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It's that time again, E3 video game reveals galore, from Elderworld, Breath of the Wild 2, Guardians of the Galaxy, Jurassic World Evolution and more! Plus Loki, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe and more!
Remember seeing the Ninja Turtles Live in concert? What about other Geek centric Live Entertainment Spectaculars like the Power Rangers World Tour, Marvel Live, what was your favorite?
Eternals make their trailer review, UFO's might be real, and Amazon buys MGM which means StarGate might be coming back and it looks like a Disney Plus Star Wars series isn't moving forward.
Plus Chris reviews the Ambernic RG351p and much more!
Happy May the 4th everyone! It's our annual Star Wars special and we are counting down the top tracks from inside the Star Wars Universe! Yes! The music our heroes can actually hear, from inside the Cantina, to the forests of Endor. We've got everything from Lapti Nek to some surprising inclusions from tv specials and more. Source music galore!
Plus we've got our review of the latest Mortal Kombat now streaming on HBO MAX, Information about the return of Anakin Skywalker himself, How you can take flight aboard Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Rocket New Shepard, and a disappointing exclusion from a newly announced Captain America figure from Hasbro. All that and more to celebrate Star Wars day!
What's new in the world of Marvel Comics, Tv and Movies? We welcome the boys from 2 Fat Guys Pull List to break it down for us, and give us a preview of what's to come from Marvel.
Mortal Kombat debuts this weekend on HBO Max and while we haven't seen the movie, we give our review of the preview.
In other HBO news, we've got a Batman spinoff show in the works and Doc Ock is returning to the Spider-verse in Spider-Man no way home coming to theaters this December. All that and more!
We dive into the history of trading cards, discover their origins and explore the fun, exciting and sometimes weird packs from the 1990's. Sets like the incredible Marvel Universe series, Power Rangers, Free Willy, Desert Storm, and more.
Plus we have our reaction to the wild trailer for the final entry in the "Fast Saga" F9, Our thoughts on the auto transforming Optimus Prime Transformer, and what we think so far of Amazon Prime's Invincible series from Robert Kirkman.
We're back from the blip and boy do we have ground to cover. We have new trailers for the Disney Plus series Loki, and James Gunns upcoming Suicide Squad to dive into!
Plus since we missed some major Geek moments this winter we play catchup and we look back at what we missed like the Mandalorian, Wandavision, Zack Snyder's Justice League, Wonder Woman 1984 and more!
Plus find out how much a copy of Super Mario Brothers sold for at auction that's sending retro game markets to the moon!
Tom Holland revealed via Instagram his look for Nathan Drake in the upcoming Uncharted film this week. Netflix announced they are working with Ubisoft on multiple Assassin's Creed projects. With the premiere of the season season of Disney + series Star Wars The Mandalorian, new merch has been revealed including retro style figures reflecting the characters from season 1. The Snydercut of the Justice League just got a couple "new" characters added in. That and more this week on the show.
Jump into your X-Wing and get ready to Geek out and Squad up with us as we discuss our feelings and reactions to playing EA's Star Wars Squadrons in PSVR and PC.
There is a major shakeup at the movies, big films have shifted their release dates by years, Dune for example moving to next October!
Dr Strange is headed to the Spiderverse in the upcoming sequel to Spider-man far from home and much more!
On our 50th Episode we breakdown the secrets of The Mandalorian Season 2 trailer including who we think WWE wrestler Sasha Banks might be playing, is that Boba Fett? In our continuing look at Next Gen 2020, we take a good look at the Sony Playstation 5, it's launch titles and whether or not we were able to secure a pre-order. All that plus the geek news of the week.
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Movie Theaters are re-opening, James rented one out to see Tenet. We got our first look at Dune, Mario turns 35 years old and with it some new releases. Microsoft reveals pricing details for it's next gen consoles the Xbox series X and S. Daisy Ridley confirms she was almost a Kenobi!! Plus our thoughts on the HBO Max series Raised by Wolves and more!
DC Fandome was a success and had a lot of great reveals including a trailer for The Batman, The Snyder Cut and more, we look at the best that came out of the convention plus Star Wars and more!
EA Play revealed the new Star Wars Squadron star fighter game that puts you in the cockpit of a X-Wing, Tie-Fighter and more! Plus Pokemon Snap is coming to a Nintendo Switch near you and Fan Conventions go Digital.
