Generations Geek

We’re more-or-less family-friendly, but we don’t always watch family-friendly movies. In this episode, we discuss three such films, Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and The World’s End, the R-rated Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy from Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and Edgar Wright. Is anyone going down to the shop? —February 2016

AKA "Voyager: It’s Been 20 Years Already?!": It’s been twenty years since the debut of Star Trek: Voyager! Join us for a retrospective with our guest, New York Times bestselling author Kirsten Beyer. Since 2009, over the course of seven novels, Kirsten has been continuing the adventures of the Voyager crew after the final episode. SPECIAL UPDATE: Kirsten is now on the staff of Star Trek: Discovery and co-created Star Trek: Picard! —November 2015

AKA "Hey, Robots!": Robots . . . they can be cool, creepy, fun, and scary . . . sometimes all at the same time. We talk about robots in film and television, covering such movies as Westworld and A.I. Artificial Intelligence and shows like Almost Human and Humans. —September 2015

AKA "Again With the Jurassic": We loves us some dinosaurs, and Jurassic World is finally out! It’s the perfect time to look back at the original Jurassic Park trilogy to see how the series holds up and how the first three films compare to number four. [Insert velociraptor growl here.] —August 2015

AKA "The Spider-Men": In honor of your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man entering the Marvel cinematic universe, we take a look back at a number of his previous incarnations in TV and the movies, both live action and animated. —May 2015

AKA "Gaslight Geeks": We talk with author Carrie Patel about her steampunkish first novel, The Buried Life, and other geeky things that she does, like working on computer games for Obsidian Entertainment. —March 2015

AKA "The Battle of Three Movies": Peter Jackson’s three-film version of The Hobbit has reached its end. Once again Generations Geek gets squared as we welcome back special guests Kevin Lauderdale—host of the Chronic Rift Network podcasts It Has Come to My Attention and Presenting the Transcription Theory—and his daughter Elizabeth. We’ll talk about the final movie, how it wrapped up the series, and how the movies compare with the book and the animated version. —February 2015

AKA "Art in Space [Cue Reverb]": Ron Miller, author of the new book The Art of Space, joins us to talk about the history of artists imagining space travel, working in Hollywood, Jules Verne, and many other science fictiony things, like his Hugo award–winning book, The Art of Chesley Bonestell. —January 2015

AKA "It’s All About That Cape": We welcome New York Times bestselling author Daniel Wallace to talk about his latest book, Star Wars: The Imperial Handbook, as well as his other bestselling Star Wars, Marvel, and DC titles. Superheroes, super-villians, Darth Vader…it’s all about that cape. —December 2014

We discuss our current state of geekiness, including what shows we’re watching, what books we’re reading, what movies we’re seeing, and whatever else contributes to the geekosity that fills our lives. Plus, the first Generations Geek Public Service Announcement: “Wear your seatbelts.” Totally serious, kids. —November 2014