Geeks Unleashed

To completely wrap up our stint with our favorite adamantium clad anti-hero, we read Wolverine Origin (2001). This mini series was a nice change of pace from the other X-Men collections we've read during our Summer of X series. Both Geeks really enjoyed going all the way back to the late 1800s to learn more about James Howlett. TRACKLIST: 1:55 - Characters - First Appearances 3:07 - Summary and Ho...

We're at the last entry in the Wolverine stand alone films! Can you believe this is Mark's first time watching the film?! Do you think it holds up well 7 years later? TRACKLIST: 1:43 - Geek of the Week: Jasmin - Road House (2024); Mark - A Quiet Place Day One 14:04 - Film summary and fun facts 30:15 - Logan (2017) review   You can follow us on X , Facebook and Instagram or if you would like to sup...

We are joined this week by our good friend DeVaughn, from The Good Game Guys podcast! Everyone had seen this film before, but we all had wildly different experiences! Tune in as we keep working our way through our Summer of X series!   TRACKLIST: 1:25 - Geek of the Year (so far!) - DeVaughn: Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes ; Jasmin: Tadaima, Okaeri (anime); Mark: Kingdom of the Planet of the Ape...

We've finished all the team driven films and are embarking on the individual characters now. We're kicking it off with the first of the Wolverine trilogy. Jasmin has seen this film more times than she can count, but this is only Mark's second viewing. Will this have any bearing on the Geek's rating?   TRACKLIST: 1:16 - Geek of the Week: Jasmin - A Condition Called Love (Crunchyroll); Mark - House...

Between reshoots, a merger, and COVID, how much sympathy are the Geeks willing to give to the circumstances surrounding this film? Can The New Mutants surprise us in spite of its doomed production?   TRACKLIST: 1:45 - Geek of the Week: Mark - Dark Matter (AppleTV); Jasmin - Windbreaker (Crunchyroll) 17:15 - Film summary and fun facts 25:30 - The New Mutants (2020) Review   You can follow us on X ,...

Call it a casualty of the merger if you'd like, but Dark Phoenix is the second to last film in this age of X-Men as lead by Fox. We definitely dig into some of the behind the scenes drama with this one, but where does it fall on our ranking of X-films so far? You've got to tune in to find out!   TRACKLIST: 1:17 - Geek of the Week: Jasmin - A Sign of Affection (Crunchyroll); Mark - Yellowface (2023...

Rolling right along, here we are at 2016's offering of X-Men: Apocalypse . Mark originally saw this one in theaters while this was Jasmin's first time watching the film. Are the Geeks on the same page with this one? Give us a listen to find out!   TRACKLIST: 1:16 - Geek of the Week: Jasmin - Atlas (Netflix); Mark - Baby Reindeer (Netflix) 13:42 - Film intro and fun facts 25:44 - X-Men: Apocalypse...

Another Late to the Party Book Club episode in the middle of our "Summer of X!" Since we just covered Days of Future Past last week, we're now on the two issue run that started it all! Once again, we're joined by our brother Lynk to deep dive into the legacy of this 1980s classic.   TRACKLIST: 3:17 - Familiarity with this story 9:56 - The legacy of this story 11:43 - Do writers know when their wor...

We are joined once again by our homie, Lynk to help us get through this -- dare we say -- underrated film? That's right, our "Summer of X" continues as we tackle The Rogue Cut of X-Men Days of Future Past . And when we say this is an underrated film, you'll understand why when we talk about the absolute POWERHOUSE year for blockbuster films that was 2014.   TRACKLIST: 1:20 - Geek of the Week: Lynk...

Although neither of the Geeks saw this film in theaters, they were united in their thoughts on this entry that restarts a struggling franchise. Also, can you guess whose powers each of us would have chosen for ourselves?   TRACKLIST: 1:43 - Geek of the Week: Jasmin - The Killer (Netflix); Mark - Civil War (2024) 9:40 - Summary and fun facts 22:06 - X-Men First Class (2011) review   You can follow...

After last week's anti-climactic end to the original X-Men trilogy, we decided to go back to the source material. We're reading The Dark Phoenix Saga to see what could have been. But be warned, this saga is not so easily digestible for comic novices.   TRACKLIST: 1:27 - How familiar are we with these characters? 4:06 - Summary and our thoughts on this story/arc 11:01 - How would this story have be...

And here we are... The movie in this series we like to pretend doesn't exist. Now in 2024, is this film as bad as it was back in 2006? Listen in to hear what we think!   TRACKLIST: 1:35 - Geek of the Week: Mark - Godzilla X Kong ; Jasmin - My Hero Academia rewatch 9:30 - Film summary and fun facts 20:22 - X-Men: The Last Stand review   You can follow us on X , Facebook and Instagram or if you woul...