Sony announced many of the upcoming games for the Playstation 5 today with looks at the new Horizon game, Spider-Man Miles Morales and More!
The Snyder Cut of Justice League is real and it's coming to HBO Max in 2021, Katee Sackhoff is rumored to reprise her role as Bo-Katan on The Mandalorian among other fan favorites and the other James joins us to share his excitement for the return of new books to your LCS!
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It's our annual Star Wars Celebration! This year we are taking a look at our most underrated battles and fights from the Star Wars saga including the comics and the animated series like The Clone Wars.
Plus big official news, Taika Waititi is co-writing and directing an upcoming Star Wars Feature Film, Jedi Fallen Order is getting a big update, Back to the Future is back on Netflix and much more!
Leslye Headland (Russian Doll) has been tapped to develop a new Star Wars series for Disney plus. We've got some details on what it can be and when it could take place in the Star Wars timeline.
HBO Max is launching this May and there are a lot of geeky greatness planned for the service including The Green Lantern series and more!
Animal Crossing New Horizons has an interesting Black Market. Plus Chris challenge James to famous video game quotes in an all new edition of Geek Experts.
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The world is a mess so what better time than now to take a look at the best disaster movies ever. We're talking 2012, Independence Day, Armageddon, Titanic, Mars Attacks, The Core and your suggestions from social media!
Plus we have news from The Mandalorian and the upcoming Disney plus docuseries, Nbc's new streaming service Peacock Launches, and James plays Final Fantasy 7 remake and more!
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We are escaping our quarantine via Animal Crossing, binging on pizza reviews and Westworld season 3 while discussing the latest Playstation 5 news.
This week we look at the newest Batmobile from The Batman and discuss some of our favorite rides the Dark Knight has had over the years with Guests Josh and Jay from The Superhero Suite podcast.
Plus Animal Crossing New Horizon Features, EA Motive might have a new Star Wars Starfighter game coming soon and in a new segment James plays the Retro NES game Captain Skyhawk.
Lucasfilm announced a new era in Star Wars storytelling this week with The High Republic. What we know so far about this new publishing adventure including what the Jedi are up to, and who they are going to be up against. Plus our hopes for the upcoming adventure.
Steven Spielberg is reportedly out as director for Indiana Jones 5. What does this mean for the franchise and our thoughts on the internet's collective freak out over the news.
Rian Johnson spills on rules Apple places on filmmakers when it comes to the use of iPhones on screen, how will this effect the next time you sit down to watch a mystery movie.
Plus James gives his review of the Sony Playstation exclusive Dreams, Chris goes on a geek camping trip, Sonic the Hedgehog and more!
C'mon you apes! You wanna live forever? We join up with the MI to revisit the 1997 sci-fi classic Starship Trooper starring Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, Denise Richards, Jake Busey, Neil Patrick Harris, Clancy Brown, Michael Ironside
Plus news from Toy Fair 2020, and the details of the Star Wars Skywalker Saga box set and what extras you'll find with The Rise of Skywalker when it hits stores this march.
Gotham City hi-jinks with Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn is our main focus this week. We're looking at the characters, the story and where does DC go next.
Plus news broke about Matt Reeves' The Batman as he released a camera test of the costume complete with original music by Michael Giacchino and Harrison Ford opens up about when he will return to play Indiana Jones in a new film.
All that plus a little Coke Energy, XFL and a Sonic the Hedgehog trivia challenge!
We make our picks for what the watch and play this month, plus we got our first look at Marvel's upcoming series for Disney plus including Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Wandavision, Loki and Mandalorian season 2!
Chris is headed to the theater to see Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn
James picks up some seaQuest merch that Chris doesn't own
Plus news on upcoming Clone Wars comics and some minor behind the scenes drama on the Star Wars Obi-Wan Kenobi series and more!
We dive into a second season episode of the NBC sci-fi series SeaQuest DSV with guests Jess and Dan. Created by Rockne S. O'Bannon and stars Roy Scheider, Jonathan Brandis, Don Franklin, Ted Raimi and others follows the crew of the SeaQuest on a weekly series of adventures exploring and defending the undersea world.
Also this week we got the trailer for Star Wars The Clone Wars season 7 and we get a chance to geek out at what we saw including some really fun Rebels Easter eggs.
