There Will Be Geek

This week, we return triumphant to kick over the nativity scene, proposition the Carol singers and give Santa a wedgie. We look into the very worst pop culture offerings that Christmas has to offer, be it TV, Film or Music, getting our urchin hands dirty so you don't have to.

Plus Chani gets her cowboy on, Cav breaks the earth, and Mike goes gooey over thirteen.

Ho Ho Ho fuckers.

Thimble Links

Red Dead Redemption 2

Broken Earth Trilogy

Doctor Who

...and then there was everything else.

This week, we look at the creditable failures, the blind alleys, and the baffling dumpster fires that constitute everything in the Terminator franchise after Terminator 2. We take a closer look at the films, the TV show, the games, and the toy line (yes, really). We also take a look at "Music Inspired By" the franchise (yes, really; check this out), and pull no punches in our analysis of everything Terminator after 1991.

Plus Cav makes Crab Cakes, Chani fondles a Cougar, and Mike gets excited about a bald captain.

Thimble of Win Links

Clutch - Hot Bottom Feeder

Far Cry 5

Sir Patrick Stewart - Star Trek Announcement

This week, your Geek Resistance Heroes are sending noble warriors back in time to 1984 and 1991, desperately trying to rescue Sarah and John Connor. We talk about where it all began for the Terminator films, and we start with the two offerings that arguable define the franchise. There's Naked Arnie. There's prop-based puns. There's irritating children. What more could you ask for?

Plus Cav wants to Glass you, Chani's feeling Mythical, and Mike can;t wait to Cleave.

Thimble of Win Links

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95ghQs5AmNk

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4PooiX37Pld1T8J5SYT-SQ

http://www.therapyquestionmark.co.uk/2018/06/20/new-album-cleave-coming-21st-september-2018/

This week, we dissect Solo: A Star Wars Story. Plus Mike feels the need, Chani and games might fall out, and Cav gets his promotional rant on.

Links

https://fallout.bethesda.net/

https://deadline.com/2018/05/tom-cruise-top-gun-maverick-production-start-tweet-1202400688/

https://www.therewillbegeek.com/

"Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the southern hemisphere lies a small unregarded podcast. Presenting this podcast for a period of roughly two years are a group of ape-descended life forms who - with the exception of Chani - are so amazingly primitive that they still think digital watches are a pretty neat idea..."*

Today we release Episode 42, and there was really only one thing we could talk about. So we present to you our take on the works of that most glorious, frustrating, hoopiest of froods, Douglas Adams.

Plus Cav gets Manic, Chani starts Following, and Mike is Alluding to another podcast altogether...

(* with apologies to a much better writer)

Links:

https://www.therewillbegeek.com/manic-street-preachers-resistance-is-futile-review/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2071645/

https://www.wheelercentre.com/events/the-allusionist

http://setthishouseinorder.libsyn.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_(play) (even has a reference to Cav!)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p060dn8x

There are certain dates every year that the Geek Calendar can be set by; your local big convention, the first of the big tentpole blockbusters, San Diego ComiCon, and so on. Free Comic Book Day has firmly established itself as one of these the world over, so on May 5th, we popped down to All Star Comics here in glamourous Melbourne to see what delights awaited us. We then hotfooted it back to TWBG Towers to read, digest, and then record this episode based on what we found. There were secret agents, robot dogs, preludes to war, and utter batshit insanity. And that's just the comics.

Plus in our Thimble of Win, Chani gets lost in the Ink Machine, and Mike and Cav get some serious Avenging in (so, potential spoilers).

Thimble of Win Links:

https://www.bendyandtheinkmachine.com/

http://marvel.com/movies/movie/223/avengers_infinity_war

http://www.wolproject.com/

Episode Links:

http://allstarcomics.com.au/

http://www.humanoids.com/book/721

https://www.dynamite.com/htmlfiles/viewProduct.html?PRO=C1606909010

https://www.drawnandquarterly.com/author/jason-lutes

https://www.scholastic.com/kids/book/sparks-by-ian-boothby/

https://www.freecomicbookday.com/Catalog/JAN180021

https://www.freecomicbookday.com/Catalog/JAN180042

This week, we debate all things Vampire - where do they come from, what is it that appeals about them, which are the best examples of the genre and so on. We pick out our favorite bloodsuckers, and those we'd rather stake out on a tropical island at noon. And there's bonus Nicholas Cage.

Plus Chani wants the kids to get off her lawn, Cav gets all piratey, and Mike is up to something fishy...

Beaver Piñata!

Links:

https://www.seaofthieves.com/

https://www.epicgames.com/fortnite/en-US/battle-pass/season-4

http://qi.com/podcast/

This week, we explore the world of internet challenges, from condoms, to laundry pods, to ice buckets, and all of the other nonsense in between. Plus, we give a big shout out to Steven Taylor, doing yet another insane bike challenge charity fundraiser ride. More details below.

And in the thimble of win, Cav waxes lyrical on Steve Buscemi, is underwhelmed by rimming, and Chani pats all the dogs.

Links:

https://www.facebook.com/boundlessplainsbiketour/

https://cycle.gofundraise.com.au/page/StevenTaylor1

https://www.madmanfilms.com.au/the-death-of-stalin/

https://www.uphe.com/movies/pacific-rim-uprising

https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/watch-dogs-2/

https://www.snopes.com/news/2018/04/05/fake-teen-challenges/

Welcome back to our short mini-episode, where we review Ready Player One.

Let's just say...reactions were mixed.

This week, we debate the issues surrounding Physical vs. Digital Media. Is it better to own a physical object outright, or are we OK with digital versions of our favourite books, films, or music. And what of Cloud Storage and subscription fees? We give the whole shebang a once over.

Plus our Thimble of Win deals with Banjo LARP, Non-Verbal Amish Sci-Fi, Cowboys, Space Jockeys, and Art-House Powered People.

Links:

https://doublejump.co/kingdom-come-deliverance-review-28f20721909a

https://www.netflix.com/title/80119233

https://www.facebook.com/legiononfx/?brand_redir=1419899828311003

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3230854/

https://www.hbo.com/westworld