Geek Tragedy Podnotes

Episode 36: The Geeks Get Wrecked!

Starters:

• Ledon of Jaimel and Ledon Hate The World sits in!
• Happy Brthday to Malachi Nicolle of Axe Cop!
• Kyle does a guest shot on the Two Schooners Podcast

Geek News:

• From the Hollywood Desk:

1. Stephen Lang may play final boss in new Conan movie
2. Stan “The Man” Lee makes an Oscar pitch
3. Sylvain White to direct movie about young Arthur; entitled “Pendragon”

• From the Comics Desk:

1. J. Jonah Jameson finally fires Peter Parker

• From the Television Desk:

1. Smallville renewed for 10th season
2. Futurama renewed for new season

• From the Gaming Desk:

1. PS3s worldwide struck by mysterious error 8001050F
2. Terrorist PlayStations aid Taliban

• From the Cellar:

1. New in Japan – Transvestite maid cafes for female yaoi fans
2. Also new in Japan – Bikini PC building
3. Korean otaku marries pillowcase
4. Domain name company selling “www.loli.com” for $75,000
5. Scottish brewing company releases 41% ABV beer “Sink The Bismarck”

Commercials:

• Mari Iijima’s Echo
• Natural 20 Clothing
  

Remake Corner

• Police Academy remake coming
• Honey, I Shrunk The Kids remake coming
• Ridley Scott to do Alien prequel trilogy in 3D

Saturday Morning Rewind

• Shazam!

Stuff You Should Know About:

• MyOuterSpace
  

New Release Tuesday

• Evangelion Movie 1.11 – You are (Not) Alone
• Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
• Matt Houston: The Complete First Season
• Gorillaz – Plastic Beach

Pick Of The Week

• Axe Cop Mod Pack for Cortex Command
  

Interview

• Timo Vourensola of Energia Films
• Energia’s crowdsourced filmmaking community

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It’s time to get wrecked! Dave and Kyle interview Star Wreck’s Timo Vuorensola, who talks about the Finnish movie phenomenon, as well as his upcoming project, Iron Sky! Plus, more Stuff You Should Know About, and the Pick of the Week!

Geek Tragedy’s very own cohost Kyle just made a guest appearance on the Two Schooners Podcast! Originating from the wilds of the Australian outback, Two Schooners is hosted by professional Captain Picard imitator James Williams and five-time Australian National Kangaroo Wrestling champion Dave Gray. They run a funny and very random podcast on all things “bonzer”.

If you haven’t listened to them before, this is a good excuse for starting! Kyle will be appearing on Episode 35, set for release on March 6th! Check it out at this link!

Next week’s entry in our continuing interview series will be an interview with the director and costar of the full-length fan-made parody film Star Wreck: In The Pirkinning, Timo Vuorensola. If you haven’t yet seen Star Wreck, go check out the trailer on YouTube, then download the movie (yes, it’s a legal download) and watch! We’ve been telling you about this movie for a long time now, and if you still haven’t seen it, this is definitely the time!

Timo talked with us about Star Wreck, crowdsourced filmmaking, the future of independent content producers, and about his upcoming project, Iron Sky. A full-length movie about Nazis in space – how can you go wrong with an idea like that?

So tune in next week and hear all about it!

Episode 35: The G-List

Starters:

• Follow Dave on Twitter
• RIP Andrew Koenig

Geek News:

• From the Hollywood Desk:

1. WWE wrestler Shad Gaspard to be Conan reboot villain
2. And/or, maybe MMA fighter Bob Sapp will be the next Conan villain
3. Dark Knight writer David Goyer to write next Superman movie
4. Flash movie may finally be coming
5. New Whedon/Dushku movie coming?
6. CG/Live Action Speedy Gonzalez movie coming

• From the Comics Desk:

1. Detective Comics #27 sells for $1,075,500
2. Nick Simmons rips off Bleach

• From the Gaming Desk:

1. Nintendo DSi XL announced

• From the TV Desk:

1. BBC makes big cuts, will import fewer American shows

• From the Cellar:

1. Japanese teacher makes student strip nude, except for apron, to “exorcise cat spirit”
2. Jostens making class rings for geeks and gamers
3. Ole Miss students want Admiral Ackbar as new mascot
4. Supreme Court rules that “zombies” have 1st Amendment rights
5. Jimmie “JJ” Walker BFFs with, possibly b/f of, Ann Coulter

Pick(s) Of The Week:

• Quake 3 for Android OS
• Lightsaber USB drives
  

5-Minute Review:

• Blood Bowl for Xbox 360

New Release Tuesday:

• Ponyo
• Karin Complete Collection
• Cirque du Freak
• Where The Wild Things Are

Stuff You Should Know About:

• Axe Cop
• Akihabara Majokko Princess

Interview:

• Peter Payne of the Crooks Nippon Gymnastics Team J-List.com!

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Geek Tragedy welcomes Peter Payne, owner of J-List, purveyors of Japanese cool, wacky, and wierd! Also, Stuff You Should Know About, and a double dose of the Pick of the Week!

This week, Jaimel and Ledon get hit on the head and wake up thinking that they’re Wesley Willis…

Just found this on TechEBlog….

So, the 501st are really advance troops sent here to lul us into a false sense of security that anyone in a stormtrooper outfit is a harmless fanboy. Where the heck do i go to join the Rebellion and get X-Wing flight training?

Actually, this is an awesome pic of Mimas, one of the moons of Saturn, as snapped by the Cassini probe. That big crater is 88 miles wide. Still doesn’t take away from the awesome factor, though.

Episode 34: Make “Room” For Wiseau!

Starters:

• Browncoat Lisa sits in on her birthday
• Listener Email!

Geek News:

• From The Hollywood Desk

1. Kevin Smith – Too fat to fly
2. Joss Whedon, Morgan Spurlock to team up for SDCC documentary
3. George Lucas does “massive” reshoots for Red Tails
4. Breck Eisner says Flash Gordon will have 0% camp, 100% 3D
5. Cameron says Terminator has run its course, should end
6. Avatar DVD release date set for Earth Day
7. Even Cameron says 3D craze is overdone

• From The Comics Desk:

1. Changes at DC: Didio and Jim Lee as Publishers, Johns as Chief Creative Officer

• From The TV Desk:

1. 340,000 Facebookers demand Betty White on SNL
2. Shatner to star in “Shit My Dad Says” sitcom pilot
3. Supernatural renewed for 6th season

• From The Gaming Desk:

1. Koreans use sausages as iPhone styluses
2. PS3 gets digital recorder

• From The Cellar:

1. Facebook users log in to wrong website, are dumb. FB is new AOL
2. Russian geeks found Gadget Hackwrench-worshipping religion
3. Twilight “Manilows” for lonely, lonely geekgirls
4. Airborne Mitt Romney uses Vulcan nerve pinch on Skylar Gordy

5-Minute Review:

• The Wolfman: Verdict – “Meh”
  

New Release Tuesday:

• Maria+Holic Complete Collection
• Dairugger 15 Vol. 1 w/ Collectors Box

Stuff You Should Know About

• Shady URL

Interview

• We interview independent filmmaker Tommy Wiseau

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Geek Tragedy welcomes the 21st Century cult film legend, Tommy Wiseau! Hang out for the 5 minute review of The Wolf Man and Stuff You Should Know About, and then stick around for the greatest GT interview… Of. All. Time!