Guys Of A Certain Age

It seems Robbie thought Jay and Art were Ken-ough to handle this episode on the Barbie movie.  So what are Guys of a Certain Age doing at the Barbie movie, anyway?   Was it nostalgia for other action figures back in the day that hung out with Barbie on toy store shelves?  Was it the inclusion of actors from the superhero multiverse? Or was it just a curiosity to see what all the hype was about?  B...

Jay's out this week, so Robbie and Art fire up the Way Back machine for a look back at the comic books and graphic novels that made 1986 a Renaissance year. Hard to believe but that year saw the release of The Watchmen, The Dark Knight Returns, and John Byrne's Man of Steel. Listen as the Guys wax (and sometimes wane) nostalgic about these and other literary masterpieces that still influence moder...

It’s a strange, new world - you don’t need The Guys to tell you that.  But when it gets too crazy out there, we can always hunker down, row our remotes, and go gently down to stream...and go where no show has gone before. Except where the other dozen or so series and movies that make the Star Trek Universe have gone. Before.   But could it be that the best of all those shows is the one that recent...

The strikes continue, and this time it’s Art who’s out.  He called it “sabbatical” but the remaining Guys think he was just playing around in Seatticle.  But the show must go on, and this week it’s Jay and Robbie in the studio with fresh geek news to lead off an encore edition featuring the interview with author Zac Ashmore.   Robbie’s Geek of the Week makes Jay jealous knowing someone else got ah...

It’s summertime, and the living is lazy.  Or is it easy?  Either way, The Guys aren’t exactly on strike, but the Mississippi is sending them to all kinds of cool places - except the studio, it seems.  But those days are good days to do rewinds of episodes with old friends who deserve to be heard again.   This week it’s their interview with Stan Brown, a local author with feet (or fingers, more acc...

It’s time for this year’s Emmy Awards…or at least the nominations.   Who knows if the show will actually air.  But that didn’t stop The Guys from talking about them.  The big questions: will they watch the awards show?  Have they even watched the shows that were nominated?  It’s not many shows, actually, and the big nominees were mostly streamers, which confirmed Jay’s decision to cut the cable co...

The Guy Band is back together - it’s like a boy band, but much, much older.   Apparently Jay is not on strike any more, though it’s uncertain if he was part of the rider’s strike or the sad actors.  In fact, he’s hoping to get the Guys invited to the 2025 Comic-Con Cruise, since nobody else seems to be scheduled yet.  Art the Birthday Guy brings news of Aquaman 2’s reshoots, rewrites, and disappea...

The Guys dust off a oldie but goody as they bring back an interview with Roland Mann, comic book writer/editor/publisher of Silverline comics . Roland talks about his career in the comic book industry that started in a grocery story somewhere in 1970's Mississippi and took him to Marvel comics.   But first, Robbie and Art hit with some Geeks of the Week that involve more Superman: Legacy casting,...

Three Guys went to the theater.  They were told it was to be a part of a flash mob.  Turns out, it was The Flash movie.  And there wasn’t a mob.  But they liked the movie, anyway!   Despite the record numbers of viewers not viewing the movie, apparently, The Guys gave it three thumbs up.  Art appreciated the acting, Robbie enjoyed all the fan service, and for Jay it redeemed the time travel/multiv...

In this week’s episode, The Guys vote for Pedro.  But even if they didn’t cast three resounding “Yes” votes for Mr. Pascal, it seems the rest of the world is doing just that.  He’s the man of the moment on all the screens, large and small.   And when it comes to geek cred, he’s got Star Wars cred, superhero movie cred, video-game-come-tv-series cred, GoT cred - he even killed it on SNL.  Definitel...

WWDC 2023 has come and gone, and Apple had several big software and hardware announcements, but none bigger than the Vision Pro. Coming out in 2024, Apple's entry into the world of "spatial computing" comes with a lot of promise and a hefty price tag. It's the first new product from Apple in several years, but is this VR headset something Robbie and Art see in their future?  Our Geeks of the Week...

On this week’s episode, it’s Art and Jay in Studio Two, ghosted once again by Robbie, who was apparently out taking pictures of fish.  Or was it cats.  They don’t know.  [Editor's note: Jay only listens to his mom and his wife; we can't expect him to actually listen to the other 2 Guys.] But that gave them time to talk about one of the feel-good movies of early summer that Robbie hadn’t watched.  ...

