Geeking Off 149: Steph-Con 1

Hey hey, we're taking a short break from the Star Wars commentaries just a tiny bit. This one here's a one-on-one with Jon and our visiting Geeking Off girl Stephanie to talk a couple of quick things. Salt Lake's Comic Con happened a couple of weeks ago and both of us have a mild report of what we saw. Hey, ever hear of a hot new TV show called Mr. Robot? Well, you probably should. Anyway, that's our second topic.

Mr. Robot spoilers start at 41:14

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Geeking Off 148: Star Wars Commentary

That's right. Not Episode IV. Not A New Hope. Star Wars.

We watch the original theatrical version with its lovable flaws and all. You'll hear five voices: Madbeard, Zo, Steele, Chad and Phil. Yep. It's a Star Wars party.

I don't think Luke is that whiney. Listen in.

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Geeking Off 147: Star Wars Episode III Commentary

We continue the Star Wars commentary with Episode III! Is this the best or worst of the prequels? It starts with a huge battle, but then again that battle has a coughing robot. It's grittier, but then again it's more CGI-y. Hayden Christensen's even whinier, but then again his hair is pretty fabulous.

Phil joins again along with Chad and Steele. Joy abounds.

(movie starts at 4:32)

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Geeking Off 146: Star Wars Episode II Commentary

On to Episode II! This one's just a little rougher. I feel its roughness answers the question regarding whether Episode I or II is superior. This time it's just a very low key Chad, Steele and yours truly. Join us for the movie and stay for the only slightly subtle sarcasm.

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Geeking Off 145: Star Wars Episode I Commentary

Anticipating the release of Episode VII, we're gonna try to pack in a commentary of each Star Wars movie before then. Should we have started with Episode IV? Probably, but this is our big chance to watch 'em in this order.

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(this is another Geeking Off/Jon Madsen Movie Commentary hybrid)

Geeking Off 144: Oscar Predictions 2015

Special treat this time. Long-time aggravated listener Stephanie joins us for a little Oscar preview. She as well as Jon, Scott and Chad discuss predictions as well as how confident we are in our predictions. This is all part of our Oscar prediction game we play every year that usually Stephanie or Scott wins. Listen now before the big night this Sunday. Please tell us your Oscar score.

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I think the rules we follow for Oscar scoring were developed by movie critic Jeff Bayer. Here are the instructions from Bayer's thescorecardreview.com website:

How to play

Pick your winners in all 24 categories. Then, give each winner a confidence score. Your most confident pick gets 24 points, second most confident gets 23 points, third most confident gets 22 points, and eventually your least confident pick gets 1 point.

This is perfect for Oscar parties, because the lead keeps changing. The winner is the one with the most points at the end. A perfect score is 300. If there is a tie (there never is a tie), then the winner is the one with the most points in these three categories combined (Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress).

You’ll eventually be able to say things like … “Once, in 2015, I got a 297 Oscar score.” Or, “I know a guy who once hit 300 back in 2016.” Yeah, you’ll be saying these things. Trust me.

Geeking Off 143: 2014 (the best)

I'm gonna make this summary short because the podcast itself is quite long. Zo, Scott and Chad each go through their top ten movies of 2014 with Jon around to correct their opinions (mostly Wes Anderson-related) from his own movie database 2014 list.  On a positive note, 2014 may have been a pretty great year considering this best-of session was way longer than our worst-of session.

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