Garhdo Goes Geek

Join your host Garhdo in their 75th episode for a special looking at the entire Power Rangers franchise for its 30th Anniversary. From the franchise's origins in Japan and links to Marvel Comics that helped to bring it to the West, through the original Mighty Morphin Mania, into the franchise's early revivals, its time under the Disney corporation, through to its modern anniversaries, coming under...

Content warning: Discussions of content in a mature-rated game, including criminal activity and sexual violence. Audience discretion is advised. Join your host Garhdo as they explain how and why they fell in love with Cyberpunk 2077 to the point that it became their absolute favourite game ever made. From the wonderful cast of characters, to the very developed plot, as well as some rich side missi...

Join your host Garhdo as they take a post-mortem look at Warner Brothers' DC Extended Universe, which has recently come to its conclusion. Garhdo will explore the highs and lows of every film in this franchise, as well as providing behind-the-scenes news and rumours that may explain some of the decisions made in bringing this cast of characters to screen to often mixed results. This episode also i...

Join you host Garhdo for another review as they look at filmmaker Gareth Edwards's visually stunning sci-fi The Creator. An efficiently made film exploring a future war against artificial beings, but in a different way to many others, with themes that resonate quite strongly with Garhdo themself. 0:00 Intro 0:58 World of The Creator 16:07 Plot and Characters 25:32 Visual Effects  35:10 The Themes...

In this second delayed Halloween special join your host Garhdo for a look at John Carpenter's underrated anti-consumerist horror They Live. Garhdo will discuss the anti-capitalist themes that keep this film so relevant, and have a little breakdown as they realise they are part of the problem. Wake up and see the truth! 0:00 Intro 0:42 Critcising Consumerism 30:31 Outro 38:40 Sign-Off https://linkt...

In the first delayed Halloween episode join your host Garhdo on a trip to a circus of horrors, as they take a look at the cult hit Killer Klowns from Outer Space. They'll discuss how the impressive special effects work here has helped this film to have a memorable legacy as it throughly explores its core concept, creating one of the zaniest and unexpected funny horror films ever made. 0:00 Intro 0...

Join your host Garhdo as they take a look at the recent Willow series released by, and now completely removed from, Disney+. Willow is a show following up on a cult 80s fantasy film, but taken in a very different direction tonally and stylistically, avoiding nostalgia bait to positive critical reception, yet the series has been vaulted by Disney and removed from any legal means of acquisition in a...

Join your host Garhdo as they take a look at some other films and TV shows that caught their eye in 2023, and give their thoughts on them, from Inside Job and Strange Planet, to M3GAN, 65 and Renfield, including a look at the latest project from Final Space's Olan Rogers - Godspeed. 0:00 Intro 1:09 “But What About X?” 7:43 Strange Planet 16:39 65 25:08 M3GAN 39:22 Renfield 52:52 A Haunting in Veni...

Featuring Zulu Join your host Garhdo along with their co-host Zulu as they discuss Amazon's adaptation of Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's collaboration Good Omens, as well as the sequel season, and look at what has made it such a fan favourite. 0:00 Intro 1:03 The Origin of the Apocalypse 15:22 So You’ve Misplaced the AntiChrist 44:39 Averting Armageddon 1:07:49 What Happened to Gabriel? 1:37:28...

Join your host Garhdo as they discuss HBO's incredible adaptation of hit video game The Last of Us. What does it offer that differentiates it from standard zombie fiction like the Walking Dead? How well does it use the medium of television as opposed to its video game origins? What does Garhdo think of the divisive ending to the series? And what can we expect from this franchise going forward? All...

Join your host Garhdo as they explore Star Trek's latest animated series, focusing on the crew on the Lower Decks of one of Starfleet's most unappreciated ships. Its a very different kind of Star Trek, and one that is very interesting for its own unique quirks. So how do the four seasons we have had so far hold up?  0:00 Intro 0:50 The Lower Deckers 24:52 A Not-So Important Ship 49:19 Bigger and M...

For a special Festive episode snuggle up to the fire with your drink of choice and listen to your host Garhdo-Ho-Ho as they do their very best to convince you that DC's Shazam is actually a very well-disguised Christmas movie that deserves to be in your rotation with other classics like Christmas Carol, Miracle on 24th Street, Santa Claus the Movie and Die Hard. 0:00 Intro 0:40 What Makes a Good C...

