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Geek News on the Radio from May 11th, 2026 · The Radio From Hell Show - Best Of

• 0:02
  Speaker 1: Funny, funny stuff. All right, don't have anything really big
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  Speaker 1: for you. I have a lot of small stories, but
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  Speaker 1: we'll start with This is a comic book by Matt Fraction.
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  Speaker 1: He's a terrific writer called Sex Criminals. Okay, I've told
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  Speaker 1: you about this before, but we finally have casting and
• 0:27
  Speaker 1: they're moving forward with it. Imma Jean Pots and John
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  Speaker 1: Reynolds will star as series leads sus and John in
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  Speaker 1: the upcoming Sex Criminals TV series on Amazon Now. Like
• 0:39
  Speaker 1: the comic John Reynolds, I don't know who that is,
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  Speaker 1: The series concerns Sues, a normal girl with an extraordinary ability.
• 0:48
  Speaker 1: When she has sex, she stops time. Oh yes, One
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  Speaker 1: night she meets John, who has the same gift, and
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  Speaker 1: so they do what any other sex having time stopping
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  Speaker 1: couple would do.
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  Speaker 2: They rob banks.
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  Speaker 3: That's what I would do.
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  Speaker 1: And it's a very enjoyable comic. Matt Fraction, Chip Zadarski
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  Speaker 1: is also very talented.
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  Speaker 2: He's involved in it.
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  Speaker 3: How long does time stop that?
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  Speaker 2: I'm not sure.
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  Speaker 3: It may be variable.
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  Speaker 2: It may be like this depends on how good. Maybe.
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  Speaker 1: I'm sorry, you'll have to watch the show when it
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  Speaker 1: comes on Amazon. Let's see, Amazon is where that show
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  Speaker 1: is going to happen. Okay. Now, I was talking earlier
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  Speaker 1: with Bill Frost about this, and in a recent interview
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  Speaker 1: with Today, Judith Light discussed playing her mystery villain character
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  Speaker 1: for The Punisher One Last Kill. She says it's a mystery.
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  Speaker 1: There is online speculation that it's a character named Mannucci
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  Speaker 1: who is the head of a crime family who eventually
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  Speaker 1: gets their arms and legs cut off.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know how that happened, but she.
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  Speaker 1: Says it's going to be a surprise. John Burnhal is
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  Speaker 1: just remarkable. He wrote this with Rainaldo Marcus Green, who
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  Speaker 1: directed King Richard, and we did this in twelve days.
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  Speaker 2: The crew was amazing. John is extraordinary.
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  Speaker 1: We were able to go deep really fast. I think
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  Speaker 1: people will be surprised. I think they'll really appreciate it.
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  Speaker 1: This is about transformation and what it means to be
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  Speaker 1: a person who holds on to revenge. It's very special. Okay,
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  Speaker 1: And there there she is, and we'll find out on
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  Speaker 1: Tuesday what it premieres. She has arms in that picture.
• 2:36
  Speaker 1: Adam Scott said, we're sorry that Severance is taking so long.
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  Speaker 3: Well, we're going to forget what happens.
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  Speaker 2: I know, right I have to rewatch the whole season.
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  Speaker 1: Forget for episode to episode. I forgot what was exactly.
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  Speaker 1: Now vaut Rising is the name of the show. Now
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  Speaker 1: what this is is it's a prequel to the Boys,
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  Speaker 1: because a Soldier Boy, this will be like his origins
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  Speaker 1: and Stormfront the Nazi played by this woman that I'm
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  Speaker 1: crazy about, Aya Cash the screen. The showrunner Eric Kripke
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  Speaker 1: said that the spinoff series may ask the audience to
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  Speaker 1: sympathize with Soldier Boy.
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  Speaker 2: It's hard to because he's a dick in the Boys.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, but we will never ask you to sympathize with Stormfront,
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  Speaker 1: he says. In no way will I ever ask the
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  Speaker 1: audience to sympathize with Stormfront.
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  Speaker 2: She's a Nazi and she sucks.
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  Speaker 3: Okay, so you.
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  Speaker 1: Know where you stand, Just so you know, he says,
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  Speaker 1: I think if it's teasing anything, it's really that he
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  Speaker 1: had feelings for Clara more than he had originally let on,
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  Speaker 1: and you'll get to see that play out in Bought Rising.
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  Speaker 1: You'll understand a little bit more of what Soldier Boy
• 3:52
  Speaker 1: and Bomb Site's relationship and why they resent each other
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  Speaker 1: in Bought Rising.
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  Speaker 2: So it's like an origin.
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  Speaker 1: Kind of a show for Vought Rising if you're and
• 4:03
  Speaker 1: this last episode of the Boys, everyone went, wow, that's
• 4:07
  Speaker 1: wild because Homelander got a golden statue of himself.
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  Speaker 3: Where have I seen that?
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  Speaker 2: Exactly? It was like a day later that Trump unveiled his.
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  Speaker 3: Well and they filmed this how long ago exactly?
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  Speaker 1: Crystal Lake, which is the young Jason Borhees show before
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  Speaker 1: the Mask, Yeah, Lynda Cardelini as Pamela Warheees.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, she's the killer. That's what the show is going
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  Speaker 2: to be about.
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  Speaker 1: It is set to premiere August October fifteenth, two weeks
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  Speaker 1: and change before Halloween, so there's a little bit of
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  Speaker 1: a story. Matthew Lillard has joined the cast of Man
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  Speaker 1: of Tomorrow in an undisclosed role. That's the Superman sequel.
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  Speaker 1: And James gunn just confirmed that the clay Face that
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  Speaker 1: is getting his own movie, that clay Face is not
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  Speaker 1: only the same character scene here in Creature Commandos, which is,
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  Speaker 1: according to James gun Cannon, in the DC universe, but
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  Speaker 1: he says that this clay Face is in fact in
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  Speaker 1: my DC universe. He likes the movie that well, okay,
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  Speaker 1: And finally this.
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  Speaker 3: Popcorn buckets okay for what movie?
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  Speaker 2: Masters of the Universe.
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  Speaker 3: Let's see what before you tell me. Let me see
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  Speaker 3: if I can guess. Is it like a Castle Grayskull?
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  Speaker 2: Very good, did I guess? You guessed one of them
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  Speaker 2: Castle Grayskull. There's also Skeletor's Throne.
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  Speaker 1: I'll bet there's no stink ore there. Listen, don't even
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  Speaker 1: get me started the lack of stink or the lack
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  Speaker 1: but the Castle Grayskull, show the picture one of those.
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  Speaker 1: One of those towers is removable, and it's a drink cup.
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  Speaker 3: Perfect, Okay, I like it.
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  Speaker 2: But the power sword. How do you popcorn out of
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  Speaker 2: a sword? You don't.
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  Speaker 1: That's a beverage dispenser. It's a drink vessel.
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  Speaker 3: Tip it up.
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  Speaker 2: Now there's where the handle is. There's a straw.
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  Speaker 1: But yeah, it's a drink vessel.
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  Speaker 3: So now we're doing multiple things.
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  Speaker 1: Oh yeah, fantastic fourhead, two of them. They had the
• 6:23
  Speaker 1: Fantastic car and Galactus's Head which I nearly bought huge
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  Speaker 1: But anyway, so Masters of the Universe.
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  Speaker 2: That opens June fifth, and they'll probably have these available
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  Speaker 2: as well.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, in the throne room, a Skeletor's Throne room, it
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  Speaker 1: lights up, which is great in a movie theater.
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  Speaker 2: Isn't everybody that