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Fan input into Hollywood movies: Joe and Dave discuss the pros and cons, which quickly devolves into a Rogue One discussion, so SPOILERS for Rogue One.

Enter Analysis Mode with Cathy and Dave of the Cinemile, plus Special Geist Ruth, for an in-depth discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of HBO's ambitious first season of Westworld. Spoilers throughout.

Dave seems to think the title should go to 1999, while Joe counters with the case for 1994. It's Lester Burnham vs Andy Dufresne; Neo vs Leon; Jar-Jar vs The Mask. So will it be Lake Placid, or Lake Flaccid? Vote in our twitter poll to decide once and for all!

Our Special Geist for this bonus episode is Mórna O'Connor. Mórna is a digital death researcher with NCARE: The Nottingham Centre for the Advancement of Research into Supportive, Palliative, and End-of-Life Care at the University of Nottingham. Together we delve deep into Season 3 Episode 4 of Black Mirror: San Junipero, and Season 2 Episode 1: Be Right Back, both written by Charlie Brooker and directed by Owen Harris. For more Mórna on twitter: https://twitter.com/MornaOConnor Follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/Shitegeistpod Email: [email protected]

Joe and Dave reflect on Black Mirror, sometimes seeing eye-to-eye, sometimes fractiously disagreeing. Join us for the craic.

Our first Special Geist, filmmaker, writer, director, Shaun O'Connor opens up his encyclopedic knowledge of, among other things, horror. ...Joe and Dave try to keep up.

It's debate season. The Motion: "Practical effects are superior to computer generated effects." Dave is the proposition, Joe, the opposition. Who wins? You decide!

Love them or hate them, superheroes continue to dominate at the box office. Is this the golden age of the comic book movies? Will the superhero bubble ever burst? Do we know what a rhetorical question is? Joe and Dave have the answers. Spoilers for most superhero movies, but especially BvS:DOJ. follow: twitter.com/shitegeistpod

Now that most of the hype and hate have died down, Joe and Dave attempt to unpack just what went wrong and right with the Ghostbusters reboot. Mild spoilers if you haven't already seen GB2016: Answer The Call / Super Power Dare-to-Die Team

Joe and Dave are effusive in their praise for the Netflix original series Stranger Things. Spoiler warning for all of season 1 and the preceding four decades of movies and TV.