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Council of Geeks

A podcast feed covering all topics geeky. Currently home to Jumpgate - A Babylon 5 Podcast. Earlier productions include What the Frell?, See You Space Cowboy, Go Home Hollywood You're Drunk, and 90s Comics Retrial.
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Now displaying: 2015
Dec 30, 2015

The last month has unleashed a seemingly endless flurry of trailers upon the world. Host Nathaniel Wayne brings in Ryan Daly and Paul Scavitto to assess and pontificate on these trailers and what they may mean for the movies they represent.

Reviewed trailers include Captain America: Civil War, Batman v Superman, Star Trek, X-Men: Apocalypse, Independence Day: Resurgence, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2.

 

Dec 16, 2015

The time has come to take on the first appearance of another icon of the 90s comics: the Spider-Man villain known as Carnage. This spin-off character, derived from the popular villain Venom, was over the top, violent without reason and snarky as all get out. In other words he was pure 90s. Host Nathaniel Wayne looks at this character's debut story arc, and hopes that Carnage can turn out to be better than his reputation.

Dec 2, 2015

One of the 90s staples that this podcast hasn't touched on yet is Dark Horse and its line up of movie spin off comics. Let's rectify that oversight. Host Nathaniel Wayne tackles a two issue mini-series starring the one time Schwarzenegger tormentor: The Predator. Will it slay the competition or will the hunter become the hunted?... Oh god, that was terrible.

Nov 25, 2015

Host Nathaniel Wayne brings in fellow podcaster Ryan Daly, in the hope that buddying up will save both their lives and their sanity as they dive into possible the definitive work from the definitive 1990s comic book creator. Rob Liefeld's X-Force #1!

Nov 18, 2015

Every comic book line up needs an on the street style superhero. Marvel has Daredevil, DC has Batman (or more accurately the Bat Family because the Man himself is just as likely to be in space,) and Image put in their two cents with Shadowhawk. Host Nathaniel Wayne takes a look at the first two issues of Jim Valentino's creation and sees if it's worthy of the company it's seeking or if it slips and breaks its own spine.

Nov 11, 2015

This stand alone issue of Web of Spider-Man tries to give a new spin on the Shocker. However it's so insecure about its story that it splits the cover between that and the prologue for the next issue, and throws in a more EXTREME hero than Spidey for good measure. Host Nathaniel Wayne brings along Sean McFeeley for this one.

Nov 4, 2015

Any franchise that hits 24 films is going to have some highs and some lows. Host Nathaniel Wayne brings in guests Paul Scavitto and Ryan Daly and each has brought his own personal picks for the films are great and the ones that don't deserve as much crap as they get.

Paul Scavitto is the head writer for the comic book Armadillo Justice.

Ryan Daly has three active podcasts: Dead Bothan Spies (a Star Wars podcast,) The Secret Origins Podcast and Flowers and Fishnets (a Black Canary podcast.)

Together they are responsible for the soon to be resurrected Red and Green comic, available on Tumblr.

Oct 28, 2015

If there is a phrase to encapsulate the 1990s when it comes to comic books, that phrase would probably be "over the top." However there were few character who embraced and ran with that notion with as much brazen abandon as DC's Lobo. The interstellar bounty hunter with a bad attitude received a special #0 issue as part of DC's Zero Hour event and host Nathaniel Wayne brought along guest Paul Scavitto to help take a look at this one of a kind character.

Oct 21, 2015

This episode of 90s Comics Retrial delves into the single best selling comic book issue in history and it's immediate follow up, from the all star team of Chris Claremont and Jim Lee. Can any comic book possibly live up to that level of hype, especially ones from the 1990s? Let's find out.

Oct 14, 2015

This episode of 90s Comics Retrial takes on one of the most prominent and divisive figures and characters of the era: Todd McFarlane and Spawn. The man doesn't have a sterling reputation, and neither does the character at this point. But how does that first issue actually hold up when all the latter day baggage is stripped away? Let's find out.

Oct 7, 2015

This first episode of 90s Comics Retrial takes a look at a holographic covered Giant Sized 30th Anniversary issue of everybody's favorite webslinger. Will the actual contents live up to the cover? Well, it's the 1990s we're talking about, so take a wild guess.

Sep 14, 2015

2015 saw the release of two very different films dealing with machines gifted with artificial intelligence, and host Nathaniel Wayne and guest Paul Scavitto both had equally different preferences. Now the two will battle it out to try and determine which is the superior film.

Paul Scavitto's comic book work can be found at http://www.risingsuncomics.com/#!armadillo-justice/c10vq.

Additional Council of Geeks content can be found on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/user/councilofgeeks.

 

Sep 7, 2015

On this inaugural podcast from the Council of Geeks we pick apart a movie that none of us have actually seen, and don't want to anytime soon either. However we still have quite a bit to talk about in terms of trying to figure out what went wrong, and more importantly what could possibly be next for Marvel's First Family.

 

Guests include Ryan Daly and Paul Scavitto.

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