Geekdown Podcast

No days off for the Geekdown as we bring you your annual holiday hang, checking out the 2011 animated flick Arthur Christmas and the 1983 role-reversal comedy Trading Places. We also talk about Netflix puling back the curtain a bit, recommend The Holiday Calendar, recommend stationery and give out a present or two. If you need to get away from your family for 90 minutes, come see us. Happiest of holidays, friends! Thank you for your continued support (either via patreon.com/geekdownpod, ko-fi.com/geekdownpod, or just by listening) and we'll be back with you in the new year. Theme music by Rob Gasser (soundcloud.com/robgassermusic), licensed under (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Your new BFFs welcome the season by taking a dip into the warm, dank, ankle-deep waters of made-for-Netflix holiday content with The Christmas Inheritance. Did we find any charms in its inoffensive predictability? We shall see. Also this ep! Caitlin recaps all the holiday fare, Red Dead is broken, Yakuza blows Jordan's mind and so much more. Please consider supporting the Geekdown by becoming a patron! Visit our Patreon page at patreon.com/geekdownpod, or buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/geekdownpod. Theme music by Rob Gasser (@robgassermusic), licensed under (CC BY-SA 3.0)

The Crapathon is over, so we're back in format this week with a pair of animated features from the turn of the century: Metropolis, based on the work of manga god Osamu Tezuka, and Disney's The Emperor's New Groove. Also this ep, Caitlin ruins Christmas, Netflix's comings and goings, Caitlin's over the take industry and Jordan's heart fully opens to Love Live, surprising no one. Please consider supporting the Geekdown by becoming a patron! Visit our Patreon page at patreon.com/geekdownpod, or buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/geekdownpod. Theme music by Rob Gasser (soundcloud.com/robgassermusic), licensed under (CC BY-SA 3.0)

November Crapathon comes to a close with a pair of cinematic clusterfucks from 1997: the identity swap insanity of Face/Off and the movie that killed the Caped Crusader for almost a decade, Batman & Robin. We also have Cait's board game pick of the year, the risk and rewards of gacha games, check ins on She-Ra and Zombie Land Saga, and so much more. We're taking next week off,y'all, but we'll be back in two weeks with our annual episodes to close out the year. Please consider supporting the Geekdown by becoming a patron! Visit our Patreon page at patreon.com/geekdownpod, or buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/geekdownpod. Theme music by Rob Gasser (soundcloud.com/robgassermusic), licensed under (CC BY-SA 3.0)

November Crapathon continues to ruin your month as we marvel at the movie that would be Star Wars, 1980's Flash Gordon and give some serious thought to just who Skull Face Bookseller Honda-San is supposed to be for? We also remember Stan Lee, endure empty parades, praise Unsolved: True Crime, and share more stories from the lawless West. Please consider supporting the Geekdown by becoming a patron! Visit our Patreon page at patreon.com/geekdownpod, or buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/geekdownpod. Theme music by Rob Gasser (soundcloud.com/robgassermusic), licensed under (CC BY-SA 3.0)

November Crapathon rolls on as we revisit more favourites when we were too young and too stupid to know any better, Weird Al's lone foray into motion pictures, 1989's UHF, and the dark comedy that almost tanked Jim Carrey, 1996's The Cable Guy. Yeah, this week didn't go well for anyone. We also dole out the usual stack of nonsense and some updates on Red Dead Redemption 2 and Hilda. Thanks for listening, friends! Please consider supporting the Geekdown by becoming a patron! Visit our Patreon page at patreon.com/geekdownpod, or buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/geekdownpod. Theme music by Rob Gasser (@robgassermusic), licensed under (CC BY-SA 3.0)

