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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

Netflix and Marvel's 'Iron Fist' Season 2 is out... and is a huge improvement over the controversial first season! There's a new showrunner and only 10 episodes as things get shaken up for both the show and Danny Rand after the events of 'The Defenders' crossover! And Ian and I answer all of your questions and give you a couple Easter Eggs in the process! How is Alice Eve as villain Typhoid Mary? Is Davos the best villain in the Marvel Netflix universe? What's the next step in Danny Rand and Colleen Wing's relationship? Does this set anything up for 'Daredevil: Season 3'? How does Misty Knight and Luke Cage relate to the events in 'Iron Fist'? Does this set up 'Iron Fist: Season 3' for adapting Matt Fraction's 'Seven Capital Cities of Heaven' tournament storyline!?! It's all here in our Geekscape Special! 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

As I tell you in the intro, my knowledge of MC Chris was fairly minimal when he was proposed to me as a guest... but I knew he was really cool and a lot of my friends were fans and that was good enough for me! Well, after having him on the podcast I gotta tell you that I'm now a fan and he IS very cool! But the pop culture rapper, animator, comedian and actor is so much more than that! As we soon discover in our conversation, it's not all Star Wars and comic books in MC Chris' world (although there is a lot of that)! We get into some real talk, from his time dealing with social anxiety at NYU and playing PC games as a kid to some of the professional and personal pitfalls that followed him in his animation career. And we talk about where Chris is RIGHT NOW, in his new turn towards positivity, helping his fans out and how his upcoming tour and album are going to be the best time ever! There's a LOT revealed on this episode (including his new album name) so listen up and enjoy! Visit MC Chris' Website for tour a

Udo Kier is one of the most recognizable cult actors working today! Sure, he regularly works with critically acclaimed auteurs like Lars Von Trier, Gus Van Sant and Wim Wenders, but he can also be seen in fun, popular movies like 'Blade', 'Armageddon', 'Ace Ventura: Pet Detective' and 'Iron Sky'! This week, Udo returns in the next chapter of the Puppet Master horror series... 'Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich'! Starring Thomas Lennon (really!), Barbara Hampton and Michael Paré, Udo plays the Puppet Master himself as he raises hell on a museum filled with unsuspecting fans! We talk about Udo's approach to acting and why he loves to take the genre films while also working in the Oscar friendly indies. We also discuss Udo's superhero origin story during WW2 and cover a lot more topics... including some of your questions! Follow, Share and Donate to our Geekscape Seed & Spark Campaign! Subscribe to Geekscape on iTunes! Follow Jonathan on Twitter and Instagram! Join the Geekscape Forever Facebook Group! Visi

I may have mentioned back during Season 1 just how great Cinemax's 'Outcast' series, based on the Images Comics series by Robert Kirkman and Paul Azaceta, is! Well, I hope you listened because Season 2 is airing right now and it is just as great! To celebrate the show's return, I sat down with series star Patrick Fugit and showrunner Chris Black and talked about the uniqueness of this supernatural possession series. What went into crafting the specific tone? Did they have trouble portraying the level of darkness and violence necessary to getting the story right? And how did they pull off some of those incredible possession effects? If you're a horror or TV fan, you'll probably find something to like in our conversation! Follow, Share and Donate to our Geekscape Seed & Spark Campaign! 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/adc