The Needless Things Irregulars gather in the Phantom Zone to discuss the newest entry into the DC Comics movieverse, Justice League! Starting with Man of Steel in 2013, Warner Bros. has been trying to ape the success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Despite having an available roster of arguably the best-known superheroes, the films have struggled to find acceptance, much less the acclaim of the MCU. After a major course correction with this year’s Wonder Woman, WB has been attempting to right ...
Nov 24, 2017•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 188
Part of an ongoing series – the Needless Things Irregulars gather in the Phantom Zone to provide their own unique commentary on classic genre films! This month’s movie is the 1987 animated feature, GI Joe: The Movie . The Irregulars are joined by special guest Noel from GI Joe cosplay group The Finest ’s Southern Command. Thirty years ago Hasbro planned to release an animated theatrical GI Joe feature, but those plans were derailed by the failure of similar Transformers and My Little Pony releas...
Nov 17, 2017•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 187
Dave talks to Clint from Birmingham, Alabama horror punk/metal band Kamikaze Zombie ! Kamikaze Zombie started in 2014. They are heavy crossover band from Birmingham Al, with multiple influences from hardcore, metal, and punk. All of these very different influences led them to become their own genre of heavy music with multiple styles flowing through every KZ song. Kamikaze Zombie pushes to bring "old school" back to the masses with horror movie, serial killer themed stage shows and lyrics, black...
Nov 10, 2017•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 186
Recorded LIVE at Dragon Con 2018! The third entry in the Elm Street series set the tone for the future of the franchise, introducing a group of strong, unique kids that audiences would remember for decades, as well as upping the ante on the nightmare visuals and Freddy’s puns. Many – including our own Dave West – consider this the best of the franchise, or at least a favorite. Listen in as Dave, the folks from Horror News Radio , and the Horror Track’s Ichabod talk Dream Warriors in the newest e...
Nov 03, 2017•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 185
Part of an ongoing series – the Needless Things Irregulars gather in the Phantom Zone to provide their own unique commentary on classic genre films! October’s film was chosen via fan poll on the Needless Things Podcast Facebook Group ! Have a happy Halloween, Halloween, Halloween with the Irregulars’ October Commentary for a movie that was once seen with a degree of disdain but that seems to have gained support in the last decade or so – Halloween III: Season of the Witch! Over three decades ago...
Oct 26, 2017•1 hr 55 min•Ep. 184
This special episode of the Needless Things Podcast presents the exploration of Corpsewood Manor, the site of murders that shocked Georgia in the early 1980s. Dave, Ryan Cadaver, and Rad Ranger traveled to Trion, Georgia to examine the once majestic ruins of the ill-fated paradise. In December of 1982 Dr. Charles L. Scudder and his partner, Joseph Odom were murdered inside their dream home in the remote woods of the Chattahoochee National Forest. The openly gay couple had a reputation for Satani...
Oct 20, 2017•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 183
It's a celebration of Friday the 13th! Join Dave and a massive cast of Needless Things Irregulars for a surprise cornucopia of audio delights all about the Friday the 13th horror franchise! Listen in as the Needless Things Irregulars talk about everything from Creighton Duke to Jack Marshak to who Jason should fight next!! Be sure to join the Needless Things Podcast Facebook Group and get in on the conversation for this week’s episode! Let us know what you think! “Procrastibate” by LeSexoflex.co...
Oct 13, 2017•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 182
LIVE from Dragon Con 2017, but the perfect way to kick off 31 Days of Halloween on the Needless Things Podcast, Dave talks to one of the most notable horror icons in the history of professional wrestling – the Big Red Machine, Kane! As one of the longest-tenured athletes in WWE, Kane has personified evil many times throughout his career. From long-running feuds with his brother the Undertaker to Inferno Matches to being a masked monster seeking revenge upon those that have wronged him, Kane’s le...
Oct 06, 2017•56 min•Ep. 181
The Needless Things Irregulars gather in the Phantom Zone to watch Star Trek: Discovery! Discovery is the newest entry into the mighty Star Trek franchise, and one that CBS is hoping will lure customers to subscribe to their proprietary streaming service. Basically nobody is happy about that, and it's possible that before too much longer CBS isn't going to be happy about it, either. But that's neither here nor there. In today's episode, the Commentary team is joined by Mike Gordon, Gary Mitchel,...
Sep 29, 2017•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 180
LIVE from Dragon Con 2017! Dave – formerly and sometimes still known as Phantom Troublemaker – talks to the wonderful Tim Clarke about his time with the Jim Henson company and his work on The Dark Crystal. Listen in as Tim talks to Dave about his start with Henson, the experience of creating such an immersive world, and what happened to the toy line that Tim worked on! Be sure to join the Needless Things Podcast Facebook Group and get in on the conversation for this week’s episode! Let us know w...
