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Coolest Alive

The Coolest Alive Podcast with Jesse Blaze Snider.

Every Tuesday, “Coolest Alive” dives into a fantastic album worthy of your time. No stuffy reviews here, just records from across genres getting deserved praise as must-listen classics, packed with cool vibes and reasons to hit play. Tune in for the best in music weekly.

Wednesday’s “Coolest Alive” is all about comic books/graphic novels that shine bright. We’re not reviewing, we’re celebrating what makes this medium so awesome! Join us to discover a visual storytelling gem you’ll want to check out.

Thursday’s “Coolest Alive” brings the spotlight to a stellar film or TV show. Forget formal critiques, we’re here to talk about what makes live-action filmmaking so great, from epic moments to why it’s a must-watch. Catch the cinematic love every week.

Fridays are for the eclectic, think BOOKS, DOCUMENTARIES, STAGE SHOWS, VIDEO GAMES, STREET FIGHTS, or anything else not covered on Tuesday through Thursday’s shows. Each week, we share something extraordinary (besides music, comics, and movies), diving into why it’s a standout in its field. Expect the unexpected every Friday as we explore the coolest picks…across ALL mediums!

Latest Episodes:

Coolest Pick: Gore Verbinski's "The Lone Ranger" (Non-Spoiler Recommendation!) Apr 27, 2024

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At the time of its release it received more press for its ballooning budget and the questionable casting of Johnny Depp as Tonto that by the time it actually released everyone just kinda skipped it. HOWEVER, the Coolest Geek Alive is HERE to CORRECT this grievous oversight! "The Lone Ranger" is close to a masterpiece in many regards, at the very least its a masterclass in directing, scoring, costuming, acting, character, morality, writing. It has a number of flaws if you break the fourth wall, but its crimes as a piece of art are very few and massively made up for by all of the incredible things it does RIGHT! Let Jesse Blaze Snider fill you in on another fucking awesome episode of the Coolest Geek...ALIVE!

Disney Afternoon DELIGHT! (Darkwing Duck! GARGOYALS! Goof Troop! ALADDIN & MORE "Coolest Picks"!) Apr 25, 2024

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Running out of things to watch with your DISNEY PLUS account?! Never fear, the Coolest Geek Alive is here to guide you through the Disney Animated TV Renaissance that he grew up watching as a child & hs since turned his own kids on to, the "DISNEY AFTERNOON"! Filled with little-known gems like "The Adventures of the Gummi Bears", "Mighty Ducks" & "TailSpin", more popular shows like "Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers", "Goof Troop" & "Aladdin" as well as true animation classics like "Ducktails", Darkwing Duck" & "Gargoyles"! Jesse Blaze Snider has the skinny on all of these now-classic Disney animated shows and presents some compelling reasons to go back and check them out, even if you were unfortunate enough NOT to grow up with the Disney Afternoon on everyday after school at your house. After this, you'll feel like it was. ;)

Amazon's INVINCIBLE - COOLEST PICKS! (Non-Spoiler Endorsement of Season 1 & 2!) Apr 20, 2024

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Robert Kirkman has another MEGA-HIT on his hands and the Coolest Geek Alive is here to break down the genesis of its success! All the way back to the 1st meeting of Jesse Blaze Snider & Robert Kirkman at Wizard World Chicago Comic-Con at an Erik Larsen/Savage Dragon FAN LUNCH. According to Jesse, Robert's Savage Dragon fandom DRIPS from every PAGE of the Comic Book series & now EVERY FRAME of the INVINCIBLE animated series! Be prepared for a CELEBRATION of the quality of the ADAPTATION of the Invincible COMIC BOOK SERIES that geek culture is receiving through this new incredible Amazon animated series!

Coolest Franchise Alive: MASTERS of the UNIVERSE (Is this SCI-FI/FANTASY the GREATEST UNTAPPED Source of GEEK POTENTIAL?) Apr 17, 2024

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Well, is it? Short answer...YES! It really is and the Coolest Geek Alive is here to tell you WHY! Join host Jesse Blaze Snider as he takes you on a brief history of the brand and reviews every attempt to bring this incredible universe to the big screen! If you already GET He-Man then you will be happy to hear what Jesse has to share, if you have NEVER really gotten He-Man, well now is your CHANCE! By the time this episode is over, you WILL UNDERSTAND why MASTERS of the UNIVERSE is the COOLEST FRANCHISE...ALIVE!!

COOLEST PICK - Andrew Stanton's "John Carter" (Spoiler FREE Movie Recommendation!) Apr 14, 2024

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This Saturday Jesse Blaze Snider digs into one of his favorite films of the past 15 years, Andrew Stanton's "John Carter", a film which was originally titled "John Carter of Mars" until "Mars Needs Moms" flopped and Disney's marketing PANICKED! It is a film that has been rewatched extensively by the Coolest Geek and one that he wishes to turn many others on to in the future so that there can be MORE of the film series, which is set up to continue so spectacularly by the end, that you too will lament the inaugural film's failure! Jesse gushes over all the lead actors and half the side characters and most just gushes about Andrew Stanton's incredible live-action directorial debut! Because no one else seems to be. Check it out!

GOJIRA: Coolest KAIJU Alive! (“Kong X Godzilla” to the One that started it ALL!) Apr 10, 2024

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Jesse Blaze Snider takes you on a fantastic voyage through the BEST that the long-running 35-strong (38 if you include the animated TRILOGY) franchise has to offer including the original classic “Gojira”, the silly but awesome first confrontation of “Kong vs. Godzilla”, Toho’s 1st in “universe” crossover with their other kanji sensation “Mothra Vs Godzilla”, the first big Avengers-style cross over in the excellent “Destroy All Monsters”, which features over ELEVEN different kanji, Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla I & II, the “RETURN” of Godzilla, versus Biollante, King Ghidorra, Destroya, he’s praise the end of their trilogy, “Godzilla Final Wars”, add praise to the first few outings of the Gareth Edward’s Monsterverse, lament having missed “Shin Godzilla”, heap some more praise on “Godzilla Minus One” and point your attention to perhaps the greatest kanji film of all time: “Godzilla, Mothra & King Ghidorra: All-Monsters Attack”! Oh, & he’ll talk a bit about the latest installment in the franchise, but we should warn you, when it comes to giant monster movies the Coolest Geek Alive is very forgiving.

COOLEST PICK - “What Happened to Monday?” (Non-Spoiler film recommend!) Apr 06, 2024

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Well the Coolest Geek Alive was all set to bring you a “Coolest Pick” of Disney’s falsely maligned “JOHN CARTER”, but he was so impressed by 2017’s “What Happened to Monday?” That he pushed that one to the front!! Jesse Blaze Snider is your host & professional geek culture creative person, true fan & enthusiastic participant in geek culture commentary! Plus, he’s got great taste in stuff, you just watch everything I recommends. I mean, everything HE recommends. HE has quite good taste in—-drat! It’s not me. This is Jim.

“GHOSTBUSTERS” in NAME ONLY: GEEK CULTURE in NAME ONLY - Star Trek! Star Wars! Marvel! DC! The Muppets & MORE! Apr 03, 2024

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Willow! Dr. Who! The Terminator! The Lord of the Rings! Dungeons & Dragons is a medieval world is wokeness now! It wasn't woke in the dark ages! Join Jesse Blaze Snider, the Coolest Geek Alive speaking on the proper corrected "TONE" of the NEW Ghostbusters franchise, but its incorrect "SHAPE". In short, THIS was NOT what the FANS really ORDERED. Send it back!!

Guy Ritchie's "The Gentlemen" Series on Netflix - COOLEST PICKS! (Non-Spoilers!) Mar 30, 2024

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This Saturday Jesse Blaze Snider digs into his new favorite show & maybe what is shaping up to be, one of his favorite series of ALL-TIME, Guy Ritchie's "The Gentlemen", an 8-episode series on Netflix! It is a show that aches to be rewatched by the Coolest Geek and one that he wishes to turn many others on to in the future so that there can be MORE of the series! Jesse gushes over all the lead actors and half the side characters and most just gushes about guy Ritchie at the very TOP of his game! Check it out!

EP 90 The Coolest Geek ALive

REVENGE of William Goldman: MORE than 13 of his GREATEST WORKS! (“The PRINCESS BRIDE” is just the BEGINNING! ) Mar 27, 2024

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Did you know that William Goldman author of "The Princess Bride" book & movie also had a hand in writing other great works like... "The Ghost & the Darkness" w/ Val Kilmer, "Maverick" w/ Mel Gibson, "Marathon Man" w/ Dustin Hoffman, "Absolute Power" w/ Eastwood, "All the Presidents Men" which won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay, "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" which won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay,
helped out on "A Few Good Men", "Papillon", Aaron Sorkin’s “Malice”,
Adapted Stephen King's "unadaptable novel, "Misery", The Stepford Wives, Chaplin, A Bridge Too Far and he WON the Edgar Allan Poe Award TWICE for films NOT even ON the LIST ABOVE! There's so much more if Jesse can remember it all, the Coolest Geek Alive almost called in sick, but he pulled himself out of bed to prove his love of the great William Goldman!

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