Also in the news we have heard rumbles of a potential sequel to Fanboys and NBC has given us some details on their new streaming service Peacock.
Big Show this week as we review the first season of the Disney plus Star Wars series The Mandalorian. Our favorite Baby Yoda moments, best episodes, least favorite and where does The Mandalorian go in season 2.
Colin Trevorrow's supposive script for his Episode 9 titled Duel of the Fates leaked and we've got some interesting details on what could have been. Including what would have been the fates of Rey and Kylo Ren!
We've seen the first episode of Cartoon Networks reboot of Thundercats in Thundercats Roar. Burt Ward shares some personal details and more!
For the first time since the film's release, Chris and James talk about Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker! We dive deep into our favorite parts, our least favorite parts and key story elements from the film plus some fun Easter eggs as well.
This week in the news there has been some recent talk of a relaunch of Firefly by Fox Execs and a producer from the original series. Plus CES 2020 is wrapping up in Vegas this week and we have found some fun things to look forward to.
Plus we chat about the final trailer of Birds of Prey and the New Mutants. And our pick of the week includes the new season of Netflix's Lost in Space!
Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker, Episode 9 of the Skywalker Saga has come and Chris opens up and shares his thoughts on the film and gives a little backstory to his introduction to the films. The majority of this episode is spoiler free and gives fair warning towards the end of the podcast for those who have not yet seen the movie.
When James returns from seeing Star Wars the Rise of Skywalker we will return with a full discussion of the new film plus our overview of the finale of the Disney plus series The Mandalorian
Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker is just around the corner and before the feature attraction we have some awesome new trailers to talk about!
First we look at the return of the classic Ghostbusters universe with a nostalgia inducing trailer for Ghostbusters Afterlife
Next up the DC universe sees the return of Wonder Woman in the much anticipated trailer for Wonder Woman 1984.
Plus James and Chris catch up on the Mandalorian and discuss the connection between the titular character and John Wayne! Plus some evidence or some very mean trolling by the sound editors that perhaps Boba Fett is alive! Hear the evidence for yourself! Geek news, our pick of the week and more!
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This week Chris and special guests Jess and Dan revisit the 1986 Disney film Flight of the Navigator to discuss their memories and details of the classic family adventure. Does Flight of the Navigator Hold up? Has parenting styles changed since 1986? Will Max take David back to the past and return him to his family? Flight of the Navigator is available to stream now on Disney plus!
In geek news this week we take a look at the first trailer for Marvel's Black Widow film and discuss the newly announced Star Wars game show being added to Disney Plus in 2020 called Star Wars Jedi Temple Challenge.
All that, plus our pick of the week which includes the Netflix documentary series, The Movies that Made us!
Terminator: Dark Fate under performed at the box office and we question why, why did this film do so poorly! It might have a little to do with what came before it. We examine that and the whole world of Killer Robots in film and tv from 2001 a Space Odyssey, Short Circuit, Battlestar Galactica and more!
Plus in this week in geek news has the latest from Star Trek 4 and it's new writer/director
The 13 Marvel films headed to the big screen in the coming years
James and Chris talk about their experience playing Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
All that and more!
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!
New Star Wars films have been announced, what does the future have in store for us fans? Plus we ask the question... What makes Star Wars...well Star Wars. Plus our Funko Pop prize winner, James faces a rematch in Geek Experts and more!
Continuing our look at Video Games that have been turned into movies with Lara Croft Tomb Raider from 2001
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Video games have hit the big screen for decades but most are pretty bad, which ones make our list of the best and worst. Will Detective Pikachu deliver, and what could fix the Sonic the Hedgehog disaster. Plus breakdown of the latest Spider-man Far From Home trailer and your listener feedback on what video games you'd like to see made into a movie.
Marvel's Avengers Endgame has arrived! James and Chris breakdown our favorite moments, Easter eggs and more! Plus news from around the world of geek from school plays based on the film Alien to Box Office records being smashed!
Every saga comes to an end, were remembering the good times we've had with Star Wars, Avengers, X-Men, and Game of Thrones. Plus news from around the geek world including Galaxy's Edge at Disneyland and the Samsung Galaxy Fold fail.
