The Gene Pool Variety Hour!

Episode 106: The Bad, Bad West In another of our new segments, Reboot Room, we take old movies, shows, or games and reboot them to give them a twist! We have Keanu! We have Muppets! We have Third Rock from the Sun!  In our Roll for Credits segment, we check out the 2025 movie, Cottonmouth. You know you're in trouble when the movie touts two well-known actors and gives them top billing, but they ar...

Episode 105: Hannah, Meet Jason! (Apologies for the audio popping in the episode... Ghosts in the Machine, I suppose!) In another of our new segments, Bad Pitches (we're still workshopping that name lol), Connor creates a movie based on the idea of a spy who is terrible at lies but great at karaoke.... The kid is too creative! Come check it out! In our Roll for Credits segment, we check out the 20...

Episode 104: What's in the Box?! Still testing the water... feels fine, but we're being cautious! In our new, Build a Character Workshop, random prompts gave us a retired washed up super villain trying to re-enter the dating scene. Not only did Connor have fun with it, we ended up roleplaying his first date! We went off the rails fast! Middle school humor and Monty Python voices... barely made it...

Episode 103: Raining Fire After a six-month hiatus, we're finally back! Let's just catch up and getting our feet wet again! We've got new ideas and new segments coming. We review those and let you know what new random stuff is on its way! In our Roll for Credits segment, we check out the 2019 Chinese disaster flick, Skyfire! I bet you didn't know it was a remake of a 1980 movie starring Paul Newma...

Episode 102: This Is My House Geek Question of the week... Connor hit us with a bunch... What are some movie birth scenes that are memorable to you? What was your favorite Halloween costume growing up? Favorite candy? Hey, at least the movie talk was interesting. LOL In our Roll for Credits segment, we check out the 2020 horror-is movie, His House, starring Sope Dirisu and Wunmi Mosaku. Powerful a...

Episode 101: I Want My Two Dollars Geek Question of the week... What scenes from movies would janitors hate having to clean up after? Blood, and barf, and bile, oh my! In our Roll for Credits segment, we check out the 90's homage to old film noir movies, Payback (1999) starring Mel Gibson, Maria Bello, and a host of other high profile cameos! Decent, but you need to go into it with the right attit...

Episode 100: Space Vampires FTW! Geek Question of the week... If you could have a mediocre superpower, what would it be? Man this went in a lot of directions, and the livestream chat joined in! Sidekick! In our Roll for Credits segment, it's time for 80's sci-fie adventure, Lifeforce (1985)! Space vampires, zombies, and 80's gratuitous skinnage, oh my! Oh, and Patrick Stewart. This did not age wel...

Episode 99: Slaycation Geek Question of the week... What's the worst movie you actually paid money to see in the theater? How many of YOU have seen the movie widely regarded as "An Astrological Disco Sports Extravaganza"?! Come on in and hear about it! In our Roll for Credits segment, it's time for the horror comedy, Get Away (2024)! Imagine if Midsommar and Shaun of the Dead had a baby... this is...

Episode 98: Enjoy Your Succor! No Geek Question this week... instead we just talked a lot about Borderlands 4! Our favorite series of all time is back, and we now have a favorite IN the series! We are happy! It is so good. In our Roll for Credits segment, we gush about the political/cultural satire movie from 2023, Coup! Eerie how much the Spanish Flu in 1918 was like COVID a few years ago. And Pe...

Episode 97: East Bound Or Down Sean spent time discussing his enjoyment of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Connor freaked out when Sean referred to it as a French developed JRPG. Sean got to school Connor a bit about that. Don't mess with the OG gamer. In our Geek Question this week, Connor asked "What superhero tropes do you just hate?" Kryptonite, Capes, and Monologues, oh my! In our Roll for Credi...

Episode 96: Le Shark Man we dove into some deep nerd stuff at the beginning and had a great time chatting about video games, storylines, and stuff. Chickens were indeed chased. Ventured into an "In Memoriam" segment. Good grief we got hit hard. Ozzy. Malcolm. Hulk. Chuck. Gen X can't take many more hits! In our Geek Question this week, Connor asked "What classic video game from your childhood woul...

Episode 95: She Talks to Angels More audio weirdness today, though it wasn't our fault. Blame the block party complete with stage and emcee outside Connor's window! LOL Connor starts us on a conversation of our best memories involving water. Weird, right? Funny how it coincided with the 50th anniversary of the release of Jaws in theaters! Not many fond memories involving water, but plenty of traum...

