TV Ate My Dinner

Sean and Greg join Tracy to talk about language in Scifi but end up discussing why the Karate Kid is about Kung Fu, Avatar vs. District 9, the future of Superman and the Spider-man reboot, Thor, Green Lantern and the new A-Team movie.

Who is the man in black? How did he become a smoke monster? What is Jacob's plan? What is the light at the heart of the island? Why does the big foot only have 4 toes? Is it purgatory or an alternate timeline? What lies in the shadow of the statue? What do the numbers mean? Who was the President in 1975? Sean, Andrew and Greg continue to explore the many mysteries of LOST and nearly come to blows...

Sean, Greg and Andrew talk about nothing but LOST.  Seriously, there's not a moment to spend on any other topic, and this is just Part 1...

Greg, Sean and Lynn compare new scifi shows and movies to the good old days, discussing how far removed Caprica is from the classic Battlestar Galactica, why Avatar isn't as eco-friendly as it claims to be, the merits of the new Spartacus TV series and the mysteries of the Coral Castle, another monument purporting to be America's Stonehenge. And somehow we manage to blame Steven Seagal for the dec...

Here's a blast from the past in the form of one of Sean's old radio shows.  Sean hosted a show playing songs from movie soundtracks on WWGC, 90.7 FM in Carrollton, circa 1996.

Here's a blast from the past in the form of one of Sean's old radio shows.  Sean hosted a show playing songs from movie soundtracks on WWGC, 90.7 FM in Carrollton, circa 1996.

Sean and Greg reunite with Gary to talk MacGyver, how director's cut DVD's are keeping movies from ever being finished, and reconstructive criticism for the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Sean and Greg talk about St. Patrick's Day in Savannah, the importance of free speech, Call of Duty and the Crazies.  Then it just ends abruptly with no warning.

Sean and Greg return with Andrew to re-imagine the Star Wars prequels with their own special zing.  A love triangle between Obi Wan, Anakin and the woman they both want?  Yoda as an outcast?  Alderaan as the birthplace of the rebellion?  These are just a few of the ideas we toy with.   Plus we talk about Red letter media's take on the Star Trek films.  

Sean, Greg and Andrew set out into the taboo territory of the Star Wars Prequels not to complain, but to throw their own notes into the ring as to how they would have handled Episode I, II & III.  Plus they discuss the Clash of the Titans remake.

Sean and Greg talk women in scifi for a minute with new guest host Jessica, but mostly we talk about the state of the future, the end of the world, the dangers of summoning Cthulhu and whether or not video game violence has gone too far.

Sean, Greg and Lynn finally talk Frankenstein in this supersized monster episode!

Sean and Greg return with David to discuss the future, games, the future of games and how games will affect the future in the future.

Sean and Greg talk about the past and future of video games with their old friend David.  From Atari Adventure to Left 4 Dead, video games are slowly graduating into the roleplaying arena and beyond.  So what does the future hold for gaming?  And will it affect the future of the world in general?

Sean, Brooks & Greg bring in the second half of their centennial celebration with Lynn, Andrew and Tupa.  This time the talk turns to absinthe, monster trucks, and trivia.  

Brooks kicks off our centennial celebration by talking about whose hot in Hollywood and whose not.  It started out innocently enough, discussing the questionable attractiveness of Roxxxy the talking sex robot, then it just got out of hand.  Greg, Lynn and Andrew are here too, and even Christopher from the Tupacast.  We manage to segue into discussing Legion, Pandorum and Avatar, so we do manage to...

Sean and Johnny return to talk about what makes a great villain. Who was the greater villain, Frankenstein or his monster? Is Dexter Morgan a hero or a villain? Why can't we seem to create a Darth Vader or a Freddy Krueger for movies today? Why hasn't Star Trek had a great villain since Khan? Have we just lost the ability to create great heroes and villains?

Sean and Johnny talk about the state of heroes and villains in movies today, weighing the positive message of Avatar against the disturbing trends in modern thinking that are embracing remakes of Last House on the Left and I Spit on Your Grave. Indiana Jones and John McClane are helping regular guys discover their inner Batman while bad guys like Freddy and Jason give us a taste of pure evil. So w...

Brooks, Sean and Andrew return to discuss cloud computing and the future of humanity:  Is Google offering us a renaissance of learning that will usher in the digital democracy or are they building SkyNet?  Or both? It's your future, world.  You decide...

Sean and Brooks talk distributed computing with Andrew.  Will the Cloud democratize the internet or will it be the real-life SkyNet?  There is also a little follow-up discussion of District 9 and Idiocracy.

Sean & Greg put the nativity in negativity by tackling crazy Christmas shoppers, The new V series and the Prisoner remake, The Men Who Stare at Goats and its depiction of the First Earth Battalion, and the attitude of movies like Back to the Future and Clash of the Titans towards sexual assault. Merry Christmas, everybody.

Sean and Greg set out to talk Frankenstein with Lynn, but end up talking about the sexy starlets of scifi and TV shows like V, Big Love, Smallville, FlashForward, the Vampire Diaries, Fringe and for some reason, MacGyver.  Somewhere in the mix Paranormal Activity and the Amityville Horror remake enter into the conversation.

The boys return with Mudoogul Mudslinger to explore more tips on surviving the Zombie War, courtesy of the University of Florida's Zombie Response Plan, Zombieland, and Left 4 Dead.  Also we discuss Drag Me To Hell's portrayal of gypsies, how investigate a werewolf sighting and the dubious merits of cannibalism. Happy Halloween, everybody...

Zombieland and other recent zombie stories like the Walking Dead comic are shifting the focus from surviving the initial zombie outbreak to living in a zombie world.  Surviving the first 48 hours of infection is necessary, but how do you make it past the first 100 days?  Living in the Zombie War requires a bigger set of the rules, which the boys are happy to provide.  Mudoogul Mudslinger joins in...

Greg and Sean return with David to hastily answer all the burning questions left open at the end of Guilty Pleasures part 1.  They discuss the Disney buyout of Marvel, the genius of Edmund Cooper, the exploits of JJ Armes, the seven gates of Hell, Project Runway, NASCAR and many other topics of intellectual import. You demanded it, people, so here it is...