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Geek Unlimited. Hello and welcome to Altered

Geek Unlimited. I'm your host Steve Megatron

Phillips and in this episode I'll be flying solo

and it probably won't be as long as a regular

episode. only for the fact that in lieu of recording

this with my regular compatriots, unfortunately,

Mike the Birdman Dodd's mother passed away this

week, so he's gonna be on a temporary hiatus

for the next two weeks. So be sure to wish condolences

to at Birdman Dodd. So that's the first part

of unfortunate news. the on the upside Not that

that can be covered up by anything because that's

like I said, it's I definitely feel for Mike

there But we have our top 50 video game franchise

countdown and this is going to be an experiment

and kind of fun Thank you to movie revolt Dan

for compiling the list for me I'm still learning

how they work the process in the spreadsheets,

and it's very neat how it all breaks down. It's

definitely not what I expected. I will say this,

and I'll preface this again in the top 50, so

I'm sorry if it's a repeat, but whatever doesn't

place in the top 50 countdown, I will take listener

comments after we finish the 50 countdown on

AlteredGeek as a way to more or less kind of

tell where a certain game franchise ranked if

it didn't happen to hit that top 50. That way

everybody kind of gets an idea of what went down

or where their favorite franchise, game franchise

ranked. So I'm really looking forward to seeing

how this plays out, because it's the first Top

50 that we've ever done, so I'm really, it's

been an extreme experiment for me, and I've had

a lot of fun messing with it. So yeah, there's

that, and other than that, this week I've, in

school, managed to, as a part of the process,

anyhow, of the media entrepreneurship class,

we had to figure out if we wanted to take the

leap into creating our own company. I took that

leap. And yes, you might argue that, yes, Geekcast

Radio is a company or Altered Geek Entertainment.

I've had this other one that I've been messing

with for, I don't know, the better part of a

decade, but it's kind of come and gone. called

SCP -21 Studios, which is just like my Twitter

handle, at SCP -21. And I used to use it for

a lot of things, like when I'd make mock cards

for my wife, or I'd make little graphics or something,

or I'd sell services, I would use the SCP -21

Studios handle. And so... I had the option to

finally turn this into a real thing and so in

doing so I've made it legit. So like GeekCast

Radio and AlterGeek are technically umbrellas

of that. As well as because I do filmmaking,

I do screenwriting, I do voiceover, I do graphic

design, website design. All of these are little

services that I'll have as like branches underneath.

the SCP -21 studios, and I don't mean to make

this a giant advertisement, and I'm sorry if

it comes off that way, it's kind of, it's been

fun figuring this stuff out, and honestly I would

love to be able to turn my screenplay that I

created for my screenwriting class into an actual

television show pilot, and in this class we actually

get to put together a budget and figure that

out. I'm just going to use that as my basis,

so it's going to be interesting. I've had a lot

of fun with this media degree. Some classes more

than others. A lot of the hands -on stuff I had

more fun with. I find that the schooling... Well,

I don't necessarily agree that everyone should

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that as you go to take this degree to try and

make your life better... It puts a lot more emphasis

on your knowledge and your understanding of things

and how things work and in Even in filmmaking

like I've like television and filmmaking. I'm

not as critical on shows as much anymore as a

fanboy But more on the Analytical like story

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So first up on the Altered Geek News Network

