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SciFiPulse Radio brings you all the latest news and interviews from the world of comic, television, film and web series

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Episodes

SFP-NOW TV REVIEWS SHOW: The Guys Talk About The Boys and More…

Welcome to this slightly delayed episode, originally planned for July but postponed due to various obstacles. In this episode, Marx and Ian dive into The Boys , specifically focusing on episodes 4 through 6. The show seems to tap directly into current political and social issues in the USA. Along the way, we briefly touch on Supernatural and our hope that Eric Kripke's decision to end the series is respected, allowing The Boys to have a strong, satisfying conclusion. We then discuss the now-canc...

Sep 07, 202440 min

SFP-NOW Interviews Writers & Editors about Fairy Tales Folklore and Fables Reimagined

Welcome to a very special edition of the SFP-NOW Podcast. In this episode I am joined by authors Amber Morant, Katherine Dow, Sophia DeSensi, and author/editor Marx Pyle as they discuss their enchanting stories and their exciting new anthologies, Enchanted Tales & Twisted Lore: Fairy Tales, Folklore, and Fables Reimagined - Volume 1 and Once Upon a Twisted Time: Fairy Tales, Folklore, and Fables Reimagined - Volume 2 Learn more about their creative process and the current Kickstarter project...

Jul 23, 202441 minSeason 1Ep. 7

SFP-NOW TV REVIEWS SHOW: The Guys Chat Doctor Who, Star Trek, and Star Wars

Welcome to another episode of our reviews podcast. In this episode, Marx and Ian chew the fat on three of the biggest science fiction and fantasy franchises out there. We kick-off with a discussion about the recent series of Doctor Who give our thoughts on the season finale and talk about the good and the bad. The good is the fact that they managed to get Gabriel Woolf to once again provide his voice for the role of Sutekh. Also up for discussion is the series finale of Star Trek: Discovery. Due...

Jul 09, 20241 hr 28 minSeason 1Ep. 6

SFP-NOW TV REVIEWS SHOW: The Gang Discuss X-Men 97, Dark Matter & More

Welcome to another episode of SFP-NOW in which Marx and Ian discuss their pick of genre television shows and the occasional movies. For this episode, Marx provides his final thoughts on the first season of Disney's animated X-Men 97 series, which pretty much picked the story up from where it left off when the original X-Men series ended. Also discussed is the new Dark Matter series on Apple TV, which is another mystery box-style series that involves alternate universes and lots of hightened dram...

Jun 18, 202421 minSeason 1Ep. 5

SFP-NOW TV REVIEWS SHOW: Star Trek & Doctor Who Get Discussed & Ian Goes Ape

Welcome to another episode of the SFP-NOW and a change of Format as they guys look at putting out two shows every couple of weeks instead of one every month. For this episode, Ian and Marx discuss Doctor Who and Star Trek: Discovery and we talk briefly about the renewal of a certain Netflix series. We start with our thoughts about the opening two episodes of the newly rebooted Doctor Who. Marx and I agree that the silliness of ‘Space Babies’ was fun, but we felt that ‘The Devil's Chord’ was the ...

May 28, 202429 minSeason 1Ep. 5

SFP-NOW TV REVIEWS SHOW: The Gang Discuss Star Trek: Discovery & New Amazon Series Fallout

Welcome to the April Edition of the SFP-NOW TV Reviews Show. In this episode Marx, Jeff, and Ian boldly go through over a month's worth of TV shows as we sift through some of the highs and lows of the month. We kick-off with our final thoughts on the Netflix series Avatar: The Last Airbender as we all chat about the final episode and rave about the stunning visual FX and fantastic acting performances. The tone changes dramatically as Jeff, Marx, and Ian give their first impressions of Amazon's n...

Apr 20, 20241 hr 25 minSeason 1Ep. 4

SFP-NOW TV REVIEWS SHOW: The Gang Discuss The Last Airbender & Express Bitter Disappointment Over The New Season of Halo

Welcome to another episode of the SFP-NOW TV Reviews Show. This month Ian, Marx and Jeff get their swashbuckling shoes on as they discuss a shedload of new shows that have launched on various platforms that cover the first two months of the year. We kick off the show with my thoughts on the new season of Star Wars: The Bad Batch and how the third season is really leaning into the cloning story, which has fed through to The Mandalorian. The second show we look at is the new Netflix take on The La...

