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On this week’s show the Humans (Joe, Caleb and Jason) talk Jessica Jones, Infrared Graphine, Jetpacks, and lasers as hot as the sun?! Plus, Watch Party and so much more!
Listen live Mondays from 7pm to 9pm on 103.3 FM KSCU Santa Clara, or live online at http://www.kscu.org/
Geek Talk
- Watch Party: Dirty Pair
- Episode 12 “The Little Dictator! The Curse Of The Touchy Secret”
- Episode 13 “What’s This?! Our Fair Skin Is Getting Slimey”
- Episode 14 “The Vault Or The Election? The Convention Hides The Killer”
Caleb’s Corner:
- Jessica Jones Her show comes out this Friday on Netflix. What are the essential things you need to know?
- The Basics but keep reading for the summary
- Launched with the title Alias (not to be confused with the television show in 2001)
- Her powers were bestowed upon her in an accident with a convoy carrying radioactive chemicals, while she gained super strength, limited invulnerability, and flight she lost her family to the same chemicals and a portion of her life as she was in a coma till the coming of Galactus, to earth, triggered her abilities and brought her back to consciousness.
- She was placed in foster care and later adopted by the Jones family.
- After seeing a battle between Spider-Man and The Sandman, Jessica felt drawn to the life of a hero, which also lead her to discover that she had super human abilities.
- Her heroic career was relatively un-eventful. Her first identity was Jewel and she operated mostly in Hell’s Kitchen. As Jewel she first met Zebediah Killgrave, aka The Purple Man. The Purple Man used his mind control abilities to interweave his will with Jessica’s to the point that she was losing track of what was her idea and what came from the Purple Man. Her release from the Purple Man’s control came at the hands of the Avengers. You can get the fuller details in the comics or the Wikipedia page, but suffice to say, the abuse from the Purple Man, the fight with the Iron Man and The Vision, left Jessica in a mess, physically and mentally, Carol Danvers saved her from a much worse fate by stopping the Avengers and getting Jessica to help at a S.H.I.E.L.D facility where she also received psychic help from Jean Grey.
- Once recovered, Jones was dismayed that none of the other heroes seemed to notice or care that she had been missing. This led her to take a darker more Batman-esque persona Knightress and take on street crime, which eventually brought her into contact with Luke Cage, and over time they developed a friendship.
- Deciding to hang up the masked lifestyle Jones decided to open a private detective agency. Which is where the Netflix show, is starting. If you’ve seen the trailer, this is not an optimistic, heroic, and plucky Jessica, this is rather broken, jaded, and hardened Jessica. During this time she is trying to keep out of the capes and tights game, but the events around her keep drawing her back in. To further complicate matters The Purple Man escapes and is focused on getting Jessica back under his control. Which should give you all enough to jump into the show.
New Releases
In Theaters:
- The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 – With the nation of Panem in a full scale war, Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) confronts President Snow (Donald Sutherland) in the final showdown. Teamed with a group of her closest friends – including Gale (Liam Hemsworth), Finnick (Sam Claflin) and Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) – Katniss goes off on a mission with the unit from District 13 as they risk their lives to liberate the citizens of Panem, and stage an assassination attempt on President Snow who has become increasingly obsessed with destroying her.
- The Night Before – Ethan (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), Isaac (Seth Rogen) and Chris (Anthony Mackie) have been friends since childhood, and for a decade, their yearly Christmas Eve reunion has been an annual night of debauchery and hilarity. Now that they’re entering adulthood, the tradition is coming to an end, and to make it as memorable as possible, they set out to find the Nutcracka Ball – the Holy Grail of Christmas parties.
- Secret in Their Eyes – A tight-knit team of rising FBI investigators – Ray (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and Jess (Julia Roberts), along with their District Attorney supervisor Claire (Nicole Kidman) – is suddenly torn apart when they discover that Jess’s teenage daughter has been brutally and inexplicably murdered. Now, thirteen years later, after obsessively searching every day for the elusive killer, Ray finally uncovers a new lead that he’s certain can permanently resolve the case, nail the vicious murderer, and bring long-desired closure to his team.
Music:
No music mentioned this week.
Video Games:
- Star Wars Battlefront Coming Nov 17, 2015 PC XONE PS4
- Game of Thrones: Episode Six – The Ice Dragon Released in Coming Nov 17, 2015 PC X360 PS3 MAC PS4 XONE IOS AND
- Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash Coming Nov 20, 2015 WIIU
DVD/Blu-ray:
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. – Blu/DVD – http://www.metacritic.com/feature/dvd-blu-ray-release-calendar-november-2015
- The Sanford Prison Experiment – http://www.metacritic.com/feature/dvd-blu-ray-release-calendar-november-2015
- Jimmy’s Hall – Blu/DVD – http://videoeta.com/movie/166582/jimmys-hall/
- Trash – Blu/DVD – http://videoeta.com/movie/173392/trash/
— Noteable Blu-Ray releases
- The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies (Extended Edition) – http://www.metacritic.com/feature/dvd-blu-ray-release-calendar-november-2015
Comics:
DC
- Harley Quinn #22
Marvel
- Mighty Thor #1
Dark Horse
- Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 10 #21
Image
- Huck #1
IDW Publishing
- Star Trek/Green Lantern #5
Wow Cool Recommends!
- No extra recommendations this week.
News
Joe:
- Billy Bob Thornton returns as Bad Santa in newly announced sequel
- SCIENTISTS THEORIZE A LASER AS HOT AS THE SUN
- This Day in History
Caleb:
- A pair of daredevils fly with jet packs! The jetsons future may be sooner than we thought!
- Google opens up its machine learning engine
- NASA helps us on earth as well as inspiring us with space
Jason: