Welcome to the All-New Geek Actually Podcast
Welcome to the All-New Geek Actually Podcast – This week we talk about Village/Roadshow’s opinions on piracy, Android receptionists, Captain America: Civil War, film trailers, Alan Turing’s manuscript, Candy Crush and Space X. We also have some weird food and a film review of “Avengers: Age of Ultron”.
Plus we are joined by not one, but two guests! Nicholas McVay and Richard Gray
Hosted by: David McVay and Dave Longo with guests Nicholas McVay and Richard Gray
As always this episode carries an explicit tag due to possible bad language.
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SHOWNOTES
Tech and Geek News
Village Roadshow’s opinions on piracy. Oh my god!
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2015/04/village-roadshow-piracy-will-turn-the-souls-of-australian-communities-dark-and-other-amazing-quotes/
Candy Crush is bad for you!
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2015/04/yikesa-guy-played-so-much-candy-crushthathe-ruptured-a-tendon/
A hidden manuscript written by Alan Turing sells…. for a million dollars!
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2015/04/alan-turings-hidden-manuscript-sells-for-us1-million/
The very cool Space X program isn’t having a lot of luck this year.
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2015/04/spacex-crash-landed-a-rocket-on-a-drone-barge-again/
The final Ex Machina trailer is unbelievable
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEcB7T-C0g8
The Impending Robot Apocalypse
We here at Geek Actually Central don’t believe in the fairy tale that is a zombie apocalypse, however we have been collecting evidence for years that The Impending Robot Apocalypse is not that far away. I, for one, salute our robot overlords!
Android receptionists…creepy
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2015/04/meet-the-humanoid-robot-greeting-retail-customers-in-japan/
The self parking car… not new you say, well….
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2015/04/tight-spot-the-new-bmw-7-series-can-park-itself-with-no-one-in-the-car/
Film Actually
We are joined by Nicholas “The not so little geek” McVay for Film Actually.
What we’ve been watching
Game of Thrones!
Entertainment News
Can you market a film without trailers? Discussion.
http://www.firstshowing.net/2015/discuss-can-a-movie-be-successfully-marketed-without-any-trailers/
Talking of marketing, Ant-Man does it again! And Australia’s got it.
http://www.firstshowing.net/2015/check-out-marvels-brilliant-tiny-billboards-promoting-ant-man/
Is Captain America: Civil War just Avengers 3?
http://www.firstshowing.net/2015/elizabeth-olsen-back-as-scarlet-witch-in-captain-america-civil-war/
Billy Zane is back for Zealander 2
http://www.firstshowing.net/2015/ben-stiller-fantastically-reveals-billy-zane-is-back-for-zoolander-2/
Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One is taking shape.
http://www.slashfilm.com/star-wars-rogue-one-plot/
Film Review
‘Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron’ written and directed by Joss Whedon. It stars Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Samuel L. Jackson, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olson and James Spader as Ultron.
When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and it is up to the Avengers to stop the villainous Ultron from enacting his terrible plans. Source: IMDB
Watch the trailer here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAUoeqvedMo
Weird Food
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Housekeeping
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GEEK ON!
And Finally, we are joined by Richard Gray for a spoiler filled last section for Avengers: Age of Ultron… Listen at your own risk.
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