this week. Well, we have a little bit of interesting

information DC Comics Has changed their logo

yet again The last time we went through a change

in their logo was in 2012 and I actually published

an article on it on geekcastradio .com So be

sure to look for it there as well Kind of explaining

the differences and kind of the way this new

logo harkens it's blue and it's got kind of a

retro DC kind of vibe to the text with a blue

circle surrounding it and it's just it's really

really really really plain compared to the 2012

rendition that they just had. And the interesting

part about this new logo is that It kind of calls

back to the 1970s in a lot of ways The only differences

in logo pretty much over the last you know 80

years that almost 80 years that DC Comics has

been around Has been the 1970 and the 2012 version

all of the rest of them have had some sort of

a variation of the same logo like the 1940s pretty

much are all the same logo, the 1970s are pretty

much the same logo, 2005 was a little bit different,

1970 was different, and 2012 was different. The

2016 is very much reminiscent of the 1972, very

plain, other than the fact that the 1972 was

red. So I'm almost wondering, because like, it's

still like the DC within a circle thing, and

they've always had that, until the 2012 and of

course the 1970. My favorite my personal favorite

is the 2005 edition. I just really love that

and I love the 1970s through to 2004 version

because that was the one I grew up with in the

90s So to me, I Enjoyed those the best. However,

this 2016 one it's going for very plain very

kind of you know Uniform look and they're saying

with DC being this all -encompassing company

They, and with their rebirth and their restructuring

and how everything is going down now, they want

something that's kind of this one emblem. Whereas

their 2012 says DC Comics in it, and a lot of

the other ones say publication or comics. Well,

they're an entertainment company. They have entertainment,

they have television, they have comics, they

have movies. I mean, they're almost like a Marvel

Studios in essence. But with DC so in doing this

they've kind of gotten themselves out of that

pigeonhole you know they have to be only comics

and honestly, I I kind of get it. It's they're

giving themselves a facelift which they desperately

need and if they're going back to like telling

good stories and and having good quality and

I'm hoping for coherency and everything and like

really well writing across the board and that

comes into the play with the Jeff Johns is now

being put with the head of the DC Universe extended

universe for the the films he's now the like

the second like he's kind of like partnered with

another guy but they're their heads of this universe

now so I think that with that happening with

this whole shakeup with DC and their new logo

and all the rebirth and everything I think they're

going for a new direction, and I'm hoping that

they sidestep, and I know Snyder's not going

away, and I don't blame it fully on Snyder. I

blame it on the writing of the film itself, of

Batman v Superman, and I don't mean to keep harkening

back to that film, but it was fun, it was entertaining,

but it was not a well -written film. The only

things I found to be particularly good with that

film were when we had Alfred and Bruce Wayne,

or Batman, You know or Wonder Woman when those

those three combined into scenes and in any point

they were They were well written, but you got

into anything else in the film, and it was like

Why or or things just didn't make sense or weren't

very coherent so again, I I don't want to hate

on the film because I again I like the premise

of it But the execution wasn't very good So I'm

hoping with Jeff Johns leading it up. I'm hoping

that it takes off in a better direction so moving

to the next bit of The scene is I guess you could

say There's now an article saying that with Supergirl

turning to the CW We have flash arrow Supergirl

legends of tomorrow mega crossover coming So

they're gonna merge for the biggest ever crossover

event So I'm wondering what that's gonna take

place because in arrow and I'm so and this is

gonna be a quick spoiler for the next minute

Arrow they're having a nuke drop, you know in

Damien dark and all this world -ending stuff

Legends of tomorrow you have again Vandal Savage

and let world -ending scenarios you have flash

What looks like the earth being split in two

in one of Cisco's dreams or vibes and then Supergirl

you have like another Kryptonian drop so like

I'm wondering if they're gonna do crisis on infinite

earths and because Berlanti's been wanting to

do something like that and they're gonna kind

of mix all of it together and collide universes

But uh they're It's hard to see what they're

gonna do with it and how they're gonna combine

them or what capacity Supergirl because technically

she's in another universe, so I'm wondering if

somehow Earth one goes away, and they go to Earth

three or something like I don't really know like

or Earth You know I'm wondering how this capacity

is gonna play out because then you're dealing

with you'll have to have Martian Manhunter crossover,

then you'll have to have At some point they're

gonna have to cast somebody as Superman. I don't

care if they get Tom Welling to come back as,

you know, Smallville Superman and actually have

him in the costume. To me that would be the most

logical choice. Because then it would be kind

of, but at the same time it would kind of ruin

it because they'd be combining Smallville. And

they've already had a green arrow and they've

already had, you know, Hawkman and so on. So,

I don't know, it could get really weird. I'm

kind of... kind of torn there, but they need

to cast somebody who's Superman and stop beating

around the bush with it. It's getting annoying.

