The Geek State Podcast

This week we are excited to have watched (many times) the new Star Wars series from Disney Plus, The Mandalorian. Join us as we give our thoughts, review and breakdown of Chapter 1 of the first ever live action Star Wars show! We will be discussing full details, so if you haven't yet watched the premiere episode of The Mandalorian please watch it first before listening to us break down all the Star Wars goods. 

 

"After the stories of Jango and Boba Fett, another warrior emerges in the Star Wars universe. The Mandalorian is set after the fall of the empire and before the emergence of the first order. The series depicts a lone gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy far from the authority of the New Republic."

Now that Benioff and Weiss are no longer making their Star Wars movies, we look at what that film was reportedly going to be about plus all of the other Star Wars projects that never saw the light of day. Shows like Star Wars Detours, Star Wars Underworld and a Lucasarts project called Star Wars Episode VII Shadows of the Sith.

In the news were discussing HBO Max's Green Lantern, The cancelation of the Game of Thrones spin-off and the pick up of another spin-off titled The House of Dragons. 

Chris saw an early screening of the Shining sequel Doctor Sleep, what did he think of the King adaptation and is it a must see?

We are still breaking down the final trailer for Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker with feedback from you on what your top favorite or questionable moments were from our latest look at the conclusion of the Skywalker Saga. This week in the news we cover the incredible Gameboy game playing Analogue Pocket, Archive.org's latest drop of over 2,500 ms-dos games. Plus Vin Diesel stars as Bloodshot from the Valiant comics universe in a new trailer. Thanks to Armando for the voicemail feedback as well! 

It's October and we continue our look at geeky things that scare us. This week we invited our resident horror film expert Dano from the Video Store Graveyard podcast to share with us his picks for this Halloween season. 

Plus we share our reactions to Joker and the HBO series Watchmen!

We are so excited for Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker and Chris shares his reaction, and reviews the shots from the trailer in this microcast episode of the podcast. What are your thoughts, I know I said Finn when I should have said Poe I was just too excited! I hope everyone has already picked up their tickets for the show, Star Wars the Rise of Skywalker opens December 20th!

We kick off October with some interesting and somewhat scary internet finds that include a Haunted Doll on eBay, MIT has taught AI what is scary, and a fun prank to play on your friends. 

We've got the latest on the Spider-Man deal that was struck between Disney and Sony pictures and what it means for the future of the MCU plus the news from Star Wars about Kevin Feige joining the Lucasfilm team to produce a new wave of Star Wars storytelling. 

Playstation Now has a price drop and some new games, Birds of Prey and the fantabulous emancipation of one Harley Quinn and the Kings Man get new trailers and confirmation of Stranger Things 4 and it's setting. 

This week's pick of the week is Brightburn from James and Chris picks apart American Horror Story 1984

Big show! We bring the news direct from the Sony PlayStation State of Play with reactions from James on the top titles like The Last of Us part 2, and others!Jurassic World 3 picks up a few of our classic favorites from the original Jurassic Park film, In a new book Bob Iger opens up about the sale of Lucasfilm to Disney and includes George Lucas' reaction to hearing the plot for The Force Awakens....he was not thrilled. Plus some new weird gadget from Amazon including the Echo Loop, the echo you wear as a ring! 

This week we look at Reboots, Remakes and Revivals and discuss what makes a good reboot, and share feedback from listeners about what they would like to see brought back like The Office, Gargoyles, Knight Rider and more!

This week we are looking at all the great geeky stuff coming our way this fall and winter season and counting down our top 12 things were most looking forward to. From the Joker, Zombieland 2: Double Tap, The Mandalorian, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Doom Eternal, and of course Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker! Tell us what you're looking forward to this season on social media!

Plus we have the news about a new Battlestar Galactica series from the Mr. Robot show runner that will premiere on the new NBC streaming service "Peacock"

All that and much more! 

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We're back and play catch up on what we missed this summer! From Spider-Man web slinging his way out of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the news out of D23 including Black Panther 2, The Mandalorian, Obi-Wan Kenobi series, Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker, to all the video games, shows and movies we caught this summer! Plus we prove once again we are the Geek Experts in a movie title challenge from listeners! 

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While Chris is away, James enlists the help of another James to breakdown and discuss upcoming E3 announcements and speculate on what is to come from the massive video game conference.

Travel to Batuu at Disney Land's Star Wars Galaxy's Edge with us and lets take a good look at the photos from Vanity Fair's coverage of The Rise of Skywalker! Plus James puts Chris to the Geek Expert Quiz. Plus Detective Pikachu reaction and more!