Hosts: David McVay, Josh Philpott and Brandon McClelland
The Geek Actually Podcast, your weekly dose of ‘the week in geek’. This week David McVay and Josh Philpott are joined again by Brandon McClelland for a rare trip into the arthouse as we review ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’. We also take a look at news highlights from the tech and entertainment industries. Your show links follow.
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Tech News
Ellen apologises for making fun of the iPhone
http://www.news.com.au/technology/ellen-degeneres-told-to-apologise-to-apple-for-mocking-their-iphone/story-e6frfro0-1225863085506
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd follows porn on Twitter – n00b… LOL
http://www.news.com.au/technology/kevin-rudd-following-porn-via-twitter/story-e6frfro0-1225861031919
We are in Bizzaro World, Microsoft is on Apple’s side against Flash
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/microsoft-we-dont-like-flash-either-20100503-u2bk.html
New Turn by Turn directions by Darth Vader – so cool!
http://www.news.com.au/technology/destiny-lies-with-dashboard-darth-vader-as-tomtom-begins-star-wars-rollout/story-e6frfro0-1225862394913
My favourite story of the week – Frank Gibeau, head of EA Games says the lack of an R18+ rating on games is censorship – you go guy!
http://www.news.com.au/technology/electronics-arts-head-accuses-australia-of-video-game-censorship/story-e6frfro0-1225863457644
Apple sells 1,000,000 iPads in 28 days!
http://www.news.com.au/technology/apple-sells-one-million-ipads-in-28-days/story-e6frfro0-1225861821975
The Australian National Broadband Network – new figures say it will be cheaper than originally quoted.
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/consumers-the-biggest-winners-of-nbn-20100506-udz0.html
Entertainment News
Stallone says he is retiring Rambo, and there was much rejoicing!
http://www.empireonline.com/news/feed.asp?NID=27753
We watch the illegal ‘Machete’ trailer
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/44943
The Spierig Brothers set to direct ‘Dark Crystal’ sequel
http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/05/04/spierig-brothers-to-direct-dark-crystal-sequel/
Lindsay Lohan to play Linda Lovelace in Inferno.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2010/05/its-official-lindsay-lohan-to-star-in-inferno-make-possible-cannes-cameo.html
We watch ‘The American’ trailer
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810158179/video/19440043
Elvis may not have died of a heart attack…
http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/a-little-less-constipation-elvis-killed-by-bad-bowel-action-doctor-says/story-e6frfn09-1225863478454
The plot to Christopher Nolan’s ‘Inception’ revealed, possible spoilers
http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/05/04/official-plot-synopsis-released-for-christopher-nolans-inception/
Kristen Stewart really is an Emo Girl!
http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/movies/t/story-e6frfmvr-1225863451974
We watch the ‘Splice’ trailer
https://geekactually.com/2010/05/07/new-trailer-splice/
Before Roland Emmerich makes ‘Foundation’ he is making a conspiracy Shakespeare film. The man is a lunatic, did he go to Werner Hezog’s film school???
http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/05/05/roland-emmerichs-shakespeare-film-sounds-appropriately-insane/
Feature Review
‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ directed by Niels Arden Oplev. The film was written by Nikolaj Arcel and Rasmus Heisterberg based on the novel by Stieg Larsson. The film stars Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre, Peter Haber, Sven-Bertil Taube, Peter Andersson and Thomas Köhler.
It has been forty years since Harriet Vanger disappeared from the family home. Her uncle hires a tenacious but disgraced investigative reporter, Mikael Blomkvist, to take one more look into the case. Mikael is soon joined by the rough and tough goth chick and super hacker Lisbeth Salander and the two of them sleuth it out to discover what no one else seemed to be able to work out in all those years, this family is really dysfunctional.
Our verdict? Not great, not bad just a very mediocre police procedural that could have been cut by 45 minutes and not lost anything story wise. Wait for DVD.
Watch the trailer here
http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/independent/thegirlwiththedragontattoo/
This episode carries an explicit tag due to infrequent coarse language.
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