S1E47 - Best of the Rest 2016 - “Get yourself a cookie and listen to Hamilton”

Best of the Rest 2016


In this episode:


Welcome to the Season 1 finale of the Geek to Geek Podcast.
It has been one heck of a year, and we could not have done it
without you fine folks backing us at every turn. We did not
expect the kind of response we’ve had to the cast, but we thank
you from the bottom of our hearts for listening to us ramble
about geekery and for being our friends (and not just internet
friends, either! Real friends!). Here’s to an amazing 2017, and
Season 2 picks up next week! Keep listening and tell your
friends!

Much like last week, we wanted to do our Best of 2016 list.
Whereas we focused on video games last time, this week, we’re
looking at pretty much everything else. From movies to books to
music to podcasts to YouTube videos, we break down our top picks
of the year so you can start 2017 off right.

Once again, we look at the few letdowns we had this year.
This isn’t a negative podcast, so we don’t dwell on it. Beej was
disappointed in Batman v Superman. It was a terrible movie that
he knew was going to be terrible, but despite his low
expectations, it was even worse than that. Void didn’t have much.
So let’s get on to the awesome stuff, shall we?

We did a huge list of honorable mentions because we tend to
sample a lot of stuff and try to experience as much cool things
as we can possibly fit into our lives (hence the Weekly Geekery
segment in each episode). A lot of our honorable mentions match
up, including fantastic Netflix originals, superhero shows and
comics, as well as some movies that we rank differently but still
considered some of the best things that happened in 2016.

And then there are our Top 6 picks of the year, ranked in
order of Supercoolitude (is that a word? It is now). What’s fun
about these is how different they are. It really shows the
different perspectives that we approach media and what we
consider worthwhile (you can also see this in our Star Wars:
Rogue One discussion a few weeks back). We very much agree that
all of our Top 6 are amazing choices, but the value we place on
each entry is decidedly different. We think you guys will enjoy
the discussion we have about each.



Weekly Geekery


Beej - Grabbed an iPhone 7 Plus because Verizon had a deal
and has finally realized how cool mobile gaming can be if you
have a device that’s worth gaming on.

Void - Snagged himself an NES Classic because he’s one lucky
son-of-a-gun. His kids are enjoying it almost as much as he is,
and that’s staying a lot!



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