Ancient Geeks

Ancient Geeks

Two old geeks talk about being young geeks, at a turning point in popular culture. In the 60s, 70s, and 80s, the threads of modern geek culture emerged and wove together. Science fiction, fantasy, comics, movies, TV shows, tabletop games, computer games, ad all their incarnations. The great SF&F writers, Star Trek, Star Wars, monster movies, D&D, Doctor Who, the Marvel and DC superheroes, 2001, Planet of the Apes, conventions, Zork, Ultima...What was it like to experience these for the first time? Why did we love them? And how do we feel about them, decades later?

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Ancient Geeks, episode 60: Star Trek The Next Generation part 3

Ancient Geeks, episode 60: Star Trek The Next Generation part 3

Steven and Tom review the first season of Star Trek: The Next Generation. We talk about the key episodes, such as the pilot, the death of a main character, and the re-introduction of the Klingons and ...

30 Mars 1h 50min

Ancient Geeks episode 59: Star Trek The Next Generation season one, part 2

Ancient Geeks episode 59: Star Trek The Next Generation season one, part 2

In the mid-1980s, we heard that a new Star Trek series was on the way. But it wouldn't include anyone from the cast of the original series. It was to be set decades in a future, with a new Enterprise,...

23 Mars 1h 4min

Ancient Geeks episode 58: Star Trek: The Next Generation part 1

Ancient Geeks episode 58: Star Trek: The Next Generation part 1

An episode the size of the Alpha Quadrant! We go back to 1987, the year when Star Trek: The Next Generation premiered. In this first part of the discussion, we discuss the state of Star Trek at this t...

16 Mars 1h 12min

Ancient Geeks episode 57: Blake's Seven season two

Ancient Geeks episode 57: Blake's Seven season two

The second season of the political science fiction thriller Blake's Seven advanced and improved upon the first season. Characters and situations evolved as the crew of the Liberator continued their fi...

9 Mars 1h 12min

Ancient Geeks episode 56: Close Encounters Of The Third Kind

Ancient Geeks episode 56: Close Encounters Of The Third Kind

In 1977, the other big science fiction film release, aside from Star Wars, was Close Encounters Of The Third Kind. Riding the wave of success from Jaws, Steven Spielberg wrote and directed the iconic ...

2 Mars 1h 54min

Ancient Geeks episode 55: Isaac Asimov's I, Robot

Ancient Geeks episode 55: Isaac Asimov's I, Robot

When we were youngsters, first exploring science fiction, Isaac Asimov's robot stories were a must-read. The short story collection I, Robot, anthologized Asimov's stories that centered on the famous ...

23 Feb 1h 11min

Ancient Geeks episode 54: Terminator 2

Ancient Geeks episode 54: Terminator 2

The Terminator was a surprise hit. We knew something good was coming with the sequel, but we had no idea what. T2 exceeded expectations, with sympathetic characters (including a friendly Terminator), ...

16 Feb 1h 29min

Ancient Geeks episode 53: The Terminator

Ancient Geeks episode 53: The Terminator

We'll be back...with a new episode! We knew Schwarzenegger from Conan, But who was this James Cameron guy? It was a surprise hit, one of those "you gotta see this" films. Was it an action movie? A sci...

9 Feb 54min

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