The Geek Buddies

On Episode 33 of The Geek Buddies, John Rocha, Shannon McClung and Michael Vogel give you their year end break down of the best geeky pieces of entertainment in 2019 including Watchmen, Avengers: Endgame, The Mandalorian, The Ducktales, the Red Rising series and more! They also reveal what they are looking forward to in 2020 including the return of The Mandalorian, Phase IV of the MCU, No Time to...

The Geek Buddies John Rocha, Michael Vogel and Shannon McClung get together to give you their SPOILER filled reviews of Episode 6 The Prisoner and Episode 7 The Reckoning of Disney Plus's The Mandalorian. They break down what they loved, liked and weren't 100% sure on in these episodes. Rocha finally explains why he didn't like Episode 6 while Vogel defends it. For their episode 7 review, they dis...

The Geek Buddies John Rocha, Michael Vogel and Shannon McClung give you their SPOILER filled review of the season (and possibly series) finale of Watchmen on HBO. They let you know if they thought it was a satisfying ending to the show, what they liked and didn't like in the episodes, if they paid off so many f the storylines they laid out during the season and if that final moment was the perfect...

On Episode 32 of The Geek Buddies, John Rocha, Shannon McClung and Michael Vogel discuss their thoughts on the Top Gun: Maverick and Tenet trailers, J.K. Rowling's latest Twitter battle and the term TERF, and they go in deep to deliver their SPOILER review of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. They break down what they liked and didn't like about the film and what the legacy of this trilogy will be...

The Geek Buddies are back with a SPOILER review of Episode 8 of HBO's Watchmen. John Rocha., Michael Vogel and Shannon McClung breakdown and discuss "A God Walks into Abar". They dive deep into all the storylines and plot points that were presented in this episode including the Dr. Manhattan and Angela Abar situation as well as the continuing backstory of Ozymandius. So much to discuss in this one...

The Geek Buddies John Rocha, Michael Vogel and Shannon McClung get together to give you their SPOILER filled review of Episode 5 of The Mandalorian "The Gunslinger" on Disney Plus. They break down what they loved, liked and weren't 100% sure on in this one...including Amy Sedaris's hair! They discuss Dave Filoni's direction in this one and if they think the show has taken a turn into the more chee...

On Episode 31 of The Geek Buddies, John Rocha, Shannon McClung and Michael Vogel discuss the ramifications and reactions to that New York Times article that dropped discussing the journey to The Rise of Skywalker. We give our thought son the controversial quotes and if people are making too much of it or are correct in their anger. We also break down and discuss the new trailers for Wonder Woman 1...

On Episode 30 of The Geek Buddies, John Rocha, Shannon McClung and Michael Vogel discuss the themes of family and betrayal in the Black Widow trailer, their thoughts on the Harley Quinn series and on the incredible final trailer for the upcoming Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover. For their main topic, they tackle the Forbes and Variety articles citing sources at WB claiming that they are having...

Geek Buddies John Rocha and Shannon McClung get together to give you their SPOILER filled review of Episode 3 and 4 of The Mandalorian on Disney Plus. They break down what they loved, liked and weren't 100% sure they liked in each of the episodes. They discuss Deborah Chow's and Vryce Dallas Howard's direction, Jon Favreau's script, the performances, the score, and where they think this whole thin...

The Geek Buddies are down Michael Vogel for this one, but John Rocha and Shannon McClung bring you their SPOILER filled review of Watchmen Episode 5 titled "Little Fear of Lightning". They discuss what may be the best episode of the series so far and dive into ALL the book references that were heavily used throughout the episode. So much to discuss in this one as the plot thickens and that small l...

Geek Buddies John Rocha and Shannon McClung get together to give you their SPOILER filled review of Episode 2 of The Mandalorian on Disney Plus. They break down what they loved, liked and weren't 100% sure they liked in the episode, like those pesky Jawas. They discuss Rick Famuyiwa's direction, Jon Favreau's script, the performances, the score, and where they think this whole thing is going now t...

On Episode 29 of The Geek Buddies, John Rocha, Shannon McClung and Michael Vogel discuss the reasons for why Charlie's Angels flopped at the box office and debate the merits of Elizabeth Banks' comments. They also discuss what a Dwayne Johnson Black Adam might look like, the conflicting reports about a Joker sequel and if the CGI dog in Call of the Wild is a selling point or a distraction. Also, t...

The Geek Buddies aka John Rocha, Michael Vogel and Shannon McClung bring you their SPOILER filled review of Watchmen Episode 4 titled "If You Don't Like My Story, Write Your Own". They discuss all the latest in the storylines with Angela and Cal, Looking Glass, Laurie Blake, Ozymandius aka Adrian Veidt and the introduction of Lady Trieu! So much to discuss in this one as the plot thickens and yet...

