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The Lunch Hour Geek OutMMR 4: Terminator Timelines ThrowdownSend us a textSince 2003. post Terminator 2, The Terminator franchise has been rebooted 4 times up until 2019. That's more than one reboot per 5 years! Why? And which of these reboots was the best? From the pretty good Terminator 3, to the undervalued Salvation, the baffling Genysis and the recent Dark Fate, join us as we fight it out to determine which of these timelines deserves to move forward into a sequel before the inevitable next reboot! Theme Music: "Burn The World Waltz" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.o...2025-03-171h 25
The Lunch Hour Geek OutMMR 3: The MoscarsSend us a textWelcome to the only awards show that matters this year - the first Moscars ceremony ever! Listen as we award the categories and films that truly made 2024 an exceptional year in film!! Your favourite film of 2024 didn't get a look in at the awards we all know? Have a listen to this!! **SPOILER WARNING** - we spoil films like Anora, The Substance, Gladiator 2, Rebel Ridge and more pretty much from five minutes in.Follow us on Threads and instagram @mediamegarumbleFollow us on BlueSky mediamegarumble.bsky.social2025-03-011h 19
The Lunch Hour Geek OutMMR 2: First Person Shooter Weigh InSend us a textIn our new episode, we look at classic first-person shooter video games and compare and contrast their good and bad points to determine whose picks will be the best. We go from Halo and Timesplitters 2 to Call of Duty, Bioshock and Titanfall. Who will win? Where does the FPS sit now in terms of pop culture? You will have to listen to find out! Follow us on Bluesky: mediamegarumble.bsky.socialFollow us on Threads and Instagram: @mediamegarumbleTheme music: "Burn The World Waltz" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.c...2025-02-081h 17
The Lunch Hour Geek OutIntroducing Media Mega Rumble!Send us a textHello. We have a new podcast that you may be interested in (if our five or so subs are still about). The Media Mega Rumble is our new venture, the concept is to let films, TV, video games, characters, whathaveyou step into the ring and battle it out wrestling PPV style to see who is the best. This is our first episode - Battle of the Batmen. This is where every live-action Batman on film steps into the tournament to see who emerges as the "Best Batman Ever champion!"Media Mega R...2025-01-181h 16The Lunch Hour Geek OutTarantino vs Anderson vs PredatorSend us a textIt's time for the fight of our lives. We have done the research, prepared ourselves, and postponed the recording of this five times. Now, it's finally here! Who is the best modern auteur between Quentin Tarantino and Paul Thomas Anderson? From Reservoir Dogs and Boogie Nights to There Will Be Blood, The Master and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. We discuss the films, the performances, the cultural impact, and the entertainment value in three rounds, during which we decide once and for all who is the best of these modern master f...2024-08-262h 15The Lunch Hour Geek OutWe STILL Know What We Did Last SummerSend us a textThere was a plan—a plan to do a new topic episode that spanned 18 films. Predictably, we ran out of time, so instead, here is a round-up of what we have been watching, playing, or reading. It includes the existential dread reflected in The Boys season 4, the horror of Longlegs, Maxxxine, and Pearl, the genius of Letterkenny, and an ideal entry point into the seminal manga/anime Berserk. Plus some horror books and mullets. Follow us on BlueSky: lunchhourgeek.bsky.socialInstagram: @lunchhourgeekEmail us: Lunchhourgeekout@gmail.com2024-07-221h 56The Lunch Hour Geek OutServing the Public Trust...Send us a textRobocop! Who is he? What is he? Where did he come from? Well, he's the topic of our latest episode. We dig into everything from the seminal 1987 classic to the two flawed '90s sequels and the remake. The satire, the violence, the behind-the-scenes shenanigans, it's all here. In addition, we debate the future of video games, review Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and revisit Fallout 4. Follow us on X and Instagram - @lunchhourgeekEmail us lunchhourgeekout@gmail.com Theme Music: Show Your Moves by Kevin MacLeod2024-06-031h 56The Lunch Hour Geek OutFound It!Send us a textOn a brand-new episode, we are no longer horsing