3BlackGeeks Podcast

Sonic the Hedgehog much like Mario is a beloved franchise and icon. Throughout the years the series has had its share of ups and downs. More recently it had its fair share of down moments. Even with that, the franchise is still alive and kicking somehow. Thats the power of Sonic!

Wesley Snipes is just that damn good of an action star and Passenger 57 is a simple action flick that showcases everything you need to know about Snipes. Add on Bruce Payne who knows how to play a scenery chewing villain and some well done action and you have a fairly entertaining flick.

Its rare to get a movie starring 4 black women who are very strong and capable. Set It Off is a movie thats sort of realistic on the characters in terms of what they go through in life. Its what happens when these characters decide to take life by the balls and jump start it by robbing banks. Pretty good action and a standard plot where you'll see story points coming a mile away.

Most people left Power Rangers around the first season. Some right around Zeo but Turbo? Yeah Power Rangers Turbo was the season that literally pushed the franchise to the brink of pretty much being dead in the water. A season that tried to take the wackiness of the Carranger sentai and make a serious season out of it and the results was a very hit and miss affair.

This is probably one of the better movies about a music group and the crazy part is that its entirely fictional. What makes this movie work is that despite it hitting some tropes that you see in musical documentaries, it nails the characters and their struggles.

Well this is what you've been waiting for. This is a series of movies that progressively got insane and crazy with the plot and cars. It used to be about the pink slips but then it turned into a full on heist flick. Yet somehow despite all this, we got 7 entertaining movies out the deal.

So CJ sits down with Leon Langford who is writer of the Static Shock short, Electrogenesis and also creator of a new book, Street Slam. Definitely a must listen.

Parody movies come and go but there used to be a time where parody movies were actually good. Not Another Teen Movie is one of them. Taking all the tropes from teen movies of the 80's and 90's, this flick hits on all the classic stuff but its done in such a way where its legit funny.

Wherein we go over the NJPW G1 climax tournament, Field of Honor matchups, NXT Brooklyn, TNA shenanigans, and Summerfest...I mean Summerslam!

Quite possibly the movie that really emphasized that these comic book movies could work, the Raimi Spiderman trilogy echoed the old school Stan Lee era of Spidey books where its campy and fun in a good and entertaining way. Despite the trilogy sputtering out at the end with Spiderman 3, its still a trilogy thats worth a watch.

So we're on our third attempt on a Fantastic Four movie. Does the flick live up to the hype and controversy? Tune in and find out!

Its amazing how the mythology of a movie gets huge when an actor dies and The Crow is no exception. Brandon Lee died during production and it cast a huge hype train on the movies release. This movie definitely lived up the hype. A very basic revenge story that works well across the board from the action to the acting.

Much like Black Bible Black this is one of many stories of Dee and DjTsu's wild adventures as...(sigh)...hiphop artist. On this adventure they learn that chucking mixtapes at a HipHop Summit about financial responsibility is ALWAYS worth doing.

Quite possibly one of the more popular seasons of Power Rangers, Zeo was an action packed season that progressed the Zordon Era story. Characters experienced lots of growth, stakes were high at times, and we had bad guys who at times managed to put a wrinkle in the rangers plans. Solid season front to back.

For most people, the Incredibles is a solid superhero flick. A fun, family friendly movie that hits on some serious stuff at times. We're given a range of characters who are going through personal issues that your average person can relate to to an extent. Excellent cast and characters and the animation is solid as well.

Jim Carrey has always been a funny comedian. One of the greats even. The Mask is one of those movies that really showed the wackiness of Carrey big time. It took a lot from the Tex Avery cartoons and it has some moments where its laugh out loud funny. Other than that, the movie definitely has padded out lots of the plot for the sake of extending the time.

One of the big things coming out of the MCU movies was when were we gonna see the Antman character. Specifically Hank Pym. He was one of the founding members of the Avengers and there was rumors of the character and Wasp being in the original draft of the Avengers movie. But as with anything we had to wait till the character was announced. Well we got AntMan but its the Scott Lang incarnation. Not necessarily a bad thing cause the character actually has an excellent origin. So come along with us on this journey as we talk about this excellent movie.

Based on the comic of the same name, this movie is very Flash focused which is a big change of pace. Normally with DC animated movies it either Batman, Superman, or Justice League focused. At any rate, Flashpoint paradox tells the tale of what happens when you mess with events of the past and how it effects the future. This movie more or less shows the world in a chaotic mess but its so good.

Wherein the guys talk about the aftermath of the recent Monday Night Raw, random WWE news, Global Force Wrestling, NJPW, TNA, and the NXT ladies putting in work.

San Diego Comic Con has came and gone and man was it chock full of good news. So sit back as we break down all the comic book related newsworthy stuff.

Quite possibly the best Batman movie from an animated standpoint. Under the Red Hood managed to take a convoluted character with a convoluted background like Red Hood and completely rejuvinate it. Its a simple movie that really hits home on the action and story.

Wherein CJ and PrimeGundam talk about Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Season 1 - 3 and a little bit on Kamen Rider Dragon Knight.

CJ sits down with a fellow regular guest BlackChivalrousNerd as he talks about his beginnings as a thespian and boy does he have stories to tell. Check it out.

The late 90's going into early 2000's was a transitional period for comic book movies. Batman and Robin killed the genre but yet we were still getting these movies. In comes Mystery Men which didn't market itself as a comic book movie and despite what it was trying to do, it bombed in theaters yet it developed a cult following. Its a quirky movie to be sure and it has its funny moments.

