In this week’s special post-Valentine’s Day episode of the Geeks OUT Podcast, Kevin is joined by his fiancé Alex West, as they discuss the new teaser for Frozen 2, mourn the cancelation of all Marvel shows on Netflix, and celebrate Brie Larson for utilizing her platform to increase inclusivity as our Strong Female Character of the Week.
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BIG OPENING
KEVIN: Netflix has officially canceled The Punisher & Jessica Jones
ALEX: Disney promoting same-sex Fairy Tale Weddings
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DOWN AND NERDY
KEVIN: Happy Death Day 2U, Umbrella Academy, Voltron
ALEX: Project Blue Book, Star Trek: Discovery
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STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER
Brie Larson using Captain Marvel to push for more inclusive press coverage
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THIS WEEK IN QUEER
Gay Muslim comic deleted from Instagram following pressure from Indonesian Govt.
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CLIP OF THE WEEK
New teaser for Frozen 2
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THE WEEK IN GEEK
MOVIES
• Black Panther leads in nominations for NAACP Image Awards, no love for Pose
• New trailer for Disney’s live action remake of Aladdin
• Red Sonja now officially on hold
• Aquaman is the highest grossing DC movie of all time worldwide
• New teaser for Detective Pikachu
• New trailer for horror/thriller Ma starring Octavia Spencer
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TV
• Season 6 of Agents of SHIELD now coming in May
• New teaser for season 2 of Cloak & Dagger
• Hulu to release 4 animated Marvel series plus a team-up special The Offenders
• New trailer for Netflix’s Love, Death & Robots
• Season 3 of Santa Clarita Diet coming March 29
• New trailer for The Hot Zone
• New trailer for Doom Patrol
• USA Network orders adaptation of Brave New World
• Nickelodeon developing a Star Trek animated series
• Nickelodeon revives All That, orders SpongeBob spinoffs, & Are You Afraid of the Dark
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COMICS
• DC’s new event series DCeased have heroes dealing with a pandemic
• Sina Grace takes on Jughead