around as we discuss the much-loved and much-derided sub-genre of Found Footage. From The Blair Witch Project to Cloverfield to the recent Late Night with the Devil, no stone is left unturned, and no gap in logic is tolerated. In addition to the classics, we go over The Tunnel, Rec 1&2, End of Watch, and the VHS franchise! In addition, we review the recent Fallout TV show, Abigail and Boy Kills World. **Please note from 45:00 onwards assume we will spoil all of th...2024-05-032h 04The Lunch Hour Geek OutPodcast...of the DeadSend us a textIn our new episode, we shamble into and barricade ourselves in the studio for an intense and scary examination of George A. Romero's zombie apocalypse films, from the seminal Night of the Living Dead to the dire Diary of the Dead and the classic Dawn of the Dead and everything in between. The influences, the legacy, the subtext—it's all covered. We also review Anatomy of a Fall, Dune Part Two, The Zone of Interest and Unicorn Overlord.Follow us on X and Instagram @lunchhourgeekEmail us: lunchhourgeekout@gmail.com...2024-03-182h 23The Lunch Hour Geek OutApocalypse Now-ishSend us a textWe are back! And we have decided to re-introduce the main topics! On this new episode, we decided to talk about one of our combined favorite films - Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 Vietnam epic Apocalypse Now. We go through its troubled production history, its legacy, and its influences and finally render a critical consensus on the career of its director. In addition, we give our early thoughts on Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, review Mr and Mrs Smith on Amazon Prime, and give stern warnings about the quality of The Exorcist: Believer a...2024-02-121h 54The Lunch Hour Geek OutNever Meet Your HeroesSend us a Text Message.After a brief tangent about meeting your childhood heroes, we get into everything we have been watching and/or doing. Includes Final Fantasy 16, Aliens: Dark Descent, The Flash, Something in the Dirt, Tape to Tape, Time, Platonic, and The Last Ronin as well as...Michael Bay's first two Transformers films. We also talk about the state of 2023's Summer Blockbusters and what's coming up over the next couple of months. Come on in....the waters fine. Email Us: lunchhourgeekout@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @lunchhourgeekTheme Mus...2023-07-171h 40The Lunch Hour Geek OutThe Last SupperSend us a textAfter a long break, we are back! We harken back to one of our most popular episodes where we talked about dinner and discuss our ideal series of courses and what media will accompany them. Through the silliness we get to cover Renfield, It's always sunny in Philadelphia, John Wick 4, Train to Busan, Beef, Street Fighter 6, Dawn of the Dead, and Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3. We also cover the biggest disappointments since the hiatus and mismarketed movies. *Spoilers for Beau is Afraid and Avatar The Way of Water from 12:00...2023-06-111h 48The Lunch Hour Geek OutToilet GodSend us a textIn a brand spanking, new geek out we introduce a new section of the podcast! In "The Supposed Classic" we revisit 1992's Bram Stoker's Dracula and 2014's first season of True Detective. In addition, John finally plays Elden Ring and we review Crimes of the Future, House of the Dragon, Glorious, Expeditions Rome, Mad God, and more!SPOILERS FOR MIDNIGHT MASS FROM 01:18:00 - 01:32:38Intro - 00:00:30The Supposed Classic Bram Stokers Dracula - 00:09:53True Detective season 1 - 00:20:29ReviewsCrimes of the Future - 00:34:262022-09-262h 02The Lunch Hour Geek OutPredahontasSend us a textWe are back! And it's time for opinions and banter! This week we talk all about the recently announced slate for the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the Batgirl debacle over at DC. After this, we review Prey, Bullet Train, Netflix's Resident Evil, and The Sandman, Stray, and Yellowjackets. Join us!Intro - 00:00:25NewsMCU Phase 5 and 6 - 00:04:58Batgirl Cancelled - 00:16:01ReviewsPrey - 00:26:04Bullet Train - 00:40:50Resident Evil (Netflix) - 00:46:19Stray - 01:06:06Yellowjackets - 01:13:52The Sandman - 01:25:452022-08-101h 38The Lunch Hour Geek OutThe King and WhySend us a textAfter a series of tangents about DLC, puppets, gas bills, and governmental foolishness, we have a bumper crop of reviews. We get jiggy with Elvis, depressed with Pleasure, We Own This City, and the new Arcade Fire album. Plus Stranger Things season 4 part 2, Ultrasound, The Outfit, and Warhammer 40K: Battle Sector. In the news this week we discuss another Ghostbusters sequel, the future of James Bond, and X-Box finally getting one over on PlayStation in Japan. Intro - 00:00:25NewsGhostbusters Afterlife follow up - 00:09:48Next James Bond u...2022-07-111h 42The Lunch Hour Geek OutTractorsaurus DominionSend us a textOn a stomping new show on the podcast that refuses to stay extinct, we navigate evolution, logic, and terror to review Jurassic World Dominion. We also review French arthouse triumph Petite Maman, new horror movie The Black Phone, arcade throwback Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredders Revenge, indie coming of age tale Cha Cha Real Smooth, and Far Cry 6. In the news, we ponder a sequel to Joker, a film adaptation of One Punch Man, and ponder the future of The Flash movie now that its star has been canceled!Intro...2022-06-271h 32The Lunch Hour Geek OutRRR U OK?Send us a textAfter battling Covid-19 and a week of British celebrations, your hosts are back to smash through reality with a packed episode of reviews. In this episode, we review season 3 of The Boys and Love, Death and Robots, season 1 of Obi-Wan Kenobi, season 4 of Stranger Things, and then the movies Top Gun: Maverick and the breakout Indian hit RRR. In addition, we go through Sony's recent State of Play, the possibility of an Arachnophobia remake, and debate PS5 or PC. Intro: 00:00:20NewsSony State of Play - 00:15:06Ar...2022-06-131h 44The Lunch Hour Geek OutDarkest Timeline FunSend us a textThis week after a brief apology from one of our hosts, we head back into the darkest of all timelines to talk about Black Mirror season 6, This is Spinal Tap 2, Daredevil returning to screens, and The League of Extraordinary Gentleman. Then we go into a heavily packed reviews section that includes multiplayer madness in Evil Dead: The Game, stressed chef saga Boiling Point, the bizarre Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers, animated 9, shocking horror in The Sadness, the camp Gods of Egypt, and cracking nordic psychic kids horror The Innocents. Intro - 00:00:00...2022-05-301h 42The Lunch Hour Geek OutMultiverse of SadnessSend us a textFoiled again by time management and MCU "discourse" we instead turn our attention to multiverses of a different sort this week with reviews of Everything Everywhere All At Once, Licorice Pizza, old school point and click masterpiece Norco, documentary Next Goal Wins, The Pentaverate and the bleak High Life. Sadly no Strange GP's were involved here, but we also have news about a remake of The Killer, a belated Darkman sequel, a Jackass revival and we review the trailer for Avatar: The Way of Water. Intro - 00:00:25Correspondence - 00:06:372022-05-161h 49The Lunch Hour Geek OutProcrastination TubeSend us a textOn this week's dastardly yet "fine" new episode we talk all about the recent Netflix debacle, the possibility of a Streets of Rage movie, the resurrection of Crazy Taxi and Jet Set Radio and of course the announcement of The Batman 2. Then in our jam-packed reviews section, we ponder originality with The Northman, disagree about The Matrix Resurrections, and go contrarian on The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent before going all real-life with Operation Mincemeat, Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story, Cursed Films and the In Praise of Shadows YouTube channel. I...2022-05-021h 49The Lunch Hour Geek OutPsychedelic Nostalgia HugSend us a textThis week we have reviews of Ghostwire Tokyo, Apollo 10 1/2, Scream (5?), Moon Knight, Doctor Sleep, the original Dark Souls, and James saw Sparks live in Belfast! We also talk about the possibility of a remake of The Crow, Kathryn Bigelow's next film, Kristen Stewart in Love Lies Bleeding, and Rian Johnson coming to TV with Poker Face. Email Us: lunchhourgeekout@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter/Instagram: @lunchhourgeekIntro - 00:00:20News - 00:07:40The Crow remake - 00:07:52Kathryn Bigelow sets up Aurora at Netflix - 00:15:142022-04-181h 48The Lunch Hour Geek OutSo Very EmoSend us a textWe are back! In our new episode in our new ongoing format, we talk all about the essential news and reviews that you need to hear! Capcom's Exoprimal, and CD Projekt Red's new Witcher game are discussed as well as the