The 90's was a very weird time for Marvel comic tv/movie properties. While DC was busy cleaning house with the Batman flicks, Marvel had some live action stuff that frankly wasn't good. Right around the time they were about to go bankrupt, they sold there characters rights to different studios from Sony to Fox. Generation X and Nick Fury tv movies came from the minds at Fox and the quality was very bad. Between Generation X being a just horrible movie to Nick Fury being just 'meh', things didn't always start off good with these comic book properties.

DjTsu and Dee take you beautiful people down a dark road that many anime fan are acutely aware of. The world Bible Black! They also talk SkinaMax; sexual culture of Japan and America; a bit of hentai history; and other tid-bits. It's very informative and VERY Rated X so...fair warning.

So the first experiment in Marvel doing a full blown Netflix series on superheroes kicks off with a hero that had a bit of a shaky past in media. Ben Affleck donned the mask and pulled off a decent movie which had a better version on home video. So here we are with Charlie Cox pulling off the role of Matt Murdoch/Daredevil and he does a damn good job along with the supporting cast of Vincent D'Nofrio, Rosario Dawson, Vonde Curtis Hall, and Elden Henson.

Wherein we talk about the legend that is Dusty Rhodes, Money in the Bank/Raw aftermath, the awesomeness that is NOAH/NJPW, and WTF is up with TNA.

Wherein we put the nail in the coffin and talk about the Schumacher era flicks of Batman Forever and Batman & Robin.

Wherein we talk about the first two Tim Burton Bat flicks, Batman and Batman Return.

DjTsu and Dee dive into their first some with video games. They talk about Konami and others failing us. Also they talk about fighting games and some I'm sure you never heard of.

We end the month on a movie that started Chan's rise to prominence in America. Rumble in the Bronx is the movie that showed the audience how awesome Chan was. Lots of crazy stunts and fights. On top of that you got some sketchy dubbing and an out there story thats forgettable.

Yet again Jackie Chan finds himself doing a genre that TONS of movies have done before. You might think it's ripping straight from Indiana Jones somewhat but Jackie Chan and co. manage to make it very lighthearted. Sure the stakes are there but the comedic nature of Chan on top of the martial arts action makes it a fun watch.

Wherein we talk about the fallout from the WWE Payback PPV, TNA possibly being gone again, New Japan shenanigans, and how awesome Kevin Owens is.

Just a quick update on the status of the podcast. Its a must listen!!!

If Stallone has the Rocky series and Bruce Willis has the Die Hard series then Jackie Chan owns the Police Story series as well. Chan throughout this series plays the ultimate Supercop who defies everything for the sake of getting the job done and catching the bad guy. These first two movies show it firsthand. Lots of crazy stunts and awesome action all around.

What can we say about Jackie Chan that hasn't already been said. The man has a stellar career and can put on a good show and this movie shows it in spades. Chan is at his best when he's bouncing off other actors and pairing him with Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao is just genius.

And then came a day where we as the movie going audience was graced with another Avengers movie and this time it was awesome. Great performances from Spader as Ultron even to the main cast. Non-stop action and a story that sets the stage for Phase 3 of the MCU.

One of the most underrated movies in Arnold's career. Its very surprising how good this movie turns out. Great acting from everyone from Vanessa Williams to James Caan. Yeah it gets hokey at points but its one of those times you just shrug and let it go.

Extreme Rules is upon us and what we have is a PPV peppered with gimmick matches good and bad. We also chat about recent NJPW events happening and TNA shenanigans yet again.

If you thought Avengers Disassembled had some mind fuckery well get ready for the mother of all mind fuckery. A continuation of Disassembled, House of M was a story that had long term ramifications for the Marvel Universe specifically with the mutants.

Its amazing to see a series go from 0 to 100 real quick(LOL see what we did there) and the Crank series managed to do it. While the first movie was very subtle despite the craziness, the second movie was just self aware of its stupidity and ran with it. Shenanigans abouds from these movies.

We all love JCVD but when he has a legit bad movie, we all weep in sadness. It doesn't help that the plot of this movie doesn't make a lick of sense and we honestly don't give two craps about the characters. Also we got Uncle Paulie and Rob Schneider along for the ride. Swell!!!

Lord have mercy. Every year the WWE does there best to put on a great PPV with Wrestlemania but its rare to see a show pumping on all cylinders from beginning to end. Everything that you wanted to happen actually happened. Good matches all around and lots of surprises along the way. Definitely a great time to be a wrestling fan.

In the world of anime especially with tv shows, you hope that your show catches on with the masses so that it will continue. Well in the case of Tenjou Tenge it was a situation where nobody gave a crap about the show despite the manga being good. Full of characters that range from giving a crap about to just not caring which is a shame cause the show had sooo much potential of being good.

With Wrestlemania 31 ramping up, CJ and Dee take a look at the matches. Also we chat a little about New Japan Wrestling and TNA shenanigans. Also BULLET CLUB!!!!

Mario and Sonic stand as iconic figures in video game history and its very rare to ever reach that status. One game series managed to leave its mark and give us a characters that indeed reached it and his name is Kratos. Throughout 3 games and some side story games, we've followed this character going through many hardships and its a helluva ride. The road is paved wth blood when it comes to this character.

The movie that began Seagal not giving a shit. Ultimately we have a movie that's just average in action and underutilized the shit out of Michael Jai White. It's a decent entertaining movie but wow oh wow is it bad.

Another WWE PPV in the bag that is more or less a placeholder to hype up Wrestlemania. We break down the show along with New Japan Wrestling, some NXT talk, and random Wrestling odds and ends.

Michael Jai White is one of those action stars who doesn't get enough credit for how solid he is. He has the presence and charisma that makes you like him. Blood and Bone is a prime example of him showing this. It's a simple movie with a plot that for the most part works. Great cast and great fighting choreography AND we got Rufio in this movie cause fuck it we love Dante Basco.