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We go into overtime this week with our optimism for geek things to come and our fickleness and hangups when it comes to fiction. And then we shoot for a three-pointer when we try to mash-up some sports with cartoons ala Space Jam. Will it be nothing but net, or are we just throwing bricks? You decide! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/liste...

No fooling about it this April 1st. We talk about the state of some conventions, say goodbye to some shows and hello to some fun movie news, discuss our position on pranks, and mash-up an anti hero with a reluctant hero. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, we talk about our geek "comfort foods." Everything from video games to superheroes, to the shows we keep watching over and over. Then we mash up a couple long-standing classics into a completely new and mysterious story. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With the hope of Broadway reopening later this year, we take a slide through geek news non-musical to musical, chat about what kinds of musicals we are drawn to, and then keep listening for a mashup that will make you howl. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Inspired by the previous week's question. Jonathan and Ariel navigate through spaceships, their places in our heart and how they are often characters, not just vehicles. And then we boldly go to the Hundred Acre Wood (kind of) in our mash-up. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After a delightful stroll through some fun trailers, we discuss video games, their violence, and out thoughts on when you aren't given an opt out from that part of the story. Plus Marvel and Amblin Entertainment served up this weeks mash-up idea to us on a silver platter, and who were we to say no. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener...

In this very special episode, we do double the news, double the fun - from video games, to superheroes, to Disney and more. Plus we have one heck of a kickbutt mashup and Ariel makes a bid to play The Thing in the new Fantastic 4 movie. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With the Snyder Cut around the corner, it got us thinking about movies we expected to love and didn't and vice versa. Then we take the Justice League, mash it up with a beloved pasttime and play ball! Plus we daydream about traveling to imaginary places. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

While we know not everyone is in to Valentines Day, we though it was a perfect time to share the love on some worthy news items, adoringly reminisce on the fictional crushes that shaped our geekihood, and make a love connection between two unlikely stories. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this three course episode we talk about some wacky news, discuss our thoughts on if the DCUE is salvageable, and pay tribute to one of our favorite Mel Brooks films and a great comedic actress. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It seems like everything nowadays is a sequel or a prequel (or a reboot). We chat about separates the good sequels and prequels from the the bad,.And then we take two properties in the news that have had a ton of sequels to varying degrees, and add our own to the mix. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Adaptations are rarely 100% accurate to their source material, but where is the line between adaptation and a completely new story with the same old name? Jonathan and Ariel discuss when a story isn't the story it says it is. Then we adapt two very unlikely stories of our own. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informati...

Video game stories keep getting longer and more involved. Is there a point when a video game has too much content, too many quests, and to vast a world? The sidequest burnout is real. Then we create a glitch in The Mushroom Kingdom. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's the new year, when we think back fondly on our favorite things and anticipate upcoming geekery. We chat about how we are starting off the new year, talk about future news and futuristic jobs, and discuss how our favorite things don't always hold up to the test of time aka the Goonies Effect. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener f...

There are a ton of properties coming out that are trading on our nostalgia for decades past. And with 2020 being the way it was, who could blame us for loving them? Jonathan and Ariel explore when nostalgia works and when it's a crutch. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Wading through the newest holiday movies, debating whether some old favorites have wrongfully earned the title Christmas Movie, and seeing if putting a christmas movie and non-Christmas movie together makes it more holiday than not. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The pandemic threw a monkey wrench into movie studio plans. We look at which movies have been delayed, which one is coming out earlier than expected, and how streaming is causing an existential crisis for movie theaters. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A look at how the pandemic has affected our favorite media and when it's coming back and the precautions being taken to bring it to us. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We talk about the massive amount of content promised in the recent Disney Investors meeting, ponder on if there is such a thing as too much Star Wars and explore the multitude of possibilities the next phase of the MCU brings with it. Then we finish it out with a little holiday cheer! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy i...

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