Discerning Geeks Portal

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the main event:  The 2nd Discerning Geeks Portal...Showdown!

In the New York corner...  Originating from the year 2077...  Starring Tom Cruise and Morgan Freeman...  Capable of delivering character development and multiple plot twists...  Specializing in automated weaponry, hydroelectric energy, cool aircraft, and foldable motorcycles...  It's the sci-fi thriller known as.....

This week, just in time for Halloween, we reviewed the 1980s horror comedy, "Beetlejuice...

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the main event:  The 3rd Discerning Geeks Portal...Showdown!

In the Comet corner...  Starring Robert Duvall, Tea Leoni, Elijah Wood, and Morgan Freeman...  Containing smart, adaptable characters who strive to make the best of a cataclysmic situation...  Specializing in tales of the human spirit, problem-solving story-telling, and heroic sacrifice.....

...And, we're back.  No, seriously, we are.  We're sorry for our longest unintended hiatus yet, caused by a combination of competing schedules, a bout of the flu by two co-hosts and their families (Todd's immune system is apparently still working overtime), the holidays, and general life hectic-ness.

Anyway.....

...And, we're back.  Andruw is still busy pinning and body-slamming people (for his high school wrestling team, not just random people on the street).  But, this week, we are joined by friend and special guest host, Preston.  Together, we review a movie the three of us watched on New Year's Eve -- the DCEU film "Black Adam...

This week, we review a movie slightly older than all of us (well, okay, *significantly* older than guest host Preston and soon-to-return Andruw; Todd & Dave really are old).  It's the 1975 kind-of-futuristic, kind-of-sci-fi sports film, "Rollerball."  This was recently chosen randomly on our still-unnamed-season-3-portal, but it's a season 2 leftover Wheel of Insanity pick chosen by our late friend & co-host, Dave Teague...

This week, we're down one Dave but back up one Andruw (plus a returning Preston; and we can't seem to get rid of Todd for an episode), as we review the MCU Phase 2 movie, "Ant-Man."

 - Which co-host appreciated the aspect of the movie in which Scott Lang had trouble using his skills for a real career...

Thanks to the returning Andruw, this episode is brought to you by the letter A, and it's about...anything.  We start off catching up with what Andruw's been doing, and we gradually transition into more geeky topics from there.

 - Preston asked what food in movies or TV would we most like to eat?  Preston had good answers.  Andruw had a weird example.  Todd didn't have a favorite example, off the top of his head, but had a couple random examples.....

This March, we will be honoring our late friend and co-host, Dave Teague, by reviewing movies we know he liked or had previously suggested.  First up is the 2014 version of "Godzilla," the first movie in the WB/Legendary MonsterVerse and a movie Dave T. suggested for review at the end of episode #032, which was our review of "The Lake House."  This episode also marks Preston's first time taking the helm and moderating...

Thousands of years ago, before Florida was drunk by the sea and New York crumbled into the ocean, four brothers ride into battle, to discuss, "Conan the Barbarian."   Yes, this movie is another Dave Teague pick as we celebrate his life during March, almost one year since his passing.  Andruw moderates as this was his selection among Dave Teague picks, with Andruw being a huge Arnold Schwarzenegger fan...