Free Range Idiocy

- ScreenRant.com has some thoughts on Ahsoka Season 2

Thursday Feb 01, 2024

Episode 150: 2024 Royal Rumble Review

Thursday Feb 01, 2024

We are officially within the High Holy Days of the WWE calendar as the Royal Rumble marks the on-ramp to Wrestlemania. Who's gonna win? Who's gonna get got? Will any legends come waddling down the aisle for one last pop? We break it all down and give your thoughts!

Also, The Man They Call Tim rehashes a couple points from our previous episode, we have some thoughts on the second season of Ahsoka, and we react to the new Ghostbusters trailer in this episode's The Week In Geek!

LINKS OF INTEREST:

- New Ghostbusters Trailer dropped today!

- R-Truth and Triple H talking to each other (and others)

- This one is on us… More R-Truth goodness

...AND ANOTHER THING:

The Man They Call Tim recommends you watch The Iron Claw

Uncle Todd advises you to listen to Kevin Burt & Big Medicine - “Thank You Brother Bill: A Tribute to Bill Withers”

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- Geddy Lee shares a nice story about Robert Plant

Friday Jan 26, 2024

Episode 149: Beyond The Red Line - Fantasy Booking The BSG Reboot

Friday Jan 26, 2024

It's been damn near five years since news first broke that Sam Esmail would be rebooting Battlestar Galactica as the centerpiece of the new Peacock streaming service. All these years later, and the only thing Sammy has managed to do is go through two showrunners and say they have a vague outline. We find this unacceptable.

So we're stepping in to give our thoughts on how we'd reboot BSG (even though we really don't want to) and see if we can't make some sort of coherent plan out of the scraps that have been given thus far (spoiler: not a whole lot).

Also, we have one last intrusion of The Man They Call Tim's fake football team, an interesting story about Geddy Lee and Robert Plant, and wondering where Vision got to in the MCU in this episode's The Week In Geek!

LINKS OF INTEREST:

- Hey MCU – Where’s White Vision at?

- Everything We Know About The ‘Battlestar Galactica’ Reboot (themarysue.com)

- 1978-79 Battlestar Galactica (imdb.com)

- 2003 Battlestar Galactica miniseries (imdb.com)

- 2004-09 Battlestar Galactica (imdb.com)

...AND ANOTHER THING:

The Man They Call Tim recommends you read My Effin Life by Geddy Lee

Uncle Todd advises you to watch Monarch: Legacy of Monsters on Apple TV

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- It wouldn’t be end of the year without some juicy Battlestar Galactica / Sam Esmail updates!

Friday Dec 22, 2023

Episode 148: Best In The World - Cena vs Punk 2011!

Friday Dec 22, 2023

With all the hubbub surrounding the return of CM Punk to WWE, we decided to use it as a good excuse to watch one of The Man They Call Tim's favorite all-time wrestling matches - CM Punk versus John Cena from Money in the Bank 2011. Don't worry, we know the connection is tenuous... sort of like our grip on reality.

Also, we get yet another update on The Man They Call Tim's fake football team, our annual BSG reboot update, and some Andor season two updates in this episode's Week In Geek!

LINKS OF INTEREST:

- Sad news about Andor season 2….

- Here's the CM Punk - John Cena 2011 match on Peacock for non-commercial watchalong (we started at 2:03:03)

- Here's the match for free on YouTube

...AND ANOTHER THING:

The Man They Call Tim recommends watching The Holdovers starring Paul Giamatti

Uncle Todd advises you to read Rebel Without A Crew by Robert Rodriguez

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- Netflix taken to the cleaners by SciFi Director

Friday Dec 08, 2023

Episode 147: Survivor Series Review!

Friday Dec 08, 2023

Your humble idiotic servants catch up on the latest WWE PLV to see what all the hubbub was about. And boy howdy, was there ever some stuff a-happening! We run it all down for you in our official review!

Also, we get yet another update on The Man They Call Tim's fake football team, how our respective Thanksgivings went, Dave Filoni news, and Netflix getting taken to the cleaners in this episode's Week In Geek!

LINKS OF INTEREST:

- Dave Filoni is the MAN and Forbes thinks so too

- Here's the Gordon Ramsay video with the gravy recipe & more

- Looks like Seth Rollins wasn't too happy about the return of CM Punk

...AND ANOTHER THING:

The Man They Call Tim recommends the reMarkable Digital Notepad

Uncle Todd advises you to give Atlas by Gina Alibrio several listens and a purchase

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- Dune 2 is coming March 2024

Tuesday Nov 28, 2023

Episode 146: Glorious Purpose (& Bourbon)!

Tuesday Nov 28, 2023

There was a whole lotta hoopla and waiting for Loki season 2. Did it live up to the hype? Did the god of mischief manage to save all of time and space? Did Sylvie keep the 1980's mullet for the entire season? And most importantly... which idiot prevailed in our preseason predictions?!

Also, we get yet another update on The Man They Call Tim's fake football team, some thoughts on Dune Part 2, some news on The Mandalorian, and the thousandth article about the demise of Kang in the MCU in this episode's Week In Geek!

