The Geek-out Podcast

Pol, Bud, & Bryan talk terrifying robots, Deadpool & Wolverine and what it could mean to the greater MCU, and breaking your own rules, QUENTIN.

Preamble

01:15 – Pol’s on a podcast! I’ll Keep You Wild, episode 101

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

05:50 – Boston Dynamics’ electric Atlas

Coming Soon

19:23 – Deadpool & Wolverine (in theatres July 26)

40:55 – Trap (in theatres August 1)

46:59 – Transformers One drops eye-popping 3D footage at CinemaCon with Chris Hemsworth and Brian Tyree Henry introducing origin story

related: trailer!

51:28 – Pamela Anderson to star opposite Liam Neeson in ‘Naked Gun’ Remake

52:03 – As if Wes Anderson ran amok at Aardman: Harold Halibut, the visually stunning puppet adventure game (Zoner Ewan)

52:55 – Wednesday season 2 casts Steve Buscemi (Zoner Mary)

53:28 – The Office’ sets first castmembers for potential follow-up series

1:02:07 – The Movie Critic WON’T be Quentin Tarantino’s final film

Listener mailbag ([email protected])

1:14:33 – Zoner Ewan: BrickCan (Vancouver, April 20 & 21)

Reviews and Recommendayshes by Pol

1:15:36 – The Trades

1:18:38 – Baby Reindeer

1:22:15 – Conan O’Brien Must Go

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Everybody but Kirsten (hope you’re having all the Parisian fun!) geek out about robots, the moon, turtles, superhero movies, superhero commercials, Ford Broncos, and war. What is it good for?

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

05:57 – the browser wars continue

Coming Soon

12:57 – Transformers 40th Anniversary Event (SilverCity May 15 at 7p, May 18 at 12:30p, May 19 at 3:00p, trailer) (Zoner Bryce)

20:53 – Fly Me To the Moon (in theatres July 12)

23:59 – The Beach Boys (Disney+ documentary, May 24) (Zoner Mary)

27:13 – Kinds of Kindness teaser / trailer (in theatres June 21)

28:33 – Keanu Reeves joins Sonic 3 as Shadow

30:49 – First look at next Captain America: Brave New World (Zoner Ewan)

37:39 – Star Trek: Strange New Worlds renewed for season 4; Lower Decks to conclude with season 5 (Zoner Mary)

40:23 – Chris Farley biopic in the works with Josh Gad and Paul Walter Hauser

42:38 – Live-Action, R-Rated ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Movie in the Works From Producer Walter Hamada (Zoner Mary)

46:45 – Jim Henson: Idea Man (dir: Ron Howard, Disney+ documentary, May 31) (Zoner Mary)

47:24 – Kendrick Lamar making comedy film with Matt Stone and Trey Parker

48:28 – Aang: The Last Airbender, the first animated movie in Avatar trilogy, will follow Aang as an adult

NOT Coming Soon

49:12 – Jon Snow spin-off canned by HBO, says Kit Harington

Geek News Proper

50:58 – O.J. Simpson dies at 76

59:51 – Coca-Cola x Marvel: The Heroes

RUMOURS and HEARSEY

1:02:32 – one fan’s hopes for live action Hercules casting (source: Disney fan Markell Bailey on IG) (only announced in 2022, nothing else confirmed)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:04:51 – Civil War (Bryan & Pol)

related: Civil War sets A24 record with $25 million debut

1:29:36 – Fallout E01/02 (Bud)

1:30:58 – Curb Your Enthusiasm S12 (Pol & Art)

1:37:19 – X-Men ’97 (Bryan)

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Bud, Bryan, and Art (who hosted ep 1 of this podcast) talk schoolboard lawsuits, the endless trash that is Star Wars (or so Pol would say were he here), the fresh Joker: Folie à Deux trailer, and the miracle of a movie which is Monkey Man.

Previously, on The Geek-out Podcast . . .

07:45 – Amazon ditches ”Just Walk Out” checkouts at its grocery stores

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

09:33 – schoolboard social suits

Coming Soon

14:45 – Tales of the Empire (six-episode Star Wars animated series, Disney+, May the 4th be with you)

18:25 – Joker: Folie à Deux: teaser of the first full trailer (in theatres October 4)

19:56 – 1999’s The Mummy returns to theaters on April 26

20:45 – The Phantom Menace?

23:21 – wrestling?

