Stupid crying movies. Pol, Bryan, and Bud chat Guardians (twice), The Dial of Destiny (?), Transformers, The Last of Us, and we say goodbye to Bob McGrath and Lt. Saavik.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

01:06 – AI art theft

Coming Soon

11:00 – Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 (May 5, 2023) (Zoner Ewan)

17:48 – Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (June 30) (Zoner Mary)

20:11 – Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (in theatres June 9, 2023)(Zoner Ewan)

23:59 – The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Dutch TV spot & Spanish TV spot w/ new footage) (in theatres, April 7)

related: posters of Mario & Luigi, Peach & Toad, Donkey Kong, and Bowser.

25:00 – The Last of Us (HBO Max series, January 15)

related: posters: Joel (Pedro Pascal), Ellie (Bella Ramsey), Bill (Nick Offerman), Tess (Anna Torv), Tommy (Gabriel Luna), Frank (Murray Bartlett), Marlene (Merle Dandridge), Henry (Lamar Johnson), Riley (Storm Reid), and Sarah (Nico Parker).

27:13 – Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed (dropped October 18, PlayStation, Xbox, and…Epic Games?)

related: Adam Savage’s Tested makes an RTV (Remote Trap Vehicle)

28:38 – Gen V (The Boys spinoff series, Prime Video, 2023)

30:40 – Cocaine Bear??!? (in theatres, February 24)

32:42 – Gudetama: An Eggcellent Adventure (Netflix series, December 13) (Zoner Ryker)

34:13 – White Noise (theatres November 25, Netflix December 30)

40:02 – Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (in theatres March 2023)

40:15 – The Witcher clip

40:28 – The Mandalorian (Disney+ Star Wars series, March 1) (Zoner Mary) and The Acolyte (Disney+ Star Wars series, 2023) (Zoner Spencer)

41:00 – Blue Beetle (DC movie, in theatres August 18)

41:16 – You People (Netflix movie, January 27)

Geek News Proper

42:23 – Sesame Street’s Bob McGrath died at age 90

43:57 – Kirstie Alley dead at 71

45:30 – Jason Reitman hands Ghostbusters: Afterlife sequel directing reins to Gil Kenan

46:42 – Tenoch Huerta just confirmed that his bulge wasn’t edited out of Wakanda Forever

48:42 – Joe Pesci reflects on making Home Alone 2 as movie turns 30: ‘I did sustain serious burns’

49:29 – Disney Face Re-Aging Network (FRAN) de/re-aging tech

Listener mailbag ([email protected])

50:17 – Zoner Ewan: Wednesday

Reviews and Recommendayshes

52:45 – *SPOILERS* The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special

59:42 – *SPOILERS* The White Lotus quick finalé speculation; we’ll do a full R&R next week!

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