Pol and Kirsten and Bud talk Jurassic Park/World/Rebirth/What, AI voices, Dilbert, Norm!, and . . . or. And, by that, I mean Andor.
Bud’s Weekly Geek-out
06:26 – Duolingo AI
Coming Soon
08:30 – Task (H!B!O! Max miniseries, September)
12:13 – IT: Welcome to Derry (H!B!O! Max series, 9 eps, ”summer”)
15:46 – Nobody 2 (in theatres August 15)
18:07 – Jurassic Park/World/Rebirth (in theatres July 2)
24:37 – Zootopia 2 (in theatres November 26) (Zoner Mary)
26:54 – Americana (in theatres August 22)
28:33 – The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender (in theatres October 9, 2026)
Geek News Proper
30:46 – SAG-AFTRA files unfair labor practice charge over AI Darth Vader Fortnite voice (family approved?)
38:23 – Sesame Street heads to Netflix after Trump pulled funding, but will stay on PBS
40:34 – Dilbert creator Scott Adams says he’s dying of ‘the same cancer that Joe Biden has’
44:04 – George Wendt (”Norm!” from Cheers) has died at 76
RUMOURS and HEARSEY
48:12 – Daniel Day-Lewis is being eeeEEEyyyeeeDDD to play Magneto in X-Men reboot (source: Comic…Book…Movie…dot com?)
Reviews and Recommendayshes
48:50 – Thunderbolts* (POL??!?)
56:04 – And? Or?
1:14:01 – The Last of Us S02E06 – The Price
related: Pearl Jam’s TLoU EP
related YES NERDS, OF COURSE HE KNEW THE TIMELINE
related: The Last of Us’ now has four seasons, and Naughty Dog is making a ‘secret game’
1:26:43 – Murderbot S01E01/E02 – FreeCommerce/Eye Contact
1:30:01 – The Studio
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