Episode #41 - "Grindhouse Jesus" - Show Notes

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Alternate Title: "A Gathering of Vultures"

• Special Co-Hosts: Otto the Autopilot AND Bob Koski.
• Tonight's Beverage: First the unnamed (until they pay up) beverage, then an assortment of Polish beers:
  
• An example of how Klaus on The Originals talks:
  
• Daniel Gillies in Spider-Man 2. Fun Fact: He's married to Rachel Leigh Cook!
  
• Party announcement for Otto's brother, "Big Sexy," and musical music bar names chairs.
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• A review of Ben Stiller's The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. Most of the important bits are in this extended trailer:
  
• The controversy about this week's Game of Thrones and people suddenly being shocked and offended.
• The DJ who got fired for playing "Blurred Lines" and the continuing double-standards of the grievance mongers.
• The long-lost singer Poe. Here's a couple of videos from her first album and a great track from her second:
  
  
  
• Amazon gets exclusives on older HBO shows, but Android users are still screwed.
• XCOM Enemy Unknown available on Android for $10 but spoiled Reddit brats aren't happy.
• The results of a bunch of Zimbio quizzes on FaceSpace.
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• Polish beer pronunciation.
• J.Law Smurfette (or Mystique)?
  
• The Strong Bad email videos reference:
  
  
• The referenced bit about the Greeks is at 3:40:
  
• Discussion of the article explaining why CDs are better than vinyl.
• Dirk's encounter with Johnny Rotten. The record (the reviews are from people who are high):
  
• We FINALLY have the long-promised discussion about the double-standards Hollywood has about transgressions and how some careers seem dead for minor events while felonies aren't a problem.
• Dylan Farrow's open letter accusing Woody Allen.
• The defense offered by the maker of the documentary.
• Lena Dunham is "nauseated" by Woody.
• Why Mel Gibson deserves a 2nd chance.
• The Beaver trailer. Dirk got it backwards: Anton Yelchin is Gibson's son; J.Law is his girlfriend.
  
• Brett Ratner's thrashing for using a mean word.
• Dirk's alternate ending to My Big Fat Roman Crucifixion. Hilarity ensues.
• Dirk's advice to Hollywood on how to make $$$$$$ from Christians.
• Couldn't find a video for the That Thing You Do reference.
• How Hollywood cuddles up to Third World tyrants and dictators and suffers no ill effects on their careers. (Would they have hung out with Hitler?)
• This is a nuke-u-lar scientist:
  
• Pronouncing foreign names.
• The Mary Elizabeth Winstead photo:
  
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• The contrast between comments by Kirsten Dunst and Felicia Day about traditional male-female roles.
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• The Mission: Impossible 2 reference.
• Faux outrage from people over guys lusting for celeb hotties leads to a showdown between J.Law and Lauren Cohan and other pop culture women.
• Male middle names for women.
• The actual Denis Leary quote from Demolition Man.
• Yeep! It's Mac Tonight!
  
• The Eva Longoria photo. Schwing!
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• Odds & Ends: Shane McGrath (bka Shane Bang or Mr. Lushes LaMoan) named one of America’s Top 25 bartenders by The Daily Meal; a list of every videogame made, all 43,804+ of them; Tila Tequila is pregnant; Lindsay Lohan had a miscarriage; Katy Perry loses Katy Perry trivia (see below); Jodie Foster got married. (Yes, to a woman.)
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Episode #40 - "Everyone Atones For Dirk" - Show Notes

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Alternate Titles: "Monster Mashups"

• Special Co-Host: Otto the Autopilot
• Tonight's Beverage: Unnamed grapey beverage & Crown Royale (without cheese).
• We make another unkept promise (SPOILER ALERT!) and warm-up with more weird weather talk about our record-breaking winter and back problems.
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• My Tracks for Android.
• Dirk explains his "girlfriend" Hermione.
• Discussion of David Letterman's retirement and Stephen Colbert taking over.
• Politics. (Oh no.)
• Classic South Park Token moment, though it's missing the 2nd part where he plays:
  
• The real-life reference models for Archer characters.
• Terminator 2 revisited as Otto atones somewhat.
• Your best place to get mash-ups: www.bootiemashup.com
• Lorde's "Royals" was inspired by George Brett of the Kansas City Royals?
• A detailed rundown of the war crimes Sharon Osbourne committed upon Ozzy's first two solo albums, replacing the bass and drum tracks so as not to pay royalties. Bitch.
• The Jennifer's Body "evil" reference.
• States where necrophilia is legal, but sodomy isn't.
• Neve Campbell on Mad Men and the poor ratings of the season premiere:
  
  
• Discussion of Basquiat and how it connects to Dirk's visit to the Andy Warhol Museum.
• The oxidation art scene Dirk refers to starts at 2:55 in this video:
  
  The real Warhol and Basquiat:
  
• Joffrey's dead (yay!) and the latest Game of Thrones on Facebook strip.
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• Spoilerific discussion of Captain America: The Winter Soldier and what we think the best and worst comic book movies. Deep nerdery ensues. A lot of it. Plus how Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has improved as a result of the movie.
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• Peter Dinklage in Living in Oblivion, his first movie; showing he's been always a pimp!
  