forthcoming Disney + Obi-Wan Kenobi show and Panos Cosmatos' Mandy follow up Nekrokosm. Then we review The Batman, Lamb, Olli Olli World, Peacemaker, After Love, Barry seasons 1 and 2, and Dogtooth. Intro - 00:00:20News Exoprimal - 00:13:37Obi-Wan Kenobi Trailer - 00:18:18New Witcher game in development - 00...2022-04-041h 45The Lunch Hour Geek OutLHGO EndgameSend us a textOn the final episode of season 3 of LHGO, we go through all of the things we have been doing over the last few months. Including reviews of *deep breath...Titane, The Kingsman, The Power of the Dog, The After Party, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, Love Death and Robots, Sunshine, Ready Player Two, Pokemon Yellow, and The Colony. In addition, we talk all about those Oscar nominations and our predictions. Stay tuned until the end of the episode for an announcement about the future of the podcast. ...2022-02-211h 59The Lunch Hour Geek OutHistorical OutrageSend us a textThis week we have a topic that has been very important for one of us for a long time....we rake Hollywood over the coals for its inaccurate portrayal of historical events! From Brian De Palma's The Untouchables to U-571 and Braveheart to the more recent The Last Duel and Bohemian Rhapsody. Nobody is safe from our research!In addition, we review Marvel's Eternals, Netflix's All Of Us Are Dead, and talk about the Monsterverse moving to Apple TV, Bong Joon Ho's next film, and a live-action Masters of the Universe!2022-02-071h 50The Lunch Hour Geek OutSparks Will FlySend us a textThis week we have a whole mess of news and reviews comin' at ya! First, we discuss the premiere date for season 3 of The Boys, then mull over a possible Quantum Leap reboot. We disagree over a possible Scott Pilgrim anime and ponder Sony's future after Microsoft purchased Activision/Blizzard. Then it is time for the reviews as we discuss The Book of Boba Fett, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City and Edgar Wrights The Sparks Brothers, and Leos Carax's Annette! Come on in, the water is fiiiiiiiine. Intro - 00:00:302022-01-241h 31The Lunch Hour Geek OutGoodbye / HelloSend us a textAfter a brief Christmas-induced hiatus, your heroes are back! In our latest episode, we look back and say goodbye to 2021 and how we spent it with our favorite TV, Games, and Movies including Squid Game, Dune, Mass Effect, Succession, and Justice League. Then we look forward to things that are coming in 2022 including Avatar 2, Jurassic World: Dominion, new movies from David Cronenberg and Gareth Evans, and much more. Intro: 00:30Main Topic - Review of 2021: 08:04TV of 2021: 17:03Video Games of 2021: 32:11Movies of 2021: 45:002022 Previ...2022-01-071h 42The Lunch Hour Geek OutFollow the White RabbitSend us a textThis week we delve into the franchise that is about to see a massive comeback with The Matrix Resurrections. We get philosophical in bullet time with the 1999 original, then the Animatrix, the Enter the Matrix video game, and the release in 2003 of the back-to-back sequels The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions. Finally, we finish off with our hopes for the new installment released this December. In addition, we have reviews of the live-action Cowboy Bebop, video game masterpiece Disco Elysium, Apple documentary 'Twas the Fight Before Christmas and erm...Uwe Boll's A...2021-12-071h 59The Lunch Hour Geek OutThe Festival of 7Send us a textIn our new episode, we reveal something we have been working on for a few weeks. James and John set each other seven films to watch and report back on. There is sadness, laughs, thrills, and spills as we get into each film and what we thought including films by Sam Peckinpah, Alfred Hitchcock, David Lynch, Panos Cosmatos, Lars Von Trier, Alex Cox, and more!Intro - 00:30Main Topic - 08:30Under the Silver Lake - 08:44The Painted Bird - 22:02Repo Man - 32:192021-11-232h 35The Lunch Hour Geek OutThe Funny BooksSend us a textOn a brand new all colour episode of LHGO, we go on a deep dive into our favourite ever comic books/graphic novels! We go from the mainstream Batman, The Walking Dead and Watchmen titles to the bizarre The Maxx, Preacher and Saga, to the indie, artier fare such as Persepolis and Maus. In addition, we have reviews of the new Guardians of the Galaxy video game, Dune part one and we talk about the forthcoming A Quiet Place video game, the Disney + Ahsoka