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On this week’s show the Humans(Joe, Caleb, & Jason) discuss the moon, sleeping to mars, scratching cassettes, and an X-Men TV show? Plus, keeping Destiny & fictional worlds to live in.

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Show Notes for 10/6/2014

# New Releases

In Theaters:

1. The Judge
Big city lawyer Hank Palmer (Robert Downey Jr.) returns to his childhood home where his estranged father, the town’s judge (Robert Duvall), is suspected of murder. He sets out to discover the truth and along the way reconnects with the family he walked away from years before. and starring Vincent D’Onofrio.
2. Dracula Untold
Vampire mythology combines with the true history of Prince Vlad to tell the origin of Dracula.
3. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
11-year-old Alexander (Ed Oxenbould) experiences the most terrible and horrible day of his young life — a day that begins with gum stuck in his hair, followed by one calamity after another. But when Alexander tells his upbeat family about the misadventures of his disastrous day, he finds little sympathy and begins to wonder if bad things only happen to him.

Music:

1. Playland – Johnny Marr
The second full-length solo release for The Smiths’ former guitarist was written while he was on tour.
2. Everything Will Be Alright in the End – Weezer
The ninth full-length studio release for the alternative rock quartet led by Rivers Cuomo was produced by Ric Ocasek.
3. Plowing Into the Field of Love – Iceage
The third full-length studio release for the Danish punk band was produced by Nis Bysted.
4. You’re Dead! – Flying Lotus
The fifth full-length studio release for the Los Angeles-based artist/producer features guest appearances from Captain Murphy, Angel Deradoorian, Kendrick Lamar, Niki Randa, Snoop Dogg, and Thundercat.
5. V for Vaselines – The Vaselines
The third full-length studio release from the Scottish indie pop band was self-produced.

Video Games:

 

DVD/Blu-Ray:

 

Comics:

### DC

* Batman #35 – The creative team that gave Batman his new start … may also be bringing about his downfall

### Marvel

* The Amazing Spider-man #7 – ! Also on the edge of the Spider-verse is Spider-UK?

### Dark Horse

* Alien VS. Predator: Fire and Stone #1 – Leaving LV-223 in the engine wake, the crew of the Perses finds themselves caught between the galaxy’s greatest hunters and their choice prey.
### Image

* Wytches #1

### IDW

* My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic #24

 News:

1.  Dredd Miniseries to be Released Online This Month –http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/10/07/dredd-exec-producer-says-dark-judges-miniseries-coming-later-this-month

2. Scratching cassettes like vinyl records brings a new meaning to mixtapes – http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/06/scratching-cassettes/

4. Looks like EVERYONE’S prayers have been answered, yes there WILL be a Tetris movie –http://www.polygon.com/2014/9/30/6873627/tetris-movie-threshold-entertainment-larry-kasanoff

5. The love of Usagi Yojimbo and of Stan Sakai are combined in an awesome book that also helps the Sakai family –http://boingboing.net/2014/10/03/sakai.html

6.  Everyone’s favorite fourth wall breaking psychopath is finding a home in the X-Men universe – http://m.ign.com/articles/2014/10/06/the-deadpool-movie-is-part-of-the-shared-x-men-universe

8.  Want to sleep your way to Mars? NASA is doing the research with Torpor – http://m.ign.com/articles/2014/10/06/nasa-researching-deep-sleep-tech-for-mission-to-mars

9.  A new look into the history of the moon through the GRrrrAIL! –http://www.nasa.gov/press/2014/october/nasa-mission-points-to-origin-of-ocean-of-storms-on-earth-s-moon/index.html#.VDHcuEsZb-k

Geek Talk: 

Joe ponders if he should keep Destiny –http://www.destinythegame.com/

Caleb wants people to check out our planet through the eyes of @Astro_Alex and @astro_reid (on twitter) because #SPACE

The Core:

Joe asks what fictional universes the gang would like to live in/visit.