• Odds and Ends: The Heartbleed bug is making a mess and here's the passwords you should change; Paul Walker's brothers will help finish Fast & Furious 7; Lindsay Lohan's show is getting cancelled; if you Like General Mills on Facebook, you can't sue them; quick thoughts on the tired Anchorman 2; Orphan Black starts this weekend and Tatiana Maslany's looks...
  
  ...Google Camera warns you when you're shooting vertical video, but this...
  ...is KILLER.
• OMGWTF?!?!?
  
• Gratuitous photo of Monica Cruz, Penelope's younger sister:
  

Episode #39 - "Boobs Are Good Food" - Show Notes

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Alternate Titles: "Gateway To Ashtabula" or "The Arch Knight Returns"

• Special Co-Host: Otto the Autopilot
• Tonight's Beverage: No more plugs until the money shows, "Yakov."
• We open with a bunch of false promises as to what we'll cover and reflections on our first year of Random Access Talk.
• Ladies and gentlemen, Lauren Cohan, Maggie from The Walking Dead!
  
• Not the photo of Korea's Wonder Girls (go to the FaceSpace page to see the gift), but a photo:
  
• Discussion of Dredd's poor movie grosses and the weirdness of ratings where constant heavy (bloodless) violence is PG-13, but a few F-bombs get a R-rating.
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• The false advertising poster of Lena Dunham (second from right):
  
  ...vs. the real Lena:
  
  BTW, we spared you the full-body view of this bikini she wore on Girls. You're welcome.
• Topless woman tearing up a McDonald's. (NSFW. Duh.)
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• Translating personal ad code.
• What Otto and Dirk did instead of the show last week including anniversary activities and a smartphone-powered vacation. This takes a while.
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• The difference between a fedora and a Trilby.
• Congrats to CreepyNCute Shop winning Best Local Etsy Store from the Metro Times Best of Detroit 2014 issue.
• Sorry, but the best Vines compilation mentioned appears to have been taken down, so we can't post the skit.
• Dirk's photo of the Warhol Museum:
  
• For those keeping score, this was the 4th episode in a row where we didn't get to the Hollywood double-standard topic. Sigh...
• Driving in Pittsburgh = yikes!
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• Some non-spoiler talk about Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Come back next week for the full teardown.
• Otto's disciplinary style.
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• General Zod in Man of Steel before his armor is added via VFX:
  
• Dirk's We Will Rock You review.
• Thoughts on the season finale of The Walking Dead; the series finale Being Human (US version); the season finale of Lost Girl; the kickoff of S4 of Game of Thrones and the BS article on Gizmodo saying complainers are moochers.
• The hilarious If Game of Thrones Took Place Entirely on Facebook recaps.
• Natalie Dormer's HAWT shaved look:
  
• Playing Rock Band with Otto's friend.
• Odds & Ends: Valerie Bertenelli gains weight; they're killing Archie in the ironically-titled Life with Archie comic; Joan Jett rumored to front Nirvana in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction (UPDATE: It happened with Jett, Kim Gorden, St. Vincent and Lorde taking a tune each), but why isn't Pat Benatar in there; and ScarJo doesn't like being called ScarJo. Wah.
• We announce a contest.
• Obligatory J.Law picture from Otto:
  

Episode #38 - "It Comes In Spurts" - Show Notes

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Alternate Title: "Prosetry" or "We're Gonna Need A Bigger Swear Jar"

• Special Co-Host: Otto the Autopilot
• Tonight's Beverage: Same stuff we've been drinking for weeks, but aren't going to mention until that sponsorship comes in. Chop chop, Smiroff! Wait, dammit!
• Whoops! Wrong episode number giving at the start. D'oh!
• Dirk's high school days.
• The vast improvement Cop Out was on Blu-ray over the movie. DirkFlix review of the movie and Blu-ray.
• Discussion of A Band Called Death and Anvil: The Story of Anvil, one of Dirk's Favorite Movies of 2009.
• Mop-up from last week's show about Intelligence, why Brett Ratner directed X-Men 3, and the writer of Enslaved.
• Quick discussion of Judge Dredd and Dredd.
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• Movie trailer discussion:
  