And as far as the CW head, he confirmed that

all four Greg Berlanti produced DC series will

join up for one big story. And it's going to

be the biggest one ever, they're calling it.

It's going to come like December -ish, is what

they're saying. So I will be really stoked to

see when this plays out. How they all intertwine

for their kind of mini Justice League. Almost

kind of like the 90s one without having the hookiness.

But it says Petowitz also said he felt Supergirl

should have been a CW series from the start.

The fact it's now moved to the CW which should

have been in the first place, I don't think it

will have a big impact on the tone. So... Yeah,

it's kind of got the same CW tone to it, other

than the fact it's a little bit brighter almost,

because CW has that kind of look to it. More

polished, I guess. Or, I don't know, in some

ways it was lighter. I don't know, it'll fit

really well anyway with the CW, so I'm really

glad with this. And kind of moving on a little

bit, we have DC Comics Powerless. which they've

dropped the trailer for. It's their office -based

comedy. I haven't watched the trailer yet. I

don't want to watch it while I'm in the middle

of this. I will watch it later on. I have my

reservations about it. Will I give it a shot?

Probably. Will I end up watching it? More than

likely not. And I'll kind of get into that later

in the episode as far as why not. So that that

being said moving on We have a lethal weapon

trailer that dropped Which I think looks spectacular

because you have Damon Wayans playing Rigs and

I get those two mixed up all the time. There's

Blanchard when I need them But uh Yeah, the trailer

looks spectacular anyway Okay, Riggs is okay.

That was that was the little Gibson character,

so it's Murtaugh so they have David Wayne playing

Murtaugh in The lethal weapon trailer looks spectacular.

I I'm so stoked for that That's one. I'll probably

check out. I'll probably watch a little bit of

it. I'm hoping it's good It's probably be when

I binge watch though later on like I'll save

them up, and then I'll binge watch it because

I Love the lethal weapon movie so to me doing

that and kind of recasting everybody is kind

of a win -win And I love Damon Wayans anyway

and stuff that he's in he's usually pretty blasted

funny And then getting out of the other trailer

that's really been on my mind is prison break

the event Series of prison break that they're

gonna have for season 5 which takes place You

know five years later after we have Michael Schofield

supposedly dying at the end of the series after

their film where they break certain 10 credit

out of jail You will see Michael jr. In it which

they showed at the grave But uh, yeah, it's it's

um It's it's been One of those series that I

think were really well written and this trailer

looks to be the same exception because It's produced

acted You know directed written all that stuff

by the same group that did this actual series

back in the early You know early to mid -2000s

So I'm super stoked for that. I really want to

see that movie or not movie TV series Sorry,

I'm getting a lot of my plate right now So That's

another one like I said that I'm going to watch

regardless because I'm a fan of the original

and I watched it a couple times on Netflix, binge

watched. Getting into the other television trailer

that or teaser that dropped and I have mixed

reservations on this and I'll have to bring it

up again in a couple weeks with Birdman when

he comes back. It's the new Star Trek series

that's coming January 2017 to CBS All Access.

They have a logo that dropped, an image. They

have Like a little teaser and it says new heroes

new worlds new villains, you know new civilizations

or something like that and it's Okay, they're

teasing it. I get it. It looks very CW ask in

their CG and when I say that I mean it looks

very It looks polished to the point it's fake

And I say that and I realize that the other Star

Trek series were not real by any Regards or real

some of it was more realistic than others some

of it was more practical It I don't know the

the practical effects they used to do some of

the special effects Seemed to just look better.

I don't I don't I don't know I think it was but

again. It was a product of its time It was the

2000s or early 2000s late 90s that kind of thing

so again. I'm kind of torn But it's got that

shiny logo. It's got a weird thing that they

did like a split to the insignia Which I find

kind of strange But I personally hope with it

being in this set If it's supposed to be in the

TOS the original series film universe kind of

between Star Trek 6 or Star Trek 7 where you

know Kirk's eaten by the Nexus and then they

go to before TNG somewhere in there if it's in

that range, I'm hoping that again they have those

military uniforms which Nicholas Meyer was a

big instrumental person in getting those in place

because he was saying that it should be more

military. So it's kind of fitting that he's a

part of the producing staff for this and Brian

Fuller who was on Voyager and Enterprise and

I think some of DS9 maybe. Again I'm hoping that

they bring Q in for like a fun little nod because

He's timeless, technically. I know the guy ages.

