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The Chronic Rift Roundtable: Dragon Con 2013 - The Snack Counter: Medium or Large - The Genre Movies of 2013

This past August, John, Michael, and Keith attended Dragon Con in Atlanta, Georgia.  For four days, the three participated in a series of panels with fans and pros alike.  They recorded these panels and we present them to you as Roundtable episodes.  We begin this year's panel collection with Michael Falkner.  The Snack Counter: Medium or Large - The Genre Movies of 2013 was part of the American Science Fiction and Fantasy Track of programming at Dragon Con.  In the panel, Michael and several others from various media outlets discussed the summer movie season of 2013, the good and the bad.  If you would like to learn more about Dragon Con, check out the link below in these show notes.

 

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Direct download: Roundtable_-_Dragon_Con_2013_Summer_Movies.mp3
Category:The Chronic Rift Roundtable -- posted at: 3:13pm EDT
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Dan Persons says:

It's back to the border for John Sayles, who in films like LONE STAR has explored the distinctive tensions that brew in the towns that neighbor to Mexico. Now he's applying that worldview to the mystery thriller in GO FOR SISTERS, the story of a parole officer (LisaGay Hamilton) whose son may be in big trouble with human traffickers, and who, in order to track him down in Tijuana, recruits the help of a reformed drug addict (Yolanda Ross) and a not-so-reformed, and nearly blind, former LA cop (Edward James Olmos). Not exactly the kind of trip that they'll be tweeting snapshots from.

As expected, in our interview, Sayles demonstrates an intimate command of the issues that gives GO FOR SISTERS' thrills a real-world legitimacy. Meanwhile, Ross discusses what life is like on a Sayles indie project -- bottom line: look elsewhere for duplex dressing trailers. Click on the player to hear the show.

 

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Direct download: MMP726_John_Sayles_Yolanda_Ross_on_GO_FOR_SISTERS_v01.mp3
Category:Mighty Movie Podcast -- posted at: 5:59am EDT
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The appeal of British science fiction television is examined in the Roundtable segment of this classic episode from 1993.  In addition, the debate between comics creators Peter David and Todd McFarlane and other news is covered and Orenthal Hawkins discusses which is the better show on Sunday nights, SeaQuest or Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.

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Trivia: This episode was recorded at Science Fiction, Mysteries, & More, a bookstore in southern Manhattan.  A number of episodes from this point on were recorded there as a cost cutting measure.

Sponsors: Science Fiction, Mysteries, & More; Futures Past
Original Airdate: October 22, 1993
Direct download: British_SF_TV.mp4
Category:Public Access Show Episode -- posted at: 9:09pm EDT
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Tonight’s DinersScottMiles, and M.

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Interview: Neil Grayston (Smallville and Eureka)

Trivia: New Trivia this week! Win Neil Grayston

TV News: The Walking Dead gets 'anti-climactic' S5 renewal (what else did you expect?);  CBS ORDERS PILOT SCRIPT FOR CHARMED REBOOT; SHIELD is the biggest disappointment; Almost Human premiere date changed

Movie News: X Men: Days of Future Past Trailer;  Captain America: The Winter Soldier trailer; Harrison Ford on the Ender's Game controversy

TWIST: Life After Trek Episode 25 Featuring Star Trek author Larry Nemecek; a documentary About Star Trek’s Original Orion Slave Girl, Susan Oliver, Being Developed

SciFi 5 in 5: Great Douglas Fargo quotes from Eureka

Trivia:

Trivia this week! Who said this quote and from what movie?

Question: "Does thinking you're the last sane man on earth make you crazy? Because if it does, maybe I am."

Prize: A signed Neil Grayston print

Promos:

The Dune Saga Podcast

The Quarter Bin Podcast

Neil Grayston

Neil Grayston began acting in high school in Port Moody, British Columbia. After graduation, he began his professional career by guest-starring on numerous Vancouver-shot television series, including the critically acclaimed teen series Edgemont Road.

Grayston played a recurring role as Alec, "the mouth-breather", on the series Wonderfalls. He was nominated for a Leo Award for his role as Martin, the stoic sous-chef, in the award-winning comedy series Godiva's. His guest-starring credits include turns on Smallville, The Dead Zone and Supernatural. He currently resides in New Westminster, British Columbia, with his girlfriend and several fish.


Direct download: SciFi_Diner_Podcast_Ep_188.mp3
Category:SciFi Diner Podcast -- posted at: 5:46am EDT
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Ender's Game was number one at the box office this past weekend.  The ticket sales weren't all that impressive.  Can the God of Thunder knock the movie from its top spot when Thor 2 premeires this weekend?  All this and more is brought to you by Michael Falkner on this week's Weekly Podioplex.

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Direct download: Podioplex110513.mp3
Category:The Weekly Podioplex -- posted at: 6:09pm EDT
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In our final Halloween-themed installment for 2013, The G2V Podcast welcomes a special guest – an internationally recognized zombie expert that co-authored ZOMBIEMANIA: 80 MOVIES TO DIE FOR (with a revised edition titled ZOMBIEMANIA RISES: 100 MOVIES TO DIE FOR on the way, cataloguing about 1,000 films!), teaches a course at theUniversity of Baltimore called “Zombies in Popular Media,” contributed to volumes like TRIUMPH OF THE WALKING DEADBRAAAIIINNNSSS!: FROM ACADEMICS TO ZOMBIES, and THE UNDEAD AND THEOLOGY, and lectures on “Zombies: Monsters with Meaning” at symposia, conventions, and festivals. Who is it? None other than G2V co-host Arnold T. Blumberg!