  
• Music by Red September - "Killjoy" (Radio Edit version without the swear word.)
• A 50-minute interview with local author Pete Wurdock about the Kickstarter for his book 2 Guitars, Bass & Drums - The History of the Dondero Pop Concert documenting the history of the Royal Oak Dondero High School Pop Concert which he and Dirk both played for in the early-'80s. We discuss his post-high school career and share tales of our musical (mis)adventures while being heckled by our choir director via FaceSpace comments.
• A partial archive of Pop Concert recordings. In the 1983 Concert - the only one of the three Dirk performed in that's available - he played on rhythm guitar on "Foolin'" for sure and probably the lead on "Hard To Say I'm Sorry." Can't recall 100% if he's lead on "Last Chance."
• The video featuring Pete and other Dondero alumni that narrowly lost on MTV's Basement Tapes:
  
• Dirk hypes up Watershed again.The book: Hitless Wonder. The latest album: Brick & Mortar.
• Sorry about the so-so audio quality, but the video is so brilliant we wanted that more:
  
• Origin PC game service starting thing called On The House where they give away games. First one is Dead Space and it's free until May 8, so go get some. ADD LINK
• Microsoft Office 365 is now free on Android. Go get some more!
• Amazon is rumored to be starting a new streaming service or making a set-top box, triggering another Dirk rant about their blackballing of Android.
• Rumors about rebooting Indiana Jones with Bradley Cooper and possible methods to make it work.
• Anti-videogame and anti-gun California State Senator Leland Yee is charged with some serious gunrunning.
• The Internet brouhaha over Occulus Rift being bought by Facebook. Voices against: NY Times; Bloomberg; Boing Boing; Notch. Voices for: Extreme Tech; Jim Sterling.
• A little more Pop Concert talk.
• The soundalike hits by P!nk and The Veronicas:
  
  
• For Otto:
  
• Quick Hits: Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin split - aka "conscious uncoupling"(try and be strong); the brilliant way Titanfall is dealing with cheaters; Andrew W.K. was a teen model(?!) and the proof is here; Adam West trolls his local phone book (West is 85 years old); unsafe speeds caused Paul Walker's deadly crash; Karmin has a new album (try and be strong); the new Pretty Reckless album;and the next two videos:
  
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• Social Fixer no longer tells you when people unfriend you on FaceSpace.
  
• Taking a break from the gratuitous photos of J.Law for this gratuitous photo of Monica Booblucci:
  

Episode #37 - "Minor Differences of Opinion" - Show Notes

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Alternate Title: "Dropped Off at Van Dyke & Harper"

• Special Co-Host: Otto the Autopilot
• Tonight's Beverage: Smirnoff Ice Green Apple (Still waiting for that sponsorship, Smirnoff.)
• The disagreements begin immediately as to the merits of Tom Waits as strip club music.
• The disconnect between how many people are listening vs. interacting via the FaceSpace page. Come on by and say hello!
• Tons of mop-up from last week's show.
• RIP Hal Douglas:
  
• Oscar nominees with their younger selves via Photoshop magic.
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• The first 11 minutes of Captain America: The Winter Soldier were briefly online, so we talk about it. (No link available now.)
• The From Dusk Till Gone: The Series series (is this grammatically correct?) is touched upon.
• The extra-fun kiddie murder episode of The Walking Dead and speculation about the season finale.
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• SNL's Rosetta Stone spoof.
• Is David Lynch's Dune misunderstood? Dig the lasers coming out of the Guild Navigator's butt in the clip there.
• Learn about Alan Smithee here.
• Maggie Q at the Divergent premiere:
  
• A discussion of whether third movies in series suck.
• A big digression into Xanadu on our way to X-Men with a detour into Pixar losing the plot and whether Disney is evil.
• How John Carter's trailers killed the movie. ADD LINK
• Talk about Iron Man 2.
• The stunning revelation about someone's negative feelings about Terminator 2 which pretty much derails the show.
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• Dirk's Roku and the fragmented experience in streaming, especially Amazon's refusal to support Android for video.
• The mindlessness of iTards. 
• Jimquisition: Why PS4 is Beating Xbox One’s Arse.
• Google stopped underlining links.
• Enslaved: Odyssey to the West video game and Lindsey Shaw who plays Trip in the game as well as Emily's girlfriend Paige on Pretty Little Liars:
  

Episode #36 - "Lighten Up, St. Francis" - Show Notes

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Alternate Title: "Black Is The New Holocaust"

• Special Co-Host: Otto the Autopilot
• Tonight's Beverage: Smirnoff Ice Green Apple (It's time for Smirnoff to start advertising on the show. Seriously.)
• The seriously effed-up, even by Michigan standards, weather.
• Otto reports on his trip to Las Vegas which caused us to take the week off.
• This photo of Emma Watson launches a discussion of what's taking her so long to get hot?
  
