RandomChatter » RandomChatter http://www.randomchatter.com Entertainment & Tech Podcasts Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:39:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 RC #42: Cutting the Cable http://www.randomchatter.com/2009/09/rc-42/ http://www.randomchatter.com/2009/09/rc-42/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:46:36 +0000 Erik http://www.randomchatter.com/?p=1635 RandomChatterTired of the high prices of cable or satellite television? Wish you could just get all your content via the Internet? In this week's show, we take a look at how to "cut the cable" and get all your video content through other methods. What sources are available? How much bandwidth will you need? Should you get a media PC or just get devices to supplement what you already have? How do you get the content from the Net to your television? Check out this week's episode and find out!

RC #42: Cutting the Cable
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]]> http://www.randomchatter.com/2009/09/rc-42/feed/ 0 RC #41: Aliens Among Us http://www.randomchatter.com/2009/09/rc-41/ http://www.randomchatter.com/2009/09/rc-41/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 02:59:58 +0000 Erik http://www.randomchatter.com/?p=1603 RandomChatterAfter a brief discussion of G.I. Joe, Avatar, and some other films, Erik, Andrew, Ned, and Ren take a spoiler-free look at District 9 and some past movies and shows about aliens living among us.

RC #41: Aliens Among Us
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]]> http://www.randomchatter.com/2009/09/rc-41/feed/ 0 RC #40: Morgan, We Love You! http://www.randomchatter.com/2009/08/rc-40/ http://www.randomchatter.com/2009/08/rc-40/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:04:21 +0000 Erik http://www.randomchatter.com/?p=1530 RandomChatterAre we finally getting a Halo movie? Will Joss Whedon get full creative control over Dollhouse? Will the next season of 24 be its last? Is Redbox undermining the DVD market?

Find out on this week's episode of RandomChatter!

RC #40: Morgan, We Love You!
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]]> http://www.randomchatter.com/2009/08/rc-40/feed/ 0 RC #39: Looking Back at Comic Con http://www.randomchatter.com/2009/08/rc-39/ http://www.randomchatter.com/2009/08/rc-39/#comments Sun, 09 Aug 2009 21:55:09 +0000 Erik http://www.randomchatter.com/?p=1517 This week on RandomChatter:

Erik and Andrew look back at the movies and television covered at Comic Con, and Brian drops in for a few minutes.

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Did you miss FOX's latest premature cancellation, Virtuality? Ron Moore (Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek) created a great new series, and true to form, FOX shot it down before it ever had a chance to get off the ground. You can still check it out on Hulu, and Erik & Andrew discuss why you should. They then talk about Ron Moore's other upcoming series, the Battlestar Galactica prequel Caprica. They wrap up with a quick update on Andrew's trip to China and the radical differences in the box office over there.

RC #38: Virtuality, Caprica, and Ron Moore
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]]> http://www.randomchatter.com/2009/07/rc-38/feed/ 0 RC #37: The IMAX Experience…? http://www.randomchatter.com/2009/06/rc-37/ http://www.randomchatter.com/2009/06/rc-37/#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:18:03 +0000 Erik http://www.randomchatter.com/?p=1317 RandomChatterThis week we start out with some nice, peaceful good news, such as which television series are getting renewed. Dollhouse will be back! Woohoo! (Note: Terminator: TSCC has been canceled, but we recorded this weeks ago, before it was announced.)

Then we get into some... well, not-so-peaceful discussion. See, they're releasing more and more films in IMAX, and there seem to be more IMAX theaters popping up everywhere, especially in the AMC and Regal theater chains. However, the screens aren't any bigger than normal screens.

Erik takes one side of the debate. Ned takes the other. The gloves come off, and Andrew has to drop by to settle the argument. Check it out!

RC #37: The IMAX Experience...?
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Show Notes:

  • Weekly Recap
    • Erik: Finished Ender in Exile
    • Ned: Possible big announcement next week
  • News
    • Dollhouse gets renewed, though for only 13 episodes and a smaller budget
    • Scrubs is coming back, though without Zach Braff
    • Castle is getting renewed; Nathan Fillion's bad luck
    • Bones is getting renewed too.
    • Chuck is back for fewer episodes and a smaller budget.
    • Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles is canceled (we'd recorded this show before it was announced).
    • Burn Notice and Leverage are coming back this summer.
  • Feature: Is the IMAX Experience Really IMAX?
    • People are angry, and they want their extra $5 back.
    • IMAX explains what IMAX is — it's not the screen size, it's the technical specs and theater design.
      • Using the THX certification as an example.
      • Shout out to Beegs: Hey man, if you're out there, we miss you!
      • Description of the differences between IMAX and normal 35mm prints & systems
    • Is IMAX being shady?
      • IMAX has built a reputation and brand around the massive screen, regardless of the tech specs.
      • They're taking advantage of their brand to get people into the theaters, and they're knowingly being deceptive, even if they're not legally telling untruths.
      • Flat-out, it's cheating.
      • They should have been upfront by branding this "product" differently. But by calling it the "IMAX Experience," it directly implies something it's not.
    • Counterpoints:
      • Due to theater redesign, the viewer's field-of-vision is filled, so the screen size is moot. Field-of-vision is the important thing.
      • ...but does that still hold true from the back of the theater?
      • IMAX has never bothered to explain "it's more than the screen" in the past. Doing it now is a cop-out.
    • Regardless, it all boils down to this — IMAX made very bad choices in how they've presented this, and it's going to hurt their branding.
  • Ned's Rant: How not to be stupid when posting blog comments.
]]> http://www.randomchatter.com/2009/06/rc-37/feed/ 0 RC #36: Unforgivable Cancellations http://www.randomchatter.com/2009/05/rc-36/ http://www.randomchatter.com/2009/05/rc-36/#comments Sat, 16 May 2009 23:17:16 +0000 Erik http://www.randomchatter.com/?p=1180 Firefly and Arrested Development. But what other unforgivable sins have the networks committed?]]> RandomChatterWhen you think of shows that were canceled before their prime, some obvious mentions come up, such as Firefly and Arrested Development. But what other unforgivable sins have the networks committed?

RC #36: Unforgivable Cancellations
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Discuss this episode on our new forums site!

Show Notes:

Shows that were canceled too soon:

  • Farscape

  • The Invisible Man
  • Touching Evil
  • Freaks & Geeks
  • Undeclared
  • Crusade
  • Babylon 5
  • The 4400
  • Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
  • Brisco County Junior

Shows that should have been canceled sooner:

  • X-Files

  • The A-Team
  • Knight Rider
  • Full House
  • The Cosby Show
  • Heroes
  • Twin Peaks

Shows that might be getting canceled:

  • Life (confirmed: canceled)

  • Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
  • Dollhouse (confirmed since recording: renewed)
  • Tangent: Looking at other shows' beginnings and endings
    • Scrubs (confirmed since recording: renewed)

    • The Office
    • Firefly
    • Jeremiah

Ned's Rant: American Idol judges fawning over a cookie-cutter performer

]]> http://www.randomchatter.com/2009/05/rc-36/feed/ 0 RC #35: Pushing Buttons http://www.randomchatter.com/2009/04/rc-35/ http://www.randomchatter.com/2009/04/rc-35/#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2009 04:28:34 +0000 Erik http://www.randomchatter.com/?p=1076 RandomChatterBrian gets his buttons pushed, and then later in the episode he pushes back at Erik. Ned, in the meantime, just sits in the background instigating both sides. Ned: 1. Brian: 0. Erik: 0.

After discussing some television, including the now-infamous "missing" Dollhouse episode, the three of us talk about some of the recent movie rewrites resulting from scripts being leaked online. Are the writers/studios handling the issue appropriately, or are they being arrogant buttheads?

And finally, in Ned's rant this week, we discuss 10-year-olds' support of homosexuals coming out.

We look forward to your comments upon this episode. :)

RC #35: Pushing Buttons
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]]> http://www.randomchatter.com/2009/04/rc-35/feed/ 4 RC #34: Turgid! http://www.randomchatter.com/2009/04/rc-34/ http://www.randomchatter.com/2009/04/rc-34/#comments Sun, 12 Apr 2009 10:15:52 +0000 Erik http://www.randomchatter.com/?p=1046 RandomChatterToday's episode is brought to you by the word "Turgid."

We're running without show prep this week, so Ned and Erik ramble on about unemployment, the infamous "Fox Wolverine Review Firing," piracy, and other topics.

RC #34: Turgid!
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]]> http://www.randomchatter.com/2009/04/rc-34/feed/ 3 RC #33: SEX! http://www.randomchatter.com/2009/04/rc-33/ http://www.randomchatter.com/2009/04/rc-33/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:53:41 +0000 Erik http://www.randomchatter.com/?p=855 RandomChatterSEX! That's right, this week's RandomChatter episode is all about sex. Sex in film, rather. There seems to be no more controversial topic in film than sex. Why is it the MPAA is stricter on sex than on violence? Why is it female nudity is okay but male nudity isn't? Why is there such a double-standard for homosexuality in film?

[This week's show is technically "safe for work," as there's nothing particularly explicit, but we do discuss a lot of mature themes (and we discuss them maturely), so if you're at work, school, or in public, you may want to use headphones this week.]

RC #33: SEX!
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