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Disney/Fox Merger, San Diego Comic-Con Panels

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One of the biggest stories in all of geekery finished another chapter. The merger of Disney with 20th Century Fox properties has been approved by stockholders. This brings us another step closer to Disney having control of Fox material. This has obvious effects on two major properties

Marvel

  • How would this affect the MCU?
  • Could we get Hugh Jackman back?
  • What could be airing on the upcoming Disney streaming service?

Star Wars

  • Will we get a Disney produced box set?
  • What about the 3D releases?
  • Will we finally get the original Unaltered Trilogy?

In other Star Wars news, Lucasfilm has officially announced that Carrie Fisher will be appearing in Episode IX via unused footage from The Force Awakens. Plus, two more names have been announced in Richard E Grant and Naomi Acke.

And of course, Episode IX looks to be the final Star Wars movie in the Skywalker saga. Does this mean the end of the “Episode Format”?

AMC has reinstated Chris Hardwick as the host of Talking Dead, after being suspended last month. Plus, Disney has fired director James Gunn from Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3.

The second half of the show is devoted to panels from San Diego Comic-Con. Mainly the Arrowverse shows, but there’s a little bit of Wonder Woman and Shazam talk. The panels are linked below

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpAaaZx4Ycw

Shazam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SCphPyHpL4

Aquaman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqiJ0TKF1vc

Wonder Woman

Arrow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkDZ_kgUih4

The Flash

Supergirl

Legends of Tomorrow

Are there any panels that interested you at San Diego Comic-Con? Sound off below!

2018 San Diego Comic-Con Trailers!

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One of the many highlights of San Diego Comic Con is the trailers that debut for all the superhero and sci-fi movies. This year was no exception. Join Seth and Crazy Train as the discuss their favorite trailers from the con. All the trailers are listed in the order they’re discussed. Watch the trailers and follow along!

MOVIES

AQUAMAN: Awesome visuals, Orm, Black Manta, and Jango Fett

SHAZAM: A lot of comedy, the origin is in the trailer. Did Zachary Levi watch Tom Hanks in Big for inspiration?

GODZILLA, KING OF THE MONSTERS: Millie Bobby Brown’s feature film debut. Mothra, Rodan, King Ghidorah… Will we have Kong? And Seth is calling it, “Humanity is the real monster”.

GLASS: The shared universe of Unbreakable and Split

Fantastic Beasts The Crimes Of Grindelwald: Young Dumbledore, a heel Johnny Depp? Yes please!

ARROWVERSE TV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlj4dXPGnAE

ARROW Season 7: Ollie vs. Everybody in jail. Who is the new archer? Vinnie Jones is back!

FLASH Season 5: Nora Allen, aka XS. Plus a new Speedster Villain? And that’s a REALLY old TV set.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw30raSbrhE

SUPERGIRL Season 4: Another Anti-Alien Season. Is that Russian Kara in the spacesuit? CW programming on a Sunday?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoSjI3N3_rA

LEGENDS OF TOMORROW Season 4: They still have their Captain Planet elemental Powers. Mallus is only one of many monsters. And they make an inside joke about their ratings.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWZm9fdnc6s

BLACK LIGHTNING Season 2: “Take the Light out of Black Lightning”… So that would make him Black Ning?

OTHER TV

YOUNG JUSTICE OUTSIDERS: Black Manta, Blue Beetle, Captain Atom, The Atom, Impulse, Ra’s Al Ghul, Dr. Fate, and more! Looks like Wally plays the role of Barry from Crisis. They officially have my attention at 2:45…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5dIwGAYcWk

TITANS: Greg Berlanti  is listed as a developer and Executive Producer along with Akiva Goldsman and Geoff Johns. It’s Robin, but still Dick Grayson. Raven, Starfire, Hawk and Dove shown.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp_RnJcb8Ig

DISENCHANTMENT: From Matt Groening. Was that David Bowie’s “Rebel Rebel” on violin?

Other references made during the show: Earth Star Voyager (1988), Wendy & Marvin from SuperFriends, SuperFriends Cyborg.

Crazy Train’s Playlist Of The Week: Southern Rock

This Week In Geek News 7/20

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First off, BREAKING NEWS that Disney has revived Star Wars The Clone Wars for new episodes. The teaser was unveiled at San Diego Comic Con, check it out here.

Seth starts the show solo to express his delight at the show getting a proper revival. Could this be a lead in to Revenge Of The Sith?

Crazy Train joins for the rest of the show to talk the news that Billy Dee Williams is indeed reprising the role of Lando Calrissian for Star Wars Episode IX.  Could Seth and Train be any happier about this? Hint: No.

In other Star Wars news, the long rumored Obi-Wan Kenobi movie may start filming in April 2019. An article from a Belfast Ireland publication states that Ewan McGregor will return as Obi-Wan for the yet unnamed spin-off. Seth raises some questions as to why Ireland was chosen to make an Obi-Wan movie.

