Steve is injured on a mission and in need of bionic surgery.  While recovering he spots a woman who looks like Jaime.  But Jaime's dead.  Steve watched her die on the operating table.  What kind of sick game is Oscar and Rudy playing on him?!?

The good news - Jaime is alive.

The bad news - Jaime doesn't remember Steve or any part of her life before she came back to life.

To make matters worse, the young doctor who came up with the revolutionary technique that allowed Rudy and his team to save Jaime is falling for her and she for him.  Can Steve keep it all together and finally be reunited with his childhood sweetheart?

TO BE CONTINUED...

Stay tuned as part two of this look at the third season premiere of The Six Million Dollar Man will be released in less than two weeks.

Joining John and Paul to discuss this episode are James Sherrard of Bionic Woman Files and Betsy Dodd of The Bionic Blonde.

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Bionic Wiki entry

Bionic Blonde entry

The Six Million Dollar Blog entry

(coming soon)

James Sherrard is a first generation fan of The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman. A collector of all things Bionic as a child, his interest in the shows was reignited when the first Bionic reunion movie was produced in 1987.The following year he met stars Lindsay Wagner and Richard Anderson for the first time through Lindsay Wagner’s Official Fan Club. In 1998, James reworked the Bionic Woman episode guide booklet that he had produced for the club into The Bionic Woman Files website…the longest running Bionic Woman site on the web! Over the years, James has contributed his Bionic knowledge to various books, articles, websites, and television productions. He has also amassed an amazing collection of Bionic memorabilia, from common toys to one-of-a-kind production items. Most recently, James has contributed to the 2010 DVD releases of The Bionic Woman Season One and The Six Million Dollar Man: The Complete Collection. James resides in New York where he is employed by a non-profit organization.

From Betsy Dodd's page: 

Growing up in a one-TV household, I had 3 brothers who surrounded me in age—who often teased me for being a “sissy”—and who usually controlled the voting majority for which channel to watch. Back in the 70s, our whirling TV dial was pretty much destroyed because we fought over it so often. One night while the substitute pliers were pointed to their choice of The Six Million Dollar Man(again), suddenly there was OMG ...cue angelic chorus... Jaime Sommers, the world’s first Bionic Woman. Yes!!! Score one for us sissies! I was totally hooked. And the love story between Jaime and Steve was the best. Ever. But then they killed her the following week.

Why did I idolize Jaime Sommers so much? Just as the final season was being released on DVD in the fall of 2011, I stumbled onto some internet bionic fan forums and started posting these offbeat episode reviews. I’m not sure, but when some members encouraged me to go start my own blog, I think it may have been the equivalent of being politely shunned by the Bionic Amish community— puritans of the franchise. (Really, I’m kidding. They’re all fun people and super nice. And they even let me use electricity to sign onto the internet.) Once about ten years ago, I belonged to an online fan “cult” that was framed in a similar style of farcical humor about The X-Files, so to me, this is all a completely normal approach to a television drama.

These days, I am a freelance copywriter, graphic designer and video editor living in Tennessee. No, I am not a blonde, but I am threatening to become one soon if these little gray hairs don’t stop surfacing. I must confess I also did not actually keep a diary in the 70s, but wish now that I had, so I could remember the real reason why I missed so many episodes of my favorite 70s show. For now, I’m blaming my brothers. For everything.

Clay and Debby are back in the car and on the road again.  This time around, they talk about Wurstfest, a ten day celebration of all things sausage in Texas.  (There's such a great joke there, but we'll be good.)  Listen in as they share their experiences at the best Wurstfest ever.

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Dan Persons says:

Ah, the romance of the outlaw -- dashing and fearless, living a life of danger and adventure. Except when they're greedy sociopaths leaving a trail of corpses in their wake.

NARCO CULTURA looks into the world of the Mexican drug cartels and how it has spawned a culture that romanticizes and celebrates the bloody exploits of the men behind it. Photojournalist and filmmaker Shaul Schwarz -- leveraging his experience working in such conflict zones as Haiti and the Gaza Strip -- focuses in both on the real-life horror witnessed by Richi Soto, a crime scene investigator in Juarez, Mexico, who has to deal with the terror, corruption, and intimidation spawned by the cartels, and on the cultural impact via the viewpoint of Edgar Quintero, a Los Angeles narcocorrido songwriter and singer, who's acquiring a growing fandom for his odes celebrating the cartels' violent lifestyle.

I was able to sit down with Schwarz for an in-depth glimpse into the motivations for this project and risks encountered in actually bringing it to the screen. Click on the player to hear the show.

WEBSITE LINK: http://narcoculture.com/

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We continue our series of recorded panels from this year's Dragon Con with one that Keith participated in.  From the American Sci-Fi Classics track, this panel took a look at the genre movies and television of 1983.  If you would like to learn more about Dragon Con, check out the link below in these show notes.

The panelists include:

• Jessa Phillips (Good to Be a Geek)
• Keith DeCandido
• Michael Gordon (New Legend Productions)
• Van Plexico (The White Rocket Podcast)
• Kevin from The Flopcast
  
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Tonight’s Diners: Scott, Miles, M, Dayton, and John

Welcome to the Diner

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The Gatecast

Trekcast Podcast

Cyborgs: A Bionic Podcast

Welcome to our Holiday Special!

We are counting down our top Christmas gifts.... so if you have some extra cash...well, hey, we'd love to help you out with that.   Especially Dayton. He's always hustling for cash.....he'll do anything.  I mean ANYTHING...even come on the SciFi Diner podcast....

Dayton's List:

1. Officially licensed street legal 1966 Batmobile

2. Death Star wall blocks

3. Larry Nemecek's "Stellar Cartography"

4. Original Art Edition of Heavy Metal

5. Star Wars Original Trilogy Score

John's List:

1. Original Voyager Console Prop w/Okudagram included

2. Firefly The Game

3. Enterprise Ring Ship Hand-Made Artisan Replica

4. Quantum Mechanix Star Trek TNG Communicator Pin

5. Star Trek The Next Generation Season 5 on Blu Ray

M's List:

1. Rogan

2. 3D Printer for Fashion

3. Stovetop Vacuum Coffee Maker

4. Livescribe 3 Smartpen Standard Edition for Tablets and Smartphones

5. PS4

Mile's List:

1. A New Kindle

2. The Ladies of Firefly poster set from Think Geek

3. Amazon Gift Cards

4. Star Trek The Next Generation pajama set

5. Star Trek Into Darkness on Blu Ray (From Target)

Scott's List:

1. Lifesize Landspeeder

2. Google Chromecast HDMI Streaming Media Player

3. Star Wars Frames

4. From History's Shadow by Dayton Ward

5. Doctor Who TARDIS Door Cling (Think Geek)

The Hunger Games satisfied more hungry movie goers this past Thanksgiving weekend making it once again, the number one movie at the box office.  It's another lean week for movie and DVD releases, plus there's only one real news item that dominated Hollywood this week.  Michael Falkner has it all on an all new The Weekly Podioplex.

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We're gearing up to review the third season of The Six Million Dollar Man and the first season of The Bionic Woman.  But before we do that, we need to take one last look at the second season of Six Mill.  John and Paul sit down to look back at their reviews of the past season.  They talk about how their views on certain episodes changed and discuss some things they realized after recording certain episodes.  In addition, they review the special features of the second season DVD release, discuss listener feedback, present a new Bionic Impression Theater, and give you an example of when they have to deal with "Skype Hell."  It's all there and more on this Declassified episode.

Share in the memories Paul and John talked about by picking up the Universal release of season two of The Six Million Dollar Man.

Then, get ready for our look at season three of The Six Million Dollar Man by purchasing the Universal release.

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The Zombie uprising reaches Wishwell, PA as Hicks and Ronni try to make their way into downtown Wishwell while Gray tries to escape town with Caitlin.  Unfortunately for both parties, the way is blocked by the flesh-eating undead remains of the townfolk. 

The Cast: Keith R A DeCandido as Todd Rage, Stacy Dooks as Gray, M Sieiro Garcia as Caitlin, D J Breau as Derrik, Mark Zaricor as Deputy Dale, Ginny Swann as Colleen, Rebecca Rinas as Ronni, Ryan Smith as Hicks, D T Kelly as Neighbor.  With Eugie Foster, Tracy Evans, Mike Stokes and Cheryl Malcom.

HG World is produced by 3015 North Studios.  This episode was written and directed by Jay Smith with production assistance by Martha Linbo-Terhaar, Carole Stokes, Michael Stokes, and Pam Smith. 

Sound effects courtesy of www.freesound.org.   Jonathan Coulton appears courtesy of the Creative Commons license.  Please visit him and his goodness at www.jonathancoulton.com.  For more about HG World, visit www.goodmorningsurvivors.com.

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Tonight’s Diners: Scott, Miles and M.

Welcome to the Diner

On this listener feedback show, listeners discuss the following: The Superman Blu-ray, Marvel: Agents of S.H.I,E.L.D., Atlantis, Doctor Who's 50th Anniversary Special, Ender's Game, Thor: The Dark World, Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Almost Human, and more.