I know John Delancey ages, but I think it would

be fun to have him show up regardless. It would

be cool to see Hikaru Sulu, you know, say that

it's like 30 years from the time he's captain

of the Excelsior. He would fit well with his

actual age in real life to have him show back

up or Nichelle Nichols or Walter Cohen. But...

And Shatner would be kind of fun to throw back

in there just as a throwback or something or

like they encounter him or something or a clone

or I Don't know something just it would be fun

to see him in there because it's the 50th anniversary

and I know he's not gonna be in the new film

But I doubt it. It would be kind of cool to see

data, you know Show up or dr. New newly and sing

Would be kind of cool to see you show up because

of you know, the time period that it's in But

again, who knows? I've got a lot of hope for

the show. I'm not gonna boo it right away until

after I actually watch it and give my opinion.

And again, you can't watch the pilot and expect

to get everything from the pilot. You have to

almost watch the pilot the first three episodes

after to kind of get the gist of what the series

is gonna be about. And that's with any show.

I've got this strict policy where... I kind of

go until the mid -season break, and if I still

care after the mid -season break, I'll go back

and watch it the rest of the way. But if it's

really bad up until that mid -season, I don't

have a problem dropping it, although most of

the time I get hooked and I watch them anyway.

Who am I kidding? I'm going to watch it. It's

cool. Getting into some fun movie stuff, we have

Robert Downey Jr. getting back to Sherlock Holmes

about time. producer Joel Silver confirms filming

may start this fall and teases more sequels which

honestly I kind of like that because I really

like Jude Law and Robert Downey Jr. playing Sherlock

Holmes and Watson in that series and I really

enjoyed the game of shadows a lot as well so

I'm really looking forward to this they're saying

though that And it's crazy it's been five years

since the last one 2011 they had a game of shadows

But uh the funny part is they got to get all

the schedules to line up but uh they're saying

that Iron Man 3 co -writer Drew Pierce was on

the case in 2011 but uh Then they had nothing

until now But during the press tour for Civil

War, Downey Jr. revealed that he's been talking

to Guy Ricci and Sherlock Holmes should start

filming this year, which I'm hopeful for because

again, I like the Sherlock Holmes films. I haven't

given Sherlock on the BBC any kind of love. I'm

not a Benedict Cumberbatch fan, so I have a hard

time watching anything with him in it. It's it's

just because I've it's been shoved on my throat

over the last few years And I I don't particularly

and this is not a knock against British people

I just I have a hard time watching anything where

like they're genuinely British people Unless

it's like The Hobbit or something like I just

and it depends on the character too Like I or

the actor like I'm very in tune with like certain

actors that I will watch because it's a certain

actor over Another so which isn't necessarily

right, but that's kind of how I do things I'm

kind of curious if you guys do that to like kind

of gauge based on an actor or a director or something

like that But uh So kind of moving on a little

bit more Bryan Singer suggested instead of recasting

Wolverine Which everybody's kind of hoping they

never recast Wolverine at least until it's been

decades Kind of like Robert Downey jr. Playing

Iron Man. I hope they don't re -cast. But they're

talking about having Axe 23 replace Wolverine

in the Axemen movies, which would be the only

logical thing that makes sense so you can have

a younger version of the character and still

have Wolverine's presence. So I'm deeply happy

on that concept there. I would definitely be

cool with that. Kind of moving on a little bit

I Heard rumblings that there's gonna be a Harley

Quinn spinoff movie, which I'm not necessarily

like for but I'm not necessarily against I Don't

what are you guys thoughts? I'm like having all

these random spinoff movies of kind of like full

-on films like Like Suicide Squad having a spinoff

with like, you know dead shot or having a spinoff

