This week's non-movie topic was Anger.
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- In Theaters the week of February 1.
- Mini-review of Mad Money.
- Lots of stories about anger, including:
- Spoilers -- specifically, without warning and/or unheeded "no spoiler" requests.
- Willfully stupid people
- Jack Thompson (see link list below)
- Unfriendly disputes in an online game.
- Links mentioned in the Jack Thompson segment:
- Thanks to Wendiigo for his voice participation, and a special shout-out to Kyohtee for allowing her husband to share her personal story!
- Music used in this episode:
- Bumper music composed by StudioMig
- Intro and Outro: Robot
- New in Theaters: The Sword of Fire
- Movie Review: Sherlock
- Main Event: Transformers
- (With appreciation to the Podsafe Music Network)
Additional Note:¹ During the show it was mentioned that the news video embedded into the article's page had been removed from YouTube. At the time of recording, this was true. At the time of creating show notes (much later than it should have been), the video had been restored or re-linked.
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February 2, 2008:SMT #6:
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The Genre of the Month was Science Fiction and Fantasy.
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- In Theaters the week of January 25.
- Mini-review of Enchanted.
- Discussion of Top 25 Science Fiction and Fantasy rentals at Netflix. (Link not provided due to the ever-changing nature of the list. List was current at the time of recording.)
- Discussion of elements common to successful science fiction franchises.
- Special thanks to Jerry for his voice participation!
- Thanks also to Wendiigo,JohnnyGee, Bob's Your Uncle, Kim, and Dev for playing with us in the text chat!
- Music used in this episode:
- Bumper music composed by StudioMig
- Intro and Outro: Robot
- New in Theaters: The Sword of Fire
- Movie Review: Sherlock
- Main Event: Transformers
- (With appreciation to the Podsafe Music Network)
Additional Note:Host was under the weather, so his full attention was not on the topic. This subject will be revisited at a later date. (Hint: In March.)
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January 26, 2008:Things that make us angry!
February 2, 2008:SMT #6:
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The Movie Topic was Movies Based on Television Shows.
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- Voice mail from Rachel (host of The Sims 2 Challenges).
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- In Theaters the week of January 18, 2008.
- Mini-review of The Bucket List.
- Discussion of movies based on television shows:
- Charlie's Angels
- The Mod Squad
- Mission: Impossible
- Wild Wild West
- The Brady Bunch
- The Saint
- I Spy
- Lost in Space
- Dukes of Hazzard
- Starsky & Hutch
- Miami Vice
- Aeon Flux
- Get Smart (Due this year)
- Speed Racer (Due this year)
- Dallas (Coming in 2009)
- Discussion of television shows based on movies:
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Highlander
- Freddy's Nightmares
- Friday the 13th
- Poltergeist: The Legacy
- Blade
- Stargate SG-1
- Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
- Special thanks to the folks from Operation BSU (The SquidLord, Eric the Half-a-Bee, and subtlesarcasm) and KelsieLynn for their voice participation!
- Thanks also to The Big Leneski (also from BSU), Wendiigo, Kyohtee, Dev, Alex, and Kim (from Girls Night In) for playing with us in the text chat!
- Music used in this episode:
- Bumper music composed by StudioMig
- Intro and Outro: Robot
- New in Theaters: The Sword of Fire
- Movie Review: Sherlock
- Main Event: Transformers
- (With appreciation to the Podsafe Music Network)
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January 19, 2008:Genre of the Month: Science Fiction & Fantasy
February 9, 2008:SMT #6:
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The Specific Movie Talk was
The Breakfast Club.
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- New in Theaters on January 11, 2008.
- Mini-review of I Am Legend
- Spoiler-laden discussion of The Breakfast Club, including character archetypes, our own high school trials and tribulations, and why the movie is (or is not) still relevant more than 20 years later.
- Special thanks to Alex, Jerry (host of Customizing the Sims 2), and Jim Goodrich (host of With A Voice Like This) for their voice participation!
- Thanks also to Rob (host of Pod the Sims), Kyohtee, I'm a Stripper, Kim (one of the four hosts of Girls Night In), Dev, and Wendiigo for playing with us in the text chat!
- Music used in this episode
- Bumper music composed by StudioMig
- Intro, Spoiler, and Outro: Robot
- New in Theaters: The Sword of Fire
- Movie Review: Sherlock
- Main Event: Transformers
- (With appreciation to the Podsafe Music Network)
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January 12, 2008:Movies based on TV shows
February 9, 2008:SMT #6:
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