For the last episode of 2018, we wanted to talk about all of the things we've loved in the world of popular culture this year. We talk about our picks from the worlds of Gaming, TV and Film, with some expected and some surprising choices.
There's cowboys, spies, assassins, custard cream enthusiasts, and all points in between.
Here's wishing you a happy new year, ans we look forward to seeing you again in 2019!
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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
...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
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://deadline.com/2018/05/tom-cruise-top-gun-maverick-production-start-tweet-1202400688/
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"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
Episode Links:
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/
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.epicgames.com/fortnite/en-US/battle-pass/season-4
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/
With the forthcoming release of Steven Spielberg's adaptation of Ready Player One, we thought is might be a good idea to revisit the novel, and see if it really was as good as the first pass led us to believe.
Yeah. About that...
We talk about the limits of nostalgia, terrible marketing, bad writing, and how far a gimmick will get you. Plus there's our regular Thimble of Win (with an additional Mugful of Meh).
Links
http://store.steampowered.com/app/289070/Sid_Meiers_Civilization_VI/
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/3k7mv5/ready-player-one-movie-poster-parodies
This week, you're going to have to watch your backs... they have eyes everywhere. We've gone too far down the rabbit hole, and it's everywhere - the Moon, Abbey Road, all the way to the White House (Thanks Obama). I'm telling you, they've got body doubles, replacement band members, ghost writers, the whole nine yards. You've got to get the news out while you can!
Careful though - someone might be listening...
This episode, your favourite hopeless romantics travel through time and space, via war zones, alternate realities, and all points in between to bring you our favourite examples of couples and love in Pop Culture.
Plus in our Thimble of Win, Chani raises hell, Cav goes to war and commits sin, an Mike is searching for a soothing balm. \
Get your smooch on people!
Links:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5476182/
http://store.steampowered.com/app/230410/Warframe/
http://marvel.com/movies/movie/222/thor_ragnarok
This week, it's the second half or our review of 2017, where we look further at our favourite pop-culture moments of the year.
This week, we give you the first half of our review of 2017.
We give you our favourite Geek moments from last year, covering our usual bases of Games, Film, TV, and anything else we can come up with. It's a long one, and part two will be with you shortly.
We'll be looking to have a more regular schedule over the next year, and will hopefully be launching some new ways in which you can interact with the podcast.
Which, being people of taste and discernment, you will be only to ready to take advantage of.