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Episodes
Thursday Dec 03, 2020
Thursday Dec 03, 2020
It's time to go behind the scenes of Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back with the Director of Fan Relations Craig Miller's book, Star Wars Memories.
Join Carlos at GeekFest Rants as he reviews and highlights some of the best unknown stories from both the films and the many branches of the Lucasfilm companies from that exciting time.
Then for our poster of the month we will gush over the 1981 Clash of the Titans movie poster painted by Dan Gozee.
Thursday Nov 19, 2020
Thursday Nov 19, 2020
What happens when you sometimes rewatch a comedy 30 or 40 years later? Perhaps with a younger audience. Do the jokes still hold up? Can some of those jokes now be considered offensive or insensitive?
Do social and/or moral norms change through the years? Or do we, as the audience, mature emotionally with time.
Join Carlos today at GeekFest Rants as we look back at some of our favorite 70's, 80's, and 90's comedies and see if they are now considered outdated.
Friday Nov 06, 2020
Friday Nov 06, 2020
It's time to break out the X-Acto knife, the Dremel, the Crazy Glue, the Testor paints, and the Milliput.
Join us today at GeekFest Rants as Carlos discusses his attempts at custom Kenner Star Wars figures creating.
We'll cover some of the easiest figures to customize like X-Wing Luke(without helmet), Hoth Han(without hood), to more difficult ones like Battle Damage Vader, Mon Cal Officer, and many more.
If Kenner never made the figure, chancer are you can make it yourself.
Friday Oct 30, 2020
Friday Oct 30, 2020
As we near the 2020 Presidential election, join Carlos today at GeekFest Rants as he recommends a number of films(and a TV show) to prep you for the issues that dominate this historic election.
The films included are, All the President's Men, The Manchurian Candidate, The Handmaid's Tale(TV show), The Birth of a Nation, Jonestown the Life and Death of Peoples Temple, and Judgement at Nuremberg. Plus he recaps the films he suggested back in the 2016 election.
WARNING: This is a very heavily opinionated political themed episode and the views expressed are solely the ones of Carlos. In other words, if you feel politics are a bad subject to discuss, you might want to skip this episode and return next week.
Friday Oct 23, 2020
Friday Oct 23, 2020
If you love trippy sci-fi shows, this is your lucky day. Today on GeekFest Rants join Carlos as he reviews two fantastic new sci-fi show that just concluded on streaming services. One is Devs, from the mind of Ex Machina's Alex Garland. This one is about determinism vs. free will and it stars Nick Offerman, from Parks and Recreation, and Sonoya Mizuno, form Ex Machina and Annihilation.
The other is Raised By Wolves, produced by Ridley Scott. Here Scott returns to the themes of the ravages of war caused by believers and non-believers, with a dose of androids and Alien aesthetics.
Let's make sure not to anger Mother.
Thursday Sep 17, 2020
Thursday Sep 17, 2020
Are you a Star Wars poster collector? Today on GeekFest Rants we have some Star Wars poster you might not have see before.
Join Carlos on this video presentation as he searches for the strangest international original trilogy Star Wars posters. From the easily recognizable ones to the outright bizarre ones.
Friday Aug 28, 2020
Friday Aug 28, 2020
If you like weird, mind-bending films, this is your lucky day. Join Carlos today at GeekFest Rants as he discusses the films Vivarium and Color Out of Space. Both films seem to be flying under the radar but you can find them on Amazon Prime and/or Netflix DVDs.
They are somewhat artsy, sci-fi-ish, scary, and funny....what else could you ask for? Oh, and did I mention Nick Cage is in one of them giving one of his best Nick Cagey performances. If you are looking for strange and unsettling, you found it
Monday Aug 17, 2020
Monday Aug 17, 2020
Time to go down the Kenner Star Wars action figure collecting rabbit hole. If you are a hardcore Kenner Star Wars action figure collector, sooner or later you will encounter the Repro battle lines being drawn.
Join Carlos today on GeekFest Rants as he chronicles the latest skirmish in the Kenner Star Wars action figure collecting circles.
