder whether the Force will ever really be with us in Star Wars storytelling.
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Thanks for listening! Stay tuned every Thursday for a new episode of the Fanboy and the Hater.
Monday Sep 25, 2023
Monday Sep 25, 2023
Mike and Jim discuss and debate the 2023 animated superhero film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem.
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Tuesday Aug 15, 2023
Tuesday Aug 15, 2023
Mike and Jim discuss and debate non-documentary movies and television shows that use fictionalized history in their storytelling, including possible historical events that could have inspired a myth or legend, exaggerated historical events for entertainment which could later become a myth or legend, and stories being told that are loosely based on historical events or time periods.
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Friday May 12, 2023
Friday May 12, 2023
Mike, Jim, and returning guest host Rhys discuss and debate the 2023 Marvel live-action superhero movie Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.
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Friday May 20, 2022
Friday May 20, 2022
Mike and Jim discuss and debate the 2022 DC live-action film The Batman.
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Friday Feb 18, 2022
Friday Feb 18, 2022
Mike and Jim discuss their favorite musical, The Phantom of the Opera, both the stage production and the movie, as well as some aspects of the novel it is based on.
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Friday Feb 04, 2022
Friday Feb 04, 2022
Mike and Jim briefly discuss the 2021 Marvel movie Eternals.
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Friday Jan 21, 2022
Friday Jan 21, 2022
Mike and Jim briefly discuss the 2021 movie The Matrix Resurrections.
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Friday Jan 07, 2022
Friday Jan 07, 2022
Mike and Jim discuss and debate one of the most anticipated movies of 2021, Spider-Man: No Way Home.
Check out all of our Super Heroes podcast episodes: https://fanboyandhater.podbean.com/category/super-heroes
Tuesday Dec 28, 2021
Tuesday Dec 28, 2021
Mike and Jim briefly discuss and debate how nostalgia drives so many movies and television shows, and whether the good ones are only good because of the nostalgia.
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Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
Mike and Jim discuss and debate the Star Trek franchise. But since Mike is not a fan and has not seen much of it, this episode was based on watching two television episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation followed by watching the movie Star Trek: First Contact.
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Thursday Aug 12, 2021
Thursday Aug 12, 2021
Mike and Jim discuss and debate the 2021 Marvel live-action superhero movie Black Widow. Spoiler Alert: Only one of them liked it, and it's not who you'd think.
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Saturday Jun 26, 2021
Saturday Jun 26, 2021
Mike and Jim discuss and debate The Fandom Effect, how fandom affects what you choose to watch and how fandom affects your enjoyment of what you watch.
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Saturday May 01, 2021
Saturday May 01, 2021
Mike and Jim discuss and debate Movies vs. TV, including their preferences, movies that should have been TV shows (and vice versa), how long a movie should be, how many seasons/episodes a TV series should have, remaking old TV shows as movies, whether a movie or TV franchise should keep going, and when it makes sense for a franchise to do both movies and TV shows.
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Thursday Apr 15, 2021
Thursday Apr 15, 2021
Mike and Jim compare and contrast (Jim mostly yells) the 2017 DC superhero movie Justice League (referred to as the Josstice League since it was done by Joss Whedon) and the 2021 Zack Snyder version (also known as the Snyder Cut).
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