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On this week's episode we lament the passing of the real life hero Chadwick Boseman. Boseman dedicated his life to promoting the idea of representation and Black excellence. The geek world will sorely miss him.  We also discuss a new project for Game of Thrones show runners Benioff and Weiss...it's not looking great.  To finish off the news we look at New Mutants and the controversy behind the racist director Josh Boone.  Our main topic today is the cult classic Scott Pilgrim vs. The World!

Andy talks with friend of the show Sean about the wonder that is - the musical Cats

DC Fandome dropped some big news and trailers this week! Andy and Ariel call an audible to breakdown the video game, tv, and movie news that came out of the online news event, DC Fandome. We talk Gotham Knights, Suicide Squad, The Flash, the infamous Snydercut, and of course, that illuminating trailer for The Batman. 

Ariel and Andy talk DC news! But mostly about how amazing Misha Green's first episode of Lovecraft Country is! Big announcement in this one at the end!

Andy talks with Steve and Woody about the 20th Anniversary of Christopher Nolan's Momento. Also, somewhere is half of a review of Joker (2019)

Guillermo Del Toro has his fingers in many pies but the Netflix Original Tales of Arcadia is one of his best! Andy and Ariel discuss Del Toro's TrollHunters and 3Below in anticipation for the new Wizards: Tales of Arcadia show. 

Ariel and Andy talk the insane new trailers and content coming up and revealed at this years online comic con! Plus discussion about the Emmy nominations!

Christopher Nolan is back in the news cycle with Tenet's indefinite delay! That doesn't mean we can't talk about one of his movies! It's the 10 year anniversary of Inception. What do we think of Nolan's Sci-fi blockbuster a decade later?  We also discuss Neil Gaiman's Sandman, Invincible casting, and a new Netflix addition.

Andy and Ariel discuss the HBO spinoff of Matt Reeve's THE BATMAN! And the new astounding and beautiful news of Star Wars The Bad Batch. Then the two commiserate over the bad movie that they've watched, and try to make sense of it. THE OLD GUARD!

One of the best animated movies ever has made its way to Netflix! Tune in as Ariel and Andy discuss the classic Batman story, Mask of the Phantasm.  We also discuss Tron Rumors and the disturbing comments made about Joss Whedon on set. 

Ariel and Andy talk about all the wonderful super hero casting hopes and dreams we have!

Andy's new podcast gets a surprise drop this week since everyone involved in Geek101 is busy! Give it a listen!

Andy and Ariel talk about Artemis Fowl the rapscallion with a heart of...bronze maybe?  Audio glitch in this one. Apologies for Andy's audio track starting at 22:01.

Ariel and Andy continue their discussion from two weeks ago and talk about Anime movies. No discussion on this topic is complete without mentioning the incredible Studio Ghibli. Andy also talks about films by other anime directors like Your Name and Perfect Blue. We finish the discussion by talking about movies from big anime franchises like Dragon Ball Z and Naruto.  Don't forget. Black Lives Matter

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