Scott and Arnold look back at the history of zombies in pop culture, where they started, where they shambled (and occasionally ran) in the years that followed until they infected every medium and genre, and what this whole undying zombie craze might actually mean.

Monsters_of_Legend_coverWe also have a special contest this episode! Midnight Syndicate has graciously provided us with a copy of their phenomenal new album that pays tribute to the Universal and Hammer legacy, Monsters of Legend! We’re giving a copy away to the listener who can answer the following trivia question (also presented in the episode). E-mail, post on our Facebook page or in the comments below, send your answer through the post-apocalyptic wilderness, and if you get it right, the CD will be yours!

This movie was the first to introduce the idea that zombies specifically want to eat brains:
A) Night of the Living Dead
B) Dawn of the Dead
C) Nightmare City
D) The Return of the Living Dead
E) Re-Animator

Good luck!

NOTE: This episode was uploaded by an unknown party that discovered the file on a server after being unable to contact either Scott or Arnold. Listeners should be warned that some of what they may hear might be considered…alarming…

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Illustrations from William Seabrook’s THE MAGIC ISLAND

WHITE ZOMBIE (complete film at Archive.org)

WHITE ZOMBIE (novelization by Stephen D. Sullivan)

PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE (complete film at Archive.org)

THE LAST MAN ON EARTH (complete film at Archive.org)

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (complete film at Archive.org)

ZOMBIE (original trailer presented from Blue Underground)

The “Video Nasties” (Wikipedia)

“The Trioxin Theme” from THE RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD

AMC’s official THE WALKING DEAD page

Run For Your Lives: The Original Zombie Infested 5K Obstacle Course Race

Zombie Video Games (Wikipedia)

Zombies!!! (Twilight Creations Inc.)

Last Night on Earth (Flying Frog Productions)

All Flesh Must Be Eaten RPG (Eden Studios Inc.)

LEGO Zombie Minifigure Bio! (“Briiiiiiiiiicks…”)

The Walking Dead “Sassy” Rick Grimes Halloween Costume!

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Direct download: G2VS1E10103113.mp3
Category:G2V Podcast -- posted at: 8:51am EDT
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The following introduction was intended for the premiere episode of HG World on The Chronic Rift Network.  In it, creator Jay Smith and producer Stacy Dooks discuss the show and what listeners can expect in the months ahead.  Stay tuned as episode two will premiere later this month.


Direct download: HG_World_Intro_-_Episode_1_intro.mp3
Category:HG World -- posted at: 5:38pm EDT
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Episode 14, Robin Geek

Science fiction writer Scott Pearson (Star Trek Myriad Universes: Shattered Light) and his daughter present a spoiler-filled overview of many versions of Robin Hood in the movies and on TV, from the 1938 Errol Flynn movie The Adventures of Robin Hood to the 2006–2009 BBC television series Robin Hood, with many stops in between. Plus, a guest appearance from writer Una McCormack to vote for her favorite Robin. Double-length episode!
Segments
Intro :30
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) 1:10
Rabbit Hood (1949) 6:30
Personal Tales of Sherwood 7:50
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955–1959) 10:55
Robin Hood Daffy (1958) 17:40
Robin Hood (1973) 18:10
Robin of Sherwood (1984–1986) 19:10
Time Bandits (1981) plus the Three Robin Hoods of 1991 29:00
Robin Hood (2006–2009) 32:20
Robin Hood Round-up 41:25
Two Listener Faves 43:55
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Direct download: GenGeek_Episode_14.mp3
Category:Generations Geek -- posted at: 4:00am EDT
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Presenting the Transcription Feature: The Mercury Theater on the Air - The War of the Worlds

The War of the Worlds is an episode of the American radio drama anthology series The Mercury Theatre on the Air. It was performed as a Halloween episode of the series on October 30, 1938, and aired over the Columbia Broadcasting System radio network. Directed and narrated by actor and future filmmaker Orson Welles, the episode was an adaptation of H. G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds(1898).

The first two thirds of the 62-minute broadcast were presented as a series of simulated news bulletins, which suggested to many listeners that an actual alien invasion by Martians was currently in progress. Compounding the issue was the fact that the Mercury Theatre on the Air was a sustaining show (it ran without commercial breaks), adding to the program's realism. Although there were sensationalist accounts in the press about a supposed panic in response to the broadcast, the precise extent of listener response has been debated.

In the days following the adaptation, however, there was widespread outrage and panic by certain listeners, who had believed the events described in the program were real. The program's news-bulletin format was described as cruelly deceptive by some newspapers and public figures, leading to an outcry against the perpetrators of the broadcast. Despite these complaints—or perhaps in part because of them—the episode secured Welles' fame as a dramatist.

To celebrate the 75th anniversary of the broadcast of this program, John shares the original broadcast as well as tells you about the BBC production of Independence Day UK, a tie-in audio drama to the blockbuster movie done in the style of The War of the World.  Check out Kevin Lauderdale's more detailed look at the original production on his It Has Come to My Attention.

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Direct download: Presenting103113.mp3
Category:Presenting the Transcription Feature -- posted at: 5:33pm EDT
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Tonight’s DinersScott, and Miles


Welcome to the Diner

In tonight’s show, listeners discuss the following: Star Trek Continues, Star Trek Phase II, a potential Ant Man movie, Gravity, Marvel: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Walking Dead, Witches of Eastwood (really? Lifetime has a fantasy show?), Supernatural, Arrow, Revolution, The Shadow Rising (Wheel of Time), and more.


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