Be sure to check out  Lola Lariscy's book Trudie Lem: Spaceship Captain, Earth Detective. It's about one heck of a crazy, contrary and just plain foul spaceship captain and her co-pilot/minder, Aurora.

In Part 2 of our celebration of DOCTOR WHO‘s 50th anniversary, we take a look at the big events of the weekend itself, from the airing of the special adventure “The Day of the Doctor” to AN ADVENTURE IN SPACE AND TIME, the Mark Gatiss-scripted drama that takes a nostalgic look back at the beginning of it all. Scott and Arnold discuss the celebration of a television institution, focus on the many “beautiful” touches that made it such an unbridled joy, and also provide some feedback on Big Finish’s own 50th anniversary special, “The Light at the End,” and the classic Doctor romp, “The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot!” Also, check the show links below for some of the many ways that Scott and Arnold seemed to take over the Internet on the 50th anniversary weekend!

SPECIAL NOTE: This episode features a remix of the DOCTOR WHO theme by “Gwylock1″!

The 20th anniversary DOCTOR WHO TECHNICAL MANUAL published in 1983

CONTEST TIME! Listeners (or readers of this very post) can win a copy of the 1983 DOCTOR WHO TECHNICAL MANUAL simply by writing in to the podcast e-mail address with your tale about how you first discovered the Doctor! Get in touch, share your story, and we’ll not only share some of them in the next episode but choose one to receive this special 20th anniversary collectible!

Happy times and places!

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SHOW LINKS:
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

The Light at the End (Big Finish)

An American Writer on Gallifrey by Scott (CNN iReport)

25 Things You Need to Know about DOCTOR WHO by Arnold (Geek Exchange)

Arnold’s Best of DOCTOR WHO 50th Anniversary Ballot at Anglophenia

Wikia Expert Showcase: DOCTOR WHO featuring Arnold

DOCTOR WHO Confuses and Confounds Ron Burgundy (YouTube via IGN)

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It's a lean week in terms of DVD releases, but that doesn't mean there isn't a jam-packed episode of The Weekly Podioplex.  The Hunger Games: Catching Fire took the number one spot at the box office this past weekend and earned the distinction of being the highest opening weekened movie of November ever.  Plus, there is news of Marvel properties and a Tolkien biopic in the works.  Michael Falkner has it all for a Happy Thanksgiving.

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Today marks the 50th anniversary of the British science fiction television series, Doctor Who.  While most modern day fans have become so thanks to the reboot of the series in 2005, there are a legion of fans who love all the incarnations of the Doctor, including his first.  In celebration of the anniversary, the Spotlight series will take a monthly look at each of the Doctors.  We begin where it all began in a little salvage yard on Totters Lane with two teachers attempting to find out the secret of their unusual student.  There, they meet the grandfather of the girl, a doctor, played by William Hartnell.  He whisk them away through time and space in a time machine in the shape of a British police box.  And thus the 50 year adventure begins.  John sits down with The G2V Podcast's Arnold T. Blumburg and Scott Alan Woodard to discuss the man and his legacy to the series.  They offer suggestions on episodes to watch and also look at how this first incarnation of the Doctor took some time and development to become the Doctor that everyone knows and loves today.

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From Wikipedia:

Hartnell's performance in This Sporting Life was noted by Verity Lambert, the producer who was setting up a new science-fiction television series for the BBC, Doctor Who. Lambert offered him the title role. Although Hartnell was initially uncertain about accepting a part in what was pitched to him as a children's series, in part due to his success in films^[9], Lambert and director Waris Hussein convinced him to take the part, and it became the character for which he gained the highest profile and is now most remembered. Hartnell later revealed that he took the role because it led him away from the gruff, military parts in which he had become typecast, and, having two grandchildren of his own, he came to relish particularly the attention and affection that playing the character brought him from children.

Doctor Who earned Hartnell a regular salary of £315 per episode by 1966 (in the era of 48 weeks per year production on the series), equivalent to £4,050 a week in modern terms. Throughout his tenure as the Doctor, William Hartnell wore a wig when playing the part, as the character had long hair.

Hartnell's deteriorating health (he suffered from arteriosclerosis, which began to affect his ability to say his lines), as well as poor relations with the new production team on the series after the departure of Verity Lambert, ultimately led him to leave Doctor Who in 1966.

When he left Doctor Who, the producer of the show came up with a unique idea: since the Doctor is an alien, he can transform himself physically, thereby renewing himself. William Hartnell himself suggested that Patrick Troughton should be cast as the new Doctor, stating that "There's only one man in England who can take over, and that's Patrick Troughton". In the fourth episode of the serial The Tenth Planet, the First Doctor regenerated into Troughton's Second Doctor.

Mighty Movie Podcast host Dan Persons joins the Rift crew while Krissy is out at a convention.  He fills us in on his Kickstarter campaign to develop a video interview series for Cinefantastique Online.  In addition, we cover NaNoWriMo, Gravity, the new fall TV season, the next Star Wars movie, and the rock star status of Neil deGrasse Tyson and Michio Kaku.  Download the episode, take a listen, and chime in with your thoughts on what we discussed here.

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Tonight’s Diners: Scott, Miles and M.

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Interview: SciFi Diner Podcast Ep. 189 - Our Interview with Greg Evigan (TekWar, BJ and the Bear, and The Six Million Dollar Man )

Trivia: New Trivia this week! Win Neil Grayston

TV News: Here's not one, not two, but THREE trailers for The Day of the Doctor, Almost Human premieres

Movie News: Watch RoboCop take out a room full of drones in ass-kicking new trailer, Rumored Scarlet Witch actress confirms she IS in Avengers 2: Age of Ultron, Mark your calendar: Star Wars Episode VII release date officially confirmed!

TWIST: IDW Publishing's Latest Star Trek Comics

SciFi 5 in 5: Top 5 SciFi books M should read, but just can't get through; the top 5 books she pushed through and loved.

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:

Jim's SciFi Blog

Trek News and Views

Greg Evigan

Currently Greg has just completed 22 episodes of a new situation comedy called "Big Sound." "Big Sound" is a management firm in which Greg's character Bill Sutton, takes on the nerve-racking responsibility of handling clients in the music business. The satirical humor of the show is derived from the fanatical, opulent, and often eccentric behavior of artists, agents, lawyers, publicists, etc., surrounding the clients and the business.

After completing the episodes of "Big Sound" Greg went back to Los Angeles but only for a short stop before he traveled back up to Saskatooon, Canada to perform a role in the independent feature, "Sweet Revenge" AKA Die! Die! Die! (The USA Video title)

Straight from that project Greg was offered the role of a high school teacher who is raising a daughter on his own after the untimely death of his wife. Dealing with the high spirits of his daughter losing her mother and blaming herself, Greg's character has to deal with the "Spirit" that has been living in their home.

Greg is now waiting to hear if a network for series production will pick up a two-hour movie that he filmed in Toronto, June of 2001. The name of the show is "Isabelle Rocks." Greg's character "Steve" is a private investigator who gets roped into precarious situations when he lets his feelings for Isabelle overrun his better judgement. A romantic comedy for the producer Fred Silverman could have a shot for a mid-season replacement.

Last on the work list so far this year is "Reba," where Greg is "Bill the Plumber." This could be a reoccurring role for the show, which is on the WB Network on Friday nights.

Greg is an actor, singer, song writer and musician, known around the world best from his character portrayals of B.J. McKay on the hit television series "B.J. and the Bear"and Joey Harris in "My Two Dads." Although Greg has been successful in both drama and comedy, he actually started out his career in music, performing in local Jersey Bands.

At age 17, he got his first job as a singer in the original Broadway production of "Jesus Christ Superstar." Two years later he continued his stay on the Broadway stage in the leading role of Danny Zuko in the original production of "Grease".

After two back to back hit shows on Broadway, it was music and television producer Don Kirschner who brought Greg to California to meet Norman Lear. (Producer of "All In the Family") The show was called "A Year At The Top" In which Greg co-stared and recorded an album with Paul Shaffer, the notorious bandleader of "Late Night with David Letterman." Greg and Paul Shaffer supplied original music for the show. They were signed to "Casablanca Records" and recorded an album together as none other than,"Greg & Paul."

Greg has also sung the theme songs for many of the TV series that he has appeared in, such as the B.J. & The Bear theme. He co-wrote and sang the theme for the hit series "My Two Dads," called "You Can Count On Me." Greg again sang a duet with Sheryl Crowe for the series theme song for "P.S. I Luv U" in which he co-starred with Connie Selleca.

During the My Two Dads years, Evigan landed his first leading roles in feature films. He starred as Lieutenant Heinaman in "Stripped To Kill" a Roger Corman film with actress Kay Lenz; in the underwater adventure thriller, "Deep Star Six" as Kevin McBride, and in "Private Road" as Brad with actor George Kennedy. "Private Road" gave Greg his first crack at musical supervisor on a film.