You thought we wouldn't do it, but November Crapathon is here! Celebrating a month of grrrrrbge that we love in spite of itself. We're staring the month with some heavy hitters, the 1975 grindhouse classic Switchblade Sisters and Double Impact, a peak Van Damme vehicle from 1991. We also talk about some monumental personal fandom news, the continued perils of record collecting, Cait's best Kanye West impression and things we've consumed that are far better than grrrbge like Red Dead Redemption 2, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and Daredevil Season 3. Please consider supporting the Geekdown by becoming a patron! Visit our Patreon page at patreon.com/geekdownpod, or buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/geekdownpod. Theme music by Rob Gasser (soundcloud.com/robgassermusic), licensed under (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Another week of spooky selections, albeit of a campier variety. First we check out Zombie Land Saga, one of the hits of the Fall '18 anime season, then move on to the Vampire Chronicles with the 1994 film adaptation of Anne Rice's novel Interview With the Vampire. We also tackle an important question for the parents this Halloween season, celebrate the return of Crimetown, and uncover the most important casting news this show will ever learn. Please consider supporting the Geekdown by becoming a patron! Visit our Patreon page at patreon.com/geekdownpod, or buy as a coffee at ko-fi.com/geekdownpod. Theme music by Rob Gasser (soundcloud.com/robgassermusic), licensed under (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Back to format this week for the first of two spooooooky episodes to celebrate the Halloween season,this time with a pair of suspenseful classics, the beloved cult film Donnie Darko and Perfect Blue, the directorial debut from anime legend Satoshi Kon. We also talk about the first week of legalized cannabis in Canada, the cancellation of Luke Cage, the hidden gems of Amazon Video, Fargo Season 3 and the role angeldust may or may have not played in its creation, Justice League Dark and more. Please consider supporting the Geekdown by becoming a patron! Visit our Patreon page at patreon.com/geekdownpod, or buy as a coffee at ko-fi.com/geekdownpod. Theme music by Rob Gasser (soundcloud.com/robgassermusic), licensed under (CC BY-SA 3.0)

SPOILER WARNING: We nonchalantly tossed off a story detail from the finale of the Spider-Man PS4 game at 1:20:30. Hit your 15-second skip a couple times to dodge it. Coming off a Canadian holiday and varying degrees of anxiety, your new BFFs welcome the return of the oft-requested Hodgepodge episode. Open format is the mood as we meander through a number of topics including Canadian children's entertainers, the struggles of playing rhythm games in your forties, fallout from the Great 2018 Apple Divide, how rape culture damages us all and more. Please consider supporting the Geekdown by becoming a patron! Visit our Patreon page at patreon.com/geekdownpod, or buy as a coffee at ko-fi.com/geekdownpod. Theme music by Rob Gasser (soundcloud.com/robgassermusic), licensed under (CC BY-SA 3.0)

It generally feels like a terrible time to be alive these days, so your new BFFs chose to keep it light this week, looking at a pair of items that make us feel better about humanity's potential. First, we check out "Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles," the latest from comic writer Mark Russell coming off his celebrated run on "The Flintstones," then we check out "The Dragon Prince," the new animated fantasy series from the minds behind "Avatar: The Last Airbender." We also talk about high tea, the ickyness dudely spaces, let a disagreement about apples threaten to tear the show apart and give updated on what we've been checking out including "Iron Fist" and "Jack Ryan." Please consider supporting the Geekdown by becoming a patron! Visit our Patreon page at patreon.com/geekdownpod, or buy as a coffee at ko-fi.com/geekdownpod. Theme music by Rob Gasser (soundcloud.com/robgassermusic), licensed under (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Oh damn, the audio held up this week! Seduced by the hype and promises of improvement, Jord and Cait spend some time with the second season of Marvel's Iron Fist. Did it manage to shed the white savior tropes baked into the character? We'll talk about that and more. We also talk about Captain Marvel, Batman's wang, a royal return and so much more. Please consider supporting the Geekdown by becoming a patron! Visit our Patreon page at patreon.com/geekdownpod, or buy as a coffee at ko-fi.com/geekdownpod. Theme music by Rob Gasser (soundcloud.com/robgassermusic), licensed under (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Hey, only half the episode sounds like grrrrbge this time! Getting better every week, I tell you. If you can stomach the drop in quality, hang around for our chat on the allegorical Western High Noon and the irredeemable stupidity of Dragon Half. Before that in much better fidelity, we talk about Cait's island times, everyone's playing Spider-Man but Jordan, Chelsea Cain has another sad go with Marvel, talk on last week's Apple event and the lameness of tech review culture, Caitlin has the hottest takes on the lamest shit, and more. It's not enthusiasm, friends, it's shame. Please consider supporting the Geekdown by becoming a patron! Visit our Patreon page at patreon.com/geekdownpod, or buy as a coffee at ko-fi.com/geekdownpod. Theme music by Rob Gasser (soundcloud.com/robgassermusic), licensed under (CC BY-SA 3.0)

