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Finally! Jason Trost has made a sequel to 'The FP', my favorite post-apocalyptic, dance dance revolution to the death, action film! That's right! 'The FP2: Beats of Rage' has finally arrived in theaters and Jason is back on Geekscape to talk about fan-funding the follow up to the cult film, course correcting the project from a TV series to a film and why making things on an independent level is the best way to make art! We also talk a bit about 'Umbrella Academy', the positives and minuses of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and hint at what might be in the future for the FP universe. And we shout out Geekscapist Frank Sanders a lot! If you're an independent artist, this is a pretty solid one to listen to! Enjoy! Pre-Order 'The FP 2: Beats of Rage'! Subscribe to Geekscape on iTunes! Follow Jonathan on Twitter and Instagram! Join the Geekscape Forever Facebook Group! Visit Geekscape.net for more Geekscape goodness! This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adc

Episode Notes Blake J. Harris, the author of the Geekscape favorite narrative non-fiction book 'Console Wars', returns to the podcast to talk about his new book 'The History of the Future'! Blake has spent the last 4 years heavily researching the story Oculus founder Palmer Luckey's rise through the tech ranks from creating his own virtual reality rigs in a mobile home in Long Beach to selling Oculus to Facebook for billions of dollars only a few years later. In his new book, Blake strings together a narrative through first hand interviews and extensive research to bring you a story that is still happening in real time! We talk about the elements that led to the resurgence of VR, what the technology could really mean to Geekscapists and the world and how selling your company for billions of dollars might not be a dream come true! This is a fantastic episode so please support Blake by ordering a copy of his book (if you read 'Console Wars' you don't need much convincing) and enjoy the episode! Subscribe to G

Episode Notes I first met comedian, actor and pro wrestler Jay Washington when we were both guests on Screenjunkies News. Since then, we've travelled in similar geek circles with Jay appearing recently on one of our LA Comic Con live episodes! But there's a LOT more to know about Jay... so I asked him onto the show! Now, you can also hear about Jay's tough childhood, losing both of his parents before he was 30 and how he almost died last year (honey doesn't always make things better)! We'll also talk a little about 'Avengers: End Game' and the upcoming slate of superhero movies! Enjoy! Subscribe to Geekscape on iTunes! Follow Jonathan on Twitter and Instagram! Join the Geekscape Forever Facebook Group! Visit Geekscape.net for more Geekscape goodness! This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode Notes Will there be a Punisher Season 3? With Marvel's deal with Netflix almost at an end (Jessica Jones Season 3 is still on its way) it appears unlikely. But we still have Season 2 to deal with so I sit down with Ian Kerner to talk through the 13 episodes story arch. Right off the bat, I say that Punisher Season 1 may be my favorite Marvel Netflix show... so is Season 2 another bad ass brawl-fest? What's up with Billy Russo becoming Jigsaw? Is Frank in full on Punisher mode when we meet him? Is this season as solid as the first? Where does it rank amongst the other Marvel Netflix shows? And what might be the future for these characters after Netflix? Ian and I do a deep dive through all these subjects so get ready and here is your SPOILER WARNING! Subscribe to Geekscape on iTunes! Follow Jonathan on Twitter and Instagram! Join the Geekscape Forever Facebook Group! Visit Geekscape.net for more Geekscape goodness! This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaph

It's time for a different Ian to cohost on the Geekscape podcast! Meet Ian Raney, one of the OG Geekscapists, who now lives in Austin, Texas and is one of my Best Friends on Pokemon Go! But there's a lot more to Ian than that, as you will learn when Ian talks about his journey from San Diego to Austin, the ups and downs of post-graduate life and his life reaffirming brush with death. We're not afraid to go to some emotional places on this episode... but don't worry. We also tell you that 'Bumblebee' was worth seeing! Subscribe to Geekscape on iTunes! Follow Jonathan on Twitter and Instagram! Join the Geekscape Forever Facebook Group! Visit Geekscape.net for more Geekscape goodness! This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