series and John Woo's return to Hollywood with S...2021-11-092h 10The Lunch Hour Geek OutHalloween Bleak Out 2: Hail to the KingIt is time for the second annual Halloween Bleak Out! This year we focus on the work of Stephen King, perhaps the most influential and popular horror creator of modern times. From Cujo and IT to Maximum Overdrive and Misery, then the recent Revival and the underrated film version of The Mist, we cover a huge swathe of our favorite work by the man himself. His best work, his overpraised work, and his underrated. In addition, we review imaginary friend horror Come Play, James gives his opinion on No Time to Die and YouTube channel Historia Civilis. 2021-10-252h 09The Lunch Hour Geek OutFor the PlayazSend us a textOn our new episode we reminisce, wander back through the mists of time to revisit the PS3 era of gaming. The problems at launch with the Blu-Ray drive, The Six-Axis controller, and then the games from Resistance: Fall of Man to the early days of Call of Duty to Grand Theft Auto 5. We also review the latest Bond movie No Time to Die, Netflix's He's All That, Midnight Mass, and the pop culture phenomenon that is Squid Game. In addition, we look at the possibility of a Gladiator sequel and take a look a...2021-10-102h 08The Lunch Hour Geek OutBondedSend us a textOn this week's shaken and stirred episode we are talking the worlds's longest-running movie franchise - James Bond 007. From the 60's Sean Connery era to the camp Roger Moore run through the underrated Timothy Dalton to Pierce Brosnan and then Daniel Craig. No stone is left unturned as we discuss the good, the bad, and the mediocre. We disagree, we debate and our choices for the best...might surprise you. In addition, we review the video game The Artful Escape, Sopranos prequel The Many Saints of Newark, and Stephen King's latest no...2021-09-272h 06The Lunch Hour Geek OutVideo Game Movies - Reloaded!Send us a textOn this week's new episode of LHGO, we delve into the one thing that Hollywood has so far failed to crack - turning successful video games into successful movies. From the lows of Super Mario Bros and Street Fighter to the recent relative highs of Sonic the Hedgehog and Tomb Raider, we get up close and personal with some of the worst movies ever made and ponder why they might not work in the same way comics do. In addition, we have news about The Return of the Rocketeer, the trailer...2021-09-131h 51The Lunch Hour Geek OutWe Know What We Did Last SummerSend us a textWe are back! On the triumphant return of the LHGO we talk all about what we watched, played and read over the summer break including The Suicide Squad, Free Guy, Brand New Cherry Flavour and Pig! A Final Fantasy virgin plays the remake, someone gets involved in the shenanigans of Mafia 3 and we ponder the point of Jim Jarmusch films. In addition, we talk about Star Wars: Visions, the controversy around Andrew Dominik's Marilyn Monroe biopic for Netflix, James praises the Korean zombie saga Kingdom and more. Email Us...2021-08-301h 50The Lunch Hour Geek OutClip Show!Send us a textHere for you existing fans and newcomers alike, a clip show/highlight reel from our last two seasons. Listen as we riff on future sports, quicksand, pizza, dinosaurs, and sexy online vampires. There are also clips from our rants on Tenet, The Boys, and The Stand. We will be back with a new episode in a couple of weeks. Enjoy!Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @lunchhourgeekTheme music: Show Your Moves by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4350-show-your-movesLicense: http://c...2021-08-121h 14The Lunch Hour Geek OutIt's a Walk Off! aka Season Two FinaleSend us a textIt's our final episode of season two! To celebrate one year of the podcast and the start of our summer holidays we have a general chit-chat. We debate the existence of ghosts and Zack Snyder's Star Wars riff for Netflix. Then we review Loki, the comic book Something is Killing the Children, The Forever Purge, Rick and Morty season 5, Fear Street, and Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness. We also revisit George Romero's Day of the Dead, Wanted, Cyberpunk 2077, and Alita: Battle Angel. We will be back with season three in late august!2021-07-251h 54The Lunch Hour Geek OutSlammedSend us a textOn this slamming new episode, we ask you to smell what we are cooking as we open a can of talk ass. We get into