Two Geeks Two Beers

“A peach. I could eat a peach for hours.” This time, Tom is heading back to 1997 to teach Morgan all about the ridiculous-yet-brilliant John Woo action film, Face/Off. And as Johnny Depp discovered, it’s not an ice hockey movie. We delve into the madness of the John Travolta and Nicolas Cage vehicle, and how it was originally meant to be set in the future in the style of Demolition Man. In the epi...

This time, Morgan is tackling Transformers – a vast media franchise that encompasses toys, comics, live-action movies. But he wanted to look into just  his  Transformers, the Generation 1 animated series from 1984. However, it soon proved that even when just taking one element of the Transformers universe, it wasn’t exactly a quick history lesson. In the episode, Morgan teaches Tom all a...

For this episode, Tom teaches Morgan about the surprisingly-brilliant ’90s sitcom Dinosaurs, which probably shouldn’t have worked on paper. Dinosaurs was one in a string of odd sci-fi/fantasy-based sitcoms that did the business back in the ’80s and ’90s, alongside the likes of Harry and the Hendersons and 3rd Rock from the Sun. Co-created by the late  Jim Henson , the Simpsons-style sitcom fo...

This is Two Geeks, Two Beers and we’re talking to whoever’s listening out there… we’re a couple of reasonable guys, who’ve just experienced some very unreasonable things. For this episode, Morgan is teaching Tom all about… Big Trouble in Little China! We were both fans of this film growing up, and Morgan realised while researching the episode that it’s actually one of his all-time favourites to th...

In this episode, Tom takes Morgan through a history of the world’s strangest and worst video game consoles. We previously discussed the well-received but sadly maligned  Sega Dreamcast , and the brilliance of the  Sega Megadrive , but what about the consoles that were just… nope. As well as a few honourable mentions, we discuss at length three ‘classic’ consoles: the VHS-powered Action M...

For this episode, we’ll be digging up something of a forgotten treasure from years gone by and uncovering the secrets of… Aquila! Aquila was a much-loved 1990s CBBC sci-fi series that only ran for two seasons, but it left a longlasting impression on us all these years later. In case you don’t know the show (which is quite likely if you weren’t aged between 10 and 14 in 1997 and lived in the UK), A...

Remember Pogs? The mere mention of them will either be met with utter confusion or pure nostalgic joy. Pogs were arguably the biggest fad of all time, but if you were a kid in the period of 1993-1997, then you most likely had your own collection of these things (unless of course, you’re Morgan living in Cornwall, apparently). In this episode, Tom takes Morgan through a history of the short-lived ’...

This time, Morgan teaches Tom all about one of his favourite films as a kid: 1991’s The Rocketeer! We look back at the underrated Disney adventure movie starring Billy Campbell, Jennifer Connelly, and hamming it up to the nines,  Timothy Dalton . Morgan realises he’s been pronouncing main character Cliff Secord’s name wrong for nearly 30 years, and we get fascinated by a forgotten romcom whic...

Merry Christmas, ya filthy animals! For our 2020 Christmas special, we’re tackling the beloved 1990 classic, Home Alone. Tom takes Morgan back 30 years and tells the story of how John Hughes and Chris Columbus made a box office juggernaut in the shape of a festive caper starring unknown child star Macaulay Culkin. The boys relive all 5 (yes, 5…) Home Alone films (good and very, very bad), and also...

In our latest episode about a geek hero, Morgan and Tom discuss the colourful life and career of Russell Crowe, to celebrate the home release of his latest film, Unhinged. The boys discuss everything from Russell’s bad boy beginnings, his various musical offerings, his unique take on Javert in Les Mis, and pretty much every single film he ever did. It ended up being one of our longest episodes, wi...

For our 80th episode (wow), we’re going back to 1999 and looking back at a criminally underrated and forgotten sci-fi drama, Now and Again. Yes, that sounds like a soapy teen romcom like Once and Again, but it was actually a great thriller/romantic drama/spy drama/comedy that only ran for one season, but still has a cult following 20 years later. Starring Eric Close, Dennis Haysbert and John Goodm...

The year was 1979, and NBC launched the last screen adaptation to date of a popular comic strip hero – after 2 seasons and 37 episodes, Captain William ‘Buck’ Rogers was blown out of the network’s schedules into an orbit which left the show on ice, but now we return to Buck Rogers… 41 YEARS LATER!! This episode sees Morgan teaching Tom all about  Buck Rogers in the 25th Century , plus its beg...

