Ric Bretschneider

Con Man the Game

Fanboy Planet Podcast Episode 449: Ways to Kill Jason Salazar

August 26, 2016 Ric Bretschneider 0

Jason Salazar joins the Fanboys for reports on Worldcon 74, Heroes & Villains, Cinequest’s new VR festival, the new Iron “Man”, Justice League Dark, Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti’s The Monolith, Doctor Strange, Mark Mothersbaugh on Thor: Ragnarok, Guardians of the Galaxy, Infinity War, Return of the Caped Crusaders, The Tick, and Con Man the Game.

The Master Bringing Us Into Focus

Fanboy Planet Podcast Episode 446: The Killing Jokes

August 8, 2016 Ric Bretschneider 0

The fanboys discuss The Killing Joke animated movie, recent movie trailers for Justice League, Wonder Woman, The Defenders, Luke Cage, Spider-Man: Homecoming, and then launch into interviews from Comic-Con 2016, including:
Arvind David (Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency)
Christos Gage (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Amazing Spider-Man, and ROM)
Dan Mora (Klaus)
David Walker (Tarzan on the Planet of the Apes, Nighthawk, Power Man and Iron Fist)
and that’s not all for the Comic-Con coverage, so listen for even more!

Fanboy Planet Podcast Episode 445: Teen Titans Go!

July 28, 2016 Ric Bretschneider 0

Direct from Comic-Con San Diego 2016, our Teen Titans Go! show!

Interviews with producer Aaron Horvath, producer/director Peter Rida Michail, Greg Cipes (Beast Boy), Tara Strong (Raven), Scott Menville (Robin) and Khary Payton (Cyborg), and an unexpected a cappella performance you’re likely only going to hear here!

Saturday Night Live-Ish

Fanboy Planet Podcast Episode 441: Saturday Night Live-ish!

June 15, 2016 Ric Bretschneider 0

The Fanboys ask all the questions you want answers for, like Star Wars – Rogue One, Marvel coming to Comic-Con, Hard Rock Hotel turning into Belle Reve, Sacha Baron Cohen turning into Mandrake the Magician, The Killing Joke, is Sharon Stone Firestar, do we need another Battlestar Galactica, Ghostbusters, the return of Transformers the Movie , Voltron, Bendis and Maleev’s Scarlet on Cinemax, Superman on Supergirl, Game of Thrones, Zombie Stormtroopers, and so much more!

Fanboy Planet Podcast Episode 440: Fantastic Segues

June 4, 2016 Ric Bretschneider 0

A quick news wrap up with the Marvel and DC big events for this month, potential casting of Captain Marvel, and then a BayCon 2016 special report with Tom Galloway on the state of comics; What’s hot, what’s up and coming, what are people not reading that they should be!

Digital Fanboy

Digital Fanboy: Episode 3 – Dystopian Utopia

June 2, 2016 Ric Bretschneider 0

This concluding episode we’ll be looking at a couple of real-world examples of what you can come to expect from the future of digital media, and how to best prepare for it.

Of course like all modern trilogies, there’s the potential for sequels. If you have questions or if there are new developments in this area, Digital Fanboy is the friend who will either explain it or tell you you’re better off not knowing.

Digital Fanboy

Digital Fanboy: Episode 2 – Locking the Barn Door

June 2, 2016 Ric Bretschneider 0

In Episode 1 we talked about the benefits and additional features we get from electronic media. The terms we hear and what they mean. This round we’ll be looking into how digital media works, and fails – What DRM is and means and how it creates opportunity and complicates “ownership” of digital works. (If you’re paying attention, there’s a little Rebels V. Empire here that you can try at home, but you didn’t hear that from me.)

Digital Fanboy

Digital Fanboy: Episode 1 – Your Digital Destiny

June 2, 2016 Ric Bretschneider 0

Digital Fanboy is our exploration into digital media. How we use it, how it uses us, and how to get a better handle on everything. I hope that by breaking this down into small tastes I can help you understand what the present and future hold for us, just as I exorcise my own demons in this area. Come, take the red pill…