This week, Geektown Radio heads to MCM Comic Con London for a special episode recorded around one of the UK’s biggest pop culture events, which took over ExCeL London for a packed weekend of TV, film, games, anime, comics, cosplay, panels and general geeky mayhem.

Dave went down to the convention for the weekend, although sadly Darryl had to drop out after being struck down ill, leaving Dave to tackle the heat, the crowds, the press room, and as many panels as one person could physically manage!

In the episode, Dave chats about the MCM experience, including the cosplay, the show floor, the strange relief of stepping into an air-conditioned convention centre during a 32C London weekend, and catching up with some brilliant comic creators. That includes Neil Gibson’s Twisted Comics, who now have a comic book adaptation of Black Mirror’s USS Callister, and Beyond The Bunker Comics, the wonderfully bonkers minds behind Moon and the new The Trap Door comic.

The main bulk of the episode features clips and interviews from across the weekend, including Nathan Fillion and Alan Tudyk, best known together from Firefly, Con Man and The Rookie, as they share some very funny convention stories.

We also hear from the Hellaverse panel, hosted by CJ Allen, with Richard Steven Horvitz, Vivian Nixon and Erika Henningsen discussing Helluva Boss, Hazbin Hotel, renewal news, voice recording, and the chaos Brandon Rogers can bring to a session.

There are also clips from the Beyond Paradise panel with Kris Marshall, Zahra Ahmadi, Dylan Llewellyn and Felicity Montagu, as they talk about the hit Death In Paradise spin-off.

Finally, Dave plays the full press room interview with the cast of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, featuring Dee Bradley Baker, Matt Lanter, James Arnold Taylor, Nika Futterman and Catherine Taber, as they discuss the legacy of the much-loved animated series, their characters, the fans, and the wider Star Wars universe.

There will also be video versions of some panels and interviews going up on the Geektown YouTube channel, along with cosplay and event photos on Geektown.co.uk.

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This week on Geekstorians, we’re looking at the leak that punched a hole through Hollywood’s gates.

For years, Fox had Deadpool sitting in development limbo. Ryan Reynolds wanted to make the film properly. Director Tim Miller had test footage. The fans knew exactly what they wanted. The studio, however, remained unconvinced.

Then, in July 2014, fifty-two seconds of Deadpool test footage appeared online.

It wasn’t a trailer. It wasn’t part of a polished marketing campaign. It wasn’t even supposed to be public. But once the footage hit the internet, the reaction was immediate, loud, and impossible for Fox to ignore.

In this episode, Dave traces the long road to Deadpool, from Hollywood’s old gatekeeping model and the internet’s war with studio control, through the disastrous version of Wade Wilson in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, to the leaked footage that helped turn an unlikely R-rated superhero comedy into a box-office monster.

Along the way, we look at how the success of Deadpool changed the conversation around R-rated comic book films, helped open the door for projects like Logan and Joker, and proved that audiences were no longer just waiting outside the studio gates. Sometimes, they could force the gates open.

This is the story of Ryan Reynolds, Tim Miller, Fox, fandom, the internet, and a red-suited menace who refused to stay in development hell.

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Dave is joined by Darryl on this week’s Geektown Radio as they chat through the latest TV, film and gaming news, along with the shows and games they’ve been watching recently.

Darryl kicks things off with a look at ‘High Potential’ Season 2, the crime procedural starring Kaitlin Olson, which continues to deliver those fun “clever outsider helps the police” vibes. He also reviews ‘Mistletoe Murders’, the surprisingly intriguing cosy crime series starring Sarah Drew, which is available in the UK on ITVX, along with Jackie Chan action thriller ‘The Shadow’s Edge’, and indie drama ‘The Bearded Girl’.

Meanwhile, Dave has been diving into the early access release of ‘Subnautica 2’, which builds on the underwater survival, base-building and monster-dodging brilliance of the original game. He also gives his thoughts on ‘The Punisher: One Last Kill’, the Marvel one-shot style special bringing Jon Bernthal’s Frank Castle further into the MCU, and discusses the finale of ‘Outlander’, including its deliberately ambiguous ending. Plus, there’s a look at ‘Good Omens 3’, which wraps up the story of Crowley and Aziraphale in a 90-minute Prime Video finale.

In the news section, we cover ‘The Lincoln Lawyer’ ending with Season 5 on Netflix, Channel 4 cancelling ‘Pushers’, and a huge batch of BBC comedy renewals including ‘Amandaland’, ‘Black Ops’, ‘Such Brave Girls’, ‘Things You Should Have Done’, ‘Mammoth’ and ‘Two Doors Down’. We also discuss renewals for ‘Prisoner’, ‘Running Point’, ‘My Life with the Walter Boys’, ‘Jury Duty’, ‘Reacher’, ‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles’, and more.

There are also air date updates for ‘Ride with Norman Reedus’ on ITVX, ‘Stuart Fails To Save The Universe’ on HBO Max, ‘VisionQuest’ on Disney+, and ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ Season 3 on Prime Video. Plus, Prime Video gives a series order to fantasy adaptation ‘Fourth Wing’, while Peacock begins development on a live-action ‘Fast & Furious’ TV series with Vin Diesel producing.

Finally, we run through next week’s TV highlights, including ‘Jack Ryan’, ‘Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed’, ‘SkyMed’, ‘The Boroughs’, ‘PONIES’, ‘Two Weeks in August’, ‘Dear England’, ‘Brokenwood Mysteries’, ‘Law & Order: Special Victims Unit’, ‘Rick and Morty’, and ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’.

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