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On this week’s show the Humans(Joe, Caleb, & Jason) talk Fish wire muscles, Roping asteroids, Hope for the Internet, and Karen Gillan’s…Selfie? Plus, gushing over the Titanfall beta.
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Show Notes for 02/20/2014
# New Releases
In Theaters:
1. 3 Days to Kill
2. Pompeii
Video Games:
1. Rayman Legends (Ps4, X1)
2. Banished (PC)
3. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Wii U)
4. Strider( PC, PS3, PS4, X1, 360)
Music:
1. All Love’s Legal – Planningtorock
2. Tales from the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles – Suzanne Vega
3. Voices – Phantogram
4. Wave 1 [EP] – Com Truise
DVD/Blu-Ray:
DVD/Blu-ray:
1. Battle of the Damned – Blu/DVD – A military lock down quarantines a city, keeping it’s viral outbreak from spreading. But a rich industrialist’s daughter is still inside, he turns to a former commando to do the rescue mission. Beyond the military blockade are hordes of reanimated dead and robot sentries.
2. Dracula Reborn – DVD – Jonathan is a picture of success, great job, loving wife, and a bun in the oven, but this idealistic world is turned upside down when a vampire takes his wife. Now he must join forces with a vampire hunter to storm the gates of hell to save the woman he loves.
3. Fists of Legend – Blu/DVD – A fighting reality TV show is looking for a way to boost ratings so they turn to “legends” fighters who were once great, and are hungry for another round in the ring. This brings three friends/rivals back, for one more shot at glory. This Korean language film features a mix of MMA and street fights.
4. Hellbenders – Blu/DVD – When a demon is too strong to simply exorcised, the only solution is for the exorcist to take the demon into themselves and personally drag the demon to Hell’s gate. This takes a special priest, one of the Augustine Interfaith Order of Hellbound Saints or “Hellbenders”, these priests lead lives of debauchery to be ready when they are called. And their special gifts will be tested when they are called in to take on Black Surtr a Norse demon.
5. Watchtower – DVD – Turkish film about a man who becomes a fire warden in a remote area to escape his past and a woman who works as a bus hostess to also keep her personal demons at bay. Their fates collide and entwine, but despite the comfort of their relationship, the silence in their pasts holds them apart. This all serves as crucible for the love and their spirits.
Comics:
DC:
1. Wonder Woman #28 – The First Born has returned, and he want Olympus. To stop his rampage before it took the death of the God of War, and now that Diana has taken up that mantle … things are going to be interesting. Written by Brian Azzarello and art by Cliff Chiang and Goran Sudzuka
Marvel:
1. Night of the Living Deadpool #3 (of 4) – The most talkative assassin finds himself against the horrors of the undead! Oh and visible thought balloons well visible to Deadpool at least. Written by Cullen Bunn and art by Ramon Rosanas
Dark Horse:
1. The White Suits #1 (of 4) – A group of assassins that terrorized the Cold War era Russian underworld have re-emerged in contemporary New York with mobsters in their sights. As the death toll rises the investigators are hounded by the question, “Who are the White Suits?”. Written by Frank J. Barbiere and art by Toby Cypress
## Kaboom!/Boom Studios:
1. Adventure Time #25 – Kaboom! – A gem, a piece of history, a symbol of things loved, an object of devotion, Finn and Jake encounter such a thing. Written by Ryan North and art by Shelli Paroline and Braden Lamb
## IDW:
1. The X-Files/TMNT: Conspiracy #1 – The already complicated lives of the Turtles take an unexpected turn when they are sought out by The Lone Gunmen to help them save the world. Written by Ed Brisson and art by Michael Walsh
## Image:
1. Peter Panzerfaust #17 – “The Hunt” part two, Lily is honoring her father’s memory, one kill at a time. One of the more interesting re-imagined fairy tales, this critically acclaimed series has reached it’s fourth story arc.
Web:
No web this week.
News:
1. Hope for FCC regulation of Net Neutrality –http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/fcc-to-rewrite-net-neutrality-rules-wont-appeal-court-ruling/2014/02/19/ce7c32c0-9975-11e3-80ac-63a8ba7f7942_story.html #RA_News
2. Muscle Made From Fishing Wire Is 100x Stronger Than Yours http://feedly.com/k/1fDNV8c
3. Jada Pinkett Smith cast as new villian in Gotham TV series http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/02/19/jada-pinkett-smith-cast-as-gothams-villain
4. NASA wants to rope an astroid –http://www.space.com/24737-nasa-asteroid-capture-mission-targets.html #RA_news
5. Resurrecting Dinosaur-Age Proteins To Cure Human Disease http://feedly.com/e/-CqpVsgF
6. Fantastic Four Reboot gets a cast http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/02/20/fox-sets-fantastic-four-reboot-cast
7. Karen Gillan starring in new ABC pilot http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/02/19/karen-gillan-starring-in-abc-comedy-pilot-selfie?abthid=530403ed389154ce6e000076
8. A Tiny Briefcase That Turns Citibikes Into Electric Scooters http://feedly.com/k/1hzLcnk
Robot Story:
Robots that build, w/out a master plan just a final design –http://www.popularmechanics.com/how-to/blog/termite-inspired-tiny-robots-build-mega-projects-without-blueprints-16488638 #RA_RobotStory
Geek Talk:
No talk this week.
– Caleb
– Jason:
– Joe
Caleb’s Corner:
* Who the heck are the Guardians of the Galaxy?
* Today: Groot http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groot
* His background is fairly straight forward, he’s an alien tree – this is astonishingly unchanged in pretty much every version of him
* The newest addition to his back-story is that he is alien royalty and also highly intelligent – as evidenced by his knowledge of highly advanced quantum science
* His speech patter is something like Hodor from Game of Thrones, where the primary thing he says is “I am Groot”, so it will b interesting to see if Vin Diesel can bring some life to the line. According to Maximus the Mad this is an artifact of the way Groot’s people mature.
* His powers are that he can absorb food and wood. He can also control plants. He also has the ability to “spout” which allow him to grow in size and mass. Probably his most powerful ability is to re-grow from a small piece of himself.
* Rocket Raccoon is one of his closest friends
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Jason’s Fixation:
No Fixation this week.
Joe’s List:
No List this week.
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The Core:
We discuss the Titanfall beta. What we like, dislike, and look forward to seeing more of.