Fan X Fan Show: 'The Flash' 304 - "The New Rogues"

Episode Highlights-

- Trav votes early, and we urge you to get out and vote

- I talk about the early success of my acting debut in 'Nneka The Uber Driver'

https://www.facebook.com/nnekatheuberdriver/videos/890693434365122/?hc_ref=PAGES_TIMELINE

- Writing my first Web Series!

- Amalgam Comics' Ariel makes get her own Marvel Variant Cover!

- We talk Halloween, terrible Joker costumes, and being fat

- Barry and Wally (and Joe!) are suckers when it comes to women

- Changes to Mirror Master and The Top

- Snart makes his "expanded universe" debut

- The many versions of Harrison Wells

- How Jesse Quick is Trunks/Goten, and her costume is awesome

- Traci Lords in 'Crybaby', oh my

- Cold mirrors and showerheads

- Our Election Season Show???

The South Kongress Podcast Fan x Fan Show: 'The Flash' 303 - "Magenta"

Episode Highlights:

- Travis and I debunk the "Locker Room Talk"  BS that's been going around

- My Episode of 'Nneka the Uber Driver' is out!  Please watch and Share!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AOCwUDy8Hw

https://www.facebook.com/nnekatheuberdriver/videos/890693434365122/

- Trav's first month or so in Austin, and the horror that is rush hour

- Burger x wine, cuz we're fancy

- How "Flashpoint" has affected the different characters so far

- Earth 2 not being affected by "Flashpoint" and Wells picking up on that early

- Magenta, Magneto, and my love for 'The Craft'

- Wally trying to jumpstart his powers, and revisiting 'Deadpool'

- Jessie getting... Quick

- Keeping the spark in your super powered relationship

- Magenta being all powerful, but like 15

- What's Alchemy's game, and why does he know things have changed?

- Jessie's costume is THAT FIRE

- WE. NEED. REVIEWS. AND. RATINGS!

Fan X Fan Show: 'The Flash' 302 - "Paradox"

Episode Highlights:

-Trav and I talk the joy of sharing FX's "Atlanta" with your white friends

- The oh so gorgeous women of Luke Cage

- Street-level heroes in the larger MCU

- The 3rd Volume of Jessica Jones' solo book "Alias"

- Barry trying to make amends for "Flashpoint", and noticing all the changes

- A FANTSTIC guest appearance, and it's bearing on Barry's decisions

- "The Rival", "Dr. Alchemy", and how this sets up the season

- How much we love our actors' ability to play different roles

- Always an Iris, always a Barry (a nod to 'Bioshock')

- 'Supergirl', 'Legends', and too muhc (good) television

Fan x Fan Show: 'The Flash' 301 - "Flashpoint"

We're back!  After the summer off, 'The Flash' returns with it's season premiere!  Show Highlights:

-  Trav and I live stream our show via Facebook and Periscope

- We talk a little 'The Flashpoint Paradox'

- We try discuss time travel vs. dimension hopping

- Iris is all the way fine

- Barry's Mom, also all the way fine

- Kid Flash's transformation, and the GREAT show trope of actors playing multiple roles

- Thawne's endless plotting

- "The Rival" and "Savatar"

- What we expect from the season

- Brand new Itunes review

- When to expect the song/ album of the year show in podcast form

Fan X Fan Show: 'Preacher' 110 - "Call and Response"

Wow.  That's it.  The show I've personally been anticipating for years just finished it's first season run.  Travis and I talk expectations vs. reality on a variety of levels as we cover not only the season finale, but the first season as a whole.  "Call and Response" is the proper sendoff for those wanting to get to the meat of the comics, while also giving our home city of Annville it's proper due. Yes, I'm being short because this is better said aloud this time.  A full review, some time to thank all of our great guests, a bit of our post 'Preacher', pre- 'Flash' plans, some 'Suicide Squad' and a comic you NEED TO READ on this week's Fan X Fan Show!!!