28:59 – Joker: Folie à Deux FOR REAL NOW

35:05 – New Matrix movie in the works with Drew Goddard writing, directing (Zoner Ewan)

Geek News Proper

41:01 – Fantastic Four casts Julia Garner as Silver Surfer

related: Free comics! Tweet o̶n̶ T̶h̶r̶e̶a̶d̶s̶, 404, Marvel Unlimited

related: Zoner Ewan question re: free Moon Knight comics

49:18 – Disney to crack down on password-sharing after CEO Bob Iger wins board fight

50:27 – Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender changes showrunners again

51:46 – ”Ten hours of being waterboarded”: Hannah Waddingham says Game of Thrones left her with chronic claustrophobia (Zoner Ewan)

Reviews and Recommendayshes

55:35 – Monkey Man (Bryan)

1:10:50 – A Death in Cryptoland (Bud, via Zoner Tim)

1:12:18 – The Three-Body Problem (Bud)

related: Murder. Death.

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Sans vacationing Kirsten, the gents talk Linux infections, R&R jogging monsters, and pay (proper?) tribute to three lost souls this week.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

12:57 – xz Utils’ near-disaster

Coming Soon

19:06 – The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story (dropped March 27, Kevin Love Fund fundraiser)

22:48 – Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story (Netflix movie, May 3)

25:24 – The Sandman, season 2 (Netflix series, August 5, titles revealed) (Zoner Mary)

27:51 – Joker: Folie à Deux first poster shows a dancing Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga

29:00 – Dev Patel says ‘Monkey Man’ shoot faced ”absolute catastrophe” ( . . . uh, IN THEATRES FRIDAY! 😅)

30:06 – Constantine 2 story being hashed out, script has to be written

Geek News Proper

32:27 – Louis Gossett Jr. dies at 87

33:15 – Chance Perdomo, Gen V star, dies at 27

33:59 – Joe Flaherty, original SCTV castmember, dies at 82

Reviews and Recommendayshes

41:05 – The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live (Bryan)

51:07 – Tokyo Vice (Art)

1:00:05 – Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (Bryan) (baby-whooshing clip)

1:07:08 – Just Walk Out tech at Modo Centre in Portland (Art) (controversy)

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After an epic preamble, Pol, Bud, and Art geek out about Princess Peach, cover two weeks’ worth of stuff coming soon, and R&R 3 Body Problem, X-Men ’97, and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

16:05 – Princess Peach: Showtime!

related: Bud’s kidlet finds the Weekly Geek-out archives

Coming Soon

20:39 – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (in theatres September 6) (Zoner Mary)

related: Michael Keaton says he wanted Beetlejuice Beetlejuice to ”feel handmade”

26:04 – The Penguin (eight episode Max series, late 2024)

26:29 – Bad Boys: Ride or Die (very NSFW trailer, in theatres June 7)

28:20 – Doctor Who: Season 1??!? (BBC iPlayer May 11, Disney+ May 10, series 14) (Zoner Mary)

28:53 – Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra (WWII-era action-adventure game, 2025)

29:26 – X-Men ’97: Previously On / creators interview (Disney+ series, out today)

29:53 – The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story (short, 👈🏽 click that to watch March 27) (Zoner Ewan)

30:31 – Back to Black (in theatres May 17)

32:03 – Rebel Moon — Part Two: The Scargiver (Netflix movie, April 19)

33:18 – Atlas (Netflix film, May 24, JLo/Simu Liu/Mark Strong, sweet title treatment)

34:17 – The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More (Wes Anderson Netflix film, out now)

35:46 – Scoop (Netflix inspired-by-real-events film, April 5, w/ Gillian Anderson, Keely Hawes, and Billie Piper)

39:08 – Franklin (8 ep Apple TV+ miniseries, April 12)

39:37 – Sweet Dreams (select theatres April 12, VOD April 16)

41:35 – Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock (Apple TV+ series, S2, March 29)

42:13 – The Crow (Bill Skarsgård, FKA twigs, in theatres June 7) (Zoner Mary)

44:49 – Our Living World (Netflix documentary series, hosted by Cate Blanchett, April 17)

45:18 – The Beach Boys (Disney+ documentary film, May 24) (Zoner Mary)

46:19 – Island Fancon guests (April 13 & 14, City Centre Park in Langford)

49:37 – All 8 live-action Spider-Man films return to movie theaters this summer for Spider-Mondays

50:51 – Teen Titans live-action movie a . . . Go . . . at DC Studios

51:19 – next season of Star Trek: Discovery will be the last (Zoner Mary)

51:30 – Hans Zimmer maps out North American tour (ends in Vancouver, October 6)

54:07 – Among Us animated series at CBS Studios sets voice cast (Randall Park, Ashley Johnson, Yvette Nicole Brown, and Elijah Wood)

