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Topical Dish: Black Friday, TV Development Poaching from Movies, ESA Lands on a Comet, & Michelle MacLaren to Direct Wonder Woman

Main Discussion: Is there a renaissance? What topics do we focus on now in film? What might be the reason behind the lack of major awards for Sci Fi films? For Sci Fi Month, Dave suggested we discuss the recent Sci Fi Film Renaissance. Dave provided a master list which we tweaked and then voted on to narrow down to 9 films plus Interstellar.

Obsessions: Gossip Girl, Google Express, & Nick Jonas

Follow Dave here: Healer Trek, Current Geek, Talking10.com, & This Week in Trek!

Check out Margaux' review of Interstellar here.

Time Stamps:

Topical Dish: 00:02:25Main Discussion: 00:12:34Obsessions: 01:13:18

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Our Master List of Recent Sci Fi Films RECENT NEW

Gravity Lucy Interstellar Her Avatar (2009) Transcendence Source Code (2011) Moon (2009) Elysium (2013) Looper (2012) Inception (2010)

RECENT ADAPTATIONS

Edge of Tomorrow Guardians of the Galaxy Snowpiercer Oblivion Ender’s Game (2013) Limitless (2011)

RETURNING ADAPTATIONS

Star Trek Star Wars Godzilla Pacific Rim Planet of the Apes Hunger Games Terminator (1984, 1991, 2003, 2009) Total Recall (1990, 2012)

RELATIVELY RECENT

District 9 (2009) WALL-E (2008) I, Robot (2004) Sunshine (2007) Riddick (2000, 2004, 2013) Prometheus (2012)

Instead of an in-depth discussion on Twin Peaks listen in to Travis the Grimm and Hadas (that's me!) get nerdy. Sometimes not everything goes according to plan!

When it came time to record our second episode of the Twin Peaks rewatch focusing on season two, one co-host had to miss the recording and the other didn't finish watching the season. Such is the life of podcasting. You really never know what will happen even if you try and plan well or you overcompensate with multiple prepared cohosts.

For a more accurate Twin Peaks discussion, please listen to the IGGPPC rewatch of season one. It features Rosa as a true blue fan of Twin Peaks, Lulu as the first time watcher and immediate hater on the show, and myself, Hadas, as the lukewarm pop culture consumer.

Travis has been a long time friend of the show and one of my absolute favorite people. Where can you find him? Oh boy, don't get me started. Listen to the ep and you'll see that Travis is everywhere doing so much! It's pretty impressive. Heads to his twitter to find links to what he's working on and to make a fantastic new friend. :)

The IGGPPC are great friends that created a friendly inclusive community of passionate people aka geeks.You can find a friend that is into what you're into. You can find people who are passionate about almost everything. My favorite "geek love?" Tea! Sign up to find your own pen pal or to join the community!

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It's finally here. The first episode of our Lost rewatch. These episodes will not be on the Common Room feed starting with the second episode.

Frequency: twice a month.

Format: Introduction of guests:

First timer: Debbie of The Geeky Twin or Rewatchers: Dave of Pop Culture Case Study and Hadas (that's me!).

Recap of the episode:

In the pilot, we meet just a few characters but see glimpses of the larger ensemble cast. All we know is that Oceanic Flight 816 crash landed on an island. The pilot was off course and wasn't able to alert the base. There's an ominous distress recording made by a French woman. She says it killed them all and she's all alone. It's been looping for 16 years.

Themes We Discuss:

Characterization of Women: Sun, Kate, Claire, and Shannon are 4 distinct personalities. Yet Kate is slightly a different breed in these first two episodes. Many people I know seem to hate Kate. Do you know why?

Characterization of Sayid: This is a post 9/11 show. Casting brown people as terrorists is an easy and popular thing, yet the character of Sayid is granted depth and easy likeability.

Leadership: Who makes a good one? Why? This will be a running theme on our rewatch.

And so we begin.

No need to be afraid of spoilers. They're at the end!

Want to be on the show? You can! Just email me [email protected] and/or join the Facebook group Common Room Lost Rewatch.

Never podcasted before? No problem! I'll teach ya.

Enjoy and namaste. Hadas

For SPOILERS, head to page 2 on the site!

Relationships in Harry Potter and fun and frustrating. Ginny and Harry make sense on paper, but some people can't stand their pairing. Lily and James together is confusing, but is Lily and Snape any better?

On this fourth Potterweek episode of 2016, I'm joined by Alice aka Kangaru on the interwebs and Kayla of Epicfied from all over the net. Both ladies suggested discussing the romantic relationships in Harry Potter, that they cannot stand!

Which Relationships in Harry Potter Do You Dislike Most?

Bonus:

Stay tuned after the show for an extra bit about the Ilvermony houses on Pottermore.

Check out our Potterweek posts here:

7/25 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone movie commentary with Megan Gotch aka The Nerdy Girlie and Katie Elhoffer of Elhoffer Designs. Big kudos to our podcasting intern Kristen!

7/26 Hermione: Our Favorite Know it All GirlBoss with Amanda of Great Beer Adventure!

7/27 The Dursleys: A Look at Harry’s Only Living Family Members with Kris of No Extra Words!

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What do you think about when you hear the term indigenous people? I usually think of Native Americans, yet they aren't the only indigenous people on the planet. Only in the last five years did I learn about the Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islanders of Australia.

For International Women's Month, I wanted to make sure we featured as many different nations. I also wanted to create pieces that were a bit meatier so we could get something out of these posts. Luckily Ebony, aka The Travelling Unicorn, was able to help me get to know a group of people I knew just 1 thing about.

Ebony and I discuss Australia's treatment of the aboriginal people, the distinction between the terms indigenous and aboriginal, the reasons behind the mistreatment, how society is changing, and how representation is very slowing improving.

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If you enjoyed this episode, check out our most recent main episodes:

Blogging as Therapy with Jamila Rowser of Geek Girl Brunch and Megan Gotch aka The Nerdy GirlieJean Barker: Stories, Idealism, + South AfricaFolklore + Myth Meet in 1920s NYCMichael Harle and the Town of Idiots (OUAT)Elhoffer Design Part 1 and 2Amanda Palmer's Art of AskingStar Wars Rewatch Ep I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII

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