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The Geekscape 15th Anniversary Live Celebration! This is it! The biggest Geekscape of the year! Filmed before a live theater audience in Los Angeles, the Geekscape 15th Anniversary Live Celebration is the final, 15th hour of the Dec. 17th 15 hour charity live stream for Big Brothers Big Sisters that ran across the entire Geekscape network! Featuring surprise guests from Geekscape's past (and futur...

Geekscape LACC 2021: The Worst Marvel Characters NOT In The MCU (Yet) We all love the MCU! And we all love Marvel Comics! But not all of the Marvel Comics characters deserve to show up in the MCU! Who are some of the lamest Marvel characters that have yet to make it to the big time? To help answer that question, the Los Angeles Comic Con panel of myself, Katie Elsaesser, Ed Greer and Ron Swallow a...

Geekscape LACC 2021: Giancarlo Esposito 'The Mandalorian' and 'Breaking Bad' actor Giancarlo Esposito joins me on stage at LA Comic Con to talk about his approach to acting, what he learned from Michael Mann and the line Vince Gilligan gave him that unlocked Gus Fring! Along the way we talk about building a creative life for yourself, being courageous and going big! And then I surprise everyone (i...

Geekscape is LIVE at Los Angeles Comic Con 2021 and we're bringing you with us! I celebrate my birthday on stage! We talk about the BIG news of the weekend featuring 'The Mandalorian's Giancarlo Esposito (and Heidi Cox)! Josh breaks down Tommy Wiseau's really weird booth for The Room and someone snoring through the Mortal Kombat cast panel! Carlos Lopez gives away some free videogames to the audie...

Los Angeles Comic Con is upon us this weekend! Join Matt and I to discuss some of the upcoming highlights! We'll probably talk some 'Ghostbusters: Afterlife', the insanity of scoring Spider-Man tickets and preview the Geekscape 15 hour Live Stream on Dec. 17th! We'll also discuss the first two episodes of the 'Hawkeye' series and whether or not Clifford the Big Red Dog is a Kaiju! Come and get it!...

7 years ago, writer Kevin Jakubowski came on Geekscape to talk about his book '8-Bit Christmas'! Now Kevin returns to the podcast to talk about the HBO Max film based on that same book starring Neil Patrick Harris and Steve Zahn! We'll get the full story of seeing the book to screen, get ya'll prepped for the holiday spirit and talk about the power of nostalgia! Get excited! Subscribe to Geekscape...

As fans of Jean Claude Van Damme's 'Kickboxer' and 'Bloodsport' martial arts classics, we're excited to welcome 'Kickboxer' Writer/Director and 'Bloodsport' producer Mark DiSalle onto the Geekscape podcast! We'll talk about making the original films, their passionate fanbase and helping to shepherd both franchises for over 30 years. We'll also talk filmmaking, working with Jean Claude Van Damme an...

Chloé Zhao's Marvel superhero epic 'Eternals' is finally out and the origins of the MCU have been revealed... so everything is totally cleared up, right? Well, maybe not so much. Luckily, our very own Uatu, Ian Kerner, is here to help us navigate the ideas, plotlines and ramifications of the film! What worked and what didn't? Is the Marvel formula inescapable? What Eternals will we probably see in...

Katie is back... and just in time! I had a blast at Edgar Wright's 'Last Night In Soho'! Katie and I fight our way through Metroid Dread! I try and walk my Pikmin to death in the new mobile game 'Pikmin Bloom'! And 'The Book of Boba Fett' gets its first trailer! Oh yeah... and I teach Katie all about Pikmin and wonder why she hasn't played it before! This is a good one, Geekscapists! Subscribe to...

Denis Villeneuve's epic 'Dune' has finally hit theaters... so why are some people upset about it? Matt Kelly is planning a Halloween Livestream this week! And Jonathan is planning Roomba Armageddon! It's all here and more on a brand new Geekscape! Subscribe to Geekscape on iTunes! Follow Jonathan on Twitter and Instagram! Join the Geekscape Forever Facebook Group! Visit Geekscape.net for more Geek...

It's been weeks since our last Geekscape news roundtable so it's time to get to work! Warner Brothers heaped a whole lot of new trailers and announcements on us at this past weekend's DC Fandome event, from a new look at 'The Batman' to a brand new Rocksteady Studios video game... so we gotta talk about it! Nintendo is also luring us all back to our Animal Crossing islands but do we really want to...

Filmmaker Chris White has directed one of my favorite films of the year: the Christian Metal dramedy 'Electric Jesus'! The film stars 'The Office's Brian Baumgartner and a cast of fantastic up and comers and is filled with equal parts music, comedy and coming of age charm. We'll talk to Chris on a brand new Geekscape podcast about the autobiographical origins of the film, discovering the unknown c...

