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172: Spooky Season Begins; Marvel Zombies

September 30, 2025·1 hr 52 min·5 clips

They start by trying to christen spooky season properly. The banter is loose right from the jump. The hosts keep stopping and starting as they settle into the bit. That suits the show just fine. They point out that it is still September when they record. By the time listeners hear it, spooky season is already underway. From there, the conversation turns to the recap. They work through the section where the characters blast off and head toward New Asgard. They also admit they are a little fuzzy on the exact handoff point. That kind of memory checking is part of the charm. The recap lands on the beach. The characters walk through a landscape lined with zombies on spikes, which gets called out for its Walking Dead-style look. The hosts spend time on the giant doorway they are trying to get through. There is a whole bit about who is going to kill the approaching zombie. Then Valkyrie shows up above them. She starts throwing spears and basically tells them to leave. The joke about the feast lands quickly. She asks where their invitation is, and the group scrambles with a totally believable lost-at-sea excuse. Valkyrie makes it clear the dinner is for gods. The humans are not really invited. Blade pushes back with his own line about not being human. That keeps the scene playful instead of solemn. The hosts keep riffing on the whole exchange. The vibe is more amused disbelief than formal criticism. At one point the scene gets compared to Monty Python and the Holy Grail. That side reference gives the recap a nice, off-the-cuff edge. The episode does not try to be polished. It sounds like two people watching, remembering, correcting themselves, and laughing as they go. That makes the recap easy to follow even when it wanders. The detours feel lived-in rather than distracting. The show also folds in a little movie-news chatter near the end. The talk turns to the sequel and what Fede Alvarez has said about it. He says he always meant to direct only one installment. The hosts note that he wanted to follow the path of earlier franchise directors like James Cameron and David Fincher. The sequel treatment he wrote is said to bring back Andy and Rain Carradine. It was apparently meant to avoid an Alien 3-style wipeout of those characters. By the end, the episode has done what Fandomonious usually does best. It has mixed fandom talk, seasonal mood, and ordinary life chatter into one easy hang.

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A loose spooky-season hangout built around Marvel Zombies, New Asgard, and easy banter.

Fandomonious settles into spooky season with a loose, familiar opening before it gets to Marvel Zombies. It works best when the hosts are trading banter, plot beats, and small offhand details that make the conversation feel lived in rather than packaged.

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