Geekfest Rants: Recent Episodes
Carlos Perrone
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Two days before the 2024 Presidential election, join Carlos today at GeekFest Rants as he recommends a number of films to prep you for the issues that dominate this historic election. The films included are, Joe, The Zone of Interest, Nazi Town USA, Civil War, Good Night and Good Luck, and Antebellum. Plus he recaps the films he suggested back in the 2016 and 2020 elections. WARNING: This is a very heavily opinionated political themed episode and the views expressed are solely the ones of Carlos. In other words, if you feel politics are a bad subject to discuss, you might want to skip this episode and return next time.
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Episode 486 - Six Films to Watch Before the 2024 Presidential Election (1:10:01)
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Joe (1970) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD]:
The Zone of Interest | Official Trailer HD | A24:
The untold story of Nazi sympathizers on American soil | Trailer | American Experience | PBS:
Civil War | Official Trailer HD | A24:
Good Night, And Good Luck (2005) Official Trailer - George Clooney, David Strathairn Movie HD:
Antebellum (2020 Movie) Official Final Trailer – Janelle Monáe:
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Time to get animated....about Star Trek. Join Carlos and James today on GeekFest Rants as they discuss all the different animated Star Trek shows. From the original 70's Star Trek: The Animated Series to the current Lower Decks and Prodigy. Plus, we discover some other failed attempts at going the animation route.
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Episode 485 - Animated Star Trek (54:49)
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Celebrating 50 Years of Star Trek: The Animated Series | StarTrek.com: https://youtu.be/WsMYra83IW4?si=meNas7EicGuR6bay
Star Trek: The Animated Series - McCoy Is Arrested:
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Time to fall down another geek rabbit hole. Join Carlos and James today on GeekFest Rants as they explore James' latest obsession: Star Wars Kenner Custom Figures. This is the beginning of a discussion dealing with DIY customs, purchased customs and Hasbro's Retro line. There are many players out there producing some high quality figures. It looks like we'll finally get to own most of the Star Wars figures Kenner never made.
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Episode 484 - Star Wars Kenner Custom Figures with James - Pt.1 (48:31)
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Star Wars Vintage KENNER Commercial - Lando, Lobot, Ugnaught, Han Solo [Bespin] [Remastered].mp4:
Star Wars Kenner Commercial (1977):
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Time to stop trying those new yoga poses and sit back, relax and watch some horror films. Join Carlos today at GeekFest Rants for a quadruple horror feature review. The horror genre is alive and flurishing. So, let's take a look at Late Night with the Devil, In A Violent Nature, A Quiet Place: Day One, and Longlegs. PS: You'll get the yoga refernece after watching the second film.
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Episode 483 - New Horror Films Review (1:09:36)
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Late Night With The Devil | Official Trailer:
LONGLEGS - The End Trailer - In Theaters July 12:
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Today on GeekFest Rants, Carlos takes a look back at a promotional booklet from Universal Studios highlighting their 1982 movie slate. 1982 being the most genre packed movie year of our generation. Universal gave us such classics as E.T., Conan the Barberian, John Carpenter's The Thing, and many more.
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Episode 482 - Universal Pictures For 1982 (1:04:57)
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E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial - Trailer: https://youtu.be/wZNInG8kSiA?si=ktJuLThCyMAOUXPW
The Thing (1982) - Official Trailer:
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Man is the warmest place to hide. That's the original tagline of John Carpenter's The Thing. Join Carlos taday on GeekFest Rants as he attempts to decipher the order of assimilation in John Carpenter's The Thing. We will definetly go down the nerd rabbit hole with this one. Then we look at some new NECA and old McFarlane The Thing figures.
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Episode 481 - The Thing -Assimilation Theory and Figures (1:06:44)
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The Thing (1982) Trailer: https://youtu.be/5ftmr17M-a4?si=sBwmundQ0xqtmOOS
The Thing (1982) - Official Trailer:
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Today on GeekFest Rants we look at the pre-Star Wars George Lucas hit, America Graffiti and it's sequel, More American Graffiti. Join Carlos and James as they chime in on their views on these two films. Does the sequel live up to the original? What is the Happy Days connection to the original film. Is life today anything like it was in 1962?
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Episode 480 - American Graffiti & More American Graffiti - Review (1:10:34)
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American Graffiti Official Trailer #1 - Richard Dreyfuss Movie (1973) HD:
More American Graffiti - Original Theatrical Trailer (1979):
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Today on GeekFest Rants, join Carlos as he reviews two new Star Wars posters, the 40th Anniversary, Matt Ferguson, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi one sheets. Then we'll look at three, John Walsh, Making of.. books: Conan the Barbarian, Escape from New York, and Flash Gordon. It does not get any geekier than this.
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Episode 479 - 40th Ann Empire-Jedi Posters - Making of Books (1:17:32)
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Return of the Jedi: Original Teaser Trailer (1982):
Conan The Barbarian (1982) - Official® Trailer [HD]:
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Do you wish there was a place where we could access all sorts of Star Trek related media assets, data, and stories? Join Carlos and James today on GeekFest Rants as they explore a preview of the Roddenberry Archive. What exactly is this and where does the story inspirations comes from? We'll try our best to find out.
