This fortnight, an exercise in extreme contrast with thoughtful historical drama Shogun and cartoonish high school comedy Bottoms.
But first, Nick’s rewatched the whole Twelfth Doctor era of Doctor Who with Peter Capaldi, while Alastair’s watched creepy YouTube videos on The Oldest View.
And then they visit feudal Japan with acclaimed historical drama Shogun (24:39), to see which controversial modern politician the lead character reminds Nick of.
Last of all, it’s Bottoms (40:18), the popular anarchic Gen Z comedy that really gives our heroes a chance to consider their mortality and relevance.
And finally finally, Nick has another Kickstarter running for his latest comic The Collected Letters of Courier Z! It’s a series of short stories about a scifi postwoman turning to crime, shades of 2000AD, Red Dwarf and Doctor Who. If that sounds fun to you, check it out here!
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This fortnight, Nick and Alastair confront the hideous present-future in Civil War, then retreat into a cosy fantastical past with Renegade Nell.
Lastly, the whimsical fantasy of Renegade Nell (34:48) leaves Nick to reminisce about his good old days as a TV reviewer. Hopefully at some point he’ll remember to review the show.
Nick and Alastair make a mockery of their podcast name this fortnight, tackling two releases where the violence is definitely not moderate – Invincible season 2 and Monkey Man.
Lastly, it’s Monkey Man (
The podcast is firmly back on Nick’s superhero territory this fortnight, with the second season of power-based sitcom Extraordinary and the first two issues of the new Ultimate Spider-Man series from Marvel Comics.
A big fortnight for Alastair, with his annual Oscar-predictions audio extravaganza and the new Dune movie, plus bonus piracy with the return of Our Flag Means Death.
And it’s a similar question for cult favourite pirate romcom Our Flag Means Death season 2 (36:52, ending spoilers from 43:34) as they return to follow up their acclaimed first season and… quickly get cancelled. Dammit.
Some seasonal February dark moments of the soul this fortnight, as Nick and Alastair tackle The Iron Claw and the new Mr & Mrs Smith show.
Lastly, less miserable but still not… total joy, it’s the Mr & Mrs Smith (
This fortnight, Nick and Alastair cover two different ends of the movie spectrum – thoughtful current Oscar-contender American Fiction and last year’s loud, slimy family adventure Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem.
And last of all, it’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (
Last of all, time to watch Echo (
As ever, Nick and Alastair spend the first episode of a new year mopping up the leftovers from the end of the last one, with What If… season 2 and Slow Horses season 3.
And lastly, it’s already ranked highly in 
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