it about the wrestling business and those iconic wrestlers who made their way to Hollywood stardom. From the early days of Hulk Hogan and the beloved Rowdy Roddy Piper to Stone Cold Steve Austin, Dwayne Johnson, and then the more recent work of Dave Bautista and John Cena. We also talk all about Quentin Tarantino's debut novel Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, the multiplayer hack a...2021-07-121h 47The Lunch Hour Geek OutBlocks Will Be BustedSend us a textOn this week's new and explosion-filled show we talk all about the summer blockbusters of the past and present. We talk about the trends and rise of sequels and comic book movies and what is headed our way in Summer 2021. Then we reminisce about our favorite summer movie-going experiences over the years including Jaws, Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, Marvel movies, Terminator 2, and more. We also talk all about our fave E3 announcements and then review Saint Maud and look back on Joe Dante's Matinee from 1993. Hashtag Triterrortops for life! Fo...2021-06-282h 17The Lunch Hour Geek OutLHGO Bonus Stage: John's Top Ten Movies of 2021 (so far)Send us a textOn a special solo single/bonus episode, John Holt runs down his top ten movies of 2021 so far. Including time warps, middle-aged women, drugs, horror, mumblecore, lockdown specials, and bone-crunching violence. Follow us on twitter @lunchhourgeekEmail us lunchhourgeekout@gmail.comTheme music: Show Your Moves by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4350-show-your-movesLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/2021-06-2013 minThe Lunch Hour Geek OutOur Collective TraumaSend us a textThis week we go back through time and look back on our early experiences with horrifying and disturbing media. This includes Public Information Films, Alien, The Watcher in the Woods, V, Twin Peaks, The Grudge, Ghostwatch, Insidious...Quick Sand and more!In addition, we look forward to Neill Blomkamp's Demonic and we review A Quiet Place part 2. **Spoilers for A Quiet Place 2 from 06:40 - 25:12**Email us: lunchhourgeekout@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter @lunchhourgeekTheme Music: Show Your Moves by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://i...2021-06-141h 59The Lunch Hour Geek OutJim and John's Media FestSend us a textIn this week's new episode, we catch up on everything we have been watching/playing/reading! Includes reviews of Army of the Dead, Those Who Wish Me Dead, Mass Effect: Legendary Edition, Suspiria 2018, Bent Heavens by Daniel Kraus, Invincible, Zombieland: Double Tap, and more. In addition, we talk about the prospect of Indiana Jones 5, The Sandman on Netflix, and Rodney Dangerfield in Lord of the Rings. Follow us on twitter @lunchhourgeekEmail us - lunchhourgeekout@gmail.comTheme Music: Show Your Moves by Kevin MacLeod...2021-05-311h 54The Lunch Hour Geek OutI'd Like To Thank The AcademySend us a textWe are back! And we have decided to look back on the 2020/21 awards season movies by going through all of the Best Picture Oscar Nominees that were up for the award this past April. Including Minari, Sound of Metal, Promising Young Woman, and eventual winner Nomadland. Were they the best of a bad year? Or were they just shoved into the limelight due to a lack of options? We talk about the good, the bad, the overrated, and the previous academy gaffs over the years. We also go over the superhero fatigue we...2021-05-171h 52The Lunch Hour Geek OutThe SackSend us a textIn this week's new episode we give our early impressions of Outriders, talk about Space Jam, a ThunderCats movie, and the Knives Out sequels. We also review The Kid Detective and revisit Parks and Recreation and The Assassination of Jesse James. Then we catch up with your emails and tweets you have kindly sent to us. Includes discussion of pizza, music, what we keep in the fridge, online shooters, Andre the Giant, writing and phrases we are sick of.Stay until the end for an announcement about the podcast. 