Episode 94: Only the Shadow Knows Man, we had a train wreck of audio this episode. Drops and mics off oh my! Maybe it had something to do with Connor "pre-gaming" hard even before we went live! Cleaned it up pretty well, but I'm no audio engineer! Long conversations about upcoming preorders and a commentary on the increasing cost of video games! Connor wants to talk about video games that have inf...

Episode 93: Zombie Family Feud! We jumped video game rabbit holes, including South of Midnight, a smidgen of Destiny, and back to Borderlands 3. Connor started a fun discussion on superhero relationships and why they always seem to fail!  In our Roll for Credits segment, we dive into the *FIFTH* (are you kidding me) movie in the Resident Evil franchise, 2012's Resident Evil: Retribution. Not a goo...

Episode 92! Well THAT was awkward... First of all, apologies for Sean. Head cold + meds + can't breath = kind of out of it.  Let's talk a little bit about Thunderbolts* !!!! It was great! In our Roll for Credits segment, We painfully watch the awkwardness of dating and social media that is the 2023 movie, Cat Person. If you hate the idea of dating in this day and age, this movie will, well, make y...

Episode 91! Welcome to Talking Club. First of all, apologies for any audio issues. There is some slight popping in the audio that could not be resolved. We'll get that cleaned up before next week! Man, we start the show by just rambling on with the utterly overwhelming Gold Rush of games that have started coming out in the last 3 months, with more on the horizon. And we're just focusing on XBox! A...

Welcome to Episode 90! I'll be your huckleberry... To honor the recent loss of Val Kilmer, the intention was to have a very Val-centric episode focusing on some of our favorite movies. We got sidetracked, of course. After 35 years, Sean has picked up his trumpet again and joined a local band. This led to a rabbit hole of some of Sean's more interesting band geek stories from back in the day. Given...

Welcome to Episode 89! We're back from the Beyond! We just were giddy with excitement to get back in the saddle, and just nerdy chatted for a long time to start off. We explored movies that we could watch forever or movies that have the same emotional impact on us no matter how many times we watch it. Good stuff and not necessarily what you would expect. In our Roll for Credits segment, we talk ab...

Welcome to 88! Baa Ram Ewe! In our Roll for Credits segment, we talk about the 2020 comedy, Rams, Starring Sam Neill and Miranda Richardson! Great little movie that was more touching and poignant than funny, but highly recommended!  We dove into Connor's head a bit and he went off on his love for anime. listen as Sean weakly tries to join in! LOL We finish off the episode doing a little character...

Welcome to 87! We might actually have finally gotten out audio issues fixed and getting back on track! In this episode, we welcome our friend TV's Travis, movie &TV aficionado/podcaster to talk about the 2022 thriller, Dig, starring Thomas Jane and Emile Hirsch! Before we can even get started, Connor and Travis go down a rabbit hole of DC superhero media - Sean just had to sit back and listen. The...

To say it has been too long has been an understatement! We missed y'all! Through life changes and computer changes we made our way back to you! We spend time just catching up and trying to get used to doing this again. We talk about the new things we have planned for you - including guests! - in our upcoming episodes. In our Roll for Credits segment, we jump into one of DC's more recent movies, Bl...

We start off with LOTS of wedding and reception... and honeymoon... talk! The Geek Question of the Week:  What traditional Halloween trope tradition is something you've always wanted to try? Clearly, Sean has had a little more experience here than Connor...   In our Roll for Credits segment, we finish off Horror Movie Month and take a look at the 2021 family tragedy horror, Father of Flies! I don'...

First off, we were joined by Luke, aka Sean's second son and Connor's younger brother. He was in for Connor's wedding so popped on to join us! Let me apologize for audio issues, as Luke's mic was not picking up and we did not realize it until after. Check out his YouTube channel, Experience over Things for everything about the hiker life! Fascinating! The Geek Question of the Week was pretty simpl...

The Geek Question of the Week was pretty simple and straightforward:  What are your greatest fears and what would it look like if they were combined into one fear?  In our Roll for Credits segment, we start Horror Movie Month and take a look at the 2005 psychological horror/creature fest... The Descent! Hope you can see in the dark because THEY can... And as always, geekery, video games, and chick...

The Geek Question of the Week was pretty simple and straightforward:  If you were stuck on a road trip with three of the worst nerdy characters, who would it be and why would they be so bad? Jar Jar and Janic and Sheldon, oh my! In our Roll for Credits segment, we take a look at the 2019 80's homage "musical"... Manifest Destiny Down: Spacetime! Thank us now! We watch 'em so you don't have to! Wha...