Geek Force FiveCast 297: The Dream

In which ECC geeks out about a very geeky dream he had.

Geek Force FiveCast 296: Last Night on LOST: The Substitute

In which ECC geeks out about last night’s episode of Lost, “The Substitute”.

Worth Your Consideration #029

• I’d like to begin today’s WYC column with a little bit of rubbing it in for my least-favorite football team in the world, the Indianapolis Colts. Here’s Peyton Manning’s Super Bowl-Clinching Interception Recreated On Tecmo Bowl (courtesy of Best Week Ever).
• And, speaking of must-watch videos, have you seen the third trailer for Toy Story 3? It doesn’t wow me as much as the first two did—I’m past the wow stage anyway, though, and onto the “When is it coming out?” stage—but it is pretty darned nifty, and it sets up even more of the story. I love that we get to meet Ken, and that Barbie compliments him on his ascot. [Via Ain’t It Cool News]
• Now, when it comes to must-see video that ain’t even out yet, there’s one story today that tops the rest (at least for me): Web video producer John Herman and Cinema Suicide head honcho Bryan White are teaming up to produce How To Survive The Strange, which Bryan describes as Bob Vila, Vampire Hunter. It debuts in May, and there’s an open casting call on March 15. Learn more here.
• In far less appetizing news, I present the Taco Bell Cheesy Double Beef Burrito Stuffed Sausage Log. Um, what is the opposite of “Yum”? Anyone know?
• Palate-Cleanser, Part One: Christopher Nolan will help reboot Superman, hopefully with the same (or similar) results as his Batman reboot.
• Palate-Cleanser, Part Two: There appears to be some recording going on at Nine Inch Nails HQ.
• Palate-Cleanser, Part Three: Disney Princesses Letting It All Hang Out.
• And, last but not least, let’s talk about our old pal Kevin Smith. The Internet is in an uproar over the mistreatment of the Clerks director by Southwest Airlines. Many are mad at Southwest, some are mad at Kevin, and a few are even mad at Heather Armstrong, who had “the nerve” to compare her washing machine experience with this latest debacle. Me, I don’t care. Companies in the service industries do wrong by their customers all the time, and there ain’t a one of them that is totally innocent, least of all a company as big as Southwest. Me, I’m much less excited to hear Kevin Smith tell Southwest to go fuck themselves on SModcast than I am to hear more about his bold ideas on how to create fan-financed films.

Last Week on LOST: What Kate Does

It’s time to be honest with myself, right? I am totally incapable of getting these Lost posts up on the day after the show airs. After all, I have a job. In fact, I have two. So, I’m just going to re-title the column for now and aim to get these before the next episode airs. Cool?

Cool.

So, without further ado, here are my thoughts on last week’s episode of Lost, “What Kate Does.”

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Generation Goat #9 – Flying Toasters Forever!

In this episode, Chris and Jon attempt to sell out while discussing TV obsessions, computer dating in middle schools, the Grammy Awards, the dangers of karaoke in the Philippines, Chris’ flying-toaster themed comic, the Superbowl, the death of radio, Valentine’s Day, and more! It’s a long one, but we’re far too lazy to edit. I mean, we’re all about working harder for you… That’s it. (And look! We got through the whole #9 thing without a single, bad Beatles reference…)

Have a listen!

LOST in the 1960s

This is fantastic: a 60s-style opening credit sequence for Lost.

[Via Best Week Ever]

Last Night on LOST: LA X

Okay, so… I’m a little late with this here column. But I’ve got an excuse. Really, I do. You see, this upstart television program called Battlestar Galactica has been consuming my brain, one cell at a time, for the past several weeks. And all of the geek time that I would normally allocate toward the dissection of the latest episode of Lost has been getting used up by that part of me that needs to know who the last cylon is, and who needs to know what the heck they’re going to do when they reach Earth. So, I hope you’ll understand. I am 10 episodes from the end of Battlestar, and I anticipate that this revolting development will be over soon. Soon, I shall be back to obsessing about the one show to rule them all, the one show to find them, the one show to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.

Bwah-ha-ha!!!

But—ahem—until then, here are my thoughts on last night’s week’s episode of Lost, the premiere episode of season six, “LA X”.

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Worth Your Consideration #028

• Speaking of red band trailers, here’s the international red band trailer for Kick Ass, a film that seems poised to imprint its boot heel upon the tuchus of every geek in the world come this April.
• The heroes of Kick Ass seem hell-bent on proving that you can be a superhero in real life if you try hard enough. Meanwhile, in the two-dimensional unreality of the Marvel Universe, there is word that a rather classic-looking team of Avengers will be debuting in the aftermath of that company’s ongoing Siege event. This is all part of the “Heroic Age” direction that the company is taking its characters, a promotion that is so interesting to this writing that I’m even salivating over a teaser featuring Gorilla Man. And I don’t even know who that is!
• I’d be salivating even more if Marvel—my favorite comics publisher—would get with the program and announce some sort of service for the upcoming iPad from Apple. According to Gizmodo, “comic books will look incredible on the iPad”.
• But anyway, in the interest of keeping things upbeat, how about the news from Ain’t It Cool that Red Skull will be the villain in the upcoming Captain America flick, and that the Invaders will feature heavily in the second half of the film? I’m personally thinking that we won’t get an Invaders team quite like the one highlighted over at AICN, but I think it’ll still be cool. What I think will happen is that the Invaders will be one hero from each of the allied powers, with Cap as their leaders. So, we’ll probably get Union Jack or Captain Britain. But, beyond that, I have no idea.
• Speaking of things from my childhood—did I ever mention that I first became acquainted with Captain America through a hardbound introductory book they had at the Chelmsford Children’s Library?—Sonic the Hedgehog is back! You know me: I’m a sucker for old school games. And, since I never owned a Genesis myself, I’m psyched to learn that I’ll be able to pick up a copy of this for my Wii and finally get a Sonic fix whenever I feel like it.
• While we’re talking childhood, how about this iPhone app that allows you to create your own Sesame Street monster? I’m buying that for my daughter as soon as I get home.
• A lollipop flavor you’d probably never catch Elmo eating: bacon maple, which now, coincidentally, comes laced with caffeine!
• My favorite Super Bowl ad: It’s a tie between the Leno and Letterman ad (which I didn’t see live), the Bette White Snickers commercial (which I did see live), and the LeBron vs. Dwight Howard dunk contest that we got courtesy of McDonalds, complete with a Larry Bird cameo (which took me too long to find online).
• Last, but not least: Kottke is talking up a new service called Chatroulette, which you can find at chatroulette.com (apparently it’s very NSFW). I haven’t had a chance to check it out yet, but have you? Is it as awful (and awfully good) as Kottke describes?

The Very Filthy and Very Funny Red Band Trailer for COP OUT

I’m on record as having hated the first trailer for Kevin Smith’s new flick Cop Out, but I gotta say that my once (and future?) favorite director has knocked it out of the park with the red band trailer for the film. The jokes are about one-thousand times better, and the interaction between Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan is working on all levels. Mr. Smith and company got their second chance to make a first impression, and they’ve got me craving another dose Cop Out as soon as possible.

Lots More LOST

Apparently, I’m not the only who’s excited about tonight’s sixth season premiere of Lost. Kirk from Moss Creek Media sent me a link to a hilarious set of Lost parodies done with action figures, sometime GF5-contributor Buj pointed me in the direction of this article on Slate, and the boys from Totally Lost take their island obsession to new levels of hilarity (and depravity) with an episode featuring cameos by Titus Welliver (the Man in Black) and Elizabeth Mitchell (Juliet).