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Episode 478 - The Roddenberry Archive (52:29)
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765874 : https://youtu.be/Ng8qTIythnA?si=kiSBlH1HSVvOzAP8
Star Trek Regeneration - The Roddenberry Archive *REUPLOAD*: https://youtu.be/iC0ZHukgfl4?si=jSJIrXSvgck2vDtV
How OTOY and the RODDENBERRY ARCHIVE are SAVING Star Trek using Deep Canon correctly!:
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What comes after 3-D movies? What is the next innovation in the movie watching experience? Join Carlos on GeekFest Rants as he takes all the latest enhanced movie watching experiences for a test ride with formats such as: Screen X, D-Box, and 4DX. Plus we review another great NECA action figure, the Ultimate Terminator Tech Noir T800.
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Episode 477 - Enhanced Movie Experiences - Terminator Figure (49:58)
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4DX official promotion video (short version):
Top Gun: Maverick Screen X Trailer! | Cineworld Cinemas:
D-BOX : Immersive motion:
The Terminator (1984) Official Trailer - Arnold Schwarzenegge Movie:
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Are you ready to enter the grid? Join Carlos and James today as they talk about the new Disney Tron Lightcycle Run ride. How does it compare to the Shanghai Disney Park version? We discuss the different seating options for riders. Plus, we review the latest entry into the Retro action figure line: Indiana Jones. How good can Hasbro duplicate the old Kenner Raiders of the Lost Ark figures and expand on them? Find out, today on GeekFest Rants.
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Episode 476 - Tron Lightcycle Run - Indiana Jones Retro Figures (1:17:48)
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TRON: LEGACY Official Trailer # 2:
Indiana Jones - Raiders of the Lost Ark - Toy TV Commercial - TV Spot - TV Ad - Kenner:
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Today on GeekFest Rants it all about Star Wars Kenner action figures collecting books. Is there a definitive guide to collecting the classic original Star Wars Kenner action figures? The answer is Yes. Join Carlos today as we pore over six excellent Star Wars Kenner action figures collecting books. Could...
Are we in a new Golden Age of Star Trek? Join Carlos and James today on GeekFest Rants as they chat about all the Star Trek content available right now. From Discovery, to Picard, to Lower Decks, to Prodigy, to Strange New Worlds. And let's not forget what is on...
Join us today on GeekFest Rants as Carlos reviews his latest Star Wars acquisition: a one-sheet concept, Ralph McQuarrie poster that was repurposed and finished by artist Lawrence Noble for Star Wars Celebration Japan(2008). Then we look at a NECA, The Terminator figure from a few years ago that we...
Are you a Lego Maniac? Join Carlos and guest James today on GeekFest Rants as they look at the status of their Lego collecting. Some of us have cut back and some of us have not only double down, but also found new avenues to explore. And by that we...
Today on GeekFest Rants, Carlos reviews the Disney+ documentary Light & Magic. This could very well be the best doc about Lucasfilm's ground breaking special effect company Industrial Light & Magic. Here we learn from the founders and craftsmen of ILM such as George Lucas, Dennis Muren, Phil Tippett, Ken Ralston, Joe Johnston, Richard Edlund, John Dykstra, Lorne Peterson, and many many more. For all hard core Star Wars fans, consider this a Master Class on the history of ILM.
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Episode 471 - Light & Magic- Review (1:24:08)
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Light & Magic | Official Trailer | Disney+:
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Today on GeekFest Rants we are going to need a bigger boat. Join Carlos as he dives into two iconic movie posters: Jaws and Saturday Night Fever. Hear the stories of how the art from the Jaws bestselling book easily transitioned to the movie poster by Roger Kastel. Plus, how Saturday Night Fever's PG re-release generated a new poster. Then we move on to review some new action figures like Ziro the Hutt, The Thing, Stormtrooper George Lucas, Eddie Munson, and many more.
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Episode 470 - Jaws & Saturday Night Fever Posters - New Action Figures (1:23:45)
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JAWS | Official Trailer | Experience It In IMAX®:
Saturday Night Fever NOW RATED PG (1977) Original Theatrical Trailer [4K] [FTD-0801]:
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Today on GeekFest Rants, Carlos dives into the recent Vice documentary-series Icon Unearthed: Star Wars. This time around this particular documentary is able to share the perspectives of such Star Wars contributors as Producer, Howard Kazanjian and Editor, Marcia Lucas. This being the first time George Lucas' ex-wife participates with...
Today at GeekFest Rants we begin to catch up with this spring/summer's crop of genre films. Join Carlos as he delves into The Northman, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and The Batman. If this is just the beginning of the spring/summer film season,...
A Perfect Storm: a critical or disastrous situation created by a powerful concurrence of factors. Today on GeekFest Rants Carlos will examine three unrelated pieces of art, the film Office Space, the TV show Severance, and the musical special Bo Burham: Inside. What do all these have in common? Well,...