Mar 04, 20241 hr 21 minSeason 1Ep. 2

SFP-NOW TV REVIEWS SHOW: Doctor Who Specials & Best TV & Films of 2023

Welcome to our first episode of 2024 as we take a look back at some of the highlights of 2023. 2023 didn’t get off to the greatest of starts for Ian as he wound up in Hospital for about 10 days with a case of Double pneumonia and a Blood Clot on one of his lungs. So suffice it to say he had to rethink a few things, which included scifipulse.net and the podcast. So after some thought and a chat with Marx Pyle. Ian decided to roll many of the TV reviews that used to feature on the website into a m...

Jan 26, 20241 hr 45 minSeason 1Ep. 1

SFP-NOW TV REVIEWS SHOW: FEATURING Monarch: Legacy of Monsters & More

Welcome to our last episode of 2023. Recorded on the 1st of December. Ian, Marx, and Jeff discuss their continued enjoyment of Baldurs Gate 3 before getting into the TV reviews. On the television front. We start the episode with our thoughts on the new Apple Plus series Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, which is a tie-in series to the 2014 Godzilla movie and dives into the origins of the mysterious corporation Monarch. Of course, this is a monster show so we use sound effects to rate it. Then Ian qui...

Dec 21, 20231 hr 13 min

SFP-NOW TV REVIEWS SHOW: FEATURING Bodies, Gen V, Ahsoka, One Piece & More

Welcome to another episode of the SFP-NOW Reviews show. After what has been a long break. We're back with a slightly longer episode to cover as much as we can. In this episode, Ian, Jeff, and Marx return with reviews of newer shows like Netflix's Bodies and Amazon Gen V & Upload. But also give their thoughts on shows that have finished their first seasons like Ahsoka & One Piece. Added to all of that. We also talk a little about Baldurs Gate 3, which is a game that we have all been playi...

Nov 05, 20231 hr 24 min

SFP-NOW TV REVIEWS SHOW: Featuring Ahsoka, One Piece and The Wheel of Time

Welcome to another exciting episode of the SFP-NOW reviews show. Having returned from their epic weekend at Dragon Con. Marx and Jeff have a fair bit to share about their weekend of panels as well as good news about their book sales. As far as TV reviews go. We take a less is more approach this week as we discuss Ahsoka, which continues the adventures of the popular character from Star Wars: Clone Wars and Rebels. In fact Ian says that it might as well be called Rebels season 5 because it uses m...

Sep 17, 202338 minEp. 16

SFP-NOW TV REVIEWS SHOW: The Guys talk Twisted Metal, Babylon 5 & Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Welcome to a somewhat belated episode of the SFP-NOW reviews show. After what has been a little break. Marx, Jeff and Ian return to talk about a host of shows as well an epic chat that goes over the final four episodes of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds in which Ian and Marx hold a slightly different view point to Jeff. We kick things off by catching up on what everyone has been up to before diving into the reviews. First up Jeff talks about Twisted Metal, which he claims is one of the funniest sc...

Aug 30, 20231 hr 38 minEp. 14

SFP-NOW TV REVIEWS SHOW: The House Between & Other Horrors With John Kenneth Muir

Welcome to another exciting episode of the SFP-NOW TV Reviews Podcast. For this weeks episode Ian and Marx are joined by Writer John Kenneth Muir who talks with us about his new podcast The House Between as well as his favorite subject of horror movies. Over the course of 90-plus minutes, we talk about a great many things, which include the Musical Star Trek episode, which we were all really impressed with. As fans know. John Kenneth Muir has written several award-winning books about the Horror ...

Aug 12, 20231 hr 33 minEp. 13

SFP-NOW TV REVIEWS SHOW: Mission Impossible 7 Gets Reviewed Alongside Almost Paradise and much More

Welcome to another episode of the SFP-NOW reviews show. This episode sees us talk about a number of TV shows and movies. We kick off the show with our review of Indiana Jones and The Dial of Destiny and then move on to the new season of Almost Paradise, which dropped last weekend on Amazon's Freevee channel. The show, which stars Christian Kane as retired DEA Agent Alex Walker is a rare blend of action and comedy and is somewhat of a throwback to TV shows that populated the networks throughout t...

Jul 29, 20231 hr 8 minEp. 12

SFP-NOW TV REVIEWS SHOW: Ian, Marx & Jeff Burns Give Their Thoughts on The Flash Movie and More

Welcome to another episode of the SFP-Reviews show in which talk all things genre television and movies. For this episode Ian, Marx, and Jeff Burns give their thoughts on the new Flash movie, which sees Ezra Miller take on the role of the Scarlet Speedster. To say that we were all pleasantly surprised by this film would be an understatement as we all had fairly low expectations. In regards to the TV reviews. We look at the new Marvel series Secret Invasion, chat about the new season of The Witch...

