Before Geeks Were Cool Podcast Episode 14: It's a Madhouse!

 

This week Laree and Jim begin their voyage to the Planet of the Apes as they reminisce about their childhood Apes memories from the 1970's, the POTA TV Series, Apes Mego toys and other merchandise,
the awesomeness of Zira, the first Planet of the Apes movie, Charlton Heston: ACTOR!, Beneath the Planet of the Apes, Laree's hatred of 1970's mutants, The Simpsons' Planet of the Apes musical, Paul Lynde: Father Figure and Escape from the Planet of the Apes. Then Laree has to bring up the Mego Conan the Barbarian action figure because he just can't help himself.

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Before Geeks Were Cool Podcast Episode 13: Movies We Don't Really Remember

 

This week your senile old hosts stumble through Part Two of their rambling about various space monsters of the movies. Titles and topics discussed include Predator, Mars Attacks, War of the Worlds, Phantasm, The Man from Planet X, Fisher Price Adventure People, Angry Red Planet, The Alien series, Prometheus, Forbidden Planet, Invaders from Mars, Soylent Green spoilers and The Whole Wide World starring Vincent D'Onofrio as Robert E Howard because, of course, Conan.

In case you've forgotten, you can get it on iTunes.

Before Geeks Were Cool Podcast Episode 12: Kill It With Fire!

After nature so rudely interrupted last week's show, Laree and Jim wrap up their conversation about Snowpiercer before getting into this week's topic, Monsters from Outer Space!

The Thing, It! The Terror from Beyond Space, Day of the Triffids, District 9, This Island Earth, Creature, Monsters, 20 Million Miles to Earth, the odd career of John Heard, Alien Nation, Inseminoid, The Blob, Klaus Kinski, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Planet of the Vampires, The Incredible Melting Man and Laree's wife vs. John Carpenter are all subjects discussed this week.

To be continued! Get it on iTunes.

Before Geeks Were Cool Podcast Episode 11: Asian Manholes

 

Better late than never, or so they say. This week's episode was delayed due to a two-day power outage at MonsterPants World Headquarters.

Laree's back and he's here to tell us all about his month-long trip to Japan and Korea. Toy shopping and flea markets in both countries, visiting Lotteworld and the Studio Ghibli Museum, inside Totoro's house, various castles and a glance at the Gundam cafe are just some of the things he has to share with us.

Tangents include Laree's hollow Earth theories and Yeti disappointments, the making of Automations and Jim's scathing review of Noah's stint as guest co-host. Then just as our heroes begin to discuss the recent RoboCop and Snowpiercer movies, the power cuts out, bringing the show to an abrupt end.

But it's still the longest BGWC episode yet! Available on iTunes.

Before Geeks Were Cool Podcast Episode 10: Revenge of the Super Teams!

 

This week Jim and guest co-host Noah Defilippis wrap up their lists of favorite superhero teams from the comics.

Among other things, our heroes discuss why Hawkeye should not be in a relationship, more X-men spinoffs, The Thor Corps, the Teen Titans cartoons, Wonder Man's mullet, Comic book bulk packs, The Invaders, Joss Whedon's Astonishing X-men, The Legion of Super-heroes, Agents of SHIELD vs. Arrow and X-men - Days of Future Past. Also, Noah struggles with the concept of the motion comic and then tries to convince Jim that the Ultimate Spider-man cartoon isn't awful.

Go Team! Get it on iTunes.

Before Geeks Were Cool Podcast Episode 9: Challenge of the Super Teams!

 

Guest co-host Noah Defilippis is back again to join Jim in counting down their favorite comic book super-teams.

Topics discussed include how Noah discovered comic books, The Justice League, why big crossover events suck, Superman vs. Captain Marvel, X-men spinoffs, a tour of Jim's office, The Inhumans, digging through bargain bins, Power Pack, more whining about overcrowding at comic conventions, The Doom Patrol, Jim vs. Guy Gardner and that time that guy called Noah a Jawa.

Note: This week's show is the first of a two-part episode with a shorter running time than usual. Part two coming next week. Get it on iTunes.

Before Geeks Were Cool Podcast Episode 8: Crossing Streams

Guest co-host Noah Defilippis beams in with an armload of sound effects to talk Star Trek. This week Noah and Jim discuss the Star Trek feature films, Next Generation and beyond, Noah's screen-accurate Starfleet uniform, the Star Trek role playing game, Jar Jar Abrams, Avery Brooks' goatee and that time young Noah was molested by Rick Berman.

Set phasers to kill and get it on iTunes.

Before Geeks Were Cool Podcast Episode 7: Return to the End of the World

Part Two of Laree and Jim's discussion of post-apocalyptic TV shows, cartoons, comics and books gets particularly messy as Jim struggles to pronounce "post-apocalypse."

A whole slew of titles are discussed this week including Thundarr the Barbarian, Wizards, Max Headroom, Attack on Titan, Ark 2, The Big O, the Heavy Metal movie and magazine, Metal Hurlant Chronicles, Epic Illustrated, Samurai Jack, Korgoth of Barbaria, The Tripods, The Road, Earth Abides, The Drowned World, The Drought, Fist of the North Star and The Genocides, with shout-outs to The Retroist podcast and Humanoids publishing.

The end is near! Get it while you can on iTunes.

Before Geeks Were Cool Podcast Episode 6: Gushing for Ghidorah

The second part of Laree and Jim's post-apocalyptic ramblings has been pushed back for a week or two in order to celebrate the new Godzilla movie that's arriving this week.

In this episode, the boys remember their first encounter with the King of the Monsters as kids, discuss Godzilla cartoons, name their favorite Godzilla films and each give a list of their top five Kaiju.

It's an all-out giant monster attack that is not to be missed!

Stomp on over to iTunes to hear it now!

Before Geeks Were Cool Podcast Episode 5: The Coming of the Alpacalypse!

 

This week Laree and Jim chat about some of their favorite post-apocalyptic movies and comics. Titles discussed include The Running Man, Last Man on Earth, Tank Girl, Judge Dredd, Logan's Run, Akira, The City of Lost Children, Mad Max, Waterworld, The Postman, Y: The Last Man, Kamandi and more. This episode is 99% Conan-free!

Available now on iTunes.