Free Range Idiocy

As you might have remembered from past episodes, we were really looking forward to Wonder Woman 1984. Finally, after surviving the holidays and everything that comes with it, Todd and Tim have both watched this highly anticipated Patty Jenkins flick and are now prepared to give you their expert idiotic take on it. We also spend some time talking about the new Lucasarts game and the third episode o...

After gritting through "The Year Without Marvel", we get our first dose of the new MCU show WandaVision. So, of course, we needed to geek out to this one for a bit as Feige & Co. decided to drop not one but TWO episodes on a waiting world. We'll give our opinions, thoughts, and more than likely idiotic predictions in this action-packed episode along with a healthy bit of news in The Week In Geek!...

A ways back, we dove into movies from the year 1977 ( Episode 38 ) and came up with some rather interesting results. Well, we're back at it again - this time, with a year that's a bit more recent and relevant to a couple guys in their 40's, the year 1996. We talk about our top movies, honorable mentions, and flicks that surprised us along with our normal assortment of nonsense.   LINKS OF INTEREST...

The return of Boba Fett in The Mandalorian got us thinking about if there are any rules about when characters should die and come back? Well, we mulled it over a bit and decided to fire up the podcasting machine to record our thoughts for posterity. Enjoy our first episode of 2021!   LINKS OF INTEREST: - Here's some more information about former NFL coach and ladies man Wayne Fontes - We think thi...

The Mandalorian was the most glorious thing to come out of the trainwreck that was 2020, and we will not argue about this. So it was only natural that we took some time to go deep geek on the final chapter that doubles as one of the greatest season finales in history with our good friend Jimmy Dice from Scruffy Looking Podcasters . Programming note... We recorded this episode the Sunday after Chap...

This one is for all those 80's kids who fought over who got to be Boba Fett playing with their action figures, because Mando gave us all the Fett we always wanted and then some over these two episodes! Along with that, we go through half of the epic "Geekgasm" announcements from Disney and cover all the upcoming Marvel stuff. No links this week because our editing department (aka Todd) is desperat...

Go ahead, say we're cashing in on this tried-and-true gimmick, but we don't care. There's a crispness to the air, the eggnog is flowing, and we're reading to watch A Christmas Story about a dozen times this month. So let's talk about our favorite seasonal movies and songs! Please note that we're excluding from our lists the "Holy Trinity" of Christmas movies: Die Hard, Die Hard 2: Die Harder, and...

Season two of The Mandalorian continues to amaze, amuse, and leave us aghast. In this episode, we talk about chapters 12 & 13 and go all buy/sell on everything from plot, characters, surprises, and more. Be warned: spoilers ahead.   LINKS OF INTEREST: - Here's some information on the B-Wing fighter , including that it made an appearance in Star Wars Rebels - Did you know James Earl Jones turned do...

It's been a little while since we've talked some 'rasslin, so with the 30th anniversary of The Undertaker's debut at Survivor Series coming up, it only seemed natural we dive into what happened at this past Sunday's PPV. Who would survive? Who would care? Would Todd reach through his TV to try and interfere in the Reigns-McIntyre main event? Let's see!   LINKS OF INTEREST: - Here's Dan Spivey's wi...

After watching last week's episode of The Mandalorian, it was pretty easy to decide what we'd be talking about in this episode. That's right, we'll be geeking out over the debut of Bo Katan into the live action Star Wars universe, played by none other than Katee Sackhoff herself. After all, it's not every day that you have a character go from animation to live action played by the same actor who v...

It's been a long year, but having a new season of The Mandalorian makes it all worth it! Okay, that's probably overstating it a bit, but we're clinging to every little shred of goodness we can squeeze in before something else bad happens. This time around, we're talking about what we liked and what we loved from the first two episodes of season two and doing a buy/sell lightning round that doesn't...

This time around, we're talking about the music of Eddie Van Halen and the band that bears his name. We'll cover our favorite guitar acrobatics, favorite songs, why David Lee Roth is a knucklehead, and much more!   LINKS OF INTEREST: - Here's the history of Van Halen and discography for your researching pleasure - Yup, that whole "Sam & Dave" tour with Van Halen did actually happen . And yes, it w...

In this episode, we geek out over Todd's favorite band and initiate Tim into the wonder that is East Bay soul - Oakland's own, Tower Of Power . Helping us along is music educator, working musician, funk aficionado, and friend of Todd, mister Jim Robins. We'll do a dive into Todd and Jim's favorite songs and albums from the band's 52 (and counting) year career, some hidden gems, and then go all fan...