LINKS OF INTEREST:

- Mando Season 4 Ramping up Baby!!

- Is it curtains for Kang?

...AND ANOTHER THING:

The Man They Call Tim recommends the Atari Retro Video Game System

Uncle Todd advises you to check out Van Halen’s Fair Warning album with the vocals removed

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- Is Baylan Skoll more important to Ahsoka Season 2 than Thrawn?

Friday Nov 17, 2023

Episode 145: Bow Down To The King! - Triple H Takes Control Of WWE

Friday Nov 17, 2023

The world of professional rasslin' has been one helluva ride over the last year, especially if you've been following the behind-the-curtain stuff over at WWE. Now that the ink has dried on the merger of WWE with UFC to form TKO (because ya can't have too many three letter abbreviations can ya?), it appears that the rollercoaster of "Who's In Charge Around Here?!" is finally over with Triple H officially having complete creative control over WWE without the interference of Vince McMahon. What does it all mean? We break it down.

Also, we get yet another update on The Man They Call Tim's fake football team, some thoughts on Baylan Skoll from Ahsoka, a theory of how Thrawn got his night troopers, and remembering the acting icon that is Burt Young in this episode's Week In Geek!

LINKS OF INTEREST:

- Theory explains how Thrawn’s Resurrected Night Troopers lines up with Canon

- Yo Paulie! - RIP Burt Young, 83

- SmackDown season premier starring Triple-H’s sh*t-eating grin

- Here's Triple H at Lemmy's memorial service

...AND ANOTHER THING:

The Man They Call Tim recommends watching the revival of Frasier over on Paramount+

Uncle Todd advises you to check out the Beckham limited series documentary on Netflix

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- Well, we know one Loki R&J is probably wrong…

Monday Nov 13, 2023

Episode 144: Duel of the Idiots! - Results From Ahsoka The Real & The Jabroni!

Monday Nov 13, 2023

We tally up the results from our Ahsoka edition of The Real & The Jabroni to find out who was wrong and who was right... or, in this case, who was wrong and who was wrongest. Either way, there's a bottle of moderately priced bourbon on the line, so it's time to get out the abacus and see who made it over the finish line first!

Also, we get an update on The Man They Call Tim's fake football team, Adam Copeland in AEW, a tidbit from Loki, and some Mr. Fantastic wardrobe geekery in this episode's Week In Geek!

LINKS OF INTEREST:

- Interesting article on the details of Mr. Fantastic’s suit in Dr. Strange 2

- Here's the IGN troll article that Uncle Todd mentioned

- Gilbert Gottfried on Hollywood Squares - YOU FOOL!

...AND ANOTHER THING:

The Man They Call Tim recommends a visit to the nation's capital of Washington, D.C. is you are so inclined

Uncle Todd advises you to check out all of the Longmire mystery novels by Craig Johnson

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- MCU May Have Their Replacement for Kang

Friday Sep 29, 2023

Episode 143: Finally! - The Live Action Debut of Thrawn!

Friday Sep 29, 2023

We don't usually center an entire episode around one slice of a streaming series, but when you've read six books waiting for a character's live action debut, it's easy to get a little excited. We look at the sixth episode of Ahsoka and breakdown the first appearance of Grand Admiral Thrawn along with that other guy who hitched a ride with the space whales.

Also, we get an update on The Man They Call Tim's fake football team, whether Marvel has their Kang replacement warming up in the bullpen, rumors of a(nother) Westworld movie, and a little Battlestar Galactica musings in this episode's Week In Geek!

LINKS OF INTEREST:

- Westworld may be rebooted as a feature film…

- BSG - What does that final line mean?

...AND ANOTHER THING:

The Man They Call Tim recommends reading Thrawn: The Ascendancy Trilogy by Timothy Zahn

Uncle Todd advises you to read The Cold Dish by Craig Johnson

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- The Rock returns to Smackdown! on September 15th

Friday Sep 22, 2023

Episode 142: Loki Season Two - The Real & The Jabroni!

Friday Sep 22, 2023

Loki season two will be here before you know it, so your humble idiotic servants have delved into all the rumors and theories swirling about the interwebs in order to give you - da people - our official, lead-pipe-cinch verdict on what will definitely be happening (The Real) and what won't (The Jabroni).

Also, we drop some hot takes on Ahsoka episodes 4-5 (we hadn't seen episode 6 when this was recorded but woooh-baby will we have thoughts next week), an update on The Man They Call Tim's fake football team, and The Great One returns to his own show.

LINKS OF INTEREST:

- Rumors & theories from Game Radar

- Rumors & theories from Tech Advisor

- Rumors & theories from Screen Rant

- Rumors & theories from Movie Web

- Rumors & theories from Medium

...AND ANOTHER THING:

The Man They Call Tim recommends watching Star Wars Rebels on Disney Plus

Uncle Todd advises you to check out this sick cover of Joni Mitchell’s “Big Yellow Taxi” by Scary Pockets & Tal Wilkenfeld

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