Free Range Idiocy

We continue our increasing misnamed March Madness Wrestler Bracket to the first decade of the 21st century, the 2000's! Who's going to come out on top as the Attitude Era gives way to Ruthless Aggression? Find out! Also, we absolutely geek out over the new Ahsoka trailer from Star Wars Celebration!   LINKS OF INTEREST: - Here's the link to the Ahsoka trailer so you can watch along with us   ...AND...

Taking a quick break from our March Madness Wrestler Bracket to review and recap all the happenings of Wrestlemania 39 from sunny southern California from John Cena versus Austin Theory all the way to Roman Reigns defending against Cody Rhodes. All the ups, downs, twists, and turns right here! Oh, we also spend some quality time ranting about the return of Vince, the sale of WWE, and what this mea...

We continue our March Madness Wrestler Bracket (despite turning the calendar page to April) with a deep dive into the heart of the Attitude Era and the Monday Night Wars between WWE and WCW. Who will wind up at the top of the mountain in professional wrestling's second golden age? You've gotta give it a listen to find out! Also, we talk about some of the great moments from the first half of The Ma...

It's that time of year again when everyone from hardcore degenerate gamblers to know-nothing office poolers are all focused on one thing - brackets. So, we're getting into the action with our own tournament to find the top professional wrestlers from the last four decades! This episode, we start off with the golden age of wrestling, the 1980's. Who will prevail? Who will be left off the list entir...

In our previous episode, we went through a whole bunch of rumors that were swirling about the interwebs (and the insides of our noggins) regarding Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania to give our opinions on what would happen and what wouldn't happen. How did we do? You'll have to give a listen, but beware... thar be spoilers ahead! Also, we talk about WWE Elimination Chamber and whether Sami Zayn sh...

The first Marvel movie of 2023 hits theaters this weekend and we're ready to assess all of the rumors flying around about what'll happen in Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania. Who's going to be show up? Who's not going to make it to the end of the flick? Will we finally get some sort of dive into the multiverse or is this going to be yet another elaborate tease as Feige chuckles his way to the bank...

Never let it be said that your humble idiotic hosts are totally lacking in culture! Granted, that "culture" is more than likely closer to something that resembles mold, but it still totally counts! To prove this to you, we plunked ourselves down and read through the second Thrawn trilogy by Timothy Zahn and will be sharing our thoughts along with friend of the show and Star Wars expert Jimmy Dice...

This past Saturday night, San Antonio played host to the 35th annual Royal Rumble and boy howdy, did it pack some Texas-sized thrills, surprises, and one helluva main event. Luckily for you, your humble idiotic servants were there to watch the entire 4-hour extravaganza and are now ready to run the whole thing down for you on the interwebs! Also, we talk about some interesting Marvel fan art, wher...

As we all know, once Hollywood has a winning formula, they're gonna ram it right down all our throats until the cows come home - which means sequels are a time-tested way of making money. So what makes a good sequel anyways? And also, what makes a bad one? Your humble idiotic servants dive into all of that with examples!  Also, we talk about an interesting musical Easter egg from Andor, the new tr...

With the start of a new year, we've seen a whole lot of lists for which movies people are looking forward to. Well, we think that's too easy. What about the movies your most NOT looking forward to? Have no fear interwebs dwellers, your humble idiotic servant are here to help with our own top ten lists of the movies we can't wait to avoid in 2023. Also, we wrap up the holidays with a rundown of our...

The first season of the newest addition to the Star Wars universe is complete... and we have thoughts. How good was Andor, what did we like, and how does it nestle itself into the overall lore of the ever-expanding galaxy far, far away? We'll get to those questions and many others that nobody bothered to ask! Also, we talk about some NFL rumors, shows being yanked from streaming platforms, and upc...

It's been a hot minute or two since your humble idiotic hosts tackled any professional wrestling, and there's a good reason for that. It was pretty much unwatchable! But since things have seemingly been trending upwards lately, we decided to lace up the boots and plunk down some cash to renew our Peacock subscription to give Survivor Series a watch. What did we think? Tune in to find out! Also, we...

After much speculation about how Marvel would handle the sequel to the 2018 blockbuster, we got our answer this month with the release of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. The idiots break down the flick, the debut of a new antagonist in the MCU, and how they said goodbye to Chadwick Boseman. Also, we get into an interesting shake up at Disney corporate, a sequel to a Disney+ show, and talk a little...

