By G.P. Avants Welcome back everyone to 1985 in the not too sleepy town of Hawkins Indiana. Summer is in full swing and Mike and his friends are growing up. With July 4th just around the corner love, adventure, and something dark and sinister is coming along with an 80’s soundtrack. A year before our…
Whoo, Hoo, I’m a Skywalker, Too!
By G. P. Avants Is this really the end of the Skywalker saga? Does this mean the end of Star Wars or just the name Skywalker? With so many changes going on in the Disney Star Wars universe we are not really sure what is coming our of hyperdrive. What we do know is…
Episode #65 The Umbrella Academy: Under my Umbrella, Ela.
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-jykg9-bfc2dc Netflix has another hot show. It’s the story of a family of adopted superheroes who lived a less-than-perfect-life. In the episode we talk about their issues and learn what it the Umbrella Academy was all about.
Mother, May I?
By G.P. Avants I don’t know who recommended I Am Mother on Netflix, but I took the bait. This show, set in a supposed post-human civilization world, centers around a caretaker robot and her surrogate little girl. The child was selected from a collection of human embryos, that the robot, named Mother raised. In a…
Spiderman Far-From Home: Practically Perfect Peter Parker
Here is a little tribute to Spiderman. With Sony and Disney working out the future of our hero, we can enjoy the reflect on the latest incarnation of our favorite web head. By G.P. Avants Peter Parker is back in high school after the “blip”.What is the blip? This was the Avenger’s reversing…
Episode #64 The Eiiiiiighhhhhs of Sauron
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-gcunt-bbe724 What do our villains do that make our heroes into better people? I guess you need to listen to this episode to better understand. Let’s just say that a a cautionary tale a day keeps the character of a person in play.
Fight of the Monarch!
By G.P. Avants In the 1920’s a group of film makers visited one of the last untamed and dangerous places on Earth: Skull Island. There we find a place that the ravages of men’s advancements hasn’t touched. The wild and prehistoric world is managed by a king named Kong. Life has remained wild and dangerous…
Episode #63 The Excellent Journey of Bill & Ted
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ad9ui-bbe6db Time for a rather non-heinous discussion about to great gentlemen, Bill S. Preston Esquire and Ted “Theodore” Logan who are the Wyld Stallions. The classic Bill & Ted movie series is about to possibly take a new turn with a third installment coming soon. Hope we can continue to say: “Be Excellent to each…
In the Time of Micheal Burnham
By G.P.Avants Star Trek Discovery introduced us to Micheal Burnham. She appeared to be an ordinary girl who was born into a relatively normal life…as far as she knew. Her parents were Starfleet scientists who…actually were working undercover with the top secret Section 31. They discovered how to time travel with a stolen Klingon time…
Dark Phoenix: Out of the Dark and Into the Grey
By G. P. Avants Growth is a necessary part of life though it more often than not painful. Ask the X-Men and women. They have struggles to be recognized not just as odd, different, and scary, but intelligent, caring, and heroic individuals. The world has moved from fearing them and trying to extinguish their kind…
Episode #62 The Fandom Universe
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-dunj5-bbe692 It only took 62 episodes for us to define our multiple fandom podcast. Sometimes it takes a little time to get your traction. If you are a neek who loves more than one fandom and the characters that inhabit them, then this podcast is for you.
Khan!
“KHAN! How can one man’s name strike a different emotional response in three different people?” By G. P. Avants With a new revival of the Star Trek franchise I have been dabbling into the series and feature films again. Since we at God Among Geeks and Neekology 101 love to explore the character of…