Sep 22, 2017•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 179
Part of an ongoing series – the Needless Things Irregulars gather in the Phantom Zone to provide their own unique commentary on classic genre films! It’s Rad Ranger’s birthday, so he picked 1995’s Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers: The Movie for September’s Commentary! There was no bigger children’s franchise in 1995 than the Power Rangers, so obviously Hollywood wanted to capitalize on it with a silver screen adaptation. Featuring a new villain, the cast from the TV show, CGI Zords, and a strangely...
Sep 14, 2017•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 178
LIVE from Dragon Con 2017! Dave – formerly and sometimes still known as Phantom Troublemaker – is joined by Nicole Gould, Rebeccah Hunter, Michael Bailey, Gary Mitchel, and Noel Wood for an all-new panel about the pop culture from thirty years ago! Listen in as the panelists and audience share their favorite things – from Spaceballs to Guns N’ Roses, we’ve got the year covered, LIVE from Dragon Con! Be sure to join the Needless Things Podcast Facebook Group and get in on the conversation for thi...
Sep 08, 2017•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 177
Dragon Con 2017 coverage continues on Needless Things in this special Wednesday episode! In this week’s episode of the Needless Things Podcast Puppetry Track Director Beau Brown returns to lay down everything that's going on this year in Dragon Con's most inclusive and all-encompassing Track! Listen for all of the exciting Puppet Track news, as well as some exclusive announcements! Be sure to join the Needless Things Podcast Facebook Group and get in on the conversation for this week’s episode! ...
Aug 28, 2017•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 176
Dragon Con 2017 coverage continues on Needless Things! In this week’s episode of the Needless Things Podcast Phantom Troublemaker is joined by the ESO Network's Mike Gordon! Listen in as Phantom and Mike discuss their histories with Dragon Con and share some of their favorite memories. Also, get the scoop on Phantom and Mike's schedules for Con and what they'll be up to when they're not on panels. Be sure to join the Needless Things Podcast Facebook Group and get in on the conversation for this ...
Aug 25, 2017•2 hr 11 min•Ep. 175
Part of an ongoing series – the Needless Things Irregulars gather in the Phantom Zone to provide their own unique commentary on classic genre films! Special guest Award-Winning Bobby Nash joins the Commentary Team for the first-ever Dragon Con-themed Commentary – 1981's Dragonslayer! Everyone knows that dragons are badass, but for some reason Hollywood has rarely done a good job of capitalizing on their badass-ness. One of the seminal early 80s HBO standards was Matthew Robbins' Dragonslayer, a ...
Aug 17, 2017•2 hr 11 min•Ep. 174
Dragon Con 2017 coverage continues on Needless Things! In this week’s episode of the Needless Things Podcast Horror Track Director Derek Tatum returns to discuss ghastly business old and new, as well as the keys to successfully programming a Track for the third pillar of speculative fiction – horror! Listen in as Phantom and Derek talk movies, television, and the expectations of the modern horror fan! Plus, how would Phantom’s mother react to the gore-fest that is Santa Clarita Diet? Be sure to ...
Aug 10, 2017•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 173
Dragon Con 2017 coverage continues on Needless Things! In this week’s episode of the Needless Things Podcast, Joe “Virtuoso” Crowe and “Glorious” Gary Mitchel return to the show to play a surprise game of Classics Roll-A-Panel and discuss the ins and outs of running a Track for the ever-evolving entity of joy that is Dragon Con! Listen in as Phantom and Gary do their best to keep Joe from talking about Amazon Women on the Moon for an entire hour! Be sure to join the Needless Things Podcast Faceb...
Aug 04, 2017•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 172
It’s time once again for the Needless Things Irregulars to look at the big news out of San Diego Comic Con! Every year at Comic Con Hollywood, comic book publishers, and toy companies reveal some of the most exciting things that will be offered in the year to come. Listen in as Phantom, Head of Research Ryan, Belligerent Monkey Jay, and Josh Wilson talk about the products and news that came out of SDCC 2016! Plus, a special look at Super 7's Masters of the Universe product with Mr. Beau Brown! B...
Jul 28, 2017•2 hr 33 min•Ep. 171
Part of an ongoing series – the Needless Things Irregulars gather in the Phantom Zone to provide their own unique commentary on classic genre films! Special guests Mr. Beau Brown and Award-Winning Bobby Nash join the Commentary Team for the 1987 Masters of the Universe ! Thirty years ago children all over the world were disappointed by Cannon's live action adaptation of Mattel's Masters of the Universe toy line. While director Gary Goddard, production designer William Stout, and the rest of the ...
Jul 20, 2017•1 hr 58 min•Ep. 170
Phantom Troublemaker, Ryan Cadaver, and the Award-Winning Bobby Nash once again gather in the Phantom Zone, this time to discuss Spider-Man: Homecoming! The newest entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe is one that for years seemed impossible – a movie starring Peter Parker, your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man! Thanks to fan demand and probably more than a little corporate greed, Sony and Disney got on the same page and decided to share Marvel Comics' best-known and most profitable character...