2021-04-121h 48The Lunch Hour Geek OutLHGO Bonus Stage: Godzilla Vs Kong (Spoilers)Send us a textJoin us on a special bonus episode of LHGO as we review Godzilla vs Kong!! We get into it over the massive monkey fighting a giant lizard, the Monsterverse, and what we thought of this latest instalment from director Adam Wingard. **Massive Spoilers from the start**Follow us on Twitter @lunchhourgeekEmail Us: lunchhourgeekout@gmail.comTheme Music: Show Your Moves by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4350-show-your-movesLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/2021-04-0239 minThe Lunch Hour Geek OutA Dark God WakesSend us a textThis week we 'borrow' a game from an old podcast - Movie God. We quiz each other on tough choices, if we had to blink Hollywood careers out of existence who would we choose? The answers and discussions include George Lucas (of course) Francis Ford Coppola, Edgar Wright, Guy Ritchie, David Fincher, Chris Nolan, Adam Sandler, Middle Earth, and Star Trek. In addition, we talk sports of the future, review Justice League; The Snyder Cut, Mutant Year Zero, and we go on a long retro wave journey to horror flick Come T...2021-03-291h 47The Lunch Hour Geek OutDire LogSend us a textOn this weeks episode of LHGO we flip our last episode about great quotes on its head and reminisce about the worst dialogue and line delivery we have ever witnessed in film including Spider-Man 3, Aquaman, Troll 2, X-Men, Star Wars, Armageddon, Broken Arrow and Starship Troopers. In addition this week we preview Aliens: Fire Team, look back at 1987's Robocop, review Netflix's Pacific Rim anime, James plays Horizon: Zero Dawn, and Chris rants against the latest streaming adaptation of Stephen King's The Stand. Follow us on Twitter @lunchhourgeekEmail us: lu...2021-03-151h 42The Lunch Hour Geek OutLHGO Bonus Stage: WandaVisionSend us a textWelcome to our very first bonus episode where we are joined by Gareth Chappell of Retro101.co.uk for a review of the first season of WandaVision! We get into our opinions of the show as a whole, the MCU and theories on where it could be going as well as the huge online discourse around the show. Be warned **HEAVY SPOILERS** for WandaVision as well as the MCU so far right from the start. Follow us on Twitter @lunchhourgeekFollow Gareth Chappell on Twitter @Retro101ukTh...2021-03-0759 minThe Lunch Hour Geek OutThe QuestioniningSend us a textThis week we drunkenly test each other's geek trivia knowledge to determine the title of Omega Prime of the Podosphere!! Listen as we battle it out over Star Wars, Middle Earth, Superheroes, Anime, 90's Music and More! A true test of might for the ages...In addition, we talk about the Mortal Kombat trailer, Edgar Wright's version of The Running Man, The Last Of Us TV Casting and debate the continued existence of the Cult Movie with Barb and Star Go-To Vista Del Mar, The Empty Man and Wake in Fright. 2021-03-011h 59The Lunch Hour Geek OutGuilty! featuring Hayden GribbleSend us a textAuthor, podcaster and Dr Who expert Hayden Gribble joins us this week for a packed episode of the podcast where we discuss our guilty pleasures. What are the awful pieces of entertainment from across the decades that we just love so much? Includes discussions of peak Roger Moore, Bat Nipples, Saucy Hair Metal Lyrics, Phil Collins, Star Wars, Michael Bay, Top Gear and barrel-scraping reality TV. In addition this week we give our first impressions of M.Night Shyamalan's Old, Reviews of Primal, It's a Sin, Greenland and the current reception ar...2021-02-152h 24The Lunch Hour Geek OutCulture Cancellation Clash PartySend us a textThe term "Cancel Culture" is seemingly everywhere at the moment, but what is the reality of this? This week we look at controversial historical figures and their impact on pop culture and whether or not they should be as revered or fondly remembered as they are. We also get into more recent examples of this including figures such as Johnny Depp, Mel Gibson and Armie Hammer. We ask if you can ever truly separate the art from the artist...On the lighter side of things we discuss further shifting Hollywood release d...2021-02-011h 44The Lunch Hour Geek OutPre 2021 Cancellation Show Spectacular!Send us a textWe are back! It's a new year, it's a new season of the show, and it's time to get optimistic! Therefore pre any further world ending or changing events, we talk about the games, music, movies and TV we are looking forward to in 2021 including new music from Arcade Fire and Greta Van Fleet, the movies Dune, A Quiet Place part 2, and The Matrix 4, the games Ghostwire Tokyo, and Arkham Knights and Netflix's live-action Cowboy Bebop. We also catch up on everything we have been watching over the break including American Ut...2021-01-181h 45The Lunch Hour