Ancient Geeks episode 76: George Lucas' THX-1138
We begin a series of episodes about the first movies from directors who later made the classics of geek cinema. In this first episode, we take a look at George Lucas' first feature film, THX-1138. A ...
20 Juli 1h 3min
Ancient Geeks episode 75: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Harrison Ford and Sean Connery? More Nazi villains? A Grail quest In spite of the disappointment of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, we said, "Sign us up!" And it was glorious! A return to what m...
13 Juli 1h 6min
Ancient Geeks episode 74: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Of course there was going to be a sequel... We had high hopes for the second Indiana Jones movie, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Spielberg, Lucas, Ford...How could it go wrong? As it turns out,...
6 Juli 1h 7min
Ancient Geeks episode 73: Raiders Of The Lost Ark
You can hear the soundtrack start to play in your head already... No history of early geekery would be complete without Raiders Of The Lost Ark. In this episode, we talk about the roots of this movie ...
29 Juni 1h 23min
Ancient Geeks episode 72: Fantasy Star Trek crew draft
We take a detour from our normal reminiscences of geekery past to recruit our favorite Star Trek crews. Across all of Star Trek, from the original series to the modern era, whom do we pick for captain...
22 Juni 49min
Ancient Geeks episode 71: Dangerous Visions, Harlan Ellison's ground-breaking anthology
Aha! You thought we were done talking about Harlan Ellison! You fools! Actually, this episode is less about Ellison, and more about the contents of the anthology, Dangerous Visions, which Ellison orga...
15 Juni 1h 33min
Ancient Geeks episode 70: Beneath The Planet Of The Apes
Planet Of The Apes was a classic. Beneath The Planet Of The Apes was supposed to be the sequel to end all ape sequels, just as World War I was supposed to be the war to end all wars. How did both of t...
8 Juni 1h 8min
Ancient Geeks episode 69: 2010 The Year We Make Contact
In an earlier episode, we said that 2001: A Space Odyssey was one of the greatest SF movies ever made. Arguably, the greatest. Also one of the greatest films, period. And then in 1984 came the sequel,...
1 Juni 1h 1min
