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Garhdo Goes Geek

Join your host Garhdo as they infodump on geek film, tv, video games and comics in this lightly scripted and informal podcast. From franchise and lore deep dives, to discussions of incidents that changed the whole course of industries. From reviews of new and old media, to taking a look at genre classics with a new eye. Designed to be absorbed in parts, or binged in a block, settle in and listen with Garhdo, because this is a safe space, and you are welcome here. https://linktr.ee/Garhdo

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00:39:46

Bloody New Year - John Carpenter's They Live

Garhdo Goes Geek ·

2024/01/24

In this second delayed Halloween special join your host Garhdo for a look at John Carpenter's underrated anti-consumerist horror They Live. Garhdo will discuss the anti-capitalist themes that keep this film so relevant, and have a little breakdown as they realise they are part of the problem. Wake up and see the truth! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/garhdogoesgeek/message Support this podcast:

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00:37:21

Bloody New Year - Killer Klowns From Outer Space

Garhdo Goes Geek ·

2024/01/24

In the first delayed Halloween episode join your host Garhdo on a trip to a circus of horrors, as they take a look at the cult hit Killer Klowns from Outer Space. They'll discuss how the impressive special effects work here has helped this film to have a memorable legacy as it throughly explores its core concept, creating one of the zaniest and unexpected funny horror films ever made. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/garhdogoesgeek/message Support this

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01:23:08

Review 21 - Willow

Garhdo Goes Geek ·

2024/01/03

Join your host Garhdo as they take a look at the recent Willow series released by, and now removed from, Disney+. Willow is a show following up on a cult 80s fantasy film, but taken in a very different direction tonally and stylistically, avoiding nostalgia bait to positive critical reception, yet the series has been vaulted by Disney and removed from any legal means of acquisition in an example of the worst of the current streaming landscape. Is the series still worth watching however? --- Send

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02:04:35

2023 Short Review Roundup

Garhdo Goes Geek ·

2024/01/02

Join your host Garhdo as they take a look at some other films and TV shows that caught their eye in 2023, and give their thoughts on them, from Inside Job and Strange Planet, to M3GAN, 65 and Renfield, including a look at the latest project from Final Space's Olan Rogers - Godspeed. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/garhdogoesgeek/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/garhdogoesgeek/support

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01:45:12

Review 20 - Good Omens

Garhdo Goes Geek ·

2023/12/31

Join your host Garhdo along with their co-host Zulu as they discuss Amazon's adaptation of Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's collaboration Good Omens, as well as the sequel season, and look at what has made it such a fan favourite. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/garhdogoesgeek/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/garhdogoesgeek/support

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01:22:20

Review 19 - The Last of Us

Garhdo Goes Geek ·

2023/12/31

Join your host Garhdo as they discuss HBO's incredible adaptation of hit video game The Last of Us. What does it offer that differentiates it from standard zombie fiction like the Walking Dead? How well does it use the medium of television as opposed to its video game origins? What does Garhdo think of the divisive ending to the series? And what can we expect from this franchise going forward? All this and more answered inside! --- Send in a voice message:

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02:01:55

Review 18 - Star Trek: Lower Decks

Garhdo Goes Geek ·

2023/12/26

Join your host Garhdo as they explore Star Trek's latest animated series, focusing on the crew on the Lower Decks of one of Starfleet's most unappreciated ships. Its a very different kind of Star Trek, and one that is very interesting for its own unique quirks. So how do the four seasons we have had so far hold up? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/garhdogoesgeek/message Support this podcast:

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00:49:44

Christmas Special - Why Shazam is a Christmas Movie

Garhdo Goes Geek ·

2023/12/25

For a special Festive episode snuggle up to the fire with your drink of choice and listen to your host Garhdo-Ho-Ho as they do their very best to convince you that DC's Shazam is actually a very well-disguised Christmas movie that deserves to be in your rotation with other classics like Christmas Carol, Miracle on 24th Street, Santa Claus the Movie and Die Hard. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/garhdogoesgeek/message Support this podcast:

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00:37:30

Review 17 - Gen V

Garhdo Goes Geek ·

2023/12/24

Join your host Garhdo as they take a look at the first spin-off from Amazon's The Boys, Gen V, based upon the classic comic arc We Gotta Go Now. Like its parent show this series takes its own direction, drifting away from the source material in interesting ways, but in a year where more and more comic book adaptations are struggling, is Gen V a success? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/garhdogoesgeek/message Support this podcast:

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00:26:56

Review 16 - Five Night's At Freddy's

Garhdo Goes Geek ·

2023/12/23

Join your host Garhdo as they take a look at the latest video game movie to join the small group of successes, as well as the viral horror franchise that inspired it, Five Nights at Freddy's. Garhdo will discuss their history with the franchise back when it started, and thoughts on the early games, as well as discuss the film itself, and how the debut movie adapts this multi-media franchise. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/garhdogoesgeek/message Support