Fan X Fan Show: 'Preacher' 108 - "El Valero" (w/ Trevor Reece)

CROSSOVER EPISODE! This week, with Travis purifying himself in the waters of Lake Minnetonka, I'm joined by Trevor Reece of the 'Podcast of Two Worlds'!  We talk about the insightful and detailed Flash coverage he does with partner in crime Chris Fimbres, his love of the source material, and of course, his adoration of 'Preacher'.  He picks a great week to stalk stylized ultraviolence, as Jesse fends off the Quincannon boys with Karate, Choppers and Molotov cocktails!  Blood will be shed and penises will be lost (no, really, shot smooth off)!  We see the accident that causes Quincannon's change of heart, Donnie finds a way to circumvent Jesse's gift, and Tulip goes pup hunting!  Eugene's back, Eugene's gone, Genesis is gone, Genesis is back... and Miles finally shows his hand.  All this, a potential God run-in, and much more on this week's Fan X Fan Show!

Fan X Fan Show: 'Preacher' 107 - "He Gone"

This week, I spend some time telling you that if you think diversity in comics is "PC", you're a piece of s**t.  No, seriously, I do.  And if you think that, you are.  We talked about it, and I felt it was wrong to have  platform like this and not talk race in America in the wake of what's been happened around us, well, all our lives.  We touch on some things, and welcome feedback.  However, the meat of this episode is the FANTASTIC follow up to the best 'Preacher' show so far.  In "He Gone"... he gone! "He" is most notably Eugene, who was wished away to Hell (seriously) after a heated conversation with Jesse, who's more focused on putting butts in the seats than really helping people.  A healthy heaping on flashbacks take place, as we see the incidents that brought Jesse and Tulip together, and at times set them apart.  Cassidy struggles to find the good in Jesse, and takes drastic measures to bring it out of him.  Tulip proves to be a world class athlete and a bottom shelf cook in the same day, Emily is the most down ass woman living, and Quincannon has a surprise for Jesse he can't quite accept!  We find out Eugene's real crime (and why he's not behind bars maybe) and talk some Old Testament justice!  All this, and Travis finds a way to hate on the greatness of Wally West newly unveiled "Kid Flash" costume on this week's Fan X Fan Show!

Fan X Fan Show: 'Preacher' 101 - "Pilot"

No Flash? No Problem!  Travis and I team up for a new season of the South Kongress Fan x Fan show to cover one of my longtime loves-turned-show, 'Preacher', based on the Vertigo Comics title of the same name.  In the 90 minute premiere, we talk about the great state of Texas, different states of vampirism, and state our undying love for Priscilla-Jean Henrietta O'Hare.  We get to see our titular character do his best to balance his commitment to the world with his desire to hold onto a past life, while dealing with momma's boys, funny-style policemen and women that like things... a bit rough.  I touch on a few of the other Vertigo comics in this universe, some noticeable differences from the comic continuity/ characterization THAT BIG GIANT EASTER EGG FROM THE JUMP, our new format for this season, and welcome in a new audience to this little thing of ours.  And naturally, us being us, we do a bit of the "oh, THAT'S how you feel about organized religion?" song and dance.  All this, and a boy with an ass where his face used to be, on this week's Fan X Fan Show!

Fan X Fan Show: 'The Flash' 223 - "The Race of His Life"

THIS IS IT! Twenty three episodes deep, and that's a wrap on season two! In "The Race of His Life", Barry has to decide on revenge, or saving the world, against hated rival Zoom. We finally learn the identity of the Man in the Iron Mask, and it just may be the catalyst for sending Barry to the (flash)point of no return! Travis and I talk season long payoffs, character progression, what we expect to happen in the future, and all the things we learned about the show on the way. Don't worry, we don't be gone for very long, as we gear up to cover AMC's 'Preacher', and this time around, we'll have some great contributors to the cause! We take the time to thank you all, and each other, for supporting us along the way, because you all make this so rewarding! Get ready for the big one, as we tackle the season finale of our beloved Flash!