Geek OutEpisode 13: 2020 Season FinaleSend us a text...And that was 2020, an awful year for pretty much the entire human race. A year where we all embraced media as a species like never before. Was there anything good about 2020? Join us as we go through the year that killed cinema and the games, movies and TV that kept us sane in 2020 including 1917, The Mandalorian, The Invisible Man, Tiger King, Devs, The Boys and many more.We also talk about first impressions of Cyberpunk 2077 and the fall out from its recent release, the Disney + Star Wars slate and the results of...2020-12-211h 36The Lunch Hour Geek OutEpisode 12: Cyberpunk'dSend us a textWith the release of the new game from CD Projekt Red, this week we discuss the sub-genre of Cyberpunk. We get into the films, the books, the anime and our hopes and fears for the upcoming game. In addition, we talk about Brandon Cronenberg's gnarly sci-fi thriller Possessor, a book called Japans Infamous Unit 731, David Lynch's mysterious new Netflix project Wisteria, The Capcom Leaks and Predator 5. Follow us on Twitter @lunchhourgeekEmail us: lunchhourgeekout@gmail.comTheme Music: Show Your Moves by Kevin MacLeodLink: ht...2020-12-071h 39The Lunch Hour Geek OutEpisode 11: Tales of Generation 8Send us a textWith the arrival of a new generation of consoles from Sony and Microsoft, it is time to look back on the eighth console generation, the hallowed time of the PlayStation 4, X-Box One and Switch. We go through our top five games of the previous generation including Resident Evil 2, Red Dead Redemption 2, Yakuza 0, Devil May Cry 5, Overwatch, Civilisation 6, Ghost of Tsushima and more. We also discuss the news including Constantine 2, A Quiet Place and As She Climbed Across The Table. Finally, we provide some reviews of WWE documentary Undertaker: The Last Ride, s...2020-11-232h 09The Lunch Hour Geek OutEpisode 10: Quotes of DoomSend us a textThis week we discuss what we have been watching including Lindsay Ellis' recent YouTube videos, Borat Subsequent Movie Film, Centurion, Of Unknown Origin, Freaks, Relic, Ted Lasso, '71 and #Alive. Apologies for the poor sound quality in the first half of this episode. Our main topic is some of our favourite quotes from TV and Film including - Blackadder, Alan Partridge, The Truman Show, Pulp Fiction, Whiplash, The Devils Advocate, Twin Peaks, Glengarry Glen Ross, Blade Runner and Apocalypse Now. And Finally...You get the chance to vote which...2020-11-091h 44The Lunch Hour Geek OutEpisode 9: Halloween Bleak Out FrightacularSend us a textIts the Halloween Bleak Out Frightacular! As it's Halloween we go through all of our favourite things in the world of horror. This includes Favourite Films, Games, Franchises, Remakes, Novels and Guilty Pleasures. We get into it over George Romero, The Wolf of Snow Hollow, It, The Exorcist and many more!We also discuss 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, To the Lake, and the news including Spider-Man 3, Furiosa, Coming 2 America, Dexter and why James hates 2018 horror flick Overlord as well as the all-important question of what is better? Underworld or Resident Evil. 2020-10-262h 17The Lunch Hour Geek OutEpisode 8.5: Teenage Picks part 2Send us a textJoin us for the exciting conclusion of our pick for the top ten films of the last decade, the teens as it were. We run down our choices from 6 - 1 and discuss Christopher Nolan, Denis Villeneuve, George Miller, The MCU and their associated masterpieces as well as some more unexpected arthouse and horror choices. Follow us on twitter @lunchhourgeekEmail us at lunchhourgeekout@gmail.com Theme music: Show Your Moves by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4350-show-your-movesLicense: http://creativecommons.org...2020-10-191h 13The Lunch Hour Geek OutEpisode 8: Teenage Picks part 1Send us a textThis week we begin the countdown of our favourite ten films from the last decade. This includes much discussion around the brilliance of Jeremy Saulnier, Quentin Tarantino, and Joe Carnahan and the underrated films from Pixar and Damien Chazelle. We also get into news stories concerning the death of cinema, a movie adaptation of Sega's Yakuza franchise, Borat and Nightbreed. We also recommend some things we have been watching including The Peanut Butter Falcon and Bill and Ted Face the Music and James' final outrage against Christopher Nolan's Tenet. Fo...2020-10-121h 48