An ABC movie of the week project titled "One Of Her Own" attracted critical attention for Greg in the role of Charlie Lloyd, a police officer who rapes his female rookie partner (Lori Loughlin). "He (Evigan) uses his former heartthrob twinkle to turn his cop-on-the-skids into a devilish, misogynistic knucklehead. Evigan's Lloyd is a torturous presence," said Adam Sandler of Daily Variety.

Other movies made for television include "Lies Before Kisses," with Jacqueline Smith;"The Lady Forgets" with Donna Mills; "Deadly Family Secrets" with Gigi Rice and"Colombo" with Peter Falk.

From 1993 to 1995, Greg completed four two-hour television movies based on William Shatner's novels, "TekWars." Set in the year 2034, Evigan starred as Jake Cardigan, an ex-cop-turned-private-eye detective. After the four two-hour movies, Greg went on to complete eighteen one-hour episodes of TekWar which debuted in January1994 for the USA Network.

The two-year residence in Canada enabled Evigan and his family to receive "Landed Immigrant Status," valuable for future projects as producer as well as actor.

Upon his return to Los Angeles Greg was approached to play a role in the Aaron Spelling series "Melrose Place" he accepted the role of Dan Hathaway. Greg completed 13 episodes of the show and Aaron Spelling immediately cast him in his new pilot presentation of "Pacific Palisades" which was sold to the Fox Network. In the thirteen shows that were produced Greg played Robert Russo, architect/adulterer whose business and marriage is on the rocks.

Some of the other more recent projects Greg has starred in were the ABC movie "Nobody Lives Forever." Greg's character, Rick Barrish is caught in a love/murder triangle with his female cop partner and a long-lost girl friend (co-staring Brenda Bakke and Kevin Dobson).

Also aired in the spring of '99, a UPN Made for television movie called "Survivor".

A reoccurring role on the hit NBC series "Veronica's Closet" with Kirsti Alley. Greg once shared the spotlight with Kirsti on a Series that never really got off the ground for more than 13 episodes in the mid-eighties called "Masquerade."

The movie for the Fox Family Channel called "Earth Quake in New York" was shot in Toronto. Suffering the loss of their youngest son in the big quake of '94 in Los Angeles, Greg's character John Rykker moves his family back to New York. Trying to escape the threat, as well as the memories of that horrible experience only to be faced with more of the same when a magnitude 8.2 hits New York City.

During the sweeps week in spring of '99 six episodes of "Family Rules" a UPN/ Jim Hensen production was aired. In this comedy series Greg's character Nate Harrison is a college basketball coach who is raising four daughters on his own.

An independent feature film "The Pawn." Greg stars as Ray Harland a New York cop who is lured back to his home town by his father and brother to help them flush out the Russian Mafia, only to find that his own family is in on the take. Co-starring with actors, Sydney Penny, Tony Lo Bianco and Robert Stewart. The film was released to video by Aurora, under the Action Thriller category.

Greg has also finished an independent film called "Mel" co-staring with Ernest Borgnine and Julie Hagerty. The film has aired on HBO and is available through, North by Northwest Entertainment.

Evigan has produced and sang on his "pop" album, "Slow Down" featuring ten of his original songs now available to you through this web site.

He plays the piano, drums, and saxophone, and writes in a variety of different styles of music. He is now mixing a new CD, with more original pieces, recorded with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios in London. The Modern Classical album features Evigan at the piano.

You can order Greg's first CD "Slow Down," by clicking here or on the CD icon on the left and sending a check or money order to the address listed. If you are using a credit card to order go to Amazon.com's "Slow Down" Purchase Page.

To keep up-to-date on Greg's career and upcoming shows; www.evigan.com

Thor 2 continues to dominate at the box office, but there is another franchise waiting in the wings to challenge the God of Thunder this coming weekend.  In addition, there's new TV on DVD releases this week that include a classic Doctor Who title that is just in time to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the series.  Plus, Kevin Bachelder of the Tuning in to Sci-Fi podcast stops by to offer his thoughts on a favorite movie, Night of the Comet, which is getting a Blu-ray release this week.  There's all this and more, brought to you by Michael Falkner and The Weekly Podioplex.

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Believe it or not, Scott and Arnold survived the zombie attacks featured in our previous episode…but just barely! This time around, our celebration of the 50th anniversary ofDOCTOR WHO begins with a look at fandom – how it not only supported the series during those dark “wilderness” years but how it also helped bring your G2V hosts together and allowed them both to contribute professionally to the universe of our favorite TV series! We focus on the fun, the fantasy, and the fandom with a look at our hero – the Doctor – on screen, in print, and on audio!

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SHOW LINKS:
“The Night of the Doctor” Mini Episode – “The Day of the Doctor” Prequel

“The Day of the Doctor” Trailer

“An Adventure in Space and Time” Trailer

Big Finish Productions – Home of Original DOCTOR WHO Audio Dramas

Scott Alan Woodard’s Big Finish DOCTOR WHO Audio Dramas

The Big Finish DOCTOR WHO: SHORT TRIPS book collections (Wikipedia)

Gallifrey One Convention

Chicago TARDIS Convention

L.I. Who Convention

Craig Ferguson – The Lost DOCTOR WHO Cold Open

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Dan Persons says:

The comedy team of Etta Devine and Gabriel Diani already have a bit of notoriety attached to them: Their Kickstarter campaign for The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Robotic Edition) — which proposed to publish an edition of the Mark Twain classic with all occurrences of the N-word replaced with the word “robot” — attracted no little attention and enough supporters to not only push them to their goal, but well beyond. With that success under their belt, they’ve embarked on a less unorthodox, but hopefully just as entertaining, Kickstarter campaign for a new end-of-the-world comedy, DIANI & DEVINE MEET THE APOCALYPSE. With a solid technical crew and a cast that includes DEEP SPACE NINE’s Armin Shimerman, BUFFY’s Harry Groener, and LEGEND OF KORRA’s Janet Varney, the project is already well-positioned to bring some mirth to unrestrained devastation, disease, and despair.

So since my sponsors for this ep are presently running a Kickstarter for their cool, RFID-blocking jacket, the Shield, and since I, myself, am running my own Kickstarter, I thought it would be worthwhile to reach out to Etta and Gabe to talk about the film, its inspirations and challenges, and also to get their thoughts on crowdfunding a creative project. Click on the player to hear the discussion.

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Rejoice!  You have something to be thankful for this Thanksgiving holiday season.  Clay and Debby are back with an all new episode.  In it, they're in the car again (a surprisingly useful studio space) and talking about Thanksgiving.  There are preparations to be made in terms of menu, family expectations, and finally Black Friday shopping.  Can Debby get a word in edgewise with the ADD prone Clay?

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Dragnet returns to Presenting the Transcription Feature as Jack Webb once again patrols the streets of Los Angeles in a quest for law and order.  This week, Joe Friday looks into the beating of a woman who has recently joined "The Big Church".  In addition, there are episodes of The Adventures of Superman and The Avengers.

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November 2, 2013
0:29 - Whispers Radio Promo
4:34 - The Adventures of Superman - "Pillar of Fire at Graves End", part 2 - August 7, 1940
17:59 - Dragnet - "Daddy's Girl" - November 2, 1950
49:39 - The Avengers - "The Morning After", part 2

As we’ve previously noted, in the sixties, the revolution wasn’t televised, and film wasn’t always an accurate conduit for measuring the temper of the times. BLACKENSTEIN was meant to ride the then-burgeoning wave of (duh) blaxsploitation films, reaching out to African-American audiences with a story that provided all the elements of popular cinema, yet spoke to their condition with characters who could navigate the dangerous streets of urban America and weren’t afraid of taking the struggle to the Man. Instead, what triple-threat producer/writer/special effects artist Frank R. Saletri delivered was a tale that had little to do with the classic story of the doctor who tampered in God’s domain, but was brimming with bad science, wooden acting, and exceedingly bizarre music cues. Oh, well; at least the camerawork is ambitious.

The Temple of Bad team of Andrea Lipinski, Kevin Lauderdale, Orenthal V. Hawkins, and Dan Persons tuck their afro-picks in their back pockets and sit down to discuss this wayward attempt to knock off Sam Arkoff’s more successful (and arguably better) BLACULA. Their take-away: Not even the funniest talking-dog joke in the world could save this weird, incoherent mess from being the sole credit for most its participants.

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Tonight’s Diners: Scott and Miles

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In tonight’s show, listeners discuss the following: Almost Human, Peter Pan Begins, The Art versus the Artist (Ender's Game Versus Orson Scott Card), Thor, Witches of Eastwick, Supernatural, Sleepy Hollow, Walking Dead, Arrow, and more.

A rash of kidnappings appears to have Gotham City's Police Department stumped.  All the victims appear to have one thing in common, they wear hats.  That alone points to the machinations of The Mad Hatter.  But what is his scheme?  Why take the people as well as their hats?  What do they have in common?

Joining John to figure out The Mad Hatter's scheme is life-long Batman fan, Linda-Ali Cruz.

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Linda-Ali Cruz is a self-proclaimed GeekGirl whose love of superheroes has inspired her to teach her sons to appreciate the fantastic, in particular, the Caped Crusader and his pantheon of villains.