  More photos from the ELLE shoot.
• The difference between Avril Lavigne in 2002 (age 17) and the Maxim shoot in 2008 (age 23):
  
  
• Keira Knightly in Bend It Like Beckham, filmed when she was 16. (Can't find a better full-length shot of this outfit.)
  
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• Discussion of the controversy surrounding Noah leads into an Otto rant about religion. (Really! Not Dirk ranting for a change.)
• Discussion of the Oscars, the controversies regarding the ceremony and complaints from the professionally aggrieved, and Otto's dislike for Ellen DeGeneres.
• Problems with pigeons.
• J.Law is a total goon and that's what makes her great!
  
• Dirk's Oscars 2014 Livesnark tweet compilation.
• Late-'90s teen movies and Rachel Leigh Cook.
• Dirk's deep affection for Josie and the Pussycats.
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• How The Walking Dead has become Idiot of the Week and agreeance about Lauren Cohan:
  
• Discussion of TV shows Star-Crossed, Intelligence, Resurrection, Almost Human, Pretty Little Liars, Girls, and others.
  
• Hotel Internet speeds.
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• Someone needs to learn how to spell "Shapeshifter."
  
• The continuing mystery of the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370.
• Lena Dunham and the BS controversy about screen time for women. She's also threatening to quit acting.
• The annoying hypocrisy of Eddie Vedder.
• John Mayer and Katy Perry break up. "Pussy Arrogance" spotted.
• Amazon raises the price on Prime to $99. Boo.
• Battlefield 4 remains broken after four months.
• How Target screwed the pooch in stopping the credit card hack last year. Stunning incompetence. 
• Local music impresario Sue Static is interviewed in this week's Metro Times. 

Episode #35 - "Fine Pants & Drunk Dialing" - Show Notes

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Alternate Title: "Can't Be Trusted To Not Eat All The Paste"

• Special Co-Host: Otto the Autopilot
• Tonight's Beverage: Smirnoff Ice Green Apple (It's time for Smirnoff to start advertising on the show.)
• Pour out for Harold Ramis' passing.
• Discussion of our beverage, where Otto buys it, the practical uses of bleeping profanity, and Gwenyth Paltrow. No kidding!
• Is FaceSpace screwing us and other pages on getting to our fans? These videos strongly imply maybe:
  
  
  
• A recap of the Erotic Poetry Festival. Check out the Impaler, Dena Luckett, and Jimmy Doom episodes that we did for the run-up to the festival. 
• Mrs. Otto! Hubba hubba!
  
• More discussion of Harold Ramis's passing. Bill Murray had been estranged, but may've patched things up.
• Roger Hill - Cyrus from The Warriors - also died:
  
• A lesson on how potholes are made.
• Adam Driver from Girls set to be Star Wars villain.
• The first photos from Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame To Kill For and the disappointment Dirk has had in Robert Rodriguez's works lately.
• The surprising crowd for NASCAR races.
• Extensive discussion of the upcoming Oscar's ceremony and the nominated movies. We'd link to Dirk's reviews if he'd written them already.
• Dirk's Avatar review and rant about the "Unobtanium" speech.
• Mrs. Otto calls in to 'help.'
• Ang Lee's career as a bridesmaid and Sofia Coppola's film oeuvre.
• J.Law! It's not show notes without a J.Law photo!
  
• How Disney and Pixar seem to have flipped roles.
• Dirk's Cars review that was so controversial.
• A lengthy discussion of Ridley Scott's very uneven career, also contrasted to his brother Tony's.
• Otto's preference for the original theatrical version of Blade Runner with the "happy ending" and narration.
• The comparison of the Final Cut and original versions of Zhora's retirement:
  
• Dirk and Otto reveal their 1st and 2nd favorite movies.
• The collected works of Starlog magazine, scanned and posted here. The specific issue that turned on the (dim) light bulb over Dirk's head about filmmaking.
• The book Dirk never got around to mentioning:
  
  
• A pair of Network scenes referred to:
  
  
  
• Movie Bob's explanation as to who the Guardians of the Galaxy are.
•  The Gravity "blooper" shot...
  
  ...and a taste of how the VFX were done: