Episode 41: Constantine, Constantine Vs. Ripley, Top 5 Monster Hunters

Super Fantastic Nerd Hour!

“I'm a nasty piece of work!” We review “Non Est Asylum”, the pilot episode of NBC’s Constantine! What makes this DC comic book antihero unique and what's been lost in the transition to the TV screen? In the INFINITE CROSSOVER CHAMBER, what power would you choose to fight off monsters - Constantine’s magic or Ellen Ripley’s might? We summon our top 5 monster hunters.

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Show Notes

• 0:00 – 30:30: NBC's Constantine.
• 30:31 – 40:34: INFINITE CROSSOVER CHAMBER: Constantine Vs. Ripley.
• 40:35 – 01:01:50: Top 5 Monster Hunters.

Links

• The Secret History and Uncertain Future of Comics Character John Constantine
• 'Constantine' team on why NBC character isn't bisexual, smoking cigarettes
• Constantine Is Hardly Hellblazer Incarnate, But It Has Some Wicked Fun
• Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
• Man of Steel Sequel Writer David Goyer Calls Marvel’s She-Hulk “A Giant Green Porn Star,” Insults Geeks
• The Elder Geeksman
• J.K. Rowling to release new tale from Harry Potter universe on Halloween
• Nerdist Podacast: Ron Perlman Returns

Top 5 Monster Hunters

Conrad:

1. Hellboy
2. Buffy (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
3. Clint (Jaws)
4. Beowulf
5. Mulder and Scully (The X-Files)

Ali:

1. Brody (Jaws)
2. Dutch (Predator)
3. Harry, Ron, Hermione
4. Riddick (Pitch Black)
5. Blade

Honorable Mentions:

• Ghostbusters
• Bayonetta
• Michonne & Daryl (The Walking Dead)
• Alice (Resident Evil)
• The Doctor (Doctor Who)