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Ender's Game had a short run at the box office, having been knocked aside for Thor 2.  The box office figures were very impressive and bode well for the holiday movie season.  Michael Falkner's got the full story, plus new DVD releases and Disney news on this week's Weekly Podioplex.

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Our Critical Assignment series takes a look at a panel on the 40th anniversary of the premiere of The Six Million Dollar Man on ABC.  In this panel, John moderates with Cyborgs pal and bionic merchandising guru Matt Hankinson, RevCast host and DragonCon American Sci-Fi Classics Track moderator Gary Mitchel, and writer and Earth Station One Podcast host Bobby Nash, a discussion on the pilot movie, Lee Major's acting chops in the series, the merchandising of the series, plus a whole lot more.  The panel took place at this year's DragonCon in Atlanta.

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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.

The panelists include:

• Gary Mitchel (RevolutionSF, American SF Classics)
• Jessa Phillips (Good to Be a Geek)
• Michael Falkner
• Jennifer Neault (American Science Fiction and Fantasy Media)
• Henry Hanks (CNN.com)
  
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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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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.

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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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 DEAD, BRAAAIIINNNSSS!: 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.

We 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!

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SHOW LINKS:
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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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.

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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Tonight’s Diners: Scott, and Miles

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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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Our Critical Assignment series concludes with the big bionic panel of DragonCon 2013.  Lee Majors and Lindsay Wagner both appeared on stage for the first time in many years to talk about their work on the bionic series.  The panel took place on Sunday, August 31 and John got to host this extravaganza.  Plus, Paul talks with The Bionic Blonde herself, Betsy Dodd, on how she developed the bionic reunion video that was shown to the audience prior to the duo taking the stage.

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October means that we dip in once again to the CBS Radio Mystery Theater.  This year, we look at the final year of EG Marshall's turn as host of the long running anthology series. Plus, we conclude the current stories for Superman and The Avengers and premiere new stories.

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October 26, 2013
0:29 - The Weekly Podioplex Promo
4:35 - The Adventures of Superman - "Pillar of Fire at Graves End", part 1 - August 5, 1940
16:25 - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - "Daddy's Girl" - October 26, 1981
1:01:32 - The Avengers - "The Morning After", part 1

We are honored to have the first exclusive interview with Toby Froud (LABYRINTH, Stripey Pajama Productions) all about his exciting new project, LESSONS LEARNED, a Kickstarter-funded practical puppet production! Go behind the scenes as the G2V Guys find out the genesis of this tale, some details on the construction of the characters, sets, and props, the many helping hands contributing to the creation of an all-new world of fantasy and adventure, and how this will continue the fine “Froudian” tradition!

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Handmade Puppet Dreams

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The entire show is turned over to movie critic David Nahmod as he interviews actor Roy Thinnes.  They discuss The Invaders, Dark Shadows, General Hospital, Mystery Science Theater 3000, and working with Gerry Anderson.

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King Boris' visit to the United States is interrupted by an exploding bouquet of flowers that hide a riddle inside, the calling card of the Riddler.  What is his scheme?  Can Batman and Robin figure it out before an international incident can occur?

Joining John to figure out the Riddler's clues is author, musician, and podcaster Keith R.A. DeCandido.

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Keith R.A. DeCandido is a writer, editor, musician, podcaster, curator, voice actor, and probably some other stuff, too, but he can't remember due to lack of sleep. In 2009, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Association of Media Tie-in Writers, which means he never needs to achieve anything ever again.

He has written tie-in fiction in prose and comics form for more than twenty different universes ranging from TV shows (Star Trek,Farscape, Supernatural, Leverage, and many more) to movies (Cars, Serenity, Resident Evil, Kung Fu Panda), to games (World of Warcraft, Dungeons & Dragons, StarCraft, Command and Conquer) to comic books (Spider-Man, X-Men, Hulk, Silver Surfer). He is the author of the acclaimed Precinct series of fantasy police procedurals including Dragon Precinct, Unicorn Precinct, and Goblin Precinct, with 2013 seeing the release of Gryphon Precinct and Tales from Dragon Precinct, as well as a comic book and audios of all four novels.

Other recent work includes writing the monthly Farscape comic book with series creator Rockne S. O'Bannon; the SCPD novel The Case of the Claw, a novel about cops in a city filled with superheroes; the Leverage novel The Zoo Job; the comic book miniseries The Fallen; the short-story collection Ragnarok and Roll: Tales of Cassie Zukav, Weirdness Magnet, urban fantasy stories taking place in Key West; and short stories in the anthologies Apocalypse 13, Bad-Ass Faeries: It's Elemental, Defending the Future: Best Laid Plans, Liar Liar,More Tales of Zorro, Star Trek: Seven Deadly Sins, and Tales from the House Band Vols. 1 & 2. He has also contributed to several shard worlds: Steven Savile's Viral (the novella -30-), Aaron Rosenberg & David Niall Wilson's The Scattered Earth (the novel Guilt in Innocence), and Jonathan Maberry's V-Wars (the story "The Ballad of Big Charlie").

Keith is also a longtime editor. He was the supervising editor of the Marvel novels published by Penguin Putnam from 1994-2000 and the monthly series of Star Trek eBook originals published by Simon & Schuster from 2000-2008. His anthology credits range fromImaginings and Liar Liar to the Doctor Who: Short Trips anthology The Quality of Leadership to the Star Trek anthologies New Frontier: No Limits, Tales from the Captain's Table, and Tales of the Dominion War. Currently he edits for clients both personal and corporate via KRADitorial.

Keith is a musician, once the percussionist for the Don't Quit Your Day Job Players (musical guests of Dragon*Con in 1998), currently the percussionist of sometime D*C filk guests the Boogie Knights. His work can be heard on the DQYDJP CDs TKB and Blues Spoken Here and the BK CDs Many a Sleepless Knight and Wasted Days, Wasted Knights.

Of late, Keith has become a serious podcaster -- he's part of the staff of The Chronic Rift, a pop-culture podcast, and has his own 'cast, Dead Kitchen Radio. He also provides voices for the audio dramas The Dome, Gypsy Cove, and the Parsec Award-winning HG World.

On top of all this, Keith is a black belt in Kenshikai karate and a devoted fan of the New York Yankees (in fact, he co-edited the 2013 Yankees Annual for Lindy's Magazines). He lives in New York City with a couple of humans and several animals. Find out less as his cheerfully retro web site of DeCandido.net, which provides links to his Facebook page, his Twitter feed, his blog, his podcasts, and many and varied other things that probably sound cooler than they actually are.

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Tonight’s Diners: Scott, Miles, and M.

Welcome to the Diner

Menu:

Interview: Raul Aguirre Jr. (Animator: Hand animator) Man Vs. Art

Trivia: Who won a signed Amanda Tapping print?

TV News: Walking Dead Wakes Up Huge Ratings; Marvel: Agents of Shield Gets Full Season; Arrow Teases; Screen Shot of Black Canary w/ Arrow; Breaking Bad’s Big Fan;

Movie News: Ant Man Movie News; R.U.R. News,

TWIST: Who said what? UNCONFIRMED RUMOR: Orci talked to CBS about Trek TV Show

SciFi 5 in 5 : M's Top Moments from Comicon….

Promos:

Jim’s SciFi Blog

The Dune Saga Podcast

Our Interview: Raul Aguirre Jr.

Man vs Art Podcast

YouTube Channel

Raul Aguirre Jr. was born in East L.A. but grew up on the mean streets of Hacienda Heights California. Back when he was 3 heads tall Raul picked up a crayon and did his version of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel only instead of biblical figures, his featured Popeye battling Mighty Mouse While Dinosaurs in Spaceships carpet bombed the Legion of Doom. Unfortunately he chose to create his first masterpiece on his mother's living room wall. The combination of laughter and horror on his mother's face left an indelible mark on the lad. He learned Art is Powerful!   From that moment on Raul decided he wanted to become an artist.

For the next 30 years Raul embarked on a lone quest for artistic mastery with an unwavering Quixote-like madness and dedication.

His influence has wound its way tentacle-like into every nook and cranny of pop culture. In a vast and mysterious ocean of entertainment, his stories have inspired and influenced entire waves of film, television, comics, games, and so much more. This way may lead to madness, but Scott and Arnold devote this installment of their month-long Halloween exploration by diving deep into the legacy of the one, the only H.P. Lovecraft! And to do it right, Arnold travelled all the way from Baltimore MD to Portland OR, just in time to join Scott for a Lovecraft film festival featuring a 35mm print of Re-Animator!

We also have a special contest this episode! Midnight Syndicate has graciously provided us with a copy of one of their albums, The 13th Hour, which we’re giving away to the listener who can answer the following trivia question (also presented in the episode). E-mail, post on our Facebook page, beam your answer into our addled minds, and if you get it right, the CD will be yours!

Lovecraft’s novella, At the Mountains of Madness, was published by what pulp magazine?
A) Amazing Stories
B) Argosy All-Story Weekly
C) Weird Tales
D) Astounding Stories
E) Startling Stories

And stay tuned for the next episode, when we’ll be featuring another Midnight Syndicate album giveaway!