Almost three years in the making, The Bantha has arrived. Join Carlos today at GeekFest Rants as he reviews the fan made creature to compliment our Kenner Star Wars action figure collection. We'll go over the behind the scenes drama between rival companies The Fans Strike Back and Stan Solo...
It's time for posters of the month. Join Carlos today at GeekFest Rants as he delves into two fantastic international genre posters, Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Empire Strikes Back. With Raiders we get Drew Struzan's vision for that classic film. For Empire we explore a different style...
We are back! After a slight pause. So let's talk about Star Wars Coffee Table books. Join Carlos today at GeekFest Rants as he attempts to lift some of these massive literary creations. These books are huge and heavy, most of them are Star Wars related but we have a...
Today on GeekFest Rants we take another look at Star Wars action figures. This time around join Carlos as we focus on figures from the original trilogy based on deleted scenes. Star Wars and Return of the Jedi seem to have them mostly but we also see how The Book...
Today on GeekFest Rants we look at another "Making-of" sci-fi/horror classic: Alien. Join Carlos as he pours over J.W. Rinzler's Making of Alien book. This is another must have publication for genre fans. These books are not only a commitment in the amount of time you will entrench yourself in...
When collecting action figures you have to set some rules or else you'll run out of room and/or go broke very fast. One of my rules for Star Wars figures is figures based on "behind the scenes" individuals or "behind the mask" actors. Join Carlos today on GeekFest Rants as...
Today on GeekFest Rants, Carlos will toast the end of 2021 with Posters of the Month and some Genre Wines. Up first we have the Return of the Jedi One Sheet Style A poster. This is the one we saw back in 1983 as we lined up to see Return...
So the story goes, James Cameron got the idea for The Terminator while suffering from a fever dream in Rome during the post production of Piranha 2: The Spawning, his first film. However, sci-fi writer Harlan Ellison might disagree a little bit. Join Carlos at GeekFest Rants as he dives...
If you walk without rhythm you won't attract the worm. This is more than just a song lyric from a Fatboy Slim/Christopher Walker music video. This is a reference to the movie and literary sci-fi classics Dune. Join Carlos today at GeekFest Rants as he reviews the latest version of...
It's time for posters of the month. Join Carlos today at GeekFest Rants as he tackles two new posters: Star Trek the Motion Picture (Rainbow Poster) and Procter & Gamble's free with purchase Empire Luke poster. Then we continue with our dual franchise theme by visiting the little known battle...
It looks like Netflix did it again with two new great shows to add to their credits. Join Carlos today at GeekFest Rants as he reviews the multi layer horror of Midnight Mass. From director/writer Mike Flanagan and starring the fantastic Hamish Linklater. And then we look at the South...
Were you at the first official Star Wars convention? Not Celebration 1 back in 1999. We are talking about Starlog and Creation Salute Star Wars 10th Anniversary Convention in 1987. Join Carlos today on GeekFest Rants as he recalls his trip to Los Angeles back when he was 17 years old to attend his first convention. Some of the guests included Irvin Kershner, Anthony Daniels, Billy Dee Williams, and the creator of Star Wars, George Lucas. Along the way he visits some Hollywood studios and gets a tour of the Star Trek Next Generation set.
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Episode 455 - Starlog and Creation Salute Star Wars 10th Anniversary Convention 1987 (52:25)
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1987 George Lucas Q & A at Star Wars Celebration 0 - Starlog Convention:
299: Dan Madsen and Celebration 0 Commentary:
Star Wars 10th Anniversary Convention Tribute FACEBOOK PAGE: https://www.facebook.com/Star-Wars-10th-Anniversary-Convention-Tribute-1524244547792141
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What is the history of space travel according to Star Trek? Join Carlos today at GeekFest Rants and find out. Star Trek can be a little vague about current and near future space history but thanks to some Eaglemoss collector ships we have an insight into this fictitious narrative. From the Botany Bay, to the Phoenix, to the Warp Delta, to many more. Then we take a look at a moon landing sci-fi film that seems to have flown under our radar for 53 years called Countdown, starring James Caan and Robert Duvall. What did Hollywood think the moon landing was going to be like one or two years before it happened for real? Listen today and find out.
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Episode 454 - Star Trek Space Travel History - Countdown - Geek Review (1:07:41)
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Enterprise Promo:
Star Trek Enterprise - opening credits:
Countdown (1967) Official Trailer - James Caan, Robert Altman Movie HD:
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Have you ever been looking forward to your favorite director's next film and then when you see it, it completely disappoints you? Well, so have we. Join Carlos today at GeekFest Rants as he looks at his favorite directors and pinpoints the time when they have disappointed him. Do directors only have a number of great films in them? Is there a predictable trajectory to the quality of their films? Or are our fanboy expectation too high? Plus, we'll also throw a few superstar actors to see if they suffered a similar fate.
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Episode 453 - High Geek Expectations (56:33)
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Legend Official Trailer #1 - Tom Cruise Movie (1985) HD:
Christine (1983) Trailer #1 | Movieclips Classic Trailers:
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