Poditive Spin: The Friendly Fan Club
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Do you love talking all things movies, TV, and pop culture, but tired of all the toxicity online? Do you wish you could take the guilt out of your entertainment guilty pleasures?
Poditive Spin is the podcast haven you need.
Come and join the Friendly Fan Club, where we push back against nitpicking, naysaying, and negativity. Where we champion the positives, celebrate storytelling, and believe no media is without merit.
May Poditive Spin be a light for you in dark places when all other lights go out.
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This month, the Guardians of the Galaxy had their cinematic swansong space spectacular, and a new Guardians movie means another carefully curated soundtrack! For a trilogy where the music has been such a fundamental part of the experience, what better way to talk about its impact than by looking at its playlists! Presenting the Friendly Fan Club's Official Ranking of the Awesome Mix Tapes! As always, remember to like, comment, subscribe , and enjoy! Got a topic request for a future episo...
This month on Poditive Spin, we dissect the ever-growing toxicity of internet fan culture, hoping to discover a healthier approach to film and media criticism. If you’re an arts fanatic, chances are you’ve gotten involved in your fair share of internet spats and mud-flinging over a creative product (movie, show, book, game,etc). A question, it seems, every contemporary film buff should ask themselves is: how can we have these conversations in a more positive, constructive manner that do...
Following the conclusion of HBO’s The Last of Us (Season 1), we discuss the overwhelmingly positive response to both the show and the original video game sensation. Friendly Warning: Spoiler spores galore! Do we dare believe that the curse of video game adaptations is finally broken? Have we finally found a zombie (or in this case 'Infected') property that doesn’t leave Patrick cowering behind the sofa? Have we found a triple-A game that Alex has actually completed within a reasonable time...
It's Lang (and co.) vs Kang the Conqueror! This month on Poditive Spin we're putting Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania under the microscope...geddit? While lots of mixed-to-negative spin has already surrounded the movie, we attempt to dissect some of the positives of the MCU's grand opening of Phase Five! Does the future of the Marvel Multiverse look bright? Or are we all just staring at M.O.D.O.K's butt? As always, remember to like, comment, subscribe , and enjoy! Got a topic request fo...
From intimate portraits of the human experience to epic battles across the sky, the sea, and the multiverse, this year's nominees for Best Picture at the Oscars are a smorgasbord of experiences. Here in the Friendly Fan Club, we thought a round-up was in order! Join us for a spoiler-free breakdown of the ten films vying for the big prize, and analysis from Poditive Spin's very own Oscars Correspondent (and first-ever guest): Brittany Smith. Which film are YOU rooting for this year? Let us k...
New Year: New SEASON of Poditive Spin! To get us off the starting blocks of 2023, the Friendly Fan Club looks into the near future to decide what upcoming projects should get everyone sweating with anticipation for this coming year. Be prepared for ‘Mr Alex and the Three Bears’, a Renaissance for a certain pink and plastic childhood icon, and the next chapter of a fugitive Jedi surviving the Galactic Empire. What’s on YOUR watchlist? As always, remember to like, comment, subscribe , and en...
As the sun sets on 2022, so too does the Friendly Fan Club end its retread of Peter Jackson's The Hobbit trilogy. Near-universally considered the low point of Middle-Earth cinema, The Battle of the Five Armies was never even originally intended to be its own third feature, and we'd be lying if we said it doesn't show! Join your Friendly Fan Cohosts as they take on their final - and greatest - challenge of the year: determining exactly which armies make up the titular five! As always, rememb...
It's a Star Wars movie unlike any other: gritty, nuanced, and it even gets the fanbase to agree on something! In honour of the first season of Andor on Disney+, the Friendly Fan Club revisits the daring efforts of Jyn Erso, Cassian Andor, and the rest of the Rogue One crew to steal the plans to the Empire's ultimate weapon: the Death Star. As always, remember to like, comment, subscribe , and enjoy! Got a topic request for a future episode? Shoot us an email at poditivespin@gmail.com Fol...
The Friendly Fan Club continues its quest to unearth the treasures of Peter Jackson's The Hobbit. The Desolation of Smaug famously found itself retrofitted into a 'middle chapter' when Warner Bros. decided mid-production to split the originally planned two films into a trilogy. Despite the change of gear behind the scenes, however, could it be that Part 2 ended up being the strongest instalment of the lot? As always, remember to like, comment, subscribe , and enjoy! Got a topic reque...
It's been almost five years since Marvel's Black Panther became a global cultural phenomenon, and a landmark of African American representation at the movies. It introduced the world to Wakanda, a highly advanced nation of Africa untouched by colonisation and oppression, and made an instant icon of its star: Chadwick Boseman. As its sequel, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, makes its debut, the Friendly Fan Club reflects on what set the original apart from its peers, the impact it has had on ...
