Giant Geek vs. Mega n00b

Think about a Tom Cruise action movie. Okay, now forget everything you just thought of, because we're watching a Tom Cruise action movie where most of that won't apply.

That will make sense after you watch this week's film Edge of Tomorrow, later re-titled for marketing purposes as Live Die Repeat after it bombed at the box office. The less you know about this film going in, the better, so go watch it and then join our Giant Geek vs. Mega n00b discussion!

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(Normally, Emily would be writing this because it was her pick, but she's off having some super-cool weekend adventure. Whatever, I'm not jealous.)

Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose this new episode of Giant Geek vs. Mega n00b, in which we talk all about the critically-acclaimed 1996 Danny Boyle film Trainspotting.

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Topic: Clueless

Geek: Emily

We're back for season three!

And we're starting with a bang: the classic teen comedy Clueless. In case you're unfamiliar (somehow?) with this film, it stars lots of famous people and music and features a parade of classic outfits and phrases - and best of all, it's based on Jane Austen's "Emma."

Normally I'd launch into how I first watched this movie or why I fell in love with it, but I honestly can't remember the first time I watched it. It's just sort of part of my pop cultural DNA, and I love it to pieces. But did Eric? You'll have to listen.

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Topic: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Geek: Emily AND Eric

That's right, it's Harry Potter time!

Now, you might have noticed that Eric and I are both serious Harry Potter enthusiasts, and we have been since it all started. We read the books as they came out, pre-ordered each new one and devoured it immediately, the whole nine yards. In fact, we went to the midnight premiere of the last movie together.

As delightful as all of this is for us, it presents a podcast problem: since neither of us is a wizarding world n00b, we can't exactly do an episode of Giant Geek vs. Mega N00b about it on our own.

Until now!

We managed to round up a couple of guest n00bs - one our own age, one nine years old, both embarking on the world's most magical series for the very first time. Needless to say, we have a lot to discuss.

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Up-front caveat: If you haven't seen "The Room," go watch it. Then come back to this post.

In case you ignored that instruction and are still reading ignorantly, "The Room" is widely considered to be one of the worst movies ever made -- and it's wonderful. Also, insane. Even more wonderful was the fact that one of its stars, Greg Sestero, wrote a tell-all book in 2013 about everything that happened behind the scenes; "The Disaster Artist" shows that the insanity captured on the screen was only a glimmer of everything happening behind the scenes.

This week, Emily and I read "The Disaster Artist" and discussed what its revelations mean for our shared fandom of "The Room."

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You can buy "The Room" on DVD or Blu-Ray, and "The Disaster Artist" is available pretty much anywhere you'd find books.

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We'll be back next week to talk about "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" with two special guest n00bs. See you then!

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Topic: In A Lonely Place

Geek: Emily

We're doing more film noir this week, with another of the greats of the genre: Humphrey Bogart.

I more or less stumbled on "In A Lonely Place" by accident. I was in the midst of a weekend-long Bogart marathon (a reasonable life choice that I strongly recommend), wandering around his IMDb credits, and this one's description intrigued me. Boy was I right.

Bogart plays a screenwriter who hasn't had a hit in years and ends up accused of murder. But did he do it? Unclear. It's a dark role, and he shines. You'll have to listen to find out if Eric liked it as much as I do.

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The zombies are coming! Grab a knife and a gun, get in your car, lock the doors and pray that your iPhone is charged so that you can listen to this podcast.

Is that a sound survival strategy? Nope. But really, most of us would not last a day in a real zombie apocalypse. That's why we love shows like this week's topic, "The Walking Dead."

And since the show is filmed in Emily's state of Georgia, she had to watch it.

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You can stream "The Walking Dead" on Netflix, or buy episodes on iTunes, Amazon or Vudu. For this discussion, we watched only the first two episodes of season 1, which are called "Days Gone Bye" and "Guts."

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Topic: The Third Man

Geek: Emily

And now, we venture into noir. What better way to dive into the genre than with Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles, and World War Two-ravaged Vienna?

That's right folks, this week it's "The Third Man."

I probably first watched this movie on TCM, or in a fit of classic film VHS rentals, but I've returned over and over because there's just so much to love here. It's got intrigue, mysterious death, crosses and double crosses, and a perfect score to hold it all together. It was clearly past time for Eric to watch it.

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Hooray for trying new things. Unless those things are psychotropic drugs that permanently damage your brain.

On this episode of Giant Geek vs. Mega n00b, Emily and I tried the good type of new thing: For the first time, we discussed a music album. Specifically, we listened twice over to "Pet Sounds" by the Beach Boys, one of my all-time favorite albums to listen to all the way through, for reasons that will become clear as you listen to the podcast.

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You can find "Pet Sounds" on Spotify or Amazon Prime Music, and probably a bunch of other streaming services. Or you could, like, buy the album, wherever music is sold. I know, I know, crazy thought.

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