54:28 – Black Mirror season 7 to hit Netflix in 2025, including USS Callister sequel

55:18 – Winnie the Pooh horror film will get a crossover sequel featuring Bambi, Tinker Bell, and Pinocchio

Geek News Proper

55:57 – Michael Imperioli agreed with protestors who interrupted Enemy of the People — but his character did not

57:27 – The Visual Effects of Godzilla Minus One

Reviews and Recommendayshes

57:45 – Class of 88 (Bud)

59:19 – Ricky Stanicky (Pol)

1:04:45 – 3 Body Problem (Bud)

1:09:46 – Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (Pol & Bryan)

1:16:04 – X-Men ’97

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Due to bonkers schedules, emotional exhaustion, and geek availability, we make the best use we can of a 40 minute lunch break to record a pod with one trailer (BUT IT’S A GOODER), two R&Rs, and three listener mailbags.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out (but not really)

13:08 – BMW i5 Flow Nostokana

Coming Soon

13:48 – The Acolyte (Star Wars series, Disney+, June the 4th be with you) (Zoner Mary)

Listener mailbag ([email protected])

24:03 – Zoner Tim: wants Moon Knight S2

24:27 – Zoner Scott: Zack Snyder’s killing Batman

24:46 – Zoner Ewan: AT-J R&H, for Kirsten re: watching your parents have sex, and of COURSE he found our original Neilson/Neeson chat

Reviews and Recommendayshes

31:07 – Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour (Taylor’s Version) (Bud)

32:08 – Damsel (Bud)

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Bagpipes. Before we lose Kirsten for a coupla weeks, our full house of geeks talk chatbots, LeVar Burton’s career, James Gunn Tweeting on Threads, and whose AC/DC was better.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

11:19 – fun with AI chatbots

Coming Soon

16:03 – Fallout (Prime Video, April 11)

18:28 – 3 Body Problem (final trailer, Netflix series, March 21)

21:21 – Butterfly in the Sky (AMC limited US theatre release March 17 & 20, VOD April 30, article)

24:55 – New Super Mario Bros. world animated movie in development (article)

related: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door – May 23 / Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD, June 27 / Game Boy games Dr. Mario, Mario Golf, and Mario Tennis, NSO today

28:56 – Parasyte: The Grey (Netflix series, April 5)

30:33 – Nicholas Braun to play Jim Henson in SNL 1975 origin movie

35:17 – Biopic on late AC/DC Singer Bon Scott in the works

39:29 – James Gunn: Superman & Peacemaker updates

48:46 – S1 Disney+ shows coming to 4K UHD and Blu-ray (source & source)

51:33 – Avatar: The Last Airbender renewed at Netflix for final two seasons

51:43 – The Great Salish Heist (Cinecenta, March 15, 5:00p, 7:30p, Q&A following)

Geek News Proper

52:05 – The Oscars 2024

1:06:44 – Akira Toriyama, creator of the Dragon Ball manga, dead at 68

1:06:58 – X-Men ’97 creator Beau DeMayo fired weeks before premiere (Zoner Mary)

1:07:29 – Anthony Daniels auctioning off his Star Wars stuff (March 13)

1:08:12 – Rust armorer found guilty of involuntary manslaughter

1:09:30 – US lawmakers vote 50-0 to force sale of TikTok despite angry calls from users

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:10:35 – Spaceman (Bryan)

1:12:42 – Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds (Bud)

1:14:15 – Freelance (Art)

1:16:43 – The Greatest Night in Pop (Bryan)

1:21:38 – The Murderbot Diaries (Bud)

1:23:35 – Reign of Fire (Kirsten)

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Tho’ we ALL went to see Dune Part Two, Pol, Bud, & Kirsten discuss the movie, tabling a bunch of other R&Rs, and we try yet again not to screw up some death tributes.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

02:54 – Lockbit liars

Coming Soon

05:09 – Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (FINAL trailer, in theatres March 22)

10:13 – Next On Disney+

related: Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour (Taylor’s Version)

19:54 – STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces (Apple TV+ series — in 2 pieces — March 29)

20:38 – Pokémon Legends: Z-A (simultaneous worldwide release sometime in 2025) (Apple TV+ series — in 2 pieces — March 29)

21:01 – The Wild Robot (in theatres September 20)

24:23 – I Saw The TV Glow (A24, Justice Smith, 16 artists, in theatres May 3)

29:31 – The Great Salish Heist (Chemainus Theatre Festival Saturday)

33:27 – The Garfield Movie (in theatres May 24)