Jul 16, 20231 hr 23 minEp. 11

SFP-NOW TV REVIEWS SHOW: Marx & Ian are Joined By Jeff Burns to Discuss Citadel, The Gryphon, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds & More

Welcome to another fun-filled episode of the SFP-NOW TV Reviews Show. In this episode, Ian and Marx are once again joined by Supergeeked Up's Jeff Burns as we boldly go where we always go in order to discuss the latest genre television. After our brief catch-up discussion in which gaming and Jeff's writing comes up as well as an update about 'Tales of Monstrosity: Monsters, Myths, and Miscreants'. We transition smoothly into the TV Reviews. On the menu for this week's episode and in no particula...

Jun 25, 20231 hr 29 minEp. 10

SFP-NOW TV REVIEWS SHOW: Ian chats about Gremlins: Secrets of The Mogwai & The New Netflix Series Fubar

Welcome to another fun-filled episode of the SPP-NOW Reviews show on ScifiPulse Radio. In this week's show. Before getting to the reviews. Ian shares his thoughts on his initial impressions of the PlayStation VR2 Headset, which he recently purchased for use during his downtime. And told Marx about some of the games that he's been looking at, which also happen to be based on popular RPG Tabletop games. Meanwhile, Marx gave a brilliant update about his anthology book Tales of Monstrosity: Monsters...

Jun 11, 202356 minEp. 9

SFP-NOW TV REVIEWS SHOW: Marx & Ian Talk About Silo and Citadel

Welcome to another episode of our Television and Movie reviews show. This time Ian and Marx take a look at a few of the new shows that have been hitting Apple TV and Sky SciFi Channel. After Ian spends the first five minutes of the show dissing his teammates on Rocket League. We straight onto TV and share in our views about CW making a spin-off show to The Librarians, which is a favorite show around these parts. This week we hit the ground running and discuss the pilot episode of Silo, which was...

May 27, 202355 minEp. 9

SFP-NOW TV REVIEWS SHOW: The Gang Talks About New Spy-Fi Series Citadel & We Talk Trek and Mandalorian Finales

Welcome to another exciting review show in which Marx and Ian are once again joined by Supergeeked Up's Jeff Burns to chew the fat over a bunch of recent TV shows. In this episode, we chat about the new Amazon Prime Spy series Citadel, which has some fantastic action and adventure to it as well as two brilliant lead actors in the form of Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra Jonas as super spies Mason Kane and Nadia Sinh. This series puts us in mind of all the best elements of James Bond and Missio...

May 13, 202355 minEp. 8

SFP-NOW TV REVIEWS SHOW: Marx Talks Dungeons & Dragons Movie, Plus more Star Trek Chat & Our Take On Amazons The Powers

Welcome to the sixth episode of The new SFP-NOW review show in Which Marx Pyle and I discuss all of our favorite TV Shows and movies. We kick this week's episode off with Marx's review of the new Dungeons & Dragons movie in which Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, and Regé-Jean Page kick some dragon butt. Marx feels that this version of the film is a big improvement over the 2000 version. As it pulls in more from the various different settings that feature in the D&D Table Top Games. Our D&...

Apr 22, 20231 hr 30 minEp. 7

SFP-NOW TV REVIEWS SHOW: We Talk The Last of US, Star Trek, Quantum Leap & More

Welcome to another installment of our reviews show. For this episode, Ian and Marx are joined by special guest reviewer Jeff Burns who is best known as the host and creator of the popular Youtube Channel Supergeekedup . We're playing catch-up during the first few minutes of this episode as we finally get to talk a bit about the season finales of The Last of Us and Wolfpack, which we thought was a really good show. When it comes to The Last of Us Marx and Ian agreed that the series was really str...

Apr 08, 20231 hr 17 minEp. 6

SFP-NOW TV REVIEWS SHOW: Some Star Wars Chat and Our First Thoughts on Gotham & School Spirits

Happy Friday and welcome to another episode of SFP- NOW's ongoing reviews show. In this episode, Ian & Marx give their initial thoughts on the new CW series Gotham, which is a show set in a universe where Batman has been killed. Our initial thoughts are that the show is kind of meh and has room for improvement. So tune in to hear exactly what we have to say. Moving on. We also give our first thoughts on School Spirits and focus on the show's pilot episode 'My So-Called Death', which introduc...