 

Fan X Fan Show: 'The Flash' 222 - "Invincible"

To quote an anti-hero that wears black, talking to a hero who wears red, in another fantastic comics to film adaptation: "You're one bad day away from being me." Zoom puts this theory to the test in the penultimate episode “Invincible”, as Team Flash faces the loss of one of their own.  Barry’s visit w/ the Speed Force has him confident in the team’s ability to take down Zoom, but the other members stress the need for him to curb that enthusiasm.  Fitting that motif, a certain deceased Arrow character's doppelganger appears as Zoom's sole surviving lieutenant, leading the hordes of villains at his disposal.  Wally can't sit on the sidelines, Henry finds a new love interest, and our young scientists play a dangerous game of dress-up!  We get closer to Zoom's ultimate goal, make some progress in the Barry/ Iris love saga, and get vanity headphones that work about at well as... our Earth's vanity headphones!  All this, and we're DAYS AWAY FROM OUR NEW SUMMER SHOW AND I'M SO EXCITED!!!  Travis is... well, he's getting there.  We take the time to shout out some of our fellow Flash/ Nerd podcasters, put out a few "what if's" for the finale/next season, and thank you guys for rocking with us through 22 straight Flash Episodes!  All this and more on this week's Fan X Fan Show!

Fan X Fan Show: 'The Flash' 221 - "The Runaway Dinosaur"

Sorry for the wait!  The NBA playoffs have taken up some of our recording time, but uh... we're good on that now.  Travis and make appropriate time to gush over the greatness that was 'Captain America: Civil War'.  We talk characters, motivations, sounds and sights of what I'm going to say is the best superhero movie ever (Trav refrains from such declarations, but he also thought Eric Bana 'Hulk' movie was good smh).  We don't dive TOO DEEP into spoiler territory, but when we do, we give very fair warning.  I'll tell you about the web series I worked on this week, and how great the team I worked with made the experience.  We're nearing the end of our Flash season.  Real Tears.  Barry's in Speedforce limbo, and the team's split between getting him back, making sure Jessie hasn't kicked the bucket, and fending off a previously deceased man made of metal.  Barry meets the ghosts of cosmos past, present, and future as he tries to find his way home, and Joe does a very obvious test with Wally to determine the effects of the Accelerator on him, and Zoom has a legion of funny haired baddies at his disposal!  All this and more on this week's Fan X Fan show!

Fan X Fan Show: 'The Flash' 220 - "Rupture" (*Bonus* - 'Views' Review)

(This week, we started the show reviewing Drake's new album "Views", so if that's not your thing, dodge the 32:00 - 55:00 area. Yeah. That much. We even acknowledge, without knowing the time mark, that some on you only listen to the first half of the show, and some, the second half. We dig.) Oh boy. We get QUITE the body count this week! On this episode of 'My 3 Dads'... er... 'The Flash' titled "Rupture", Zoom's back in town, with Caitlyn in tow, ready to do to Earth-1 what he did to Earth-2. The fun thing about serial killers is they lack creativity, so Wells paints a picture that quickly comes to pass. Barry has to face the idea of risking it all to become The Flash again, Iris has to face the fear of risking it all again to get her man, and Cisco has to face the fear of having a conversation with his punk ass brother! As Zooms plans unfold, we get the event that births new speedsters, the long awaited return of Henry Allen, and MAYBE a bit more insight as to who may be under that mask in Prison Zoom! Doppelgangers, mass murder, and really durable camera equipment! Trav talks about the joyous even that was his sister's wedding, I try not to scream as I tell you all about landing my acting gig, we get mad at Hollywood for whitewashing everything, and get really excited for Cap 3: Civil War. All this and more on this week's Fan X Fan Show!

