Geeks Unleashed

We are BACK with our annual holiday special! Yes, that's right. In 2020, we decided we were going to make our Scott Pilgrim reviews a Christmas tradition. So here we are, with vol 4 in the series, Scott Pilgrim: Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together . And we are once again joined by our PCP Bad Batch brother in arms, Rockin' Robbie Billups !   Thank you to all of our listeners for another fun year. Happy...

Joined once again by Devaughn of Good Game Guys , we close out 2023 and the Guardians franchise with this third and final film! Definitely the most emotional film in the series and arguably one of the most emotional films in the entire MCU. It's a long episode, but we had A LOT to cover (including having way too much with our Geeks of the week!).   Tracklist: 3:00 - Geek of the Week: Mark - The La...

Chuggin' along with our Guardians franchise re-watch, and we've made it to the Disney+ Holiday Special! Joined again by Devaughn of Good Game Guys , he helps to hold down the fort while Mark is away. First time in 145 episodes the Geeks were split up! It's temporary, fret not! Tracklist: 1:41 - Geek of the Week - DeVaughn: Grand Theft Auto Trailer Drop Date; Jasmin: Dangerous Convenience Store Man...

We're back this week with the second film of this franchise and the 15th release of the MCU. Joined again by Devaughn of Good Game Guys , we were actually all agreed on one thing about this movie. Gotta give it a listen to find out what it was!   Tracklist: 2:55 - Geek of the Week! Mark - The Lazarus Project (TV series); Jasmin - New Mass Effect Artwork; Devaughn - Evil West (video game) 13:59 - G...

We're kicking off another round of a whole franchise to wrap up this year, and it's time we take a look at Marvel's Misfits! We are joined by Devaughn from The Good Game Guys Podcast to help us break down the Guardians franchise. Tracklist: 1:53 - Geek of the Week - Devaughn: Attack on Titan ; Jasmin: The Fast and the Furious (2001); Mark: Doctor Who Series 13 Flux 10:52 - Guardians summary and fu...

How was this film made with ONLY a $60M budget??? Your Geeks are very confused by this because we were surprised by the production value here! Tracklist: 1:18 - Geek of the Week: Jasmin, Aoashi (Crunchyroll); Mark, Orphan Black: Echoes 10:34 - Gran Turismo summary and trivia! 21:33 - Gran Turismo review   You can follow us on X , Facebook and Instagram or if you would like to support us you can do...

This marks the final entry in our Blade series, where we've tackled all three films plus the Spike TV series! If you missed part one of this season long review, check it out here . Spoiler alert, the back half of this series was much better than the first six episodes. Did you stick around to watch the whole thing back in 2006? Tracklist: 1:14 - Geek of the Week: Jasmin - My New Boss is Goofy (ani...

And here we are with the first half of Blade: The Series ! This Spike original didn't make it past the first season, but was that necessarily a bad thing? Tracklist: 1:15 - Geek of the Week: Jasmin - Given Vol 8; Mark - Gravity 10 year anniversary 12:10 - Blade: The Series summary and fun facts 17:31 - Blade: The Series , episodes 1-6 review You can follow us on X , Facebook and Instagram or if yo...

We're here with the final installment of the original Blade trilogy, and let's be real.... This film leaves a lot to be desired. Agree? Disagree? Let us know!   Tracklist: 1:17 - Geek of the Week: Mark - The Lost Boys (1987); Jasmin - Sasaki & Miyano: Graduation (Crunchyroll) 7:01 - Blade Trinity summary and fun facts 19:10 - Blade Trinity review 45:33 - With the new Blade MCU film, is it poss...

We're back with our month of Blade ! We've moved on to the sequel and realized there was a lot about this film that we didn't remember. Did you know this film is Wesley Snipes' favorite in the franchise? You've gotta listen to see if it is our favorite as well!   Tracklist: 1:43 - Geek of the Week: Jasmin - Black or White vol 7 (manga); Mark - Sliders (1995) 9:34 - Blade II summary and fun facts!...

Our summer break lasted longer than we planned, but we are back at it! For the month of October, we're going to be talking our way through one of our favorite vampire franchises; and this week we're starting with Blade ! Our biggest question to each other and to our audience: Is Blade just a vampire movie, or the beginning of the MCU as we know it?   Tracklist: 1:36 - We're back! Catching up on ou...

It's been a while, but we're back! And we're covering something that is fairly recent. For our 15th book club episode, we're joined by Stef of Missing Lynk Comics . In this Late to the Party Book Club we're covering Fantastic Four: Full Circle , by Alex Ross. Tracklist: 1:57 - Intro to our book, Fantastic Four: Full Circle 2:46 - Our background knowledge on the Fantastic Four in general 14:35 - Ho...

