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On this week’s show the Humans(Joe, Caleb, & Jason) discuss  Elon Musk vs A.I., young Shakespeare TV show, and a plane with NO windows. Plus, Joe did ExtraLife and we talk #Gamergate

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Show Notes for 10/27/2014

# New Releases

In Theaters:

*Nightcrawler
Lou Bloom (Jake Gyllenhaal), a driven young man desperate for work, discovers the high-speed world of L.A. crime journalism. Finding a group of freelance camera crews who film crashes, fires, murder and other mayhem, Lou muscles into the cut-throat, dangerous realm of nightcrawling — where each police siren wail equals a possible windfall and victims are converted into dollars and cents.
*Horns
Based on the novel by Joe Hill, Horns follows Ig Perrish (Daniel Radcliffe), the number one suspect for the violent rape and murder of his girlfriend, Merrin (Juno Temple). Hungover from a night of hard drinking, Ig awakens one morning to find horns starting to grow from his own head and soon realizes their power drives people to confess their sins and give in to their most selfish and unspeakable impulses – an effective tool in his quest to discover the true circumstances of his late girlfriend’s tragedy and for exacting revenge on her killer.
*Before I Go to Sleep
A woman (Nicole Kidman) wakes up every day with no memory as the result of a traumatic accident in her past. One day, terrifying new truths begin to emerge that make her question everything she thinks she knows about her life – as well as everyone in it, including her doctor (Mark Strong) and even her husband (Colin Firth).
*The Great Invisible
On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. It killed 11 workers and caused the worst oil spill in American history. The explosion still haunts the lives of those most intimately affected, though the story has long ago faded from the front page. At once a fascinating corporate thriller, a heartbreaking human drama and a peek inside the walls of the secretive oil industry, The Great Invisible is the first documentary feature to go beyond the media coverage to examine the crisis in depth through the eyes of oil executives, survivors and Gulf Coast residents who experienced it first-hand and then were left to pick up the pieces while the world moved on.

Music:

*1989 – Taylor Swift
With producers and co-writers such as Jack Antonoff, Max Martin, Shellback, Ryan Tedder, and Noel Zancanella, the multi-Grammy-winning singer-songwriter goes for an entirely pop album on her fifth full-length studio release.
*No One Wants To Be Here and No One Wants To Leave – The Twilight Sad
The fourth studio release for the Scottish trio was mixed by Peter Katis.
*Ultimate Painting – Ultimate Painting
Jack Cooper of Mazes and James Hoare of Veronica Falls each wrote five songs on their debut full-length release together.

Video Games:

 

DVD/Blu-Ray:

* Deliver Us from Evil – Blu/DVD – While dealing with his own internal demons, a NYPD officer comes face to face with the affects of demons beyond his own self. Inspired by actual case reports.
* Life of Crime – Blu/DVD – A rich man’s wife is kidnapped and held for ransom. But the husband is unwilling to pay. Thus proceeds a dark comedy, adapted from an Elmore Leonard novel, The Switch.
* Wish I was Here – Blu/DVD – Life is full, life can be challenging, and all too often major events seem to pile up. In this case it is dealing with being a spouse, a father and a child.
* Good People – Blu/DVD – A young couple put themselves into debt while renovating their flat. When they find out that their neighbor, who was murdered, hid $400,000 they think they may have found a solution, but this solution has dire consequences.
* Being Again – Blu/DVD – A pair of college sweethearts are also highly musically talented. But when one of them makes it big, they find they’re divided in more than just fame. The other connects with a down and out record executive and through their collaboration both find a form of restoration as well.

Comics:

### DC

* Harley Quinn Annual #1 – Scratch and Sniff spectacular!

### Marvel

* All New X-men #33 – When one is an X-Man a battle beyond ones own dimension is practically guaranteed.  But the ever looming question, can one survive to get home? This story also features Miles Morales.

### Dark Horse

* Aliens: Fire and Stone #2 – A crashed mining ship has 99 problems and one is a Xenomorph. Their one shot at survival is in their midst, but can they keep alive long enough?

### Image

* Saga #24 – The Brand, and Sweet Boy grace these pages. Plus it’s a new Saga issue, you’ll probably want to check it out.

### IDW

* Transformers: More than Meets the Eye #34 – Stranded on a planet dedicated to separating “Right” from “Wrong” four damaged Autobots find themselves in quite an conundrum.

### Wow Cool Recommends!

* Everyone should go out and buy Derf’s True Stories #1 from Alternative Comics this week. – https://wowcool.com/Bogus-Dead.html
* Also excited about Neil Gaiman & Lorenzo Mattotti’s Hansel & Gretel from Toon Books – http://www.toon-books.com/hansel-and-gretel.html
### Some Wow Cool horror recommendations
* We have Bogus Dead wowcool.com/Bogus-Dead.html
* More recent is Unknown Origins & Untimely Ends: A Collection of Unsolved Mysteries from Hic & Hoc. – https://wowcool.com/Unknown-Origins-and-Untimely-Ends-A-Collection-of-Unsolved-Mysteries.html

 News:

1.  A typewriter set in Comic Sans –http://www.jesseengland.net/index.php?%2Fproject%2Fsincerity-machine-the-comic-sans-typewriter%2F

2. Young Shakespeare with WITCHES TV show –http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/10/27/mark-harmon-producing-cw-series-about-young-shakespeare-witches-included

4. New animated mini-series set in the Dredd universe! –http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/10/27/watch-the-entire-judge-dredd-animated-series-now

5.  Elon Musk has concerns about AI –http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/27/elon-musk-is-scared-of-killer-robots/

6.  Rush Hour is getting a TV show…well a pilot at least –http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/10/02/rush-hour-tv-adaptation-heads-to-cbs?abthid=542dd4455edb578a2300002d

7.  A plane … with no windows! – http://abc7news.com/travel/windowless-planes-could-be-a-reality-in-the-next-10-years/367798/

Geek Talk: 

Joe participated in Extra Life –http://www.extra/-life.org/

The Core:

We discuss “#Gamergate” and its surrounding topics. 

Links that sparked some discussion:

* The Tweet that deepened Caleb’s interest – https://twitter.com/carelesswhimper/status/523686166101782528

* Wikipeida page with a history of the #GamerGate – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamergate_controversy

* TechCruch article looking at ways to deal with #GamerGate and some of their bullying tactics – http://techcrunch.com/2014/10/18/gamergate-tactics/

* Deadspin article highlighting some of the fallout and bullying that’s been wrapped up into #GamerGate – http://deadspin.com/the-future-of-the-culture-wars-is-here-and-its-gamerga-1646145844