Marvel's animated 'What If...?' just wrapped up so what if we dropped a new Geekscape podcast on all of you where Ian Kerner and I talk about it? Did this series meet expectations? What were the big surprises? What does it mean for the larger MCU? Will there be live action cross over? Will we get more zombies? And what should we expect from the announced 'What If...?' Season Two? It's all here on...

Well, we got that 'Venom' sequel you all wanted so badly... and this time we also got a healthy dose of Carnage as Tom Hardy and Woody Harrelson go head to head in a blockbuster symbiote shuffle! And that also means that Ian Kerner and I are going to go head to head on 'Venom: Let There Be Carnage' in a new Geekscape Special! Does the sequel step up? Does it expand the Sony Spider-Manless Spiderve...

We're talking kaiju, anime, filmmaking, Japanese culture, using French overs, personal paleontology and more with 'Iké Boys' director Eric McEver! We catch up with Eric after 'Iké Boys' Fantastic Fest premiere, talk about putting the film together, growing up in a small town and how it shaped his storytelling, integrating his love of Japanese Kaiju and giant robot films into the movie and obviousl...

The Geekscape Boyz are back with a brand new episode filled with news and reviews! Shane, Derek and Matt join me to talk about that new 'Hawkeye' trailer, 'Y: The Last Man' finally coming to FX and Hulu, saying goodbye to Norm Macdonald and tons more! This time we're also joined by new Geekscape podcast 'Waifus and Weeaboos' host Nick Roccia to teach us about some anime and introduce him to the Ge...

Martial Arts master Shang-Chi has finally arrived in the MCU with this weekend's 'Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings'! And with a story full of fights, Marvel easter eggs and kung fu fantasy, was it everything we'd hoped it would be? Did Simu Lu step up to the task (easy answer: yes)? What about Awkwafina and legendary actors Tony Leung and Michelle Yeoh (easy answers: of course)? How does...

We all remember where we were on 9/11... but in the weeks following, do we remember how we felt? And maybe more importantly, did we remember when the laughter returned to our lives? Did it feel like it was "too soon"? Looking towards the 20th anniversary, join me and one of my closest friends, filmmaker Nick Scown, as we talk about his new film 'Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11', premiering next week f...

It's time for some classic Geekscape-style news and reviews! Katie, Matt and Shane join me on a brand new episode to defend 'Ted Lasso' Season 2, analyze the new 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' trailer for any sign of Mephisto and tell you that 'Marvel's What If...?' is going to matter in the long run! Along the way we roast Shane for being late, spread the love, talk some comics and Matt shares some ho...

Comic creators Chris Mancini and Fernando Pinto return to Geekscape to talk about Volume 2 of their book 'Rise of the Kung Fu Dragon Master'! We'll talk about writing and drawing comics, how Chris and Fernando channel their creativity and mind-meld for their working relationship! Along the way, I'll give my thoughts on Ryan Reynolds in 'Free Guy' and we all talk about the first two episodes of Mar...

'Guardians of the Galaxy' director James Gunn is back with DC's 'The Suicide Squad'! But is it a sequel to 2016's Will Smith starring 'Suicide Squad'? I guess it's time for Ian Kerner to join me for a a brand new Geekscape special to break it all down! How does this match up to 2016's David Ayer directed 'Suicide Squad'? What characters are back? Who are the new faces? Is 'King Shark' your favorit...

Let's talk YA fiction! This week's guest Erik J. Brown (he/him) is a YA writer based in Philadelphia, PA! His debut Young Adult novel 'All That's Left In The World' will be published in early 2022 by HarperColllins/Balzer+Bray. We talk about the post-apocalyptic, queer storyline and how it was inspired by 'The Walking Dead'! Along the way, I tell Katie about getting bit by 'Snake Eyes' and share m...

Get ready to hear some comics talk because writer Tom Pinchuk is back on the show to discuss his new book 'Remember Andy Xenon?' Fans are angry with the new Kevin Smith 'Masters of the Universe' series on Netflix and Tom has some insight after working on reboots of Ben 10 and Max Steel! We also discuss legendary one issue stories like Alan Moore's 'Superman: Whatever Happened To The Man Of Tomorro...

The first season of Marvel's 'Loki' is all wrapped up so it's time for the great bastion of comic book knowledge Ian Kerner to join me as we talk all about it! We'll be discussing that Episode 6 finale (so spoilers!), whether Sylvie really is The Enchantress (probably), if we'll see Throg again (did you see him the first time?) and what this means for the future (and past) of the MCU! You know how...

This is it! Geekscape Episode 600! To celebrate, I'm joined by Geekscape family members Katie, Matt, Derek, Shane, Big Yanks and amazing regular guest Ashley Robinson! We peel back the years on Geekscape and talk about some of our favorite moments! Tyrese Gibson explains why it starts from the baby! Shane wanted me to marry his sister! BigYanks got called a terrorist! There's a ton to unpack on th...