It ain't easy having a band comprised of only two musicians, but the subjects of this episode have pulled it off and also made it look - and sound - pretty damn good too. We'll be diving into a pair of iconic albums from iconic duos as we decide which one impressed us more and whether we'd recommend it to others.   Also, we do a watch-along of the new Ant Man and Wasp trailer, give our thoughts on...

After seven episodes, Uncle Todd finally managed to catch up on Andor enough for us to get down to some business and review the newest Star Wars show on Disney+. Did we like it? Did we love it? Did we spend an inordinate amount of time ballyhooing doing bad Saw Gerrera impressions? You'll have to listen to know for sure!   Also, we talk about the return of Bray Wyatt to the WWE and the new trailer...

When it comes to Ron Moore, we're pretty big fans... in case you haven't noticed by the approximately 800 hours of podcasts we've dedicated to Battlestar Galactica. Now that The Man They Call Tim has binged his way through For All Mankind, we're ready to break it all down for you about what we liked and what we really, really loved about the first three seasons of the show. Also, go through some s...

All it took was a few years, corporate buy out, a few dozen scandals, and a bunch of meh movies... but the folks at Warner Bros Discovery and DC have themselves a 10 year plan! What is it? Hell if we know. But lack of knowledge has never stopped us from flapping our gums about a subject and we're not about to start now. Will DC right the ship and get their cinematic universe in order? Should they...

After damn near a year of wanting to do this episode and continually pushing it back in favor of current events, we finally dig into one of our favorite, and most quoted, movies of all time - Tombstone. In addition, we're judging this one based on some new criteria and discussing whether it qualifies as our first ever Five Tool Flick! Also, get into all the drama surround CM Punk and this EVP budd...

We take a look back at the movies from the last gasp of the 20th century and pick our favorites and share some surprises. How highly will The Man They Call Tim rank The Phantom Menace in order to ingratiate himself to his dark overlord, George Lucas? What embarrassing finds will Uncle Todd share because he didn't read the description of the flick? Was 1999 truly one of the best years for movies in...

Now that we've had a little time to think about things (and catch up on sleep), the idiots are back at it to run down all the Marvel and MCU news from the recently completed 2022 San Diego Comic Con. Looking for in-depth expert analysis? Tough. Looking for the opinions of a couple chuckleheads from the interwebs? You're in the right place!   LINKS OF INTEREST: - All the Marvel news coming out of S...

We celebrated our fourth season by hitting the road! That's right, we truly went free range as Uncle Todd and The Man They Call Tim descended on Denver, Colorado for a few days of R&R along with an incredible concert at Red Rocks. What happened? Well, we'd love to tell you all about it... Also, we get into Vince McMahon's resignation from WWE and all the various fall out coming from the debacle-in...

Welcome to the fourth year of Free Range Idiocy! Yeah... we're just as surprised as you are. To celebrate, we're going to paw our way through all of the news and trailers that have been dumped on the world in the past week or so in order to give our refined and sensible take on things. Failing that, we'll just do what we normally do - rant, rave, and generally make asses of ourselves on the interw...

After six weeks of thrills, chills, laser swords, and various fans losing their ever-loving minds about whether this was the worst thing in Star Wars ever or just the worst thing in the past year, the Obiwan Kenobi limited series is complete. Which poses the biggest question of them all... how did we do in predicting what would happen and what wouldn't?! We'll go through all of our parsing of inte...

We've been on quite a run of sequels in the recent years that pick up decades after the original and somehow manage to treat the subject matter with some delicacy and produce a decent movie. Will Top Gun: Maverick continue the tradition or will it drill a smoking crater somewhere in an unnamed country? Who knows, but it's gonna be fun to find out what the idiots had to say about this one! Also, in...

That's right... WE SAID IT! For all the venom and derision directed at Rian Johnson's foray into a galaxy far, far away, we happen to believe it's not only a GOOD Star Wars movie, but a GREAT one. So your humble idiotic hosts break down what The Last Jedi did right, what it did wrong, and lay out the case for why it deserves to be in the discussion as one of the top flicks in the franchise. Also,...