It's been ten years since moviegoing audiences returned to Middle-Earth for the first instalment of The Hobbit trilogy, itself debuting almost a decade after the commercial, critical, and cultural phenomenon that was The Lord of the Rings. Director Peter Jackson and many of the same creative team returned to take on the tale of Bilbo Baggins, the Company of Dwarves, and the quest to reclaim a lost kingdom from the dragon Smaug. Whilst this follow-up enjoyed reasonable box office success, cri...
The Friendly Fan Club celebrates the most iconic queens in the pop culture kingdom, as tribute to the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. Featuring good queens, evil queens, young queens, old queens, serious queens, and silly queens (but no dancing queens, alas). Show Notes: Upbeat Updates Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Hugh Jackman Returning for Deadpool 3 Community Movie Confirmed Six Seasons and a Movie - Origins Queens of the Screen Mt Rushmore Podcast The Evil Queen – Snow White Re...
Fame is a fickle friend. One moment you're a pro-wrestler, or a singer, or a footballer. Next, you're starring in blockbusters and Oscar-winners. Inspired by the recent Harry Styles Don't Worry Darling drama (and the upcoming release of Dwayne - The Rock - Johnson's Black Adam, the Friendly Fan Club picks through famous faces whose success stories began well before the silver screen. Also, we celebrate the comeback of a 90s Hollywood legend, and give our thoughts on the first half of Season ...
It's time to crack out our balloon swords once more for another friendly film night in the Friendly Fan Clubhouse! Mr's Alex and Patrick pit two iconic and beloved works of sci-fi cinema against each other in a contest of merits. Will the Xenomorph's reputation as the ultimate survivor withstand the debate, or can the Predator claim another trophy? As always, remember to like, comment, subscribe , and enjoy! Got a topic request for a future episode? Shoot us an email at poditivespin@gmail.co...
Can you believe it?! Poditive Spin is officially 1 year old! To celebrate, Mr's Patrick and Alex debate which fictional world would be best for having a birthday party (as well as which world would guarantee the WORST party). Also, we talk our biggest highlight of San Diego Comic Con 2022, pay respects to the passing of a sci-fi legend, and Mr Patrick hypes up a new sensation sweeping the globe from Indian cinema: 'RRR' As always, remember to like, comment, subscribe , and enjoy! Got a topic...
Stranger Things have happened, but Kate Bush's 1985 single 'Running Up That Hill' is witnessing a historic comeback, thanks to the hit Netflix show! The Friendly Fan Club reconvenes with thoughts on this cultural phenomenon, and other such renaissances that came before it, before turning things into one big celebration of all the iconic music moments in film and television. From Shrek 2 to Guardians of the Galaxy 2, consider this Poditive Spin's very own Awesome Mix Tape! As always, remember...
We are back! After a two-month hiatus (due to one of us having to say 'I do'), the Friendly Fan Clubhouse reopens its doors for a quick recap of what we've missed since we last met, followed by a topical chat on various wedding-centric works of cinema! As always, remember to like, comment, subscribe , and enjoy! Got a topic request for a future episode? Shoot us an email at poditivespin@gmail.com, or follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @poditivespinffc Time Codes: 0:00 - Welcome Back! 3:30 ...
It's been seventeen years since the world witnessed the rise of the Galactic Empire, the purging of the Jedi, and Anakin Skywalker donning the infamous black helmet. Now, an untold chapter of Obi-Wan Kenobi's story - his years in exile - has arrived on Disney+. The Friendly Fan Club is all too eager to take its first in-depth journey to a galaxy far far away to discuss this latest offering from the Star Wars saga. As always, remember to like, comment, subscribe , and enjoy! Got a topic requ...
A game-changing mid-90s blockbuster that spawned a franchise spanning six movies over nearly three decades...and yet all the rest have not been received anywhere near as positively as the original? That's, that's chaos theory, and that's the focus of this latest Poditive Spin where we return to the wilds of Isla Nublar (aka. 'Site B'). The Lost World: Jurassic Park and Jurassic Park III saw lukewarm reactions at best from audiences and critics, neither seen as being able to step out from und...
The Friendly Fan Club ventures gently into that good night to explore the astronomical questions of Christopher Nolan's Interstellar. Does it buckle under the weight of its own ambition to realistically capture mind-bending inter-dimensional concepts, or is it saved by its director's uncharacteristic sentimentality? Also, we provide our own takes on the 'Slapgate' controversy from the 2022 Academy Awards (because of course we must). As always, remember to like, comment, subscribe , an...
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