All of it stemming from the upcoming production of a Kickstarter funded Kenner Star Wars Photography book by Kim Simmons. But now involving such YouTube personalities like Michael French from Retroblasting and Michael Havens from The Imperial Commissary.
Saturday Aug 08, 2020
Saturday Aug 08, 2020
Do you enjoy behind the scenes making-of movie books? Well, we have a fantastic one here for you. Join Carlos today on GeekFest Rants as he reviews J. W. Rinzler's The Making of Planet of the Apes. This could very well be the definitive Apes making-of book. He'll also go over some of Rinzler's past and future book projects.
Then it's time, once again, for posters of the month. Today's posters are the teaser one sheet for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and the theatrical release of TV's Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.
Wednesday Jul 15, 2020
Wednesday Jul 15, 2020
What happens when an artist branches out to a different medium? Sometimes it's fantastic and sometimes you get a celebrity music album. Today on GeekFest Rants Carlos will explore the phenomenon of the Celebrity Album. From the train wrecks , to the hits, to the personal guilty pleasure favorites.
Have a listen maybe some of your favorites made the list like Don Johnson, Joe Pesci, Clint Eastwood, Eddie Murphy, William Shatner, Sylvester Stallone, and many many more.
Monday Jul 06, 2020
Monday Jul 06, 2020
Have you ever seen the classic Disney film, Song of the South? Probably not. What made Disney pull this film from rotation and bury it in their vault? What makes this film so offensive today? Or was it always offensive?
Then we take a look at the racially explosive masterpiece, Do the Right Thing. A prophetic film whose themes seem to keep repeating themselves over and over again.
Today we'll try to explain the ambiguous ending of this timely film. Join Carlos at GeekFest Rants, but be warned, if politics and racial issues make you uncomfortable, this is not the episode for you.
Friday Jun 26, 2020
Friday Jun 26, 2020
In 1983 William Peter Blatty wrote Legion, his sequel to the Exorcist, but not until 1990 did we get to see his film version of that book. But was it truly his version of the book? Join Carlos on GeekFest Rants as he examines the book, and Director's Cut.
We'll cover topics like Brad Dourif's tremendous performance, to the recasting of Jason Miller, to the differences between the book and the film, and to the behind the scenes struggle between Blatty and the studio, Morgan Creek.
Tuesday Jun 09, 2020
Tuesday Jun 09, 2020
Will the real director please stand up. Did Steven Spielberg or Tobe Hooper direct Poltergeist? Sometimes it's not as easy as looking at the credits to see who directed a movie.
Today on GeekFest Rants, Carlos will sift through Ghost Directors and the infamous Alan Smithee directing credit.
Then on posters of the month, we'll look at the Star Wars One Year Birthday poster and one of Boris Vallejo's The Empire Strikes Back Coca-Cola posters.
Monday May 25, 2020
Monday May 25, 2020
Today on GeekFest Rants we mourn the passing of a friend, Charles Lippincott. Charlito, to his friends, was responsible for the initial deals to market and licence Star Wars.
From the Kenner action figures, to the Marvel comics, to pre-premier convention appearances, to fan relations, and to most marketing and licencing.
Join Carlos as he shares his personal story of how he connected with Charles and how he became a sort of Obi Wan Kenobi to Carlos and the life of this show.
Friday May 15, 2020
Friday May 15, 2020
Convention time is here. Unfortunately it seem most cons are being cancelled due to COVID-19. So what can be done about it? Join Carlos and Kyle at GeekFest Rants as they theorize on what Star Wars Celebration Anaheim 2020 will or would have been about, depending on it's undetermined fate.
We'll also throw around some ideas as to how, even a cancellation could be turned into an alternative way of still providing fans with an in-home Celebration experience.
I hope the Star Wars/Disney convention bigwigs somehow hear these ideas.
Thursday Apr 30, 2020
Thursday Apr 30, 2020
Today on GeekFest Rants we return to cover Part 2 of our Best of Star Trek The Next Generation.
Among these great episodes we have, All Good Things, Lower Decks, The Pegasus, Descent, Tapestry, Chain of Command, Relics, I Borg, The Inner Light, Parallels, and many more.
Perhaps today is a good day to.....watch some Star Trek.