 

Fan X Fan Show: 'The Flash' 219 - "Back to Normal"

"Hey, I didn't do a whole lot this week, this should be a pretty fast show!"  Yeah... never. "Panda" is the #1 song in the country this week, and I try to explain that because kids are dumb, it's really not Desiigner's fault.  I explain my excitement for the upcoming Drake/Future tour, that has it's first stop here in Austin.  We both commit to listening to "Views from the 6" this weekend, so we can give an honest review next week.  Travis fills us on his continued love affair with "Ant-Man", and his great time at a Polica concert.  I talk about the difficulties of eating five times a day, our upcoming flagship episodes, and the homie's new comic series that just went into print!  On this week's Flash episode, we see Barry adjust back to life as a normal, the young Miss Wells understand the value in killing the bad guys, and a "flash-off" between Our titular hero and his potential running buddy (see what I did there?)!  Our villain of the week seems to grow old with anger, and boy is that Zoom one scarred supervillain!  We THINK we've figured out just who's behind that mask, to varying degrees of excitement.  Caitlyn gets to flex her acting muscles, playing both versions of herself against one another, and Earth-2 Wells keeps on being the cold SOB we know and love.  This, and a preview of our possible "Flashpoint" powers restoration scene, on this week's South Kongress Fan X Fan Show!

Fan X Fan Show: 'The Flash' 218 - "Versus Zoom"

We recorded this hours after learning the world lost Prince, one of it's most important figures of (at the very least) the last century.  Travis and I talk at length about Prince's impact on our culture, our families and ourselves.  After I shed a tear or two, we get into our weeks, and Travis continues to enjoy his new reads.  I'll tell you about the Gilani/Seemion wedding, and my first acting audition in years!  Then... oh boy.  Travis and I take turns yelling at the television as Team Flash comes up with a plan (kinda) to stop Zoom (maybe?) once and for all (we hoped kinda maybe).  Wally decides the rent is too damn high, Cisco decides the dark side is way too close, and Zoom's pops decides the chicken was too damn dry!  Some great juxtaposing, more and more insight as to why the supporting cast matters so much, and a room full of killers who can't bring themselves to kill this time.  Damn.  All this and more on this week's Fan X Fan Show!

Fan x Fan Show: 'Supergirl' 118- "World's Finest" (Flash Crossover)

(Note:  the episode was 50% Batman v. Superman tirade, but the powers that be dropped the recording!  DAMN YOU ZACK SNYDER!) In a busy, BUSY week (Wrestlemania is upon us!) Travis was gracious enough to sit down and watch the latest Flash Crossover event, this time with the big budget DC Show 'Supergirl'.  A play on the old Batman/Superman team ups, "World's Finest" takes the Scarlet Speedster to the CBS Universe (in more ways than one) to help the Kryptonian Heroine save the day.  Trav talks about the great chemistry between the characters, some details on the differences between universes, and catches me up on the "Red Kryptonite/ Martian Manhunter" storyline that's been brewing.  You'll catch a VERY small portion of a future Batman v. Superman rant, and hear about our weekly goings on in this special episode of the Fan X Fan show!

Fan X Fan Show: 'The Flash' 217 - "Flash Back"

Time travel makes our heads hurt!  On this week's episode, Barry thinks he's found the way to move on par with Zoom and the Reverse Flash, and of course it involves mucking up time as we know it! We revisit the Season 1 episode "The Sound and the Fury" and things get out of hand way sooner than they should have!  We talk track coaches, sports science, The Michael J. Fox vehicle "The Frighteners", and really, really good looking CGI.  Barry violates the rule of leaving his phone unlocked, Wally finally does something useful, and we tell you all a bit about our upcoming weekend in Dallas on this week's Fan X Fan Show!!!

