Generations Geek

AKA "Movie Titles that Start with X": Now that X-Men: Days of Future Past has hit the reset button in the X-Men universe, we look back on the series and discuss our favorite (and not so favorite) moments from the films. Plus, a special segment: “All the Squee” with Ella and Lydia. —October 2014

AKA "Sizzler on Comics": We welcome author, actor, geek-about-town, and comic book historian Alan “Sizzler” Kistler to talk comic books, comic book movies, and more geeky things about comic books. Plus, tales from San Diego Comic-Con 2014. —August 2014

AKA "War of the War of the Worlds": We compare and contrast three adaptations of the classic H.G. Wells novel: the 1938 radio show, the 1953 movie version, and the 2005 movie remake. We also discuss the musical version, the TV series sequel to the 1953 movie, and some versions you simply don’t want to watch. —July 2014

AKA "The Making of the Making of 2001": We welcome guest Piers Bizony, author of the new book The Making of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey and associate producer of the 2001 documentary (that’s the year it was released, really) 2001: The Making of a Myth. We discuss our love of the classic film and the colossal effort behind his definitive book of the movie masterpiece. —June 2014

AKA "S.H.I.E.L.D. Takes Over the World": As the first season of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. wraps up, we talk about the ever-expanding world of S.H.I.E.L.D. as seen in the Marvel movies and TV shows, covering the “Is Coulson dead or isn’t he?” question and other links between the show and movie continuity. —June 2014

AKA "St. Geek and the Dragon": We talk about some of our favorite dragons in movies and TV, covering Dragonslayer, DragonHeart, Reign of Fire, Dragon’s World, and Merlin, plus Ella’s take on which dragon would win a big dragon fight. We loves us some dragons. —May 2014

AKA "Ashes and Shadows and Monsters, Oh My!": We talk with author Ilsa J. Bick about her young adult books including the post-apocalyptic Ashes trilogy, Ashes, Shadows, and Monsters, as well as her contributions to Star Trek literature and other media-tie in books. Plus anything else geeky we can think of. —March 2014

AKA "A Geek on Mars": We interview Andy Weir, computer programmer and power-geek, about his debut novel The Martian, which began as a serial on his website and snowballed into a New York Times bestselling hardcover from Crown Publishing which has been optioned by 20th Century Fox. —March 2014

These days you can’t throw a tribble out a window without hitting a geeky TV show, and old shows are more accessible than ever thanks to Hulu and Netflix and such. We talk about our favorite geek shows that are currently on the air and give shout-outs to older shows that we’ve been watching lately. —January 2014

AKA "The Smaug Report": We talk about The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug with special guests Kevin Lauderdale—of the Chronic Rift Network podcasts It Has Come to My Attention and Presenting the Transcription Theory—and his daughter. We’re Generations Geek squared! —December 2013