…but be warned, The G2V Podcast can not be held responsible if listening to this episode alters your physical form or renders you utterly insane!

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SHOW LINKS:
“Lovecraft Slowly Shedding Cult Status” (Chicago Tribune)

The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society

The H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival and CthulhuCon

The Hollywood Theatre, Portland OR

Chaosium

Fantasy Flight Games

Copyright Status of Works by H.P. Lovecraft (The H.P. Lovecraft Wiki)

Sigh Co. Graphics

Cthulhu Pie!

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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 60-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.

Kevin Lauderdale returns with an all new episode.  There have been many other productions of Welles' infamous broadcast since then and Kevin wants to bring a few of them, including the Jeff Wayne musical, to your attention.

Links of Interest

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Gravity makes it three weeks in a row at the top of the box office.  Perhaps a Bad Grandpa or a Counselor have what it takes to take it down. There's all this and more, brought to you by Michael Falkner on this week's Weekly Podioplex.

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October means that we dip in once again to the CBS Radio Mystery Theater.  This year, we look at the final year of EG Marshall's turn as host of the long running anthology series. Plus, we conclude the current stories for Superman and The Avengers and premiere new stories.

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October 19, 2013
0:29 - Teenage Wasteland Podcast Promo
4:30 - The Adventures of Superman - "Lighthouse Point Smugglers", part 6 - August 3, 1940
15:40 - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - "The Equalizer" - October 19, 1981
58:25 - The Avengers - "From Venus with Love", part 6

October means that we dip in once again to the CBS Radio Mystery Theater.  This year, we look at the final year of EG Marshall's turn as host of the long running anthology series. Plus, we conclude the current stories for Superman and The Avengers and premiere new stories.

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October 12, 2013
0:29 - Twisted Geeks Podcast Promo
4:35 - The Adventures of Superman - "Lighthouse Point Smugglers", part 5 - July 31, 1940
15:35 - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - "The 500 Carats" - October 12, 1981
59:55 - The Avengers - "From Venus with Love", part 5

Dan Persons says:

To list the films and filmmakers David V. Picker has been involved with in his careers as president of United Artists, Paramount, and Columbia borders on giving a comprehensive history of the medium in the latter half of the twentieth century. A HARD DAY'S NIGHT, PERSONA, THE JERK, MIDNIGHT COWBOY, TOM JONES, LAST TANGO IN PARIS, LENNY, the James Bond franchise; auteurs such as Ingmar Bergman, Bernardo Bertolucci, Mike Nichols, John Huston, Woody Allen, and on and on (and on) -- Picker, through a lifelong embrace of adventurous filmmaking, has had a hand in more than a few standout titles. (Also LEONARD PART 6 -- we're not dealing with gods here.)

Picker has now put his experience in the industry into handy print form in the new book, Musts, Maybes, and Nevers: A Book About the Movies, where he recalls his adventures, good and bad, getting classics and not-quite-classics to the screen, and provides numerous anecdotes of his encounters with the artists and insiders who made it happen. I was able to spend some time with Picker to talk about the industry as it was and as it is, and what it was like capturing all that on the page.

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The Chronic Rift Network is thrilled and proud to present Jay Smith's HG World from the very beginning.  If you've never listened to this zombie apocalypse serial before, this is a perfect time to jump on board.  This first episode has been remastered and features an all new introduction by series creator, Jay Smith.

The zombie apocalypse has reached the remote parts of

northeastern Pennsylvania and local high school students Gray (Stacy Dooks), Caitlin (M Sieiro Garcia), Derrik (DJ Breau), Hicks (Ryan Smith) and Ronni (Rebecca Rinas) are stuck for something to do. They meet at the Wishwell Community Center where Pastor Douglas Dawkins (Mark Zaricor) is petitioning the local seniors to come with him to higher ground where they can ride out the metaphorical storm. Gray decides a house party is the best way to handle the situation and enlists his friends to loot the local Pump’n Go convenience store for supplies. From there, the world changes.

Features Bryan Lincoln as Carl with Scott Pigg and Tanja Milojevic, Keith DeCandido,       
Veronica Giguere, Eric Avedissian, Glenn Hascall, Caith Donovan, Jeremy Pinkham and Teresa Queen.

The episode was written and directed by Jay Smith
Show running and Voice Direction by Bryan Lincoln
Editing by Bryan Lincoln
Sound FX and Sound Design by Michael L Stokes
Engineered, Mixed and Mastered by Michael L Stokes
Musical Direction by Michael L Stokes and Jay Smith featuring original music by Michael L Stokes, Kevin MacLeod and
Jonathan Coulton used courtesy of the Creative Commons License.

HG World is a production of 3015 North Studios, with content used with permission under  
the Creative Commons License. For more information on this production, visit us online at www.goodmorningsurvivors.com.

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In this listener feedback show, M., Scott, and Miles discuss the following listener feedback:  Marvel's Agents of Shield; the Z*Con fundraiser; the Dune Saga Podcast; Gravity; Riddick; Under the Dome; BBC's Atlantis; The Butlerain Jihad; New York Comicon; Star Trek Continues; Star Trek Phase II; Ender's Game; The Walking Dead; Colin's dreamy accent; Once Upon a Time in Wonderland; The Tomorrow People; and Arrow.  Honorary mentions: Jim's SciFi Blog and Colin's Trek News and Views.In this listener feedback show, M., Scott, and Miles discuss the following listener feedback:  Marvel's Agents of Shield; the Z*Con fundraiser; the Dune Saga Podcast; Gravity; Riddick; Under the Dome; BBC's Atlantis; The Butlerain Jihad; New York Comicon; Star Trek Continues; Star Trek Phase II; Ender's Game; The Walking Dead; Colin's dreamy accent; Once Upon a Time in Wonderland; The Tomorrow People; and Arrow.  Honorary mentions: Jim's SciFi Blog and Colin's Trek News and Views.

Gravity continues to hold the top spot at the box office.  But more importantly, who do you prefer, Jeannie or Samantha Stevens from Bewitched. Now you can let the world know as both shows are getting a complete series release on DVD.  There's all this and more, brought to you by Michael Falkner on this week's Weekly Podioplex.

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In their second weekly episode in October to celebrate Halloween, Scott and Arnold take a fond look back at one of the greatest sustained periods of horror movie magic with a chat about the Universal Studios horror movies of the 1920s-1940s and the many monsters that populated their memorable pantheon.

To help them out, the guys welcome author Steven Warren Hill of the two-volume guide to classic horror cinema from 1920-1951, Silver Scream!

Steven Warren Hill, author of SILVER SCREAM

SPECIAL NOTE: We’d like to thank well-known Halloween music and gothic horror fantasy soundtrack composers and performers, Midnight Syndicate, for allowing us to incorporate music from their phenomenal new album that also pays tribute to the Universal legacy,Monsters of Legend.

We also want to draw your attention to the group’s new Kickstarter campaign to enable them to perform live; it has a goal of at least $40,000 by Sunday, November 10, 11:30pm EST. Check out the details here or via the banner link on the right on our site. Thanks again, guys!

TECHNICAL NOTE: We continue to work out the technical kinks, but this one is odd. This was our first three-way (please, don’t) conversation (recorded prior to our interview with Stephen Graves in the preceding “Satellite” episode), but not entirely for that reason, Scott’s audio fell about a second behind Arnold’s and Steve’s. This results in a weird recurring delay in which it seems that Arnold and Steve are stepping on Scott’s comments or leaving him as the last to react to something in the conversation, resulting in creepy delayed laughter from Scott. Trust us – the guys aren’t being rude to him, neither is Scott demonically possessed. Although we do think “Scott’s Laugh” may become a new CreepyPasta worthy of the SCP Foundation:

SCP-3370: Scott’s Laugh

ITEM #: SCP-3370 – SCOTT’S LAUGH

OBJECT CLASS: KETER

SPECIAL CONTAINMENT PROCEDURES: Since this is a sound – possibly independent of any actual recording technology or physical media – containment is a difficult if not impossible task, with the most effort concentrated instead on raising awareness and exercising extreme caution.

DESCRIPTION: This is the ghostly delayed laughter of G2V Podcast producer and co-host Scott Alan Woodard, who slipped out of phase one day and kept laughing out of sync with reality. Sometimes people say they can hear his laugh – always delayed by an awkward amount of time – on YouTube videos, their own iPhones, and even old CDs. Some even report continuing to hear the laugh long after they’ve shut off any recording or device, as if the sound has infected them or taken up residence inside their auditory canal. Others wake in the middle of the night to utter silence, but if they wait a moment…

“HAHAHAHAHA!”

In all documented cases, the laugh causes dementia and eventually death.

So enjoy the episode!

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The Official Universal Studios Entertainment Facebook Page

WUHF Creature Feature open, 1980 (Scott’s local show)

WBFF Ghost Host (Arnold’s local show)

WGN Creature Features (Steve’s local show)

Creature Features boardgame (1975, Research Games)

The House of Frankenstein, Niagara Falls, ON attraction

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The Gotham City Police Department have an unusual criminal on their hands.  For three years in a row, the April Fool's Bandit has been robbing banks of exactly $100,000, leaving behind millions more in the vault.  The identity of this mysterious bandit is unknown and Commissioner Gordon has called in Batman and Robin to investigate.

