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The Northern Duo are joined by the muscled Mexican (well Ohio) Megaton might of El Gorro of the Talk Without Rhythm Podcast. With his expert help they dissect the work of two very different and very eighties film Directors - the Olympian celebrated Steven Spielberg and perhaps the under appreciated Chthonian counterpart John Carpenter. Juxtaposing these Titans they discuss   * their careers and se...

Welcome back to Grouchy Old Geeks. We kick this episode off with some news as we jump about the reboot train once more. There are some amazing new films and TV show coming later this year and next year, which we discuss. For our main feature we have a spoiler filled discussion about the Netflix TV series, Stranger Things. Both Scott and Steve have seen all of it and they discuss the plot, the char...

Captain Nuge and Lt Commander Stacebob (yep he's still not come back) return to take the helm of the USS Geek Syndicate through the inky blackness of pop culture for another hour. The question is though which one of our hosts s wearing the red shirt - my money is on the black guy.   News   The Clark Awards are celebrating 30 years and they want everyone to know about it goddammit!   Supergirl gets...

As Dave has been kiddnapped by Ninjas for this week's episode (Or gone on holiday...you decide which sounds more plausible) Nuge turns to the ever awesome Stacey Taylor to step into the hot seat. News     Death Note cast Williem Dafoe as a death god gets cast in the film adaptation of Death Note   The 2000AD talent search returns to Thought Bubble   Week that Was   Modern Slorance   Elsie Harris P...

In episode four of Grouchy Old Geeks we start with a short news segment talking about how amazing Stranger Things is, and some of the latest comic goings on - which gets completely derailed by Scott when he goes off on a massive rant about Batman v Superman.  Then for the main part of the show we review iZombie the TV show.

This is Bags of Action. The podcast devoted to action movies, both old and new, but all of them are awesome! In this episode Steve is away on holiday so Pete and special guest Gavin Jones talk about Rapid Fire from 1992. This is a special episode and next month we'll return to part 2 of our Cusack trilogy. The film stars Brandon Lee, son of Bruce Lee, in an action movie two years before his final...

Barry and Dave aka The Geeks of Steel (yes it's a silly name) are back with another rib trickling or your money back episode of Geek Syndicate.    News Superman joins Supergirl  John Barrowman becomes a CW series regular Wonder Woman gets a synopsis Ghostbusters comes to waterloo station   Week that was Monts continues his DC Rebirth catchup xmen: worst xman ever Archer The Musketeers Robin Hood:...

Welcome to Series 11 of Dissecting Worlds, where we attempt to Compare and Contrast pairs of Legendary Creators! This time we set Bearded Wizard Alan Moore against Angry Iconoclast Frank Miller in a battle of Comic Book Gods that only they could write.  In an attempt to find harmony and discord between these two we cover: Strangely parallel career paths and striking divergences. Sex and Violence a...

This is Bags of Action. The podcast devoted to action movies, both old and new, but all of them are awesome! In this episode Steve and Pete talk about Con Air from 1997, the first part of their trilogy devoted to John Cusack. The film has a huge cast of characters with a lot of very big named actors including, Ving Rhames, John Malkovich, Steve Buscemi, Colm Meaney, Nicholas Cage, Mykelti Williams...

Welcome to Grouchy Old Geeks, a monthly podcast that discusses everything and anything in geek news, from the Statler and Waldorf of British podcasts hosts. Previously GoG was called Comic Book Outsiders, and we've been podcasting for 9 years. We decided a rebrand and refresh was in order to reflect how the show has changed over the years. This episode Steve and Scott start off with some TV news,...

This Nuge is joined by Stacey Taylor, host of Stacey's Pop Culture Parlour who is filling in for Monts this week. The pair are also using this as a practice run for their epic 24 hour live podcasting attempt next month to raise money for the Alzheimer's Society News Gotham does a little recasting   Notes from Not Nuge Stacey has a go at recommending a piece of music. This week from the Teenage Mut...

The Geek Syndicate boys ride back into town for another episode and they're bringing saddlebags full of sass with them.     News    John Boyega steps into a lead role in Pacific Rim 2   Is the Man of Steel Coming to Supergirl?     Notes from Nuge   Nuge takes us back to the 80's with The Last Starfighter. James Newton Howard brings his iconic sound to the Royal Albert Hall next year   Week that wa...

More geeky goodness from the dynamic due of podcasting Monts and Nuge! This week rather than having a main or news the lads settle down for a bit of a chat. Week that Was Arrow - Nuge may finally shot his last bow with the hit show. Legends of Tomorrow - The lads why to figure out why they are still coming back to the show week after week (Rip Hunter's collarsmaybe?). Rough Riders #1 and #2 Broken...

In this episode Scott and Steve discuss which shows have been axed and which have been saved in the big rating-pocalypse of 2016, they then discuss what new shows they're looking forward to.  In the main feature they discuss Doctor Who, both new and old. If you would like to get in touch with the show you can email us at grouchyoldgeeks@gmail.com , you can find our Facebook at www.grouchyoldgeeks....

This is Bags of Action. The podcast is devoted to action movies, both old and new, but all of them awesome! In this episode Steve and Pete talk about Homefront from 2013 starring Jason Statham. This is the third in our Statham trilogy and so far this trilogy has been pretty disappointing. Both hosts had low expectations going in, so did it live up to them? This film has a well known cast with some...

Barry flies solo on this episode as he sits down with Jessica Pope, the executive producer on BBC's The Musketeers. Jessica's gives her thoughts on the show's third and final series as well as taking the time to answer a few fan questions. Enjoy! Please vote for GS in the 2016 New Media Europe Awards in the influencer category   Contact Geek Syndicate Email:  thegeeks@geeksyndicate.co.uk Subscribe...

Welcome once more to the Geek Syndicate's look at the world of video games. In this episode of The Next Level, Ant is joined by a team to discuss storytelling in video games. Amy, Casey and Matt offer their perspectives on subjects such as the change in storytelling over the years, the importance of the story to a game and more. Finally, Ant and the gang list their story hits and misses from their...

Monts and the Nuge return to the geek culture airwaves with more sass than a speeding bullet (yes I know speeding bullets don't have sass but well I thought it sounded cool).   Anyway roll out the official blurb...   News   Marvel's Kevin Feige commits to a Black Widow Film...kinda.   The lads try to find out what the 'The Death of X' means.   Zorro gets another reboot but this time he goes to the...

Yeee-haaaa! - Saddle Up partners & join Patrick from the Almost Educate podcast (the good) Matt (the bad) and Kehaar (the ugly) for rough riding through the badlands where the Western and Geek genres meet - including : * our favourite westerns * Aliens as a western? * the browncoated  elephant in the room * Modern Day Detroit and post-apocalyptic westerns * The many western homages of 2000ad * Sta...

This is Bags of Action. The podcast is devoted to actionmovies,both old and new, but all of them awesome! In this episodeSteve and Pete talk about Wild Card from 2015 starring JasonStatham. This is the second in our Statham trilogy and this filmturned out not to be what either host was expecting. As well as discussing the film, the characters, and the manyfamous by big named authors, they also get...

Welcome to Grouchy Old Geeks, a monthly podcast that discusses everything and anything in geek news, from the Statler and Waldorf of British podcasts hosts. Previously GoG was called Comic Book Outsiders, and we've been podcasting for 9 years. We decided a rebrand and refresh was in order to reflect how the show has changed over the years. This episode Steve and Scott start off with some TV, film...

Pull up your most comfy chair to the fireside and listen in as Kehaar and Matt take your questions on the past, present and future of Dissecting Worlds! In this episode we take on listener queries, and cover: ● Our Secret Origin! ● Marxism (and other ­isms) ! ● Reboots we’d love to control! ● Fictional Universes to Emigrate to! ● Our Next Series (and a couple of specials) announced! Thank you to e...

It's Monts of London vs Nuge of Northampton! T he biggest gladiator match in the history of humankind since..well since that little film came out made by some fella called Zack. In this DC special the lads not only give their spoiler filled thoughts on Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice but also they talk about DC Comics latest big idea - Rebirth. Contact Geek Syndicate Email:  thegeeks@geeksyndi...

It's Episode 246 and Monts and Nuge are back in town (well they are actually back in two different towns but you get the drift).   Join them for another hour of hi-jinks and geeky chat...sass comes as standard   NEWS   Into the badlands get a season 2 (cue a lot of vocal noise from the syndicate). Pennyworth - are we getting an Alfred series? (cue even more vocal noise). Indy 5 -  Harrison is donn...

  Wrapping up their series on Fantastic Creatures the gruesome twosome invite our listeners to send us their thoughts, which means we discuss: * Wehlan's Moorcock art making elves sexy (thanks Rachel Khan @portablecity) * Dire Halflings! * The Fertility of Half Elves (thanks to @lindybeige) * Elephantmen (finally, honest) * Channel 4’s Humans & Azimov's Laws of Robotics * R E Howard on race and se...