Geek Tragedy Podnotes

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 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 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 40: It Just Won’t Die!

Starters

• Problem with the 200th Twitter follower promotion
• RIP Dixie Carter

• Natural 20 Clothing
• Fog City Wrestling

Rant:

• Why Ebert is Wrong That Video Games Can Never Be Art

Stuff You Should Know About:

• 90-Minute Review of Star Wars: AotC

New Release Tuesday:

• Avatar
• The Great Mouse Detective
• Beast King GoLion Complete Collection

Ten-Minute Review:

• Kick-Ass

Saturday Morning Rewind:

• Partridge Family 2200AD

Pick Of The Week:

• Marvel Comics App for iPhone/iPod Touch

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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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Episode 37: Kyle Is Out, Dave Is In!

Starters:

• Our forums are up! Go visit them!
• Captain America casting rumor live updates
• RIP Corey Haim
• Get Well Soon to Dave Gray of Aussie Geek and Two Schooners
• Everyone go listen to the Midnight Movie Club podcast!

Geek News:

• From the Hollywood Desk:

1. Hugo Weaving as Red Skull?
2. Titanic 3D coming
3. Leonardo DaVinci, action hero
4. Edison’s ‘Frankenstien’ celebrates centenial on March 18th

• From the Comics Desk:

1. Apple iBookstore to have top-tier Comics & Graphic Novels category

• From the Anime Desk:

1. FUNimation to heavily censor Dance in the Vampire Bund

• From the Television Desk:

1. Felicia Day to star in SyFy update of Red Riding Hood
2. Betty White hosting SNL May 8th for Mother’s Day
3. Conan O’Brian to launch “Legally Prohibited From Being Funny On Television Tour”

• From the Gaming Desk:

1. Dr. Who coming to DS, Wii
2. PSP Go sells only 17,618 units in Japan in Q1 2010, while regular PSP sells 667,961
3. BSG MMO coming

• From the Cellar:

1. Butthurt PC dingbats kill Benny Hill postage stamp

Commercials:

• Mari Iijima’s Echo
• Natural 20 Clothing

Remake Corner:

• Gilligan’s Island
• Gerry Anderson’s UFO
• The Wizard of Oz

Stuff You Should Know About:

• Mystery Science Theater 3000 Haiku

New Release Tuesday:

• Astro Boy
• Honey & Clover DVD Box 3

Pick Of The Week:

• Traveler RPG on CD-ROM

Saturday Morning Rewind:

• Blackstar (1981)

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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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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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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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