SciFi Surplus Podcast #036 Council
April 30, 2008
Topics: Nebula Awards, Sequels, Iron Man, Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe, Supernatural, Lost
Thank you for listening to us! This is show number 36 and there is a veritable myriad of topics to cover. The Nebula Awards will be revealed. We’re going to discuss the worst movie sequels. We’ll also take some pot-shots at Iron Man, Mortal Kombat, and DC. John from New York City is going to take us in depth into Lost and something very special happened on the CW show Supernatural. We’ll tell you all about it. We’ve also got coverage of the SciFi 16 tournament so you’ll want to make sure you know all about that.
Participants:
- Jeromy: Keeper of Cosmic Conundrums
- Randy: Master of Alien Swear Words
- BriAnna: Chief Master DVR Tech
- Mark: Committee Leader for Finding Plot Holes
- Patrick: Galactic Gamer Geek of the Week
- Casey: Your Associate Couch Tuber
May 1st, 2008 at 11:42 am
Hey all,
Quick responses to #36:
When did y’all talk about Nebula awards? Since it was the lead topic, I thought it would be at the beginning of the ‘cast….
And it’s great that you had a guest “Lost” fan on, but…
1) John’s description of the most recent epi, while a spot on review for a fan like me, must have left non-fan’s heads spinning. It’s hard for me to tell, because…
2) You didn’t allow anyone to respond briefly to John’s review–what’s up with that?
I’d give it a “C” for effort–yes, you finally got some well-informed “Lost” content, but it was a free-bie audio clip sent in by a fan, and you didn’t take even two seconds to repond to it as a group.
Oh well, thanks again for all the time and effort you put into the show twice a week.
Scott M from Eugene
May 1st, 2008 at 2:54 pm
Doc should rot in a special hell reserved for rapists and child molesters for making that comment! That is all. Thank you!
May 1st, 2008 at 3:25 pm
To Scott: I honestly don’t know what happened to the Nebula rundown. It was in the plan that we used. Thank you for mentioning it so we can get that information into #037. On the topic of Lost, we get lots of flack for talking about Lost and just sounding uninformed and idiotic. I hate Lost. Basically I wanted to give some time to someone that both knows the show and likes it.
To DarthByron: As it turns out there are many emails that are coming in that support what Doc had to say. Who knew?
May 2nd, 2008 at 6:10 am
Hi all
On the topic of the Iron Man trailer. Did you see the bit on The Onion? http://www.theonion.com/content/video/wildly_popular_iron_man_trailer
My wife, who is not a fan of super hero movies, has no idea who Iron Man is wants to see this movie, based on the trailers and the cast.
May 2nd, 2008 at 2:24 pm
Hey Doc was probably right. At this point handling more cash and prestige to Lucas is kind of like volunteering for an anal probe…and Fozzy Bear Lucas won’t even provide any lube.
Folks, that was another great episode but you need someone to balance Randy’s twisted views. In Randy’s world up is down, wrong is right…cats living with dogs…it’s mayhem.
Just kidding, Randy. I know you’re not a Star Trek fan but I want to point out that had it not been for ST in 1966 & later The Next Gen, we wouldn’t have the wide spread availability of SCIFI movies and TV. ST in 1966 made SCFI mainstream in that it was no longer the domian of soley 12-13 year old comic book geeks but of normal everyday people and adults. 20 years later ST:TNG convinced the suits at the networks that SCIFI could be quality drama and most importantly (to them) profitable. I firmly believe that the success of TNG is why projects like B5, Stargate SG-1, Firefly, BSG, Buffy, X-Files, etc. get green lighted these days.
Just sayin’.