Joining John to discover the identity of this mysterious bandit (if the title of the episode didn't tip you off) is Mighty Movie Podcast's host Dan Persons.

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In his twenty plus years as writer and film journalist, Dan Persons has interviewed the likes of Paul Verhoeven, Wes Craven, Stuart Gordon, Satoshi Kon and John Kricfalusi; published the well-received novella, "A Game of the Apocalypse", in The Ultimate Silver Surfer, edited by The Chronic Rift's own Keith R.A. Decandido; and been an occasional, and somewhat peculiar, guest on the public access incarnation of the Rift. He presently is the host of Mighty Movies Temple of Bad, Mighty Movie Podcast, and The Cinefantastique Podcast when he isn't haunting the dining room of his local Popeye's.

Our Critical Assignment series continues with another bionic Q&A panel hosted by John.   This time around, we present Lee Majors' appearance at DragonCon 2013.  The panel took place on Saturday, August 30 and it was John's first time meeting Lee and he relates what the experience was like.  Plus, Paul fills us in on the making of the the career restrospective that was shown to the audience prior to Lee's taking the stage.

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Most DOCTOR WHO fans know the tragic story of the “missing episodes” – individual installments and occasionally entire stories from the early days of the show, wiped or junked by the BBC sometimes only shortly after they were aired, never to be seen again. Most of the losses centered around the First Doctor (William Hartnell) and Second Doctor (Patrick Troughton) eras, but as the decades have passed there have been a number of surprising and very welcome recoveries. Missing episodes have been found and returned to the BBC from all over the globe, and as of 2013 there were 106 episodes still missing…until now.

This October – and appropriately enough in the show’s 50th anniversary year – the largest haul of recovered episodes in the last 25 years or more has been announced: nine episodes that restore one Second Doctor story and nearly complete another.

Now available on iTunes as digital downloads (find the link below) and soon to appear on DVD at the end of this year and the beginning of 2014, the six-episode Second Doctor story “The Enemy of the World” is complete for the first time since its airing in 1967-1968, and the subsequent tale “The Web of Fear” is now lacking only its third episode. Both stories are treasures beyond imagining for fans to either revisit or see for the very first time.

Scott and Arnold are two of those fans, and they’re joined in this very special “Satellite” episode by Stephen Graves, online deputy editor of Stuff.tv and co-host of The Naked Scarf podcast. Stephen was fortunate enough to attend the BBC’s press conference on Thursday, October 10, 2013 that announced the recovery of the episodes and gave those in attendance the chance to watch two of them alongside stars Frazer Hines and Deborah Watling, who appear as the Doctor’s companions Jamie and Victoria in both adventures.

Join the guys as they celebrate the “new” episodes and speculate on what the future may hold for the ongoing “missing episode” hunt!

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The Rift Crew is back with an all new In Review episode.  In this episode we talk about Pacific Rim, Harry Potter, Riddick, Burn Notice, DC Comics and naked Harley Quinn, Voyager I, and the loss of the sense of wonder when it comes to science.  All this and more for the low, low price of nothing.  Download the episode, take a listen, and chime in with your thoughts on what we discussed here.

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Segment One: Bringing it to the Table

4:45 - Keith loves his new restaurant haunt, Sauce.

7:15 - Krissy wants to know why Pacific Rim didn't get the love at the box office she felt it deserved.

20:36 - Mike is excited by the news of a new Harry Potter inspired movie scripted by J.K. Rowling.

29:45 - Promo for Tales from the Mouse House Podcast

30:30 - Promo for The Thunder Crester Podcast

Segment Two: Reviews

32:20 - Natalia returns with a new book review, looking at the apocalyptic novel, Interrupt.

43:17 - Dan reviews Riddick and we discuss why this movie even got made when it appears nobody wanted it.

53:10 - Keith was less than impressed with the ending of Burn Notice, but he is happy about the return of Sons of Anarchy.

1:02:37 - Promo for The Jen and Dave Show.

1:03:25 - Promo for The Machinery of Light

Segment Three: Pop Tops

1:05:20 - We take a look at the mess DC Comics has made with their request for a naked Harley Quinn contemplating suicide, Voyager I and what happened to our sense for science, and the passing of Ray Dolby.

Michael Falkner reports on the Gravity of the situation at the box office with the weekly tally.  Plus, there's a bionic boatload of new TV on DVD releases this week that includes the fourth season release of The Six Million Dollar Man.  It's all there, plus a whole lot more on an all new The Weekly Podioplex.

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Interview: Vic Mignogna (Star Trek Continues, Full Metal Alchemist, Dragon Ball Z)

New Trivia: Win a signed Amanda Tapping print

TV News: Update on the Dr. Horrible Sing-A-Long Blog Sequel; Firefly’s New Sequel

Movie News: Wonder Woman Trailer; The Batman and Superman Movie just MIGHT have Wonder Woman, Hear Khan’s Voice as Smaug, Jurassic Park 4 gets Its Star, Z*Con: Your Con Will Be Infested

TWIST: How Trek 2 Should Have Ended, Brian Fuller’s New Star Trek Series

SciFi 5 in 5 : Jen M from New York’s Top 5 Female Characters

Trivia

Who said this and in what movie?    ”You take the red pill, you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. Remember: All I’m offering is the truth. Nothing more.”

Prize: Signed Amanda Tapping Print

You will have until the end of OCTOBER 15 to send us your answers. Please include the code word mentioned in the first 15 minutes of the show. Send your answer with your mailing address to scifidinerpodcast@gmail.com, call us at 18885084343, or DM us on Twitter at @scifidiner. Make sure you include your e-mail with all entries! Only one entry per person.   The SciFi Diner is not responsible for any injuries occurring if you secretly decide to go all shiny and dress in a browncoat and walk into your local bar.

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Cyborgs: A Bionic Podcast

Scott and Arnold kick off a month-long tribute to the greatest holiday of them all – Halloween – with a tribute to a film maker whose name is synonymous with that festival: John Carpenter! The guys have selected five films to discuss in this feature-length episode – HALLOWEEN, THE FOG,THE THING, PRINCE OF DARKNESS, IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS – three of which comprise the director’s self-titled “Apocalypse Trilogy.” Join us as we start a month of horror and mayhem with a Master of the Macabre, the Prince of Darkness himself!

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Michael Myers Masks

Hysterical (1983, The Hudson Brothers)

John W. Campbell Jr.’s “Who Goes There?” (Wikipedia)

Practical effects from The Thing remake (video by ADI)

Bernard Quatermass (Wikipedia)

Timescape (1980, Gregory Benford – John Carpenter has credited this as partial inspiration for Prince of Darkness)

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October means that we dip in once again to the CBS Radio Mystery Theater.  This year, we look at the final year of EG Marshall's turn as host of the long running anthology series. Plus, we conclude the current stories for Superman and The Avengers and premiere new stories.

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October 4, 2013
0:29 - The Regis Jack Experience Netcast Promo
3:46 - The Adventures of Superman - "Lighthouse Point Smugglers", part 4 - July 29, 1940
16:45 - CBS Radio Mystery Theater - "The Solid Gold Zarf" - October 4, 1981
1:01:34 - The Avengers - "From Venus with Love", part 4

What if they declared a cultural revolution and nobody came? That's pretty much the situation with CAN'T STOP THE MUSIC, the movie that was supposed enshrine disco as the musical trend of the eighties and instead wound up being the genre's epitaph, not to mention destroying the careers of close to anyone involved with it. Purportedly a fictionalized version of the formation of the music group Village People -- if by fictionalized you mean completely divorced from reality and by music group you mean guys who can sing and dance while dressed up as Christopher Street stereotypes -- and an opening volley in the ongoing political actualization of the homosexual community, even if no one in the film can gather the nerve to utter the word "g*y," the film founders under the multiple curses of a director, Nancy "Ida Morgenstern" Walker, making her feature film debut despite the fact that she had never done a musical, stars -- including Steve Guttenberg, Valerie Perrine, and Bruce Jenner -- with no particular talent for singing or dancing, and a script -- for which producer Allan Carr took partial credit -- that barely knows the definition of the words "musical" and "comedy" individually, much less put together.

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Hell bent on completing the set they started with SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND and continued with XANADU, the loyal devotees of the Temple of Bad, Andrea Lipinski, Kevin Lauderdale, and Dan Persons, join in with their special guest, multimediumrare.com's Orenthal V. Hawkins, to delve into arguably the most benighted of the fin de 70's musicals. So put on your dancing shoes, gently insert your earplugs, and remember: YOU CAN'T STOP THE MUSIC. Because the indifference of 1980's America has already done the job for you.

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In this listener feedback show, M., Scott, and Raul discuss the following listener feedback:  The New Gotham Series, Marvel’s: Agents of Shield; The Dune Book Series; The Wheel of Time book series; The Blacklist; Olympus Has Fallen; Man of Steel Versus Falling Skies; Star Trek Into Darkness; World War Z; Jurassic World; Stargate; Independence Day 2; Robocop reboot; Once Upon a Time season 3; Big Bang Theory; Revolution; and Sleep Hollow.

