Geeks Unleashed

This week it's all about The CW as we talk about how Batwoman's second season is already shaping up better than its first, and we're fairly mixed on Walker as the pacing makes the pilot difficult to enjoy.

Another week of DC Future State new releases has us jumping headlong into this new and neon Gotham. But first, we talk about Mortal Kombat first look images, the newest DC slate of book announcements, and Disney+ re-imagining of Doogie Howser M.D. with a female lead. We've FINALLY got some new MCU content to kick off the year as we take a look at the first two episodes of WandaVision. Then we dive into Future State Dark Detective #1 as well as briefly cover Justice League and Green Lantern first issues as well. Join us!

Timestamps:1:58 - Mortal Kombat first look images4:47 - DC announces slew of new books10:21 - Disney+ re-imagining Doogie Howser M.D. with female lead15:16 - WandaVision review36:36 - Dark Detective #1 review51:28 - Future Past Part 157:23 - Justice League #11:01:47 - Green Lantern #11:03:46 - The Taking of Sector 01231:05:30 - The Book of Guy1:08:26 - Mark recommends Cross Over #31:12:59 - Jasmin recommends Kemono Jihen on FunimationYou can follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

We start 2021 with The Idhun Chronicles Part 2 and the first issues of DC's Future State books.

This month, we are joined by author Allie Burke to discuss the incredible artwork, world building, and sprawling tale of identity and belonging in Monstress: Awakening.

We're closing out our 2020 season with a virtual party! We gathered some guests and each brought drinks, merriment, and a film to battle for the title of King of Christmas. Mark chose a hotly debated film, Die Hard; Jasmin came into the ring with the hilarious and festive Trading Places; Peggy (Peggy at the Movies) chose rom-com The Family Man; Stephen (Fox Storytelling) came with a Disney darling, While You Were Sleeping; and Robbie (Pop Culture Philosophers) came to slay with Gremlins. Which film came out on top? You'll have to tune in to find out! We've also done something a little different with this episode and uploaded a video version to YouTube!

Thank you so much for listening in 2020! We're taking a couple of weeks off for the holidays and will be back with plenty of new content in 2021! Cheers!You can follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

As for our reviews, this episode covers the first six issues of That Texas Blood from Image Comics and the first season of Batwoman on the CW.

What a busy news week! So busy, in fact, we recorded a special episode with just the news. Disney made some huge announcements in their 4+ hour Investor's Day virtual conference. 10 Star Wars series, 10 Marvel series, and 30 Disney+ additions from across all House of Mouse brands. After a global pandemic drastically reduced content in 2020, Disney has just laid out a 3-year plan that promises to inject said content directly into consumer's streaming veins. Additionally, The Game Awards 2020 was held on December 10th, and we talk about the year's biggest winners (hint: Naughty Dog), and we get excited about some of the world premiere game trailers from the show. Because there is SO MUCH INFORMATION this week, we've included two posts on our website that has lists of all the Disney announcements and The Game Awards winners and trailers.

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This week was a MASSIVE news week! We begin with WB Pictures announcing they are releasing entire 2021 slate on HBOMAX same day as theaters (0:57); Theater chains response to WB news (3:37); Hailee Steinfeld finally confirmed by Marvel to be Kate Bishop in Hawkeye Disney+ series (6:44); Sony finally confirms (then removes video) that Tobey Mcguire, Andrew Garfield, will join Tom Holland in Spider-Man 3 (8:25); Diggle is making the Arrowverse rounds as he’s set to guest star on each series in 2021 (11:08); Leticia Wright, who plays Shuri in Black Panther, is in hot water for anti-trans Twitter thread she shared (13:57); Oscar Isaac confirmed to star in new video game adaptation Metal Gear Solid as main character Solid Snake (17:00); Elliot Page has come out as transgender, and will continue his role in Umbrella Academy season 3 to continue Vanya’s story (20:05).

 

Now we get into our mixed review of DC's Batman/Catwoman #1 (22:02) and our glowing review of Marvel's King in Black #1 (42:00). And not totally unexpected, our recommendations this week (1:05:11) delve into the backstories of the two comics we've reviewed for the week.

 

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Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life is the first of 6 volumes in the series written and drawn by Bryan Lee O'Malley, and what a perfect little breather to inject into our book club series after two months of heavy material. On this episode we are joined by Robbie Billups of the Pop Culture Philosophers to help us dig through this first volume of a book that all of us could relate to in one way or another. From dating woes to roommate jokes to the wacky infusion of video game boss fights, we laughed our way through this episode and through the book.

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We wrap up Native American Heritage Month as we discuss Redbone: The True Story of a Native American Rock Band; then we usher in some Christmas cheer with our review of Netflix's Christmas Chronicles 2.