like Because they're doing it with Star Wars

right now. We're getting it with Han Solo. We're

going to get probably an Obi -Wan movie. They're

just biding their time. You know they're going

to do an Obi -Wan movie. It's just a matter of

figuring out when. They're going to gauge interest

is what they're doing right now. So yeah, I'm

kind of curious on how you would think about

that. Another fun thing that popped up is Transformers

5. Casting Josh Jamal and Tyrus Gibson will be

possibly returning And it's called the last night

which I'm kind of confused on where they're going

with transformers now plus the font looks horrid

And I have no idea where this is going I honestly

I've signed off mentally and To all capacities

of the transformer films they're garbage to me

like yeah, they're they were fun to begin with

but now I'm just to the point I don't want to

watch them anymore So I won't I May change my

tune when it comes out, but I'm not gonna pay

to see in the theater I'll wait till it hits

Netflix or something But I just I don't know

man. I'm so I wish that they would just get More

realistic transformers. I mean, I know they've

made them kind of realistic, but I wish they'd

give them some kind of the Some of the aesthetics

like they have in the IDW comics now I mean you

can see their gears and their pistons and some

of the mechanical parts of them But they look

like their 80s counterpart just modernized That's

what I was hoping for with transformers and hoping

with story and honestly, I'm kind of hoping that

because they're working from a think tank now

instead of just a set writer, that these films

are coherent and that they can rebound from the

crap shoot of two and four, but only time will

tell. And to get something that I actually like

out of the way, we have Batman Return to Arkham

announcement trailer, and they're remastering

the acclaimed games of Arkham Asylum and Arkham

City. And it comes with all the DLC and all the

stuff that comes with it. So if you're on the

Xbox or the Xbox One or the PS4, those will be

available soon, which that's spectacular. So

you'll be able to play in HD. The Arkham universe,

as it were, in full glory from start to finish

on the new console, which is a good concept.

I wish I had the new console so I could play

some of these new games, but it kind of sucks

I don't, because I will probably never play Arkham

Knight. Seeing that they never had it come out

for the PC with all the stuff. So... Getting

into some other gaming, we have Battlefield World

War 1 pitch was originally rejected by the EA

boss, which I find hilarious. So if they didn't

go with this World War 1 pitch... Provided it

still hasn't come out yet, so it could still

bomb If they don't do it right like we talked

about a couple weeks ago it it will bomb for

sure Right off the get -go, but I hope it doesn't

because I'm really a fan of the battlefield franchise

But uh yeah, they originally rejected the idea

and wanted to go into the direction that Call

of Duty is going But eventually they went with

the battlefield world war one pitch which Was

pretty much a slam dunk as far as the trailers

are concerned and the announcements concerned

Across the board because everybody was sick of

that modern and futuristic warfare because like

I said I'll play on real tournament if I want

futuristic I I won't play cod or battlefield

for that but I I think it's funny that it just

takes one suggestion and a possible misstep to

throw an entire universe of games in the up -and

-up or the toilet. So yeah, that rounds out the

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Radio, iTunes, So getting into my my kind of

thought process topic of the day I I've had this

thing that's been kind of eating at me For a

little bit and I haven't really known how I wanted

to tackle it but uh What I'm kind of getting

at here is how much is too much and When I say

that I mean I watch or did watch 17 different

television shows in a week I think it might have

even been closer to 20 at one point But like

how do you gauge how many shows are too many

shows like where's where's that that cutoff point?

Because, like, I myself enjoy television. But,

like, where does it become a total addiction?

