Happy One Year! With the recording of this episode we are officially at the one year mark with 52 weekly episodes. It’s pretty amazing that we’ve been able to keep up that schedule with the years that we have both had in 2012, but it just goes to show the power of Geek and that we NEED to talk about this stuff week after week!
However with this familiarity comes a dark side… and we don’t always agree on every topic. This week’s episode features our most heated disagreement to date. Which is ridiculous because Jason is just wrong. HAHA! See what I did there? I get to write these show intros each week so I can skew it any way that I want to and Jason is POWERLESS to stop me!! Bwa hahahaha! Have a listen and let us know where you come down on the topic. Were you excited by the “Man of Steel” trailer or not?
Also in this episode we have the second of our Batmobile interviews. This time Daniel talks to Tim Flattery who was the designer of both the “Batman Forever” Batmobile and “Batman and Robin” Batmobile (He even worked on the “Batman Returns” Batmobile.) But Tim’s design work doesn’t stop there, Tim has had his designs in almost every major sci fi, comic book genre film of the past 10 years. Everything from Back to the Future II, G.I. Joe, A.I., Men in Black, Star Trek…the list goes on and on. Tim is an amazing talent and he’s one of us! He’s a collector, comic book fan and a well rounded geek that is living the dream getting to work on all the projects that feature his favorite characters. Check out Tim’s online portfolio here and see what I mean and you can see some of the images that he describes in the interview.
Additionally we cover:
- - Daniel is digging the new holiday album by Scala & Kolchny Brothers “December.” If you’d like to hear what eclectic holiday music from a 40 person girls choir backed up by just piano you can check them out here at their official site or on their YouTube channel.
- Jason is setting up some new display cases at his house.
- - All the Music from original Star Trek – Next week, Burbank-based film-music label La-La Land Records will release a 15-CD boxed set of music from the original “Star Trek” series: every note that was written and recorded for the sci-fi drama, more than 17 hours of music in all and retailing for $225.
- - New Trailers for “Pacific Rim”, “Man of Steel” and “The Lone Ranger.”
- -It appears that Tron 3 is back on the menu!
- - Angry Birds Movie coming Summer 2016 (Why so soon?)
- - Disney Developing an “Alice in Wonderland” sequel
- - Kevin Smith announces he’s doing “Clerks 3″
- - Lego “Lone Ranger” sets coming in 2013
- - Hasbro announces “Star Wars The Vintage Collection” best of re-releases in 2013.
- - “Ghostbusters” staged reading at LACMA.
- - Gillian Anderson returning to US television, the NBC series HANNIBAL.
- - Karen Berger stepping down from Vertigo
- - Captain Carrot makes his New 52 debut as “Captain K’Rot” in Threshold #3
- - Gail Simone dismissed from Batgirl by email
- - Jason put the call out for a couple of his “Watchmen” white whales.
- - Tim Flattery Batmobile Interview.
All that and more! Happy Anniversary everyone!
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The fight over The New Girl seemed more fierce. The scene with Superman flying into the sky seemed very well done. The rest of the trailer I’m not so sure about. Like you guys mentioned in a previous episode it looks like a sequal to The Perfect Storm or Moby Dick. The interview with Tim and the Batmobile was INCREDIBLE!!!! You guys seemed to hit it off. I’d like to hear him call in some time. Daniel are you a Rankin Bass man? Is there one x-mas special that you despise?
Hey Chris,
I AM a Rankin Bass man. I don’t know that there are any I despise… some have not aged as well as others. I think the toughest one to get through (not a Christmas one) is Mad Monster Party. That CG Rudolph and the Island of Misfit Toys from 2002 is not great either.
DP
The CG Rudolph was possibly the worst CG I’ve seen since MIB3. Mad Monster Party has moments but the songs go on way too long. It would probably make a great 40 – 50 minute TV show. Rudoph’s Shiney New Year is the one that I’m not a fan of.
And another Milestone epizode… and so close to the 50th… Why not? Happy Anniversary guys. This show is definitely the best thing to happen since bread reverted to loaf form. I’m a loaf man, get off me…
I agree with the overlapping viewpoints on the Man of Steel trailer though. It did seem more like an extended teaser trailer teaser. The tone has to be set of course, some hint of the origin has to be dropped, you have to see the man fly, no, don’t tell me the whole plot I don’t want to walk away knowing that I got burned again that all the most spectacular parts were already in the trailer, BUT I am eager to see every bit of new info on this movie up to the release. Superman’s my guy, he’s America’s guy, he is apple pie and mass consumption! Please hire a Brit to bring this to the world!!! While it may struggle to top the Avengers, it will no doubt right all wrongs that Superman Refunds handed to us several years back. It was like going to see a Zeppelin Tribute band; He had the moves… even looked like him from the back row, the music was flawless… but all in all it was a $5 substitute for the $100 show. It was a fanboy dream turned consumer/studio nightmare. This one however releases the weekend of the Superman Celebration in Metropolis Ill, just a day drive from Memphis so I’ll be in proud company that weekend. It should make for quite an experience.
BUT…. This potential Disney issued Star Wars set has turned my head. Hopefully this is still in concept phase and not what I’ve seen ala Google? It looks like there is a set of figures loosely matching that description posted just this week that looks to be built from various marvel legends and fodder parts… I think the Emperor is even sitting on Kirk’s captain’s chair? I’d just like to lend a helpful eye that the source of those may be in the fictional context of a Custom Figure contest built on the premise of “What if”…
Now ThreeA’s Star Wars figures? Take my money today! Those are fantastic.
Angry Birds… The Movie…
My wife has several of the AB games on her lifesource(iPhone) and I’ve played it and I’m sure there’s a story there but when I invision a movie based on that I equate it to the depth of a porn plot just about. Take the beak, shove it in the pork, round of applause and we’re on to the credits. I almost feel like a movie with a release date of 2016 based on an app is almost set up to be forgotten more than to be anticipated… that’s my shiny penny on that.
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Geek On & Happy Anniversary,
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Eat your neighbors!!!
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