A rare occasion in film where the sequel is better than the original? We certainly think X2 fits the bill. We did get a bit sidetracked at the beginning of the episode with our discussion on Quiet On Set . Trigger warning, we do briefly mention some of the abuse that the documentary covers.    TRACKLIST: 1:21 - Geek of the Week: Jasmin - Quiet on Set ; Mark - Unforgotten 31:49 - Summary and fun fa...

We are back this week with, arguably, the film that kicked off our higher expectations in the Superhero film genre. (2008 took that to new heights, but that's another conversation for another day...) X-Men , or as Mark calls it, The Wolverine Show, really raised the bar for comic book films! All this and more as we continue our run of all the mutant films!   TRACKLIST: 1:19 - Geek of the Week: Jas...

And here we go! Kicking off our BIGGEST themed run EVER -- the Geeks are tackling every single X-Men film. And yes, we mean EVERY one of them. Starting with Fox's failed attempt at getting a live action series going back in the late 90s. We're starting with Generation X and we've got some friends to help us out. This week, we're joined by Phable and Lynk! TRACKLIST: 1:05 - Introducing our guests!...

To close out our Daredevil and Elektra reviews, we decided to the throw in the definitive Daredevil book as well! We are joined on this Book Club by our good buddy, Lynk . Join us as we dive into Daredevil: The Man Without Fear .   TRACKLIST: 1:13 - First Appearances 2:05 - Our familiarity with the character of Daredevil 6:13 - Overall thoughts on this book 15:05 - How did we read the book? Jasmin...

Finishing up our time on Earth-701306, and we're grateful there weren't anymore sequels here. The year was 2005, the soundtrack is blah (compared to Daredevil two years prior), and a lot people phoned it on for this one.   TRACKLIST: 1:21 - Geek of the Week: Jasmin - Buchigiri ; Mark - Kin Season 2 10:11 - Elektra summary and fun facts 19:27 - Elektra (2005) review   You can follow us on X , Faceb...

Another film in a string of poor choices... This week, we're going back to 2003 -- The Nickelback and Evanescence Renaissance! This version has 30 more minutes of footage than the theatrical release -- but does it do anything to help the story? You've got to listen to find out!   TRACKLIST: 1:17 - Geek of the Week - Mark: Ultimate Spider-Man #2; Jasmin - Haikyu!! rewatch 9:29 - Film summary and fu...

For the final entry in our current block of fighting game adaptations, we're joined by DeVaughn of the Good Game Guys podcast! It was his first time to see the film while Mark and Jasmin were on their second watch. We also rank all four of game films in this episode -- where does this film fall? Tune in to find out!   TRACKLIST: 2:05 - Geek of the Week: DeVaughn - Helldivers 2 ; Jasmin - Apothecar...

Spoiler alert: this film is spectacularly bad. Jasmin saw it upon release in 1997 while Mark watched for this first time this week. Is Mortal Kombat Annihilation bad enough to take the crown from Man-Thing ? You've got to tune in to find out!   TRACKLIST: 1:37 - Geek of the Week: Jasmin - Skip and Loafer ; Mark - Ultimate Black Panther #1 10:25 - Mortal Kombat Annihilation summary and fun facts 21...

We've just hit 150 episodes!!! So we're celebrating our nearly 4 years of podcasting this week! We're taking a trip down memory lane to spend some time talking about ourselves and some of our FAVORITE episodes from the previous 149 episodes, late to the party book clubs, and conversations.  Be sure to drop us a comment and let us know what some of YOUR favorites are! We'd love to hear from you!!  ...

Mark needed a pallet cleanser after last week's Street Fighter episode, and so Jasmin thought yet another video game adaptation would do the trick! We covered the MK reboot waaaaayyyyy back on episode 46 ! But we're taking it back to the OG -- Mortal Kombat (1995). Jasmin was worried that Mark would hate this film so badly that she'd need to recruit a new co-host. Did the Geeks have a falling out?...

We were feeling nostalgic and took a trip back in time to 1994. And WOW, talk about things that didn't age well... The Geeks are divided on this film -- where do you stand? Let us know!   TRACKLIST: 1:20 - Geek of the Week: Jasmin - Operation: True Love (Webtoon); Mark - Cruel Summer 19:22 - Street Fighter summary and fun facts 30:24 - Our first introduction to Street Fighter (Mark - arcade; Jasmi...

Our first official episode of 2024! Yes we are back to our regularly scheduled programming of review episodes, and we're kicking the year off with one of the most recent, hotly debated super hero films: The Batman . Be sure to let us know what you think about this film, too!   TRACKLIST: 2:21 - Geek of the Week: Mark - Anatomy of a Fall ; Jasmin - Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make Y...

We are BACK for another year of geekery! Thanks for joining us in this NEW conversation series and for our first episode of 2024! We're doing another formatting change where we'll sprinkle in some conversation episodes that aren't our usual reviews nor are they our book clubs... They're just a place for us to hang out and talk about pop culture in general. While recapping our favorites from 2023,...