So, I'm kind of torn. Because, like, I can list,

and I have a lot of shows I watch, I can list

all of my shows I have that I watch, and I get

to this point where it's... gambling time to

see which ones I Watch from week to week like

I used to watch like continuum, but that's over

used to watch heroes were born. That's over I

watched agent Carter. That's over And and then

I've got a multitude of other shows like I watch

arrow I watched girl meets world when it was

there a new one Gotham, Impractical Jokers, Last

Man Standing, Agents of S .H .I .E .L .D., Once

Upon a Time, Saturday Night Live, Shark Tank,

Star Wars Rebels, TMNT, Supernatural, Big Bang

Theory, Blacklist Flash, Whose Line Is It Anyway,

iZombie, and... Can't help but think that there

was Supergirl. I can't help but think that there

were some other shows that I'm missing. But like

I was watching almost 20 shows a week So I wasn't

really my head was always in the shows and I

was having a hard time like concentrating on

things So like I'm kind of wondering where you

draw the line and how many shows you watch or

whether you binge watch them all at once You

know to kind of get them all done instead of

having to go week to week and and sitting there

stuffing your brain with you know 20 hours of

content a week or you know Or if you just you

know don't watch them at all. I've already dropped

Agents of Shield. I know it's gotten better.

I just dropped it anyway. I dropped Once Upon

a Time. Saturday Night Live, I've come to the

conclusion I'm only going to watch if it's a

host I want to watch. Who's Line is in any way,

I kind of quit watching because they had too

many CW guests or people just show up randomly

for like a skit or two so it was ruining the

show to me so I quit watching it. I zombie I'm

on the fence because it got really good that

last episode but I don't know if I want to keep

watching with the amount of shows I watch Shark

Tank I quit watching a while ago my wife still

watches it I'm done TMNT is one of those ones

I'll watch but it's not on my like have to watch

list Last Man Standing I like to watch Impractical

Joker Supergirl Gotham Arrow Flash Blacklist

is kind of on that iffy side for me. Like, I

really like James Spader, but I'm not sure how

much I'm going to keep watching once Star Trek

and Lethal Weapon Start of some of these shows

that I've kind of got on my if -list. But, like,

I don't know. Like I said, I watch some of these

shows. It gets so hard to keep track of them

anymore. And I have this photographic memory,

I can't remember what time I'm supposed to be

somewhere, how to get somewhere sometimes, what

my wife told me 20 minutes ago. But I can remember

everything that happened in a season, or for

Supernatural's instance, the 11 seasons the show's

been on, almost 12. Especially with the thing

of Chuck being God on the show, it took five

years for me to get the payoff for it, but I

knew it was coming. And one of those weird predictions,

but it happened so like again. It's it's It's

weird. I've consumed my life with this stuff.

So like I'm trying to cut back and kind of enjoy

Family time or trying to use technology trying

to use you know different things to kind of open

up my mind so just always watching television

and So I was kind of wondering how you guys cope

with with all the shows or things that you're

interested in you know I I watch movies here

and there anymore, but it has to be one I'm really

interested in, like Star Wars I saw, Deadpool

I saw, Batman V Superman I saw, Civil War I saw.

So like, certain big ones I've watched, I will

eventually catch some of the smaller ones, I

just, I haven't, but again, I'm just kind of

curious how you guys kind of do it with shows

that are out. So and another thing on my kind

of altered opinions here and soapbox One of the

guys that that has runs a local comic con and

local comic publication. That's free to Flint,

Michigan Called Flint comics He said and he posted

this thing it was an article Saying a kick a

Afro burikua superhero comic will debut this

fall It's a New York born You know superheroes

enrolled at like Columbia University looks pretty

cool like it's got kind of a Captain America

Supergirl power girl kind of vibe and You know

an African American girl looks pretty cool actually,

but You know his statement when he posted this

article says if your superhero icons do not fit

your needs or voice Then create better icons

So tired of reboots when what this industry needs

are fresh creations. And I can see where this

could be a double -edged sword. Everybody kind

of knows my stance on it. I'm kind of pro create

your own instead of altering and rebooting stuff

that's already been out. And again, I realize

not everything that's out right now hasn't been

rebooted at some point and that whatever version

I'm clutching to might be some version that is

that way. So, like, with creating your own superheroes,

like, I kind of get it where people are wanting

one that's established to kind of fit their likeness

and whatnot and their lifestyle, because, like,

I don't... Yes, I enjoy Batman, and I love Batman,

and I love Flash, and I love all these guys.

I don't feel like any one of them actually fits

my personal personality and lifestyle and everything

like that. So, like, I... When I had the opportunity

in that pop culture class, I created my own.

