Geekfest Rants

Episode 107 - These ARE The Droids You're Looking For

If it were not for C-3PO and R2-D2, the rebel cause would have died in a trash compactor in a rather messy manner. Carlos and James explore a very under-appreciated segment of the Star Wars galaxy population: droids. Join them as they analyze the roles, personalities, roots, and social hierarchies of these metal martyrs. These ARE the droids you're looking for, and the boys of Geekfest Rants are exactly the chosen ones to bring them to you.

Episode 107 - These ARE The Droids You're Looking For (51:59)

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Two Years and a New Banner!

In honor of finishing up a second year of GFR podcasts and editorials, we've popped up a new banner! Like it? Can you attach a film, television, or toy company to each of the patches and buttons (except for our logo button, the clapper pin and the GFR guys portrait pin)? There are thirty patches and pins. Think you've got your Geek on? See how your score rates with us!

IDENTIFY ...

1-5:  Yeah ... anyone can name those. 

6-10: You're heading into Entertainment Geek territory, but you're just not there yet. Dip into the GFR podcast archives to up your education!

11-20: Not bad! You're radiating a respectable Geek quotient. Now it's time to sync up some GFR film commentaries, eat up the nit-picky info stored there, and take your entertainment knowledge to a new level. 

21-26: Dude ... you could almost hang with us. Yeah, the air is a little scarcer here ... as are the women ... but hey, you've got game.

27-30: Uber Geek! You've spent a lot of time in theaters and on the couch, haven't you? Welcome to the club! We'll share our remotes, our popcorn, our DK and Del Rey guides ... everything but our women (hey, we have no doubt you know how hard those are to come by!)

Awed by our new banner? Astonished by the obscure logos? Stumped on some of them? Send us your comments below! And more importantly ... thanks so much for listening these past two years! 

 

Episode 106 - Star Wars, Celebration VI - Part 1

It's a family affair as the Perrone family (as well as special contributor Mike Sutton) share their experiences from Star Wars Celebration VI, recently held in Orlando, Florida! Today's episode deals with Day 1 of the show - what did they see? Who did they meet? Did Carlos fork out $99 to be put into carbon freeze?? (I doubt it!)

Episode 106 - Star Wars, Celebration VI - Part 1 (43:17)

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When the World Lost Power: A Look at the Pilot for NBC’s “Revolution” - by Tony Rossi

“We need water! Fill the sinks and tubs. We don’t have much time…It’s all going to turn off, and it’s never going to turn back on!”

Those words launch executive producer J.J. Abrams’ new NBC series, “Revolution,” which debuts on Monday Sept. 17 at 10pm Eastern/9pm Central.

The “it” to which Chicago resident Ben Matheson (Tim Guinee) refers in those lines is power: not just a loss of electricity that keeps the lights from working, but power in general. Car batteries die, water supply systems stop working, planes fall out of the sky. In an instant, the luxuries and necessities the world has become used to disappear, returning everyone to the days of “Little House on the Prairie” by way of “The Hunger Games.”

Click here for the rest of this article:

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/christophers/2012/09/when-the-world-lost-power-a-look-at-the-pilot-for-nbcs-revolution/

Episode 105 - Raiders of the Lost Ark in IMAX

Join us today at GeekFest Rants for a special show about the recent Raiders of the Lost Ark IMAX screenings.  Listen to Carlos and James as they discuss the return of this classic to the silver screen.  Is bigger always better? Let's find out with a little help from Indiana Jones.

Episode 105 - Raiders of the Lost Ark in IMAX (27:00)

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Episode 104 - Highlander - Geek Commentary

On today's episode of GFR Carlos and Steve V. provide an audio commentary for 80s cult classic Highlander, one of Steve's all-time favorite films, and one that spawned a franchise of lesser sequels and an enormously popular syndicated TV show.

Episode 104 - Highlander - Geek Commentary (2:03:27)
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