39:04 – Bad Boys 4 (not life) filming wrapped

39:45 – House of the Dragon season 2 to premiere in June

41:28 – Wendell Pierce Cast as Perry White in James Gunn’s Superman

related: James Gunn’s retort to AI-generated Superman set photo

48:40 – The Naked Gun rebooting with Liam Nieson (in theatres July 18 2025)

51:06 – David Dastmalchian (Gurathin) joins Alexander Skarsgård in Murderbot (Apple TV+ series, in production)

54:46 – Rebel Moon sequel and SIX-HOUR director’s cut likely dropping day and date (summer 2024)

58:02 – Action-packed Baywatch reboot coming to Fox

Geek News Proper

49:07 – Richard Lewis has died at 76

1:02:37 – Mark Dodson has died at 64

1:03:05 – More UMG music is getting removed from TikTok

1:03:45 – Dakota Johnson not looking to reenter superhero space any time soon

1:05:09 Sydney Sweeny Madame Web jab

1:06:50 – Sony is laying off 900 PlayStation employees and EA is laying off over 650 employees

1:08:28 – Star Tours adding Ahsoka, Mandalorian, and Andor content (Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Disneyland Paris)

related: avian flu and fricking MEASLES found at WDW

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:11:16 – Dune Part Two

1:32:36 – Dune Part Two ***SPOILERS***

related: Fatboy Slim – Weapon of Choice (it’ll make sense when you listen)

Extro!

1:38:15 – Dune spoilers OVER and goodbye now please

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Missing Kirsten, the boys geek out about age verification, awards show speeches, and Pol takes a huge steaming dump on the boring lazy train wreck waste of time known as Madame Web.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

05:42 – porn age verification in Canada

Coming Soon

13:55 – The Gentlemen (Netflix 8-episode series, March 7)

16:00 – The Boys S4 date announce (Prime Video series, June 13, episode titles)

Geek News Proper

16:47 – ‘Drunk’ Pedro Pascal Swoops Succession Stars in Surprise SAG Award Win for The Last of Us

18:53 – Independent Spirit Awards, where Nick Offerman speaks the truth

Listener mailbag ([email protected])

21:06 – Zoner Ewan: dot butt / Jurassic League rUmOuR/hEaRsEy / Game of Thrones’ final two seasons were originally going to be three movies?

Reviews and Recommendayshes

29:17 – Nimona (Bud)

34:15 – The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live (ep 1, Bryan)

43:13 – Concrete Utopia / Badland Hunters (Bud)

49:29 – Avatar: The Last Airbender (Bud)

1:02:47 – True Detective: Night Country

1:12:28 – Madame Web (Pol) (boom mic cameo, which is apparently the cap brim of her fellow paramedic)

1:30:52 – The Marvels (Art)

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Pol, Bud, Kirsten (and Aurelia) geek out about phones, rice, mutants, mountains, Culkins, aphantasia, and bad Sony business.

Bud’s Weekly Geek-out

10:12 – no more phone-in-rice?

Coming Soon

14:12 – Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase (Q1/Q2 2024, including Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed, Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection, and one of the four Xbox games, Pentiment)

15:15 – X-Men ’97 (Marvel Animation series, March 20 on Disney+) (Zoner Mary)

23:31 – The Sympathizer (Max miniseries, April 14)

24:45 – Civil War (A24 film, in theatres April 12)

28:56 – The Fantastic 4 poster (in theatres July 25, 2025) (Zoner Mary)

32:55 – Inaugural Langford convention to feature Game of Thrones’ The Mountain, Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson

36:40 – Sam Mendes to direct four separate Beatles movies

38:18 – More Pokémon Concierge episodes are coming to Netflix

38:58 – Venom 3 adds The Changeling & Letterkenny star Clark Backo

41:18 – All five Culkin Brothers to star in animated series The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy (article, Prime Video animated series, Friday)

43:46 – Updates on the Xbox Business

46:17 – Avatar: The Last Airbender (final trailer thank the gods, Netflix series, Thursday)

NOT Coming Soon

46:35 – Sony is erasing digital libraries that were supposed to be accessible ”forever”

47:54 – Madame Web Box Office Hits Record Low For Sony Spider-Man movies (yes, even worse than Morbius) with SPECIAL GUEST, Darren-who-watches-everything!

53:28 – HBO delays posting Last Week Tonight With John Oliver clips to YouTube in hopes of signing up more Max subscribers

57:11 – Disney Movie Club subscription service to shutter this summer

Listener mailbag ([email protected])

58:59 – Zoner Ewan: Ewencyclopedia Brytannica + aphantasia + Reign of Fire

Reviews and Recommendayshes

1:05:31 – True Detective: Night Country (mini R&R from Pol, full Art & Pol review next week)

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