In Marvel MCU news, the Black Widow movie has taken a major step towards getting made with the news that Australian filmmaker Cate Shoreland will be directing the film. Could this be an origin story? Or something current?

In the last segment of the show, Seth and Train pay tribute to the late great Steve Ditko, who passed away last week at the age of 90. Ditko had a hand in creating one of the greatest rogue’s galleries of any superhero.

As an added bonus, Crazy Train made this Spotify Playlist with the theme of US Geography. Probably one of the only playlists you’ll find with Broadway Musical songs, Country Music, and Hip-Hop Rap.

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All this and more in another fun-filled Geekville Radio! Let us know what you think. Sound off below!

The Doctor Who/Pigs In Space Crossover You Didn’t Know Existed (And Can’t Live Without)

The Muppets recently had their live show at the famous O2 Arena in London England. Among one of the many sketches was Pigs In Space, a regular segment on the old Muppet Show. On this particular sketch, the crew of The Swine Trek encounter a certain Time Lord. Hilarity ensues.

Yes, it’s The Tenth Doctor himself, David Tennant. But if that weren’t enough, the sketch also ran with Tennant’s real life father in-law Peter Davison… who also happened to be The Fifth Doctor.

Two sketches, two Doctors. And plenty of awesome!

It’s also worth mentioning that former Doctor Who companion Kylie Minogue also helped in one of the musical acts, the famous “Rainbow Connection”.

Everybody attending seemed to love the show. Hopefully it sees some sort of official release.

Ant-Man And The Wasp Review, Plus News

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The latest Marvel MCU movie is here with Ant-Man And The Wasp. Seth and Crazy Train give a near 60 minute discussion (including SPOILERS) about the film, and where it fits in the Infinity War story. The review begins at about 25:30.

The first part of the show talks news, including the rumor that Keri Russell may be joining the cast of Star Wars Episode IX. What kind of part will she be playing? Somebody is going to be Rey’s parents sooner or later…

In the Marvel world, Kevin Feige has announced that there will be three Marvel MCU movies per year from now on.

It’s one of the reasons we’ve expanded to three films a year, is so that we could do the sequels to films that people have responded to — because we love to make continuing stories with characters people have responded to — but also keep doing the stuff that nobody’s ever heard of, and people go, ‘Why are you doing that?’ That’s fun.

News has also broken that in the next MCU Movie, Captain Marvel, Samuel L Jackson will be digitally de-aged for the entire movie.

All this and more in another fun-filled edition of Geekville Radio!

As an added bonus, Crazy Train made this Outlaw Country Spotify Playlist.

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The Future Of Star Wars

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Unless you’ve been living on Hoth for the last few weeks, you’ve probably heard about the poor performance of Solo at the box office. Rumors are now running rampant that future Star Wars spin-off movies may be shelved. Seth and Crazy Train look at the rumors and try to separate fact from fiction. Do we know the real story? How many movies does this consist of? And could they be adapted for other media instead? What about the TV show?

Also according to rumors, Kathleen Kennedy’s future at LucasFilm may be in jeopardy. Can we separate rumor from fact?

One of the reasons for the divisiveness in fans has been the depiction of Luke Skywalker. Is this what was planned during The Force Awakens? Or could Rian Johnson have taken a sudden left turn and change everything.

But wait, there’s more Star Wars news! Lando Calrissian himself, Billy Dee Williams, had to cancel an appearance at the Saskatchewan Entertainment Expo citing a filming schedule conflict. Could this add fuel to the speculation that he is Episode IX bound?

In Marvel movie news, Jared Leto has all but confirmed that he will be playing Morbius The Living Vampire in a future spin-off film. Will Spider-Man be part of the story?

Finally, the latest Marvel MCU movie opens this weekend. Get ready with our primer for Ant-Man And The Wasp with spoiler-free anticipation of where this movie fits with Infinity War.

All this and more in another fun-filled edition of Geekville Radio!

As an added bonus, Crazy Train made this special Spotify Playlist with an insanity theme.

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The Future Of Star Wars, Morbius Movie, Primer For Ant-Man And The Wasp

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Unless you’ve been living on Hoth for the last few weeks, you’ve probably heard about the poor performance of Solo at the box office. Rumors are now running rampant that future Star Wars spin-off movies may be shelved. Seth and Crazy Train look at the rumors and try to separate fact from fiction. Do we know the real story? How many movies does this consist of? And could they be adapted for other media instead? What about the TV show?

Also according to rumors, Kathleen Kennedy’s future at LucasFilm may be in jeopardy. Can we separate rumor from fact?

One of the reasons for the divisiveness in fans has been the depiction of Luke Skywalker. Is this what was planned during The Force Awakens? Or could Rian Johnson have taken a sudden left turn and change everything.

But wait, there’s more Star Wars news! Lando Calrissian himself, Billy Dee Williams, had to cancel an appearance at the Saskatchewan Entertainment Expo citing a filming schedule conflict. Could this add fuel to the speculation that he is Episode IX bound?

In Marvel movie news, Jared Leto has all but confirmed that he will be playing Morbius The Living Vampire in a future spin-off film. Will Spider-Man be part of the story?