Tuesday Apr 14, 2020
Tuesday Apr 14, 2020
How many mad scientists can you fit inside a killer robot? One....well, most of one. Not sure what I'm talking about?
Well...find out today on GeekFest Rants as Carlos reviews the latest and greatest action figure entries into the Tron and The Black Hole action figure lines.
Recently, Diamond Select released some amazing new super detailed large size figures and we are going to examine them all. End of Line.
Thursday Apr 02, 2020
Thursday Apr 02, 2020
As we obey our Stay-At-Home order, what better time to dive deep into Star Trek The Next Generation. Join Carlos today at GeekFest Rants as he picks the best episodes of Next Generation.
He'll go over some fan favorites like The Best of Both Worlds, Darmok, The Inner Light, The Measure of a Man, an many, many more.......no kidding, we got about 41 of them and we'll discuss about half of them on this episode.
Sunday Mar 22, 2020
Sunday Mar 22, 2020
In this new age of Social Distancing, we here at GeekFest Rants hope you are all safe and healthy. To help you pass the time, Carlos will review his new, re-acquired Kenner Creature Cantina. You will learn why this item marks a special moment in his Star Wars vintage collection.
Plus, we'll examine the underlying psychology of collecting. Which collecting camp do you fall under? So enjoy the show and don't forget to wash your hands.
Friday Mar 13, 2020
Friday Mar 13, 2020
Who are the great artists that came up with the first Star Wars movie posters? Here are a few: Tom Jung, Greg Hildebrandt, Tim Hildebrandt, and Tom Chantrell.
Today on GeekFest Rants, Carlos returns to posters of the month with the classic original Star Wars movie posters.
These are true works of art that have been and continue to be used to promote the Star Wars brand.
Plus, as a bonus, Carlos will review the possible final Huey Lewis and the News album, Weather.
Tuesday Mar 03, 2020
Tuesday Mar 03, 2020
As promised, we at GeekFest Rants are taking a second look at Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. This time around, Carlos Perrone is joined by Steve Fowlkes.
Does this movie get better the more times you watch it?
Is this a good conclusion to the nine film Skywalker saga? Is it a good conclusion to the sequel trilogy? Are we done examining this movie? Probably not.
Friday Feb 21, 2020
Friday Feb 21, 2020
There was a time when we would set our alarms at 8AM or earlier, on Saturday mornings, in order to watch some of our favorite TV shows. Carlos did it in the 80s and Steve in the 90s. Today on GeekFest Rants we time travel to our childhood, to a simpler time, a time of a golden age of animated cartoons.
We will cover such classics as Thundarr the Barbarian , Superfriends, Pokemon, Dungeons & Dragons, X-Men Evolution, and many more.
Wednesday Feb 12, 2020
Wednesday Feb 12, 2020
Today on GeekFest Rants we conclude our review of the first season of The Mandalorian. Join Carlos and Steve as they mine for easter eggs in this rich Star Wars landscape.
Does this second half of the season live up to the potential to the first half?
What new characters do we meet? Plus, how well is Lucasfilm/Disney handling fan service?
Tuesday Feb 04, 2020
Tuesday Feb 04, 2020
Today on GeekFest Rants Carlos and Steve wrap up their reviews of Star Trek: Short Treks with the Pike-centric "Ask Not", two animated shorts , "Ephraim and Dot" and "The Girl Who Made the Stars", and the Picard themed "Children of Mars".
Then we jump off to the eagerly awaited premier of Star Trek: Picard. How does the show feel as a follow up in the Star Trek franchise?
Do the classic characters measure up to our contemporary standards? And what's the best wine to have while watching the show?
Thursday Jan 23, 2020
Thursday Jan 23, 2020
Innovations in action figure design don't occur very often. But when it happens, collectors and competitors take notice. Join Carlos and Steve on GeekFest Rants as they step back into their action figure collecting days to reminisce about McFarlane action figures.
These are the more grown up collectable figures that changed the marketplace through the 90's and Spawned - pun intended - a number of imitators.
The quality and diverse nature of properties under the McFarlane line have earned this company a spot in action figure collecting history.