Geek Tragedy Podnotes

Can it…could it be….YeS! Yes, Dave has actually gotten some semblance of an act together and has posted ……SHOW NOTES!!!!111!!

So yeah, here’s the show notes for Tuesday’s show. Thanks again to Cat for being a great co-host.

Happy wedding day for Lisa Simpson, August 1, 2010

Congratulations to Butch Patrick, plans marries a long time Munster’s fan that happens to be an ex-NFL cheerleader

Hollywood stuff

Guillermo del Toro to direct Lovecraft’s ‘At The Mountains Of Madness’ in 3D

Yogi Bear trailer sets new low

Thing in FF reboot to be all CGI

Disney sells Miramax

Roger Ebert finally reviews Troll 2, no word on Birdemic

Len Wiseman to remake Total Recall

Leonardo DiCaprio pulls out of Mel Gibson’s viking film

Ghost Rider 2 confirmed

Elvira coming back to TV this fall

General geek stuff

Anne Rice quits Christianity, again

Judge confirms Todd McFarlane is a jerk and a hack, has to pay Neil Gaiman for stolen character ideas

Dieselpunk movement rising, to be lead by high priest Tom Brokaw

Computer stuff

Facebook hacked, 100 million user’s personal info roaming free on the net

Library of Congress rules jailbreaking iPhones is kosher, scales back DMCA some

Need to teach your daughter not to have sex? Here’s a $34,000 video game ‘social simulator’ for you

StarCraft 2 fails, but not as we predicted

Comic-Con Stuff

Ryan Reynolds scores major geek cred at Comic-Con

Avengers, Assembled!

Edgar Wright says Ant-Man won’t fit in with Avenger’s timeline

Trailer Park:

Thor

Sucker Punch

Let Me In

The Goon teaser trailer

Pirates 4 teaser

Monsters

Mega-Mind extended trailer

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Episode 48: Hexed!

Starters:

* In Today’s Show…
* Congratulations Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart

Geek News:

* From the Hollywood Desk:

1. Deadpool movie may be directed by Robert Rodriguez
2. Russell Crowe is… The Equalizer
3. Niall Blomkamp rumored to direct The Hobbit
4. Sam Raimi to direct new Wizard of Oz
5. Whedon’s Cabin In The Woods burned down in MGM financial firestorm

* From the Gaming Desk:

1. Internet post declares JRPGs dead
2. “Easy” D&D Encounters winning back players

* From The Television Desk

1. Possible Blue Beetle TV show coming

* From the Comics Desk:

1. (Little Orphan) Annie Comics ends after 86 years

* From the Cellar:

1. Harry Potterland opens at Universal Orlando
2. Star Wars fashions debut
3. James Franco goes batshit insane
4. Shatner to direct documentary about Capt. Kirk
5. Hustler working on XXX parody of Avatar

Commercial:

* Natural 20 Clothing
* Fog City Wrestling

E3 Wrapup:

* Dave covers all the news from E3

New Release Tuesday:

* Afro Samurai Complete on Blu-ray
* The Guyver Complete on Blu-ray
* Last Airbender Collectors DVD Set Part 1
* Death Race 2000 Blu-ray

Pick Of The Week:

* Macross Egg Planes from Hasegawa

Saturday Morning Rewind:

* Jayce & The Wheeled Warriors

Stuff You Should Know About:

* I Was Kidnapped By Lesbian Pirates From Outer Space

Ten Minute Review:

* Jonah Hex
* Toy Story 3

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Episode 47: Revenge Of The 80s!

Starters:

• Dave takes on Blizzard

Geek News:

• From the Hollywood Desk:

1. Mortal Kombat reboot coming?
2. Paramount to make Japanese version of Ghost
3. David Tennant to star in Fright Night musical remake
4. Joseph Gordon-Levitt rumored for Riddler in Batman 3
5. Good Housekeeping tests 3D glasses, finds them covered in germs

• From the Television Desk:

1. New Voltron cartoon coming
2. New Torchwood series coming to Starz
3. Red Dwarf picked up for two new seasons

• From the Comics Desk:

1. Stan Lee says black Spidey would be “confusing”

• From the Anime Desk:

1. Manga newspaper debuts in Japan
2. US, Japanese publishers unite to go after scanlation sites

• From the Cellar:

1. Asshats chokeslam two-year-old girl
2. Al & Tipper Gore separate

Commercial:

• Natural 20 Clothing
• All Pro Wrestling

New Release Tuesday:

• The Book of Eli
• Johnny Bravo Season 01
• Showgirls Blu-ray
• Flash Gordon Blu-ray

Pick Of The Week:

• Moé Moé Weapons Encyclopedia

Saturday Morning Rewind:

• Dungeons & Dragons

Stuff You Should Know About:

• Ringworld interactive web guide

Ten-Minute Review:

• The A Team
• The Kung-Fu Karate Kid

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Episode 46: Bow Before Cthulhu

Starters:

• Special Guest Star: Andre the Black Nerd!
• RIP Rue McLanahan

Geek News:

New Release Tuesday:

• Jim Henson’s Dog City
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Rifftrax

Pick Of The Week:

• Cthulu Plush Cell Phone Holder

Saturday Morning Rewind:

• The Gary Coleman Show (featuring Andre the Black Nerd)

Stuff You Should Know About:

• Hyperdrive

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Episode 44: What We’re Talkin’ About!

