Fuel Your Fandom

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Saint and Jim may be committed to doing the work to defying the evils of toxic masculinity, patriarchy and gun culture, but even so — some old habits die hard. Like being fans of "Die Hard". And "John Wick". And "Predator". And countless other action movies staring monosyllabic, muscle-bound turbo-bros who defy death as effortlessly as they deal it. So, maybe it's a guilty pleasure, but it's still a helluva lot of fun to watch. In this episode, the boys take a look at some of their favorite action heroes, and the landmark movies that introduced them to the cinemascape.

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Seems like every few years, a weird phenomenon happens in the popular culture: a nerdery purveyor will make a boo-boo in production, and then undertake drastic measures to literally bury their mistakes. It's not exactly a PATTERN, per se — but it's happened just often enough to be curious. To wit: the folks behind the ubiquitous Funko Pops — those impossibly proportioned chibi-style figurines depicting everything from rock stars to video game characters to your uncle's best friend — apparently overestimated how many toys they should make for the year. And rather than liquidate, donate, accumulate or procrastinate, the company opted for a much weirder solution: evacuate. Meaning they're just dumping the beady-eyed little bastards into a landfill. Yeah, really. And they're not the first geekufacturer to have done so. Want to know more? Give this episode a listen, and we'll dig into it together. PLUS: more Twitter takeaways, Marvel movements, and DC drama (both comics, and Washington).

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Any superhero is only as good as the baddies they fight. And there have been few villains as compelling as the antagonists of the Marvel Universe — and the MCU inspired by it. In this first segment of a two-part episode, Saint and Jim run down the list of the MCU's villains to date, and break down what makes them such a multi-versal delight to watch.

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You just can't keep a good parallel dimension down. This has never been more true than when it comes to Star Trek. Trek's "mirror universe" is an oft-revisited, sometimes-bungled conceit that has yielded some interesting insights, but almost as many missed narrative opportunities. Join Saint and Jim as they once again welcome "Mission Log: A Roddenberry Podcast" co-host John Champion to the program to discuss the highs and lows of exploring the original sci-fi multiverse.

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There are just so many amazing avenues of entertainment to be into these days, it can be hard to keep up. So admittedly, Saint and Jim have the odd blind spot when it comes to certain areas of fandom. One area in which they share somewhat of a collective question mark? Horror movies. So on today's episode of Fuel Your Fandom, the boys welcome Milwaukee's Maven of the Macabre, Katie Kadaver. She's not just a fan of horror films, she walks the walk 24/7. From performing in horror-themed burlesque with Grindhouse Tease, to heading to horror conventions to kick it with Lloyd Kaufman and the crew at Troma Films, to her co-hosting duties on "The VHS Vault" podcast, Katie knows horror like the inside of her eyelids — making her the perfect guest to come onto the show to give the neophytes a crash course in all things creepy. Shove this in your earholes...if you DARE.