Jul 13, 2017•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 169
Phantom Troublemaker, Ryan Cadaver, and the Award-Winning Bobby Nash discuss everyone’s favorite wall-crawler, Spider-Man! Spider-Man has been everywhere and done everything as Marvel Comics' highest profile and most consistently profitable character. He's been the subject of cartoons, movies, TV shows, and countless toy lines. Regardless of the media support or lack thereof, Spidey's face is one that the public loves and will always throw money at. From his birth in 1963 up through the most rec...
Jul 06, 2017•2 hr 15 min•Ep. 168
The dynamite team of Phantom Troublemaker, Beth V, Rad Ranger, and Chris DePetrillo reunite to look thrity years into the past! 1987 was another banner year of the eighties, presenting us with new TV shows and toy lines and an absolutely stellar slate of films from Hollywood! As part of a new annual tradition, Phantom Troublemaker gathered some of the Needless Things Irregulars to reflect on the pop culture that made us who we are today. From farting alligators to transforming food to unforgetta...
Jun 30, 2017•2 hr 17 min
Recorded on location at Memory Lane Comics in Wilmington, North Carolina! Phantom Troublemaker sits down with Jake, the owner of Memory Lane Comics, a Local Comic Shop which has been operating since 1983. Wilmington has been Phantom’s home away from home for his entire life, and as it turns out he was shopping at Memory Lane when he was just a little Phantom. The opportunity to talk to the current proprietor of such a legendary institution was too good to pass up. Nobody has quite the same persp...
Jun 22, 2017•1 hr 8 min
Part of an ongoing series – the Needless Things Irregulars gather in the Phantom Zone to provide their own unique commentary on classic genre films! Arian's birthday is in June, so he got to pick this month's legendary superhero film – Trey Parker's Orgazmo! Perhaps not as well known as South Park, Team America, or Cannibal: The Musical, this film is not appropriate for anyone under the age of 17. Or over. It's an early example of Parker's obsession with Mormonism, and also with porn. Orgazmo is...
Jun 16, 2017•1 hr 28 min
The Needless Commentary team convenes live in the Phantom Zone to discuss DC's newest blockbuster – Wonder Woman ! The modern era of films based on the DC Universe has received mixed reviews, to say the least. Man of Steel , Dawn of Justice , and Suicide Squad while profitable, were far from universally loved. Even within the ranks of the Needless Things Irregulars. To the point where discussion of said films is strictly verboten. Fans saw Wonder Woman as an opportunity to leave behind the contr...
Jun 08, 2017•1 hr 15 min
In the newest episode of the Needless Things Podcast Phantom Troublemaker and Mike Gordon discuss the life and career of the recently deceased Sir Roger Moore. Sir Roger Moore passed away on May 23, 2017 after a brief battle with cancer. His career as an actor spanned decades and resulted in international superstardom. Moore’s signature characters – Simon Templar and James Bond – were known for their suave, unflappable demeanors, a trait Moore picked up during his time at London’s Royal Academy ...
Jun 02, 2017•1 hr 51 min
In the newest episode of the Needless Things Podcast Phantom Troublemaker, Mike Gordon, and Ryan Cadaver talk LIVE in the Phantom Zone about Ridley Scott’s newest outer space epic! There’s been a whole lotta aliens goin’ on lately around Needless Things, and there’s no better way to put a lid on it (for now) than with a discussion about the newest entry in the franchise, Alien: Covenant . Claiming to be both a follow-up to the divisive Prometheus and a prequel to the classic Alien , Covenant had...
May 26, 2017•1 hr 25 min
In the newest episode of the Needless Things Podcast Phantom Troublemaker, Beth V, Head of Research Ryan, and the Rad Ranger break down the newest Marvel Cinematic Universe blockbuster! James Gunn changed the game with Guardians of the Galaxy . He took the tone and ideals that had been established with the Marvel Cinematic Universe to a galaxy not-so-far away and thrust a group of unique and compelling characters into classic situations. It was a risky move to take characters that the general pu...
May 18, 2017•2 hr 8 min
Cover Art by Vance Kelly Part of an ongoing series – the Needless Things Irregulars gather in the Phantom Zone to provide their own unique commentary on classic genre films! Continuing the Alien-centric themes of the last few episodes, this month’s Commentary is James Cameron’s masterpiece, Aliens ! After seeing Ridley Scott’s Alien in glorious RPX, there was no way the Needless Commentary team could do anything but watch the incredible – and vastly different – 1986 sequel. While Scott’s film de...
May 12, 2017•2 hr 29 min
Phantom Troublemaker, Head of Research Ryan Schweck, and the Belligerent Monkey take a look at the latest in pop culture goings-on! New trailers for The Dark Tower and Defenders ! DC’s Rebirth is still hot – or is it? Ridley Scott seemingly poo-poos Neil Blomkamp’s idea for Alienses ! There’s plenty of genre news out there, and today on the show the Needless Things Irregulars convene to discuss these items and more! Listen in as Phantom, Ryan, and Jay have a good, old-fashioned nerd jam in the n...
May 04, 2017•1 hr 20 min