And it was based off of me. So I just over -exaggerated

his life, or my life, into that. And created

this superhero that I liked, and I created the

costume, and I created all this. With tech, and

the healing factor, and some of the other cool

stuff that I like. But he's got very much like

a Batman Flash -esque kind of thing to him, but

he's got the healing factor of Wolverine, so...

It's to me that was what I wanted in a character,

but I also wanted him so that he was geeky He

was a podcaster. He's you know he owns an entertainment

company. He's you know He's one of the geeks

I mean, but he's you know the higher profile

kind of like you know you'd look at Nerdist or

you'd look at you know some of those kind of

channels but But he doesn't see himself as anything

more than an equal. It's just you know he's just

successful that's all so like that's that's how

i kind of portrayed the character but um so like

i created him to fit like me so like i get where

people want a character that fits them and and

i get where this guy's saying that you know we

need fresh creations and he's right because we

do um overemphasize these well -known characters

entirely too much to the point that they get

shoved down our throat look how many batman and

spider -man Superman reboots we've had over the

last 30 years. I mean there's been a lot And

it's not simply of going back and having young

actors play the characters and have you know

the younger generation versions and time periods

It's they're recasting like every decade spider

-man less than that, but same thing with Batman

now at this point, but So like again like I kind

of get both sides of the coin But I and I also

get that it's hard to get people to Actually

see these characters being that they're diverse

in there for a different group of people So like

it's I don't know I applaud both sides of it.

It's just Yes characters have to evolve to a

point, but I don't like when they they completely

change them either And I think that I'm not the

only one that's like that and there are people

that want them to change and there are aspects

that are dated like obviously fighting communists

or fighting different ethnic groups or whatever

that they may have done in the early 1900s or

mid 1950s or something. Like obviously that doesn't

apply now, but it was a social commentary of

what was going on. It's like saying Looney Tunes,

yes, they rebooted it to now so that it's more

fitting and more timely to the now instead of

being. the way it was back then but everything

is a product of its time and yes there should

be some evolution but there also should be some

new creation too and we shouldn't keep playing

in the same sandbox and remolding aspects of

the same thing and saying here eat this again

we just fed it to you but here here's a new version

you know it I guess that's kind of my point with

it is not that there shouldn't be evolution of

characters but that there should be new creation

as well so So yeah, that kind of gets both of

my soap boxes done And I'm sorry if it seems

like I'm ranting like if you guys have any comments

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feedback at geekcastradio .com I'd really love

to see what you guys want to see come up in the

episodes I've been having a lot of fun with the

newer format. I'm doing the segments and kind

of Playing with different different subjects

in the show It's been interesting This year this

year. I've had a lot more optimism a lot more

fun with all of the stuff in the network I think

specifically because I got to start off. I did

the awards I rebooted AGU. I got you know the

top 50 later this year. I'm gonna have a There's

gonna be another event that I believe movie revolt

and Optimus Solo are going to headline. That's

going to be sometime in June, July -ish area.

In August, I'll be doing another event much like

the... Well, it's going to be kind of revisiting

something. The top... It's not going to be a

top list. It's going to be the GCRN Wars Tournament

90s Villain Bracket. And this will be the same

size bracket as the video game icons bracket

we did last year and What will happen is I plan

to? I've had this list made for years. I've wanted

to do this for years since we did the 80s heroes

or 80s villains bracket I wanted to do the 90s

villains because Yes, I was familiar with about

50 % of the villains in the 80s. I'm familiar

with all of the ones in the 90s I watched a lot

of cartoons. So I have them all listed on this

thing. I have this bracket put together. I tried

to pair them as best as I could. But I really

cannot wait to get this list going. And it's

going to be, of course, a vote on the website.

I may bring back the traditional voting method

that we used to do with the little 50 % and the

choosing from the actual polls. The way that

the other thing broke down worked out pretty

well too. But I might change it. We've got some

changes going on at Geekcast Radio in the next

month, so that should be fun. So I hope you guys

have enjoyed this episode. I hope you guys enjoy

some of the comments coming up or concepts. So

thank you for listening to Altered Geek Unlimited.

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