Welcome to the All-New Geek Actually Podcast Episode 16
This week we discuss The Philip K. Dick Bot, Wes Craven’s untimely death, DC comics actual plans, Rhonda Rousey’s porn offer, Paramount’s feelings towards Trekkies, Stephen King on film, those Captain America: Civil War images and the world’s best auction site. All this plus what we’ve been watching and reading and a pair of documentary feature film reviews with The Death of “Superman Lives”: What Happened? and Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief.
This is the All-New Geek Actually Podcast, the podcast about nothing and everything filtered through the geek perspective.
Hosted by: David McVay, Dave Longo and Jaime Lawrence
As always this episode carries an explicit tag due to possible bad language.
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SHOWNOTES
The Impending Robot Apocalypse
The Philip K. Dick Bot. Be afraid, be very afraid.
http://glitch.news/2015-08-27-ai-robot-that-learns-new-words-in-real-time-tells-human-creators-it-will-keep-them-in-a-people-zoo.html
What We’ve Been Reading and Watching
Movies & TV: The Gift, John Wick, Armageddon, The Muppets: Most Wanted, Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau, Archer. Comic Books: War of Kings, Next Wave: Agents of Hate, Inhumans, Fight Club 2, Lando.
Comic News
Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War images
http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/mrsundaymovies/news/?a=124464
Secret Wars gets an extra issue, Reed and Doom front and centre despite the supposed ‘FF Embargo’
http://icv2.com/articles/news/view/32392/marvel-adds-secret-wars-issue
Guardians of Infinity
http://comicbook.com/2015/08/27/exclusive-marvel-announces-guardians-of-infinity/
What is DC up to?
http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/despite-rumors-dc-comics-stands-behind-dc-you-initiative-moving-forward
Gaming News
Intended massacre at Pokemon World Championships averted
http://icv2.com/articles/news/view/32376/arrests-weapons-charges-pokemon-world-championships
Film News
We farewell Wes Craven
Is This the world’s most exciting Auction site?
http://propstore.auctionserver.net/view-auctions/catalog/id/26/
Does Paramount hate Trekkies?
http://icv2.com/articles/comics/view/26616/paramount-sticks-it-to-star-trek-fans-once-again
The fans want Rhonda Rousey to play Captain Marvel, well so does Axel Braun!
http://www.tmz.com/2015/08/24/ronda-rousey-super-hero-porn-movie-offer/
Star Wars: Rogue One may be as big as Ben Hur!
http://www.slashfilm.com/rogue-one-70mm/#more-312008
Discussion Point
Why doesn’t Stephen King horror translate well to screen?
Film Reviews
The Death of “Superman Lives”: What Happened? (2015) written and directed by Jon Schnepp
A documentary about the proposed 1998 Superman Lives feature film that would have starred Nicolas Cage. Source: IMDB
Watch the trailer here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5Q1j0XJQPI
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (2015) directed by Alex Gibney and written by Alex Gibney based on the book by Lawrence Wright.
An in-depth look at the inner-workings of the Church of Scientology. Source: IMDB
Watch the trailer here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-wa7dcMMlw
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