Finally, the latest Marvel MCU movie opens this weekend. Get ready with our primer for Ant-Man And The Wasp with spoiler-free anticipation of where this movie fits with Infinity War.

All this and more in another fun-filled edition of Geekville Radio!

As an added bonus, Crazy Train made this special Spotify Playlist with an insanity theme.

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Han Solo And The Future Of Standalones

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Seth flies solo (no pun intended) for this special edition of Geekville Radio.

It’s widely known by now that Solo vastly underperformed at the box office, taking in less money domestically than it cost to produce. Regardless of the reasons, rumors have hit that all future standalone Star Wars films are now on hold. What could this mean for the rumored Obi-Wan Kenobi and Boba Fett movies? Or the “Non-Skywalker” movie series by Rian Johnson?

The other major topic is the movie itself. Does it hold up to multiple viewings? Is it worthy of the name Star Wars? Or just a glorified fanfilm?

What did you think of Solo? And what do you think about the potential halt on future standalone Star Wars movies? Sound off below!

E3 Fallout

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This episode of Geekville Radio has two main sections in News and talking the fallout of the 2018 E3 expo.

THE NEWS

Comcast threw the world a curve ball by making a $65 billion dollar bid to buy 20th Century Fox. While Disney and Fox had been at the forefront, Comcast and Fox had been already talking for some time. What could this mean for the Marvel MCU? Could this mean “21st Comcast Fox”?

In DC Movie news, the working title for the second Wonder Woman movie is Wonder Woman 1984. Director Patty Jenkins tweeted this photo showing Chris Pine on the set as Steve Trevor. Could this be a decendant of the original, a la Lyle Waggoner in the TV series? Or could something more sinister be at work? And what of Lynda Carter herself?

E3 FALLOUT

The second part of the show is dedicated to news Seth and Train found interesting from E3. This is of course not an exhaustive or comprehensive list. We do recommend checking out our sister podcast You Just Got Fragged for a more in depth look at E3.

Square Enix (Seth)

Perhaps the biggest Square Enix news is the official trailers and gameplay footage for Kingdom Hearts III. Clearly we see the addition of characters from Frozen, Incredibles, and Toy Story. Could we be seeing Marvel or Star Wars characters at some point? And what’s with a version costing over 200 bucks?

Also featured prominently was the Shadow Of The Tomb Raider trailer, which showed some very Batman Arkham style gameplay.

Seth also showed interest in the Dragon Quest XI game since he loved the NES games so much back in the day

Ubisoft

Crazy Train is ready for Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, which is set in Ancient Greece.

Microsoft

Halo Infinite Announcement Trailer

The Initiative, Undead Labs, Playground Games, Ninja Theory, Compulsion Games have all been acquired by Microsoft.

Fallout 76 E3 trailer showed the multi-player gameplay, to which Train and Seth both lament the potential aggravations from a primarily multi-player format.

Elder Scrolls VI reveal trailer finally hit. Hopefully everybody has better knee armor.

Not one, not two, but THREE Gears Of War themed games in Gears 5, Gears Tactics, and Gears Pop.

The next entry in the Forza series, Forza Horizon 4

Also, Cyberpunk 2077 seemed to be a big surprise hit with fans

Last but not least, Seth in anxious to see what the relaunched Battletoads will look like.

Bungie

A teaser trailer for Destiny 2 expansions, which includes the new Gambit Mode. As well as a story trailer that depicts the death of fan favorite Cayde 6.

Nintendo

Super Smash Bros. is back, and this time sports every character from every previous game.

Underwhelming Announcements

EA did announce the new Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order title. But offered no artwork or footage.

And, of course, the news about Red Dead Redemption 2 is that there is no news.

Is there any game you liked that we didn’t mention? Let us know!

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Star Wars: What Happened? Arrowverse Season Roundup, E3 Preview

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It’s a giant-sized edition of Geekville Radio this week! THREE huge topics!

STAR WARS: WHAT HAPPENED?

Seth and Crazy Train return to talk the disappointing performance of Solo: A Star Wars Story at the box office. What could be to blame for the lackluster reception? Could this be a backlash due to poor audience reception of The Last Jedi? Or merely a result of a saturated market? Or perhaps the recasting of such a beloved character is the reason? Whatever the case, Solo and The Last Jedi have very different Critic vs. Audience ratings.

ARROWVERSE

The middle portion of the show is devoted to the winding down of the current Arrowverse shows on CW. John Constantine has been announced as a regular for Season 4 of Legends Of Tomorrow. On top of that, a new showrunner has been announced in Beth Schwartz. What could we expect in the coming seasons? Are there any new or returning characters on the horizon?

E3 EXPECTATIONS

Finally, E3 is right around the corner. Train and Seth chime in on what they hope to hear from the major game publishers this year.

Have any thoughts on the state of Star Wars, The Arrowverse, or E3? Drop us a line below and let us know what you think! The chances are good that feedback will be read on the air in future episodes!