Cloudy 2 takes the top box office spot, but will the new movie releases this weekend topple it? Michael Falkner reveals it all on a new The Weekly Podioplex.

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Taking a break for the summer allowed John to go out on special missions for the podcast.  These "Critical Assignments" took him to far-off exotic locales where he met up with other agents of the OSI.  In this episode, John travels to Atlanta, Georgia for DragonCon 2013.  There, he met actress Lindsay Wagner and hosted a Q&A panel on Friday, August 29.  He captured the audio of the panel and we're sharing it with you on the podcast.  John relates what it was like meeting Lindsay and Paul talks with Betsy Dodd, The Bionic Blonde, about the creation of a special introductory career video seen before Lindsay took the stage.

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As the new television season begins, there's a boatload of new TV on DVD releases available.  Michael Falkner reveals it all on a new The Weekly Podioplex.

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Ice on the streets of Gotham in July?  It sounds like the calling card of the cool, cruel Mr. Freeze.  He wants revenge on Batman for trapping him forever in the icy grip of his cold empty world, but first he will play with him "like cat with mouse". The question is, why is he doing that?

Joining John to try and answer this question is Hey Kids Comics's host Andrew Leyland.

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Andrew Leyland - Born. Reads comics. Watches bad TV. Somehow found a woman that puts up with him and had three kids. Puts out a weekly comics podcast called "Hey Kids, Comics!" With his eldest son every Thursday on TwoTrueFreaks.com.

Tonight’s Diners: Scott, Miles, and M.

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Interview: Amanda Tapping (Stargate: SG1, Stargate: Atlantis, Sanctuary, Primeval) 

New Trivia: New Trivia

TV News: Everything you need to know about Whedon’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., When are our favorite sci fi shows coming back?, Information on the new Flash show; Walking Dead Spin Off

Movie News: Divergent trailer; Jurassic World; Robocop reboot trailer; Stargate reboot

TWIST: NSA director modeled top secret war room to look like the bridge of Star Trek’s Enterprise

SciFi 5 in 5: The top 5 weirdest inventions predicted in Science Fiction

Trivia

Who said this and in what movie?    ”You take the red pill, you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. Remember: All I’m offering is the truth. Nothing more.”

Prize: Signed Amanda Tapping Print

You will have until the end of OCTOBER 15 to send us your answers. Please include the code word mentioned in the first 15 minutes of the show. Send your answer with your mailing address to scifidinerpodcast@gmail.com, call us at 18885084343, or DM us on Twitter at @scifidiner. Make sure you include your e-mail with all entries! Only one entry per person.   The SciFi Diner is not responsible for any injuries occurring if you secretly decide to go all shiny and dress in a browncoat and walk into your local bar.

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Under The Dome Radio

The film that Cinefantastique founder Fred Clarke called, “The CITIZEN KANE of horror,” is back, newly remastered and in an edition that its director has dubbed the “final cut.” In THE WICKER MAN, a devoutly religious Scottish policeman (Edward Woodward) travels to an island-bound agricultural community to investigate the disappearance of a young girl. What he finds is a society reverted back to its pagan traditions, a challenge to his faith via the island’s lord (Christopher Lee), temptation in the form Britt Ekland, and a mystery that suggests the missing child may have fallen victim to the island’s curdled superstitions. 

Happy to commemorate the impending rediscovery of a horror classic, Cinefantastique Online’s Steve Biodrowski, Lawrence French, and Dan Persons welcome theofantastique.com’s John Morehead in a discussion that examines the film in the context of the time it was made, weighs its impact now, and explores the tortured distribution history that’s led to confusion about what cut could be deemed the official one. Plus: What’s coming to theaters next week.

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The fourth season of The Chronic Rift public access show premieres with a Roundtable discussion of Arthur C. Clarke's 2001 series with our own Dan Persons and fan Al Cacioppo.  Keith reviews The Safest Place by Steve Ditko and David Nahmod is back as the Pollitcally Incorrect Critic.

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John talks with author Kevin G. Summers about the writing process and how he came to be involved with Kindle Worlds, the shared worlds project from Amazon.

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Kevin G. Summers was born in Washington, D.C. in 1974 and grew up in the Virginia suburbs. His interest in writing began at an early age. When he was a small child, his mother brought him along to her master-level writing classes at George Mason University, where Kevin sat in on lectures by John Irving, John Gardener and Susan Shreve.

Kevin is the author of the critically-acclaimed short story ISOLATION WARD 4, as well as several other stories set in the Star Trek universe. His short story THE BELL CURSE was the very first tale published in The World of Kurt Vonnegut under the Kindle Worlds imprint.

Kevin raises heritage hogs on his family farm and teaches writing at various colleges and libraries in Northern Virginia. He lives in an 100-year old farmhouse in Amissville, Virginia with his beautiful wife Rachel and their children Morwen, Ingrid and Roland.

Dan Persons says:

And you thought stop-motion figures taking swift kicks to the crotch defined the work of Stoopid Buddy Stoodios, the people behind Adult Swim’s ROBOT CHICKEN and TITAN MAXIMUM. Not quite, Chuck-o — the studio is turning out an increasing variety of shows, including its most recent, FRIENDSHIP ALL-STARS OF FRIENDSHIP, a web series that tracks the genial relationships between such BFFs as John Lasseter and Luis Guzmán, and Batmen Michael Keaton and George Clooney.

The most high-profile face behind Stoopid Buddy is Seth Green, but joining him in piloting the company are Matthew Senreich, Eric Towner, and John Harvatine IV. I got to speak with Matt, Eric and Harv (as his friends call him) to discuss FRIENDSHIP’s sunny worldview, the pressures of Emmy season, and the Freudian implications of show titles.

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There's a new movie at the top of the box office and a metric ton of new TV on DVD releases this week that includes a long awaited Doctor Who story.  Michael Falkner reveals it all on a new The Weekly Podioplex.

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It had a great lead actor, an interesting take on the Western genre, and was produced when Westerns were king on television.  So why did Frontier Gentleman only last a little less than a year?  It's the featured presentation this month and that and more will be discussed. Plus, we continue the current stories for Superman and The Avengers.

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September 14, 2013
0:29 - The Revcast Roundtable Promo
3:50 - The Adventures of Superman - "Lighthouse Point Smugglers", part 4 - July 27, 1940
15:55 - Frontier Gentleman - "A Horse for Kendall" - September 14, 1958
41:03 - The Avengers - "From Venus with Love", part 4

Oh yeah, kid, you’ve got a bad case of sequelitis right there. Technically polished with occasional striking moments, INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2 picks up the story of the Lambert family — Patrick Wilson as daddy Josh, Rose Byrne as mother Renai, plus kids including Ty Simpkins as the psychically tuned-in Dalton — immediately after their disastrous sojourn in the netherworld in the first film, and then pretty much repeats the beats with some painful expository writing  and awkward retconning to explain why the story didn’t just stop while it was ahead.

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Cinefantastique Online’s Steve Biodrowski, Lawrence French, and Dan Persons have no shortage of opinions on how things went wrong (or in some cases, right) with INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2, and sit down to talk about how supposedly scary spirits wind up looking silly instead, why it may not be a good idea to take inspiration for your Big Reveal from MOMMY DEAREST, and, once again, why the police in horror movies are so dumb.

Plus: What’s coming to theaters next week.

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After a summer hiatus, Cyborgs: A Bionic Podcast returns with all new episodes.  First up, John and Paul sit down for their next Case File.  They interview actor Rick Lenz (SMDM: "The Return of The Bionic Woman" and BW: "Welcome Home, Jaime", and "The Vega Influence") about his career and his memoir, North of Hollywood.

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Hal Erickson of All Movie Guide says Rick Lenz “has steadfastly avoided pigeonholing as a ‘type,’ playing gunslingers, victims, villains, patient husbands, insensitive fools, intellectuals and even a wimpy murder-mystery fanatic in the (Hallmark) remake of Hitchcock’s Shadow Of A Doubt.”

One of the workingest actors of the late-20th century, Lenz has starred in movies with Peter Sellers, Walter Matthau, Lauren Bacall and Elizabeth Taylor. He was Goldie Hawn's boyfriend in Cactus Flower, Melvin's lawyer in Melvin And Howard and the obsequious journalist in John Wayne’s The Shootist.

On television, he has guest-starred in recurring roles on The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman, Murder, She Wrote, The Practice, Dynasty and more. He was superspy Benjamin Baxter on Fox’s The New Adventures Of Beans Baxter, Eddie Albert’s law partner on a few episodes of Green Acres, and starred with Richard Boone as Police Chief Oliver Stamp on Hec Ramsey in the NBC Mystery Movie rotation.