My man! After many jokes at its expense, it's finally here... an Aquaman movie! But is this the film that gets the last laugh on critics and fans? Maybe! What I do know for sure is that this is the DCEU's weirdest movie of all time! It's actually a lot to pick through so I bring Ian Kerner in to talk about the film's ins and outs and what works and what doesn't. There are tons of SPOILERS so be warned as we answer lots of questions! Does this film setup a sequel? Does it help fixed the problematic DCEU films that came before it? Were the villains too over the top? Is a 'Flashpoint' movie the best way to save the DCEU? There's lots to discuss in this special episode so enjoy! Subscribe to Geekscape on iTunes! Follow Jonathan on Twitter and Instagram! Join the Geekscape Forever Facebook Group! Visit Geekscape.net for more Geekscape goodness! This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the heels of the blockbuster success of 'Venom', Sony is back with another entry in the Spider-Man universe... this time going in a completely different direction (or a few)! With the fully animated 'Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse', movie audiences are introduced to Miles Morales, the younger Spider-Man originally introduced in the Ultimate Spider-Man comics... but very quickly he meets up with Spider-characters from various universes as the Kingpin pursues a plan to access them all or destroy them all! Is the hype about this film real? Is this the greatest Spider-Man film of all time? What works? What doesn't? What characters and creators were done justice and just how insane an idea for a movie is this? And did Sony pull it off!?! Ian and I go FULL SPOILERS on this one so only listen to it if you've already seen the film! Excelsior! Subscribe to Geekscape on iTunes! Follow Jonathan on Twitter and Instagram! Join the Geekscape Forever Facebook Group! Visit Geekscape.net for more Geekscape goodness!

Episode Notes Stan "The Man" Lee is gone. The Generalisimo himself was a large part of what we do here at Geekscape. He was our friend, our inspiration and at times our collaborator. I had wanted to do a Geekscape State of the Union podcast with you all for a while now if only to get all of my thoughts to you and let you know how I'm feeling and to gauge the pulse of what it is that we do around here. But now, 10 years after we met Stan and he renamed us Dickscape, I found it a fitting time to bring you into my thoughts, express my gratitude for all of you and give you some stories and thoughts on Stan Lee himself and how important he was to all of us. Excelsior and Geekscape Forever! Subscribe to Geekscape on iTunes! Follow Jonathan on Twitter and Instagram! Join the Geekscape Forever Facebook Group! Visit Geekscape.net for more Geekscape goodness! This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode Notes Zombies! It seems like just yesterday they were at the top of the roost as pop culture's favorite horror monster! Now, the popularity of zombies seems in decline! And that's just what we were thinking as Geekscape gathers a panel of experts at Los Angeles Comic Con to talk about our favorite decaying pursuers! Is there anything new you can do with the monster? What are some of the significant moments in zombie history? What does the next phase in the zombie's evolution look like? And lots, lots more! We really get into it so I hope you enjoy and shamble along for the ride! Subscribe to Geekscape on iTunes! Follow Jonathan on Twitter and Instagram! Join the Geekscape Forever Facebook Group! Visit Geekscape.net for more Geekscape goodness! This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode Notes 'The Monster Squad' is a definitive 80s Cult Movie. It went almost completely ignored upon its release and only decades later has it amassed the audience it always deserved. And what took so long? With a plot that is basically The Little Rascals versus the classic Universal Monsters, everyone who sees the movie falls in love with it! Well, on this LA Comic Con panel, we've got two of the original Squad members, Andre Gower and Ryan Lambert, talking about their experiences making the original film. In addition, filmmaker Henry McComas joins us to talk about 'Wolfman's Got Nards', the Monster Squad retrospective culture documentary that he and Andre are ready to unleash upon the world! Subscribe to Geekscape on iTunes! Follow Jonathan on Twitter and Instagram! Join the Geekscape Forever Facebook Group! Visit Geekscape.net for more Geekscape goodness! Find out more at https://geekscape.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoi

Episode Notes We love Giant Robots and Kaiju monsters! Even more, we love talking about them! And this past weekend, at Los Angeles Comic Con, Geekscape hosted a panel talking all about these larger than life passions of ours! Couldn't make it? All good! Now you can listen in to a panel of expert pros and fans alike as we talk some serious deep cuts! From Voltron to Godzilla to Pacific Rim... and including all of the really obscure and hard to find movies, comics, TV shows and art inbetween, we hope you enjoy this dive into Kaiju VS Giant Robots! Subscribe to Geekscape on iTunes! Follow Jonathan on Twitter and Instagram! Join the Geekscape Forever Facebook Group! Visit Geekscape.net for more Geekscape goodness! Find out more at https://geekscape.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode Notes Marvel's popular Daredevil has returned to Netflix for a 3rd Season... but does this one hit a bullseye!?! Bad pun. I know. But things are a bit rockier for the Devil of Hell's Kitchen in the wake of Netflix's cancellation of both Iron Fist and Luke Cage. What does that mean for future Marvel Netflix shows? Or the upcoming Disney streaming app? And as we get into this SPOILER FILLED episode, what were the highlights of the season? What do we still have questions about? Where do we go moving forward? Really, we just want to keep talking about how awesome Bullseye's origin was and can't wait to see more of him! But obviously, we do that in a ton of detail! It's all here so enjoy! Subscribe to Geekscape on iTunes! Follow Jonathan on Twitter and Instagram! Join the Geekscape Forever Facebook Group! Visit Geekscape.net for more Geekscape goodness! Find out more at https://geekscape.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode Notes CONAN writer Rob Kutner has been writing for shows like The Daily Show, Dennis Miller Live!, Late Night With Conan O'Brien and more for almost two decades... and now he's on the Geekscape podcast! Rob talks to us about the ups and downs of his career as a comedy writer, the instability of writing for late night TV and the general instability of everything everywhere! In the course of discussing the oncoming apocalypse, we talk about his new digital graphic novel 'Shrinkage', about tiny aliens hijacking the human brain and a whole lot more! Enjoy! Visit Rob's Website for a copy of 'Shrinkage'! Subscribe to Geekscape on iTunes! Follow Jonathan on Twitter and Instagram! Join the Geekscape Forever Facebook Group! Visit Geekscape.net for more Geekscape goodness! Find out more at https://geekscape.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Longtime Geekscape friend Yuri Lowenthal has been keeping a secret... that he's Spider-Man! But now, the entire world knows because Spider-Man on PS4, in which Yuri plays Peter Parker and Spider-Man, is one of the hottest, system selling games of the year! In this episode, Yuri talks about the long process of auditioning for the roll, having to keep such a giant secret and performing as one of the most iconic characters of all time! What was the process of performing some of the action packed mocap sequences? Did he get to adlib any of the lines? What were some of his favorite parts of the whole experience and would he be up for a sequel? Also, we talk about Yuri's live, user interactive sci-fi series for Project Alpha, 'Orbital Redux', and what an insane and brilliant idea it is for a web series! There's a lot here to process, Geekscapists, so enjoy! Subscribe to Geekscape on iTunes! Follow Jonathan on Twitter and Instagram! Join the Geekscape Forever Facebook Group! Visit Geekscape.net for more Geekscap

Episode Notes Mega Ran and MC Lars are Nerdcore rappers at the top of their game. And they took some time off from their Rushmore of Nerdcore tour to sit with me and talk about some history. It's like 3 old friends catching up as we talk about their separate histories and what got them into music and about the beginnings of the Nerdcore scene in general. Their most recent collaboration 'The Dewey Decibal System' is discussed as well as a bit of religion and politics... the things we're supposed to not talk about on the internet. But we don't care and we get real personal as we catch up on this special Nerdcore edition of Geekscape! Also, checkout Mega Ran's podcast 'Mat Mania'... brand new to the Geekscape Network! Subscribe to Geekscape on iTunes! Follow Jonathan on Twitter and Instagram! Join the Geekscape Forever Facebook Group! Visit Geekscape.net for more Geekscape goodness! This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Finally! Hollywood had its way and successfully released the stand-alone 'Venom' movie that they've been trying to make for years! But... is it really a success? What can be argued against an $80 Million opening weekend? Well... a lot. This movie isn't exactly a critical darling. From the script to the fx to the acting to the entire point of making a stand-alone Venom movie in the first place, there's a lot that doesn't work. So why did we still have fun watching it? Did it have anything to do with the movie? Well, it's time to answer your questions. Does any of it work? How is there a Venom separate from the Spider-Man story? Are the action scenes exciting? Did they nail the Venom and Eddie Brock relationship? How does the villain stack up? Does anything in this movie make sense? It's all here in this episode... so better you listen to this than watch the movie. Subscribe to Geekscape on iTunes! Follow Jonathan on Twitter and Instagram! Join the Geekscape Forever Facebook Group! Visit Geekscape.net for more