Welcome to the first, second, or third edition of The Free Range Idiocy Book Club! With this being our 42nd episode, we thought it was only appropriate that we talk about one of Todd's favorite books ever (which explains quite a bit really), The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams . Come along for the ride, stay for the questionable and obscure references!   LINKS OF INTEREST: - Aren...

Let it never be said that we don't like us some books. In this episode, we're diving into a trilogy of books that were written in the early-to-mid 1990's by Timothy Zahn that continued the adventures of our intrepid heroes from the OG Star Wars trilogy. For the initiated, this was the first introduction of Grand Admiral Thrawn - a character much revered by Star Wars fans. Much like that doofus at...

This time around, we tackle the news that we have a couple of older movies getting the re-cut and re-store treatment with dubious upcoming anniversaries. Sylvester Stallone is working on a directors cut of Rocky IV for its 35th anniversary and Francis Ford Coppola is giving us his definitive cut of The Godfather Part III on its 30th anniversary. We contrast all of that with the upcoming Snyder Cut...

We're note even supposed to be here... But have no fear! This was supposed to be a week off for us, but when plans fell through, we decided to spring into action and record a brand new episode for y'all to listen to. With a fantasy football draft around the corner for us, Tim's lack of preparation, and Todd's almost complete lack of knowledge about what's happening in the NFL... what could possibl...

This time around, we're diving into something that we came across by complete accident - the weirdness that was cinema in 1977. From space opera to truckers to disco to highbrow sci-fi, there was a little something for everyone. And there was also plenty of stuff that no one was asking for. We've sifted through everything so you don't have, so grab your popcorn and enjoy this jaunt in the Wayback...

What happens when you combine the 1980's, Hulk Hogan, Deebo, Robert Fuller, and a dump truck dosage of kayfabe? You wind up with the cinematic masterpiece that is No Holds Barred. For no good reason in particular, we decided to do our own commentary track of this adventure into 'rassling cinema and you can play along. As of this recording, the movie is streaming on Amazon Prime Video , but you sho...

As you may have noticed, we love us some comic book movies. In this episode, we're going to talk about the best and worst ones we've ever seen.   TIMESTAMPS OF INTEREST: Best begins at 0:28:00 Worst begins at 2:03:00   LINKS OF INTEREST: - Kevin Smith's take on comic book movies and the Martin Scrocese kerfuffle - Holy Night Shift Batman! We may be getting Michael Keaton back as the caped crusader...

With a delay or three, we're back with this football-centric episode as we continue to parse just what the hell is going on with the New England Patriots in 2020 after the departure of Tom Brady. We'll talk about the arrival of former NFL MVP Cam Newton, Jarret Stidham, and Brian Hoyer (or is it Sawyer?). Dive into some pigskin with us!   LINKS OF INTEREST: Here's a little background on the fall o...

With out BSG binky taken away, what ever will we do?! Oh, don't worry. We've got plenty to talk about. In this episode, we go through our current top five albums, some of our musical upbringing, and what we think makes a great album. Also, some honorbale mentions, and at least one embarrassing story from Todd. C'mon in - the idiocy is fine!   LINKS OF INTEREST: - Here's that video of Billy Joel fr...

This is a bittersweet episode for us folks... Not only are we creeping up on our one year anniversary as a podcast, but we've also come to the end - or rather, the end tacked onto the end - of the journey that has been our re-watch and re-cap of Battlestar Galactica. In this episode, we gush over all the things that we loved and bid a fond farewell to our most favorite of TV shows.   LINKS OF INTE...

In this episode, we break out our new favorite gimmick and go all tale-of-the-tape as we break down the two Star Wars Story movies: Rogue One and Solo using categories like overall story, main characters, villains, droids, and more. Who will win and who will lose?! Okay, we're pretty sure how this is going to turn out, but there's lots of jokes and rambling to keep you entertained along the way, s...

It hasn't been quite as long as the Colonials journey from Caprica to Earth... but it feels like it sometimes! We've come to the end of the line with Battlestar Galactica as a series and will be talking about our favorite moments and characters from the final episode. Buckle up folks, it's going to be journey!   LINKS OF INTEREST: - Here is Adama's speech on the hangar deck - Todd was wrong - it's...