On Episode 28 of The Geek Buddies, Shannon McClung and Michael Vogel steer the ship as John Rocha is in Australia on a set visit, but they get pundit and IG Schmoedown champion Mike Kalinowski to come aboard and talk all about Disney+ and its launch. They also dive into the Sonic redesign in the 2nd trailer, Mark Wahlberg in negotiations to be in the new Uncharted film, and the Russo brothers prod...

The Geek Buddies aka John Rocha, Michael Vogel and Shannon McClung get together to give you their SPOILER filled review of Episode 1 of The Mandalorian on Disney Plus. They break down what they loved, liked and weren't 100% about in the episode. They discuss Dave Filoni's direction, Jon Favreau's script, the performances, the score, where they think this whole thing is going and THAT ENDING!!! Joi...

The Geek Buddies aka John Rocha, Michael Vogel and Shannon McClung bring you their SPOILER filled review of Watchmen Episode 3 titled "She Was Killed by Space Junk". They discuss Jean Smart showing up as Laurie Blake aka Silk Spectre, interpret the jokes she was telling, what the heck Is going on with Ozymandius, the game warden and his clones, and when will we see Doctor Manhattan! Enjoy this epi...

On episode 27 of The Geek Buddies, John Rocha, Michael Vogel and Shannon McClung  discuss the recent reports that Andy Serkis is in talks to play Alfred to Robert Pattinson's The Batman with Colin Farrell also having discussions about taking the role of The Penguin. The buddies also discuss the latest efforts by Warner Brothers to revitalize the Fantastic Beasts franchise, the new synopsis for PIX...

The Geek Buddies aka John Rocha, Michael Vogel and Shannon McClung give you their SPOILER filled review of Episode 2 of Watchmen, "Martial Feats of Comanche Horsemanship". They break down the storylines, acting, references to the Alan Moore graphic novel and what their thoughts are on the continuing storylines in this episode and the new characters being introduced. Also, they speculate on what he...

On episode 26 of The Geek Buddies, John Rocha, Michael Vogel and Shannon McClung  discuss Benioff and Weiss leaving or getting fired off their Star Wars trilogy and if it indicates more behind the scenes trouble with Star Wars. They also discuss the Game of Thrones shocks and surprises as the Naomi Watts led series is cancelled by HBO while the House of the Dragon series gets a straight to series...

The Geek Buddies aka John Rocha, Michael Vogel and Shannon McClung give you their SPOILEr review of Episode 1 of Watchmen. They break dow the storylines, acting, hints to the Alan Moore graphic novel and what their thoughts are on Damon Lindelof's approach to the material. Also, they speculate on the big death in the first episode and what its significance might be as the season goes along. Rememb...

On episode 25 of The Geek Buddies, John Rocha, Michael Vogel and Shannon McClung  discuss the new The Rise of Skywalker trailer and if it left them excited or a little cautious about what we are getting in Episode IX. They also give their thoughts on Paul Dano as The Riddler in Matt Reeves' The Batman, who they'd cast as The Penguin, the Tulsa race riots from the beginning of HBO's Watchmen and Ke...

On episode 24 of The Geek Buddies, John Rocha, Michael Vogel and Shannon McClung  discuss the news the Kevin Feige has been named Marvel's Chief Creative Officer, Zoe Kravitz being officially cast as Catwoman in The Batman and possible other castings, Tony Gilro coming back to Star Wars for the Cassian Andor series, the new Bombshell and Dolittle trailers, AND Vogel who has been involved with My L...

This week on The Geek Buddies, John Rocha and Shannon McClung talk all the latest surrounding the Joker movie and if it has a chance of connecting up to the larger DCU after its incredible performance at the box office. Also, they give their thoughts on the Matrix 4 casting, an all female Avengers movie, the Avengers: Damage Control and Shannon gives us his review of 2019's Halloween Horror Nights...

On episode 22 of The Geek Buddies, John Rocha and Michael Vogel welcome senior VP of Development for Berlanti Productions Jonathan Gabay to the show! They talk the new Birds of Prey trailer, the Catwoman casting rumors, Spider-Man returning to the MCU thanks to Tom Holland and preview the upcoming Fall slate of geek TV shows. Gabay offers his thoughts on the Crisis Crossover event at the CW and wh...

On this special episode of The Geek Buddies, John Rocha, Michael Vogel and Shannon McClung welcome VoiceOver legend Rob Paulsen to the show for an hour long interview about his life, his career and his new book, "Voice Lessons: How a Couple of Ninja Turtles, Pinky, and an Animaniac Saved My Life". It's a fantastic interview with Paulsen who goes into his work on Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, Te...