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Content Update - Heading into Year Five

Hello my friends. I've recently gone past my fourth anniversary for the podcast, meaning I'm now onto my fifth year of creating content, and so as a result I thought it might be time to post another update, as its been a bit of time since I've uploaded anything new, which I am very sorry about.  So on that topic first of all and more than anything I want to apologise to everyone for the lack of content over the past year, especially when contrasted to the year before. There's been a few reasons for this, but things are a lot better now, and I hope to get a more consistent schedule in the near future. I especially want to apologise to Dan, one of the earliest supporters of my podcast and the gentleman who purchased my first commission. It has taken me an embarrassingly long time to actually produce this episode and all I can do is apologise. I just hope that you enjoy the final episode when it arrives in the near future. Once we are past the Easter Holidays here in the U...

Marvel Cinematic Universe Watch Order - Updated

Hello my friends. Welcome back! So after posting my last Watch Order for Star Trek I was debating what I could follow it up with. There were obviously a few options that I had in various stages, and several that I can use to link to episodes of my podcast, however the one that jumped out at me the most was the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The MCU is something that people, including myself, have been debating the timeline of for a very long time. There have also been multiple debates about canonicity, especially of the tie-in media like television shows not produced by Marvel Studios. A lot of these discussions have been in many ways hindered by official licensed material by Marvel themselves, or comments made by filmmakers, which has only thrown more fuel on the already fiery debate. Many people have done some incredible work creating timelines over the years, and have argued quite vehemently against some of the "official" placements made by Marvel Studios, using evidence from ...

Why Creatives Shouldn't Try to Appeal to Toxic Fandom

Hello my friends, and welcome back to my blog. Today I wanted to talk about several topics that have been on my mind for several months now, but have all kind of come to head and coalesced after an article from Variety last year that seems to have highlighted just how prevalent these issues have become, and how long they have been an issue.  The article published by Variety in October 2024, titled " Toxic Fandom: How Hollywood Is Battling Fans Who Are ‘Just Out for Blood’", and available  here , starts by discussing some prominent examples of recent toxicity levelled by fans towards some high profile shows, before exploring several steps that studios are taking in order to prevent these vitriolic pushbacks, with one idea specifically cited being that of special "superfan" focus groups to assess marketing materials for major franchise projects, in addition to standard focus testing groups.  Now focus group testing is a important part of any film and television pro...