Review bombs, feral storybook bears, crude musicianship, expensive CPMs, and oh! the CONTROVERSY! Also hulks and dragons and elves.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

02:36 – Can you combat review bombing by delaying reviews?

Coming Soon

10:49 – Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood and Honey (digital, coming soon) (Zoner Ewan)

Geek News Proper

12:29 – South Park the 25th Anniversary Concert

15:51 – Chadwick Boseman wins posthumous Emmy Award for voiceover role in What If…?

18:00 – Cyberpunk 2077 getting first expansion next year, Keanu Reeves to return

18:56 – Netflix ad tier launch moved up to November to get ahead of Disney+ ($65 CPM, TV $15, YT $25)

22:51 – Ana de Armas disagrees with Blonde’s NC-17 rating for sexual content + Chris Pine / Harry Styles / Shia LaBeouf / Florence Pugh / Olivia Wilde CONTROVERSY

Listener mailbag ([email protected])

36:49 – Zoner Ewan: House of the Dragon review and, uh, that Blood and Honey trailer

37:40 – Zoner Bryce: Spider-Man: No Way Home more fun stuff edition

Reviews and Recommendayshes

39:32 – 91-Second Movie Review: Marcel The Shell With Shoes On (find more at TheZone.fm/movies/)

43:41 – 91-Second Movie Review: Fall (find more at TheZone.fm/movies/)

49:50 – Simu Liu – We Were Dreamers: A Superhero Origin Story (Bud)

56:40 – She-Hulk S01E03 – The People vs. Emil Blonsky

1:10:22 – House of the Dragon S01E03 – Second of His Name

1:19:52 – The Rings of Power S01E01 – A Shadow of the Past

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