The Geek Down

Anime powerhouses CrunchyRoll and Funimation combine to form some form of nerdy anime Caotain Planet. It's a story with more convolution than this mixed metaphor. We talk about some of our favorite animes and embarrass each other for lame tastes

We're dejected, reflecting on shows that don't stand the test of time. Battletoads is a trainwreck that never was... Widget played himself out in obscurity... also if you know those names you're probably as old and crotchety as WE are.

We start talking about Star Trek and how that loosely relates to Jewish culture. And Dwayne Johnson's daughter is adorable. That just needed saying.

Majel Barrett, Star Trek actress and voice of the Enterprise computer, gets immortalized using the same technology that gave us Siri and Cortana. We also drop a few tidbits about Barrett herself!

On this episode of the Geek Down – Grimm got extra sexy with hardcore boobs and butts, Zim got extra stinky with fanaticism and nuts, and the VT Comic Con showed big things have small beginnings.

Former Lois Lane actress Margot Kidder has beef with Lois Lane in the recent DC movies. This spurs a convo about how Lois and Superman are presented in general.

We discuss the passing of actor and voice artist Jon Polito. His film and television career spanned 35 years, with over 220 credits including The Big Lebowski, Miller's Crossing, Barton Fink, The Man Who Wasn't There, and The Freshman. One of the faces we new without attaching a name to it, he was one of the biggest unsung figures in Hollywood.

Animators who worked on the film "Sausage Party" allege that they weren’t paid for overtime, that as many as 30 animators quit throughout the production and that numerous animators were unfairly left out of the film’s credits. This and allusions to mafia-like scare tactics led to a media backlash against the films producers. We talk about the story, unfair practices, and how worthwhile is wisdom imparted by a used condom...

Zim and his filthy evil have been gone for years. But Dib KNOWS his threat can't be completely gone, and he's waited YEARS for his return. Until riiiiiiight... NOW!! Zim's back, taking on tasks like getting a business loan for shenanigans. From there, things get steadily worse. Then slightly better. Then worse yet again. Pat tries to give a succinct review of this book, but really just ends up gushing about it being true to the childhood show he remembers. Which is a... good(?) thing...

Robyn Hood and Hellchild unite to fight the apocalypse. Having been unable to prevent the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse from breaking free, can Robyn bring her team together to take down this cataclysmic threat? That's really all the "story" there is here as the rest becomes a glorified backdrop to blades-and-boobs cheesecake book. Amy Macabre gives the details on the peaks and crevaces and whether or not we should let the blood rush from our heads