On various stages, including Broadway, Lenz has starred opposite Jill Clayburgh, Marcia Mason, Tyne Daly, Blythe Danner, Alan Alda and Paul Sorvino. He jumped on the other side of theatrical production and became a successful playwright with his Off-Broadway production Swung in 1979. He followed with Clean As A Whistle (also Off-Broadway) and The Epic Of Buster Friend, which began at the American Shakespeare Theatre, moved to the Lucille Lortell Theatre and was subsequently produced by PBS. Furthermore, his play So Long, Mr. Broadway was published by Dramatists Play Service and West Coast Plays, and he won Los Angeles Dramalogue Awards for playwriting for both Familiar Places and Last Class. In 2002, Sharon Gless and the late John Ritter performed Lenz’ Felony Audition at the Playwright’s Kitchen Ensemble.

All of the actor/playwright’s experiences are recounted in his new gut-wrenchingly honest memoir North of Hollywood (Feb. 15, 2012, Chromodroid Press). The book is a start to his budding career as an author, planning also the debut of his first novel in 2013 called Redeeming Norma Jean.

Originally from Michigan and having acted across the country, Lenz lives in North Hollywood with his wife. They are parents to three children, and have recently become proud grandparents.

Links

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Rick Lenz's artwork website

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The Summer of the Rift concludes as we feature this interview with author Orson Scott Card from Lunacon 1993.  Also, Keith reviews The Underworlder Letters by Nathaniel Torres and The 1,001 Nights with Bacchus by Eddie Campbell.  Plus, Dan Persons and David Namod talk about the Festival of Horror and Science Fiction at the Film Forum in New York City.

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A guy who's been in every film from COOL HAND LUKE, REPO MAN, ALIEN and PARIS, TEXAS, and worked with everyone from John Huston, David Lynch, Tom Hanks and Johnny Depp has to have some stories to tell. And in HARRY DEAN STANTON: PARTLY FICTION, director Sophie Huber has found a way to get the famously reserved actor to reveal himself, through the medium of song. Both a career retrospect and an unusual performance film, PARTLY FICTION both follows Harry through his favorite haunts and in encounters with colleagues that include David Lynch, Kris Kristofferson, and Debbie Harry, and sits him down with a simple, guitar accompaniment to demonstrate his unique reads on such songs as Everybody's Talkin'.

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I was able to meet up with Harry and Huber to talk about the film and about Harry's career, in possibly one of the most unique interviews I've conducted. Click on the player to hear the show.

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It had a great lead actor, an interesting take on the Western genre, and was produced when Westerns were king on television.  So why didFrontier Gentleman only last a little less than a year?  It's the featured presentation this month and that and more will be discussed. Plus, we continue the current stories for Superman andThe Avengers.

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September 7, 2013
0:29 - The Retroist Podcast Promo
3:36 - The Adventures of Superman - "Lighthouse Point Smugglers", part 3 - July 25, 1940
18:10 - Frontier Gentleman - "The Last of Belle Siddons" - September 7, 1958
43:00 - The Avengers - "From Venus with Love", part 3

We're playing catchup as we never completed the episodes for August.  Stay tuned for the rest of the week as we have two more to go there before hitting our September episodes starting on Saturday.

August 31, 2013
0:29 - PSA for iTunes reviews
3:48 - The Adventures of Superman - "Lighthouse Point Smugglers", part 1 - July 23, 1940
15:33 - Theater Five - "The Scream" - August 31, 1964
36:25 - The Avengers - "From Venus with Love", part 1

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August 24, 2013
0:29 - The Righteous Dude Dudecast Promo
3:47 - The Adventures of Superman - "Happyland Amusement Park", part 6 - July 18, 1940
15:07 - Theater Five - "Caller at Midnight" - August 24, 1964
35:07 - The Avengers - "Too Many Oles", part 6

It was a very quiet weekend at the box office and even the number one film wasn't much of a winner.  Will the new movie releases this coming weekend help to elevate sales?  Michael Falkner has all the release news, plus his take on the release of Star Trek Into Darkness on DVD and the special features offered in the release on a new The Weekly Podioplex.

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January 26/27, 1966

The Joker "springs" himself from jail in time to exact revenge on the curators of a museum exhibit on comedy legends.  He's upset that he wasn't included in the exhibit.  But Batman's on the scene to stop him with the aid of his trusty utility belt.  The Joker swears never to fall for the gimmicks of the belt by fighting fire with fire and creating his own.  The belt proves to be a match for the Dynamic Duo as the city of Gotham begins to lose faith in them as they fall for the pranks from the Joker's utility belt.

Joining John for the first appearance of The Joker is Geek Radio Daily's Billy Flynn.

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The Wonderful Billy Flynn brings the funny each week on Geek Radio Daily! His daytime alter ego is mild-mannered (well, that part is a stretch) radio station personality at WLEE in Virginia.   He actually gets paid to sit on his butt and run his mouth! His “edumacation” is from UNC-Wilmington, the Columbia School of Broadcasting, and University of Phoenix. When he is not gracing the podcasting airways with his comedic stylings, you can find Billy Flynn on Xbox Live (flynn71), rockin’ out on Guitar Hero or Rock Band, watching movies, reading comics, working out, or posting on the forums at geekradiodaily.com (ding!).

We're playing catchup as we never completed the episodes for August.  Stay tuned for the rest of the week as we have two more to go there before hitting our September episodes starting on Saturday.

August 10, 2013
0:29 - Epic Podcast Promo
5:01 - The Adventures of Superman - "Happyland Amusement Park", part 5 - July 16, 1940
16:08 - Theater Five - "The Fun Party" - August 17, 1964
37:44 - The Avengers - "Too Many Oles", part 5

Somewhere in Riddick (Vin Diesel), the fugitive criminal with the crazy, glowing eyes that can see in the dark, exists a character engaging enough to build a film franchise around. Somewhere in RIDDICK, the third film featuring the antihero, is evidence of a wise move to put the guy into a tighter, more stripped-down scenario better suited to him than the bloated, Robert E. Howard pastiche that was THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK. Unfortunately, stranding Riddick on a hostile alien world and tasking him with the challenge of outwitting two teams of bounty hunters — headed up by Jordi Mollà and Matt Nable and including Katee Sackhoff  — for one of their spaceships hasn’t quite elevated this entry above the misconceptions of character and plotting that the first film, PITCH BLACK, neatly sidestepped.

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Cinefantastique Online’s Steve Biodrowski, Lawrence French, and Dan Persons differ in opinion on how seriously RIDDICK is undone by its flaws. In a lively conversation, they discuss writer/director David Twohy’s conception of the character, whether the mantle of Nietzschean superman rests comfortably on Riddick’s shoulders, and the difficulty in creating adversaries able to maintain their credibility while being outwitted by the protagonist. Most pressing, they also debate who in this scenario is the roadrunner, and who’s the coyote?

Then: Steve gives his impressions of the comedic horror film HELL BABY and a preliminary impression of DEAD BEFORE DAWN, and Dan provides a capsule review of the post-apocalyptic, comic book actioner, BOUNTY KILLER. Plus, what’s coming to theaters next week.

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Dan Persons says:

Name a genre, and John Badham can tell you tales about it. He mixed the musical with incisive social observation in SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER — arguably the only disco movie worthy of being watched as serious film — dealt in the worlds of speculative fiction with such cautionary tales as WARGAMES, and has notched his action creds with everything running from BLUE THUNDER all the way up to TV’s NIKITA. All through, he’s worked with stars ranging from John Travolta, Johnny Depp, Mel Gibson and Bridget Fonda. Bottom line: When the guy talks about the craft of filmmaking, you know it comes from experience.

Which is a good thing, because Badham has just released a new book, John Badham on Directing: Notes from the Sets of Saturday Night Fever, War Games, and More. In it, he draws on forty plus years in the industry to provide budding filmmakers with practical tips on working with actors, staging action scenes, and making sure that the film playing in their heads finds its way onto the screen as accurately as possible. At the same time, the book is so chock-full of anecdotes and insights — not just from Badham, but also from such colleagues as Steven Soderbergh and Oliver Stone — that even those not planning a career behind the lens will want to check it out for its compelling glimpse behind-the-scenes.

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Badham was kind enough to sit down with us, and we got his thoughts on some of his classic films, on taking advantage of the medium’s technical advances, on the difference between directing for feature films and for TV, and on the motivations for putting this book together. Click on the player to hear the show.

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The Summer of the Rift continues as we feature this interview with author Ellen Kushner from Arisia 1993.

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The Summer of the Rift 1993 begins with two reviews from Keith and David and Dan.  The episode concludes with Keith interviewing author Alexander Brejcha from Philcon 92.

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Barnaby was a comic strip which began 20 April 1942 in the newspaper PM. Created by Crockett Johnson, who is best known today for his children's book Harold and the Purple Crayon, the strip featured a cherubic-looking five-year-old and his far-from-cherubic fairy godfather, Jackeen J. O'Malley, a short, cigar-smoking man with four tiny wings. With a distinctive appearance because of its use of typography, the strip had numerous reprints and was adapted into a 1940s stage production.

Fantagraphics Publishing is releasing the first volume of collected strips and Kevin Lauderdale wants to bring this to your attention.  Kevin explains the strip and its distinctive style in this all new episode. 

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