In our latest episode dedicated to a particular geek hero, we’ve gone for Mr Cinema himself, Tom Cruise! Tom attempts to prove to Morgan why Tom Cruise has range, is a brilliant actor, and is a downright great guy. Yes, even with all  that . The boys go through Cruise’s impressive filmography from  Top Gun  to  Collateral  and beyond. Even  Knight & Day ! We also...

In 2015, two flatmates got drunk and started a podcast. Now they live apart, recording remotely in the wake of a global pandemic. Today, still producing new episodes, they survive as podcasters of geekdom. If you want a podcast, if no one else can help, and if you can find our website, maybe you can listen… to Two Geeks, Two Beers. For this episode, Morgan teaches noob Tom all about ’80s action TV...

We’re sure a lot of you are like us in being most excited about the non-heinous third  Bill & Ted  movie,  Face the Music , out now at cinemas everywhere! We were very lucky to have an in-depth chat with none other than Ed Solomon, co-writer of all three  Bill & Ted  films, plus other classics such as  Men in Black ,  Charli e’s  Angels , and  N...

Tom does a terrible job in explaining to Morgan just how great Terry Gilliam’s 1981 sci-fi fantasy romp  Time Bandits  is. Morgan professes his love for actor David Warner, we discover how a Beatle paid for the film, and Tom clearly didn’t study Ancient Greece. A childhood favourite film of Tom’s, Terry Gilliam’s fantasy comedy is one of the most underrated films of its generation. Reuni...

After our previous episode  celebrating the very best (and worst) that the Sega Megadrive/Genesis had to offer , this time Morgan teaches Tom about the history of the  Streets of Rage  franchise. We discover why roller blading won’t help you in a gang, why you should never bring guns to a metal rod fight, and why we’d love to go clubbing to ’90s video game glitchcore soundtracks. As...

It was an idea that really shouldn’t have worked, and many may say that, well, it didn’t. But that doesn’t stop 1996’s  Space Jam  starring Michael Jordan and the Looney Tunes being a cult favourite! This time, Tom takes Morgan through a history of the Warner Bros classic from start to finish and its upcoming sequel. The boys discuss their past basketball ‘glory’, Morgan has his mind blo...

Yes, it’s another James Bond episode! Morgan is strapping on his Walther PPK and heading back into the field to correct a terrible wrong. Not that Tom has been fed to a shark by a vicious drug lord, but to rehabilitate the reputation of the 16th James Bond film, 1989’s  Licence to Kill . The boys discuss Timothy Dalton’s beautiful face, Benicio del Toro’s unique line deliveries, the film’s cr...

Tom takes Morgan back to the good old days (the early ’90s), as the boys channel their inner Zack Morris (well, Screech) and look at the history of teen comedy  Saved by the Bell . They remember the various famous theme tunes, how its creator didn’t know what he wanted, why Zack was a bit of a dick and why  The New Class  went on far too long. Justice for  The College Years! St...

We’ve done  Batman ,  Hulk ,  X-Men , and now it’s time to web-sling back to the ‘90s to revisit an animated outing for Spider-Man. This time, Morgan pens a podcast love letter to his childhood and adoration for the 1994 animated version of Peter Parker and his pals. We look at the potentially murky history behind the epic theme tune creators, the bizarre censorship rules to protect...

It really shouldn’t work, and many at the time said it didn’t, but a movie based on the Cluedo board game was a childhood favourite of Tom’s back in the day. As Morgan has never seen 1985’s  Clue , or even played Cluedo, for the latest episode Tom gives a mini history lesson on the crime caper starring Tim Curry. The boys discuss the film’s groundbreaking different endings, a potential remake...

Look into our eyes… For this episode, we’re heading back to the ‘90s with a ‘splat’, as we fall back under the spell of  The Demon Headmaster , investigating the vintage CBBC series, the recent reboot and the books that inspired them both. Morgan teaches Tom all about the classic kids’ show that is still rather terrifying, and share our own harrowing stories of teachers. Tom’s broken ruler st...

As we’re all feeling like our lives are not quite in control right now, and we’re (mostly) stuck at home and being told what to do and when… you could say that your life feels like a bit of a simulation. Yeah, that’s a really crap link isn’t it? For this episode, Tom is taking Morgan back to the year 2000 and his teenage obsession with  The Sims  – the first iteration of the hugely popul...

Long ago, when we were all free to roam the streets, we’d planned an episode to tie into the June 2020 release of  Wonder Woman 1984 … Since then, society has collapsed and that film has been postponed till August, but despite that, we still wanted to celebrate a cultural milestone. Here, we explore the wonderful world of Wonder Woman, specifically the 1970s television series starring Lynda C...