Original Geek
Two Gen X geeks who grew up hiding D&D dice from their parents now break down the franchises that built modern geek culture. Stand-up comic Steve Scarfo and Forever DM Jeff Shaw argue about Star Wars, Marvel, D&D, Star Trek, Fallout, comics, horror, and the shows everyone's actually watching — with comedy, sharp opinions, and zero gatekeeping. New episodes weekly. No homework required.
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57 episodes
Coyote vs. Acme Review & the Real History of Looney Tunes | Original Geek | S1E39
Warner Bros. finished Coyote vs. Acme, then shelved it for a tax write-off. Ketchup Entertainment rescued it, and it's been filling theaters since August. We saw it ten days in to a mostly full house and came out with a theory, a grudg...
Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 4 Review — The Gate of the Feral Gods | Random Review | Original Geek
We set the topic. The dice set the direction. This week: Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 4, The Gate of the Feral Gods — the bubble floor, four castles, and one very large puppy.The first roll sent Steve and Jeff into the Gat...
Lanterns Episode 1 Review — Tom King, Kyle Chandler & Aaron Pierre | Random Review | Original Geek
We set the topic. The dice set the direction. This week it's Lanterns, episode one — and both of us walked in already sold.The first roll landed on Tom King's fingerprints, which stung a little, since we were standing in the sam...
Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 3 Review — The Dungeon Anarchist Cookbook | Random Review | Original Geek
We set the topic. The dice set the direction. This week the d20 pointed us at Dungeon Crawler Carl Book 3, The Dungeon Anarchist Cookbook — and Steve and Jeff had no idea which two questions they'd be answering until the dice ...
James Gunn's DCU Reboot & Lanterns Episode 1 Review | Original Geek | S1E38
Two Marvel guys walk into the Green Lantern Corps.Steve and Jeff review episode 1 of HBO's Lanterns, then dig into James Gunn's whole DCU reboot — Super Friends to Snyderverse to now. Tom King's fingerprints on Hal Jordan. Kyle ...
We Fan-Cast Her, Then Told Her To Her Face | Fan Expo Boston | Original Geek | S1E37
Steve and Jeff spent a day at Fan Expo Boston and brought back the whole thing: Chris Evans, the Hobbits, The Boys, and the moment they told Colby Minifie they'd fan-cast her as Cascadia in Dungeon Crawler Carl. Plus what a con actually c...
Carl's Doomsday Scenario (DCC Book 2): Do the NPCs Know They're Trapped? | Random Review | Original Geek
Some of the monsters know they're monsters. And they can't leave.Book two of Dungeon Crawler Carl drops Carl and Princess Donut onto the third floor — and starts quietly asking a question the games we grew up on never did: what if the N...
Is Spider-Man: Brand New Day a 10/10? Jean Grey, the Multiverse & Rewatchability | Random Review | Original Geek
Only one Spider-Man is allowed a 10 on Steve's scale. Jeff disagrees. Loudly.The dice decide how we review Spider-Man: Brand New Day — we set the topic, the d20 sets the direction, and we don't know what we're saying until we're already...
OG Call Sheet: Fan Casting Dungeon Crawler Carl | Original Geek
The first edition of the OG Call Sheet is here — the segment where we cast our favorite stories the way they were meant to be. With a Dungeon Crawler Carl adaptation reportedly in the works at Seth MacFarlane's Fuzzy Door, Steve and...
Random Review: Dungeon Crawler Carl (Book 1) — The Hardest Book to Recommend? | Original Geek
A guy in his boxers. Crocs. A talking cat. Try recommending that to a normal person — they'll look at you like you've lost your mind. Then they read one page of Princess Donut, and they're in the cult too.Steve and Jeff roll the...
Dungeon Crawler Carl: Book 1 Review & We Cast the Peacock Series | Original Geek | S1E36
Dungeon Crawler Carl book 1 review — Steve and Jeff break down Matt Dinniman's LitRPG phenomenon, Princess Donut, and who should play Carl in Seth McFarlane's Peacock series.The apocalypse will be televised. A guy in boxers, Crocs, and ...
Random Review: We Rolled a Nat 1 Reviewing DREK with the Guy Who Wrote It | Original Geek
The rules of Random Review are simple: we set the topic, and the d20 sets the direction. We know what we're reviewing — we just don't know how. This time we handed the dice a post-apocalyptic novel and sat the author down to defend it in real t...