So this episode sounds like garbage. For some reason Jordan’s decided the audio should record from its built-in microphone instead of the mics and mixer we usually use. Which also means there are no drops. Jordan is mortified by the quality, and didn’t want to post it, but it’s a fun one, so we couldn’t let it just vanish. So we talked about forgotten slice of life anime Here is Greenwood and the classic pre-code noirish hijinx of The Thin Man. We also bring back more chit chat, Caitlin berates Jordan for good reasons and updates on what we’ve been watching including Jack Ryan, old episodes of Iron Chef Japan and Luke Cage. Please consider supporting the Geekdown by becoming a patron! Visit our Patreon page at patreon.com/geekdownpod, or buy as a coffee at ko-fi.com/geekdownpod. Theme music by Rob Gasser (soundcloud.com/robgassermusic), licensed under (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Back in time and back in format with your pod Mom and Dad celebrating Caitlin's uncanny ability to find forgotten Anna Kendrick movies on Netflix with "Table 19," and Jordan going waaaay back, like back in time, with classic 80s anime franchise Dirty Pair, specifically the film "Project Eden." We also offer one last practical tip for your future cosplaying, Caitlin finds a blogger after her own heart and important snacking developments. Please consider supporting the Geekdown by becoming a patron! Visit our Patreon page at patreon.com/geekdownpod, or buy as a coffee at ko-fi.com/geekdownpod. Theme music by Rob Gasser (soundcloud.com/robgassermusic), licensed under (CC BY-SA 3.0)

August Watch-O-Rama concludes with what was one of the buzzier shows when the summer 18 anime season began, Banana Fish. Did the shoujo gangster saga hold our interest? Answers await. Also this ep, our occasional (when we remember to do it) breakdown of the FanExpo guest autograph fees! Who's a bargain? Who's overvaluing? How much would you pay to smell Jason Momoa? We'll break it all down for you. Please consider supporting the Geekdown by becoming a patron! Visit our Patreon page at patreon.com/geekdownpod, or buy as a coffee at ko-fi.com/geekdownpod. Theme music by Rob Gasser (soundcloud.com/robgassermusic), licensed under (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Your new BFFs finally reunite for reals as August Watch-O-Rama rolls on with the BBC mystery drama "Collateral." We also catch up on Cait's vacation, evaluate the current state of JPop fandom, and update on what we've been watching, including "Crazy Rich Asians" and loads of summer comfort food. Please consider supporting the Geekdown by becoming a patron! Visit our Patreon page at patreon.com/geekdownpod, or buy as a coffee at ko-fi.com/geekdownpod. Theme music by Rob Gasser (soundcloud.com/robgassermusic), licensed under (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Special guest host Chris Kozak fills in for a jet lagged Caitlin as August Watch-O-Rama rolls on with a trip to Castle Rock, the new Hulu series fro JJ Abrams set in the world of horror novelist Stephen King. Also this ep! Lots of gamer talk including the Red Dead Redemption gameplay trailer, Stardew Valley's multiplayer and Fallout ducking Steam, as well as a heady conversation on the internet doesn't make content as immutable as maybe we think it does. Please consider supporting the Geekdown by becoming a patron! Visit our Patreon page at patreon.com/geekdownpod, or buy as a coffee at ko-fi.com/geekdownpod. Theme music by Rob Gasser (soundcloud.com/robgassermusic), licensed under (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Summer hiatus is over! August Watch-O-Rama begins! And in a surprise to no one, since we've been announcing it for weeks, the first installment catches up with maybe our overall favourite of the Netflix Marvel shows, "Luke Cage." We also have a ton to catch up on, including vacations past and future, Jordan's Jpop crisis and all the things we've been watching, including an actual movie (in a theatre!), Nanette, FLCL Progressive and a ton more. Thanks for coming back to us, friends! If you want to see what we get into during July, become a patron by visiting our Patreon page at patreon.com/geekdownpod, or buy as a coffee at ko-fi.com/geekdownpod. Theme music by Rob Gasser (soundcloud.com/robgassermusic), licensed under (CC BY-SA 3.0)

A brief reminder that Jord and Cait are taking July off to get in a little traveling, a little writing, a little recharge time. We'll be back on August 7th to kick off August Watch-O-Rama with the second season of Luke Cage, so check out the first three eps and meet us back here, then. Patrons, we'll still have a few things for you during the hiatus, so keep an eye on your email or the Patron feed. Non-Patrons, if you don't want to miss anything, swing by patreon.com/geekdownpod, or buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/geekdownpod. We'll still be around on the socials, so check for us on Facebook and Twitter, too for the full August Watch-O-Rama schedule and other shenanigans. Have a great summer, y'all! We'll see you soon. xo Jord and Cait.