Hosts: David McVay, Josh Philpott & Celine Roberts
The Geek Actually Podcast, your weekly dose of ‘the week in geek’. This week David McVay and Josh Philpott are again joined by Celine Roberts who helps us review the new film by The Hughes Brothers, ‘The Book of Eli’. We also take a look at news highlights from the tech and entertainment industries. Your show links follow.
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Tech News
Well, we were warned that gamers are more dangerous than bikies.
http://www.news.com.au/technology/boy-kills-dad-with-sledgehammer-after-banned-from-playing-computer-games/story-e6frfro0-1225853471820
Wii Fit made her a sex addict!!!
http://www.news.com.au/technology/wii-fit-fall-made-me-sex-addict/story-e6frfro0-1225854379626
The Microsoft Ad team does it again, this time they encourage sexting…well done!
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-20002585-71.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
A sad day for all of us that are waiting for the iPad.
http://www.news.com.au/technology/apple-delays-ipads-worldwide-release-by-a-month/story-e6frfro0-1225853844662
The US government has admitted that the MPAA/RIAA’s facts on piracy are bullshit.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/04/us-government-finally-admits-most-piracy-estimates-are-bogus.ars
Entertainment News
The Star Wars remake that could be fun to watch…I stress COULD BE!
http://www.news.com.au/technology/fans-pay-the-ultimate-tribute-with-casey-pughs-star-wars-uncut-the-new-hope/story-e6frfro0-1225853630100
Joss Whedon is directing The Avengers!
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118017689.html?categoryid=10&cs=1
and while we are talking about Joss Whedon…
http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/04/15/joss-whedon-to-rewrite-both-the-avengers-and-captain-america/
and while we are talking about Marvel…
http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/04/14/iron-man-2-easter-egg-scene-revealed/
We take a look at the new trailer for ‘The Other Guys’
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810116447/video/19060028
Oh God! It’s on the radar again…Masters of the Universe gets new writers!
http://www.heatvisionblog.com/2010/04/masters-of-the-universe-screenwriters.html
Green Lantern’s suit to be a CG creation…neat!
http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/04/11/exclusive-green-lanterns-suit-will-be-almost-entirely-cg/
and while we are talking Ryan Reynolds, Green Lantern isn’t the only superhero for him…
http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/ryan-reynolds-is-captain-excellent-in-the-trailer-for-paper-man
Ari Folman (Waltz with Bashir) has a new film coming and we are excited
http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/04/12/first-footage-from-the-congress-ari-folmans-follow-up-to-waltz-with-bashir/
Film Review
‘The Book of Eli’ the new film by Albert and Allen Hughes (or collectively know as The Hughes Brothers). The film is written by Gary Whitta and stars Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis, Ray Stevenson, Jennifer Beals, Michael Gambon and Tom Waits.
Thirty years after the world has been turned into a wasteland by war, Eli (played by Denzel Washington) is on a journey west to deliver his mysterious book to unknown people. He is a peaceful man who just wants to get to where he needs to go, however, when confronted Eli becomes an absolute killing machine. Eli finds himself in confrontation with the evil Carnegie (played by Gary Oldman) who wants the book for his own purposes.
General consensus: An average acton popcorn film that suffers by not know what it wants to say and not knowing how to end. Do yourself a favour and wait for DVD.
This episode carries an explicit tag due to infrequent coarse language.
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