Our beloved friend, documentary filmmaker Tommy Avallone is back on the show to talk about his latest film 'The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned From A Mythical Man'! This one documents the numerous Bill Murray sightings across the country, from Bill showing up at a frat party to do dishes to taking part in a couple's engagement photo shoot, and tries ot make sense of it all! We've seen the movie and we love it... so how did it come together? What is it about Bill Murray that we find so captivating? How hard was it to put this movie together? What were some of the most ridiculous 'urban legends' surrounding Bill Murray and Bill Murray sightings? What's Tommy working on next? There's tons to digest here, especially for indie filmmakers, so enjoy! Subscribe to Geekscape on iTunes! Follow Jonathan on Twitter and Instagram! Join the Geekscape Forever Facebook Group! Visit Geekscape.net for more Geekscape goodness! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here's a special mini episode of Geekscape focusing on the idea of strategic quitting! And I wouldn't have brought it to you if I didn't think it wasn't important to hear. We've all found ourselves bogged down in life, especially if we're geek collectors of things like DVDs, comic books, videogames, etc. Maybe we find ourselves in an unfulfilling job or relationship? But what are these things actually adding to our lives? More importantly, what are they taking away? I sit down with Dr. Lynn Marie Morski at an outdoor San Diego restaurant and talk to about the idea of 'Quitting By Design', a concept that is now also a book written by Dr. Morski. Spend too much on the Steam Summer Sale on games you'll never play? Yeah. This episode is for you! Pick Up 'Quitting By Design' on Amazon! Visit The Quitting By Design website! Subscribe to Geekscape on iTunes! Follow Jonathan on Twitter and Instagram! Join the Geekscape Forever Facebook Group! Visit Geekscape.net for more Geekscape goodness! Learn more about you

It's been a long time since Chris Fafalios of Punchline has been on the podcast (unless you count his involvement in the Geekscape theme song which is on EVERY episode)! And a lot has changed in the 10 years since. Punchline continues to put out albums, they're finally touring the West Coast again and Chris has discovered his love of Pokémon, thanks to Pokémon Go! After a show in San Diego, we sit in the tour van and talk about our love of Nintendo, why Breath of the Wild might be our favorite piece of media ever and I explain why so far 'Spider-Man' on the PS4 might be the best game of 2018. Along the way we talk about making music, Punchline's new album 'Lion' and lead singer Steve Soboslai drops by for a few! It's always great to catch up with old friends as you'll definitely hear in this episode. If you're not a Punchline fan now, I hope this one does it for you! Visit Punchline's website! Subscribe to Geekscape on iTunes! Follow Jonathan on Twitter and Instagram! Join the Geekscape Forever Facebook G

Jason Inman (and his wife Ashley Victoria Robinson) have been personal friends of both myself and Geekscape for a long time! And they're also burgeoning comic book creators with last year's successful 'Jupiter Jet' hitting stands! They're back now with their really cool second comic 'Science!', about a school for young genius that may be home to more than just a good education! Jason and Ashley join me to talk about the graphic novel, the Kickstarter campaign going on RIGHT NOW for the book and much, much more! And once Ashley bows out of the episode, Jason and I keep the party going by talking about Grant Morrison's upcoming 'Green Lantern' run, if the Marvel Universe needs a complete reboot and we even create our own Avengers team in the process... which pretty much just consists of D-Man! Enjoy! Check out Science! on Kickstarter RIGHT NOW! Subscribe to Geekscape on iTunes! Follow Jonathan on Twitter and Instagram! Join the Geekscape Forever Facebook Group! Visit Geekscape.net for more Geekscape goodness! L