In the first episode of 2019 of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin greets the new year with a new guest, Chris Chianesi as they discuss the female led Bird Box taking in 45 million viewers on Netflix, wonder if the Avengers are going to rally to save the Oscars, and celebrate Batwoman getting a pilot order from the CW in This Week in Queer.
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BIG OPENING
KEVIN: Avengers may “host” the Oscars
CHRIS: Sequel to Mary Poppins Returns in development
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DOWN AND NERDY
KEVIN: Escape Room, The Orville, Star Trek: Short Treks, Iceman, Young Justice
CHRIS: Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, David Sedaris’ Calypso
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STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER
Netflix’s Bird Box reportedly gets 45 million viewers in first week
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THIS WEEK IN QUEER
Batwoman gets pilot order
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CLIP OF THE WEEK
New trailer for Netflix’s Velvet Buzzsaw
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THE WEEK IN GEEK
MOVIES
• Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse won a Golden Globe
• New trailer for Captain Marvel
• Aquaman has crossed 1 billion in sales
• New trailer for Netflix’s IO
• New trailer for Netflix’s Polar based on the graphic novel
• Black Mirror: Bandersnatch sued by Choose Your Own Adventure publishers
• New trailer for The Prodigy
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TV
• Supergirl gets a visit from a Mean Girl
• New trailer for season 2 of The Punisher
• Sarah Michelle Gellar returning to tv in Sometimes I Lie
• New trailer for Jordan Peele YouTube series Wicked City
• Netflix orders David Fincher animated anthology series Love, Death, & Robots
• New trailer for Netflix’s animated Carmen Sandiego
• New trailer for Netflix series Russian Doll
• New trailer for Netflix series Sex Education starring Gillian Anderson
• New teaser and poster for Stranger Things season 3
• Luke Wilson joins DC Universe’s Stargirl
• First look at Watchmen and last season of Game of Thrones
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COMICS
• DC working on an animated adaptation of Batman: The Long Halloween
• Robert Kirkman doesn’t think The Walking Dead is repetitive
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SHILF
• KEVIN: Captain Marvel
• CHRIS: Blue Devil
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