Geekfest Rants

What is a Mary Sue? What is it's connection to Star Trek? How has this term been applied in the past and how is it applied today? And, can this term be weaponized for alternative reasons? Find out today at GeekFest Rants with Carlos and Steve. Stream Show Episode 388...

Today on GeekFest Rants, join Carlos and Steve as they dive deep into Star Trek Discovery, Season 2. We meet new classic characters like Captain Pike and Spock. We are introduced to new threats like the Red Angel and Control. We'll discuss the hits and misses of this exciting new...

Today on GeekFest Rants we take a look at Cyborg. No, not DC's Cyborg or Jean-Claude Van Damme' s Cyborg. Instead we are looking at the book Cyborg by Martin Caidin which inspired the TV sci-fi favorite, The Six Million Dollar Man. We will cover the many direct connections between...

Does anyone remember a time when we had these things called toy stores? Well, today on GeekFest Rants we travel back in time to our early days of toy collecting. Join Carlos and Steve as they compare and contrast two somewhat different kinds of collecting backgrounds. From actual toy stores,...

Vintagesploitation. Have you ever heard this term before? We had not, until we listened to an episode of The Chive Cast and we started to notice a new trend in marketing Star Wars toys: appeal to Star Wars collectors by recreating vintage looking items. Is this a money grab or...

Today on GeekFest Rants, Carlos and Steve return to recap the highlights from Star Wars Celebration Chicago 2019. This time around we cover the return of The Clone Wars, Hasbro's newest toys, the soon to be open Galaxy's Edge, for our gamers out there - Jedi Fallen Order, and the...

As we begin our recap of Star Wars Celebration Chicago 2019, we will start with the Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker teaser trailer. Today on GeekFest Rants join Carlos and Steve as they go shot by shot into the Episode IX trailer. We'll see some returning characters, some new...

Have you ever watched a movie that left you with more questions than answers? Or you did not know if you liked it or not until you talked to some people about it? Or that it was so disturbing that you has to stop watching it? Well, welcome to art...

Today on GeekFest Rants we return to our Happy Place... Star Wars toys. Join Carlos as we take a deep dive into Star Wars concept ship toys. We'll begin with Galoob's Series Alpha, then to Hasbro Solo additions, and to the Hot Wheels concept Cantwell collection. When it comes to...

You have good movies and bad movies. Usually the good movies are the ones you want to re-watch. But not always. Today on GeekFest Rants join Carlos and Steve as they go down the list of some very good movies that for different reason, we may not want to see...