Starters:

• Possible wedding-related disruptions to the show
• Avatar debate goes live
• Kyle annoys Boy George
• OMG Malawi!
• RIP Stephen J. Perry
• RIP Dennis Hopper
• RIP Gary Coleman
• RIP Peter Keefe of Voltron

Geek News:

Pick Of The Week:

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Episode 43: Jock Ridin’ The Boondocks

Starters:

• Happy International Star Wars Day (May 4th)
• Dave gives out an award

Geek News:

New Release Tuesday:

• Daria Complete Series
• Essential Art House Kurosawa Collection – Throne Of Blood/Hidden Fortress/Ikiru
• Shin-chan Season 1 Complete

Saturday Morning Rewind:

• Thundarr The Barbarian

Stuff You Should Know About:

• Cape Radio

Double Review:

• Boondocks Season Premiere
• Iron Man 2

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Episode 42: Double Down!

Starters:

• It’s our Double Down Episode
• We Double Down on Movie reviews
• Dave survives the Double Down from KFC
• Our Double Podcast Review of Avatar experiences difficulties

Geek News:

• Natural 20 Clothing
• Fog City Wrestling

New Release Tuesday:

• Rozen Maiden/Rozen Maiden Traumend Complete Collection
• Voltron Lion Force Part I & II
• Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles Memories Blu-Ray
• Iron Man Complete Animated

Double Movie Review

• The Losers
• Nightmare On Elm Street
  

Pick Of The Week:

• Movie Quality Lightsaber Replicas From Parks Sabers

Saturday Morning Rewind:

• Space Academy

Special Post-Credits Outtake!

• Jaimel And Ledon Hate Ice Cream Carts!
  

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Episode 41: Thank You, Mr. Macek

Starters:

• Awarding of 200th Twitter follower promotion prize
• We did an Avatar debate with SciFi Surplus!
• RIP Carl Macek

• Natural 20 Clothing
• Fog City Wrestling

Interview:

• Rebecca Forstadt reflects on Carl Macek

New Release Tuesday:

• Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
• Tales From The Darkside Season 03
• Dune on Blu-Ray
• Rental Magica Part 2 DVD

Pick Of The Week:

• TARDIS Cookie Jar

Saturday Morning Rewind:

• Straight Up

Stuff You Should Know About:

• Star Wars Uncut Trailer

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Episode 39: Dave’s Not Here, Man!

NOTE: This Episode was taped before WonderCon, but was somehow lost in the shuffle until today.

Intro:

• Happy Birthday Bill Shatner
• Congratulations to Sacha Baron Cohen on his marriage
• National Living Room Fort Day

Geek News:

• From The Anime Desk:

1. Warner Brothers in talks for rights to Bleach movie

• From the Hollywood Desk:

1. Nicholas “Xander” Brendon tased by LAPD
2. Jamie Foxx to write screenplay for Laverne & Shirley movie
3. Cost of 3D movie tickets to rise

• From the Television Desk:

1. Lucas developing Star Wars animated spinoff “Squishies” for preschool set
2. Syfy picks up superhero parody series “Three Inches”

• From The Gaming Desk:

1. Nintendo announces glasses-free Nintendo 3DS
2. New service GameCrush charges you $8.25 per game to play Xbox Live with pretty girl

• From The Wrestling Desk:

1. Foley breaks Bubba the Love Sponge’s nose
2. TNA iMPACT still getting 1/3 the ratings of WWE Raw

• From the Cellar:

1. China develops deodorant cannons

Commercial:

• Mari Iijima’s Echo
• Fog City Wrestling

Stuff You Should Know About:

• WonderCon

New Release Tuesday:

• Strike Witches Complete First Season Box Set
• Negima!? Box Set
• Sherlock Holmes
• Disney’s Alice In Wonderland Two-Disc Un-Anniversary Edition

Saturday Morning Rewind:

• Special Guest Rewind: The Midnight Movie Club reviews Dangermouse

Pick(s) Of The Week:

• $2500, 19″ long Serenity model
• Transformers G1: Awakening for iPhone/iPod Touch

Interview:

• Ethan Nicolle of Axe Cop

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Episode 38: Return To Innocence!

Starters:

• Visit our forums!
• RIP Peter Graves
• RIP Fess Parker
• Stone Cold returns to WWE Raw

Geek News:

• From the Hollywood Desk:

1. John Landis talks Thriller 3D
2. Columbia may be trying to push Reitman off Ghostbusters III
3. Warner says, after Harry Potter, one DC superhero movie per year
4. Tim Burton to do stop-motion Addams Family 3D
5. NPH says Dr. Horrible sequel may be feature film

• From the Television Desk:

1. Star Wars live action TV series coming soon

• From the Anime Desk:

1. Manga sales in Japan down a historic 6.6% in 2009

• From the Gaming Desk:

1. Australian designer Alex Valamois designs coffins with red ring for Xbox 360

Commercial:

• Mari Iijima’s Echo
• Natural 20 Clothing

Stuff You Should Know About:

• Know Your Meme

Remake Corner:

• Arthur
• Bill & Ted

Saturday Morning Rewind:

• Pryor’s Place

Interview:

• Rebecca Forstadt aka Reba West

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