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01:42:05

Review 15 - Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2

Garhdo Goes Geek ·

2023/12/22

Join your host Garhdo for a review of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' sophomore season. Strange New Worlds does some interesting things this year, confronting franchise tropes like time travel and trial proceedings, as well as the horrors of war, but it also explores more comedic elements and takes the franchise in new directions with an animated crossover episode and the first ever musical episode of Star Trek. Can it continue to build on the strong foundation laid by the first season to reach

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01:15:06

Review 14 - Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty

Garhdo Goes Geek ·

2023/12/21

Join your host Garhdo for a discussion of the Phantom Liberty expansion for Cyberpunk 2077. Garhdo will give a spoiler light review of the Phantom Liberty questlines and the new characters introduced there, including the mysterious Songbird and Idris Elba's Solomon Reed, as well as taking a look at the other new elements that the location of Dogtown and the related 2.0 Update bring to the game, from the new Gigs provided by Mr Hands and El Capitan Reyes, to the new repeatable airdrop and car

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00:34:24

Review 13 - Power Rangers: Cosmic Fury

Garhdo Goes Geek ·

2023/12/20

Join your host Garhdo for a spoiler-light look at the latest Power Rangers series - Cosmic Fury. As a new team of teenage heroes chase Lord Zedd into space in what might be the final series of Power Rangers as we know it, Garhdo examines what it could mean for the upcoming reboot. Does the storytelling and production design of this show prove that Power Rangers can survive without its Super Sentai origins, or does it fail to launch? Link to Morphin Grid and let's find out! --- Send in a voice

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00:56:01

Review 12 - Blue Beetle

Garhdo Goes Geek ·

2023/12/05

Join your host Garhdo for a review of the latest DC superhero film, Blue Beetle, focusing on young Latino hero Jaime Reyes and his family. Garhdo will give his thoughts on the film, its actors, themes, visual effects and more, with a brief discussion of spoilers in a marked section, to assess what happened that caused this Certified Fresh film to become the worst box-office bomb among a run of recent DCEU failures. Did it deserve the audience snubbing it received? Or was this a poorly marketed and

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04:32:17

S5E04 - Doctor Who 60th Part 1: The Russell T Davies Era

Garhdo Goes Geek ·

2023/11/20

Join your host, Garhdo, as they take their first real look at the universe of Doctor Who, a British based science fiction series about a time-travelling alien, his human companion, and their adventures across time and space in a blue police box that is bigger on the inside. The series is approaching its 60th anniversary this year, and like many others Garhdo had no experience of it until the franchise's 2005 revival, and so it is through looking at those stories that Garhdo wants to celebrate

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00:22:29

Season 5 Trailer

Garhdo Goes Geek ·

2023/11/19

We're back! Now that the strikes have concluded your host Garhdo is able to provide an update on the future of this podcast, and the placed on hiatus Season 5. They will provide an overview of what episodes you can expect over the coming few months, what state those episodes are currently in, as well as roughly when they can be expected. Learn what has been reviewed, and what episode topics you can expect, as well as some early hints at the long-term future of this podcast in 2024 and beyond

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01:49:53

Review 11 - Mortal Kombat 1: Story Mode

Garhdo Goes Geek ·

2023/10/07

Join your host Garhdo for a spoiler review of the story mode of Mortal Kombat 1, and what the exploration of this New Era could mean for the future of the franchise. Contains discussion of the new versions of all characters and their differences to the original versions, as well as story mode spoilers. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/garhdogoesgeek/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/garhdogoesgeek/support

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00:47:21

Review 10 - Barbie (Featuring Tallulah)

Garhdo Goes Geek ·

2023/09/16

Join your host Garhdo with guest star Tallulah as they discuss all things Barbie, from a relatively spoiler-free review of the recent hit movie, to the toy franchise phenomenon, to discussions about whether Barbie is a good role model for little girls in the modern world, and how the film approaches this rich, complex and sometimes controversial legacy. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/garhdogoesgeek/message Support this podcast:

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00:05:07

Strike Update

Garhdo Goes Geek ·

2023/08/21

An important update for the immediate future of this channel during the current SAG-AFTRA and WGA Strikes. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/garhdogoesgeek/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/garhdogoesgeek/support

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00:47:39

Review 09 - Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Garhdo Goes Geek ·

2023/08/11

Join your host Garhdo for a review of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, the much anticipated sequel to one of the best animated movies ever made. This episode will discuss the themes, animation, behind the scenes turmoil, the ongoing strikes and story beats as Garhdo asks if this film is as good as the first film? And stick around for the second half for an extended discussion of some easter eggs and character beats, but beware of spoilers! --- Send in a voice message:

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