Podlabor Episode 7 – Melting in Baltimore

Get hype for episode 7 of Podlabor, Melting in Baltimore! This time I talk to two very cool dudes, Tom from Nigorimasen and Phillip from The Eeeper's Choice Podcast.

We got together to talk about Otakon 2011. We talked about a variety of different topics. We started off with some very general discussion about the con itself. Than we moved onto talking about all the different panelse we went to over the weekend. We also went on a pretty awesome tangent about Aniplex USA about an Hour in that might end up expanded into it's own podcast sometime soon! At the end the discussion turned to the guests and the great time we had seeing so many cool people. So get to listening to all of us talk about the awesomeness that was Otakon 2011!

This Episode's Song: Connect - Madoka Magica Opening

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Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance Trailer Looks Cagey

The first Ghost Rider was an entertaining trainwreck. Spirit of Vengeance seems to be the same from this, the first trailer released of the movie. Give it a watch and enjoy Nic Cage catching bullets in his CGI mouth and then spitting them out at someone. Also you can find out what it's like to PISS FIRE.

Otakon - CSI

So I joined in on an episode of the Reverse Theives' Crime Scene Investigations podcast. I got to hang out with the cool dudes from the OSMCast and Carl from Ogiue Maniax. We talked all about our experiences on the first day of Otakon this year so be sure to check it out. It was a ton of fun to record with all those awesome people.

Otakon 2011 - Crime Scene Investigation

You Jive-Ass Turkeys Need to Watch the Black Dynamite Pilot

This actually came out yesterday, but due to kung-fu treachery I was unable to watch the pilot episode of the new Black Dynamite cartoon until today. It's actually really, really good. It reuses some jokes from the movie, but that's to be expected in a pilot. The art style is very good and works great for the show. The animation leaves a bit to be desired, especially in the action scenes, but it's not bad. All of the original actors reprise their roles for the cartoon, which is very surprising and very nice. 

I don't really want to spoil it for you, but it's embedded above and it's essentially about Seseme Street going rogue and tryign to take over the country. Highlights include a flashback to Black Dynamite's childhood, his office/whorephanage, and Black Dynamite's revelation that he was a children once.

It's only 11 minutes long, but it's really good and I am now even more excited for the cartoon to premiere in 2012 (I know, long wait) with its full 22 minute episodes. 

Sonic Retrospective IX - Sonic 3D Blast: Flickie's Island

Sonic 3D Blast (Also known as Sonic 3D: Flickie's Island) is the third game in the series to use an isometric viewpoint to simulate 3D. The other two, Sonic Labyrinth and SegaSonic the Hedgehog, will be talked about soon in a post detailing spinoffs. Sonic 3D Blast is an interesting attempt at bringing Sonic to 3D that unfortunately strips much of what most would consider to be Sonic from the game. 

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Battleship Movie Has a Trailer. Also Aliens. Also Robots.

You may have heard about there being a movie based on Battleship. What you might not have heard is that it looks like what The Asylum would make if they had a budget. Generic plot devices abound in the trailer, such as protagonist proposing to his girlfriend who is the daughter of his boss. (Just like Armageddon!) I bet we'll see some revolutionary new plot twists, like the boss comes around as he sees his daughter's fiance really prove himself and they grow close before dad has to sacrifice himself to save everyone. It does have Liam Neeson which is good, but it also has Rihanna as an actress because that's what she does now I guess.  

The movie claims to show "both sides" of the conflict between the aliens and humans, which will probably mean we get a few scenes where we find out the aliens are just really hungry, so it's okay that they're killing us. Also the aliens' robot thing in the trailer looks like a Transformer, hence the comment about The Asylum. Have I mentioned the $200 million budget?

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