Generations Geek

AKA "The A2s Always Were a Bit Twitchy": Our multipart review of the Alien series continues with James Cameron’s classic 1986 sequel Aliens, where we’re strongly reminded you should always listen to Ripley. —January 2018

AKA "Special Order 937": Our multipart review of the Alien series continues with Ridley Scott’s classic 1979 original Alien, where we learn you should always listen to Ripley and observe proper quarantine protocols. —November 2017

AKA "They Aren’t What We Thought They Were": We start an epic multipart Special Grup Edition review of the entire Alien movie series! In this episode we dive into the prequels Prometheus and Alien: Covenant as Ridley Scott retcons what he got started in Alien. —July 2017

AKA "The Ape is Back in Town": We check out the new movie Kong: Skull Island and compare it to Godzilla (2014) and previous Kong movies. Before you listen to this episode, check out Episode 7, “King Geek,” when we discussed the 1933, 1976, and 2005 King Kong movies. —June 2017

AKA "Midnight Mack": In part two of the interview, New York Times bestselling author David Mack talks about his forthcoming World War II fantasy novel The Midnight Front, the music of Rush, and more! —March 2017

AKA "Mack Trek": New York Times bestselling author David Mack comes aboard to discuss his voluminous Star Trek work in part one of an in-depth interview. Plus Ella reviews the stage play Frankenstein starring Benedict Cumberbatch in a new “All the Squee” segment. —January 2017

AKA "Dead Talking": We try to recover from the season 7 premiere of The Walking Dead, a controversial and graphic episode that pushed the envelope even for a show with zombies! —November 2016

We discuss the third film in the Kelvinverse, how it stacks up against Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness (which we discussed in Episode 9, “Into Geekness”), and how much we love Jaylah—“I like the beats and shouting.” —October 2016

AKA "Bats and Supes": We take a look at Man of Steel and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice to ponder the birth of the DC Extended Universe while we anxiously await Wonder Woman. —September 2016

AKA "Superhero League Adventure Squad": We welcome comic book artist Christopher Jones, who lives right here in our home state of Minnesota. Chris has worked for many of the major comic book publishers, including DC, Marvel, Image, Malibu, and lots more. We’ll deluge him with questions about masks and capes! —April 2016