Mar 24, 20231 hr 1 minEp. 4

SFP-NOW TV REVIEWS SHOW: Our Continuing Thoughts on Star Trek: Picard & Some Ghostly Goings On

Happy Friday all and welcome to another reviews episode as Ian and Marx boldly trek through another batch of genre television episodes and discuss them. On the menu for this episode is Star Trek: Picard Season Three episode 3 'Seventeen Seconds' in which Marx and Ian agree that the series has definitely increased the Trek Factor to Warp 9.95. Also discussed is the recent happenings on Wolf Pack, which is a show that is very popular among the scifipulse.net writing staff. Ian attempts to give a g...

Mar 10, 202357 minSeason 2023Ep. 3

SFP-NOW TV REVIEWS SHOW OUR FIRST THOUGHTS ON STAR TREK: PICARD SEASON 3 & The ARK

Welcome to another episode of our brand new reviews show. For this episode, Marx and Ian head off to the final frontier and boldly delve into a few recent episodes of genre television shows. First up is a look at the episode of The Last of US titled Endure and Survive , which gave us a rather harrowing story in which Ellie and Joel meet Henry and his little brother Sam. Then we head to the final frontier to discuss the first episode of the third season of Star Trek: Picard , which was appropriat...

Feb 22, 202345 min

SFP-NOW TV Reviews Show Looks At Lockwood & Co and Wolf Pack

Welcome to SFP-NOW and our new TV reviews show that we'll be looking to roll out every two weeks. For this series, Ian Cullen is joined by Marx Pyle of GenreTainment to discuss episodes of various genre television shows. This week's episode takes a look at episode three of The Last Of Us, which seemed to stir up mixed reviews from fans of the game versus those fans that have just tuned in for the series. Get our views on the Bob and Frank storyline. Also, we have a look at the new Netflix Series...

Feb 09, 202331 minSeason 2023Ep. 1

SFP-NOW & GenreTainment Special Best Movie, TV and Book Picks of 2022

Welcome to a celebration as SFP-NOW and GenreTainment Cross their Streams to discuss their top picks for Television, Movies, Comics, Books, and Video Games of 2022. With another year coming to an end. SFP-NOW's Ian Cullen and Genretainment's Marx Pyle invite guests, Jeff Burns of SuperGeekeduo and Fantasy writer Katharine Dow , to share their top three Television, Movie, Book, Comic Book and Video Game picks of 2022. Indeed 2022 has been a great year for genre television and film and started off...

Dec 30, 20221 hr 51 min

Tales of Monstrosity: Monsters, Myths and Miscreants Writer's Interviews Part Two

Welcome to another creepy episode of SFP-NOW. Being served up for this episode is the second part of our interview shows for the new Anthology Book Tales of Monstrosity: Monsters, Myths, and Miscreants. Joining us Marx Pyle and me for this installment will be the following writers: Marisa Wolf, Colten Fisher, Victoria L. Scott, and Sophia DeSensi. All four of these writers have stories featured in the new Anthology, which has managed to raise its target on Kickstarter with change to spare for so...

Nov 20, 202248 minEp. 127

Tales of Monstrosity: Monsters, Myths and Miscreants Writer's Interviews Part One

Welcome to a new episode of SFP-NOW. For this monstrous edition of the show. We bring news of a new Kickstarter campaign for a new anthology book called Monstrosity: Monsters, Myths, and Miscreants . In order to help get this campaign up and running. We speak to the series creator and sometimes contributor to scifipulse.net Marx Pyle about the book and also learn about some of the stories contained within its monstrous pages. In this first set of writer chats, we speak with Scott A. Johnson abou...

Oct 26, 20221 hr 3 minEp. 126

Our First Thoughts on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds & The New Doctor Who

Welcome to another episode of SFP-NOW and our first episode to be hosted by Ancor FM. In this episode, Ian and Raissa give their first impressions of the new Doctor Who actor Ncuti Gatwa and discuss their hopes for the series now that Russell T. Davies is back as the executive producer and head writer. We also give our first impressions of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, which Raissa describes as the Star Trek show that she was hoping for when Next Generation came out. Also discussed briefly are ...

Jun 09, 20221 hr 12 minEp. 125

John Walsh Chats about His New Escape From New York Book

Welcome to another great episode of SFP-NOW. For this episode, we catch up with award-winning filmmaker and writer John Walsh, who has been keeping himself very busy. We last spoke with John back in August of 2021 when he talked with us about his Ray Harryhausen and Flash Gordon books, which have both done incredibly well for him. This time out we chat about his latest book 'Escape From New York: The Official Story of The Film', which has been selling so well that Titan can't print them fast eno...

Feb 04, 20221 hr 8 min
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