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154: AVP and ADD

·1 hr 33 min·5 clips
Ohio weather goes from 52 degrees to "psych, bitch" and then back to freezing rain.
1. Fandomonious: A Pop Culture Podcast episode 154, "AVP and ADD," mixes Halloween talk with pop-culture news and Ohio-weather complaints. 2. Adam and Ian host the episode as the show's regular pair, with Adam recounting family Halloween plans and Ian steering the movie-news section. 3. The episode asks what happens when Halloween week collides with Spider-Man 4, Alien: Romulus, and a new Alien vs. Predator tease. 4. Adam explains that he has two cosplay events, including an Alter Ego comic book store event for Venom and a Lima trunk-or-treat setup. 5. He describes the Lima event as a miniature town with asphalt pathways, little buildings, and a bike-safety layout. 6. Adam says the YMCA daycare held a Halloween gathering and that he switched from Star-Lord plans to Ghostbusters at the last minute. 7. He and Shana dressed their daughter as Stay Puft, and he says their family won first place in the family-couple costume category. 8. He also mentions another family dressed as Team Rocket, with Jesse, James, Ash, and a Bulbasaur. 9. Ian and Adam then talk about Tom Holland confirming Spider-Man 4 on Fallon and a planned filming start next summer. 10. They mention a projected release date of July 24, 2026, and connect the film to director Destin Daniel Cretton from Shang-Chi. 11. The discussion turns to Venom: The Last Dance, which they say debuted with a 37% score and is Tom Hardy's last turn as Eddie Brock. 12. Adam argues that he cannot fully judge a villain until the character meets the hero opposite him, using Jared Leto's Joker as the example. 13. They compare that idea to Venom and Spider-Man, saying the symbiote story changes once Eddie Brock finally interacts with Spider-Man. 14. Adam points to the end of No Way Home, where a bit of the symbiote was left behind, as a story thread Marvel can still use. 15. He says a black-suit Spider-Man in Secret Wars would fit the setup and calls it a chance for Marvel to do something big with the character. 16. Later, Ian says Alien: Romulus is officially getting a sequel and that it will follow Rain and Andy from the end of Romulus. 17. They also discuss Dan Trachtenberg's Predator projects, including The Badlands and a secret animated anthology with three different time periods. 18. The tone moves between joking banter and straight franchise speculation, with fast back-and-forth pacing and lots of mid-thought corrections. 19. Listeners who like Halloween costumes, Marvel updates, and Alien-Predator talk. 20. Skip if you want tight structure and no long side conversations.

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A loose, funny franchise chat that still makes a new Alien vs. Predator movie feel plausible.

Adam and Ian make the franchise chat feel easy, funny, and a little off the rails in a way that works more often than it misses. It starts with banter and life updates, drifts through a very odd mac and cheese tangent, then settles into a real argument for why another Alien vs.

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You want a loose Alien vs. Predator and pop-culture chat that leans into speculation.

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