We are joined by our friend Adam, from GoFigure YouTube Channel, because we needed some SERIOUS help to talk about this atrocity. You may remember Adam from when he joined us for episode 62 where we covered the Masters of the Universe film! This is our fourth and final entry into the 90s era Batman franchise! We'll be taking our summer holidays for the month of August, but we've got plenty more fu...

Has there ever been a bigger tonal shift in the middle of a franchise than the STARK difference between Batman Returns and Batman Forever ? All of our thoughts and more on this neon abomination!   Tracklist: 0:56 - Catching up (Jasmin got a new Batman: Hush adult coloring book) 4:31 - What we've been watching/reading (Mark: Bird Box Barcelona ; Jasmin: Yowamushi Pedal (Netflix), Daytime Star (Webt...

Back with our second week of back in the day Batman and we're tackling what was (turns out) always one of our favorite films of the collective franchise!   Tracklist: 1:41 - Deadpool 3 casting news 10:36 - What we've been watching (Mark: Superman & Lois , John Wick 4 , Operation Fortune , Knock at the Cabin ; Jasmin: Bloodhounds , Violent Night ) 22:30 - Batman Returns summary and fun facts 36...

Since The Flash was actually a Batman film in disguise, we've decided that we're taking it all the way back to 1989 to talk about Michael Keaton's first appearance as the Dark Knight. July kicks off our month of Batman films where we'll tackle the Tim Burton and Joel Schumacher films.   Tracklist: 1:35 - Clark Kent and Lois Lane DCU casting news 15:31 - What we're reading and watching (Jasmin: mor...

One of the last sputtering breaths of the DCEU before fans are introduced to James Gunn's new DCU. And how does The Flash do? Let's just say it's par for the course with what we've (unfortunately) come to expect from WB. Tracklist: 1:01 - Update on the Titan submersible 9:15 - What we've been watching/reading (Mark: Power Book 2 , Ultimate: Invasion , Titans , The Avengers ; Jasmin: Tomorrow , Bad...

We're catching up on our binge watching and talking about the second season of Sweet Tooth on Netflix. For a little refresh, check out episode 53 where we covered the first 12 issues of the comic and then episode 54 where we did cover the first season of the show.   Tracklist: 1:43 - Titan Submersible news 13:26 - What we've been watching (Mark: Manifest , From ; Jasmin: Tomorrow ) 33:10 - Sweet T...

Please, PLEASE make sure you've seen this film before listening to the episode because our review is filled with spoilers! Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is a BIG film, spanning several earths throughout the multiverse... But just how well is the story told? Give us listen to hear how this film compares to its epic predecessor. Straight into some fun facts and right into the review. Another n...

Spoiler: We've got nothing but good things to say about this film! No fluff, no catch up, no chit chat -- in this episode, we jump straight into fun facts and our review of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse .   You can follow us on Twitter , Facebook and Instagram or if you would like to support us you can donate to our KoFi .

And here's the closeout to our Fantastic Four Month of May! We wrap up this revisit with a review and a ranking of all the films together.   Tracklist: 1:24 - Fantastic Four (2015) intro  3:46 - Fun facts (really, just more drama behind the scenes as is par for the course with this franchise) 9:17 - Background on Marvel Ultimates arc and how it relates to this film 13:04 - Overall thoughts on the...

Was this sequel as big of a flop as 2007 made it out to be? We tackle this film as if the MCU wasn't around and through the lens of a potential folding into the MCU for 2026. 5:14 - Rise of the Silver Surfer intro and our thoughts on shard universes pre-MCU 15:09 - Fun facts! 18:13 - Overall thoughts on this follow-up 27:12 - Favorite characters and scenes, thoughts on structure/writing and what w...

All the drama of the last two weeks has led us here! This is the reason the 1993 film was made. Does Fantastic Four live up to the hype? 1:35 - Fantastic Four intro and fun facts (including a VASTLY different potential cast from former director, Peyton Reed) 12:38 - Our overall thoughts on the film 17:22 - We imagine what it would be like to have this cast included in the MCU multiverse 21:21 - Fa...

This documentary is a MUST WATCH! If you're at all curious about that unreleased film, then you can check this out on Amazon Prime (for free with ads). Doomed! really highlighted the way the people who were actually making this film thought vs what the powers-that-be knew.  No real tracklist this week. We just had a discussion about the documentary itself and the information we learned. We highly...

We've got another themed month coming your way! For all of May, we are talking all things Fantastic Four . From the chaotic production and eventual failure of the unreleased film, to the documentary made about what happened during production of said film, to the 2005 introduction of the team and their subsequent sequel, to 2015's critical flop... No screen version of the Fantastic Four can escape...