TalkCast 71 – InkBot

Posted by Kriana | 4 | February 12th, 2011 | Posted in Podcast


Glee Zombies!

  • Still time to vote for Illustrator X at Talenthouse.
  • Zombies on Glee. Thriller/Heads Will Roll Mashup.
  • Bar Karma – What if Spider Robinson did TV?
  • Tom Cruse lobbies for Mountains of Madness
  • Nathan Fillion as the voice of Green Lantern, what will Ryan Reynolds do?
  • Watson will kick Human Butt on Jeopardy.
  • Was is “Series Fatigue” or poor execution that killed Star Trek: Enterprise?
  • Will Lex be in the end of Smallville?  Oh yeah, somebody should care, right?

After the spin of the Wheel of Cephalopods, Our guest Christian Rubiano talks about his Online Comic Showcase, Inkbot. Discussion ensues on digital delivery and format for the new twist on comic “books” and what it means for the future.

 

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Watson, come here. I want you.

Posted by The Dome | Closed | February 9th, 2011 | Posted in Daily Rants, Science Fiction/Science Fact, TV


Rutter, Trebek, Jennings via IBM

Famous words spoken by Thomas Alva Edison carry a whole new meaning next week as Watson, the IBM computing system, will compete over 3 consecutive days against Brad Rutter and Ken Jennings. Each of the human contestants will donate 50% of their earnings to charity and IBM will donate all of Watson’s winning. The winner will earn $ 1 Million. Brad Rutter will donate his share to the Lancaster County Community Foundation, Ken Jennings will give to his designated charity, VillageReach, and Watson will split his winnings between World Vision and World Community Grid. Watson has been preparing for this event since his inception in 2007. There are few venues that attach winning to not just knowledge but speed and an innate understanding of colloquial natural language but also an understanding of irony and complex riddles which makes this a particularly daunting challenge for a non-human like Watson.

The competition will air on February 14, 15 and 16 in syndication across the US.

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TalkCast 70 – The Moving Hand Draws

Posted by Kriana | 5 | February 5th, 2011 | Posted in Podcast


Yoda by Jason Casey

This week’s news and views:

Our guest tonight is Jason Casey. He talks about his art, his process, and his plans for the upcoming Con Season, including Boston Comic Con and GraniteCon.

There was NO winner this week when we spun the Wheel of Escher-Like Wheels, so the prize package from last week will carry over with the addition of a print of Jason Casey’s Yoda. To be in the running to perhaps win this awesome prize, simply post a comment on this Talkcast.

 

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TalkCast 69 – Browncoats: Redemption 2 – Electric Boogaloo

Posted by The Dome | Closed | February 1st, 2011 | Posted in Podcast


Tonight’s guest is Michael Dougherty, producer, director of Browncoats Redemption.Due to a technical glitch in our vast array of Cray Supercomputers, tonight’s episode was recreated using amazingly life like animatronics and the latest in cloning technology.

Browncoats Redemption Cast by Illustrator X

Our interview tonight is with Mike Dougherty. He talks about the made for charity fan film Browncoats: Redemption, its performance to this point, the goals the production crew and cast have set for it and the future .(See our side column for the link to buy it) NB: Mike has informed us that the code is not working at the moment. Technical support is being contacted as we speak.

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Retro-Review: THE MASKED GIRL

Posted by Illustrator X | Closed | January 24th, 2011 | Posted in Daily Rants, Movies


Title:  THE MASKED GIRL

(2006)

Format: DVD

As far as I can tell, this is the pilot for a phenomenally bad TV show.  Don’t take my word for it — here’s the description from the back of the DVD, verbatim:

“Brilliant sporty girls strangely vanished… In fact, they became captives of a horror organization: The Clown.  In o rder (sic) to conquer the whole world, The Clown transformed all the captived girls into monster killers… Sports genius Eunice, was transformed into a killer girl.  Although her best friend Anne was a sports idiot, she was transformed into super girl because of a mistake.  Fortunately, Anne was able to escape before being “Brain Washed” by The Clown.  Now and then, Anne becomes a Masked Girl who bear the responsibility to fight against The Clown’s monster killers.  Serial fightings are inevitable!” Read More »

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TalkCast 68 – The Slow March To Boston Begins

Posted by Kriana | 5 | January 23rd, 2011 | Posted in Podcast


Tonight we interview Nicole Hansche and talk about her upcoming Boston ComiCon appearance and her other plans. Also:

Wonder Woman by Nicole Hansche

After the Halftime Show and a surprise appearance by Janet Jackson, we are rejoined by Nicole Hansche. She talks about her art, current projects and upcoming appearances including a special event at Boston ComiCon with the cast of Sci-Fi Saturday Night.

