Geekscape

Power Morphicon was this past weekend and everyone was there celebrating all things Mighty Morphin Power Rangers! Oh, except me. I don’t know up from down when it comes to Power Rangers so I recruited our resident expert Eric Francicso, who has been going to Morphicon since 2007, to break things down for me. How was Morphicon? What were the big announcements? And for a newbie like me, what’s the best way to start watching the series? He spells things out pretty clear on this new episode so I guess it’s Morphin Time!

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Another San Diego Comic Con is in the books! Derek Kraneveldt, Shane O’Hare and brand new Geekscapist Stanley Wong join me to regale you with tails from SDCC! First off, Derek and I attend the Guardians of the Galaxy premiere and tell you why it’s the best Marvel movie yet! Shane talks about his San Diego drunken escapades and losing an entire bag of SDCC swag! Stanley dares to find Comic Con lodging on Tinder! And all of us get harassed by new Geekscape villain Mordecai The Dark Lord! So what were the victories and tragedies of SDCC 2014? Listen up and join us! It’s the second best thing to being there yourself!

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Blake Harris is the author of ‘Console Wars’, the story about Sega VS Nintendo and the battle that defined a generation! Who doesn’t remember Sonic vs Mario or the arguments they had about the Sega Genesis being better than the Super Nintendo? Blake spent three years interviewing and researching the behind the scenes events that brought these moments to life. On this episode, we talk about the Mortal Kombat Blood Code, Sonic Tuesday, what were the best video game moments of the early 90s and whether or not there really were any other console wars? This is a great episode, whether or not you’re a video game fan!

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E3 is upon us and we’ve got a whole bunch of rumors and predictions swirling around! To help us pick through them, Nerdist video game specialist Malik Forté joins on this video game heavy episode! What is Mario Maker and will we get a Majora’s Mask 3D? Will we ever see The Last Guardian? Will Microsoft actually make any original programming for their XboxOne channel? Will we see Fallout 4? It’s all in this episode as we set our sites on a week of gaming news, both expected and unexpected!

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Indie Sci Fi director Neil Johnson has been a friend for a few years and an avid Geekscape listener for the same amount of time! One of the first directors to make a fully digital film, and science fiction film at that, Neil and I sat down to talk about the challenge of making low budget science fiction movies and indie filmmaking. Neil also justifies the Star Wars prequels better than anyone ever has before and talks about his upcoming film ‘Starship Rising’. Things get very personal on this episode as we talk about our approaches and inspirations. This is easily one of my favorite Geekscape’s yet!

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’X-Men: Days of Future Past’ is upon us and here is our spoiler-filled review and breakdown of the latest Marvel Mutant Epic! Ian Kerner, the Encyclopedia of all things four color funny, joins me to discuss what this movie fixes in the X-Men cinematic universe, what it establishes and what might still be up in the air! How does the movie differ from the comic book storyline and what can we expect in X-Men: Apocalypse? If you haven’t seen the movie, you’re gonna want to steer clear… but if you have you should dive right in with all six claws swinging!

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Ian Kerner wasn’t shy about his dislike of The Amazing Spider-Man… in fact, I don’t think either of us were. So what drew us back to the theaters for The Amazing Spider-Man 2, a movie that has received the worst reviews of any movie in the Spider-Man franchise? Well, it’s Spider-Man! That’s why! But would we be surprised by the outcome? Is it possible that we will dislike this movie more than the last… or could it possibly surprise us? Prepare yourself for one of the most surprising and insightful Geekscape episodes yet!

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Brian Walton is the current Editor in Chief of Nerdist.com and Nerdist News… but more importantly, Brian is a beloved Geekscape alumnus! Not since he left Geekscape all those years ago for greener pastures has Brian been a Geekscape guest and now he returns to talk WonderCon, Coachella and the April Fool’s Nerdist acquisition of Geekscape! But that’s not all. We have an incredibly candid heart to heart that helps make this Geekscape episode one of my personal favorites of all time. Oh, and we discuss horse fucking. Really. And when horses fuck… they fuck to kill.

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It’s time! Captain America: The Winter Soldier has arrived so it’s time for Ian Kerner to tell us everything there is to know about both the movie and the comic book origins! Is this the strongest Marvel movie yet? How faithful did they stick to the source material and where might things go from here? And do the events of the film mean you should go back to watching Agents of SHIELD? And can Ian convince me that all of the monologuing in the movie is justified? Just know one thing… THERE WILL BE SPOILERS!

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It’s been a while since comic book writer Tom Pinchuk has been on Geekscape! Luckily, we correct that oversight in this episode in which Tom drops by to talk to us about his new comic book Maxx Steel, coming soon from Viz Media! Tom also educates us on the differences in some of the various conventions as Con Season starts up and also about the cultural and narrative differences between Manga and traditional US comic books! Also, when is a character’s internal dialogue too much…?

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