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Altered Geek Unleashed – 120 – The Year Awakens

AGU-POD-3The guys join up for the first episode of 2016! We talk Star Wars VII, Deadpool, Comic Films, Anticipated Comic Films, Transformers 5, and our Geek Toy Collections.

All this and more on this week’s AGU! We hope you continue to enjoy the episodes and please feel free to respond to any and all feedback methods. We will read and reply on the show. Topic suggestions also welcome. So get Altered, Get Geeky with the Altered Geeks.

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  • Your Geek Question for the Week
    • What are some Geek Toys you’ve decided to reclaim or want to get as a “masterpiece”?
    • What did you think of Star Wars The Force Awakens?
    • Is there anything you’d like us to cover? Let us know!

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12 Comments

  1. I have gone head first into the Star Wars toy collecting again. I told myself I was not going to but after seeing the movie I cannot help myself. I have opened everything too. No shame. I figure there are so many people buying to ‘collecting purposes nowadays they won’t be worth nearly as much as classic Star Wars toys.

  2. For Star Wars This story is a very strong parallel of episode IV. In some ways it’s very pleasant because it creates a strong ling between the OT and the new trilogy. Now I understand that some people might be quite disappointed by this, and see it as a very lazy way to make a new Star Wars movie. I do agree with this feeling, I somehow wish the ressemblance with episode IV was not as important. To me, it feels like 3 huge aspects of ANH are completely copied : – The quest that befalls on a seemingly modest hero – The mission to destroy a giant planet-sized weapon – The death of the hero’s mentor (which at this point is now a Star Wars classic for each first movie of the trilogy). There are more, but these are the principal plot points that are in all ways similar to the OT.On the other part, I really enjoyed the fact that the scenario has come back to a simple story the way the OT was written. No stupid and useless politics, we just have a hero and a quest, which is what Star Wars, a soap opera, should be. Despite the similarities, this film is still sufficiently different from ANH to avoid being really repetitive. It looks like it, but it’s not exactly the same and it certainly has it’s own qualities.I just feel that the quest is a little underwhelming. The fact that Leia is spending so much resources to try to find Luke seems a little surprising. Especially since Luke doesn’t seem to have the answer to the Resistance’s problems. I strongly believe that in order to validate and justify the story of TFA, the story of episode VIII will have to explain further why finding Luke was so important.

      1. I agree and disagree with that. At the end I was hoping he’d say something but I am glad they didn’t make Luke a big part of it just yet. It made Hans role more important and allowed the focus to be on the new characters.

  3. I have gone head first into the Star Wars toy collecting again. I told myself I was not going to but after seeing the movie I cannot help myself. I have opened everything too. No shame. I figure there are so many people buying to ‘collecting purposes nowadays they won’t be worth nearly as much as classic Star Wars toys.

  4. For Star Wars This story is a very strong parallel of episode IV. In some ways it’s very pleasant because it creates a strong ling between the OT and the new trilogy. Now I understand that some people might be quite disappointed by this, and see it as a very lazy way to make a new Star Wars movie. I do agree with this feeling, I somehow wish the ressemblance with episode IV was not as important. To me, it feels like 3 huge aspects of ANH are completely copied : – The quest that befalls on a seemingly modest hero – The mission to destroy a giant planet-sized weapon – The death of the hero’s mentor (which at this point is now a Star Wars classic for each first movie of the trilogy). There are more, but these are the principal plot points that are in all ways similar to the OT.On the other part, I really enjoyed the fact that the scenario has come back to a simple story the way the OT was written. No stupid and useless politics, we just have a hero and a quest, which is what Star Wars, a soap opera, should be. Despite the similarities, this film is still sufficiently different from ANH to avoid being really repetitive. It looks like it, but it’s not exactly the same and it certainly has it’s own qualities.I just feel that the quest is a little underwhelming. The fact that Leia is spending so much resources to try to find Luke seems a little surprising. Especially since Luke doesn’t seem to have the answer to the Resistance’s problems. I strongly believe that in order to validate and justify the story of TFA, the story of episode VIII will have to explain further why finding Luke was so important.

      1. I agree and disagree with that. At the end I was hoping he’d say something but I am glad they didn’t make Luke a big part of it just yet. It made Hans role more important and allowed the focus to be on the new characters.

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