Star Wars Celebration has ended and we could not be more excited about what is to come! Geeks rejoice, we have a title, and a teaser! Episode 9 is Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker and we break down the teaser, talk about the new Disney plus series The Mandalorian and take a look at EA and Respawn's Jedi Fallen Order and more!
Shazam has hit theaters and it's a great time at the movies, unless of course you are sitting next to a couple of jerks, find out what happened and how you can avoid being "those people" at the movies. Plus Avengers tickets breaks the internet, Game of Thrones is ending on HBO but pretty soon you will be able to sit on the iron throne and we answer your questions on a new Geek Experts!
Jessica and Dan join to talk Captain Marvel and Avengers End Game plus Geek news covering Google's video game platform Stadia, Bill and Ted are going on another adventure plus what it could mean the recent Disney takeover of Fox.
Batman turns 80 this month and we explore his movie history from the 1940's movie serials to the most current flicks James shares a major collecting milestone as he completes his Nintendo 64 collection! We give our reactions to Captain Marvel, the latest entry in the Marvel cinematic universe and review a great photo app for iPhones and more!
Jump to Batuu with us to talk Star Wars Galaxy's Edge at the Disney parks, plus news on Pokemon Sword and Shield, The X-men Dark Phoenix trailer, The OA season 2, We answer your questions and give an update on the retro gaming Bittboy
Hundreds of unsold TV pilots are made each year and most never see the light of day. This week Jessica joins Chris and James to take a look at a few unsold tv pilots and we take a deep dive into the 1993 pilot for The Elvira Show made for CBS but went unsold.
In the news this week:
Nintendo is now run by Bowser
Light Saber fights are now recognized as a real sport in France
Hugh Jackman sets record as Wolverine
Plus we're geeking out over the amazing Netflix original show The Umbrella Academy. All that and more!
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What's the best way to play classic Nintendo games on the go? Chris shares his review of the new Bittboy portable game console.
Nintendo released a new Direct and revealed upcoming games for the Switch like Super Mario Maker 2, Yoshi's Crafted World, Legend of Zelda: Links Awakening and more.
New York Toy Fair coverage with the latest from Funko and Hasbro's new Star Wars Retro Collection.
James gives a review of Alita Battle Angel and more!
Tony Thaxton from Motion City Soundtrack joins us to talk his Star Wars music project Cloud City Soundtrack. James plays Apex Legends, Nintendo switch updates, Disney told investors it will allow movies like Deadpool to remain in production with an R rating under the Fox banner and how to watch legal free local tv using a new non profit service.
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Do you collect stuff? We do and we open up our toy box and long boxes to talk about our favorite collectibles! From Star Wars action figures, Transformers, GI Joe, Funko Pops! and hitting up the local comic book store to pick up the latest issue of your favorite line! Also in this week's episode we have news of a Hot Wheels live action movie and an update from the Matt Reeves directed "The Batman". Plus we talk openly about the movie Glass and much more!
We take a look at the weird and awesome sports from pop culture movies like Podracing, Rollerball, Disc Arena from Tron, Baseketball, Pyramid from Battlestar Galactica and more. Plus Chris gives his thoughts on the new season of Star Trek Discovery, the new movie Glass and James shares how he keeps his massive retro game collection organized with a handy app for both ios and android. Plus we answer your questions in a new edition of Geek Experts.
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2019 has begun and we look at all of our most and least anticipated movies for the year including Spider-Man Far From Home, Avengers End Game, Star Wars Episode 9, HellBoy, Terminator 6, X-Men Dark Phoenix and more! Plus we look at the Netflix original tv series She-Ra and upcoming video game Mortal Kombat 11! We also announce the winner of our latest Funko Pop! prize pack and how you can win one of your own! If you love geek stuff like sci-fi, fantasy, Star Wars, Star Trek, Video Games, Comics, and the like, You should join our community on Facebook @thegeekstate and Twitter @thegeekstatepod !
Retro Gaming is everywhere, from the NES / SNES classic from Nintendo to the Playstation Classic, we're talking all things Retro Gaming on this episode of The Geek State. Plus we watch Netflix's interactive movie Bandersnatch and answer your questions!
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Premiere episode! This week we look at the best and worst things to hit the world of geek and dive into the world of George Lucas and how Star Wars shaped and impacted the world of film making. Plus incredible spoilers that almost sound to good to believe!
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