Episode 564 – The State of Star Wars
This week, we are re-joined by Joseph Scrimshaw, friend of the show and co-host of the Force Center podcast, to talk with us about his recent visit to Star Wars Celebration in London and the state of Star Wars in general. There is a lot to talk about in terms of new movies and TV […]
Episode 553 – Multi Classing Your Life
This week, we are joined by our friend Jen Cowitz to talk about geek hobbies and gatekeeping. We look at the difference between broad geek hobbies and deep geek hobbies. Do you get into something really in depth or do you explore all sorts of interests to a lesser degree? Neither way is better but […]
Episode 525 – Obi Wan Kenobi
This week, we return to Disney Plus and Star Wars for Obi Wan Kenobi! What happened to Obi Wan between Episode III and Episode IV? This series fills in some of the blanks. We talk about the series and some of the new texture it adds to the Star Wars Universe.We also read a listener’s […]
Episode 515 – Midwest Sci-Fi Short Film Festival
This week, we watched a bunch of short films as part of the online Midwest Sci-Fi short film festival. We review most of the films in the festival for their April weekend. It was a lot of fun and we encourage folks to check out their next online festival, which will be in June. Link!
Episode 507 – Ghostbusters
This week, we aren’t afraid of no ghosts (because they don’t exist)! We are going to talk about the Ghostbusters franchise, inspired by the the recently released “Ghostbusters Afterlife,” which we all did not really like. We use it as a springboard, though, to look at a movie that had a strong impact on all […]
Episode 505 – Are Geeks Cool?
We all remember when we Geeks were the outsiders. The weirdos. But now the MCU is crazy popular and it feels more and more like the cool people are geeks. Is that really true? Are geeks cool? Or does it just seem that way because we all remember when we weren’t and it feels so […]
Episode 469 – Animated Movies
This week, we are taking a look at a large slate of animated movies that came out in the last year. We start with “Onward” and continue on through “Raya and the Last Dragon.” All of the movies we discuss are streaming on various platforms and we recommend you check them out. Tim was especially […]
Episode 444 – All the New Disney Stuff
This week, we are taking a deep dive on the announced slate of upcoming Marvel and Star Wars projects. Well, “deep dive” might be overstating it because there is SO MUCH coming that it is hard to go too deeply into any of it. It may not all be great but there is going to […]
Episode 367 – Spider-Man: Far From Home
This week, we take a look at the latest installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Spider-Man: Far From Home picks up just after the events of Avengers: Endgame and features Jake Gyllenhaal as Mysterio. Please note that we spoil the shit out of the movie so if you care about that sort of thing, wait until […]
Episode 350 – Gatekeeping
This week, we discuss Gatekeeping. Gatekeeping is the concept of suggesting people “aren’t good enough” for something. They don’t read the right kind of comics. They don’t read enough comics. They like the wrong Star Wars movies. Gatekeeping is prevalent in just about any community so we ask if there are ever times where Gatekeeping […]