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Dr. Susan Calvin, I Presume?

Posted by The Dome | 1 | January 19th, 2011 | Posted in Science Fiction/Science Fact


In 1950 Alan Turing devised a series of tests, which have come to be known as The Turing Test. This test tries to formulate a philosophical basis for the question, “Can a machine convince a human that it is human simply by intellectual interaction?” or, “Can a machine think?”  As sick as one can get of R2D2 or Hal9000 or Huey, Dewey and Louie, the culture is riddled with speculative fiction and scientific inquiry into the question Turing asked 60+ years ago. IBM is about to advance the question to the next level. They are attempting to build Projective Artificial Intelligence with the intent to recreate human thought, not merely recycle phrases but to logically and quasi-humanly process, to induce the listener to believe in its sentience; perhaps one day to believe in its own sentience, becoming the Mycroft Holmes of the moon colony. Read More »

Talkcast 67 – Cealdian, The Celtic Myth Renewed

Posted by The Dome | 3 | January 15th, 2011 | Posted in Podcast


The Week’s News:

Graphic by Anne Szabla

Ou Interview with Anne Szabla. We talk about her 2 on-line Graphic Novels, Cealdian and Bird Boy. You can find more of her are here and her twitter feed here.

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TalkCast 66 – The call of the Alaskan Marian and other Geek Oddities.

Posted by Kriana | 1 | January 9th, 2011 | Posted in Podcast


2010 Year In Review Part II

(Because there were so many unanswered questions in Part 1)

Graphic by Marian Call

Worst Comic/Graphic Novel:
Dome: Models, Inc.
Java: Chaos War: Thor
Dru: Titans: Villains for Hire
Dead Redhead: End of Ex Machina/Restart of Wonder Woman
Illustrator X:  Too many to count

Best Surprise Of the Year:
Dome: Clare Kramer/Mercedes McNabb Interview
Kriana: Our Interview with Stanton Friedman
Java: New Doctor Who
Dru: Doug Jones!
Dead Redhead: Music – Alice Cooper still kicks ass
Zombrarian: “This is Adam West….”
Illustrator X:  Outpouring of support for our Jeanne Robinson Charity Events

Worst Disappointment:
Kriana: True Blood brings in the Fairies; SyFy shows WWE
Java: SGU canceled/Sanctuary coming back/SyFy films
Zombrarian: Spiderman Musical, over and over and over again
Dome: NO DAMN FLYING CARS
Dru: Not grabbing James Marsters/ Torchwood on hold
Dead Redhead: cost to get to talk to and photograph James Marsters
Illustrator X:  No moonbases or standard spaceflights in 2010 as promised by the works of Arthur C. Clarke

Best Hard Science:
Dome  – The reveal of the false study linking Autism and childhood inoculation
Kriana: None. Meh. Bah Humbug. Science Journalism SUCKS.
Java: South Pole Neutrino Detector/Fortress of Solitude
Dru: Cure for AIDs
Dead Redhead: Upsurge in Crypto-Zoology this year/work on the Invisibility Cloak

Worst Science, or lack thereof:
Kriana: Arsenic based life
Java: Arsenic based life
Dru: New Zealand UFO files
Dead Redhead: Wiki-leaks on UFOs
Dome: New Zealand UFO Files

Our interview tonight is with Sci-Fi Songstress Marian Call. You can listen to/buy her music here.

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Luke-san, I Am Your Father

Posted by The Dome | Closed | January 7th, 2011 | Posted in Movies


Ladies and Gentlemen, I present for your information and edification, UltraMan Zero, The Movie. In Japanese, with no subtitles….as it should be, this is why they do this best. Relax, crack open a Sapporo and enjoy.

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