Content Warning: Just like its parent series Gen V is a mature series containing themes of sexuality, violence, drug misuse and traumatic incidents. Audience Discetion is advised. Join your host Garhdo as they take a look at the first spin-off from Amazon's The Boys, Gen V, based upon the classic comic arc We Gotta Go Now . Like its parent show this series takes its own direction, drifting away fr...

Join your host Garhdo as they take a look at the latest video game movie to join the small group of successes, as well as the viral horror franchise that inspired it, Five Nights at Freddy's. Garhdo will discuss their history with the franchise back when it started, and thoughts on the early games, as well as discuss the film itself, and how the debut movie adapts this multi-media franchise. 0:00...

Join your host Garhdo for a review of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' sophomore season. Strange New Worlds does some interesting things this year, confronting franchise tropes like time travel and trial proceedings, as well as the horrors of war, but it also explores more comedic elements and takes the franchise in new directions with an animated crossover episode and the first ever musical episode...

Join your host Garhdo for a discussion of the Phantom Liberty expansion for Cyberpunk 2077. Garhdo will give a spoiler light review of the Phantom Liberty questlines and the new characters introduced there, including the mysterious Songbird and Idris Elba's Solomon Reed, as well as taking a look at the other new elements that the location of Dogtown and the related 2.0 Update bring to the game, fr...

Join your host Garhdo for a spoiler-light look at the latest Power Rangers series - Cosmic Fury. As a new team of teenage heroes chase Lord Zedd into space in what might be the final series of Power Rangers as we know it, Garhdo examines what it could mean for the upcoming reboot. Does the storytelling and production design of this show prove that Power Rangers can survive without its Super Sentai...

Join your host Garhdo for a review of the latest DC superhero film, Blue Beetle, focusing on young Latino hero Jaime Reyes and his family. Garhdo will give his thoughts on the film, its actors, themes, visual effects and more, with a brief discussion of spoilers in a marked section, to assess what happened that caused this Certified Fresh film to become the worst box-office bomb among a run of rec...

Join your host, Garhdo, as they take their first real look at the universe of Doctor Who, a British based science fiction series about a time-travelling alien, his human companion, and their adventures across time and space in a blue police box that is bigger on the inside. The series is approaching its 60th anniversary this year, and like many others Garhdo had no experience of it until the franc...

We're back! Now that the strikes have concluded your host Garhdo is able to provide an update on the future of this podcast, and the placed on hiatus Season 5. They will provide an overview of what episodes you can expect over the coming few months, what state those episodes are currently in, as well as roughly when they can be expected. Learn what has been reviewed, and what episode topics yo...

Join your host Garhdo for a spoiler review of the story mode of Mortal Kombat 1, and what the exploration of this New Era could mean for the future of the franchise. Contains discussion of the new versions of all characters and their differences to the original versions, as well as story mode spoilers. 0:00 Intro 0:54 Strike Disclaimer 3:53 The Netherrealm Trilogy 22:40 Act 1 - A New Era 40:05 Act...

Featuring Tallulah Join your host Garhdo with guest star Tallulah as they discuss all things Barbie, from a relatively spoiler-free review of the recent hit movie, to the toy franchise phenomenon, to discussions about whether Barbie is a good role model for little girls in the modern world, and how the film approaches this rich, complex and sometimes controversial legacy. 0:00 Intro 0:24 Strike Di...

An important update for the immediate future of this channel during the current SAG-AFTRA and WGA Strikes.

Join your host Garhdo for a review of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, the much anticipated sequel to one of the best animated movies ever made. This episode will discuss the themes, animation, behind the scenes turmoil, the ongoing strikes and story beats as Garhdo asks if this film is as good as the first film? And stick around for the second half for an extended discussion of some easter eg...

Join your host Garhdo for a short spoiler-free review of the recent animated film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem. Is it worth watching? What makes it different to the previous versions of the characters? 0.00 Intro 0:43 Strike Disclaimer 3:42 Mutant Mayhem Review 21:27 Sign-Off https://linktr.ee/garhdo Review 08 Published August 3rd 2023 Music Credits OneEightFour, In The Back Room, V...