It’s one of those bittersweet moments in life.  You’ve got a show you love, that keeps on giving.  Then it comes to an end, but it comes to an end in a way that makes you happy. Three out of three Guys agree: Ted Lasso is must-see Apple TV. Of course, almost every episode of Ted Lasso over the course of its three-season life made fans happy in some form or fashion, whether it was the sports aspect...

With Jay out for the week, Robbie and Art explore the influence of artificial intelligence (AI) on visual media in this episode of "Guys of a Certain Age," Kicking things off with "Geeks of the Week," Robbie shares his excitement for the new Star Trek: Strange New Worlds trailer and reveals a surprising cameo in the upcoming Flash movie. Art discusses Star Wars updates and pays tribute to the late...

If you run out of news, just check in and see what Disney is up to.  Or listen to this episode, where the Guys chat (not gpt) about all the things going down at the House of Mouse.  New HQ scrapped, but new ESPN streaming in the works.  Loki and Echo to come, but lots of other shows on the chopping block.   And while the Guys are still waiting for a listener to sponsor a field trip to the Galactic...

Welcome, superhero fans, to Guys of the Galaxy, volume way too many!  Galaxy? Old. Guys? Old.   Jay even jumps in the wayback machine without the guidance of Popular Science to revisit Dolph Lundgren’s 80’s portrayal of The Punisher.  Art looks to the future (or was it a long time ago in a galaxy far far away?) for Filoni’s Star Wars movie that promises to take an old title and fill it with potent...

Mandalorian Season 3 is complete.  Yes, it’s been complete for a while.  The Guys know.  Jay just needed to get caught up.  What’s new?  But for those who are even farther behind, beware…spoilers abound!   The Guys talk about how this season ranks among the others, where it may be headed with which characters at the forefront, and how it seems to fit in the timeline of Dr. Who (just kidding.)  In...

Now that the Mandalorian season (series?) is over, Robbie and Art share their thoughts on what's coming next in the Star Wars realm. Will we see Din and Grogu continue their adventures on the big screen? Will Finn join Rey in the next sequel trilogy? And who is the next Big Bad... and does Jay being absent have anything to with that? Geeks of the Week include a leadership change at DC Comics and a...

Hold on to your vines and tighten your loincloths, listeners - it’s time to talk Tarzan.   The Guys keep this episode high above the jungle floor by inviting AMC’s “Tarzan expert on-call”, Scott Tracy Griffin, to the show.  Griffin has written two definitive coffee table books (that you wouldn’t want coffee anywhere near) about the art, books, and films of Edgar Rice Burroughs' most famous charact...

It was a big week in geek news, with the Star Wars Celebration in jolly old England and the latest name change over at HBO/Discovery/Warner/Whatever announced in Holly-old-Wood. The Guys get giddy about Star Wars content to come, with Rey and Mando getting new movies, and Ahsoka streaming soon.  Well, “soon” in the world of Disney+ releases.   And what of Max, the new name for the Discovery-HBO-Ma...

Following James Cameron's lead, Art waited almost 10 years to create a sequel to his mildly successful first Jack Quasar comic book. In this episode, Robbie and Art discuss the character's history, the process of creating a comic book on an iPad, and the ongoing trials and tribulations of self-publishing through Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing system.  Geeks of the Week include the latest role N...

Robbie really loves it when all the live people come back, and that’s what’s happening soon-ish on Netflix’s announced anime’ version of Scott Pilgrim vs The World.  All the stars, or at least their voices, will come back for this unique twist on the beloved comic-turned-classic movie.   Jay, on the other hand, is excited not just about John Wick’s latest movie (where we assume lots of live people...

This week it’s Art who’s roaming the country in search of the studio, so Robbie and Jay have to carry the conversation.  But not to worry, Guys of a Certain Age, though they might talk a lot about Marvel, they are not firing people like Marvel seems to be.  Art will be back just like Daredevil, however, unless he got caught in the Blip.   And if that happens, the Guys (whoever is left) will be sur...

Art and Robbie welcome a new guest and possible Jay replacement this week to discuss the latest post-apocalyptic phenomenon, HBO Max's The Last of Us. Jonah Holland, a co-worker of Art's and an avid fan of both the games and the limited series shares his insights and predictions for the already-announced second and third series. Jonah's also a fan of our show, and he and the Guys discuss how the g...

This week in the studio realm, the Council of Guys met to decide which Avenger’s movie would next be viewed and reviewed.  Since Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantamania was the only one in the theater, that’s the one they chose.  (Big decision-makers, these Guys.) And they asked deep questions: Is Paul Rudd the new Robert Downey, Jr?  Will Michael Douglas come back for another movie?  Was Bill Murray’s...