Indie Horror Author Alex Grass on Dreck & Infernal Tramps | Original Geek | S1E35
Author Alex Grass joins us in the basement for the debut of Artists Alley — and he brought the whole shelf with him: Black River Lantern, Influencer, Drek, A Boy's Hammer, and the brand-new shor...
Disclosure Day: Spielberg's Alien Movie Gets the D20 Treatment | Random Review
We rolled the d20 on Disclosure Day, Spielberg's new alien movie, and the dice picked our fights for us.Roll one: the cold open that skips the close encounter entirely and throws you into Act 2 mid-chase, with Daniel already running and ...
Spielberg's Aliens: Trilogy, Quadrilogy, or Quintology? | Original Geek | S1E34
How many alien movies has Steven Spielberg actually made? Ask three geeks, get three answers — and that's exactly the fight we pick this week.With Disclosure Day finally in theaters, we put Spielberg's entire alien run under the microsco...
Random Review: Spider Noir - Nic Cage goes full NOIR | Original Geek
This week on Original Geek Random Review, Steve Scarfo and Jeff Shaw roll the dice and land in the smoky, shadowy world of Spider-Noir.Nicolas Cage stars as Ben Reilly, a broken-down private investigator with a past life as The Spider, a...
Random Review: The Mandolorian & Grogu | Original Geek
Is The Mandalorian & Grogu a true Star Wars movie event… or does it feel more like a Disney+ episode with an IMAX upgrade?On this Original Geek Random Review, Steve Scarfo and Jeff Shaw roll the dice and review The M...
Geek Court: Was Gen V a Betrayal of The Boys Universe? | Original Geek Podcast
The boys are putting Gen V on trial. Jeff prosecutes the spin-off for the ultimate irony — a show that satirizes corporate franchise expansion… by expanding into a franchise. Steve defends it as legitimate universe-building that explores ...
Random Review: The Boys Series Finale (SPOILERS) | Original Geek
⚠️ FULL SPOILERS for the series finale. Watch the episode first, then come back.Episode 8, "Blood and Bone," had the hardest job on TV: end Butcher, Hughie, Starlight, and Homelander without short-changing five seasons of buildup. Did i...
Deconstructing the Cape: The Boys Series Finale, Gen V on Trial | Original Geek | S1E33
The Boys is over. We watched the series finale the day it dropped — and now we're Deconstructing the Cape.Steve and Jeff dig into five seasons of Compound V and corruption, then break down the finale: the Deep's karmic end, Huey's "it just ...
Random Review: Punisher – One Last Kill (BONUS) | Original Geek
A standalone Random Review — Steve and Jeff break down Marvel's Punisher: One Last Kill in under 20 minutes.The dice gave us two prompts: the dog death in the opening and the PTSD representation throughout the special....
Which Star Wars Trilogy Did the Most Damage? (May the 4th Special) | Original Geek | S1E32
May the 4th be with you… but we’ve got a problem.In this special episode of Original Geek, Steve and Jeff put Star Wars on trial:👉 Did George Lucas wreck the saga with the prequels?👉 Or did J. J. Abrams and Rian Johnson fini...
Daredevil: Born Again, Kingpin’s Evolution, and the Case for Ben Affleck’s Daredevil | Original Geek | S1E31
This week on Original Geek, we head into Hell’s Kitchen to talk all things Daredevil — especially Daredevil: Born Again on Disney+.Steve and Jeff break down what’s working in the new series, why Vincent D’Onofrio’s Kingpin is still one ...
Why We Love Competence Porn | Project Hail Mary, Sherlock Holmes & Smart Heroes | Original Geek | S1E30
Why are stories about highly capable, hyper-competent characters so satisfying to watch?In this episode of Original Geek, Steve and Jeff explore the oddly perfect geek culture concept of “competence porn” — the movies, shows, and charac...
Galaxy Quest Reunion & Our First Convention in 30 Years... We Weren't ready | Original Geek | S1E29
What happens when two Gen X geeks walk into their first convention since the 80s?They realize geek culture didn’t just survive… it took over.In this episode of Original Geek, Steve and Jeff dive into their experience at Northeas...