 

Fan X Fan Show: 'The Flash' 216 - "Trajectory"

Did you miss us? A tiny bit? OF COURSE you did!  After a two week break, thanks to wine (dark liquor) , women and song, Travis and I are back to talk comics, TV, and of course, 'The Flash'!  We get to hear about his awesome time at the Black Podcasters Meetup, and some of the great conversation he got to be part of.  I'll tell you about the 6 day vice binge that was the South by Southwest music and arts festival and how I'm too old for this (redacted), word to Danny Glover.  I saw season 2 of Marvel's 'Daredevil', and I gush over how great Jon Berthnal's Punisher is.  No spoilers though, as some of us move at different paces.  We talk early Batman v. Superman reviews, and how your love, or hate, of the 'Watchmen' film may have an effect on your star rating.  This week's episode of 'The Flash' introduces a new speedster, and tackles the question "why shouldn't we all just do drugs?"  one vial at a time.  All the science brains come together to solve the Zoom Conundrum, Iris plays a game of "waste his time 2016", and Travis refuses to see what all the girls see in Wally West.  Jessie Wells makes a life changing decision, we find out Beyoncé runs more than one world, and Kanye is Kanye, no matter the universe.  All this, and more, on this week's Fan x Fan Show! (wanted to work in “speed kills” somewhere, but eh…)

Fan X Fan Show: Spring Break #2

Brownface.  Blockbusters.  Bad rappers.  This week's Fan X Fan show went every which way, the majority of the time spent covering the first 7 episodes of the DCTVU's "Legends of Tomorrow".  Last week's episode went into the motivations of each character, but this week, we go blow for blow with our time traveling supers.  We talk similarities to "Star Trek", "Star Wars", "Sliders" and "Quantum Leap", as well as where we think the show may be headed for it's 2nd half (thanks Wikipedia!)  Travis, woke than a mug this week, explains to be why new rapper Desiigner may very well be the "Dab-churian Candidate" (copyrighted) and goes over all the wrong steps taken that lead to Zoe Saldana being the titular character in the Nina Simone Biopic.  I complain about all the fun I'm going to have next week for the SXSW music festival in my very best Kane/Drake tone.  We have ANOTHER 5 star Itunes review (so damn cool), and tell you about our awesome friend that's designed a FANTASTIC t-shirt for us for Wrestlemania weekend.  And remember... If Young Metro don't trust you...

Fan X Fan Show: Spring Break #1

We're doing the very best we can to fight off speedster withdrawal!  It's something of a spring break, as we'll have a three week gap before the next new episode of 'The Flash'.  Luckily, Travis finally decided he actually does things between podcasts, so you get to hear all about our exciting weeks!  Trav finally saw 'Deadpool', so we get to talk broken ankles, CGI done right, and all the inside jokes he didn't realize were happening!  I ask him once and for all if that's an appropriate film for the Cam Jr.'s and Trav Jr.'s of the world (the answer is no) and I try to sell him on the McAvoy/Fassbender X-Films.  He talks all about the awesomeness that is Philly's Amalgam Comics, 'The Ultimates', and 29 Days of BlackCosplay!  I threw a WILD pizza party for a bunch of 9 year olds.  No joke behind that, that's really what happened.  I'll tell you about their love of cheese pizza and spitballs.  Also, the LONG AWAITED second 'South Kongress' Podcast episode drops this weekend, and I'll preview a heart to heart conversation built on vodka, tears and trap music.  After we all of that, we start our two part conversation about the surprise hit show, 'Legends of Tomorrow' by detailing the different characters and their motivations.  Flash may be on break, but one (physics shattering) monkey don't stop no show!!!

Fan X Fan Show: 'The Flash' 215 - "King Shark"

First off - I CALLED IT!  I told you who Zoom was, suck it America!!!  In all seriousness, our heroes recover from  the Earth-2 Fallout, dealing with death and loss in their own ways.  We finally get some progression in the budding Barry/Wally Rivalry, Caitlyn gets frosty, and Arrow's John Diggle shows up with his wife to give wise Black Man advice.  Also, lots and lots of "Jaws" references, and we find out there won't be another FLASH 'Fan X Fan' for a month!  We preview a busy week in wrestling for Trav's 'East Coast Cast' and explain to you guys again why your reviews are so valuable.  All this and more of this week's Fan X Fan Show!!!